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The TIMES: A moral Description.
THE Effeminacy of our Manners, so often complained of by the Moralists of late Years, seems now to have risen to the utmost Height of Extravagance. The State of Corruption and Degeneracy which Doctor Brown, in his Estimate of the Manners of the Times, forefaw was to happen, has actually arrived; the liberal and manly Genius which distinguished our Ancestors appears entirely to have fled from this Country. The first and capital Article attended to by the Aspirer after Fashion is that of Dress, which, in all its Variety of Excess and Ridicule, is too low for serious Animadversion; yet in this must every Man of Rank employ his Mornings, who pretends to keep "good Company." The wisest, the most virtuous, the most polite, if defective in these exterior and unmanly Delicacies, are avoided as low People, whom nobody knows, and with whom one is ashamed to be seen.
How would he have been derided in the Days of Elizabeth, when a great Queen rode on Horseback to St. Paul's, who should have foretold that in less than two Centuries no Man of Fashion would cross the Street to Dinner without the effeminate Covering and Conveyance of a Coach or a Chair?
Yet, thus accouired, the modern Man of Fashion is conveyed to Company. Wherever he goes, he meets the same false Delicacy in all. Every Circumstance of modern Use conspires to soothe him into the Excess of Effeminacy; warm Carpets are spread under his Feet, warm Hangings surround him, Doors and Windows nicely jointed prevent the least rude Encroachment of the external Air.
Vanity lends her Aid to this unmanly Delicacy: Splendid Furniture, a sumptuous Sideboard, a long Train of Attendants, an elegant and costly Entertainment (for which Earth, Air, and Seas, are ransacked) the most expensive Wines of the Continent, the childish Vagaries of a whimsical Dessert, these are the supreme Pride of the Master, and the Admiration or Envy of the Guests.
Luxury is not idle in her Province, but shares with her Sister Vanity in the Labours of the Day. High Soups and Sauces, every Mode of foreign Cookery that can quicken Taste and spur the lagging Appetite, is assiduously employed. The End of eating is not the allaying of natural Hunger, but the Gratification of lordly and debasing Appetite. Hence the most inflaming Foods, not those which nourish, but those which irritate, are adopted; while the cool and temperate Diets, that purify the Blood, are banished to inferior Tables.
In these fashionable Meetings, no Point of Morals, or of Taste in Arts or Literature, is ever canvassed. These are long since expelled from every modish Assembly: To speak any Thing that carries Weight and Importance is an Offence against good Breeding; the supreme Elegance is to trifle agreeably.
But as Insipidity of Conversation is soon worn out, and as Intemperance in Wine is not of the Character of refined Luxury, so, to prevent the Stagnation of Folly, some awakening Amusement is naturally sought for. We read, in ancient Story, that in the most polished Court of the most refined Period a Reward was proclaimed to him who should invent a new Pleasure. This may justly be styled the 1st Effort of despairing Luxury. The grand Desideratum is at length found: A Pleasure which absorbs the whole Man, a Pleasure in which there is no Satiety, which cloyes not by Use, but gains new Vigour from Enjoyment. The Vulgar only can need to be informed that the Pleasure here alluded to is that of Gaming.
But as the present State of Splendour of Dress, Equipage, Furniture, and Entertainment, is enormously expensive, what can so naturally create a Lust of Gold as the vain Ambition of Equality or Superiority in this System of effeminate Show? Hence Rapacity attends Profusion, until the Spirit of Avarice glides secretly into the Soul, and impels the Man of Fashion to that Gaming as a Trade which he had before adopted as a Pleasure.
Gaming becomes thus established on the two great Pillars of Self Interest and Pleasure, and on these Foundations seem to rest the Midnight Riot and Dissipation of modern Assemblies.
The Spirit of Gaming has even insinuated itself into Trade, and Men who should attend to Business are disgusted with its Forms and with its slow Returns.
They renounce Commerce for Speculation, and in their extravagant Haste to get Wealth they lose their Integrity, and heedlessly plunge into all the Mysteries of the Alley. Hence, in a great Measure, are those numerous Bankruptcies to be accounted for which of late have involved so many innocent Individuals in the Misery of Distress, and which have been so injurious to Trade.
But though Gaming be now the capital Pleasure, as well as Business, of most Men of Fashion, and of all the Macaroni Merchants, yet other incidental Amusements intervene at vacant Times. Let us therefore proceed to examine the other reigning Amusements of the Age.
A Knowledge of Books, a Taste in Arts, a Proficiency in Science, were formerly regarded as proper Qualifications in a Man of Fashion. The Annals of our Country have transmitted the Names and Memory of Men as eminent in Learning and Taste as in Rank and Fortune. It will not, however, be regarded as a Kind of Satire on the present Age to say, that, among the higher Ranks, this literary Spirit is generally vanished. Reading is now sunk at best into a Morning's Amusement, until the important Hour of Dress comes on. Books are no longer regarded as the Repositories of Taste and Knowledge, but are rather laid Hold of as a gentle Relaxation from the tedious Round of Pleasure.
But what Kind of Reading must that be which can attract or entertain the languid Morning Spirit of modern Effeminacy? Any, indeed, that can but prevent the insupportable Toil of thinking, that may serve as a preparatory Whet of Indolence to the approaching Pleasures of the Day.
As the Excess of Delicacy has destroyed our Force of Taste, it has yet, notwithstanding, it will be allowed, carried off that Grossness of Obscenity which was characteristic of less polished Times; but what Vice has lost in Coarseness of Expression she has gained in a more easy and general Admittance. In ancient Days, bare and impudent Obscenity, like a common Woman of the Town, was confined to Brothels; whereas the double Entendre , like a modern fine Lady, is now admitted into the best Company, while her transparent Covering of Words, like a thin fashionable Gauze delicately thrown across, discloses, while it seems to veil, her Nakedness of Thought.
No Wonder if these leading Characters of false Delicacy influence our other Entertainments, and be attended with a low and unmanly Taste in Musick. That divine Art, capable of inspiring every Thing that is great and excellent, of rousing every nobler Passion of the Soul, is at length dwindled to an Eunuch's effeminate Trill. The chaste and solemn Airs of Corelli, of Geminiani, the divine and lofty Flights of Caldara and Marcello, the elegant Simplicity of Bononcini, the manly, the pathetick, the astonishing Strains of Handel, are neglected and despised; while, instead of these, our Concerts and Operas are disgraced with the lowest Insipidity of Composition and unmeaning Sing-Song. The Question now concerns not the Expression, the Grace, or Dignity, of the Musick. We go not to admire the Composition, but the Tricks of the Performer.
Let us search the Theatre for the Remains of manly Taste. The Attractions of the Theatre arise from a Complication of Causes beyond those of any other Entertainment, and it is much to be feared that while the judicious Critick admires original Excellencies the Crowd is drawn by secondary Circumstances. Need we any other Proof of this than the Conduct of fashionable Hearers, who sit with the same Face of Admiration at Lear, an Opera, or a Pantomime?
It is not to be affirmed that every Individual has assumed the Garb and Character of false Delicacy and uncontrouled Self-Love: As in manly Ages some will be effeminate, so in effeminate Times the manly Character will be found; as in Times of Principle some will be void of Principle, so in Times when Principle is derided in some superior Minds Principle will be found. But, from the general Combination of Manners and Principles, in every Period of Time, will always result one ruling and predominant Character; as from a confused Multitude of different Voices results one general Murmur, and strikes the distant Ear; or, from a Field covered with Flocks, Herds, or Armies, though various in themselves, results one general and permanent Colour, and strikes the distant Eye.
It appears then, from this short Delineation, that Show and Pleasure are the main Objects of Pursuit.
As the general Habit of refined Indulgence is strong, and the Habit of enduring is lost, as the general Spirit of Religion, Honour, and publick Love, are weakened or vanished, we may with Truth conclude that the ruling Character of the present Times is a vain, luxurious, and selfish Effeminacy. I am, Sir,
An Admirer of the Manners of the last Age.
The GOOD WIFE.
THE good Wife is one who, ever mindful of the solemn Contract which she has entered into, is strictly and conscientiously virtuous, constant, and faithful to her Husband; chaste, pure, and unblemished in every Thought, Word, and Deed. She is humble and modest from Reason and Conviction, submissive from Choice, and obedient from Inclination. What she acquires by Love and Tenderness she preserves by Prudence and Discretion; she maketh it her Business to serve, and her Pleasure to oblige, her Husband, being conscious that every Thing which promotes his Happiness must in the End contribute to her own. Her Tenderness relieves his Cares, her Affection softens his Distress; her good Humour and Complainance lessen and subdue his Afflictions. "She opened her Mouth (as Solomon says) with Wisdom, and in her Tongue is the Law of Kindness. She looked well to the Ways of her House, and she eateth not the Bread of Idleness. Her Children rise up, and call her blessed; her Husband also, and he praiseth her." Lastly, as a good and pious Christian, she looketh up with an Eye of Gratitude to the great Dispenser and Disposer of all Things, to the Husband of the Widow, and Father of the Fatherless, entreating his divine Favour and Assistance in this and every other moral Duty, well satisfied that if she duly and punctually discharges her several Offices in this Life she shall be rewarded for it afterwards.
The most generally important Qualification in a good Wife is Sweetness of Temper. Formed to obey a Being so imperfect as Man, she ought to learn betimes even to suffer Injustice, and bear it without Complaint. It is not for his Sake, but for her own, that she should be of a mild Disposition. The Perverseness and ill Nature of Women only serve to aggravate their own Misfortunes, and the Misconduct of their Husbands; they might plainly perceive that these are not the Arms by which they gain the Superiority. Heaven did not bestow on them the Powers of Insinuation and Persuasion to make them perverse and morose; it did not constitute them feeble to make them imperious; it did not give them so soft and agreeable a Voice to vent Abuse, nor Features so delicate and lovely to be disfigured with Anger. When they give Way therefore to Rage, they forget themselves; for, though they may have often Reason to complain, they are always in the wrong to scold. Each Sex should preserve its peculiar Tone and Manner; a meek Husband may make a Wife impertinent; but Mildness of Disposition on the Woman's Side will always bring a Man back to Reason at last, if he be not a Brute, and will sooner or later triumph over him.
The GOOD HUSBAND.
THE good Husband is one who wedded not by Interest but by Choice, is constant as well from Inclination as from Principle. He treats his Wife with Delicacy as a Woman, with Tenderness as a Friend; he attributes her Folly to her Weakness, her Imprudence to her Inadvertency, and he therefore passes them over with good Nature and pardons them with Indulgence. All his Care and Industry are employed for her Welfare, all his Strength and Power are exerted for her Support and Protection. He is the more anxious to preserve his own Character and Reputation, because her's is blended with it. Lastly, the good Husband is pious and religious, that he may animate her Faith by his Practice; and that, as they join to promote each other's Happiness in this World, they may unite to ensure their Felicity in that which is to come.
A R E B U S.
WHAT Virtue is that most adorns the fair Sex? And say by what Power the Magnet effects? What is it denotes a great Man to be sage? And tell me the opposite State to old Age? Whom is it we ought above all to admire? The Dress of a Monarch in fullest Attire, A Poet extoll'd for his Sweetness in Rhyme, Another renown'd for Expressions sublime, The Name of a Queen which old England did boast, The Bacchanal's Custom betwixt every Toast, Take each Word which, you soon will explore, The Name of the FAIR ONE I so much adore.

DIOGENES'S lost Labour.
TURNING over some old Manuscripts a few Days since, I met with an odd Piece of Satire on the Manners of the then Times; and as it is more than two Hundred and twenty Years since it was written, I am apt to think it will be agreeable to the Generality of your Readers to learn from it, that, whatever our Grandfathers tell us, the World was not a Bit better then than it is at present.
The Author has diverted himself with the true Story of Diogenes's looking for an honest Man with a Candle and Lanthorn in broad Daylight, and puts into his Mouth the following severe Satire on his Contemporaries.
Now fix upon this unportable Labour, he upon seeking honest Men in a Place where Vice is a Scandal and Honesty out of Fashion. May I never return to my Tub if I am not as weary as a Pack Horse after a ten Days Journey, and all this to no Purpose too! Not a Street, a Square, a Lane, or an Alley, in this populous City, but I have searched it through; and, by my Honesty, cannot meet a Man in it worth saying Goodmorrow to. Why what Nest of Knaves are these! have they banished all the honest Men out of the Place, or have they eaten them up, and become so fat upon their Carcases! Alas! poor Virtue! what hast thou done to merit this general Contempt? Ay, there thou sittest shivering in the Cold under the Priest's Window, who cannot find House Room for thee. Why, how now? What is it that thou shrinkest from the Sight of?
O! yonder I see walks Bribery, in the Figure of an honest substantial Citizen. Ay marry, pray make him one of your Common Council. O no! I see your Company now: There goes close at his Heels Extortion; pull off your Hats to him, Friends. Ay, well done; he is one of the best of the Parish, and has served all Offices, and never did Good in any. A most abominable rich Fellow, beside too. Three or four old, rusty, Gold-getting Widows, have crowned him with the precious Mamon, and it is dearer to him than his own Soul; nay, if he had five Thousand Souls, he would sell them all for Half of five Thousand Pounds.
But see! who is this dingle-dangle Figure of Gallantry that capers in next? O! it is Monsieur Prodigality and his Whore, going to recreate themselves together in Covent Garden. Yonder goes the old Bawd in a Coach before, to draw the Curtains. O! they will all meet together by and by, to make Work for the Surgeon.
Ha! I do not often laugh, Neighbours, but I must needs be merry now. Do you see yonder Ais there? Why, he is caparisoned for all the World like Caesar's Horse; such a Feather on his empty Head, and fruiting with the same stately Pace! Would you believe it, I knew his Father well: He was a most grave Senator in Respect to his Beard, and piled up Gold even as they do Stockfish in Iceland; and now the Son, this precious two Halves of a Fool, is spending it faster than he got it. But how? Ay marry, stay let me snuff my Candle, and I will look in his Face and tell you: O just like Seignor Scatter Guinea, he has divided it into five Parts. There's an Economist for you! there's the first for Gaming, the second for Drinking, the third for Whoring, the fourth for Pride; and he has so managed it in the dividing them, that the fifth, which is for Necessaries, is so small that it cannot last him a Twelvemonth. Walk along, Knave, starve and die in a Workhouse!
Oh! but who have we now comes crawling with the Palsy in his Limbs, an old Thread-bare Coat, and a long String of Items in his Hand. Stay, stay, Light! let me view him again; O, I know the Slave now, it is Usury. What a meagre lank Knave it is! and yet he devours his Dozen Bodies a Day. Why, what does he, pray, as he goes along, his Mouth goes so fast? No, no, he is chewing the Cud upon his last Extortion. I warrant his Teeth have not Half so much Employment at his Dinner, though his Guts grumble for it.
How now, what is the Matter behind me? As I live, this drunken Knave had almost pushed me down. Look how his Creak hangs! on one Side it is down to his Ankles, and at the other up to his Elbow; his Steps measure the Longitude and Latitude of the Place. Hark, how he swears; ay, that's all his Landlady will get for the Reckoning, though he is as great a Customer as ever took up foddern Water and Treacle, with Cuzak Credit on a Post. Get thee away, Rascal, die in a Ditch, or rot in an Hospital; one of the two I am sure will be thy Destiny.
But see! who is this strutting and knocking down every One that takes the Wall of him? O! I know him now: it is Ambition; he is a great Man with the King now, his Voice is heard at Court. Ay, ay, and I remember when his Father's Voice was heard in the City; but he chooses to forget that now. Many a Time have I heard the honest old Fellow cry Brooms, an honest plain Man that dealt by Exchange, and traded largely by that Means in old Shoes too. O! I remember to have heard him read this Youngster an excellent Lesson in his proper Calling, even upon a Broom. Sira, said he, here are Twigs to correct you now, here is a Cudgel in this Broomstick to beabout you with afterwards; and here, here is the End of your Pilgrimage, here is a Wyth, that will save the Expense of a Rafter. And the old Man told Truth I warrant you, for I see he is coming to it apace; he will climb to Greatness though the Road be up a Ladder, and he will break his Neck by the Way in jumping down.
O! here is another precious Fellow for you now! here is Ancient Brader. What a Figure he makes! how he bullies those poor Fellows there! and yet, I warrant you, old as I am, I could take his Sword out of his Hand with my Staff. He is all Sound and Breath, all Noise and Puff: He will tell you he loves fighting better than eating, and that he fought six Captains at once and conquered them; yet I saw him the other Day going to the Justice, to swear the Peace against a Link Boy, who had broke his Head with his own Dagger.
Ah! but here comes Conscience. Let me get into the Kennel, that he may not say I stole him from the Wall. This precious Knave has had a poor Fellow now six Years in Prison, for saying to his Dog, as he was devouring his Childrens Dinner, come out, thou Cuckold's Cur; and yet, if the Dog could speak, he would swear he was not called out of his Name. Well, Heaven be praised; he is no Neighbour of mine, I had rather live next Door to a Bear than to such a two-legged Savage. Fare thee ill, Knave, go and be hanged; and when thou art upon that Journey, pray take all these Fellows with thee.
O! sweet Mr. Hypocrisy, are you abroad so early? An ill Day to you, with all my Heart. This is the Fellow that told me, upon his Conscience, my Gown was a good Bargain, when it was not worth a Groat; but I cry him Mercy too, he was not perjured, for I will be Witness for him he swore by that which never had any Being. He hates Oaths as much as I do, but he does not hate lying, I am sure, to my Cost: He will over-reach you in your Bargain, even if it be by the Help of bad Weight and Measure; and then, crooking his Bear, will sigh and tell you there is no Conscience in the World now a Days, and then make his own Actions bear Witness of it.
But, how now! whither goes all this Hurly-burly? O, your Servant, Senior Buff, I wish you a good Journey; I see where you are going. They are carrying him to Jail for a last Night's Riot; he has beat the Watch, cut the Constable on the Face, broke the Waiter's Head, and lain with the Hostess. Search his Pockets: O! I could have told you as much, safe Dice and Picklocks. An ingenious Fellow this, he will work his Living out of bare Bones. O the Industry of the young Men of this Time! This is a Bully too, Gentlemen; he threatens Blood and Wounds, Sword and Pistol, and yet I have seen him run to a Surgeon for a bloody Nose. He seems to wear one Suit of Clothes a Week; to-day he is in Satin, to-morrow in Sackcloth.
But who have we next, pray, with his wry Mouth and grinning Countenance? O! it is Detraction; a Halter stretch his Neck. Have not the Crows picked out his Eyes yet? See, see, how he grins at yonder plain dressed decent Woman, because she has not all the Frippery of my Lady Fashionable, that goes before her. Why, thou scurvy Knave, is Decency become ridiculous then? Look to thyself, thou hasty nothing but what is hateful in thee, and yet thou wilt spit thy Venom at every Thing that is great and good in others. Fic on it, fic on it, what a World is this! when a Fool shall laugh at a Philosopher, a Dolt, an Idiot, one that has as much Wit in his Toes as his Brains, shall deride Morality and Wisdom. The scurvy Companion passed by my Tub yesterday, and asked me why I did not make it a Taphouse. Marry, quoth I, because I want a Fool for a Sign to bring in Customers; prithe make thyself useful, and let me hang thee up for that Purpose.
But, ah! what meagre Fiend is here? As I live, Jealousy; ay, Saffron coloured, as if he had the yellow Jaundice. His Wife now is honest as a Cherubim; yet the paltry Natsiness, because he runs to Bawdy-houses himself, thinks her Courtesies and theirs are all alike, free to every Man. He watches her Steps wherever she goes, and is so confident of his own Cuckoldom that he will lay Wagers he buffs a mad Bull with his larger Horns. The Barber cannot make him a Hat wide enough, he tells you; and the Barber breaks the Edges of all his Razors in shaving his Temples. He believes there is not an honest Woman in the City, because he converses with none but Whores. He has Whores of all Complexions, Whores of all Sizes, and Whores of all Diseases, and still himself soon rot of a Complication of them all.
Well, hither to can't I meet nothing like what I am searching for. Hold! I will snuff my Candle, and cross the Street, however, before I go. Well, who meets me here! What, had this Place never a Knave to encounter my first Sight with but Disford? Out, Villain, but! thou art he that sets Kings, Princes, Friends, and Brothers, together by the Ears,
and founds War and Defiance throughout the World. You are wronged, quoth he, Honour will not let you put it up. This is the Rascal that made me fall out with my Brother, call him proud Fellow, and trample upon his Bed because it was a little better than mine. In all his Lifetime, and I will assure you it is an old, gray, lean, dry, rotten boned Villain, he never put on a cheerful Face but at Mitchell; he would rather bite his Tongue through than bid any one Goodmorrow! So now he is got into his Element, quarrelling in the Midst of a Mob of Fifth Wives and Basket Women. Off goes one's Cap, down tumbles another's Lead of Apples and Oranges, and there lies a third dying her green Waistcoat black in a Kennel.
O! Mr. Pickpurse, are you among them too? Nay, nay, a Mob had been without its first Minister had not you been there. Ay, ay, thrust in among them, the Mob thickens, Customers come in apace; make privy Search without a Constable, and keep all you find to buy a Suit of Sables to wear at the Gallows, for there you most come presently. I will stay no longer with you; a Halter catch you all.
Now, sic upon thee, slovenly Knave, when didst thou wash thy Face? Here is Sloth right in his Kind; the Periwig that he wears by Day, when he lies down, becomes his Night Cap, and his Half-tattered sleeveless Waistcoat, I warrant, is ten Thousand strong. Garter thy Hose, Beast, for Shame; or will the Pox bear no tying? This Fellow, I remember, coming once to a Fig Tree, was too lazy to gather the Fruit; but lying down upon it on his Back, drop into my starved Jaws, quoth he, I beseech you! This is he that rises late, and goes to Bed early; up to eat, and then down to Sleep again. Rather than he would endure Half an Hour's Labour, he would submit to an Honn's hanging. I know no Use he is of but to keep the City Bread from moulding, and the Suburb Ale from growing four. This is he, that, lying on his Back in a Cart Way, desired the Carman to drive softly over him, for he could not get up yet.
Hey, hey, nay, now we shall never have done? Why, what is here? All Hell broke loose? Who is this first? O! Derision. Dost laugh at my Lanthorn, Knave, at my burning Candle by Day? Why, Villain, it is to seek such as thou wilt never be; honest Men, Sirrah! Who are thy Companions, Knave? O! I see now Violence, Ingratitude, and Oppression. To Hell with you altogether. The first of you would plunder his Father; the next, if you do him a Thousand good Turns in a Day, will not give you a Thousand Part of a good Word in a Year for them; and the last fights me from the Society of all he converses with. What a Day's Work have I made here! What a Set of Characters have I met with in this populous City! May ye live long together! I cannot wish you a greater Curse; no Torment I can pray for can be so great as you are to one another. I will leave you to yourselves for ever, and roll my moveable Habitation to the Desert; where I shall find Lions less cruel, and Serpents less venomous, than Men to one another.
ON MEN OF BUSINESS.
AMONG the many vulgar Errors I should wish to expose, this is perhaps the one of the most Consequence in Life, as it has often been a considerable Disadvantage to it, that Men of Wit, or Parts, are incapable of Business, as if Blockheads could be fit for any Thing but to chronicle small Beer.
This is one Reason why Men of this Character generally decline the Application, for they have heard the Maxim so often repeated that they begin at least to think it true themselves, which also gives them a mean Idea of the Nature of Business itself; and another Cause is, that, from a mistaken Notion of it too, they imagine it to lie quite out of the Road to Pleasure, the natural Pursuit of Persons of Wit or Spirit.
To obviate the first Objection, do but recollect yourself (for I am not at Leisure) of those few Men of Sense or Genius, who, either from the Necessity of their Fortunes, the Ambition of their Minds, or the very rare distinguishing Favour of Princes, have been occasion lly led into Business of any Kind, and observe with how much better Address themselves, and more Satisfaction to others, they have acquitted themselves of the Charge, than any of those plodding Fellows have ever done who are characterised Men of Business.
The Ass keeps dodging on the common Road; and after many false Steps, and Circumvolutions, arrives late and wearied to its Stall; while the Eagle, soaring above the Level of the World, with a quick Eye aims at his Airy, and, striking the shortest Line between two Points, reaches it with more Dispatch and less Fatigue.
That Business lies out of the Road to Pleasure is a second vulgar Error also. All Pleasure is not merely sensual. The nitidus ordo is the most agreeable Object to a rational Mind, and ex fumo dare lucem the most flattering Idea to a benevolent Heart. What intimate Satisfaction then must it afford us to rescue our own, or other People's Affairs, out of the Disorder and Confusion they may have been thrown into by puzzled Dullness, communicating the Chaos of its own Brain to every Thing it takes in Hand?
Employment is as necessary to Pleasure as Exercise is to Health. If we have none by Profession or Office, we should contrive some Sort or other for ourselves, if we would preserve or quicken our Relishes. We cannot spend all our Lives in Pleasure, and the rest of our Time is an Encumbrance on our Hands. We sigh oftener from Idleness than Fatigue.
Long in Pursuit of Pleasure, I found the bare footed-Goddess too fleet to be matched in Race by mortal Speed; when wearied with the Chase, and piqued at her Disregard, I turned my Course about, and sullenly betook myself to Business: While Pleasure, moving still in Circles, by facing quick the contrary Way, the coy Wanton, ere I was aware, rushed panting to my Arms.
Anecdote of VANDYKE, the famous Painter.
IT is said that Vandyke's Mother was passionately fond of Embroidery; that she excelled in it, and embroidered several historical Subjects with such surprising Skill that they have been esteemed Master Pieces by Proficients in that Art. Being desirous to have her Son instructed in the first Rudiments of Grammar, she began by sending him to School to learn Reading and Writing. As he had Ink, Paper, and Pens at Command, he amused himself more with drawing Figures, and other slight Sketches, than with making Letters. One Day his Master having threatened to whip one of his Schoolfellows, Vandyke positively assured him that he need not fear his Master's Threats, as he would take Care to prevent his receiving the threatened Correction. How so? replied his Schoolfellow. I will paint, replied Vandyke, a Face on your Portfolios; which he did with such Skill, that, when the Master drew up the Curtain, he laughed so immoderately that he forgave the Culprit.
ST. JOHN'S (Antigua) November 11.
Extract of a Letter from St. Vincent's, October 30. WE were this Morning alarmed by a constant Firing, occasioned by a Party of Charibs attacking a Party of eighteen Men of the thirty first Regiment, under the Command of Captain Crafter, who had been left behind sick; they killed seven Men and a Serjeant, and wounded three. Crafter's Party, however, soon put them to Flight, and found five of their Carcases in the Woods, also several Fuscs, Haverfacks, Handkerchiefs, &c. thrown away in their Precipitation.
"We are informed that the Charibs shot a Sentinel as he was bathing in the River Niambou, and that a Serjeant who was posted at the Head of a Detachment at some little Distance from the Camp was murdered in an inhuman Manner by the Savages; they cut off his Nose and right Arm and scooped out both his Eyes."
By a Vessel which left St. Vincent's last Wednesday, we learn that Nothing very material had happened between the Troops and Charibs; nor had the Loss on either Side been very considerable in Killed and Wounded, but the Sick were numerous. The Troops were at last permitted to cross the River Niambou, and take Possession of the Enemy's Intrenchments on the other Side; a well thrown Shell opened a free Passage in one Place, and at another, where they hoped to surround a Body of the Enemy, the Guide, mistaking the intended Route, led them against a Precipice, which gave the Enemy Time to get away, and that upon this Occasion it appeared the Charibs did not know how to defend themselves against Regulars. That the Charibs have other Intrenchments farther on, in the Quarter of Grand Sable; but the Troops only with they would make such a Work as they could trust themselves in to be attacked. That Numbers of the Charibs are already gone to St. Lucia and the other French Islands, and others daily going, to wait (as it is supposed) the Retreat of the Troops from St. Vincent's, and then return to their own Country.
That the Inhabitants are not apprehensive the Regulars would find it difficult to force their Way over all the accessible Part of the Charibs Country; but at the same Time it is a Doubt whether this would promote the Object of the present Enterprise, or, on the contrary, involve that unhappy Island in still farther Calamity. That there seems to be no Want of Freedom in censuring the General's Conduct, out of his Presence; but that some few others have more Charity for a Gentleman lately come to this Part of the World, not acquainted with all the Circumstances of an Affair which had its Rise four Years ago, upon whom is put the Execution of an Enterprise he did not plan; an Enterprise, in its Origin, so concerted, that it cannot be said either a vigorous or inactive Conduct can procure what may properly be called Success. That the Inhabitants of
St. Vincent's are still obliged to continue up Guard on the Frontiers of the Settlements; that their prime Negroes form a considerable Body, which attend the Regulars, and behave well; that the Negroes in general have hitherto continued to show a Fidelity and Attachment to their Masters beyond all past Experience and Example in other Islands; yet the Distraction in Affairs, and the Effect on the Credit of that Island in Great Britain, may be easily conceived; in short, it is hard to say whether the Charibs or the Inhabitants suffer most. That whatever may be the Event of the present Proceedings, it is expected that hereafter the Conduct of the Servants of the Crown, respecting the Charibs, for four Years past, will be the Subject of parliamentary Inquiry; when, it may be hoped, the good Faith and Honour of the Royal Word, pledged under the great Seal of Great Britain, will be rescued from the Apprehensions of such British Subjects as have not interested Views to serve, and to the Satisfaction of other Nations.
The Lady of Major Dundas, and the Commander of one of his Majesty's Ships, died lately at St. Vincent's.
We hear two Sloops are cast away at Bermuda, one from Georgia, loaded with Timber, the other from Bermuda, with Building Stone, and a large Quantity of Ducks and Onions, both bound for Antigua. That both Cargoes are lost, but no Lives.
BASSETERRE (in St. Kitt's) November 18.
SINCE the above Account, by a Vessel which arrived here on Monday Evening last, we are informed that nothing material had happened at St. Vincent's between the Regulars and Charibs; that all the Men of War had sailed with a Train of Artillery and the Marines to the Indian Coast, in Order to effectually blockade them, so that in a few Days we expect to hear of the Enemy's surrendering or being conquered.
BOSTON, December 17.
WE hear that a Commission came by the Cruiser, under the Great Seal, appointing and authorising Joseph Wanton, Esquire, Governor of Rhode Island, Daniel Horsmanden, Esquire, Chief Justice of New York, Frederick Smith, Esquire, Chief Justice of the Jerseys, Peter Oliver, Esquire, Chief Justice of this Province, and Robert Auchmuty, Esquire, Judge of the Admiralty, to make Inquiry into the Affair of burning his Majesty's Schooner Gaspee; and that Admiral Montagu is ordered to hoist his Flag in Newport Harbour. As Governor Wanton is first named in the Commission, it is supposed he will notify the Time for holding the Court.
If the burning the Gaspee Schooner was a Matter of serious Importance, much more so are the Methods pursued by the British Administration in Consequence of it. This Affair was transected within the Body of a County, in a free English Government. One would think, therefore, it should be the Subject of the Inquiry of the Grand Jury of Inquest for the same County; instead of which, we are told that five Gentlemen, four of whom are of superior Rank in different Colonies, the other indeed a Judge of the Admiralty, are appointed by Commission to make the Inquiry. By a Gentleman lately from Rhode Island, we are informed that three of these Commissioners are empowered to act, at whose Call the Army and Navy are to attend; that any Persons accused, against whom the Commissioners shall judge that there is Evidence sufficient to convict them, are to be apprehended, and, together with the Evidences, sent to England for Trial; and that Captain Keeler, of the Mercury, has notified Governor Wanton, in Consequence of Orders, that his Ship is ready to receive such Persons for the Purpose aforesaid. Draper tells us, that "Admiral Montagu is ordered to hoist his Flag in Newport Harbour." The Purpose of this Parade is obvious to common Sense. The Admiral will, no Doubt, acquit himself to the Satisfaction of his Masters upon this Occasion. It is said that he has recommended that those who, it is supposed, can give Evidence of this Matter, and refuse to do it, be put on Board the Men of War, and there kept until they do; which, perhaps, may be rather more eligible of the two than the Torture of the Rack. The Indignity offered to all the Colonies, and particularly Rhode Island, says a Gentleman of a neighbouring Town, in a Letter to a Friend in this, is not to be equalled. To have a Set of Crown Officers commissioned by the Ministry, and supported by Ships and Troops, to inquire into Offences against the Crown, instead of the ordinary and constitutional Method of a Grand Jury, carries an Implication that the People of that Colony are all so deeply tinctured with rebellious Principles as that they are not to be trusted by the Crown. The Inhabitants of this Town and Province can feel for their Brethren of Rhode Island, having themselves tasted of the Cup of ministerial Vengeance; when to aid and protect the Commissioners of the Customs, in carrying into Execution a Revenue Act of the British Parliament, Hillborough's Troops were stationed in this Capital, and the City turned into a Garrison. And though these Troops, after slaughtering some of our innocent Inhabitants, were obliged to retire from the Town, they are yet posted in the principal Fortress and Key of the Province. What shall hinder the like Scene of Blood, Rapine, and Slaughter, in the Capital of Rhode Island, if the Commissioners of Inquiry there should so readily call for the military Aid as the Commissioners of the Customs did here? Such Treatment of the Colonies calls for the most serious Attention; and however profane it may be called by Mr. Draper's Writer, the Yeoman, or his canting Neighbour, we have Reason, with firm Affiance in HIM who hateth Oppression and Tyranny, devoutly to exclaim, How long! O LORD! How long!
PROVIDENCE, December 19.
BY the Cruiser Sloop of War, Captain Howe, arrived at New York, from England, his Honour the Governor has received Despatches from the Earl of Dartmouth, Secretary of State for the American Department, relative to the Gaspee armed Schooner, destroyed some Time since, and the very extraordinary Measures adopted by Government for inquiring into the Matter and punishing the Offenders. For this Purpose, we are told, Commissioners are to sit at Newport, and examine such Persons as Admiral Montagu shall direct to be apprehended. These devoted Persons, it is farther said, are to be transported to England, where they are to be tried for High Treason. The Admiral, with a Number of Ships and Tenders, is to be at Newport; and the Commissioners are directed to apply to General Gage for Troops, if they shall think them necessary.
In this Situation of Affairs, every Friend to our violated Constitution cannot but be greatly alarmed. The Idea of seizing a Number of Persons, under the Points of Bayonets, and transporting them three Thousand Miles for Trial, where, whether guilty or innocent, they must unavoidably fall Victims alike to Revenge or Prejudice, is shocking to Humanity, repugnant to every Dictate of Reason, Liberty and Justice, and in which Americans and Freemen ought never to acquiesce.
NEWPORT, December 21.
WE hear a Letter to our Governor, from Admiral Montagu, was read at the General Assembly, held at Providence last Week. In which Letter the Admiral, we are told, requests his Honour the Governor that Captain Keeler, of his Majesty's Ship Mercury, now in this Harbour, might be permitted to come on Shore without being insulted, and protected from Arrests &c. Now it is certain that Captain Keeler has often been ashore in this Town, and other Parts of the Colony, and we never heard of his having received the least imaginary Insult; but as for his being protected from Arrests, we are humbly of Opinion that neither Captain Keeler nor his Excellency, or Admiral Montagu himself, has any more Right of Protection from Arrests than any other the least or poorest of his Majesty's Subjects. For the Truth of which Opinion we are not afraid to appeal to the People of Great Britain, though we do not choose to be transported thither for Trial.
Query, Whether Captain Keeler will publicly declare that one single Attempt was ever made to insult him in this Town?
Last Evening arrived the Lizard Frigate, and this Morning an armed Schooner, both from Boston.
Extract of a Letter from a Gentleman in Boston to his Friend in this Town. "I here enclose you an Extract of a Letter from a Gentleman in England to another in Boston, in Confirmation of the Truth of which the Admiral received a Packet, by an Express which arrived here on Thursday Evening last, ordering the Ships to your Harbour. In Consequence of which Orders the Ships are now getting ready as fast as possible; they were kept to Work all Day yesterday, and commanded to be ready to sail on Tuesday Afternoon, or Wednesday Morning at farthest."
"The Admiral is in very high Spirits upon the Occasion, and cheerfully undertakes an Expedition which promises to gratify his Rancour against our Colony. It is to be hoped, from his avowed Disposition towards our Rhode Island Brethren, that he will meet with a proper Reception among them. I have just received Information which you may depend upon; the High Commission Court especially appointed with novel, unconstitutional, and exorbitant Powers, for the Trial of the Persons concerned in burning the Schooner, are forthwith to repair to Rhode Island for that Purpose, and are to be accompanied with his High Mightiness the Admiral."
"The Regiment at Castle William, a Regiment from New York, and a third Regiment, are immediately to march for Rhode Island; and unless

you exhibit a quantum sufficit of passive Obedience and Non-resistance, the same Tragedy may be acted in Newport and Providence which makes the 5th of March so memorable at Boston."
Extract of a Letter from a Gentleman of Character in England to his Friend in Boston. "Our Tyrants in Administration are greatly exasperated with the late Manoeuvre of the brave Rhode Islanders. As a Regard to the Rights of the Subject, and the Principles of Justice, never marked the Measures of the present wretched Conductors of the Wheels of Government, you will not be alarmed when I tell you that they have determined to vacate the Charter of that Colony. To effect this Purpose, which, in their own Apprehension, will be attended with some Difficulty, Admiral Montagu is ordered, with the small Craft that are with him, to line the Harbour of Rhode Island, with positive Orders to apprehend the Persons concerned in the Enterrise above mentioned. Awed by the formidable Appearance of this hectoring Commander, and his gallant Squadron, these bitter Pills are to be crammed down their Throats; but the Friends of true British Freedom are not without Hopes that the Stomachs of that heroic Colony will reject the Dose prepared for them. Be united, our dear suffering Brethren, be steady, and Success awaits you; Freedom, glorious Freedom, will be the Purchase. We believe that the ancient British Spirit of Independence, which once blessed this Island, has improved by Transplantation, and preserves its Vigour in the Breasts of Americans. Cherish it, my dear Friends, and by relieving yourselves save the small Remnant of the Virtuous in Britain."
PHILADELPHIA, January 4.
By a Gentleman arrived in Captain Cunningham from Antigua, we are informed that a Vessel arrived there two Days before he failed, from St. Vincent's, and gives the following Account: That on the 20th of November, in landing the Troops, one Lieutenant and seventeen Men belonging to the seventieth Regiment were drowned, and they were afraid they would be obliged to run one of the Transports ashore to supply the Troops with Provisions, it being very scarce, and the Surf running so high the Boats could not venture off. That a Corporal and four Men were left Guard over some of the Charibs taken Prisoners; but they, not keeping so good a Lookout as they ought to have done, the Charibs murdered every one of them, and joined their Party again. The sixth Regiment of Foot was arrived at St. Vincent's, from England.
On the 11th of December failed from Antigua, for St. Vincent's, four Companies of the sixty eighth Regiment, under the Command of Captain Stuart; they were relieved by the second Battalion of the 60th Regiment, from New York.
WILLIAMSBURG, January 21.
We hear that a Brig from Dublin, for Baltimore, with a Hundred and fifty indentured Servants and Convicts on Board, is ashore near the Mouth of York River; and that a Boat which went to their Assistance was seized by about thirty of the People, who went ashore in her. Four Men and a Woman have been taken, who are lodged in York Jail; but it is thought that by this Time all the rest have found Means to make their Escape from the Vessel. The Captain of the Brig, and about seventeen of his People, died on the Passage; probably, of the Jail Distemper. [Marriages.] Doctor WALTER JONES, of Richmond County, to Miss ALICE FLOOD, of Westmoreland.
Mr. WILLIAM GOOSLEY, of York, to Miss LUDWELL HARRISON, of Wakefield, in Surrey.
Advertisements.
WHEREAS I, Dougal M'Dougal, Master of the Ship Tayloe, had indiscreetly given Orders to the Mate to hoist a Pendant on Board the said Ship, and he kept it flying, although ordered to strike it by the Officers of his Majesty's Ship GLASGOW, and also insulted some of the Officers of the said Ship, for which Offence I am very sorry, being truly sensible that I was acting wrong, and I am justly liable to be prosecuted in the High Court of Admiralty for the said Offence, but hope, on my making this publick Concession to the Captain and Officers of his Majesty's said Ship, that a Prosecution will not be commenced against me. DOUGAL M'DOUGAL.
YORK Town, January 19, 1773.
MY HOUSES and LOTS in this Place, with the HOUSEHOLD and KITCHEN FURNITURE, &c. will be sold on the Premises, at publick Vendue, on Monday the 1st of February next. THOMAS LILLY.
WANTED.
A SOBER Man who is capable of teaching READING, WRITING, and CIPHERING. Such a One may be informed where he can meet with good Encouragement by applying at the Post Office, Williamsburg.
GEORGE LAFONG, Hair Cutter and Dresser, Williamsburg, returns his humble Thanks to such Ladies and Gentlemen as have been pleased to honour him with their Commands, and begs Leave to inform the Ladies and Gentlemen in general that he has engaged a Man from London who dresses in the newest and most elegant Taste. He likewise makes Head Dresses for Ladies, so natural as not to be distinguished by the most curious Eye. All Ladies and Gentlemen who shall please to favour him with their Commands may depend upon being punctually attended, and will be waited upon at any Distance from Town, upon very reasonable Terms, by giving timely Notice.
To be SOLD, at Hanover Courthouse, on the 4th of February next, if fair, otherwise next fair Day, ABOUT twelve choice Virginia born SLAVES. A Credit will be allowed the Purchasers till the 1st of May next, on giving Bond and good Security. If the Money arising from the Sale is not paid on the Day it becomes due, Interest is to be paid from the Date of the Bond. (2||)
To be SOLD, pursuant to a Decree of Hanover Court, before Mr. Thilman's Door, on Thursday the 4th of February, to satisfy a Debt due to our selves and Mr. Patrick Coutts,
THE LAND whereon William Gunter now lives, in the said County, containing two Hundred Acres, more or less, with a Dwellinghouse, Kitchen, and other convenient Houses thereon, and a good Apple and Peach Orchard. Twelve Months Credit will be allowed, and Bond, with good Security, required. HOGG & ROWLAND.
COMMITTED to York Prison, on the 8th Instant (January) a Negro Man named JACK, who says he belongs to Captain Robert Walker of Charles City; he is five Feet six or seven Inches high, has a Lump over his left Eye, which he keeps Half shut, and has the Letters R. W branded on his left Cheek; his Clothing is a blue Halfshift, with white Metal Buttons, Osnaburg Shirt and Trousers, and an old Pair of Cotton Breeches. The Owner is desired to prove his Property, and pay Charges to WILLIAM MITCHELL.
STRAYED, or STOLEN, from the Subscriber, near the Mount Church, in Caroline County, about the 15th of December, a bay HORSE about fourteen Hands high, twelve Years old, with a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, a small Star in his Forehead, paces a little, trots hard, draws well in any Draught, and his Brand, if he has any, is very dull. Whoever brings him to me, or gives me such Intelligence that I may get him again, or contrives him to John Jeter, near Port Royal, shall have fifteen Shillings Reward. EDMUND JETER. (2||)
TO BE SOLD,
THE HOUSES and LOT adjoining me, wherein I formerly lived; for which twelve Months Credit will be allowed the Purchaser, on giving approved Security to WILLIAM PASTEUR. WILLIAMSBURG, January 21, 1773.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in King William, a middle aged Convict Servant Woman named MARY DAVIS, stout made, with a swarthy Complexion, much pitted with the Smallpox, has black Hair, always talks as if she had a bad Cold, and it is supposed will change her Name; she had on a dark Camlet Gown, a black Hat, and a red Silk Handkerchief about her Neck. It is probable she will make towards Rappahannock, as she was often inquiring whether many Vessels lay there. I will give TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward to any Person that will secure her so that I may get her again. JOHN CATLETT.
STRAYED, or STOLEN, from the Subscriber, in Caroline County, about the first of November last, a light bay HORSE about four Feet eight or nine Inches high, six Years old, with a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, not branded, both Hind Feet white, and no other Part of him, paces altogether, and appears as if he had one Stone, but both have been cut out. Whoever brings him to me, or gives me Intelligence so that I may get him, shall have FIVE DOLLARS Reward, and FIVE POUNDS if the Thief be secured. JAMES FLETCHER. (2||)
WILLIAMSBURG, January 20, 1773.
STOLEN from the Subscriber, about the 4th or 5th Instant, two Horses, one of them a large Bay, with a Bob Tail and roached Mane, a natural Pacer, branded on the Buttock B, and is about ten or twelve Years old; the other is a young bay Horse, four Years old this Spring, branded on the left Buttock B, and has a hanging Mane and Switch Tail. I will give TEN POUNDS on Conviction of the Thief, provided he is hanged, or TEN SHILLINGS for each Horse if brought to me. BENJAMIN BUCKTROUT.
TAKEN up, in Dinwiddie, two HOGS, a Barrow and a spayed Sow; the Barrow is marked with a Swallow Fork in each Ear, and a Nick in the left; the Sow with a Swallow Fork in each Ear. Posted, and appraised to thirty Shillings. THOMAS BARRETT. (||)
TAKEN up, in James City, a white Boar Shoat marked with a Crop in the left and an Underskeel in the right Ear. Posted, and appraised to twenty five Shillings. JOSEPH TURNER.
TAKEN up, in Charles City, a STEER with a white Face, some White on his Back and under his Belly, his Sides brinded, marked with a Crop in each Ear, and a Slit in the left, and appears to be three Years old last Spring. Posted, and appraised to fifty Shillings. MACK GOODE. (||)
KING WILLIAM, January 7, 1773.
ALL Persons indebted to the Estate of Henry Guthrey, deceased, are required to make immediate Payment; and those who have any Claims against it are desired to make them known directly, as we propose making up our Account of Administration in a short Time. ALEXANDER WHITE, } Administrators. ARCHIBALD GOVAN, }
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. The Business of the House will be continued, and carried on to its usual Extent, by (8) JOHN LAWRENCE, & Co.
VERINA, Henrico County, January 9, 1772.
THERE is on this Plantation a new Negro Woman who was taken up about the 10th of November last, and had on a blue Waistcoat, a white Plains Petticoat, Osnaburg Shift, and a Dutch Blanket wrapped round her. I cannot understand from her where she came from, or who is her Master. The Owner may have her on proving his Property, and paying Charges to STERLING THORNTON. (2||)
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 say 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. I have just now finished a House upon it, in the best Manner, thirty three Feet by thirty, with two large Rooms and a large Passage below, and three Rooms above; there is also a Garden lately paled in with good Cypress Pales, with all necessary Outhouses, a very good Storehouse, sundry Lumber Houses, and a Set of very good Tobacco Warehouses. I think, with very little Trouble, there might be an Inspection erected there again, as it is the general Cry of the People for it; and as the Place is very well situated for carrying on both the Inland and West India Trade, any Person, with a pretty good Capital, may carry them on to a very great Extent. Whoever is inclined to purchase may know the Terms by applying to Mr. William M'Watt, Merchant in Blandford, or to the Subscriber, on the Premises. (TI) DAVID SCOTT.
WILLIAMSBURG, January 14, 1773.
THE Subscriber begs Leave to inform the Publick, and his Friends in particular, that he is quite recovered from his late Illness, and removed to the House wherein the late Doctor Blair lived, where he performs all Operations upon the Teeth, Gums, and Sockets; eradicates the Scurvy, be it ever so bad; transplants natural Teeth from one Person to another, which will be as firm in the Jaw as if they originally grew there, without any Ligament; and makes and fixes artificial Teeth, from a single Tooth to a complete Set. JOHN BAKER.
N. B. His infallible Specifick, called DENTIFRICE, is quite free from any corrosive Preparation; it braces up and strengthens the Fibres, occasioning them to grow firm and close to the Teeth, and takes off all disagreeable Smells from the Teeth, which generally arise from scorbutick Gums and bad Teeth.
This Dentifrice will prevent a farther Defluxion, and put a Stop to other Disorders of the Teeth and Gums, and will both correct and change the Nature of the sharp scorbutick Salts and promote the due Circulation of the Fluids. It concocts the vitiated Juices, and renders a juvenile Fragrance to the Breath beyond Description. It also makes the Saliva pure and balsamick, and may be had, with proper Directions, at his House. Each Pot is sealed up with his Coat of Arms, to prevent Fraud.
AS the Weather prevented the Sale of the Negroes that were advertised to be sold last Court Day, belonging to the Estate of the late Mr. James Westwood, this is to inform the Publick that there will be sold several Virginia born SLAVES, for ready Money, on Thursday the 28th Instant (January) at the Courthouse in the Town of Hampton, being Court Day. (2||) ELIZABETH WESTWOOD, Executrix.
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. What are now in his Hands are the Choice of several large Surveys, run as for back as the Year 1739, and are laid off in several Hundred Tracts, from two Hundred to a Thousand Acres. The Soil is remarkably suited to the Culture of Wheat and Tobacco, and is generally allowed to be equal in Goodness to any upon the Continent. The Time of Payment will be allowed as may be agreed on and the Lands may be viewed, and farther Particulars known, by applying to Benjamin M'Culloch, Esquire, of Halifax County, William Telfair and Michael Holt, Esquires, of Orange County, John Kimbrough, Esquire, of Guilford County, Thomas Frocock, Esquire, of Rowan County, Thomas Polk, Esquire, of Mecklenburg County, and Felix Knap, Esquire, of Duplin County. HENRY E. M'CULLOCH.
FOR SALE,
At the POST OFFICE in WILLIAMSBURG, DOCTOR KEYSER'S PILLS, so famous for the Cure of a certain Distemper, as well as of the Rheumatism. Doctor HILL'S celebrated Balsam of Honey, for Coughs and Consumption, Asthma, Hearseness, and all pithy Coughs. PECTORAL LOZENGES of L'OURELLE, for Colds, Coughs, Catarrhs, and Shortness of Breath; and a sure Remedy for the Hooping Cough in Children, to whom they are particularly adapted, from their agreeable Taste and Flavour.—Also TURKEY RHUBARB, and sundry PATENT MEDICINES.
PETERSBURG, January 7, 1773.
SOME Time ago Mr. John Aston 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. This is to give Notice to all Persons that the whole Estate of the said Andrew Monroe, consisting of several Tracts of Land, forty Negroes, and their Increase, Stocks of Cattle, &c. are mortgaged to Sir Lyonel Lyde of London, for a very considerable Sum, which is recorded in the General Court; and as no Purchaser can have a Right to any Part of the mortgaged Effects until this Debt is discharged, I have taken this Method to inform the Publick that no Person may be deceived in making a Purchase of any Part of the said mortgaged Effects. RICHARD HANSON, (6) Attorney for Sir Lyonel Lyde.
All Persons indebted to Sir Lyonel Lyde, 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.
DUMFRIES, January 4, 1773.
AS I intend for London the ensuing Summer, all Persons who have had any Dealings with me, at the Store of Russell and Lee in Dumfries, are desired to come and settle their respective Accounts on or before the 1st of April next. It is also requested that those who are indebted to the said Concern will make immediate Payment, or give Bond with approved Security. Any Person or Persons having Claims against the said Concern are desired to bring them in, that they may be discharged. PHILIP RICHARD FRANCIS LEE. N. B. I have on Hand about two Thousand Pounds Cost of GOODS, well assorted, and suitable to the different Seasons; which I will sell on the most reasonable Terms, by Wholesale or Retail, for ready Cash, Bills of Exchange, or Tobacco. (4)
DUMFRIES, January 4, 1773.
CAPTAIN John Johnstoun, of the Lord Camden, being lost in his Passage to London in 1770, with all his Books and Papers, by that Accident his Executors know not of whom to demand Payment of his Debts, and therefore request all Gentlemen indebted to him that they will be pleased to make the same known to Mr. Joseph Lane of Westmoreland, or to the Subscriber, who is impowered to receive his Debts. (4) WILLIAM CARR.
WILLIAMSBURG, January 14, 1773.
THE Subscriber still continues to keep the TAVERN near the College, and flatters himself, as his House is well accommodated for the Reception of all Gentlemen who may be inclined to encourage him, that he has it in his Power to give the utmost Satisfaction. He is greatly obliged to those who have hitherto countenanced him, and hopes to merit a Continuance of their Favours. CUTHBERT HUBBARD.
N. B. I have a very good BILLIARD TABLE which I will dispose of on reasonable Terms.
A CHAIR HARNESS was left in my Stable by some Person unknown, which the Owner may have on proving his Property.
CHESTERFIELD, January 7, 1772.
THOSE who purchased Negroes at the Sale of the Honourable William Byrd at Rocky Ridge, in December last, are requested to make immediate Payment. I shall attend the Meeting of the Merchants in Williamsburg on the 25th Instant, to receive the above Debts, and will put in Suit all Bonds that are not then discharged, without Respect to Persons. DAVID PATTESON.
YORK Town, January 13, 1773.
I HAVE a Vessel that will sail in ten Days for Madeira. Any Gentlemen on York River, or convenient to York Town, that intend ordering Wines from thence, I should be much obliged to them for their Letters. (2) WILLIAM REYNOLDS.
WANTED IMMEDIATELY,
A JOURNEYMAN SADDLER who understands his Business. Such a One will meet with good Encouragement by applying to me, in Hanover Town. (2||) GABRIEL MADISON.
To be RENTED for one Year, or more, and may be entered on immediately,
THE Plantation on Rappahannock called LAYTON'S, with the FERRY, and all the LOTS unfold in the Town of Beaufort. The Land contains about a Hundred and fifty Acres, and on one Square of the Lots are all necessary Houses in good Repair for an Ordinary and Store. It is pleasantly situated on the River, near Leeds Town, and is well adapted for a Man in Business. Any Person inclined may know the Terms by applying to the Subscriber, near the Premises. (2||) JOHN RICHARDSON.
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 Darrey'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. In the Marsh are three Islands; the easternmost, or Low Island, contains about one Hundred and fifty Acres of rich high Land, has two Springs upon it, a Barn, two Negro Quarters, and an Overseer's House; a Quarter of a Mile distant is Middle, or High Island, containing about forty Acres; Half a Mile distant lies Westmost Island, containing three or four Acres; all of which are so situated that the Banking in the Marsh is rendered very easy. The eastern and northern Parts of these Islands are divided from the main Land by a Gut of the River, no more than thirty Yards broad, and the southern and western Parts are divided by the main Body of Chickahominy, about three Hundred Yards broad; up this River is Navigation for twenty Miles for Vessels of four Thousand Bushels. The Branch dividing the Island from the main Land is esteemed the best Fowling and Fishing in the Colony. Opposite Low, or Great Island, there are on the Continent upwards of a Hundred Acres of well timbered Land, belonging to this Plantation, pleasantly situated, and overlooking the whole Island. This Part of the Plantation runs from the Branch across the main Road leading from the Ferry to Williamsburg, about Half a Mile; so that it is not above nine Miles from Town. Common Tides cover no Part of the Marsh; Spring Tides, with a continued north east Wind, cover the greatest Part of it; but the best Criterion of the Tide's overflowing it is taken from the remarkable great Gull in September 1769, which spread over great Part of America, and then there were only seven Inches Water in the said Marsh. Any Person purchasing this Island may have the Stocks and Utensils upon reasonable Terms.
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 Westham, and seven Miles from Richmond Town, is well timbered, and not one Fourth of it cut down. (6) PATRICK COUTTS. RICHMOND Town, January 1, 1773.
HANOVER Town, January 10, 1772.
STRAYED, or STOLEN, from the Subscriber, a dark bay HORSE about four Feet six Inches high, branded on the near Buttock IS; one of his Legs at the Ham much larger than the other, and one of his Ears slit. Whoever brings him to me, or gives me such Intelligence as I may get him again, shall have THREE POUNDS Reward. WILLIAM OVERTON.

POETS CORNER.
A D I A L O G U E.  S AYS James to Joe, "and will you now, my Friend, Your Days without a fair Companion end? Is Nature quite excluded from your Breast? Has the dull Stoick all your Soul possess'd?" Thus he reply'd: "Tis plain the Flame of Love At first was kindled in the World above; Wherefore, as Heaven the tender Passion gave, Ere my Life close a female Friend I'd have; But with due Caution I would choose my Wife, Since when the Knot is ty'd 'tis ty'd for Life. Whether the Virgin was extremely fair, Exact her Features, and genteel her Air, Whether her Shape was exquisitely fine, Whether her Years were just the same as mine, Should be my least Concern: Beauty, 'tis true, At first may dazzle the Spectator's View; But soon the lovely Varnish glides away, Or grows unheeded if it chance to stay. I would not once desire that I might, say, I'm worth my Thousands, on my Marriage Day; This looks as if the shining Heaps of Pelf Were what I married, and not her herself. No, first I would examine if her Mind To tread Religion's sacred Paths inclin'd; If this Companion to my Youth was given, How would the guide my erring Steps to Heaven! Whether her Temper match'd with mine or not Should be the next Thing that engag'd my Thought, For I could never dream of real Bliss If she dragg'd that Way and if I dragg'd this; But if her Mind was moulded to my own, Easy and smooth the Thread of Life would run; And if severe Afflictions prov'd our Lot, In mutual Comforts all would be forgot; And the worst Troubles that assail us here Would lose their Sting when Honey dwelt so near; And as my Vessel pass'd the Sea of Life, Blest'd with so pious and so fond a Wife, Not one rude Breath of Wind should stop my Way, Nor one small Wave disturb the peaceful Sea."
Three Hundred Pounds Reward.  R UN 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. George is about twenty Years of Age, five Feet five Inches high, of a dark Complexion, is very artful, and has been used to take Care of Horses. Sylvia is a likely young Wench, about five Feet five Inches high, of a yellowish Complexion, her Teeth filed, and has attended in a House. A Reward of ONE HUNDRED and FIFTY POUNDS Currency will be paid on Delivery of the above Negroes to the Warden of the Workhouse, or at his Plantation in the aforesaid Parish, near Murray's Ferry , or in Proportion for one, if taken in the Province.  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. All Persons are hereby cautioned not to purchase the said Negroes; and if purchased by any Person, they are hereby required to deliver them to the Proprietor, or they may depend on being prosecuted to the utmost Rigour of the Law. A Reward of THREE HUNDRED POUNDS Currency will be paid on Delivery of the Negroes, or in Proportion if taken out of the Province; and a farther Reward of ONE HUNDRED POUNDS will be given to whoever will give Information of their being carried out of the Province, or being harboured by a white Person, on Conviction of the Offender.  (12) JOHN GAILLARD.
ELIZABETH CITY, January 8, 1773.  R UN away from the Subscriber, about the 20th of last Month, a likely well-set Fellow about five Feet six Inches high, full faced, about twenty two Years of Age, and had on when he went away, a Cotton Jacket and blue Breeches, which I expect he will change. He was taken up by one Peter Fross , near Norfolk , and made his Escape from him, but has since been seen at Portsmouth . Whoever secures him in any Jail, or brings him to me, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward, or FIVE POUNDS if taken out of the Colony. All Masters of Vessels are forewarned from carrying him out of the Colony.  (11) WILLIAM LATIMER.
R UN away from the Subscriber, on the 26th of November last, a Negro Man named CAESAR , about five Feet eight or nine Inches high, a well set yellow Fellow, all his upper fore Teeth are out, and one below, stands wide in the Knees, speaks hoarse, ran off from his Work in my Presence, and has Nothing on but common Negro Clothes. He was formerly the Property of Colonel Bernard Moore of King William , and, as he has been seen sundry Times in that County since he ran away, he may be lurking about some of Colonel Moore's Quarters, or concealed by Acquaintances. Whoever brings him to me, near Rocky Ridge , in Gilesfield County , shall have THREE POUNDS Reward.  (21) YOUNG SHORTT.
A S I have observed, in the publick Prints, that the Forge, with the Lands thereunto belonging, lying in King and Queen County , and formerly the Property of Colonel Bernard Moore of King William , are offered for Sale by Messrs. Philip Edmundson and John Ruffin , I think it incumbent upon me to notify to the Publick that the Premises stand charged to me on a Mortgage by Colonel Bernard Moore , to indemnify me from, or for the Payment of, a Hundred and seven Pounds Sterling, with Interest, and which Sum I am now engaged to satisfy.  (21) JOHN WEST.
COMMITTED to Cumberland County Jail, some Time ago, an outlandish Negro Man who cannot, or will not, tell his Master's Name; he is tall, spare made, with some of his Country Marks in his Face, and has been advertised within the said County according to Law. The Owner is desired to pay Charges, and take him away.  JOSEPH CARRINGTON, Jailer.
WILLIAMSBURG, January 5, 1773.  MR. Patrick Henry, Junior, of Hanover, having been obliging enough to undertake to finish all such Causes of my Clients as remain undetermined in the General Court, I desire that they will be pleased to correspond with, and furnish him with proper Instructions.  As Mr. Henry is at a Distance from this Place, I will very gladly do any Thing in my Power towards expediting the Suits, forwarding Subpenas, &c. between this Time and the succeeding General Court, when I shall deliver all Papers into his Hands, unless directed to the contrary. In most of the Suits still depending I have received a very inconsiderable Part of the Fees, and in many none at all; but if in any Case it should be thought that more has been paid me than my Services deserved, I shall be ready to refund it.  RO. C. NICHOLAS.
FREDERICKSBURG, January 1, 1773.  THE short Notice of my Sale preventing the Attendance of Purchasers, I propose selling the same Slaves at the same Place ( Fredericksburg ) on the 3d of February, if fair, otherwise next fair Day. Credit will be allowed for one Half till the 1st Day of May, and for the other Half till the 1st of November next; the Purchasers to get the Engagement of some Merchant to undertake for Payment at the Time appointed. The few that attended the former Sale can testify that they never saw so many young and likely Slaves at one Sale. As I sell forty three, and twenty more are now appointed to be sold on the same Day, and as I shall have a Dozen to hire out, it is supposed any Person that wants may suit himself. Those that hire to give Bond and Security for the Payment of the Hire, and delivering up the Slaves at the Expiration of the Year.  (4) JAMES MERCER.
KING & QUEEN, January 1, 1773.  I INTEND to leave the Colony immediately, for a few Months. I have for Sale a CHURCH ORGAN, which, for Elegance and Sweetness of Tone, is interior to none on the Continent. The whole Case is polished Mahogany, the Pipes gilt, and the Imagery which adorns it striking, and as large as the Life. The Price is two Hundred Pounds, which is vastly under the prime Cost. The Payment will be made quite easy to the Purchaser. It now stands in Stratton Major Church . Apply to John Tayloe Corbin, Esquire , or the Subscriber.  WILLIAM DUNLAP.
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. Murdochs, Donalds, and Company , contracted at the Stores kept at Boswell's by Mr. William Donald , and at this Place by me. As many People have hitherto put off the Settlement of their Accounts, they cannot expect longer Indulgence, unless their Debts are ascertained; for which Purpose I will give constant Attendance here till the 1st of March, except the Time of the Merchants meeting in Williamsburg , and some of the adjoining County Court Days, which can be no Inconvenience to those who come to settle, as Mr. Davis , who is thoroughly acquainted with the Business, will then attend. The Debts due to Messrs. Andrew Cockran, Robert Donald, and Company, and Company , will be collected by Mr. Richard Morris , as formerly.  (8) JOHN JOHNSON.
IN Pursuance of a Decree of the County Court of Spotsylvania will be sold, at Concord Forge , in said County, on Monday the 25th of January, if fair, otherwise next fair Day, the Tract of LAND whereon the said Forge stands, containing nine Hundred Acres; also a Tract containing six Hundred Acres, about six Miles from the said Forge, whereon Thomas Poole formerly lived, both Tracts having good Houses on them; likewise twelve likely Virginia born SLAVES, together with all the HORSES, HOGS, HOUSE and KITCHEN FURNITURE, belonging to the said Poole , to satisfy a Debt to the Honourable John Tayloe, Esquire . Credit will be allowed the Purchasers for the Slaves and Stocks until the 25th of October next, on giving Bond and Security; the Bonds to bear Interest from the Date if not punctually paid, and the Credit for the Lands will be agreed on at the Day of Sale, by the Subscriber.  ANTHONY THORNTON, Junior.
To be LET on CHARTER to any Part of EUROPE, THE Brig ABBY , Jonas Herbert Master, Burthen about seven to eight Thousand Bushels of Grain, has made only two Voyages, not quite twelve Months off the Stocks, and is well fitted. For Terms apply to the Subscriber, in Norfolk .  (T1) JOHN GREENWOOD.
To be LET on CHARTER to any Part of EUROPE, THE Brig MOLLY , John Collins Master, Burthen about seven Thousand Bushels of Grain, and eighteen Months old. For Terms apply to the Subscriber, in Norfolk .  (T1) JOHN GREENWOOD.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, on the Premises, on Wednesday the 27th Instant (January) pursuant to a Decree of James City Court, THE HOUSES and LOTS, near the Capitol, belonging to the Estate of Christopher Asycough, deceased . Three Months Credit will be allowed the Purchaser, on giving Bond, with approved Security, to  (11) JOHN BROWN, Sheriff.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, before Mr. Benjamin Johnston's Door in Fredericksburg, on Wednesday the 3d of February next, if fair, otherwise next fair Day, ABOUT twenty likely Virginia born SLAVES, one Half the Money for which is to be paid down, and twelve Months Credit allowed for the other Half, giving Bond and good Security, bearing Interest from the Date, provided the Bonds are not discharged when they become due. At the same Time and Place will be sold about four Hundred Acres of exceeding fine Tobacco and Grain LAND, at the South West Mountains in Orange , about four Miles below the Courthouse. The Terms for the LAND will be agreed on at the Day of Sale.
TREASURY OFFICE, December 16, 1772.  I CANNOT sufficiently express my Astonishment that so little Punctuality was observed by many Collectors of the Duties and Taxes, as well as others indebted to the Treasury, in the Payments they ought to have made at the last General Court and the late Meeting of the Merchants. I know it has been insinuated by some that I am inclined to be over rigorous, but let all such consider how very essential it is to the Honour of this great Country that the Credit of its publick Treasury should be effectually maintained, and let them inform me how I am to answer the Demands of the publick Creditors, and be prepared to exchange the Treasury Notes, unless the Duties and Taxes imposed for these Purposes are regularly collected and paid.  When I had the Honour of being first appointed to this Office it is very well known how Matters stood; many Collectors, largely indebted, were dead, and I found many innocent Securities unhappily involved in the greatest Difficulties. Under these Circumstances I judged it most advisable to reduce Things to Order by Degrees, having Regard to the ultimate Security of the Publick. By pursuing this Method I am convinced much has been saved, and flatter myself it will be found that very few, if any, Debts will be lost which were not desperate before I had any Thing to do with them. But Indulgencies of every Kind must now be at an End, and my Duty compels me to acquaint all concerned that I shall hold myself indispensably obliged, without Respect of Persons, to put the Laws into the strictest Execution against all such as continue in Arrear after the 25th of January next, when another general Meeting of the Merchants is expected; and that I shall, in future, after the End of every General Court, think it necessary to publish an exact List of every Defaulters. I desire the several Clerks to send me the proper Lists and Copies of the Collectors Bonds given from Time to Time, that I may be prepared to enforce a Performance of the Conditions of them. I must also request the several High Sheriffs to make up their Accounts for their whole Counties at once; and, to avoid the Confusion that may be introduced into the Office by the Remissions of many Under Sheriffs, as well as other Collectors, I declare, once for all, that I will receive no partial Payments.  Finding that such Part of the Fund as was expected to arise from Ordinary Licences is likely to be diminished, and it having been represented to me that this is owing to many Ordinary Keepers failing to renew their Licences regularly, I must beg it as a Favour of the Gentlemen Deputy Attorneys to give some Attention to this Business, and I will, on Demand, pay all Fees that may arise in such Prosecutions as they may think necessary to engage in, where they cannot be had of the Delinquents.  (6) RO. C. NICHOLAS, Treasurer.
To be LET on CHARTER to any Part of Europe, THE Ship MERMAID , Joseph Towart Master, Burthen about four Hundred Hogheads. For Terms apply to the Subscriber, in Norfolk . (T1) JOHN GREENWOOD.
RUN away from the Subscriber, on Sunday the 27th of December, an indentured Servant Lad named JAMES PATTERSON , about five Feet eight Inches high, a well set Fellow, of a fair Complexion, short brown Hair which curls very much, and had on, when he went away, a Buff coloured Jeans Coat, a blue Broadcloth Waistcoat, Buckskin Breeches, an Osnaburg Shirt, Virginia made Shoes, and a very good Hat, and took with him sundry other Clothes. He ran away last June, changed his Name, and got on Board a Ship in Order to make his Escape out of the Country, which may probably be his Intention now. I hereby forewarn all Masters or Owners of Vessels from harbouring or carrying him out of the Colony, at their Peril. Whoever secures him so that I may get him again shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward, or THREE POUNDS if delivered to me in Charles City .  ALEXANDER GORDON.
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. The Terms may be known of the Subscriber, near the Premises.  (T1) W. JOHNSON.
RUN away from the Subscriber, at Peterf- burg, about the Middle of September last, a very likely Negro Man named PHILL , 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. Had on, when he went away, an Osnaburg Shirt, an old Virginia Cloth Waistcoat, with a new Negro Cotton Jacket over it, and a Pair of old Check Trowsers. As he has been used to the Sea, he will probably endeavour to get on Board some Ship and make his Escape out of the Colony; all Masters of Vessels are therefore forewarned from harbouring or carrying him off, at their Peril.  I will give THREE POUNDS Reward to any Person who will deliver said Slave to me, or to Mr. Hugh McMakin at Portsmouth , and FORTY SHILLINGS to secure him in any Jail, and give Notice thereof.  (tf) THOMAS GORDON.
For SALE, FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY ONE ACRES OF LAND, IN HALIFAX COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. THE said Land lies about six Miles above Halifax Town , is well wooded and watered, the Soil good for Corn, Wheat, &c. and affords as good Range, for Stock of all Kinds, as any Land in the County. There is a remarkable fine Apple Orchard on the Place, a good Dwelling-House, and sundry Out-houses. For Terms apply to Mr. William Hendrie , who lives near the Premises, or to.  (101) JAMES AULD.
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. He took with him a brown Duroy Coat lined with white Durant or Tammy ; also a brown Water Dog with a white Face, which I expect is still with him, as he was a great Favourite. A short Time before he ran off he broke open the House of Mr. Anthony McMakin , and stole about forty Pounds. The above Reward will be paid to any Person who delivers the said Runaway and Cash, or TEN POUNDS for him alone, and FIVE POUNDS to have him secured in any Jail within this Colony.  NOVEMBER 4, 1772. (T1) THOMAS POLLARD.
A V E N D U E, For the SALE of MERCHANDISE, &c. is held by JOHN HART, in PHILADELPHIA , at the Corner of South and Front Streets . Those that please to favour him with their Custom may depend on his best Endeavours to render satisfactory Sales.  (12)
WARWICK, October 25, 1772.  A S the Store formerly kept by Alexander Stewart at Rocky Ridge , for James and Robert Donald, and Company , is now broke up, and the Debts put into my Hands to collect, all those indebted for Dealings there are desired to pay off their Accounts immediately, or settle their Balances by Bond; and those who have any Demands against the Store are desired to apply to me for Payment.  (tf) PATRICK HUNTER.
WARWICK, November 1, 1772.  THE Subscriber has for Sale about five Thousand Acres of LAND lying in different Parts of Pittsylvania County , and mostly upon Smith's River , the Soil of which is well calculated either for making Tobacco or Hemp. The Terms may be known by applying to John Rowland , who lives near the Land, and will show it to any Person inclining to purchase.  (tf) PATRICK HUNTER.
For SALE, A VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND lying on both Sides of Hunting Creek , in Halifax County , containing five Hundred Acres, the Soil of which is exceeding good for Tobacco and Corn. There is a small Plantation cleared on the Land, which has been tended but a few Years, and two Tobacco Houses, an Overseer's House, and Negro Quarter almost new. Any Person inclining to purchase may apply to Colonel Paul Carrington , in Charlotte , who will show the Land, and is fully empowered to dispose of it.  (tf)
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. Also eleven Hundred Acres of Land on Rocky Run , in Fauquier County , the Rents of which amount to four Thousand one Hundred and thirty Pounds of Tobacco; either in Lots, or altogether, as may suit the Purchasers. An indisputable Title will be made to the Land, by the Trustees of Charles Carter .  Tf