The Virginia gazette (Williamsburg [Va.]), 1773-02-11 00:00:00

VIRGINIA GAZETTE.
With the furthest ADVICES,
FOREIGN and DOMESTICK.
IN CIVITATE LIBERA LINGUAM MENTEMQUE
LIBERAS ESSE DEBERE. — Suet. in Tib. S. 28.
Printed by ALEX. PURDIE, and JOHN DIXON, at the POST OFFICE.
The PRESENT STATE of PARTIES in ENGLAND.
T HE Parties which prevail in a free Country have been generally conceived to be consistent and uniform, and to depend on Principles fixed and certain. They have been thought to have been sincere, and that Men acted in them from the Opinion of their Propriety; and this, in former Times, has been the Case in England. But, at present, the national Advantage is less considered by the Aspirers after Power than their own private Emolument. Real Patriotism is unknown, and the Love of our Country is used as a Cover for a Principle of the basest Kind.
An Opposition to Parliament is no longer formed on constitutional Motives; it is occasioned only by the Contentions of Men who are out of Power. When they are admitted to Places, their Clamour and Noise are no longer heard. When they have obtained the Loaves and Fishes, their Ends are gratified. The Good of the People was no Object of their Care.
It seems that at present we have in the Nation only one Set of Men that can pretend to the Appearance of a Party. These are those that adhere to the Court in every Question, in every Business, and in every Affair. Strictly united under the ministerial Banner, they have a Principle of Union, which those Men want who oppose Government from the View of getting Places and Pensions.
Since our great Parties of Whig and Tory have disappeared there has prevailed a Notion that Measures form the only Object worthy the Attention of Englishmen, and that Men are below their Notice. If the Measure is good, what matters it, it is said, by whom it is prosecuted? This pernicious Doctrine has induced our Statesmen and Parties to throw aside every good and honourable Principle of Action; they rest on the Merit of the Measure they contend for, and do not think of preserving their private Integrity. The whole Period of our History, however, sufficiently evinces that there are in all Periods Men who are to be trusted, and others in whom no Confidence can be placed.
The People in England have not, in a single Instance, formed a general Idea of Men that was false or mistaken. Patriots have deserted their Cause, and Individuals have changed their Principles; but the People, as a Body, have generally praised and condemned with Propriety. They judge rightly of a Man's Actions, though they do not see his Heart. From repeated and long Observation, they learn that such and such Men are more to be confided in than others.
But, in the present Contention after Honours and Riches, we find no sincere Friends to the Constitution. It is praised and commended, but its Prosperity is little consulted. The Patriots, who are loud in talking of the publick Good, have at Bottom the Care of their private Fortunes. If the Truth were fully known, it would appear that they would rather live under an absolute Monarchy with Ability to gratify their Desires than in a limited one under salutary Restraints.
When a Patriot talks of all the glorious Measures he will prosecute, he is only raising the Fears of Government that he may obtain a better Price for the Desertion of the Cause he pretends to defend; the apparent Good is but a Cover for future Evil. Those, indeed, must be shallow Reasoners who can argue that a Man is to be trusted because his Measures are unexceptionable. Cromwell's Measures were in some Instances as publick spirited as those of the Long Parliament; but was he an Object therefore to be trusted?
In whatever the Liberty of the Country is, or can be concerned, it is, of Consequence, of the utmost national Importance that an Attention be paid rather to Men than to the Measures they inculcate. A Man of Honour and Integrity will consult the national Glory and Interest, without any mercenary Motive; but an unprincipled Statesman may, under the Cover of salutary Measures, court his own Advancement and Emolument. A Man who has once been active against Liberty will never be in any but a masked Defence of it.
It is therefore greatly to be wished that our old Parties would revive, and that Men who are governed by Views of publick Good would start up to form an Opposition to the despotick Designs of our Ministers.
From the Macaroni Magazine for October 1772. STATE of the present FASHIONS.
GENTLEMEN.
H ATS rising behind, and falling before; the blazing Gold Loop, the full Moon Button, together with the triple Row of Binding round the Crown, are totally exploded, and succeeded by a single narrow Looping, broad Hatband, and Pin's Head Button; the single Button on each Side the Head still continues in Undress; in full Dress, the three Buckles zigzag, with the Foretop a la Greque ; the Roses are entirely confined to Cheapside, and the Bags increasing every Day.
The late stunning of the Coats has promoted the Growth of the Skirts, the Pockets of which are at present in a Capacity for holding conveniently a tolerable sized Muffin Handkerchief and a Smelling Bottle.
Shoes decreased in Heels two Inches, low quartered and sharp pointed, and cut like a Butter Boat, to show the Whole of the Clock of the Stocking, which is of a different coloured Silk. It is thought, however, this Fashion will not hold long; as two Macaronies have been confined to their Rooms with sore Throats, in Consequence of their taking Cold in that Quarter.
LADIES.
The Toupees are apparently decreasing, and Jewels partly supply the Place of Front Curls; the back Part of the Head en chenouille , with the Side Curls pretty much the same; the Height of Stays on a Par, with sharp pointed Peaks; the Projection in Front rather on the Increase; Stomachers, three Rows of Plaits upwards; a single Breakknot and Sleeveknots of the same Silk; triple Flounces to the Sleeves, twelve, nine, and five Inches; triple Ruffles on the Outside, eighteen, fifteen, and eleven Inches; Inside, six, four, and two Inches.
On the Petticoat of the Negligee a Frill comes all round, plaited next the Tail; six Inches above that is a Flounce a Quarter of a Yard deep only in the Front; close over that is another Frill as on the Bottom, all of the same Silk; Trains nine Inches and a Half; full Dress as usual, with larger Trains.
Hours of Employment for both Ladies and Gentlemen. Rising Hour, eleven; Breakfast, from that till one; Visiting, and Lounging, from one till three; from three till four, Dressing; Dinner, four to five; Evening Visits, from seven to eight; Length of Ditto, five Minutes (except on Assignation) publick Places, from six to eleven; from eleven to three, as you like it; Bed-Time, three in the Morning.
Anecdote of Lord D—E.
T HIS young Nobleman, so remarkable and so well known for his free Manner of living, had reduced his Fortune lately to so low an Ebb that he was on the Point of seeing himself in very disagreeable Circumstances, but what he had lost by Folly he resolved to repair by Stratagem. One of his principal Creditors was a Jew; one of those commodious Cheats who lend Money upon Estates, Incomes, Annuities, &c. and upon him he fixed for Retaliation. Accordingly his Lordship took to his Bed, caused it to be reported he was past all Recovery, suffered his Beard to grow very long and squalid (which gave his Face the more sickly Appearance) filled his Room with Physicians, and was making every Preparation for dying, when he sent for the Jew. Upon the Israelite's Approach, his Lordship told him, "that as he was now irrecoverably dying, and could, at the most, survive but a few Days, his Conscience urged him to remember his best Friends; that he considered him as one of those, and was now willing to give him a Proof of it in Preference to his other Creditors, for that he would resign his whole Estate to him, and the Remainder of his Effects, to be taken Possession of the Day of his Death, provided he would settle on him one Thousand Pounds a Year whilst he lived, which could not exceed ten Days at most, and which would be a mere Trifle, to pay off some necessary Expenses. The Jew blessed his Lordship's Generosity, and took him at his Word. The Lawyers were not far off; the Settlements were immediately made, and the respective Deeds signed and sealed, when his Lordship jumped out of Bed, healthy and strong as usual, to his own great Satisfaction, and to the eternal Mortification of the Israelite. His Lordship has, by this Stroke, secured to himself one Thousand Pounds a Year whilst he lives; at his Death all goes to the Jew.
ORIGIN of the Word MACARONI.
M ACARONI is, in the Italian Language, a Word made Use of to express a compound Dish made of Vermicelli and other Pastes. It is so universally used in Italy that it is equally stationary, at all polite Entertainments, as Soups are in France; and it would be equally unpolite to omit the one as the other. This Dish was far from being universally known in this Country till the Commencement of the last Peace; when, like many foreign Fashions, it was imported by our Connoissanti in eating, as an Improvement to their Subscription Table at Almack's. In Time, the Subscribers to those Dinners became to be distinguished by the Title of Macaronies; and, as the Meeting was composed of the younger and gayer Part of our Nobility and Gentry, who at the same Time that they gave into the Luxuries of eating went equally into the Extravagancies of Dress, the Word Macaroni then changed its Meaning to that of a Person who exceeded the ordinary Bounds of Fashion, and is now justly used as a Term of Reproach to all Ranks of People, indifferently, who fall into this Absurdity.
LONDON, November 19.
A Letter from a Gentleman who lately visited PARIS.
I AM just returned from Paris, where, notwithstanding the general Scarcity that prevails throughout that Kingdom, Gaiety and Dissipation seem to be the only Objects that the Parisians have in View. In Point of Dress, it is difficult to distinguish the Nobleman from the Barber, or the Duchess from the Milliner, except the former being entitled to lay on an additional Quantity of Rouge , she comes nearer the Complexion of the Red Lion at Brentford. It is astonishing the French Women do not attempt to imitate Nature in this Respect, but to display the great Powers of the Art of Painting. I asked a very lively French Woman, first promising that I did not intend to offend her, "whether she thought such an unnatural Colour could be pleasing to the Men." She answered me, Ce n'est pas cela, mais elle fait briller les yeux : "That is not the Thing, but it makes the Eyes sparkle." Indeed, give a French Woman a tolerable Pair of Eyes, and a good Set of Teeth, and she requires nothing else to be a first Rate Beauty: Complexion she can make, and Shape she does not mind. It is whimsical that whilst the French Women lay on such an astonishing Quantity of Red upon their Cheeks they would be highly affronted if you were to embrace their Lips, you must rub Cheek to Cheek to be decent; so that a Petit Maitre , after he has embraced two or three Ladies, is nearly as much painted as they are. Every French Woman is a Wit by Birth, and a Politician by Profession; she is not so squeamish as to be displeased at a double entendre , because many of her own Entendres are so plain that they will not admit of a double Meaning. She talks of the Affairs of Poland, the Revolution in Sweden, and the Congress between Russia and the Porte, with the greatest Familiarity imaginable; but if you should unluckily ask her the Situation of these Places she might probably send Constantinople up the Baltick, and bring Stockholm into the Mediterranean. A Petit Maitre never has any Opinion of his own; he implicitly assents to all the Women say, generally comments with a Shrug of the Shoulders, and replies with taking a Pinch of Snuff. The Abbés seem to think and reason for all Paris. One generally presides, at each Ordinary; and though all the Guests generally talk together, he is the only Man who says any Thing. All the rest is mere Chitchat, the small Talk of the Day; but what the Abbe pronounces is decisive, his Dogmas are echoed through all the Quadrille Parties in Paris in a few Hours, and if the Ladies adopt them, true or false, his Opinions are established. The Abbés fought more Battles, and gained more Victories, last War, than the King of Prussia; they concluded the Peace above a Twelvemonth before it was ratified, and had commenced Hostilities between Spain and England at the very Time the Convention was signed for the Court of Madrid's resigning Falkland Island. During the War between the Russians and the Turks, they have had many Skirmishes that have never been mentioned in the Gazettes; and what is greatly inconsistent with their religious Principles, though they are good Roman Catholicks, they always assist the Infidels, and defeat the Christians. They have shed Rivers of Blood in Poland, killed the King more than once, and at this Moment are meditating the Dis-

memberment of his Kingdom. It is remarkable that though they are a peaceable, nay a clerical Body, their sanguinary Disposition in the Field seems insatiable, and they slay Thousands and tens of Thousands at the Word of Command.
Though we have lately made some Figure upon the Theatre of Gallantry, our Women should be ashamed to be still so far outstripped in this Respect by the French Ladies; and every English Husband should blush to think he had been displeased, or thought of a Divorce, because his Wife had liked another Man better than himself. A French Woman would imagine she was despised for her Age and Ugliness if she could not command more than one cher ami , and her Vanity would be greatly mortified if all Paris was not acquainted with her Conquests. A French Husband would consider his Wife unworthy of being united to him in Marriage if no other Man esteemed her better, and caressed her more, than himself. Paris is the only School for Matrimony; every Thing relative to it is conducted with the greatest Politeness, and no Man laughs at another because he wears a larger Pair of Horns than himself.
The State of Literature is at present at a very low Ebb in Paris. Novels and Romances appear in great Plenty, and many of ours are translated; but Works of Science, and Effusions of Genius, are very rare. Some theatrical Pieces have, indeed, been brought out with tolerable Success. The French are, if possible, fonder of private History and Anecdote than we are; but in this, as in Politicks, the Bastile stares them in the Face, and makes them silent. As every Thing there is done by Court Influence, it would be as dangerous to give the Intrigues of a Man in Power as to write a treasonable Libel. Happy England! where the Liberty of the Press is supported, and forms one great Bulwark of the Constitution! May it ever be decently free, but never scurrilously licentious."
Lord Grantham, our Ambassador at the Court of Madrid, has, we hear, lately sent home an Account, that on some late Eclaircissements he had with the Spanish Ministry, relative to the great naval Preparations going on in their different Ports, he was assured that they were only intended to chastise the Barbarians. A very satisfactory Answer, says our Correspondent, when it is well known that a Dozen Frigates from thirty two to sixteen Guns would answer that pretended Purpose much better, and at infinitely less Expense, than above forty Men of War of the Line, composed of second and third Rate Ships, doubly manned and officered.
It is a Certainty that Number twenty four Thousand and one, drawn this Day a Prize of ten Thousand Pounds, was given to a Gentleman last Night by Messieurs Shee and Johnson, at their Office in Change Alley, instead of another Ticket drawn a Blank that Day; so that the Ticket was purchased at six Shillings, that being the Rate of Ensurage for the said Day.
GLASGOW, November 5. We have the following dismal Accounts from Borrowstounness, that on Saturday Morning, about five o'Clock, they had a most dreadful Storm of Wind and Rain. The Wind being northerly, it blew right in upon the Mouth of that Harbour, and brought a great Swell of the Sea along with it. The Waves beat almost incessantly over the Shipping for several Hours, during which Time the Samuel and Jean, just arrived from London with Goods, and five or six Sloops, some of them loaded with Coal, were wrecked in the Harbour. Great Part of the Cargo of the Samuel and Jean was got out, but much damaged. Luckily no Lives were lost, except a young Man belonging to a Dunbar Sloop, who was killed by being dashed against the Mast. His Father was the only other Person on Board; he climbed up the Shrouds, where he remained several Hours before any Person could venture to give him Assistance, but was at last got off.
The Flood at the Water of Leith, on Sunday Morning, was reckoned to be at least nine Feet perpendicular above the common Level of the River. The Shipmasters of Leith luckily foresaw the great Swell of the River, and were so fortunate as to secure their Ships in the Harbour against the Rapidity of the Torrent, so that little or no Damage is done against the Shipping there; but as it blew a Hurricane all Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, at N.E. it is feared that Damage has been done amongst the Shipping on the Coast.
Thursday a forged Note of the Bank of Messieurs Douglas, Heron, and Company, for five Pounds, was stopped at their Office in Edinburgh, and the Person who presented it committed to the Tolbooth for further Examination. It is printed with the same Types as the genuine Notes, but the Subscription is forged.
By Letters from Philadelphia, we learn that the American Philosophical Society is carried on with great Spirit, and has lately been the Means of promoting much useful Knowledge. This is the first literary Establishment settled beyond the Atlantick Ocean, and gives a striking Proof of the Greatness and Prosperity of our Colonies, for Men seldom or never form themselves into Societies of that Kind where Ease and Affluence are not eminently enjoyed.
The Society at Philadelphia propose paying Attention to every Thing which contributes to the Advancement of natural Knowledge, though their chief Design is avowedly to promote the Improvement of their Country. For that Purpose, they are resolved to inquire particularly what America is capable of pro-
ducing; what Improvements may be made in Agriculture, Farming, Gardening, &c. the cheapest and best Methods of making Highways, Causeways, and Bridges, joining of Rivers, and increasing their inland Navigation; at the same Time, paying a due Share of Attention to scientific and literary Pursuits.
Her Majesty has had presented to her, by the Hands of Lord Barrington, the Arms of her Royal Consort, most ingeniously cut out in Paper by a young Lady, the Daughter of a Clergyman in the Neighbourhood of Chelmsford. It is justly esteemed the most elegant Thing of the Kind. Her Majesty was pleased to accept it very graciously, and greatly commended the Fineness of the Work, as well as the Ingenuity of the Artist.
WILLIAMSBURG, February 11.
ON Saturday last his Excellency the Governor, with the Advice of the Council, was pleased to issue his Proclamation for the Meeting of the GENERAL ASSEMBLY on Thursday the 4th of March next.
[Marriages.] Mr. JOHN DIXON, Junior, Merchant in Gloucester, to Miss BETSEY PEYTON, second Daughter of Sir John Peyton, Baronet, of that County.
[Deaths.] Mr. SAMUEL COKE, Keeper of Colonel Burwell's Ferry, in his thirty Sixth Year, who has left a Widow and numerous young Family to bewail his Loss.
Miss MARTHA BURNET, in the Flower of her Age; by whose Death her Mother lost a dutiful Daughter, her Relations an affectionate Kinswoman, and her Neighbours and Acquaintance a true and faithful Friend. She lived in Innocence, and died in Peace.
Although thy Charms, alas! are snatch'd away, And all thy Beauties by one fatal Day; Though in thy Lips engaging Language dies, Though mute thy Tongue, though clos'd thy sparkling Eyes; Yet all thy Excellence thy Morals grace, No Day shall darken, and no Time efface; Still shalt thou live to mindful Ages dear, A modest, tender, spotless, faithful Fair.
*** Doctor GRAHAM, so well known for his peculiar Abilities in curing the Diseases of the Eyes and Ears, is, we bear, expected in this City about the Middle of April next.
The PRINTER despatches his sincere and very respectful Compliments to the CHRISTIAN LAYMAN, and humbly asks Pardon for having offended him, though he must say it was unwittingly; but hopes, upon a proper Eclaircissement, and due Recollection, that his Displeasure, in the Interpretation of his Orthodox Opponent, will not be aionian. He acknowledges (and he believes he signifies so through the Gazette, as well as by Letter to the Christian Layman) the receiving of his fourth and fifth Numbers, when he gave his Reasons for not inserting them immediately; and upon their being returned, which was by the Layman's own Desire, acquainted him with his Intention of publishing one of them some little Time before, had it not been for many Inaccuracies, and the Difficulty he found in making out the Hand Writing, which determined him to apply for a more intelligible and correct Copy. If the Christian Layman had attended to what the Printer wrote to him when he returned his Letters, he would not, he presumes, have come to the hasty Conclusion of complaining to the Publick that he had refused publishing them: For, as he had before found Room for his three long Epistles, and was led to believe that the fourth and fifth were to be the last on the aionian Subject, he would most gladly have obliged him, especially on such flattering Terms; although it has been without Fee or Reward, and at the Forfeiture of disgusting Numbers, who repeatedly complained of being pestered with unedifying religious Disputes, and even threatened, without an Amendment, to strike themselves off his List of Customers.
He congratulates his very obliging and very deserving Brother Printer upon the very lucrative Employment he is soon to be favoured with, and his respectable Readers upon the Entertainment that, of Course, will be afforded to them. To those of his own Customers, who did not relish this Repast, he sends, he hopes, joyful Tidings; and begs Leave to assure them that he will use his best Endeavours to serve them up more delectable and easier digested Food than the rich Olios of His Christian Laymanship.
The Printer declares, that he would not, knowingly, be guilty of so much Ingratitude as to offend any of his Customers or kind Correspondents, much less give unmerited Treatment to a Gentleman for whom he had always a very profound Respect and hearty Goodwill, and, as he flattered himself, did not stand wholly unregarded by him; but finding that his best Intentions have been perverted, and the Christian Layman's good or bad Opinion so very fluctuating and liable to veer about, he is sorry to find himself under the Necessity of clapping his Helm a-Weather and bear away, though he does not despair of gaining some safer and more friendly Port.
Advertisements.
TREASURY OFFICE, February 8, 1773.
WITHIN these few Days I have seen a five Pound Bill, dated in 1771 (the only one that has fallen into my Hands) in which the Bars, or white Lines, enclosing the Letter T, are exactly at the same Distance from each other as in the true Bill of the same Date, but the Lines which form the other two Columns on each Side of the T are much nearer each other in the forged than in the good Bills. The T in this Bill does not stand square, but inclines pretty much to the left Hand. I have also seen several Bills of 1771 which seem to be impressed on the same Sort of Paper as was used for the forged Bills dated in 1769. The Bars, or white Lines, running from the Tops to the Bottoms of these Bills, are nearly at the same Distance from each other as in the Counterfeits of 1769; all much wider than the true Bills. As these appear fresh from the Press, it is hoped many of them have not yet been thrown into Circulation; but I think it necessary to give the Publick the earliest Caution.
RO. C. NICHOLAS, Treasurer.
WILLIAMSBURG, February 11, 1773.
THE Subscriber begs Leave to inform the Publick that he is about to remove to the House lately occupied by Christopher Ayscough, deceased, situated on the back Street, and fronting the South Side of the Capitol, where he purposes to keep private Lodging Rooms for Gentlemen who will be pleased to favour him with their Company. He thinks himself able to accommodate them with a great Deal of Conveniency, and promises that no Pains shall be spared on his Part to make their Entertainment agreeable.
JACOB BRUCE.
N. B. He also would be willing to take any young Gentlemen as Boarders who may have Intentions of residing in Williamsburg.
TO the Masters of WILLIAM and MARY College, Gentlemen Collegians, Inhabitants of the City of Williamsburg, Merchants, and others, who were so kind as to pay their last Respects to my deceased Son, Maximilian Calvert, on Wednesday the 27th of January, I take this publick Method of returning my sincere Thanks, for the extraordinary Favour thereby conferred upon, Gentlemen, Your most humble Servant, MAXIMILIAN CALVERT.
THURSDAY, December 4, 1766.
On a Motion made,
ORDERED, that the Clerks of the several County Courts in this Colony do transmit to the Clerk of this House, in the first Part of every Meeting of the General Assembly, a List of the Titables in their Counties, containing the Names of such Titables; and that they transmit also, at the same Time, a List of the publick Charges of their respective Counties.
By the House of Burgesses.
Extracted from the Journal, by GEORGE WYTHE, C. H. B.
To Mess. PURDIE & DIXON.
GENTLEMEN, FALMOUTH, January 26, 1773.
IN your Paper of the 14th Instant I see an Address to you, dated Queen's Town, Maryland, the 3d Instant, signed David Kerr, who was personally in this Town and some Days immediately before and after, wherein he makes an Effort, supported with gross Fallacies, to justify his Villainy in upholding the Credit of William Love of this Town, by throwing into his Hand an Acceptance of Mr. Gavin Lawson's for a Hundred and ninety seven Pounds twelve Shillings and Sixpence, to the Prejudice of the late Copartnership of Wodrow and Neilson, for whom he some Time acted under a Power from me as surviving Partner. It was then I purchased a Lot in this Town, the equal Property of William Love, the late John Neilson, and myself, for four Hundred and six Pounds, and Mr. Kerr, without Reluctance, or the Perfusion he mentions, entered himself my Security to William Love and Company, being the Firm of the House. As two Thirds of the said Sum was in Fact the Property of Wodrow and Neilson, it was an Inducement to me to become the last Bidder, that I might have it in my Power to sell it to such as would raise the Money; accordingly I soon sold it to Mess. Daniel Payne, William Allason, James Robison, Gavin Lawson, and William Fitzhugh, Esquire, reserving a sixth Share for myself, and, being liable for the Debts due by William Love and Company, put it into his Hands as a Security to receive three Hundred and six Pounds towards Mr. Kerr's Acquittance, the other Hundred Pounds being, before my Purchase, due from William Love and Company to Wodrow and Neilson; and yet, truly, this Acceptance still lies in the Hands of William Love, by Order of David Kerr, who had also, in a clandestine Manner, transferred a Debt of seventy seven Pounds ten Shillings, due to Wodrow and Neilson by Mr. Edward Moore, to the Debt of William Love, which Mr. Moore, upon Application, paid to me when due, being convinced I had a Right to receive it. Kerr, in the Spring, without assigning any Reason, or settling his Accounts with me, absconded from the Employ he had taken in Hand a considerable Time before its Expiration. I know not when he put Mr. Lawson's Acceptance into the Hands of Mr. Love, but for the first Time was informed of it about the 25th of last October (when due) by Mr. Lawson, and stood, and now stands, to his Debt in the Books Kerr had formerly the Charge of; nor was the said Hundred and ninety seven Pounds twelve Shillings and Sixpence ever put to the Debt of William Love, or William Love and Company, by Kerr, or any other Person. I will allow Mr. Kerr to have a sufficient Stock of consummate Impudence and Assurance, but can never be persuaded that this, with other Transactions not more in his Favour, will pass upon you, or the Publick, for any Thing less than a palpable Breach of Trust, notwithstanding his mean conclusive Apology, apparently tending to hurt the Credit of his former Employers: And, for the Good of Society, and the clearing of his Character, I hope this will be seen in Queen's Town, Maryland, as well as in this Colony. Though I have trespassed on your Paper, I must farther take this Opportunity, through his Channel, of requesting the Favour of any Persons who have had Dealings with the said David Kerr, as Attorney for me aforesaid, to communicate the same to me by Letter. I am, Gentlemen, Your obedient humble Servant, ALEXANDER WODROW.
FREDERICKSBURG, February 1, 1773.
THOSE indebted to the Subscriber, prior to his entering into Partnership with Mr. James Duncanson, which was the 1st of January 1773, are requested to pay their respective Balances to Mr. James Somerville, who is fully empowered to receive the same, and give Discharges. JAMES MAURY.
RICHMOND, February 9, 1773.
WILLIAM HENDERSON, in his Advertisement of the 1st Instant, informs the Publick that the noted William Cuninghame and Company, of Glasgow, will not look on any Transactions of mine on their Account since the 1st of November last as binding on them. In Justice to myself, I think it necessary to acquaint the Publick that on giving up the Charge of the Store kept by me at this Place, on said Cuninghame and Company's Account, to him, it was agreed between Mr. James Robison of Falmouth and me, in Henderson's Presence, that my Intention should not be made publick until it was convenient for him to leave Cabin Point, and from the 1st of November last I have carried on the Business according to his Directions, and made no Contracts with any Person on Account of the said Cuninghame and Company but what he is in the Knowledge of. I can account for the Conduct of Mr. Henderson in no other Way than as a Pretext for not paying off some of my Engagements prior to the first of November, at the last Meeting of the Merchants. If in Consequence of any Instructions he may have received from his Employers he has inserted this Advertisement, I presume he has taken this uncommon Method to ingratiate himself with those worthy Gentlemen, and may, on that Account, be excusable; if not, he has betrayed a Degree of Malice equal to his Ignorance.
ANDREW CHALMER.
THE Subscriber begs Leave to inform his Friends in particular, and the Publick in general, that he has got a Friend of his from home who served a regular Apprenticeship to the Tallow Chandler and Soap Boiling Business, and that he makes and sells all Sorts of CANDLES and SOAP, namely, Mould Candles at ten Pence Halfpenny, dipped Ditto at nine Pence Halfpenny, and Soap from four Pence to nine Pence a Pound. He will give nine Pence for Tobacco Ashes, and seven Pence for hard Wood Ditto, by the Bushel, with Freight, and a reasonable Price for the Casks they are brought in. All those who favour him with their Commands may depend on being faithfully served by their humble Servant, PHILIP CARBERY.
N. B. As his Business requires a considerable Capital, it is hoped those Gentlemen who send him their Orders will be punctual in discharging their Accounts at the Meetings of the Merchants.
To be SOLD, on Friday the 5th of March, at York Town,
PART of the HOUSEHOLD and KITCHEN FURNITURE of James Mitchell, deceased, consisting of some dry Feather Beds, Bedsteads and Furniture, Looking Glasses, Chairs, Tables, &c. together with useful Kitchen Furniture; likewise a good double Chair, with Harpsichord complete. Twelve Months Credit will be allowed for all Sums above twenty Shillings, upon giving Bond, with approved Security, to the Executrix. JANET MITCHELL.
N. B. All Persons indebted to the above Estate are desired to make immediate Payment, otherwise their Accounts will be put into the Hands of an Attorney, that Suits may be brought without Respect of Persons; and all Persons that have any Demands against the said Estate are desired to bring in their Accounts, properly attested.

DINWIDDIE, January 28, 1773.
A SMALL Tract of Land , containing, by Estimation, three Hundred and twenty five Acres, lying a little below Brice's Bridge, on Nottoway River, very good for growing Tobacco and Wheat, made over by James Walker to Captain Robert Walker and myself, in Trust, will be exposed to publick Sale, on the Premises, on Thursday the 25th of March. The Land may be seen, in the mean Time, by applying to Captain Walker. A few valuable SLAVES will be sold at the same Time and Place.
As Trustee for Iham Eppes, I purpose to sell, at publick Sale, the LAND whereon he lives, on Saturday the 13th of March, the Sale of which, at his Request, will be at his own Ordinary; and on the Monday following, at Dinwiddie Courthouse, some of his valuable SLAVES, among whom is a Blacksmith. Nothing but ready Money, or Merchants Notes payable at the April General Court, will be taken for either Walker's or Eppes's Effects.
GRAY BRIGGS.
LUNENBURG, February 5, 1773.
THE Land I advertised some Time ago in this Paper, lying on Turkey Creek, in Pittsylvania, is yet for Sale. I have laid it off into smaller Surveys of different Quantities; making several very valuable Settlements, with a large Proportion of good Tobacco Land in each Survey; and I have, since the above mentioned Advertisement, come to a Resolution of selling the Manor Plantation, containing sixteen Hundred Acres, the greatest Part of which is good Tobacco Land, and very little of the Whole but what is good Corn Land, with a pretty large Quantity of good low Grounds. The Improvements are a Dwellinghouse thirty six by twenty six, not quite finished, a good Kitchen, Overseer's House, Tobacco Houses, and other necessary Houses, a Peach Orchard with five Hundred Trees just beginning to bear, a small Apple Orchard of the best grafted Fruit, a fine Timothy Meadow, and about eighty Acres of cleared Land, all tolerable fresh, with a great Deal of Fencing. The Situation is generally allowed to be as beautiful a one as any in the County, and proved to be as healthy as any in the Country. As I live at a considerable Distance from the Land, I have empowered Captain William Tunstall, Mr. James Smith, and Mr. Robert Williams, of the said County, to dispose of the Whole, or any Part thereof, and of whom any Person inclined to purchase may know the Terms, which will be very reasonable.
GEORGE JEFFERSON.
To be SOLD by publick Auction, at York Town, on Saturday the 20th Instant (February) for the Benefit of the Ensurers,
THE Hull of the Brig DUBLIN , as she now lies, on the Egg Island Shoals, with all her Materials, consisting of Sails, Rigging, Blocks, &c. and sundry Goods saved out of her, to be put up in Lots, as may best suit the Purchasers, and sold for Cash only, by
GEORGE WOOLSEY.
To be SOLD, at Brunswick Courthouse, on the 22d of March, being Court Day, for ready Money, or Merchants Notes payable at the April General Court,
TWO very likely NEGROES , and a Tract of LAND in Brunswick, near the Courthouse, said to contain eight Hundred Acres, under a Deed of Trust from James Parkam to the Subscribers, and is the Land whereon the said Parkam lives. Gray Briggs, Attorney at Law, will attend the Sale, and act in our Behalf.
NATHANIEL RAINES. PATRICK RAMSAY.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Lancaster, on Tuesday the 2d of this Instant (February) an English Servant Man named THOMAS TAYLOR , about five Feet eight or nine Inches high, well made, with dark brown Hair, stoops much in his Walk, and when he laughs or talks he shows his Teeth very much, which are remarkably white; he was born in Somersetshire, speaks that Country Dialect, and had on, when he went away, a Coat, Waistcoat, and Breeches of blue Frieze, Country knit Stockings, a Pair of Country made Shoes, and I believe carried away some other Clothes, but what they were I do not well know. Whoever secures him so that I may get him again shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward if he is taken within ten Miles, and FORTY SHILLINGS if at a greater Distance.
JOHN WORMELEY.
TAKEN up, in Henrico, a large bay HORSE about fifteen Hands high, ten or twelve Years old, with a hanging Mane and Bob Tail, shod before, has large Saddle Spots on both Sides of his Withers, appears as if he had been much drove in a Chair, and is branded on the off Shoulder 31, as near as can be discerned.
ELIZABETH ROYSTER.
TAKEN up, in Pittsylvania, a bay HORSE about twelve Years old, four Feet six or seven Inches high, with a Star in his Forehead, several Saddle Spots on his Back, and branded on the near Buttock W L in a Piece.
GEORGE JEFFERSON.
TAKEN up, in Orange, a black BOAR about eighteen Months old, marked with a Crop and Sit in the left Ear, and a Crop and Underslot in the right, which I had some Time after cut, and, in November, posted, fattened, and killed, weighing a Hundred and fifty neat. The Owner may be paid for him on applying to
ZACHARIAH BURNLEY.
HALIFAX, NORTH CAROLINA, January 8, 1773.
THE Subscribers, acting Executors of the last Will and Testament of James Milner , Attorney at Law in this Province, lately deceased, being desirous of making as speedy a Settlement and Distribution of his Estate as possible, request the Favour of all those Persons who may have Claims on the said Estate to transmit a State thereof to us, as well authenticated as the Nature of such Claim will admit; all those who may be indebted thereto will avoid the Charges of Suit only by making speedy Payment. All Papers lodged in his Hands for Counsel or Suit will be carefully preserved, and delivered to the Order of the Clients to whom they respectively belong.
JOSEPH MONTFORT. ANDREW MILLER.
WHEREAS I intend shortly to remove from the Place where I now live to Fincastle County, on the Western Waters, it is expected that all those Gentlemen who have Business to do with me will attend at the Raleigh Tavern in Williamsburg, where I shall be from the 15th of April next to the 25th of the said Month, in Order to have all those Accounts which are now unsettled properly adjusted.
ISRAEL CHRISTIAN.
FREDERICKSBURG, February 2, 1773.
I INTEND to leave the Colony in a few Weeks.
WILLIAM HESLOP.
PURSUANT to an Order of the Honourable the General Court , we shall attend at the House of Captain George Wood, in Fredericksburg, on Monday the 15th of March, to state and report any Demand that shall be laid before us against John Campbell, Esquire, of Newport, of which all his Creditors are to take Notice, and attend with proper Proofs for ascertaining their Demands.
FIELDING LEWIS. CHARLES DICK. JOSEPH JONES. JOHN LEWIS.
CABIN POINT, February 1, 1773.
AS the Store formerly kept at RICHMOND Town by Mr. Andrew Chalmers, for Messrs. William Cuninghame and Company, of Glasgow , has been under my Management since the first of November last, I think it necessary to give this publick Information, that the said Concern will not think themselves obliged, from that Time, to answer any Contract, or Engagement, entered into by Mr. Chalmers as Manager for the Company at that Place.
WILLIAM HENDERSON.
WANTED IMMEDIATELY, ON CHARTER FOR PORT GLASGOW,
A Vessel of about four Hundred Hogheads Burthen-
FOR TERMS APPLY TO
JOHN HAMILTON and Company, IN NANSEMOND.
I INTEND to sell the following Tracts of LAND in Cumberland County , namely: The Land whereon I now live, which contains about fifteen Hundred Acres, with a good Dwellinghouse and all convenient Outhouses in good Repair, a Peach Orchard containing about eight Thousand fine young Trees of the best Fruit, an Apple Orchard containing about two Hundred and fifty fine young Trees, and almost every other Kind of Fruit Trees in a flourishing State; on the said Plantation are sown about sixty Acres of Land in Timothy, and there is a well accustomed Grist Mill on a constant Stream. Also a Tract about three Miles below the former, which lies near the Courthouse, and contains about nine Hundred Acres, whereon is an Apple Orchard, all convenient Houses for Cropping, and about a Hundred Acres of as good Meadow Land as any in the Colony, which may be overflowed, in a few Hours, by a Stream which runs through it, and about six Acres of it is sown with Timothy. A Tract of about six Hundred Acres, lying on both Sides of Willis's, of which there are about two Hundred Acres of low Grounds, a good Apple Orchard, and all convenient Houses for Cropping. A Tract of about two Hundred Acres on Muddy Creek, with a Plantation thereon. The above Land, except the last mentioned, lies as well, and is as suitable for the Culture of Corn, Tobacco, and Wheat, as any in this Part of the Country. I have also for Sale, on Dan River, near Dix's Ferry, about fifteen Hundred Acres. For Terms apply to
(4) JOHN MAYO.
HUNTINGTOUR, January 23, 1773.
I WILL sell twelve or fifteen Hundred Acres of rich LAND on each Side of Fifth Pond Creek, in the lower End of Buckingham, whereon are all necessary Houses for Cropping, with the Corn, Fodder, and Stock, on the said Land, and six valuable Virginia born SLAVES.
If my Debtors had not unjustly kept me out of considerable Sums of Money for a long Time, I should have had no Occasion to have sold Land or Negroes to have paid my Debts. Land that I sold eleven Years ago I am not yet paid for, and for a Cargo of Goods which I intrusted a notorious Villain with several Years ago I have not received forty Pounds, and he refuses to let me see the Books, to copy them, or to settle with me.
(6) ANTHONY WINSTON. N. B. The Land shall be laid off in Parcels, if not sold soon.
TO BE SOLD,
A VALUABLE Tract of LAND , containing about sixteen Hundred Acres, more or less, lying on the River Shenando, in Berkeley County (formerly Frederick) which is one of the most flourishing Counties in Virginia. The Land is exceeding good, well timbered, and adapted to the raising of all Kinds of Grain, as well as Tobacco, and has the Advantage of a very fine Stream of Water, on which is a Blomery with two Fires, a good Stone Merchant Mill with two Pair of Stones, a Saw Mill, a Distillery conveniently situated, a Smith's Shop, a Cooper's Shop, and many other Outhouses. There are about a Hundred and fifty Acres of Land cleared, and about fifty Acres of Meadow may be made with a very small Expense, one Half of which may be watered any Day in the Year. A Stock of Cattle, Horses, and Hogs, some Household Furniture, and all Kinds of Utensils proper for carrying on the above different Branches of Business, will be sold with or without the Land. For further Particulars inquire of Mr. William Little, on the Premises. Credit will be allowed for Part of the Purchase Money, the Purchaser giving Bond, with Security if required. For Terms apply to the Honourable George William Fairfax, Esquire, Carlyle and Dalton in Alexandria, or Preson Bowdoin in Norfolk.
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To be SOLD, on Tuesday the 16th Instant (February) pursuant to the last Will and Testament of Captain Servant Jones, deceased, in Warwick County,
ALL his personal Estate, consisting of NEGROES, STOCKS of different Kinds, &c. for which twelve Months Credit will be allowed, on giving Bond, with approved Security, to the Executors. (2)
ELIZABETH CITY, January 29, 1773.
RUN away from the Subscriber, about the 10th of last Month, a likely well-fet Fellow named JAMES , about five Feet six Inches high, twenty two Years of Age, full faced, and has a remarkable Scar over his left Eye; he had on, when he went away, a Cotton Jacket and blue Breeches, which I expect he will change. Since my former Advertisement he was taken up and committed to Gloucester Prison, out of which he made his Escape. Whoever secures him in any Jail, or brings him to me, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward, and all Expenses paid. I will give FIVE POUNDS Reward if he is taken out of the Colony, and hereby forewarn all Masters of Vessels from carrying him out thereof.
(2||) WILLIAM LATIMER.
RICHMOND Town, February 1, 1773.
RUN away from the Subscriber, yesterday Morning, a Convict Servant named WILLIAM GRAY , nineteen Years of Age, five Feet seven Inches and a Half high, gray eyed, and has Mouse coloured Hair; he had on, when he went away, a blue Cloth Jacket and black Breeches. Whoever brings him to me shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward.
PATRICK COUTTS.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Fauquier, on the 20th of December last, a likely Virginia born Mulatto Boy named CHARLES , who I understand calls himself Charles Hulet, and says he is a Freeman; he is about nineteen Years old, five Feet four or five Inches high, had on, when he went away, a Virginia Cloth Coat and Waistcoat mixed with black and white Yarn and Cotton, lined with blue Shalloon, and trimmed with plain white Metal Buttons worked with Blue, a Pair of Negro Cotton Breeches dyed of a pale Blue, with Half of each Waistband white, a Pair of Plaid Hose, and a blue Duffel great Coat. He has been taken up in Maryland, and made his Escape from Mr. Jacob Pofey, from whom he took a bright bay Horse, with a new small Saddle and Bridle; both the Horse's hind Feet and one fore Foot are white, has a Blaze Face, and is branded on the near Buttock C D. Whoever conveys the said Boy to me shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward, and if he is taken out of the Colony TEN POUNDS.
(Ti) JOHN CHURCHILL.
STRAYED, or STOLEN, from York Town, a SORREL HORSE about twelve Hands high, about twelve Years old, has a small Star in his Forehead, one of his hind Feet white as high as the Knee, the other as high as the Footlock, and is branded on the near Buttock, but I cannot remember what it is. Whoever brings him to the Vineyard, near Williamsburg, or lets me know where he is, so as I get him, shall have FIFTEEN SHILLINGS Reward.
ANDREW ESTAVE.
STRAYED, or STOLEN, from the Subscriber, at Mr. Wayles's, in Charles City , some Time in November last, a dark bay MARE about four Feet nine or ten Inches high, and branded on the near Buttock. Whoever delivers her to me shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward.
FRANCIS EPPES.
TREASURY OFFICE, January 29, 1775.
IT is with infinite Concern that I find there is immediate Occasion to caution the Publick against several very ingenious and therefore the more dangerous Forgeries of many of the FIVE POUND BILLS emitted in November 1769 and July 1771.
From the peculiar Sort of Paper, on which these Notes were impressed, the many different Devices and Checks with which they were guarded, it was hoped that they would have baffled the Attempts of the most crafty and designing to counterfeit them. Suspicion it seems has been at some Time entertained in the upper Parts of the Country, but it is only within these few Days that the Forgeries of the Emission of 1771, and not till this Morning those of 1769, have been detected and fixed upon with Certainty. Let it be remarked, that, in the genuine good Bills of both Emissions, the Ornaments, by some called the Entablatures, by others the Feathers, which are raised and partly turned over the Mens Heads in the Coats of Arms, are different, as the original Devices are; the one is much broader than the other; the Point of the Halbert or Spear held by each of the Men in his left Hand runs up to touch the broad Entablature, but in the Arms with the narrow Entablature the Point of the Halbert falls considerably below it, so that this Difference alone does not prove any of the Bills to be forged, as it is common to both Sorts. The five Pound Bills of both Emissions hitherto discovered to have been counterfeited have all the Coats of Arms with the broad Entablature or Feather, which with all the other Devices and Types very nearly resemble those of the genuine Bills. Some of the most apparent striking Differences in those dated 1771 are these: In the good Bills the T W in the white Water Letters under the Signers Names appear plainly, when held up to the Light, to be wrought in the Texture of the Paper itself; these Letters appear to sink equally both on the Faces and Backs of the Bills, and are equally transparent, whereas in the forged Bills they appear to sink into the Paper only on the Face of them, as if done with a Stamp, after the Paper was made, and appear a little raised on the Backs of the Bills. In the good Bills, the first double Stroke of the W wrought in the Paper to the left Hand is wider where it joins the middle Stroke than it is at the Top; but in the Counterfeits these double Strokes are at equal Distances, and nearer each other. The Tops and Bottoms of the T and W stand exactly square and even with each other in the good Bills, but in the forged the right Hand Corner of the Top of the T is generally raised above the Top of the W and sinks a little to the left Hand. The Bars or white Water Strokes, observable in all Writing Paper, which runs down from the Tops to the Bottoms of these Bills, are a little more than the tenth Part of an Inch wider from each other in the good than they are in the forged Bills. The Counterfeits of 1769 appear to have been made on a different Paper; they all have the broad Entablature or Feather; the Bars or white Water Strokes above described in these are near a Quarter of an Inch wider than in the true Bills. Nearly the same Remarks may be made on these in Respect to the T W as on the same Letters in the other Emission, both as to the double Strokes of the W and the Situation of both Letters in Relation to each other; but it is very observable that the left Corner of the W comes very near to the Bars or white Strokes running down the Bill in the Counterfeits, but in the genuine Bills the same Corner is at a greater Dist nce from the Bar or Water Stroke.
There are several other remarkable Differences in both Emissions, which cannot so well be described in Writing, but which many Gentlemen in different Parts of the Country are made well acquainted with.
I cannot too earnestly again recommend it to all Holders of the Paper Money not to suffer any Thing to be pasted on the Backs of the Bills; such as are pasted will not be received at the Treasury.
RO. C. NICHOLAS, Treasurer.
STRAYED, or STOLEN, out of my Pasture, near Littlepage's Bridge, in Caroline County, on the 11th of January , a sorrel MARE near fourteen Hands high, with a Blaze in her Face, some Saddle Spots, her hind Legs white up to her Knees, a white Spot on each Flank, a Half roached Mane, trimmed Tail, paces slow, trots hard, long bodied, and branded Z, but scarcely perceptible. Whoever brings her to me shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward, besides a reasonable Allowance if taken up above fifty Miles from my House; or, if stolen, FIVE POUNDS on Conviction of the Thief.
DUNCAN GRAHAM.
COMMITTED to the Jail of Bedford , some Time in November last, a middle sized Negro Man who calls himself FRANK, and says he belongs to one Edward Jones of North Carolina; he had with him a black Mare with a bald Face, an old Gun, and a Pocket Book with several Papers in it. The Owner is desired to apply for him to the Sheriff of the said County.
TAKEN up, in Louisa, a black HORSE about twelve or thirteen Years old, about four Feet four Inches high, has some Saddle Spots, and a remarkable small white Spot in his Forehead, his Mane appears as if it had been roached, and is about Half grown out, has a Switch Tail, trots and gallops, and branded on the near Buttock H. Posted, and appraised to eight Pounds. Also a bright bay GELDING about four Feet six Inches high, between two and three Years old, with a Star in his Forehead, a hanging Mane and long Tail, and branded on the near Buttock M S. Posted, and appraised to fifteen Pounds.
SAMUEL PARIS.
TAKEN up, in Norfolk County, a red and white COW, six Years old, with an Underslope in the left Ear. Posted, and appraised to thirty seven Shillings.
JAMES LAMBERT.
TAKEN up, in Chesterfield, a black MARE with a Star in her Forehead, a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, shod before, and branded on the near Buttock D RD . Posted, and appraised to four Pounds ten Shillings.
ROBERT GOODE.
IT is hereby again notified, that no Letters which come directed to Benjamin Waller, Thomas Everard, or the Clerk of the Secretary's Office, concerning the Business of that Office, unless the Postage is paid, will be taken up.
Delaware Lottery,
For the SALE of LANDS Belonging to the Earl of STERLING.
THE Publick may be assured that this Lottery will be drawn by the 20th of May next, and till then no Money will be required for Tickets, which may be had by applying to the Subscriber, in Williamsburg.
JAMES COCKE.
ALL Persons indebted to the Estate of Mr. James Winston, late of Hanover, deceased, are desired to make immediate Payment, and those who have any Demands against the same are requested to make them known to
JOHN WINSTON, Junior, Executor.
GLOUCESTER County, January 22, 1775.
THE Subscriber begs Leave to inform the Publick that he hath made a small Trial on the WHEAT MACHINE before mentioned, and, from its Operation, he can assure them it will fully answer his former Advertisement.
JOHN HOBDAY.
RICHMOND County, January 25, 1773.
AS I intend for England soon, I desire all those who are indebted to me to make speedy Payment, and such as have Demands against me are desired to bring in their Accounts.
MOORE FAUNTLEROY.

POETS CORNER.
IMPROMPTU, on reading an Essay on Education.
By a LADY.
YES, Women, if they dar'd, would nobly soar, And every Art and Science would explore; Though weak their Sex, their Notions are refin'd, And e'er would prove a Blessing to Mankind.
NORTH CAROLINA, January 1, 1773.
THE Subscriber will be in the Neighbourhood of Salisbury during the Months of March, April, and May next, in order to treat with such Gentlemen as may be inclined to purchase any of his Lands in this Province.
PORTSMOUTH, January 27, 1773.
THE Subscriber, who has taken the Ferry at this Place, will keep good Entertainment for Men and Horses; and send Expresses, at a Minute's Warning, to any Part of the Country.
NORFOLK, January 25, 1773.
THE Subscriber intends for the West Indies soon, and to return in a few Months.
NORFOLK, January 23, 1773.
THOSE indebted to the Estate of William Templeman, late of Fredericksburg, are desired to pay their respective Sums to Mr. John Meats, who is properly authorised to receive the same, and give Discharges.
To be SOLD by publick Auction, on the Premises, on Thursday the 25th of February,
A TRACT OF LAND pleasantly situated on Mattaponi River, in King and Queen County, containing six Hundred and fifty Acres, more or less, whereon is a genteel two Story Brick House, and convenient Brick Offices in good Repair, a large Warehouse sixty Feet by twenty four, with a Brick Cellar the Length of the House, and within thirty Yards of a Wharf where a Vessel of a Hundred Tuns may load.
N. B. There is belonging to the above mentioned Tract one Hundred Acres of Marsh, on the other Side of the River, which will be sold with the Land.
To be SOLD, in the Town of Newcastle, on Tuesday the 16th of February, to the highest Bidder,
THE Remainder of Mr. Joseph Thropp's Store, consisting of European GOODS to the Amount of five Hundred and eleven Pounds eleven Shillings and seven Pence, at first Cost; also sundry Currency GOODS and STORE FURNITURE, too tedious to mention.
JOHN SYME. JAMES OVERTON, Junior.
STOLEN from Gosport, about ten Days ago, a Negro Man named TANGO, a well made, thick, short Fellow, Guinea born, speaks scarcely to be understood, has resided many Years in this Place, is a simple good natured Fellow, about twenty five Years of Age, and never ran away before.
STOLEN from my Plantation in Goochland, on Lickinghole Creek, about the 18th of October last, a black Horse about four Feet nine or ten Inches high, eight or nine Years old, his hind Feet white to the Footlocks, or rather above, and pointed out pretty much when rode, had a Crack in one of his fore Hoofs, shod before, and branded on the near Buttock C.
Three Pounds Reward.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Amherst, a young Mulatto Fellow named TOM, six Feet high, with a large Scar on one of his Ankles, which appears swelled, and another on one of the Fingers of his right Hand;
RUN away from the Sloop Betsey, at Hobb's Hole, on Friday the 16th Instant (January) SAMUEL TUDOR, a Convict, and an Englishman, about twenty Years old, five Feet six Inches high, has black Hair and Eyes, a down Look, and his left Thigh has been fractured, which causes him to limp a little;
RUN away from Captain M'Killup's Brig, lately stranded on Egg Island, about fifty IRISH CONVICTS, many of which are said to have landed in Gloucester County. Whoever apprehends the said Servants, and will bring them to me in York Town, shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward for each, and be allowed all reasonable Expenses.
COMMITTED to Smithfield Jail, a Negro Man who says his Name is BOATSWAIN, speaks bad English, and by what I can learn of him he says he came across Gran'ywater to be sold, but made his Escape.
TAKEN up, on the south Side of Roanoke, at the Mouth of Grassy Creek, a dark bay MARE about four Feet six Inches high, branded on the near Buttock S, has several Saddle Spots, paces very well, and has on a small Bell.
TAKEN up, in Cumberland, a dark bay MARE about four Feet six Inches high, six Years old, shod before, and branded on the near Buttock B; also a likely MARE COLT about two Years old, neither dockt nor branded.
TAKEN up, in Hanover, two SHOATS, marked with a Crop and Underkeel in the right Ear, and a Half Crop in the left, one of them is spotted with Black and White, and the other of a smutty Colour, are both Sows, and appear to be about a Year old.
TAKEN up, in Southampton, a bay HORSE about four Feet six Inches high, all his Feet white, a Blaze in his Face, and branded on the near Buttock I S. Potted, and appraised to five Pounds.
RUN away from the Subscriber, about the 16th of November last, a new Negro Fellow near six Feet high, about twenty five Years old, with a down Look, a small balk Streak on the Top of his Head, had on common Negro Clothing, and went away without his Shoes.
PETERSBURG, January 7, 1773.
SOME Time ago Mr. John Ashton advertised some Negroes for Sale, as Part of the Estate of Mr. John Monroe, deceased, since which I am informed a considerable Number of them belongs to the Estate of Colonel Andrew Monroe, deceased.
*** All Persons indebted to Sir Lyond Lyde, Baronet, and Company, are desired to make immediate Payment; and as great Indulgence has been given, Suits will be brought against all those who do not discharge their Accounts at the next April General Court.
NORFOLK, January 5, 1773.
WHEREAS the Partnership of Bolden, Lawrence, and Company, expired the 1st of this Instant, this is therefore to request all Persons who are indebted to them to pay off their Accounts immediately, or settle their Balances by Bonds; and those to whom they are indebted may apply to us and receive Payment.
Three Hundred Pounds Reward.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in St. Stephen's Parish, South Carolina, about fifteen Months since, two Negro Fellows and a Wench, namely: WILL, GEORGE, and SYLVIA. Will is a Cooper and rough Carpenter, about twenty five Years of Age, five Feet eight Inches high, of a yellowish Complexion, slim made, a little knock-kneed, his Teeth filed, and has his Country Marks in his Face.
THOMAS WEST, an Overseer, about twenty five Years of Age, five Feet seven Inches high, very slim, of a swarthy Complexion, who lived at the Subscriber's Plantation about three Years, and just about the Time the said three Negroes ran away left him, it is generally thought carried them into North Carolina, Virginia, or Maryland, and may offer them for Sale.
THE Subscriber will sell, on reasonable Terms, his LAND and HOUSES whereon he now lives, known by the Name of HOOD'S, in Prince George, on James River. As to its Situation, it is hardly worth While to lay any Thing about it, though it is looked upon to be the most pleasant Place, and has the finest View, of any Seat on James River.
DAVID SCOTT.
TO BE SOLD,
THAT valuable Tract of LAND called MOCOCC'S ISLAND, lying within a Mile of the Mouth of Chickahominy River, one Mile from James River, a Quarter of a Mile from Barret's Ferry, and within ten of Williamsburg. It contains six Hundred Acres of the highest, driest, and richest Marsh in this Colony; and in its present State, during the Spring and Summer Months, it will afford Grazing for above a Thousand Head of Cattle.
Also to be sold, by the Subscriber, four Hundred Acres of LAND, more or less, an old Patent of Tobacco, Wheat, and Corn Land, on which is a Plantation ready for Cropping, lying within one Mile of Williamsburg, and seven Miles from Richmond Town, is well timbered, and not one Fourth of it cut down.
HANOVER Town, January 1, 1773.
I HEREBY give Notice that against the 1st of March next the Business now under my Management will be put into the Hands of Mr. John Davis, who has full Power to settle and collect the Debts due to Messrs. Murdock, Donald, and Company, contracted at the Stores kept at Seaford's by Mr. William Donald, and at this Place by me.
JOHN JOHNSON.
For SALE, in the Town of NEWCASTLE, A LARGE two Story DWELLINGHOUSE, with three commodious Rooms on a Floor, each with a Fireplace. It is exceedingly well calculated for a Tavern, and is pleasantly situated near the River.
W. JOHNSON.
RUN away from the Subscriber, at Petersburg, about the Middle of September last, a very likely Negro Man named PHIL. about twenty Years of Age, of a yellow Complexion, and about five Feet nine Inches high, proportionably made. He is a Native of Africa, but speaks broken English, having been some Years in the West Indies, and has lost two Joints off two of his Fingers on his right Hand.
I will give THREE POUNDS Reward to any Person who will deliver said Slave to me, or to Mr. Hugh M'Mekin at Portsmouth, and FORTY SHILLINGS to secure him in any Jail, and give Notice thereof.
THOMAS GORDON.
TWENTY POUNDS REWARD
FOR apprehending JOHN HUTCHINSON, who ran away last Night from the Subscriber, in Lancaster. He is a Blacksmith by Trade, a likely stout Man, about five Feet ten or eleven Inches high, wore his own short dark Hair, and is a Yorkshireman, which may be easily known by his Dialect, is much given to Drink, and in which he is apt to be very noisy.
NOVEMBER 4, 1772. THOMAS POLLARD.
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.
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To be SOLD,
FOURTEEN Hundred Acres of exceeding good TOBACCO LAND in Stafford County, on the Branches of Aquia and Potomack 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.
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