The Virginia gazette (Williamsburg [Va.]), 1771-11-14 00:00:00

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CONSTANTINOPLE, July 17.
THE 16th Infant the Brother to the Grand Vizier set out from hence for the Army. He is said to be charged by the Grand Seignor to repair to Field Marshal Count Romanzow, with Articles of Peace. What has given Rise to this Report is, that the Day of his Departure, just before he set out, a grand Council was held in Presence of the Sultan, to consider of a Proposition of that Monarch whether it would not be more expedient to conclude a Peace with the Russians, without the Mediation of any Power, as many Inconveniences might arise from such Mediation to this Empire.
We are assured that only Part of the Army under the Command of the Pacha of Damascus and Aleppo hath been defeated by that of Ali Bey, and that the remaining Part being reinforced by a Prince of the Druzes, who inhabit the Mountains of Libanus, has gained a complete Victory over the Usurper, and, besides taking a considerable Booty, the City of Damascus hath surrendered to the Conquerors.
TEMESWAER, July 22. Letters from Constantinople advise that they hourly expected the Arrival of M. Czarni, Marshal of the Confederacy of Cracow, whose Business is said to be to supplicate the Porte, in the Name of all the Confederates of Poland, that they may be comprehended in the Treaty of Peace now under Consideration between the Porte and Russia.
WARSAW, August 10. A certain Adventurer, named Cassakowski, after having done great Mischief in Lithuania, is gone into Courland, where he hath already plundered several Villages. The Dissidents have suffered much on this Occasion. It is added, that the Malcontents of Courland have advanced him twenty six Thousand Rixdollars, to enable him to march to Mittau, in Order to depose the Grand Duke.
We have Accounts from Count Romanzow's Army that on the 14th of July twenty five Thousand Turks passed the Danube, near Giurgevo, under the Bawaw of Silistria, but that they were so well received by the Russians that hardly three Thousand repassed it.
August 12. We have received certain Accounts that the whole Crimea is now in the Power of the Russians, and that they have already sent Troops from thence, over the Canal of Caffa, to Asia, to take Cuban.
From the Frontiers of POLAND, August 13. The Mail from Warsaw of the 10th Instant is not yet arrived, but a Letter from Choczim, dated July 18th, imports that the Russians had again rendered themselves Masters of Giurgevo, and the Particulars of that Conquest were hourly expected.
BRESLAU, August 12. The Russians have opened the Campaign in Georgia. Prince Salamon, who has joined them, has laid Siege to the Castle on the Island of Coppa, which makes a most vigorous Defence. According to some Advices, the Regent of Persia has assembled an Army under the Walls of Tauris, with Intent to watch the Motions of the Georgians.
The last Accounts from Poland mention that the Empress of Russia has sent a Courier to Berlin, to notify to his Prussian Majesty that she has rejected seven of the preliminary Articles which were sent by the Porte, and that she will not agree to any Cessation of Arms during the Negotiation.
VENICE, August 4. It is reported here, as a Truth, that the grand Russian Army, commanded by General Romanzow, hath gained a complete Victory over that of the Grand Vizier, that the latter has abandoned his Camp, and that several Bashiaws have been taken Prisoners.
August 10. We are informed that the Russian Fleet in the Black Sea has taken, burnt, and sunk, a Convoy of one Hundred and fifty Turkish Vessels, which were carrying Troops and Provisions to different Places. It is confirmed that the grand Russian Army intends to pass the Danube, in Order to march towards Salonica, and, in Conjunction with the Russian Fleet, to approach Constantinople, without taking the Route of the Dardanelles.
LONDON, September 5.
By a Letter from Petersburg, we hear that fifteen Caravans belonging to Russia were stopped and robbed, on their Return from China, in the Kingdom of Tibbet, and that the Empress had demanded Satisfaction of that Court.
Orders are said to be sent to Ireland for all the Regiments on that Establishment to be made up to their full Complements of Men; five private Men, and a Serjeant, are to be added to each Company.
The French Court is said to have lessened its Forces by Land only, in Order to be more formidable at Sea.
Some Letters from Constantinople mention that every Thing had the Appearance of an approaching Peace with the Russians.
Thursday the Lord Mayor entertained — Sutton, Esquire, Secretary to the Earl of Rochford, at the Mansion House. Some Time after Dinner the Man who is confined in a Spunging House in Wood Street, and has made some Discoveries relative to the Five in the Dockyard at Portsmouth, was sent for and examined before his Lordship, Aldermen Trecothick and Kennet. It was expected to be late before the Examination would be finished. It was reported the Man had signified that he expects six Hundred Pounds on giving full Evidence in the Affair. The whole Depositions have been sent to the Secretaries of State.
Extract of a Letter from the Hague, August 30. "According to the last Letters from Vienna, that Court expects, in a few Days, the final Answer of the Court of Petersburg to the Ultimatum sent thither by the former, upon the important Subject of a Peace between Russia and the Ottoman Porte. Though the Terms of this Ultimatum are not precisely known, it is thought that the Court of Vienna doth not insist upon Crimea being declared as an independent Country, but requires that the Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia be given to a neutral Prince, who may equally espouse the Interests of both the Imperial Courts."
September 7. The Examination of the Person on Thursday Night, relative to the Fire in Portsmouth Dockyard, before the Lord Mayor, Aldermen Trecothick and Kennet, at which was present the Secretary to the Earl of Rochford, lasted a considerable Time, but the Man made no Discoveries of any Consequence. He asserted that he was blindfolded, and led to the Place by a certain Captain, whom he could produce, if he was sent to Portsmouth. He was told that if he had any Discoveries to make by which the Affair could be brought to Light, so that the Persons concerned might be convicted thereof, he should not only be admitted as Evidence but have all his Debts paid, which it is said amount to near one Thousand Pounds. He replied, that he expected Something more; but he was informed that his Request could not then be positively granted. He gave no very satisfactory Answers to any of the Questions asked him; upon which the Lord Mayor ordered him into another Room, with the Officer in whose Custody he was, till his Lordship, and the Gentlemen above mentioned, had consulted how they should proceed in the Business.
In the mean Time he was allowed some Wine in the Room to which he was sent, where he drank plentifully, and smoked his Pipe till ten o'Clock at Night; by which Time every Thing being settled with Regard to the Debt he was arrested for, and also what he had contracted in the Spunging House for eating, drinking, &c. which Score it is said amounted to about twenty Pounds, a Messenger with his Assistants came and took him from the Mansion House, and set off immediately with him for Portsmouth, to see if he can make the Discoveries there which he has asserted he can.
A bold and spirited Remonstrance, it is said, is preparing for the Approbation of the Livery on Michaelmas Day next; and it is should be
approved, Mr. Wilkes is determined to go up to St. James's to know his Majesty's Pleasure when he will receive it.
The Prospect of an East India War is so strong that Heyder Ali has lodged one Million five Hundred Thousand Pagodas with a Merchant at Fort St. George, to purchase the Assistance of the English Company.
Extract of a Letter from Leghorn, August 14. "We have received here, by Letters from Aleppo, dated June 11th, a Confirmation that Ali Bey, the new Sultan of Egypt, after having defeated, in the Environs of Damas, five Turkish Pashas, and their Troops, made himself Master of that City. The last Advices from Constantinople import that the News of the above Defeat had occasioned a general Consternation; and that the Porte is very desirous of making Peace with the Russians, in Order to attack the Usurper the more effectually."
Extract of a Letter from Venice, August 15. "According to Advices from Macedonia, the Russians block up the Passage of the Dardanelles in such a Manner that no Ship can pass or repass without being visied; so that the four Galiots which the Captain Pacha had sent to the Archipelago, to raise Part of the Tributes, are given over for lost."
Extract of a Letter from Acre, in Syria, June 6. "A Courier arrived here this Morning from Ali Bey's Army, to bring the Cheik Daher Advice of the Defeat of the Turkish Army which defended Damascus, consisting by some Accounts of eleven Thousand Men, and by others of twenty four Thousand. The three Pashas who commanded it sallied out in the Morning of the 4th Instant. Ali Bey's Troops immediately attacked them Sabre in Hand, and routed the whole Army, after a feeble Resistance. The Pacha of Tripoli was thrown from his Horse, by a mortal Wound he received in his Thigh. This Account was sent by Ali Daher to the Cheik Daher his Father, from the Field of Battle. He adds, that the victorious Army is preparing to enter Damascus. This Town lies open, and its Castle, which was built by the Kalifs, is not able to hold out long."
September 9. Advices from Warsaw, by this Day's Mail, inform that the Russians are in actual Possession of all the Fortresses and Ports belonging to the Crimea, and of the Island of Taman. The Sultan Selim Guery hath likewise submitted to the Empire of Russia, and hath sent two of his Sons, with forty eight Deputies, from Tartary to Petersburg, to take the Oaths, and to do Homage to her Imperial Majesty. This Intelligence is so authentick that even the Confederates do not doubt it.
Letters from Petersburg, of the 9th Ultimo, give an Account that Lieutenant General Totleben has lately arrived there from Asia, and been most graciously received by her Imperial Majesty. This General has, in the Space of two Campaigns, and with a small Army, not only subjected to the Empire of Russia the Kingdoms of Georgia, Mingrelia, and Ghuria, but taken Possession of almost all the Ottoman Fortresses, even to Travendel, ravaged the Country, and carried off large Quantities of Artillery."
Extract of a Letter from Castlecary, in Scotland. "On Thursday last one Logan, who had been paying his Addresses to a Woman of the Name of Stirling, for two Years past, at length obtained her Consent to marry him, in Prosecution of which the Bride soon after set out for Falkirk to procure Provisions and other Necessaries for the Wedding, which she immediately forwarded in great Profusion, and next Day the Bride set off, attended by all her Friends and Neighbours, to the Number of fifty or more, who were invited to partake of the Bridal Dinner; but on their near Approach the Bridegroom suddenly altered his Mind, slipped out at a back Door, and ran off into the adjacent Woods. However, the Bride was no Way discouraged at this sudden and unexpected Disappointment, but immediately despatched some of her Friends to the Woods in Quest of the Bridegroom, and in the mean Time ordered the Musick to play up, Because he was a bonny Lad, I bade him ay come back again , and entertained the Company with much good Humour and Pleasantry. Finding, on the Return of her Friends, that the Bridegroom could no Where be found, she concluded the Entertainment with uncommon Spirit, by leading down a Country Dance, to the Tune of I lost my Love, and I cavaena . The Company were so taken with the Bride's surprising Gaiety, on this trying Occasion, that they raised a handsome Subscription for her, which perhaps may induce the Bridegroom to return from his lurking Holes."
CHARLESTOWN, September 19.
LAST Sunday his Majesty's Frigate the Tartar, of twenty eight Guns, Edward Meadows, Esquire, Commander, anchored off this Bar, in nine Weeks from Plymouth, having on Board his Excellency the Right Honourable Lord Charles Greville Montagu, our Governour, with his Lady and Son. Next Day he came up in a Pilot Boat. He was saluted by the Tartar, at his leaving her, by Fort Johnson, as he passed it, and by the several Batteries here, and his Majesty's Ship Mercury, at his Landing. The Bells were rung from Morning till Night, and every Countenance expressed Satisfaction and Joy upon the Return of this worthy Governour. On his Arrival with his Lady they were visited by his Honour the Lieutenant Governor and his Lady, and since by all the principal Inhabitants who had Opportunity with Compliments of Congratulation.
The next Day the General Assembly of this Province (which have done no Business these twelve Months) met, according to Prorogation, and this Day his Excellency opened the Session with a Speech, in which he informed the Assembly that his Majesty had sent over his Royal Instructions confirming the temporary Boundary Line that had been run between this Province and North Carolina, and ordered it to be farther extended to the Indian Boundary, in a Line nearly similar to that which we have been soliciting for; that as this is an Event of the greatest Consequence to this Province, he is persuaded it will meet with those Returns of Duty and Gratitude to our most gracious Sovereign which are due for this particular Instance of his paternal Care and Attention to the Interest of this Colony; that the Difficulties that have so long unhappily subsisted in this Country cannot but be very prejudicial to it in general, and the Injustice arising to Individuals from the total Stop put to publick Credit they must all be very sensible of; he therefore flattered himself they would then proceed to Business with that cool Deliberation which will do Credit to themselves, and alleviate the Hardships that many private Persons have suffered by so long a Delay; that he assures them he is returned to this Province solicitous of its Welfare, and desirous of concurring with them in every Measure for its Advantage, and that is not repugnant to the King's Instructions.
On this Speech, both Houses, on the second Day after, presented Addresses, wherein, after the usual Compliments of Congratulation, &c. they both express their Thankfulness for the Boundary Line, and each declared that the Difficulties so long subsisting in the Province are no way chargeable upon them.
In two Paragraphs of the Address of the Commons House, they express themselves as follows: "The Experience, Sir, we have heretofore had of your Conduct, the Attention and Application you have given to the Duties of your Station, the due Regard you have paid to the just Prerogatives of the Crown, not encroaching on the Privileges of the People, are the most convincing Proofs to us that your Declaration of being returned to this Province, solicitous for the Welfare of it, is founded on the Rectitude and Purity of your Intentions, and is the genuine Dictate of a good and benevolent Heart."
The Difficulties that have so long unhappily subsisted in this Country, it must be confessed, have been prejudicial to it in general, and injurious to Individuals in particular; but we flatter ourselves that a candid, impartial, unprejudiced Examination and Inquiry into the original
Cause which has produced them, will abundantly vindicate the Conduct of the Commons House of Assembly."
The Council assure his Excellency that they shall, with the utmost Cheerfulness, enter upon the publick Business, and concur with the other Branches of the Legislature in every Measure conducive to the true Interest of the Province.
The Commons House: "That they shall pay the utmost Deference to his Excellency's Recommendation, and proceed to Business with that cool Deliberation that makes the publick Welfare its chief Object, in Hopes that the Hardships that many private Persons have suffered may be removed; not at all doubting your Excellency's Concurrence in every Measure that may be for the Advantage of the Province, consistent with a due Regard to the established Mode of Proceeding, and the proper Rights of the People."
September 26. His Excellency Governor Martin of North Carolina, besides the usual Proclamations, for continuing publick Officers, &c. and one for proroguing the Assembly to the 25th of November, has published three others, which, if properly enforced, will do him great Honour, namely: One enjoining the strictest Execution of the Laws against Drunkenness, Blasphemy, profane Swearing and Cursing, Lewdness, Profanation of the Sabbath, and other dissolute and immoral Practices. Another in the following Words, in the King's Name. "Whereas it has been represented to us that exorbitant Fees are demanded and taken in the publick Offices of several of our Colonies, to the great Oppression of our Subjects, and the Scandal of our Government, it is our Royal Will and Pleasure, and we do hereby strictly enjoin and require all publick Officers whatsoever, within our Province of North Carolina, in their respective Stations, not to demand or receive any other Fees for publick Business transacted in their Offices than what have been established by proper Authority, on Pain of our Royal Displeasure, of being removed from the said Offices, and prosecuted with the utmost Severity of the Law; &c." Dated 22d August, 1771. Another as follows, by the Governor: "Whereas, by his Majesty's Royal Proclamation of this Date, all publick Officers are strictly enjoined not to demand or take any other or greater Fees in their respective Offices than have been established by proper Authority, I have thought fit to publish this Proclamation, hereby requiring all publick Officers of this Province forthwith to affix up in their several Offices Tables of their Fees, to the End that all Persons may know the same; and I do hereby farther require the said Officers to certify to me, without Delay, that they have complied herewith, and that they do at the same Time deliver in to me Copies of the Tables of their respective Fees so affixed up in their several Offices, signed by the Principal, or his lawful Deputy in each Office, in which they shall distinguish those that are appointed by Law from such as are by Custom only; and herein they are not to fail, as they shall answer the contrary at their Peril, &c."
The uncommonly fine Weather during the present Hurricane Season affords a pleasing Prospect to the Planters of making many Thousand Barrels of Rice more than was expected, and that the Crop will be large, notwithstanding the great Losses by Freshes in May and June.
Quantity of Rice shipped from this Port, from the first Day of November her last, one Hundred and thirty Thousand four Hundred and seventeen Tierces.
October 3. We hear from Newbern, in North Carolina, that his Excellency Governor Martin has had the Misfortune to bury one of his Children, and his Nephew, since his Arrival in that Province; and that he and his Lady, having been very ill, were gone to Core Sound, for the Recovery of their Health.
October 10. On Tuesday last Doctor Haly, who was concerned in the unfortunate Affair which occasioned the Death of Mr. De Lancey on the 15th of last August, voluntarily surrendered himself to take his Trial at the ensuing Assizes, which will begin to be holden here on Monday the 21st Instant.
BOSTON, October 19.
By a Letter from England, of a late Date, we learn that several Counties were exceedingly affected with the Non Importation Agreement, and made a great Clamour. The Price of Wool fell twopence a Pound, but upon the Return of Trade from America it immediately rose to its former Price. A great Dealer in Snuff, that employed a large Number of Hands, for Want of Vend of that Article was obliged to dismiss them all; but as soon as the Trade again opened to America, his Business increased beyond what it ever had been before. Query. Would it not be best for this Continent that a similar Agreement should again take Place? We might now hold out as long as we pleased, since so many new Manufactures have been introduced, and since, by a Sort of Necessity, which is the Mother of Invention, we have been led to investigate many new Schemes which render us less dependent on Great Britain.
NEW YORK, October 28.
ON Wednesday Evening last Sir John Johnson, Grand Master of all the Lodges in the Province of New York, paid a Visit to St. John's Lodge, in this City, attended by the Deputy Grand Master, and other respectable Brethren, civil and military; when Sir John honoured the Master with taking the Chair, whose polite and pleasing Behaviour gave Splendour to the Festival of the Night, which was spent in the utmost Harmony and brotherly Love.
PHILADELPHIA, October 28.
CAPTAIN Sampson Hervey, from Lisbon, informs that his Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester, attended by General Hervey and Colonel Desagulier, with a very grand Retinue, arrived at Lisbon the 28th of August, after a Passage of eighteen Days, in his Britannick Majesty's Frigate the Venus. His Royal Highness was received at the Court of Portugal with all the Distinction due to his exalted Rank, and conducted ashore in his Most Faithful Majesty's Barge to the old Queen's Palace, which had been previously fitted up for his Reception, in the most superb Manner.
Extract of a Letter from London, July 13. "We had a cold backward Spring here, and it is since the Solstice that we have had what may be called a warm Day; but the Country now looks well, with the Prospect of great Plenty. It is, however, the general Opinion that Britain will not for some Years export much Corn, great Part of the arable Land being now enclosed, and turned to Grass, to nourish the immense Number of Horses raised for Exportation, there being a Rage in France, and other Parts of Europe, for English Horses, that seems increasing every Year."
Extract of a Letter from St. Eustatia, September 26. "Last Week we had a hard Gale of Wind from the N. W. at first, then shifted to S. W. and S. S. W. which obliged all the Dutchmen to slip their Cables and put to Sea; a Sloop loaded with Fish and Flower, belonging to Newtown in Maryland, was drove ashore; the Vessel is lost, but Part of the Cargo will be saved. At Sandy Point three small Crafts were drove ashore; and one at Basseterre, and a Sloop at St. Martin's, is all the Damage we hear of."
By Letters, &c. from the Bay of Honduras, we learn that there is, and likely to continue, a great Famine in that Country, the Locusts having overspread the Country in such a Manner that they have eat up every green Thing, and it is said in some Parts they lay on the Ground a Foot thick. At Ambergrease it is said that seventeen Thousand Indians had died for Want, and in other Parts of the Country Thousands were dead.

and divine: so that it was computed that upwards of eighty Thousand Indians had died with Famine when the last Accounts came away. Provisions were very scarce at our Settlements at the Bay, so that many Vessels failed from thence with very short Allowance. The Famine is also great among the Spaniards, they having sent to Honduras for Flower.
ANECDOTE of OLIVER CROMWELL.
CARDENAS , when he was Ambassador in England from the Court of Spain, though he had been treated with uncommon Respect by Cromwell, yet could never be brought to betray any of the Secrets of his Court, to enter into any Measures whatever to the Prejudice of his Nation, in Favour of the Protector's Views, yet, in Point of Policy, the Protector was too cunning for him; for while he was making prodigious naval Preparations for the War against Spain he had the Address to make his Minister believe that the Fleet which was fitting out was to be sent to succour the Spaniards against the Duke of Guise, and in this Manner he amused him till the burning of the Galleons by Blake opened his Eyes. Cardenas resented this so much, that, when he was afterwards recalled, he travelled every Proposal of Cromwell's at the Court of Madrid; so that, while he remained there in Office, the Protector found he was not likely to carry any Point. He therefore determined his Destruction, though it was no easy Matter to effect it, as his Credit was great, not only with the King his Master, but with the whole Spanish Court. Cromwell had conceived a Way, however, that he thought would accomplish his Ruin; and, to put it in Execution, he sent for the Keeper of Newgate, and, privately retiring with him into his Closet, asked him many Questions concerning the several Qualifications of his Prisoners, and, among the rest, if he had any in his Custody remarkable for House-breaking. The Keeper told him there was a Fellow under Sentence of Death that he believed could get in or out of any House in the World, if his Hands were at Liberty. Him the Protector desired to see, and him the Jailer went instantly and fetched. The Fellow was such a miserable Wretched Wretch that Cromwell stood astonished at the Sight of him, and more so at the Specimens of his Art which he practised at the Instance of his Keeper, on Locks of the most curious Contrivance; these, though of different Forms, he readily opened, and said that there was no Lock ever made that he would not undertake to open in the same Manner. The Keeper was then ordered to withdraw, and the Protector, after some private Discourse with the Fellow, remanded him back to Newgate under the same Guard that brought him. But at the Dead of Night he sent a trusty Person to Newgate, with a Warrant signed in Form to the Keeper for his Release, and with Orders to bring him again into his Presence to receive some Instructions. When the Fellow came the second Time, the Protector then showed him a Plan of a Garden and Pavilion, into which he was to make his Way by opening a certain Number of Locks, each of which had three Keys; and then he asked him if he thought he could effect it, promising him not only a free Pardon but a considerable Reward for his Pains. The Fellow said he could. The Protector told him he should be conducted to the Place where the Service was to be performed, and then he would have a Letter given him, which he was to drop under a Table that he would find in the Middle of the Pavilion, as there represented in the Plan. This was all the Fellow was intrusted with, and Care had been taken to provide him suitable Apparel, and every Thing necessary for his Journey and the Service he was to perform; so that he no sooner received his Instructions than he was hurried off immediately, and put on Board the Vessel that carried him to Spain. The Person to whose Conduct he was intrusted had his Instructions likewise; but as the One did not know where he was to be carried, so the other was not acquainted with the Business of his Companion when he had brought him to the determined Place and given him the Letter, but was instantly to leave him to himself and repair to Venice with another Letter, which he was to deliver to the English Envoy there. Each of these performed his Service punctually. The Letter the Fellow carried was directed to Don Cardenas, Secretary of State to the Spanish King; and was written in English with Cromwell's own Hand, thanking him for the Care he had taken to perform his Engagements, and acquainting him the twenty Thousand Pounds Sterling which had been stipulated was lodged in the Bank of Venice for his Use, and that he might draw for it whenever he pleased. This Letter, as Cromwell had foreseen, was picked up by the King, whose Custom was to repair to that Pavilion every Morning to deliberate on the weighty Affairs of the Nation, and to read Despatches, as well as to receive the Advice and Assistance of his Council. The King, knowing the Hand, but not understanding the Contents, was greatly alarmed, and immediately sent for the English Agent, who read the Contents to his Majesty, but protested his Ignorance as to any secret Intelligence between Cardenas and his Master, who, he said, was of such a Temper as never to intrust a second Person with Things of that Nature. This increased his Majesty's Apprehensions, and when the Council assembled Cardenas was ordered to withdraw, and the Letter was produced by the King, with an Account of its Contents, and the Manner of finding it; adding, that Cardenas was indeed the last Man that sat there, except his Majesty, the Evening before it was found. All unanimously pronounced him a Traitor, and his whole Conduct, while at the English Court, was recalled to Mind, and urged in Proof of it; but his Majesty, whose Affection for him was sincere, was unwilling to judge so rashly of him without farther Evidence, and knowing the Artifice of Courtiers to disgrace or supplant one another in their Prince's Favour, and that it might not be impossible that some or other of the Council might counterfeit such a Letter, and drop it there with a Design to ruin Cardenas, proposed to trace the Affair to the Bottom before passing Sentence, by sending to Venice to know if such a precise Sum was lodged in the Bank there, by whom lodged, and for whose Use. His Majesty's Proposal was thought reasonable, and a Messenger was immediately despatched to the Spanish Minister at Venice to make strict Inquiry into the above Particulars. The Messenger returned, and brought with him the original Order, dated the same Day with the Letter to Cardenas, written with the same Hand, and, to remove all Suspicion, sealed with the Protector's own Seal and the great Seal of England annexed. There now remained no farther Doubt. Cardenas was infamous degraded, and his Estate confiscated; but his Majesty, by Reason of his Age and long Services, thought fit to spare his Life.
WILLIAMSBURG, November 14. ON Sunday the 10th of this Month died, in King William, Mrs. MARY GREGORY, Lady of Roger Gregory, Esquire. The many amiable Qualities which she possessed rendered her dear to all who had the Happiness of being acquainted with her. In Conversation she was innocent, in Disposition humane, and in Sentiment generous. "She opened her Mouth with Wisdom, and in her Tongue was the Law of Kindness." Superior to all the Vanities of the female World, "she looked well to the Ways of her Household, and ate not the Bread of Idleness. Her Children arose up, and called her blessed; her Husband also, and he praised her." Her Foes, if her Sweetness of Temper could make Foes, must confess that she was a Pattern of Economy, and every domestic Virtue. In a Word, the unremitting Tenour of her Conduct was founded on noble Principles like these, Generosity without Profuseness, Charity without Ostentation, and Religion without Hypocrisy.
The Fanny, Galbraith, from London, is arrived in James River. [MARRIAGES.] Mr. JAMES MILLS, Merchant, of Urbanna, to Mrs. BOYD, Relict of Mr. Walter Boyd, of Blandford.
Our Customers in Sussex, Brunswick, and North Carolina, are hereby notified that we shall still continue sending them our Gazette, until further Orders; several Gentlemen, in Halifax Town, having subscribed very liberally towards the Continuance of a Rider into those Parts.
Advertisements.
WHEREAS his Excellency the Earl of DUNMORE has been pleased to appoint me as Deputy Auditor, in the Room of the Honourable John Blair, Esquire, deceased, I have therefore taken this Opportunity to request the Favour of the several Sheriffs concerned to be punctual in making their annual Returns, and settling their Accounts; and I beg Leave to inform the said Sheriffs that no partial Settlements will be admitted, and hope that the several Deputies who collect in each County will, for the future, attend together at the Office (which, till farther Notice is given, will be held at the Place now appropriated for his Excellency's Secretary) that the Settlement of the respective Counties may be completed at the same Time. EDWARD FOY.
NORFOLK, November 13, 1771. A LAD of fifteen or sixteen Years of Age, with a good Character, who has had a proper Education, is wanted as an Apprentice in the Business of Surgery, Pharmacy, &c. An Apprenticeship Fee will be expected. 4 RAMSAY & TAYLOR.
A MODEST, well behaved young Man, will be glad to be employed in teaching English, Arithmetick, and Mathematics. Enquire of the Printer.
TREASURY OFFICE, November 13, 1771. BEING informed that some Doubts prevail amongst the Inspectors and other Collectors of the Duties and Taxes, I have to inform them that the Taxes on Writs, Ordinary Licences, and Wheel Carriages, are continued till the 25th of October 1775. For each Hoghead of Crop Tobacco there is to be paid three Shillings, and for every Hoghead of Transfer five Shillings and Sixpence, under the Tobacco Law. Besides this there was an additional Duty of one Shilling and Sixpence a Hoghead continued to the 25th of October last, and from that Day, when the one and Sixpence Duty ceased, the Inspectors are to receive an additional Duty of three Shillings for each Hoghead of Crop and Transfer till the 25th of October 1775; the Whole to be paid before the Delivery of the Tobacco, and the Accounts to be settled on or before the 10th of November, in each Year. It is hoped that this will be attended to without farther Notice, and that the utmost Punctuality will be observed in these and all other Transactions with the Treasury.
I SHOULD be glad to EXCHANGE GOLD AND SILVER FOR ANY OF THE OLD TREASURY NOTES, AS WELL AS THOSE OF THE TEN THOUSAND POUNDS EMISSION IN 1770, ESPECIALLY SUCH AS ARE TATTERED OR DEFACED. RO. C. NICHOLAS, Treasurer.
To be RENTED by the Year, or LEASED for a Term of Years, a Plantation on HAMPTON River known by the Name of LITTLE SCOTLAND, containing about seventy Acres of fine rich LAND, a good DWELLING-HOUSE genteelly papered and wainscotted, with three Rooms below, a Passage fourteen Feet wide, three Rooms and a Piazza above, and two Brick Cellars; also a KITCHEN, a WAREHOUSE with a Lodging Room above, a DAIRY, SMOKEHOUSE, STABLE, HENHOUSE, a fine ORCHARD of Hughes's Crabs, Peaches, Cherries, &c. and a large GARDEN well paled in. It is a delightful and healthy Situation, with pleasant Prospects of Land and Water, lies on an open View to Hampton Road, where all the Shipping to and from James River pass within a few Miles, and Oysters, Fish, and Wildfowl at the Door. Several WAREHOUSES, a WHARF, WATERING PLACE, and SOAP WORKS, to be let separately, or altogether. BALFOUR & BARRAUD.
N. B. This is an excellent Place to remove to from the Freshes in the Summer Months, either for Health or Pleasure.—The House and Garden may be had separate.
WILLIAMSBURG, November 14, 1771. JOURNEYMAN CABINET MAKERS, who understand their Business well, will meet with good Encouragement by applying to EDMUND DICKINSON.
THE Land belonging to James Burwell, in the County of ISLE of WIGHT, not being sold on the 11th Instant (agreeable to a former Advertisement) this is to give Notice that it will certainly be exposed to Sale, on the Premises, on Saturday the 30th of this Month, if fair, otherwise next fair Day, and may be entered on the 1st Day of January next. Six Months Credit will allowed the Purchasers from the Day of Entry, on giving Bond, with approved Security, to LEWIS BURWELL, DUDLEY DIGGES, THOMAS NELSON, NATHANIEL BURWELL, } Trustees.
NORFOLK, November 9, 1771. ALL Persons indebted to the Estates of Mr. Robert Dalgleish, and Doctor Alexander Dalgleish, late of the County of Gloucester, are requested to make speedy Payments; and those who have any Demands against them are desired to make them known. Attendance will be given by Mr. David Kerr, or myself, at the ensuing December Gloucester Court, and Court of Oyer at Williamsburg, to collect the Debts; and all those who then fail to make Payments may depend on being sued, as there has already been a long Indulgence given. ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, Administrator.
PETERSBURG, November 10, 1771. WHEREAS great Quantities of Tobacco, as well inspected as uninspected, floated down James River in the late great Fresh, many Hogheads of which were secured by Persons living on or near the River, who have not yet sent any Account thereof to the Commissioners appointed to settle and state an Account of the publick Loss sustained at that Time, it is requested of all Persons who are in Possession of such Tobacco, or have passed and taken out Notes for any part of it, that they will send an Account thereof to me, specifying the Quantity taken up, how much has been saved, and the Marks (if any) which were upon the Hogheads, in Order that their Proportion for Salvage may be ascertained and paid, and the Residue applied according to the Directions of the Act of Assembly. By the Commissioners. JERMAN BAKER.
IMPORTED from London, in the Ship Juno, Captain McCann, and lodged with the Subscribers, at Portsmouth, four Barrels of GUNPOWDER marked AM in a Piece, within a Diamond; also a Trunk marked B in a Diamond. The Owner may have them by applying to LOVE, MITCHELL, & Company.
DUMFRIES, November 2, 1771. ON Monday the 2d of December, at the Courthouse in Dumfries, will be sold, to satisfy the Creditors of William Bennett, deceased, a valuable Tract of LAND containing seven or eight Hundred Acres, well improved, lying about four or five Miles from the said Town. Two Years Credit will be allowed for Part of the Purchase Money. 2 WILLIAM CARR, Administrator.
WHEREAS several People want to purchase the convenient Half Acre Lots in the Town at Rocky Ridge Warehouse, but are at a Loss to find out the Proprietors, it is therefore requested of those who hold Lots there, and incline to dispose of them, to send their Names, and Numbers of the Lots, to Mr. Patterson (Colonel Eyre's Steward) and it is probable they may hear of Purchasers.
FOUND by a Negro Boy, at Burwell's Ferry, a Piece of GOLD COIN, which the Owner may have on paying the Expense of this Advertisement. SAMUEL COKE.
HAMPTON, November 10, 1771. BENJAMIN BLAGROVE intends to leave the Colony soon.
For SALE, TWO Tracts of LAND on Roanoke River, in North Carolina, about twenty or thirty Miles below Halifax Town, each containing eight Hundred Acres. For Terms apply to Mr. John Driver in Nansemond, or to the Subscriber in Amelia. EVERARD MEADE.
To be SOLD, A TRACT of LAND containing five Hundred and forty three Acres, on Butterwood, in Amelia County, formerly belonging to Mr. Samuel Gordon, of Blandford. The Land is good, and there are valuable Improvements on it. Also to be let on Lease, or sold, two LOTS in the Town of Blandford, on Appomattox River, at present in the Occupation of Mr. Patrick Ramsay, with a Storehouse, and every other necessary Building for a Merchant in considerable Business.—For Terms apply to PETERSBURG, November 10. JERMAN BAKER.
To be LET on LEASE, A VERY large and commodious HOUSE in the Town of Petersburg, built for a Tavern, and well fitted for that Business; it is two Stories high, has a Number of very convenient Lodging Rooms, and large and small Rooms for the Entertainment of Guests. Any Person qualified for the Business of a Tavern Keeper, with a proper Capital, may find this as advantageous a Situation as any on the Continent. Apply to the Subscriber, who lives on the Premises. THOMAS EGLETON.
On Tuesday the 26th of this Instant will be SOLD, at the late Dwellinghouse of Henry Allen, deceased, in Elizabeth City, at publick Sale, agreeable to his last Will and Testament,
ALL the HOUSEHOLD and KITCHEN FURNITURE, the Stocks of CATTLE, SHEEP, HOGS, and HORSES, this Year's Crop of INDIAN CORN, WHEAT, and TOBACCO, and a NEGRO GIRL about twelve Years old. The Title is for John Mace Bayley's Life. Twelve Months Credit will be allowed the Purchasers, on giving Bond and good Security.—There will also be sold a small Tract of LAND, containing about seventy five Acres, lying near Arundel's Mill-dam, formerly the Property of William Read, whereon are several Apple, Peach, and Cherry Trees, a Dwellinghouse and Kitchen which may be made good with a little Repair, a good Barn, and other Outhouses. As the Money arising from the above Sale is not for any immediate Use, I propose, on the Purchasers paying the Interest annually, to allow seven Years for the Payment of the Money, they giving Bond, with good Security, to JOHN ALLEN, Junior, Executor. N. B. The Sale to begin at ten o'Clock.
For SALE, THE Ship NEW INDUSTRY, William Miller Master, now lying at Portsmouth, built at Philadelphia about eleven Months ago, with a Cedar Frame, fifty eight Feet Keel, twenty four Feet and a Half Beam, eleven Feet and a Half Hold, and four Feet and a Half between Decks, completely fitted for Sea. A Hundred Thousand white and red Oak HOGSHEAD STAVES, equal in Quality to the Philadelphia Staves, will be sold with the Ship. For Terms apply to INGLIS & LONG. Who have for Sale LOAF, LUMP, and MUSCOVADO SUGAR, West India and Northward RUM, Jamaica SPIRIT, WHEAT FLOUR, a Parcel of double OIL FLINTS, MARBLE SLABS, a Pair of Cologne MILLSTONES, BOLTING CLOTHS, Madeira WINE of Vintage 1766, MOLOSSES, FLOWER, SHIP STUFF, and SHIP BREAD.
To be SOLD, on Thursday the 21st Instant, at publick Sale, THE personal Estate of Doctor John Dalgleish, deceased, consisting of HOUSEHOLD and KITCHEN FURNITURE, three good HORSES, a RIDING CHAIR, a Quantity of MEDICINES, with UTENSILS and FURNITURE for an APOTHECARY'S SHOP, and a Variety of BOOKS on Physick, Surgery, &c.—All Persons indebted to the Estate are requested to make speedy Payment, and those who have any Claims are desired to make them known to ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, Administrator.
RUN away from Richmond, about the Beginning of September last, a Mulatto Wench named JEMIMA, about sixteen Years of Age, remarkably well grown, has a large bushy Head, a flat Nose, a down Look, and a Scar upon one of her Arms. As she was brought up in Williamsburg, and has Relations upon Queen's Creek, it is probable she may be harboured thereabouts. Whoever apprehends the said Wench shall have TWO PISTOLES Reward, and Sixpence a Mile for conveying her to me at Goodland Courthouse, or to Mr. Abraham Cowley at Richmond. TT DAVID ROSS.
YORK Town, November 12, 1771. RUN away from Williamsburg, last Week, a tall slim Negro Woman named RACHEL, clothed in green Half-thicks, which Dress she may have changed, has a Scar on one of her Eyes, and is big with Child. Whoever will deliver her to the Subscriber, at York, or secures her so that she may be had again, shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward. TT ALLEN JONES.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in King William, near Ruffin's Ferry, the 1st of January last, a tall thin black Negro Fellow named PETER, about twenty three Years old, has small Legs, and walks a Cripple, occasioned by the Rheumatism when he was about ten Years of Age. He is the Property of Mr. Ferdinand Leigh, and has been harboured and employed, ever since his Escape, by William Cole, who lives on James River, in Charles City County, as I have been informed. The said Cole pretends a Right to him, and has brought Suit in the General Court to recover him. Whoever will apprehend the said Slave, and convey him to me, shall have FIVE POUNDS Reward. 2 WILLIAM CLAIBORNE.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Hanover Town, about a Month ago, a likely Negro Fellow named POPE, about twenty seven Years of Age, five Feet eight Inches high, and much pitted with the Smallpox. As he is a very sensible Fellow, and has been used to go by Water, it is probable he may endeavour to pass for a Freeman, and make his Escape out of the Colony; Therefore forewarn all Masters of Vessels, and others, from receiving him on Board. Whoever will send him to me, or secure him so that I may get him, shall be handsomely rewarded. JOHN SMITH.
COMMITTED to Suffolk Jail, a Negro named JACK, who says he belongs to Charles Clay, of Lunenburg. He formerly belonged to Mr. Thomas Gilchrist, of Suffolk, and sold by Mr. McDonald up James River. The Owner is desired to prove his Property, and pay Charges to WILLIAM GRANBERRY, Jailer.
TAKEN up, in Amelia, a small gray Mare about four Feet two Inches high, not branded. Posted, and appraised to fifty Shillings. THOMAS SIMMONS.
TAKEN up, in Charlotte, a horse about four Feet five or six Inches high, five or six Years old, with a white Spot over his right Ear, and two over his left, his near hind Foot white, some Saddle Spots, the Hair on his Forehead very long, trots altogether, and when he came to my House had a small Bell on, was hobbled with a Strap which appeared to be an old Stirrup Leather, and is branded on the near Shoulder W H in a Piece. Posted, and appraised to six Pounds ten Shillings. JOHN FARMER.
TAKEN up, in Amelia, a bay HORSE about four Feet four Inches high, with a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, a Crop in one Ear, a Star in his Forehead, shod before, and branded on the near Shoulder Q as near as can be made out. Posted, and appraised to six Pounds. JESSE WALTON.
TAKEN up, in Augusta, a black MARE about three Years old, four Feet seven Inches high, with a Star in her Forehead. Posted, and appraised to seven Pounds. ARCHIBALD SMITHERS.
TAKEN up, in Goochland, a white HORSE about four Feet four Inches high, about fourteen or fifteen Years old, and branded on the near Shoulder. Posted, and appraised to five Pounds. JOHN MIMS.
TAKEN up, in Buckingham, a red HEIFER marked with a Swallowfork and Underkeel in the right Ear, and a Crop and Hole in the left. Posted, and appraised to thirty Shillings. JAMES BRISTWOL.
TAKEN up, in Bedford, a black HORSE about six or seven Years old, four Feet seven or eight Inches high, a natural Pacer, with a Wart on his Breast, both hind Feet white, short Switch Tail, some Saddle Spots, and branded on the near Shoulder F G. Posted, and appraised to ten Pounds. JOSEPH TWEEDY.
TAKEN up, in Dinwiddie, a bay HORSE about four Feet five or six Inches high, with a Blaze in his Face, his near hind Foot white, and branded on the near Buttock with three Dots. Posted, and appraised to fifty Shillings. WILLIAM THOMLINSON.
TAKEN up, in Hanover, a young black STEER marked with a Half Crop in the right Ear, and an Underkeel in the left, a Star in his Forehead, some White on his Belly, and all his Feet white. Posted, and appraised to fifty Shillings. THOMAS RAILEY.
TAKEN up, in Chesterfield, a red pied STEER marked with a Swallowfork in both Ears, and remarkable wide Horns. Posted, and appraised to three Pounds. RALPH JACKSON, Junior.

containing, by a Survey, fourteen Hundred and forty six Acres.
For Sale
BEING very desirous to settle all my Affairs, and to release the Gentlemen who at my Request became Trustees from their Engagements for me, I propose to sell, at Rocky Ridge, on Monday the 2d of December next, to the highest Bidders, two Thousand five Hundred Acres of exceeding rich and valuable LAND, lying just below the Falls of James River, in the County of Chesterfield, on which is an excellent good Dwellinghouse, and all Conveniences for Cropping. There will be Land enough sown in Wheat to produce five Thousand Bushels. A Stream of Water runs through it sufficient for a Mill. I likewise intend to sell the Warehouses and many Lots in Rocky Ridge, the valuable Ferries on each Side of the River, the Fishery known by the Name of Sandy Bay, with several Hundred Acre Lots in Henrico, and many Lots in Shocks. At the same Time will be sold two Hundred Negroes, and Stocks of all Sorts. The Time of Payment will be agreed on at the Day of Sale. Those who have any Inclination to purchase may be shown the Premises, by applying to Mr. David Pettibon. W. BYRD. N. B. The Land will be sold altogether, or in Parcels, as on the Day of Sale shall appear to be most advisable.
TAKEN up, in Charles, a dark bay MARE about nine Years old, branded on the near Buttock 17, and on the off Buttock X, with a small Star in her Forehead, a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, and had a small Bell fixed on with a Leather Collar and Buckle. Possed, and appraised to seven Pounds ten Shillings. RICHARD GAINES.
TAKEN up, in Bruford, a white MARE about four Feet five Inches high, about fourteen Years old, stood before, and branded on both Buttocks M. Possed, and appraised to four Pounds ten Shillings. WILLIAM WAYLIE.
TAKEN up, in Prince Edward, a gray MARE about four Feet high, with a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, paces naturally, and branded on the near Buttock H L in a Piece. Possed, and appraised to thirty five Shillings. SAMUEL GRAHAM.
TAKEN up, in Chesterfield, a dun coloured HORSE about four Feet seven or eight Inches high, with a Star in his Forehead, a black Spot on his left Flank, and branded on the off Buttock with a Horse Shoe. Possed, and appraised to ten Pounds. MARY SOWELL.
NOVEMBER 6, 1771. THE Schooner Francis, Captain Jacob Cooper, will sail from York River, in about three Weeks, for Madeira. Any Gentlemen who want Wine from that Island are desired to send their Letters to the Care of William Stevenson, in York Town, to go by the said Vessel.
BALTIMORE Town (MARYLAND) October 10, 1771. THE Subscriber takes this Method to inform the Publick that, for the Encouragement of bringing to Perfection the manufacturing of ALCALINE SALTS, and preparing them for the European Markets, in different Forms, namely, Potash, Pearl Ash, Caustic, and marked off Ashes, he has provided himself with a large Quantity of Kettles, and other Iron Materials, which he has for Sale at present, at the County Wharf in the said Town, or at George Town, on Potomack River (if ordered there) namely, two large Kettles weighing two Thousand three Hundred Pounds, with a Cooler, Dampers, Ladle, and a Door and Door Frame, all of cast Iron, which make together a complete Set, and are sold for a Hundred and twenty Dollars. He has several of the above Sets to dispose of, which he warrants to be as good as any in America for carrying on the above mentioned Manufactory. The Subscriber also instructs Persons to make good Potashes, in a very short Time, with the above Materials, for fifty Guineas; so that they cannot go wrong in any Part of the Process, and that they may make a Tun of Potash out of five Hundred Bushels of Ashes. He also will put the landed Gentlemen in a Method to make out of two Hundred and fifty Acres of good Woodland forty Tuns of Potash in the Course of a Year, with the Assistance of ten Men and two Horses. The Potashes will sell in England from thirty to thirty six Pounds Sterling a Tun. A House, and all other Materials for carrying on the Potash Manufactory (except the Iron as above mentioned) may be built in a Country Place for fifty Pounds Currency. Any Gentleman in this Province, or on the Borders of Virginia, may be instructed in the above Branch by applying to JAMES STEWART. All Letters directed to James Stewart, in Baltimore Town, shall be punctually answered.
WANTED, A NEGRO BLACKSMITH, that understands his Business. Ready Cash will be given for such a One to any Person that will apply to Burnley & Braikenridge, in Hanover.
PORTSMOUTH, November 5, 1771. THE Subscribers (Administrators to the Estate of Mr. John Kidd, late of Norfolk, deceased) hereby request all those who have any Demands against the said Deceased, since his Residence in this Colony, to bring in their Accounts immediately, properly attested. Those who are indebted are earnestly entreated to an immediate Compliance with their Contracts, and Payment of their respective Dues. Such as neglect this Notice cannot take amiss any disagreeable Steps that may be pursued against them, as the Administrators are extremely anxious to make a final Settlement of every Thing in which the Estate is connected in Virginia. They are non Residents in the Province, and their being long absent from home will be extremely prejudicial to their private Affairs, which puts them under a Necessity thus to publish, that they may be enabled, if possible, to close all Demands against the Estate. ALEXANDER KIDD, } Administrators. AMOS WICKERSHAM, }
PORTSMOUTH, October 26, 1771. TAKEN up by the Subscribers, some Time in June or July (on Suspicion of belonging to the Ship Brunswick, which had lost one) a large Carvell built YAWL, nineteen Feet Keel, rows with six Oars, had a Turpetine Bottom, her Gunwale is painted blue, her Inside red, and a Streak of blue in her Stern Sheets. As we have discovered she does not belong to the Brunswick, we have had her valued. Whoever claims her may have the Value by applying to LOVE, MITCHELL, & Co.
AS I find I shall be obliged to make up a large Sum of Money, on Account of my being Security for Guyn Reads, late High Sheriff, I propose disposing of two Tracts of LAND, namely, one lying on the Head of Slut's Creek, containing a Hundred and nine Acres, convenient to Fish and Oysters, small Peach and Apple Orchards thereon, a good Tobacco House but one Year old, two Dwellinghouses, with several Outhouses, and every Acre tenable; the other Tract, whereon I now live, on Queen's Creek, contains two Hundred and fifty Acres, with a Dwellinghouse thirty two by sixteen, with two Dorrers on a Side, a Quarter and large Cornhouse each but a Year old, a new Workhouse forty Feet by twenty, a new Smith's Shop, and several convenient Outhouses, a large young Peach and Apple Orchard, and lies about the Middle of King's Parish, very pleasantly situated, with a fine Landing for a Ship Carpenter, or a Merchant, where Vessels may lie close ashore; the Land is well timbered, and very convenient to Fish and Oysters. Also a Schooner, and Schooner Boat; the Schooner is thirty one Feet Keel, thirteen Beam, six in the Hold, and eighteen Months old; the Boat is twenty eight Feet Keel, twelve Feet Beam, and five Feet in the Hold, about four Years old. I have likewise a Boat upon the Stocks, which I shall be glad to dispose of; it is twenty nine Feet Keel, twelve Feet Beam, and five Feet Hold, and will be finished by the 1st of December. Whoever inclines to purchase may have good Bargains for Cash, by applying to the Subscriber. ROBERT BILLUPS.
HANOVER, November 1, 1771. WHEREAS Mr. Harry Robinson, late of King William County, Attorney at Law, deceased, by his last Will and Testament, thought proper to appoint me, together with Mr. Richard Morris, his Executors, I hereby give Notice that all Mr. Robinson's Books and Papers are in my Possession, and may be seen at my House, about two Miles from Hanover Town. I shall be glad to receive such Instructions from Time to Time from Mr. Robinson's Clients, or others whom he had Business to transact for, as they may think proper; and any Monies that he might have received shall be paid to the Persons entitled thereto, on the first Application to BARTHOLOMEW ANDERSON, Executor.
WHEREAS my late Husband, Edward Armistead, deceased, in his Lifetime became Security for Carden Jett's Guardianship of James Hay's Orphan, and obtained an Order of York County Court for taking the said Orphan's Estate into his Hands, and the said Jett having failed to give him County Security, agreeable to the said Court's Directions, I hereby forewarn those interested to the said Orphan's Estate to pay any Thing to the said Jett, as I am entitled to receive the same, by the Order aforesaid. MARTHA ARMISTEAD, Executrix. FALMOUTH, October 30, 1771.
THE Partnership of William Love, & Co dissolves on the 1st of January next; at which Time will be held, on the Premises, to the highest Bidder, the LOT and HOUSES whereon the Subscribers now keep Store. Three Months Credit will be allowed the Purchaser, on giving Bond, with approved Security, to WILLIAM LOVE, & Co. NORFOLK, November 5, 1771.
THE Subscriber still continues to make the VENDUE and BROKERAGE, Business his whole Employment. He returns his most grateful Thanks to his Employers and Friends for their Favours heretofore received, and hopes for a Continuance of their Custom so long as they find him punctual, which was at first, and still is, his constant Endeavour to abide by. GEORGE KELLY.
NORFOLK, November 4, 1771. WHITE and COLOURED THREADS, with sundry other EUROPEAN and WEST INDIA GOODS, to be sold by the Subscribers, on the most reasonable Terms, for ready Money, at their Store opposite to Mr. Maximilian Calver's House. JOHN CARMONT, and Company. WILLIAMSBURG, November 6, 1771.
A GENTLEMAN this Day had his Pocket Book picked of TWENTY POUNDS, in five Pound Bills, of the new Paper Currency emitted last July. Should any Negro endeavour to pass such Bills, the Person who lost them will handsomely reward whoever detects the Pickpocket, by applying to the Printers hereof. WILLIAMSBURG, November 7, 1771.
I INTEND to leave this Colony some Time in December next. ALEXANDER M'WEEN.
WHEREAS the Estate of Benjamin Grymes cannot be got in Order for Sale by the 25th Instant, there will, on that Day, be sold (at the Place where the said Grymes now lives) for ready Money, as many NEGROES and HORSES as will raise about fifteen Hundred Pounds; and the Residue of his Estate, consisting of about a Hundred and twenty Negroes, several Horses, Oxen, Waggons, Carts, Household Furniture, and Books, a Tract of Land containing about two Thousand Acres, upon Mattaponi River, in Spotsylvania County, which will be laid off in Lots, and put under Enclosures, will be sold on the first Monday in February next, at the aforesaid Place where the said Grymes now lives, which is about six Miles from Fredericksburg. Credit will be allowed till the 25th of April 1773, the Purchasers giving Bond and Security to the Trustees, who will attend the Sale, and make good Titles. Five per Cent. Discount will be allowed for ready Money, and all Bonds not discharged at the Time they become due to bear Interest from the Date. The two Vessels before advertised (being a Brig and Schooner of about a Hundred Tons Burthen each) will be sold by the Subscriber at any Time between this and the Day of Sale. ANTHONY THORNTON, Junior, Agent to the Trustees. N. B. There are amongst the Negroes some good Coopers, Carters, Forgemens, Watermen, &c. and a very good Furnace Keeper.
FREDERICKSBURG, October 29, 1771. AT next Culpeper Court I shall be ready to treat with any Person for the Sale of two TAVERNS which I own in the Town of Fairfax, whereon are all necessary Outhouses and Conveniences, one of which rents for forty five Pounds a Year, two Years yet to come, the other for fifteen Pounds a Year, five Years yet to come, and Business enough for both.
At the same Time I shall offer for Sale a Tract of LAND of about thirteen Hundred Acres, which lies on Hedgman River, in the County of Culpeper, a great Part of it very good, extending in a narrow Body near three Miles up and down the River.
Also a Tract of very good LAND, in the same County, which I had of Colonel Gabriel Jones, deceased, containing about four Hundred Acres, in fine Order for Farming, on which are valuable Buildings and Improvements, and is about thirty three Miles from Fredericksburg.
I will also sell the remaining Part of my Pretty's Creek Tract, in Albemarle County, containing about two Thousand Acres, and great Part of it fine Land. Major James Barbare, of Culpeper, has Power to sell the same; and if it should not be sold before the 10th of December I propose to attend at my Quarters there from the 11th to the 15th of December, in Order to sell it.
I have about a Thousand Acres in Orange County, not far from Captain Rowland Thomas's, which I will sell a great Bargain. Inquire of Mr. Hugh Jones, who lives not far from it.
For the Encouragement of Tradesmen and Manufacturers to settle in the Town of Fairfax, at Culpeper Courthouse, where they are much wanting, I will lease out twenty vacant Lots of Half an Acre each, in the said Town, on Ground Rents for twenty one Years, and will add to each Lot a five Acre Lot adjoining, or very near, the Town, at the moderate Rent of forty Shillings a Year, and as soon as a sufficient Number of Persons shall apply to me and subscribe to take the Number of Lots I propose to lease out. In Order to do them equal Justice, I shall to allot the Town and Country Lots as to make them as near of equal Value as possible, and have them numbered, and the Subscribers to draw for them; but if any Person should want any particular Town and Country Lot he must make a private Bargain with me for it, though I shall not make much Difference in the Rent. Timber of all Sorts is very convenient, and Carpenters easily to be procured. This Town is in the Centre of a very populous Neighbourhood, and surrounded with fertile Lands for many Miles; so that the Success of good industrious Artificers at this Place cannot fail. ROGER DIXON.
To be SOLD, A VERY good Tract of LAND on Warraqueque Bay, James River, in Isle of Wight County, about ten Miles below Hog Island, containing about three Thousand five Hundred Acres, whereon are three Plantations cleared, and in good Order for Cropping, sufficient to work thirty five Hands. On the Manor Plantation is a handsome Brick House, sixty by twenty six, two Stories high, well finished and wainscotted, with two Brick Outhouses forty Feet by twenty, Barns, Stables, and every other necessary House, a handsome Garden, completely laid off, a Hundred and five Yards by seventy five. On the three Plantations there are at least seventeen Hundred Apple Trees, and a great Variety of other Fruits. Near the said Land is a Tract containing eighty five Acres, with a well accustomed Mill thereon, and as fine a Stream as any in the Colony. Any Person inclined to purchase the above Tracts of Land, or any Part thereof, may know the Terms by applying to the Subscriber, who lives on the Spot. Two Thousand Acres, or thereabouts, Part of the three Thousand five Hundred Acres, lying on the lower Side of the Tract, will be sold on Thursday the 19th of December, and may be entered on at Christmas. Also to be sold, on Thursday the 5th of December, an exceeding rich Tract of high Land, containing near a Thousand Acres, lying on Roanoke River, between Barnes's and Edwards's Ferries, about fifteen Miles below Halifax Town, North Carolina, well wooded and watered, is beautifully situated, and convenient to Church and Mill; a sufficient Quantity thereof is cleared to employ fifteen Hands, and is in good Order for Cropping. At the same Time and Place will be sold, for ready Money, seven likely Virginia born Negroes, two Hundred Barrels of Corn, and twenty five Head of Cattle. For Terms apply to Mr. Willie Jones, North Carolina, or to the Subscribers, who will be on the Plantation. ROBERT BURWELL. NATHANIEL BURWELL.
To be SOLD, A TRACT of LAND on the north Branch of Lickinghole Creek, in the County of Goochland, containing two Hundred and forty seven Acres, without any Improvements, but is well timbered. Any Person inclined to purchase may know the Terms by applying to John Payne, in Hanover County, Major John Payne, Robert Cordin, or to the Subscriber, in Amelie. WALTER BENNETT.
To be SOLD at Norfolk, on Saturday the 23d Instant, TWO DWELLINGHOUSES, with good Gardens and convenient Outhouses, together with several Lots of Land, the Property of the late Richard Knight. Credit will be allowed till the 25th of April next for one Half the Purchase Money, and for the Residue till the 25th of October next, on vivere Bond and approved Security. A Plan of the Whole may be seen at George Kelly's Vendue Store. BENJAMIN KNIGHT.
For SALE, THE LAND and HOUSES on Piscataway Creek, in Essex County, where Mr. William Snedgrass formerly kept Store. Any Person inclined to purchase may know the Terms by applying to ARCHIBALD M'CALL.
To be SOLD, at the next HANOVER December Court, A TRACT of LAND in Hanover County, whereon the Subscriber formerly lived, within three Miles of Newcastle, and four of Page's Warehouses, containing five Hundred and fifteen Acres, on which is a good Mansion House two Stories high, four Rooms below, and three above, with all convenient Outhouses, a large new Garden well paled in, and the Land under a good Enclosure. Credit will be allowed the Purchaser till April 1773, on giving Bond, with approved Security, to GEORGE THOMAS. N. B. The Land may be viewed at any Time between this and the Sale on Application to the Subscriber, at Page's Warehouses.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, on the last Thursday in November, if fair, otherwise next fair Day, ALL that Tract or Parcel of LAND lying in Portsmouth Parish, in the County of Gloucester, known by the name of Paradise, containing about one Hundred and fifty Acres, more or less, it lies very convenient to Portpatrick Inspection of Tobacco, on a Creek of York River, and within thirteen Miles of Urbanna; the Soil is exceeding good for Tobacco, Corn, or Wheat, and more than Half imagined to be Woodland, the greatest Part of which is very good, and well timbered. Mr. William Pollard, who lives near the Land, will be kind enough to show it to any Person who may choose to look over it. The Proprietors of this Land live in the Province of Maryland, who have authorised me to dispose of it, and possessed me with their Title Papers for the Inspection of those who may incline to purchase. I will make a private Bargain for it between this and the Day of Sale, but do not the Terms will then be made known. ESSEX, October 25, 1771. JOHN LEE.
To be SOLD, on Monday the 13th of January, if fair, otherwise next fair Day, ABOUT forty valuable Virginia born SLAVES, consisting of young Fellows, breeding Wenchies, and Children. Credit will be allowed till the 10th of next May, on giving Bond, with good Security, to John Wyles, Esquire, and the Subscriber. Those who do not discharge their Bonds immediately when due are to pay Interest from the Day of Purchase. THOMAS LOMAX.
To be SOLD altogether, or in Parcels, FOURTEEN Hundred Acres of valuable LAND at the upper Navigation on the north Side of Mobjack River, in Hertford County, North Carolina, where there is a publick Landing, an excellent Fishery, a Plantation on the River in good Order for Cropping, on which are a Hundred and fifty Thousand Corn Hills, three Hundred bearing Apple Trees, a small Peach Orchard, a good Dwellinghouse with two Brick Chimneys, a Kitchen with one, and several Barns and other convenient Buildings; also another Plantation about Half a Mile from the former, with thirty Thousand Corn Hills under a good Fence, a Hundred and fifty bearing Apple Trees, a small Peach Orchard, and a Dwellinghouse; and about two Miles from the River is another Plantation, with a Dwellinghouse and several small Improvements thereon. Great Part of the said Land is suitable for Tobacco, but almost the Whole is extraordinary Corn Land; it is well timbered, affords excellent Water in every Place, with a sufficient Stream for a Mill, and a fine Meadow may be made to each Plantation from the River; it is also very good for Cattle, and on the River famous for raising Hogs, as it affords extensive low Grounds. Negroes will be taken for the greatest Part, or the Whole. Any Person inclined to purchase may know the Terms by applying to the Subscriber, on the Premises. WILLIAM STEVENS.
STRAYED from the Vineyard, near Williamsburg, an old sorrel HORSE, about thirteen Hands high, with two white Saddle Spots, his Shoulder Bone remarkably high, and sore, Whoever conveys him to me shall have TEN SHILLINGS Reward. ANDREW ESTAVE.
WILLIAMSBURG, November 9, 1771. STRAYED from this City, about three Weeks ago, a bloomed bay MARE, big with Foal, about fourteen Hands high, with a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, both hind Feet white, one of her fore Hoofs split, and is shod before. Whoever brings the said Mare to the Post Office, Mr. William Holt in James City, or Mr. David Holt near Petersburg, shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Prince Edward, some Time in June 1770, a Negro Lad named WINDSOR, who for several Years past has waited upon me, and is acquainted with most Parts of the Country. He is a sensible and artful Fellow, about five Feet high, a handsome lively Look, and speaks quick. He was taken up by Mr. William Mitchell of York, and committed to that Jail, at which time he called himself William Florence, and said he was free, and, by the Assistance of some other Negro imprisoned with him, broke the Prison. He has since been seen about Williamsburg, near which Place perhaps he is still concealed. He carried away with him a brown Holland Coat, blue Broadcloth Waistcoat, two white Linen Shirts, two Pair of Onalburg Breeches, and good Shoes and Stockings. As I have Reason to apprehend he will endeavour to get on Board a Vessel, in Order to make his Escape out of the Colony, I do hereby forewarn all Masters and Commanders of Vessels from taking him on Board. I will give TWENTY POUNDS to any Person that will contrive him to me, and FIVE POUNDS for such Intelligence that I may get him. WILLIAM WATTS.
OCTOBER 28, 1771. RUN away from the Subscriber, in King William, on the 20th Instant, a likely Mulatto Fellow named ABRAHAM, about twenty Years old, five Feet five or six Inches high, and has a remarkable roguish Look; he carried a light coloured Marmarket Coat with him, but probably may change his Dress, as he has a Variety of Gentlemen's old Clothes. I imagine he will endeavour to pass for a Freeman, and this all Masters of Vessels are desired to consider as a Warning from carrying him out of the Colony. Whoever brings the said Slave to me shall have a Reward of FIVE POUNDS if taken in the Colony, and TEN POUNDS if out thereof, besides what the Law allows. LOFTIN NEWMAN.
BEDFORD, August 1771. RUN away from the Subscriber a likely Negro Fellow, named JACK, about twenty Years old, six Feet high, well made, and has lost two of his fore Teeth. Whoever will bring the said Negro to Mr. Alexander Stewart, at Rocky Ridge, or secure him in any Jail, shall be well rewarded. WILLIAM TRIGG.
COMMITTED to the Jail of Charles City, on Tuesday the 22d of October, a Negro Man who calls himself ANTHONY, about five Feet four Inches high, has had his right Knee broke, and says he belongs to Mr. John Martin of Henrico. The Owner is desired to take him away, and pay Charges, to ALEXANDER CORDON.
GOSPORT, October 25, 1771. THE Gentlemen indebted to the Estate of Messrs. Spratley & Co. formerly of Norfolk, Merchants, are desired to pay Mr. John Spratley, and those who are indebted to are requested to give in their Accounts. Such as cannot immediately pay are requested to grant Specialties, otherwise they may depend upon a Clause being inserted against them, Mr. John Spratley being appointed by the late Settors their Agent. ANDREW SPROWLE.

POETS CORNER.
A BIRTH DAY THOUGHT.
CAN I, all gracious Providence! Can I deserve thy Care? Ah! no, I've not the least Pretence To Bounties which I share.
HIS Majesty's Postmaster General having (for the better facilitating of Correspondence between Great Britain and America) been pleased to add a fifth Packet Boat to the Station between Falmouth and New York.
This may certify whom it shall or may concern, NOW ye, that Andrew Sprowle of Gosport has administered on the Estate of Sprowle & Cocks of Norfolk, and has appointed Mr. John Schaw to collect the Debts of those Gentlemen.
PRINCE EDWARD, October 25, 1771. IN February 1765 I gave a Bond to Thomas Nash, of New Kent, for upwards of two Hundred and fifty Pounds, payable the April following.
AS the Subscriber intends discontinuing his Ordinary at Port Royal, he would be very glad to rent or sell the Houses and Part of the Furniture. Any Person inclining to purchase or rent may be acquainted with the Terms on applying at Port Royal.
N. B. Likewise to be hired, two or three Servants that have been used to the Ordinary.
AMHERST, October 31, 1771. THE Subscriber intends for Scotland in a few Weeks.
For SALE. A TRACT of LAND lying on the main Branch of Newbope, in the County of Orange, North Carolina, containing seventeen Hundred Acres, with three Plantations thereon under good Fences, and good Apple and Peach Orchards on each Plantation.
To be SOLD, on the 5th of December, on the Premises, pursuant to the last Will and Testament of Edward Booker, deceased.
A VALUABLE Tract of LAND in Halifax County, near Booker's Ferry, adjoining the south Side of Staunton River, whereon is a fine Plantation, and the low Ground equal to any in the Colony.
To be SOLD at Albemarle Courthouse, on Thursday the 12th of December.
ONE Hundred Virginia born SLAVES. Their Titles will be warranted, for which undoubted Security will be given if required. Five per Cent. Discount will be allowed for ready Money, and Credit till the first of May 1773.
STRAYED, or STOLEN, from Colonel Cary's, in Chesterfield, the Beginning of this Instant (October) a light gray HORSE about five Years old, four Feet five or six Inches high, with a hanging Mane and Bob Tail, hiphot in the hind Thigh of the off Side, and no Brand perceivable.
FREDERICKSBURG, October 24, 1771. RUN away from the Subscriber, in April last, a dark Mulatto Woman named HANKEY, alias HAGAI SEXTON, between two and three and twenty Years of Age, about five Feet high, has long black curled Hair tied behind, remarkable bow Legs, and is very talkative.
STRAYED, or STOLEN, from the Subscriber, at Port Royal, two bay HORSES; one of them is branded on one of his Buttocks with Something resembling a Pot Hook, a strong well made Horse, about seven or eight Years old, four Feet seven or eight Inches high, with a black Mane, and very thick bushy Tail, gallops and paces, straddles very much behind when he trots, and goes well in a Chair.
MIDDLESEX, October 28, 1771. RUN away from the Subscriber's Plantation in King William County, some Time last June, a Negro Man named HARRY, about forty five Years of Age, six Feet two Inches high, very well made.
RUN away from Mr. Edmund Wilcox's Plantation, about two Miles above Amherst Courthouse, an African Negro Fellow, who cannot speak English, about the middle Age, and pretty tall.
RUN away from the Subscriber, some Time in November last, a young Negro Man named NED, about five Feet ten Inches high, very stout made, has a great Share of Impudence, and has lost some of his Teeth.
Just IMPORTED from London, in the Betsey, Captain Hatch, and to be SOLD cheap for ready Money, at Richmond Town, by ELIZA STRACHAN and Sisters.
A GENTEELE Assortment of MILLINERY, and other Articles, viz. A Variety of fashionable Lustrings, Persians, Purple and white Calicoes, Humbugs and Long Lawns, fine Book Muslin, Apron wide and common Ditto, striped and thick Muslin, plain Ditto, striped Book Muslin Handkerchiefs, Lawn and thick Ditto, worked Lawn Aprons, figured Gauze Ditto, full Suits of fashionable Blond Lace, plain Gauze Ditto, a great Variety of Caps and Fillets in the newest Taste.
They make up all Kinds of Millinery; and as they hope always to have an early Supply of the newest Fashions in that Way, those Ladies who choose to favour them with Orders may depend on being served in the newest Taste, and most expeditious Manner.
M. BRODIE, just arrived from LONDON, MAKES and trims, in the newest Taste, Sacks and Coats, Gowns and Petticoats, all Sorts of Ladies' Brunswick and Jesuit Dresses, Sultana Robes, Robedecores, &c.
NORFOLK, October 31, 1771.
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.
To be SOLD at publick Sale, on the 11th of November next, if fair, otherwise next fair Day.
FOUR Thousand Acres of LAND belonging to James Burwell, lying in the County of Isle of Wight, on James River, eleven Miles below Smithfield. It is very level, and extraordinary good for Grain and Stock, having firm Marshes belonging to it, and so convenient to Norfolk that whatever is made thereon may easily be carried there by Water.
MARY HILL, PETERSBURG, has just imported from London, in the Nancy, Barron, a genteel Assortment of well chosen MERCERY, MILLINERY, and JEWELLERY, to be SOLD at a low Advance for ready Money.
WHITE white, blue, pink, and black flowered Satins, plain Ditto, rich and changeable Lustrings, white and blue Sarcenet, wide and narrow Alamode, white and black Persians, white, black, and Buff coloured Silk Gowns and Mits, Kid and Lamb Ditto, Satin Cloaks, Jubilee and other Bonnets, Shades and Hats, superfine Satin Shoes of different Colours.
WILLIAMSBURG, October 15, 1771. COMMITTED to the publick Jail, from Gloucester Prison, a Negro Man named SHARPER, a likely well made Fellow, who seems to be about twenty two Years of Age.
NORFOLK, September 11, 1771. I INTEND for England early in the Spring, and request all those who have any open Accounts on my Books to settle them.
MECKLENBURG, September 1, 1771. RUN away from the Subscriber, this Day, an Apprentice Lad named EDWARD WILSON, a clear Mulatto, a Carpenter and Joiner by Trade.
He is supposed to be gone towards Hampton.
For SALE, or to be RENTED for a Term of Years, and entered upon immediately. THE capital Prize drawn in the Honourable William Byrd's Lottery, consisting of a DOUBLE FORGE and valuable GRISTMILL, with two Acres and a Half of LAND adjoining.
HENRY MORSE. The UTENSILS, and OLD IRON, belonging to the Forge, will be sold on reasonable Terms.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Lancaster, on the 24th of December last, a Negro Man named WILL, about five Feet eight or nine Inches high, between thirty and forty Years of Age, but looks older than what he really is.
AS I intend to remove up the Country next Fall, I would sell my Plantation in King & Queen County, which consists of six Hundred and fifty five Acres of LAND, pleasantly situated on Mattaponi River, about six Miles above West Point.
Who has also for Sale another Plantation in King & Queen County, just below West Point, known by the Name of Gough's Point, containing two Hundred Acres, adjoining the Land of Mr. Samuel Meredith.
To be SOLD, on long Credit, the three following Tracts of LAND, viz.
ONE Tract containing four Hundred Acres, lying in Spotsylvania County, on the Head of Bluff Run, about eighteen Miles from Fredericksburg.