The Virginia gazette (Williamsburg [Va.]), 1772-09-03 00:00:00

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COPENHAGEN, June 16.
THE Grievances of the Sailors, set forth in a Petition which they presented to the King on the 6th, having been examined into, and found groundless, their Demands were refused, and they were told they must abide by the ancient Regulations, or be dismissed. They were also told that the King was pleased to forgive them for this Time the Step they had taken, but warned them never to do the like again, on Pain of being condemned as Rebels to work at the Fortifications for Life, without Hope of Pardon. This Declaration had the desired Effect, and they have deputed two of their Comrades to return Thanks to the King for having forgiven their imprudent Conduct.
A Danish Frigate cruising in the Mediterranean lost her Masts in a violent Storm, and put into Port Mahon by the Assistance of an English Man of War.
HAMBURG, June 19. We received yesterday the melancholy News that a Fire has lately consumed at Etiga, near Archangel, five Hundred and nineteen Houses, and a great Number of Magazines, in which were one Thousand lasts of Rye, and great Quantities of Hemp.
ALGIERS, May 30. The Danish Admiral Hoogland arrived here on the 7th Instant with the Fleet under his Command, and on the 16th he fainted the Town with twenty one Guns, which were returned by an equal Number, as a Signal that a Treaty of Peace has been agreed upon between his Danish Majesty and this Regency; and all Hostilities are ceased.
LONDON, June 25.
IT is said that the Bankers against whom Commissions of Bankruptcy have been issued, on settling their Affairs, will be able to pay twenty Shillings in the Pound.
It is certain that the strange and assuming Conduct of three great Powers, in Regard to the distracted Kingdom of Poland, has at last roused the British Court from its Lethargy. The Part our Court intends to take in inquiring into these Transactions on the Continent will require one of the firmest and most spirited Ambassadors at Vienna, and Sir Robert Keith has been pitched upon as the Man the most likely to act there with proper Vigour. The same Motives will account for the great hurry with which this Department has been filled, there being not an Hour to lose; his Excellency will, therefore, set out on this Embassy very soon.
On Saturday last, about six in the Afternoon, as James Mount, a Farmer near Ayrton, was returning from Colin Cespaltis with a Cart and three Horses, when he had got within less than two Miles of his own House, himself, together with his Team of Horses, were all struck dead by the Lightning. The Horses lay on their right Sides, at full Length, as if drawing. The Man was thrown against a Wall, on his left Side; his Hat, Shoes, Breeches, and Waistcoat, were shivered to Pieces; and his Breast, Face, Toes, and the Hair of his Head, very much burnt; the Whole affording a very awful and melancholy Spectacle.
June 27. Lord Chatham's intimate Knowledge of the Connections and Politicks of the German Powers pointed him out as the fittest Man for unravelling the Mysteries now transacting there; and for this Reason, we are assured, he was sent for the other Day to Court.
We are also informed that Lord Chatham's Advice to the Ministry was to insist immediately upon the German Powers Avowal of their real Intentions with Respect to Poland.
Yesterday Morning, at Half past nine o'Clock, the adjourned Cause between Lady Warren and Sir George came on before Doctor Bettelworth, who, after hearing the Counsel on both Sides, observed, that, much to Sir George's Honour, in this libertine Age, there was no Charge in the Cause of his having broke his matrimonial Vow; notwithstanding it appeared that her Ladyship, unmindful of her Duty, had for some Time withdrawn herself from his Bed. He said, that to a delicate, sensible Mind, an unkind Look or Speech might give more mental Pain than a Blow would to a Mind not possessed of the finer Feelings, but that there was no Proof of an angry Word, of any Threat or Blow, being given by Sir George to his Lady; that, on the contrary, there was Proof in the Cause of the Lady's having not only called her Husband very opprobrious Names, but having struck him, &c. and that Sir George had bore all this Usage with a Socratick Temper; that he was, on those Occasions, all Mildness and Kindness. He said, that though they might live more happy separate than together, yet he had no legal Right to pronounce for a Separation; that there was not the least Foundation whatever for bringing this Suit; and that her Ladyship had failed in the only Part that was material in her Libel. After this Decision her Ladyship's Proctor stood up, and gave Notice that he should appeal to the Court of Arches.
It is said that Part of Mr. Robinson's View in going out with Major Rogers to America is that he may have an Opportunity of inspecting some very valuable Mines, which, we are well informed, are at the Head of the Mississippi, and which he thinks may be worked with greater Ease and Advantage than those in the Neighbourhood of Mexico; that at the same Time the Major shall be there engaged in exploring Territory, the Miner may be employed in acquiring Treasure to the British Empire.
We can assure the Publick, that, amidst the Dissipations and Extravagance of the present Age, the Heir and Hope of a present noble Family (Lord Hertford's) has adopted so contrary a System, that, ever since the Death of his Lady, he carries about him a List of the greatest Heiresses in this Kingdom, to prevent his being unprovided, at any Time, with a good Wife, and regularly marks them off as they are married, to save himself the unnecessary Trouble of Application.
When the Commandant at Lisle, after arresting Mr. Morris, demanded of the young Lady what she intended to do, she answered, "Sir, I slept with my Husband last Night, and it is my firm Intention to enjoy that Felicity this Evening."
On Thursday Evening there was a Quarrel at Vauxhall between Captain Allen and Mr. Kelly, the Author of False Delicacy. In January last Mr. Allen published a Charge against Mr. Kelly, to which he signed his Name. Mr. Kelly replied with his Name to an Answer, and gave Mr. Allen the positive Lie. Nothing more was heard of the Affair till Thursday Evening last, when the Captain seeing Mr. Kelly at Vauxhall, called him aside, and demanded Satisfaction. The Captain had a Sword on, Mr. Kelly had only a Cane; but the latter offered to retire with the former, as the Garden was an improper Place for a Disturbance, or, if more agreeable to Mr. Allen, proposed to meet him next Morning. The Captain, however, insisted upon instant Satisfaction, without quitting the Place. Mr. Kelly said that was impossible, as he could not box, and had no Weapon to defend himself with. At length Words rising very high, the Second and Rascal were mutually passed, and Mr. Kelly struck the Captain; a boxing Match ensued, in which Mr. Kelly would have had much the worst, as the Captain greatly overpowered him, if the Company had not interposed. Mr. Kelly again proposed retiring to the Captain; but the Matter terminated here, and Nothing farther has been done by either of the Parties.
Yesterday Morning six Soldiers belonging to the Guards, said to be all Scotchmen, were flogged in St. James's Park for firing three Rounds each, on Saturday last, by Way of Bravado, over young Allen's Grave, in the Churchyard of Newington Butts, Surrey.
Last Saturday, between twelve and one o'Clock in the Afternoon, a dreadful Storm of Thunder and Lightning (from the south west) spent its Rage on the House of the Reverend Mr. Eliot, Vicar of Steeple Asht-
ton, Wilts. This Gentleman and his Wife were fortunately from Home. In the Study (a Ground Floor on the Side of the House where the Tempest fell) were the Reverend Mr. Wainhouse, Curate of that Place, and Mr. Pitcairne, of Trowbridge. After some small Flashes of Lightning, a large Mass, or Globe, of a black and fiery Substance, mixed in Appearance, burst, with a Crash, almost on their Faces, involved the Room in the most thick Smoke, and emitted a strong sulphureous Stench. The Path of the fiery electric Fluid over the Body of Mr. Pitcairne may be traced by the Remains it has left behind. He sat with his Back to the Fireplace, just under the Wire of a Parlour Bell. The Lightning (doubtless conducted by the Wire) first struck on his right Shoulder, descended obliquely over his Breast and Belly, passed down his lower Extremities, and went out at his Shoe. His right Shoe was rent in Pieces, though a yellow Buckle in it was left entire; and retained the last visible Track of the Lightning, which made Holes in several Parts of his Dress. The Glass of his Watch was shivered, and some of the Silver melted. He was seized with a violent Pain in his Loins, and the immediate Use of his Legs taken away. The Weight and Sulphur of the surrounding Atmosphere had well nigh oppressed him to Suffocation. The bursting of the Door, though it opened inwards, gave it Vent. Bleeding and Warmth relieved him. The Windows, a Looking Glass, and the Case of the Clock, thrown down on its Face, were broken to Pieces about the Ears of these two Clergymen; yet Mr. Wainhouse, though he stood near Mr. Pitcairne, received only a slight Scratch in his Face from the flying Particles of Glass, and was no otherwise affected than with a Sort of Stupefaction, and continued Noises in his Head. Great Part of the Roof of the House, Chimneys, and Ceilings, are beat in, the Walls cracked, some large Foundation Stones forced out, and other heavy Stones thrown at a considerable Distance; one Stone in particular driven twenty six Feet, by Measure. Torrents of Rain poured down, which probably prevented the Destruction of the whole Building by Fire, as Part of some Bedding had been kindled. The Lightning was evidently attracted by whatever was composed of Iron or Steel, and is concluded to have struck on the Chimney; drawn, in all Probability, by some Iron which was about the Top of it. But what surprises most in this Affair is, that two Persons, amidst such a general Uproar and Confusion, should suffer so little, the one unhurt, the other not materially injured. A most providential Escape and Deliverance, that excites the most awful Regard and Gratitude to the supreme Controller of all Events!
June 30. At the final Close of the Poll yesterday for an Alderman of Queenhithe Ward, the Numbers stood as follows: For Frederick Bull, Esquire, eighty three; Walter Rawlinson, Esquire, fifty three; Majority for Mr. Sheriff Bull, thirty; whereupon he was declared duly elected, but a Scrutiny was demanded in Favour of Mr. Rawlinson.
At the Close of the Poll for Sheriffs this Day, at three o'Clock, the Numbers stood as follows: For Mr. Oliver, one Thousand four Hundred and fifty nine; Mr. Lewis, one Thousand two Hundred; Mr. Plumbe, seven Hundred and thirty nine. It has ever been an established Rule, without any Exception, that the Livery never will elect a Person who has been once set aside by a Common Hall into an Office of Trust. The late Mr. Alderman Baker, a Man of true constitutional Principles, and great Ability, after one unsuccessful Attempt, could never succeed to the Sheriffalty; so much Respect have the Livery every paid to the Resolutions of past Common Halls, as to suppose they never would put so severe a Censure on any Man without a very just and sufficient Cause. Mr. Plumbe's Confidence must then be very great to imagine that the Livery would cast so shameful a Reproach on their own Actions as to elect him, whom they have so repeatedly rejected, at any Time into the Sheriffalty.
A Correspondent says that a perfect Reconciliation is now effected between all the popular Gentlemen in the City, except Aldermen Townsend and Wilkes, which it is feared will not be speedily brought about.
The Failure of a certain Alderman has greatly deranged a certain Honourable Court, which had fixed upon him to be Mayor for the Year ensuing, and was inflexibly determined to support him against all his Competitors.
It is said that a Treaty of Marriage is really on Foot between a certain Nobleman and a patrick Sheriff's Daughter.
We are assured that Commotions, instead of subsiding, are hourly augmenting at a certain northern Court, in so much as to threaten the final Dissolution of that Monarch.
We learn from the Hague that the Prince Stadtholder is preparing to set out in Order to have an Interview with the Emperor of Germany, but the Place of Meeting is not publicly mentioned.
We hear that a Letter has been lately received by a great Personage, written by the King of Prussia, which contains an Explanation of his present Operations in Poland.
A Letter from Dantzick says the Forces of the Emperor, and of the King of Prussia, are already in Possession of all the northern Part of the Kingdom of Poland.
Letters from Paris say that fifteen Thousand Muskets, of a new Invention, are finished at Vincennes; they fire fifteen Times in one Minute, carry nine Hundred Paces, and weigh nine Pounds.
It is actually said that Lord Sandwich is going out on a cruising Voyage to the Mediterranean, and that some Ships of War are preparing for that Purpose.
Yesterday Evening, about seven o'Clock, an Express was received at St. James's from Berlin; and this Morning a Messenger was sent off, with Despatches, to the English Minister at that Court.
It is the Opinion of many Politicians that the Posture of Affairs in Germany renders it indispensably necessary for Lord Chatham to take Part in Administration, and they allege, in Support of this Opinion, that his Lordship, being most intimately acquainted with the Intricacies of German Connections, is the only Person capable of negotiating with the Princes of that Quarter of the Globe; but others say, however well acquainted that Nobleman may be with German Intricacies, it seems rather too late in the Day to set about to unravel them, as the Emperor, the Empress of Russia, and the King of Prussia, seem to have settled the Division of Poland, at least to their own mutual Satisfaction.
The Changes talked of to take Place in Administration are entirely laid aside, though such a Measure was in Agitation a few Days since. Lord Chatham was not sent for to Court. His Lordship was there; but his Business, we are informed, was solely to acquaint his Majesty that he had two Sons, whom he should be glad to see provided for, one of whom he intended for the Army, and the other for the Navy.
After Lord North had publicly pledged himself for a ten Years probable Continuance of Peace, it is very absurd to suppose that Government will in the least disturb themselves about the Affairs of Poland; a Nation with whose Politicks we never once meddled, even in the utmost Rage of our continental Connections.
It was yesterday confidently said, at the Smyrna, that a Treaty of a very extraordinary Nature is negotiating between the Courts of France, Portugal, Spain, and the Republic of Genoa; and that the King of Sardinia is apprehensive these Powers will join their Forces, and break in upon him without a formal Declaration of War.
Letters from Naples advise that three Shocks of an Earthquake had lately been felt throughout that Kingdom, but had not done much Damage.
They write from Madrid that a Number of Jesuits, to the Amount of one Hundred and seventy Persons, were seized by Order of the Government, in a Convent of the Carmelites, at Almanza, on the 2d Instant, and imprisoned. Some of the Principals are already condemned to die.
A great City Magistrate will, we are informed, in a short Time, be created a Baronet of Great Britain.
We are informed that the Commission of Bankruptcy against Sir Richard Glynn and Thomas Halifax, Esquire, will be shortly superseded.
The Merchants, notwithstanding the many Reflections which have lately been thrown upon the Directors of the Bank, are universal in acknowledging that no Body of Gentlemen ever behaved better in a Time of publick Calamity. For several Days together they sat every Evening till five o'Clock, though the usual Time of their rising is at one in the Afternoon, and cheerfully contributed the utmost Assistance wherever they could extend it with Justice to their Proprietors. The Directors of the East India Company are alike commended for their laudable Efforts in the Maintenance of publick Credit; and it is really inconceivable how many Acts of Generosity have been performed by Individuals during the general Alarm in the City.
Various are the Conjectures of different Persons about the Steps necessary to be taken to stop the Progress of Bankruptcy. A Report has prevailed, that, at the Instance of his Majesty, a Council is to be summoned in Order to consider of, and put in Execution, a Plan for the Support of publick Credit. It is certain, says a Correspondent, that such a Measure would, at all Times, be salutary, but could, at no Time, be more necessary than the present. The meeting of the principal Merchants at this critical Juncture, and the Resolutions they have entered into to indemnify the Bank for discounting, is judiciously calculated to heal the Wounds publick Credit has received. But the Conduct of the Directors of the Bank, during the late Calamities, has been highly meritorious; and no Man, in his sober Senses, can blame them for refusing to discount any Bills, until they saw how Matters were likely to turn out. The Outcry made against the Directors, when they first gave publick Notice that they would not discount, was fomented by those whose chief dependence, being upon Paper Credit, naturally induced them to complain of a Measure by which they were Sufferers. Yet this very Measure showed the penetrating Saggacity of the Directors; they saw the Evil whilst yet in Embryo, and prudently therefore resolved, at all Events, to preserve the publick Funds immaculate. In short, the Bank Directors have proved themselves Men every Way qualified to discharge the national Trust reposed in them, to the Advantage of the Publick; and as their Assistance in the present Emergency has, in all Probability, been the Means of preventing a general Bankruptcy, so, had they assisted at first, or assisted afterwards, without Security, they would, in the one Case, have betrayed an incautious Rashness, and in the other, a Species of Imprudence to the last Degree dangerous, in Men who, from the Nature of their Office, may be considered as the Guardians of publick Credit.
The Directors of the Bank have ordered several new Clerks to be elected into their Service on Tuesday next.
Credit in a Tradesman is like Chastity in Woman. Is it not then to be lamented that the trading Part of the World are losing all Regard for the one, and the Female Part of it all Regard for the other? That they really are so, the numerous Bankruptcies and Divorces, we every Day hear of, are an irrefragable Proof.
The last Letters from Dublin say, that Lord Townshend was preparing for his Return to England.
Yesterday Afternoon a Country Clergyman came to do Duty for a certain Lecturer of a Parish not a Mile from the Bottom of the Old Changes, and went through the Prayers; after which the Clerk gave Notice to the Congregation that the Parson had forgot his Gown to preach in, and therefore there could be no Sermon, whereupon they were dismissed, and the Parson slipped out at a private Door.
A new Method of picking of Pockets. On Friday, about four o'Clock in the Afternoon, as Mr. Norris, a Painter that lives in Long Alley, Moorfields, was going along Bishopsgate Street, a Man threw some Aquafortis in his Eyes, and at the same Time picked his Pocket; he has entirely lost the Use of one of his Eyes, and it is thought must lose the other.
A Seizure of about five Thousand Pounds worth of French Lace was made on Sunday last, at a noted Coffeeshouse near St. James's.
On Monday near two Hundred Blacks, with their Ladies, had an Entertainment at a publick House in Westminster, to celebrate the Triumph which their Brother Somerset had obtained over Mr. Stuart, his Master. Lord Mansfield's Health was echoed round the Room, and the Evening was concluded with a Ball. The Tickets for Admission to this Black Assembly were five Shillings each.
On Wednesday a Man in Huggin Lane, near Queenhithe, being in Liquor, called a Jew who cried old Clothes up into his Chamber, under Pretence of selling him some Clothes, when, after knocking him down, he placed a Cord round his Neck and hanged him up; but some Persons luckily came in Time to his Assistance, and cut him down alive, and the Offender was carried to Wood Street Compter.
This Morning a Fire broke out at Mr. Lewis's, a small Beer Brewer in Ratcliff Highway. For some Time no Water could be got to prevent the Progress of the Flames into Gregory Street, where several Houses were burnt, and some damaged. The Brewhouse, and two Houses adjoining, were consumed.
ST. JAMES'S, June 30. His Majesty has been pleased to appoint Charles Logie, Esquire, to be his Consul General in all the Dominions of the Emperor of Morocco.
EDINBURGH, June 26. Since our last the following Sequestrations have been applied for to the Court Session, in Terms of the new Bankrupt Act, namely, Messrs. Fordyce, Malcolm, and Co.; Mr. William Anderson, Factor. Messrs. Johnstone and Smith, Merchants here; Mr. Robert Trotter, Writer, Factor. A Sequestration has also been applied for Messrs. Francis Garbet and Charles Galtcoigne, of the Carron Wharf, in the County of Stirling; Mr. George Home, Clerk to the Signet, Factor. The Houses also of Messrs. William Alexander and Sons, Messrs. Gibson and Balfour, and Messrs. Andrew Sinclair and Co. have stopped Payment.
CHARLESTOWN, July 30.
THE Cape Fear Mercury, of the 1st Instant, tells us: Last Week passed through this Town, in her Way to Charlestown, a Lady who left her Address as follows, "SOPHIA CAROLINA AUGUSTA, Princess of Brunswick, and Marchioness of Waldegrave." Another Paragraph, in the same Paper, says. Last Week arrived here, in her Way to Charlestown, a Lady of the first Distinction, being no less, it is said, than a German Princess, though she travels under the Title (being her lowest) of Marchioness of Waldegrave, or Waldergrave. This Lady was truly incog., as she had neither Carriages, Horses, nor Attendants. Some Remarks were added to the Paragraph, which we shall pass over in Silence.
The Lady in Question, it seems, has travelled over Land from Philadelphia; from Virginia last, where she was kindly and respectfully treated by many discerning People, to whom she made large and golden Promises, which no Doubt will be complied with in due Time. She arrived in this Town the 7th Instant; it is said the intended here at her first leaving Europe, and has furnished abundant Employment for the naturally Curious and Inquisitive, as well as the Ill-Natured. Amongst other malevolent Suggestions, to prejudice this Lady, one is, "that she is the Daughter of the Pretender, by the celebrated Jenny Cameron, and that her Tour through America is made to solicit Interest in Behalf of her unhappy Father."
Aug. 7. We hear, from different Parts of the Province, that there are great Prospects of large Crops this Year.

BOSTON, July 27.
LAST Saturday Captain Smith arrived here in a large Schooner from Halifax, having on board two Companies of the sixty-fourth Regiment, which, with their baggage, were immediately landed at Castle William. The Remainder of the Regiment is shortly expected.
The fourteenth Regiment are all embarked on board the Transports, and we hear sail from hence this Day.
July 30. On Monday last Colonel Dalrymple, with the Whole of the fourteenth Regiment under his Command, having embarked on board of the Transports lately arrived here from New York, sailed from this Place, with a fair Wind.
August 3. Last Saturday Afternoon Captain Binney arrived here, in sixteen Days from St. Martin's, by whom we learn that a Fleet of sixteen Spanish Men of War, chiefly capital Ships, and a Number of Transports, lately passed by the Windward Islands, bound to the Havanna; but that on the Evening of the 6th of July last two of them, one a Ship of twenty four Guns, and the other of forty, being separated from the rest in a Squall of Wind, ran ashore at twelve o'Clock the next Night on the east End of Anguilla, where they both soon beat to Pieces, but the Crews, consisting of upwards of seven Hundred Men, all got safe ashore, excepting twelve, who were drowned. They also saved what Money they had on Board, and a considerable Quantity of very valuable Goods, though, as it was blustering Weather, many Articles of great Value had drifted from them, which the Wreckers from Curacao and other Places were very diligent in picking up as free Plunder. It was not known upon what Design this Fleet was intended. The Inhabitants of Anguilla, taking an Advantage of the Spaniards Distress, made them pay exorbitant Prices for the Necessaries they supplied them with; but their Misfortune being soon known at the other Islands, they had Plenty of Provisions of all Kinds immediately sent them, and before Captain Binney came away were about engaging Vessels to carry them, with what Effects were saved, to Porto Rico.
By the Captains Mafey and Lander, who arrived at Salem last Week from Dominica, the latter of whom left it on the 4th of last Month, we are informed that a considerable Number of Troops, said to be about five Thousand, had sailed for St. Vincent's, accompanied by a Squadron of Men of War, under the Command of Admiral Man. This Armament was designed to take and subdue the Caribbee Indians of that Island, some Thousands of whom were said to have thrown up a Breastwork a few Miles from the principal Town, determined to defend themselves, being supplied with Arms and Ammunition by the French at Martinique. Captain Lander heard, before he sailed, of the Arrival of the Troops at St. Vincent's, and that they were preparing, with the utmost Expedition, to make an Attack upon the Indians, who were said to be well disciplined, and were provided with several Field Pieces. It was thought there would be a smart Contest. The Indians being encouraged and supported by the French, with whom they persisted in carrying on Trade, in Defiance of the British Government, is the occasion of this Expedition.
August 10. Last Saturday Night, between eleven and one o'Clock, we had here a smart Gusty, attended with severe Lightning and Thunder, severer than has been known here for many Years. The Lightning struck the Dwellinghouse of his Honor the Lieutenant Governor; the Particulars of which, as they confirm the Utility of Metal Conductors, are here inserted. The Lightning seems to have first struck the Top of the Chimney, and then went down a Corner Post of the Tower built against it, striking the Post from Top to Bottom; there it met with some Sheet Lead, connected with Stumps of Lead, which covered the north east and south east Rims of the Roof. The latter it split, and descended, to the Junction of the Gutters at the Corner, which it also led. It there penetrated through the Plate on the Brick Wall of the House (splitting the Plate as it went) into a Chamber, being attracted by an Iron Curtain Rod at the Head of the Posts of a four-post Bedstead, which stood against the Wall. The End of the Rod, where it entered, might be about thirty Inches from the Lead in the Gutter. It proceeded round the Rod to the fourth Post, the Head of which, for about three Feet down, it split, and with great Force threw off several Pieces of it to the opposite Side of the Chamber; particularly one Piece on a horizontal Line, and with such Force that it stuck by the pointed End of it with great Firmness in the Plastering. The Lightning then jumped to the lower Hinge of a Window Shutter behind the Bedstead, broke a Pane of Glass, split the Stock of the Window Frame, and then probably fell about three Feet upon the Lead Covering the Ridge and Rips of a low Building directly under the Window, and finally dispersed or went into the Earth.
On these Facts every One will make his own Observations; we shall only submit two or three, the most obvious. It appears from them that there is a strong Attraction between Metal and Lightning, and that the Attraction is the strongest where there is the greatest Quantity of Metal. The Lightning descended the flash east Hip, in Preference to the north east, there being the greatest Quantity of Lead in that Direction. It is hazardous, therefore, that any considerable Quantity of Metal should be on the Top, or in any Part of the Building, unless there be a Metal Conductor from the Top to the Ground. Metal Curtain Rods, if not continued to the Floor, or below it, appear hazardous in Houses not guarded by pointed Rods. The Lightning, in the above mentioned Instance, would probably have descended lower down the Bedpost, to the Injury of any Person that had been in the Bed, if it had not been attracted by the contiguous Metal; but such Person might have been safe, without that Attraction, if the Rod had been continued to the Floor, or below it, as Lightning proceeds by the shortest Course it can to the Object it aims at, whether that be the Earth or the Clouds, which is determined by the greater or less Quantity of it the one or the other (compared together) is charged with. If the Surge be in the Earth, its Progress is upwards; if in the Clouds, downwards; till the Equilibrium is restored. On the Whole, it appears that no Damage was done, so far as there was Metal to conduct the Lightning; and it is highly probable, if the House had been guarded by Rods in the usual Manner, it would not have been hurt at all. A Tree near the House was struck at the same Time. It must not be omitted that a Daughter of the Lieutenant Governor, who usually lodged in the Bed above mentioned, by going to a neighboring Town the preceding Afternoon, and continuing there that Night, was providentially preserved.
A House at the west Part of the Town, to which an Iron Conductor was affixed, attracted the Lightning to such a Degree that the Clapboards and Shingles to which it joined appear to be much scorched thereby.
We hear from Exeter that last Thursday Night the House of Mr. John Bond, of that Town, was struck by Lightning, and Mrs. Bond, who was walking the Room, instantaneously killed. The Lightning ran down a Stud, against which hung a Looking Glass, and there being a Breach in the Plastering behind, it is supposed the Lightning was attracted in its Passage by the Quickset Verger on the Glass, by which Means the Glass was broke into very small Pieces, though the Frame was left standing unhurt; and Mrs. Bond being that Instant opposite the Glass, the Lightning struck her on the Temple, passed down her Body without fracturing the Skin, burst open her Shoe, and went off. There was another Woman, and several Children, in the same Room, who received no Hurt.
We hear from Walpole that on Saturday Morning last Mrs. Mary Hartshorn, aged forty four Years, Wife of Mr. John Hartshorn, and eldest Daughter of Deacon Lister of that Town, having been to her Father's, who lived in the same House, in returning fell at the Step of her Door, and died instantly, without any previous Complaint. She has left seven young Children.
On Saturday the 12th Instant the House of Mr. Moses Bush, of Great Barrington, took Fire in the Time of divine Service, and was entirely consumed. It is suspected to have been set on Fire by some evil minded Person.
Wednesday last arrived here the King Fisher Sloop of War, from Halifax.
By a Vessel from Newfoundland we learn that on the 17th of last Month a Ship of three Hundred Tons Burthen, from England, commanded by Captain Lycomb, was drove ashore on the Isle of Boys, where the Vessel was threw to Pieces, and the Cargo of Salt, &c. entirely lost. The People saved their Lives.
His Majesty's Ship Mercury, Captain Fotheringham, arrived at Newport, R. Island, last Saturday Night, from this Place.
Lieutenant Duddingston, late Commander of the Captured armed Schooner, which was lately destroyed in Providence River, and himself much wounded in the Leg, was removed on the 15th ult. by Captain Lindsey, from Brenton's Neck, on board his Ship, upon Account of a Report among the Maines, who were ashore to guard him, that the Inhabitants of New port intended to raise a Mutiny and take him out of Mr. Brenton's House and murder him; and not withstanding Mr. Brenton told them there was not the least Danger, and would pledge himself, and all he had, for Mr. Duddingston's Safety, yet, to keep up the farcical Fear, and to bring a farther Odium on Lord Shelburne's loyal Colony of Rhode Island, they persisted in carrying him on board the Beaver.
ALBANY, August 3.
ON Saturday the 27th ult. his Excellency the Governor, with his Family, &c. arrived at the Seat of Sir William Johnson, Baronet, to which they were escorted by the Troop of Horse from Schenectady,
who made a handsome Appearance at Johnstown, the Capital of Tryon County, as Excellency was received by Colonel Johnson's Regiment of Militia, who lined the Street, and paid him the usual Compliment. At Johnstown Hall he was received by a considerable Body of Indians under Arms, and saluted by a Discharge of the Cannon, which was answered by Volleys of small Arms from the Regiment at Johnstown. We likewise hear that some large Purchases of Indian Lands have been perfected, in his Excellency's Presence.
NEW YORK, August 6.
CAPTAIN Kennedy, in fifteen Days from St. Martin's, informs us that a few Days before he sailed from that Place Advice was received there that two Spanish Men of War, one of seventy Guns, and the other of fifty, were cast away on the Island of Anguilla, and both entirely lost. They were bound from Cadiz for Porto Rico, and the fifty Gun Ship had a Quantity of dry Goods on Board.
Sunday the 26th ult. Captain Foy was married to Miss Hannah Van Horne, Daughter to John Van Horne, Esquire, of Kill's Hall.
August 13. We hear from the Wall Kill, in Ulster County, that a few Days past, as one Francis Bedine was walking towards his Door, he was observed by his Wife, and a Gentleman then in the House, to stagger and reel; upon which they immediately took Hold of him, to lead him to the Bed. The Gentleman said to the Man's Wife, "your Husband is dying." "Lord have Mercy on me (says she) I am dying also," and they both expired in a few Minutes, without uttering another Word. A striking Instance of the Uncertainty of Life, and a loud Call to all to be up and doing, and to obey these Words, be ye also ready .
We hear from Newburgh, in Ulster County, that on Friday the 7th Instant the House of Samuel Sands, Esquire, was struck with Lightning, and much damaged. A Negro Man and Woman were struck down, so that their Lives are despaired of; but providentially no more of the Family were hurt, although, as one of his Daughters had a Pewter Plate in her Hand, the whole Rim was melted off in one Lump, except where she had Hold of it. In this the good Providence of God is conspicuous!
PHILADELPHIA, August 17.
WE are informed from Chestnut Level, in the lower Part of Lancaster County, that a few Days ago, as two young Women, Daughters of Mr. Daniel McFerlin, went in the Evening to milk the Cows, a heavy Shower came on, attended with Thunder and Lightning, when they took Shelter under a large Tree, which was unfortunately soon after struck by the Lightning, and they were both killed on the Spot.
WILLIAMSBURG, September 3.
THE Brickdale, Wood, from Bristol, and the Eagle, Dunlop, from Liverpool, are arrived in Rappahannock. By these Vessels we learn that many Houses which had stopped Payment had begun to do Business again, particularly Messrs. Dunlop and Wilson of London. There had no other Failures happened in Glasgow, besides the one mentioned in our last, except Mr. John Brown, who is connected with Messrs. Brown and Zoullie of Liverpool.
The Betsey, Ken-y, from Liverpool, is arrived at Norfolk. It is said that the current Price of Tobacco in Maryland is thirty five Shillings the Hundred, Wheat eight Shillings a Bushel, and Indian Corn thirty Shillings a Barrel, that Currency.
The Virginia Almanack for 1773 is just published, which contains (as usual) the Utle with the Dulci. We have got it finished this early, that those of our kind Customers who order large Quantities may have an Opportunity of providing themselves in Time. A considerable Number has been added to our usual Complement, the last Year's Quota having fallen short, and our very earnest Desire that every Person who wants an Almanack should have one; it being, indeed, the Harbinger of Mirth and Dissipation of Mankind, and being read by Dick in a Winter's Evening, with an understanding Pair of Spectacles. The old Wife laughs, and the Children roar, And up starts on End the Plantation's Hoar; Yag close creeps to Yoon, and to Bed she'll not go, For Fear of the Fairies, and Robin Goodfellow.
Advertisements.
THE Visitors and Governors of the College intending to make an additional Building to the College, have directed us, who are appointed a Committee for that Purpose, to procure an exact Estimate of the Expense thereof, to be laid before them at their next Meeting. Notice is therefore given, to all Persons willing to undertake this Work, that a Plan thereof is lodged with Mr. Matthew Davenport, who will be ready at all Times to show the same, and to whom they are desired to send their Estimates and Proposals, sealed up, on or before the full Day of October next.
DUNMORE. PEYTON RANDOLPH. RO. C. NICHOLAS. LEWIS BUKWELL. JOHN BLAIR.
NOW in the Possession of the Subscriber, a BALE marked I D, No. 1, landed by some Vessel through Mistake, among Goods for Messrs. Logan, Givens, and Company. It contains Laid Hose, Ruffa Dress, and Tablecloths, which, if not claimed before the third Tuesday in this Month (as the Goods are damaging) will be sold at publick Vendue for the Benefit of the Proprietors on that Day, by JAMES ARCHDEACON.
Who has for Sale WEST INDIA RUM, and a few Hogheads of exceeding good JAMAICA SPIRITS.
MILNER'S, September 1, 1772.
THE Subscriber intends leaving the Colony directly. The Business carried on by Buchanan and Cunison will be conducted in future by Mr. Archibald Cunison, to the usual Extent. ARCHIBALD BUCHANAN.
RICHMOND Town, August 26, 1772.
CARPENTERS, JOINERS, SAWERS, BRICKLAYERS, and a Man who understands driving a Wagon, well recommended, may meet with good Encouragement by applying to ROBERT DU VAL.
WESTMORELAND, August 16, 1772.
WE the Subscribers, Trustees for Gilbert Campbell, Esquire, beg that his Creditors may meet at the next October Court for Richmond County, as at that Time there will certainly be a Dividend made of his Effects in our Hands among those entitled to it. Those who are at a Distance are desired to appoint some Person to act for them, if it is inconvenient for them to attend. We the more earnestly desire the above Meeting, as some Disputes have lately arisen concerning the Deed of Trust.
WILLIAM FLOOD. HUGH HAMILTON.
ON Wednesday the 23d Instant (September) will be let to the lowest Bidder, at Manchester Glebe, in Chesterfield, the Building of a Mansion and other necessary Houses. Plans of the different Houses will be ready, and the several Payments for the Execution of the Work will be made known at the Time of letting; and it will be expected that the Undertakers shall give Bond, with approved Security, for the Performance of the same.
THOMAS WORSHAM, } Churchwardens. EDWARD MOSELEY, }
For SALE.
A TRACT of LAND in the Forks of Hanover County, known by the Name of BULL HILL, containing about seven Hundred Acres of exceeding good high and low Grounds. The Situation is high, be useful, and healthy, with a very good Dwellinghouse that has four Rooms on a Floor, and all necessary Outhouses, Apple and Peach Orchards, and cleared Ground sufficient to work fifteen or twenty Hands, now under a good Fence. It lies about ten Miles above Hanover Courthouse, on Pamunkey River. The Terms may be known by applying to the Subscriber, on the Premises. HENRY GILBERT.
NEW KENT, August 25, 1772.
IMPORTED, in October last, in the Chat-ham Frigate, John Anderson Master, from London, a CASE, No. 1, and a TRUSS, No. 2, which belong to the Estate of Colonel Boteler Cocke, deceased, and are not yet come to Hand. Any Intemegence where those Goods are, or to whose Care they were committed by the Captain, the Subscriber will esteem a particular Favour. GEORGE WEBB. (2)
To be SOLD,
EIGHT Hundred Acres of LAND in Albemarle, lying on the north Side of the Rivanna River, on both Sides of Long Island Creek; and eight Hundred Acres of LAND in Dinwiddie, lying on the north Side of Hatcher's Run, a Hundred Acres on the south Side of the said Run, and a LOT in the Town of Blandford. Credit will be allowed until the next April or June Court. For Terms apply to Thomas B. Griffin in Lancaster, or William Griffin in King and Queen, one of whom will attend on the 22d of November in Williamburg. (6)
To be SOLD,
A TRACT of LAND, containing a Hundred and eighty three Acres, in the County of Nansemond, contiguous to the Lands of Captain Edward Wright and the Dismal Swamp, pleasantly situated on the main Road, and within a Mile of the River. The Plantation is in good Order for Cropping, and a Sufficiency of Land cleared to work eight Hands, with very valuable Improvements thereon, and may be entered on the first of January next. As the Land in the lower Part of the Country is known to be in general very good, I think it needless to amplify. Any Person inclined to purchase may be shown the Place, and know the Terms, by applying to me, on the Premises. (4) JAMES MURDAUGH.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidders, at Cabin Point, on Thursday the 24th Instant (September) in small Lots,
ABOUT three Hundred Pounds Worth of DRY GOODS, namely, Osnabrugs, Negro Cotton, English and Dutch Blankets, Broadcloth, Duml, Shalloons, Tammy, Calimanco, Mens and Womens Stockings, Calimanco Shoes, Calico, Irish Linen, Hilling Hoes, Axes, Cart Wheel Boxes, cast Backs and Andirons, and sundry other Articles. Credit will be allowed until the 1st of April 1773, on giving Bond and Security to WALTER PETER. (2)
N. B. Three per Cent. Discount will be allowed for ready Money. * * I have several Packages of Goods, never opened, to sell privately, which I will take a very low Advance for.
To be SOLD in Frederickburg, on Monday the 21st of this Instant (September) being Fair Day, by the Trustees of Mr. Benjamin Grymes,
THE Residue of his Estate made over to us, namely, a Tract of Land adjoining Recovery Furnace, containing sixteen Hundred Acres, on Credit till the 25th of April 1773, the Purchaser giving Bond and Security, and the Bond to bear Interest from the Date it not punctually paid; also several Slaves, Waggons, Carts, and Cart Wheels, together with some House and Kitchen Furniture; for ready Money, or Merchants Notes payable at the October General Court ensuing. JOHN TAYLOR. } Trustees. F. THORNTON. }
To be SOLD by Auction, on Monday the 28th Instant (September) at Williams's Warehouse, in KING WILLIAM,
THE Remains of Mr. Philip Waitehead Claiborne's STORE GOODS, amounting to about four Hundred Pounds, which are good in Kind, and many of them suitable for the Fall Season. Credit will be allowed for all Sums above twenty five Shillings until the 10th of August next, on giving Bond, with approved Security. I will sell a good Bargain to any Person that would purchase the Whole, any Time before the Day of Sale. GEORGE BROOKE. (4)
Just IMPORTED from LONDON, in the LUNN & LLOYD, Captain NECKS, and to be sold at the lowest Rates for ready Money, or short Credit, by the Subscriber, in Richmond,
FRESH Assortment of MEDICINES of all Kinds: Elixir Bardana, Essence of Waterdock, Pectoral Balsam of Honey, Turlington's Balsam of Life, Bateman's Drops, British Oil, Hungary and Lavender Waters, Daffey's Elixir, Guggenbach's Tincture for the Teeth, Gums, and Tooth-ach, Spirits of Turpentine, Anderson's, Lockyer's, and Hesper's Pills, Sago, Salop, Ivory and Pewter Syringes with Pipes, a large Quantity of the best Peruvian Bark, Rhubarb, Glauber and Epsom Salts, Materials for Bitters, &c. &c. I expect my Customers will be so kind as to pay off old Balances, and outstanding Debts, at or before the October General Court, as I intend to Britain in the Spring, if possible. ROBERT BROWN. (4)
To be SOLD, on Thursday the 1st of October next, at the late Dwellinghouse of Captain Benjamin Cocke, deceased, in Brandon, Prince George,
PART of the personal Estate of the Deceased, consisting of Negroes, Horses, Cattle, Hogs, Sheep, the Household Furniture, and Plantation Utensils. Also five Hundred Acres of Land lying in Southampton, joining Nottoway River. Whoever inclines to purchase said Tract, is desired to apply to Mr. Benjamin Clements, who joins it, and will show the whole Tract. Credit will be given for all Sums above twenty Shillings until next April Court.
JAMES COCKE, } Executors. PLEASANT COCKE, }
WILLIAMSBURG, September 3, 1772.
COMMITTED to James City Prison, on Monday the 31st of last Month, a Negro Fellow who says he is the Property of Colonel Cary of Hampton, and that he belongs to a Quarter in Albemarle; his Name is JOE, an Ibo Negro, about fifty Years of Age, five Feet nine or ten Inches high, with three Scars on the right Side of his Face, the middle One the largest, and has on a Crocus Shirt and Trousers, and Negro Cotton Waistcoat. JOHN CONNELLY.
STOLEN from the Subscriber, in YORK Town, on Friday the 14th Instant (August) a likely bay HORSE, with a hanging Mane and short Switch Tail, a Star in his Forehead with bay Hairs in it, a Snip on his Nose, one white hind Foot, has a large Lump on his off Thigh, was shod before when stolen, trots fast, paces five or six Miles an Hour, and when put in a Gallop goes off with his near Foot first. He was taken away by a slim black Boy about fourteen or fifteen Years of Age; the only Part of his Dress that can be recollected is that he had on a white Shirt, and a Duroy Coat that was too large for him; he stole a new Fustian Coat belonging to the President's Position, also a black Saddle, Bridle, and Position Whip, belonging to the President. The Boy was seen in Williamburg, in Possession of my Horse, by Mr. James Southall, who asked him who he belonged to, and he said that he and the Horse were the Property of Mr. William Stevenson of York Town, and that he was going up the Country. The proper Owner of the Boy I do not know. Whoever delivers the said Horse and Boy to me in York Town shall have THREE POUNDS, or FORTY SHILLINGS for the Horse, paid by WILLIAM MITCHELL. (4)
Fifty Dollars Reward.
RUN away from the Subscriber, living in New York, on the Morning of Tuesday the 28th of July last, an Apprentice Boy named JOHN MARKLAND, between sixteen and seventeen Years old, about five Feet seven Inches high, black curled Hair, of a pale Complexion, knock-kneed, and thick Lips. He was seen on Board the Snow Lord Stanley the Morning he absented himself, and as he has not been since seen in this City it is imagined he is gone in the said Vessel to the Island of Jamaica, where he will endeavour, no Doubt, to work at the Printing Business, to which he has been brought up. He is a fly artful Fellow, had on, when he went away, a blue Jacket and Trousers, but took with him a Suit of blue Broadcloth. The Subscriber will be much obliged to all the Printers in America to publish this Advertisement in their Papers, and transmit the same to Jamaica as soon as convenient, with a Request that the Printers there may publish the same. The above Reward will be paid by HUGH GAINE.

TWENTY SHILLINGS REWARD.
STRAYED, or STOLEN, from the Subscriber, about the 4th Instant (August) a bay HORSE about four Feet nine Inches high, five Years old, branded on the near Shoulder T, and on the Buttock, with a Star in his Forehead, a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, is thought to have one hind Foot white, and is a natural Pacer. Whoever brings the said Horse to Mr. Benjamin Elliott's, near Aylar's Warehouse, on Manapony River, in King William, shall have the above Reward.
JOHN BELL.
RUN away from the Subscriber, a Negro
Fellow named FRANK, about five Feet six or seven Inches high, thirty Years old, branded upon the left Cheek R, but not very plain; he had on, when he went away, an Osnaburg Jacket, blue Breeches, and a Dowlas Shirt. I have heard he intends going down to Norfolk; and as he is a very artful Fellow, I imagine he will endeavour to pass for a Freeman. He may be easily known by his Gums, which are particularly black. TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward will be given if he is brought home alive, and TEN POUNDS for his Head.
ROBERT BURTON.
TEN POUNDS REWARD.
RUN away, on the 18th of August, from the Subscriber, in Effex, near Hobb's Hole, a Negro Man named LUKE, alias JACK, about twenty five Years old, a Negro Feet six or eight Inches high, had on, when he went away, a Pair of old blue Cloth Breeches, Osnaburg Shirt, and a short Cotton Vest, and carried with him a green Cloth Vest, a Pair of Ruffa Drill and a Pair of Nankin Breeches, a white Linen Shirt, and two Pair of Yarn Hose. He is a likely well set Fellow, remarkably bow-legged, of a very black Complexion, has very white Teeth, and I believe one of his fore Teeth is out; he has some Scars on one or both of his Buttocks, which he got when a Lad. This Fellow formerly belonged to Mr. Lewis Allman, of Isle of Wight, from whom he ran away when he was a Lad, and passed as a Freeman in this Neighbourhood for seven or eight Years, until he was condemned by Essex Court for Felony, when he confessed he had a Master, and was reprieved by the Subscriber. He was bred a Carpenter, but during the Time of his Monement went several Years by Water. He may attempt to change his Name again, and pass as a Freeman, or transport himself out of the Colony; all Matters of Vessels are hereby forbid to carry him off, at their peril. I will give the above Reward to any Person who will deliver the said Slave to me, or FIVE POUNDS to secure him in any Jail, and give Notice thereof.
JOHN EDMONDSON, Junior.
BOYD'S HOLE, August 10, 1772.
RUN away from the Subscriber, about six
Days ago, a Servant Man named THOMAS HARRISON, aged about twenty five Years, wears his own brown coloured Hair, which is pretty long, had on an old brown Coat, a black Pith Jacket, a Pair of black Breeches, light blue Worsted Stockings, a Sailor's blue Fearnought Jacket, a Pair of Osnaburg Trousers, and a Check Shirt. He is by Trade a Weaver, writes a good Hand, is very talkative, has a down Look, was born in the North of England, and has been seen going towards Port Royal. Whoever apprehends the said Servant, and brings him to the Subscriber, at Boyd's Hole, or to Knox and Baillie, at Nansemond, in Maryland, opposite to Boyd's Hole, shall have FIVE POUNDS Reward, Virginia Currency.
ALEXANDER KNOX.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Lan-
caster, about six Weeks ago, a Negro Man named CHARLES, a very black, thick, well made Fellow, about five Feet nine or ten Inches high, had on a Sailor's blue Jacket, Petticoat Trousers, and carried with him sundry other Clothes. He formerly belonged to Mr. George Kerr, of Northumberland, deceased, and was lately in the Service of Mr. Robert Gilmer, Merchant in that County, on Board a Country Vessel of his, and was accused of breaking open the Warehouse at Cat Point, Rappahannock Creek, and stealing Tobacco. He is supposed to be at or near Norfolk, where he is well acquainted, and will probably attempt to get out of the Country. All Masters of Vessels are forewarned from carrying him out of the Country. The Inspectors at Cat Point offer a Reward of FIVE POUNDS to any Person who shall apprehend him, and bring him to Justice; and I will give FIFTY SHILLINGS Reward if he can be brought alive to Mr. Robert Gilmer, of Northumberland aforesaid, or to me.
WILLIAM POWELL.
N. B. The said Slave is outlawed.
RUN away from the Subscriber, the 1st of
June last, a Negro Man named NED, about five Feet nine Inches high, twenty five Years old, or thereabouts, of a yellow Complexion, with a very remarkable Scar under his left Eye, and had on when he went away a Cotton Jacket, and a Pair of Virginia Cloth Trousers. As he formerly belonged to Messrs. Ridick and Cowper, in Nansemond, of whom he was bought about two Years and a Half ago, I imagine he will endeavour to get there. Whoever brings him to me, in the lower End of Cumberland County, shall have THREE POUNDS Reward if he is taken in this Colony, and FIVE POUNDS if out thereof.
RICHARD MOSELEY.
TAKEN up, in Fauquier, in the Year
1768, a young brindled STEER, marked with an Underkeel, and Slit in the right Ear, and an Underkeel, Crop, and Slit in the left. Potted, and appraised to five Pounds fifteen Shillings.
THOMAS MASSEY.
TAKEN up, in Chesterfield, a fleabitten MARE about four Feet seven Inches high, and branded on the near Buttock P, Potted, and appraised to eight Pounds.
RICHARD ROYALL.
To be SOLD, on Tuesday the 1st of September, at the late Dwellinghouse of Thomas Sumner, deceased,
A SLOOP that is well calculated for the Country Business, together with her Sails, Rigging, &c. She is about forty Tons Burthen, with a good Mulberry Frame, and is little more than two Years old; also an open FLAT of about thirty Hogheads Burthen; likewise a good Stock of Cattle, Sheep, &c. a good Horse, some Draught Steers, and all the said Sumner's Household and Kitchen Furniture, Plantation Utensils, &c. Also, agreeable to the last Will and Testament of Mr. Sumner, on Thursday the 1st of October, will be sold on the Premises, sundry valuable LOTS in the Town of Suffolk, on one of which stands Constance's Warehouse, on another a good Dwellinghouse suitable for a Tavern, and on another a good Storehouse, Stable, &c. also three large Warehouses, after the Leases are expired, which stand near the Water, and adjoining the County Wharf, proper for, and now in the Occupation of, Merchants. Likewise about two Hundred Acres of LAND adjoining the Town, great Part of which is good, has about forty Acres of Marsh, and will be laid off in Lots if required. Six Months Credit will be allowed for the Lands, Lots, Houses, and Vessels, and three Months for the Stock, Furniture, &c. for all Sums above thirty Shillings, on giving Bond and approved Security to
SAMUEL COHOON, Executor.
If either of the Days of Sale prove not fair, the next fair Day is appointed.
N. B. I should be glad to be informed of all Demands against this Estate as soon as possible, and all those indebted are desired to pay off their Balances very shortly.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, at King William Courthouse, on Thursday the 17th of September,
A GOOD and well accustomed TUB MILL, entirely new, lying in the lower Part of the said County, adjoining the Lands of Mr. William Dandridge, being the Mill formerly belonging to Colonel Thomas Mease. There is belonging to the said Mill about one Hundred Acres of well timbered Land, with a good Cornhouse and Miller's House thereon, which will be sold with the Mill. The above mentioned Land and Mill are the Property of Mr. William Seay, and are to be sold by Virtue of a Power of Attorney from him.
PETER LYONS.
To be SOLD, on Thursday the 10th of September, to the highest Bidder, pursuant to the last Will and Testament of Erasmus Hardin, late of the County of Dinwiddie, deceased,
A WELL built WATER GRISTMILL, with two Pair of Stones, on Appomattox River, about fourteen Miles above Paerburg, with seven Acres of LAND adjoining the same, and about twenty likely SHEEP. The Terms will be made known on the Day of Sale, by the Executors.
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WILLIAMSBURG, August 25, 1772.
THE Subscriber begs leave to inform the Publick that he has lately arrived from Liverpool, and just opened Shop next Door below the Post Office, where he intends carrying on the WATCH and CLOCK BUSINESS in all its Branches, and as he served a regular Apprenticeship to one of the most eminent Watchmakers in the City of Dublin, he hopes it will be some Inducement for the Publick to favour him with their Commands, which shall ever be his particular Study to discharge with the greatest Punctuality, and on the most reasonable Terms. Any One that wants a Character of his Workmanship may be satisfied by applying to Mr. James Craig, Jeweller, as he has done several very nice Jobs for him. Those who please to favour him with their Commands may depend on their being gratefully acknowledged by their most humble Servant, ROBERT EGAN. N. B. All Sorts of REPEATING, HORIZONTAL, and STOP WATCHES, repaired in the best Manner.
To be SOLD by the Subscriber, at next Frederickburg September Fair,
A NEGRO Woman and four Children, which Woman I some Time ago purchased, at publick Sale, of the Sheriff at Gloucester Courthouse, but have since understood that there is a Claim against her and Children after the Death of Mrs. Gwin, in Gloucester County. As I intend to leave the Colony in a short Time, I thought it proper to give the Claimant and Purchaser this publick Notice, so that there may be no Dispute afterwards. I have likewise for Sale a House, Storehouse, and two valuable Lots, in the Town of Frederickburg.
ALEXANDER KENNEDY.
WILLIAMSBURG, August 13, 1772.
I HAVE remaining on Hand, at my House, for Sale, the following Articles, which will be sold very cheap, for Cash; and if any One should incline to purchase the Whole, they may have a Bargain of them, and a reasonable Credit. Plain and flowered white Satins. Black Paduasoy. White, Pink, Lemon, and changeable Lustings. White, Blue, and Green Perisans. White Silk Cardinals and Hats. White Silk Shawls and trimmed Bonnets. White, Black, and Gray Silk and Satin Cardinals, with Bonnets. Scarlet Carolina, trimmed with Ermine and otherwise. Riband Stomachers. Plain Satin and Black Silk trimmed Bonnets. Black Silk Hats. Blond Lace, of various Prices. Black Hood Lace, Do. Chip Hats, Do. Panama, Cyprus Gauze, Black and White Snail, Flots, and other Trimmings. Double white Handkerchiefs. Coloured Pocket Do. Black Love Do. Black and coloured Balladine Silk. White and Coloured Threads. Cancoos. Fans and Cases. Fashionable Caps. French Wax Necklaces. Paste Do. and Earrings. Paste Combs, and Hair Pins. Black Silk Breeches Patterns. Mens fine White, and Black, Worsted Stockings. Thread and Cotton Do. Boys black Satin Caps and Feathers, &c. &c. A. PURDIE.
WILLIAMSBURG, August 11, 1772.
JUST imported, in the Lunn and Lloyd, Captain Nocks, a large Quantity of DOCTOR NORRIS'S DROPS for the Cure of all Kinds of Fevers. Those who take one Dozen, or more Bottles, shall have a considerable Abatement in the Price of them.
JAMES CARTER.
LETTER from Captain STOTT, to Doctor NORRIS.
SIR, IN Justice to you, and from a Desire of being serviceable to the Community, particularly that Part of it which I have the Honour to be a Member, I send you, attested by the Officers of his Majesty's Ship Juno , under my Command, an Account of the Effects of your ANTIMONIAL DROPS, in the Course of my late Voyage to and from the Falkland Islands.
In the outward Passage, by the Surgeon of the Ship's Report to me, of the 5th of April last, it appeared that George Hunter and Laurence Pitman, two of the Seamen, were taken ill with malignant Fevers; that having for several Days been given the usual Medicines without Effect, he thought them past a Possibility of Recovery; judging this a fit Opportunity to make a Trial of the Efficacy of your Drops (for, notwithstanding the Recommendations which were given me of them, and which induced me to take them with me, I had resolved to let every usual Means take Place before I gave them) I then, therefore, gave a Bottle to the Surgeon, and desired they might be administered; he said it would, he believed, be of little Consequence whatever was given them, as he thought they could not live to the next Day; however, he would try them. The next Morning, in his Account to me of the Sick, he told me the Men were much better, and he believed they would recover, which from that Time they did, and were soon after able to do their Duty in the Ship.
On the 27th of July following, being in the southern Part of the torrid Zone, Mr. Jessin, the Boatwain of the Ship, was taken ill of the same Fever, with the same Symptoms as the two former, and after the Surgeon had represented to me that he had used all the Means in his Power for his Recovery, to no Purpose, the Antimonial Drops were given, and had the desired Effect, by his immediate Recovery.
Some Time afterwards, in the southern Ocean, James Hann and Enoch Williams, the one a Boy, the other a Marine, were seized with a Fever, and were, by the Surgeon's Report to me, given over for many Days; the Drops were given them also, which produced a plentiful Sweating, and their immediate Recovery. Such repeated Success gives me the highest Opinion of the Virtue and Efficacy of your Antimonial Drops, and on these Grounds I cannot too strongly recommend them.
I also enclose you the Surgeon's Attestation taken from the Journals of his Practice in the Ship, and which, as well as this Letter, you are at Liberty to make publick. Wishing you every Success, I am, Sir, Your most obedient humble Servant, JOHN STOTT.
JUNO, Portsmouth, January 25, 1772. WE, the undermentioned Officers of his Majesty's said Ship Juno , do also testify what is mentioned in the above Letter, and are of the same Opinion with Regard to Doctor Norris's Antimonial Drops.
WILLIAM BARROW, 2d Lieutenant.
JAMES HOLROYD, Master.
WILLIAM JOSLIN, Boatwain.
THOMAS TURNER, Purser.
Doctor Norris's ANTIMONIAL DROPS are particularly recommended for all putrid, malignant Fevers; inflammatory, nervous, and epidemic Disorders of every Kind, and in every Climate; Colds, inveterate Coughs, Consumption, Gouty, and Rheumtick Habits, Disorders of the Stomach and Bowels; Indigestion, and all Nervous Complaints; giving not the least disagreeable Sensation or Unsafeness, to the most delicate Constitution, yet possessing all the medicinal Qualities of Antimony.
I WILL sell one Thousand Acres of LAND
lying in the County of King George, along Rappahannock River, forty or fifty Acres of which may be made excellent Meadow, and the high Land is fit either for Planter or Farmer. There is also a Gristmill and Sawmill, newly built, on a very good Stream, upon this Land; for the one there is a good Custom, and Plenty of Timber for the other. The Nearest to Trade, being only about seven Miles from Falmouth, may render this Land and Mills a valuable Acquisition to any Person who will avail himself of those great natural Advantages. The Terms may be known by applying to Mr. David Briggs, or to the Subscriber on the Land, who will make a good Title.
HENCOCK LEE.
WANTED IMMEDIATELY,
A SOBER diligent Schoolmaster capable of teaching READING, WRITING, ARITHMETICK, and the Latin TONGUE. The School is quite new, has a convenient Lodging Room over it, is situated in a cheap Neighbourhood, and its Income estimated at between sixty and eighty Pounds a Year. Any Person qualified as above, and well recommended, will be put into immediate Possession of the School, on applying to the Minister of Charles Parish, York County.
CHESTERFIELD, August 10, 1772.
WHEREAS my Wife SARAH has eloped from my Bed and Board, I therefore forewarn every Person from harbouring her, as I will pay no Debts she may contract on my Account after this Date.
JOHN HUDSON.
NEWCASTLE, July 14, 1772.
THE Subscriber has for Sale, three LOTS in the Town of Newcastle, lying on the Road leading to the Bridge, where a good Dwellinghouse may be built by twenty, with two Rooms and a Passage below, and the same above, a brick Cellar the Length of the House, and all other necessary Houses in good Order, and convenient for a Family. For Terms inquire of
SAMUEL PEARSON.
A new THIRTY FIVE HOGSHED FLAT for Sale.
I F HUGH AITKEN (or AIKEN)
Son of William Aitken, of Larne, in the County of Antrim, and Kingdom of Ireland, who arrived in the Province of Pennsylvania about two or three Years ago, be living, and will apply to Colonel John Carlyle, at Alexandria, Joseph Watson or John Magie, Esquires, at Woodstock or Winchester, in Virginia, Robert Calbraith, Esquire, at Bedford, or George Campbell, Attorney at Law in Philadelphia, he will hear of Something greatly to his Advantage.
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KING and QUEEN, August 19, 1772.
THE Chents of the late DAVID KER,
Esquire, Attorney at Law, deceased, are desired to take Notice that their Papers are lodged in my Hands by his Executors, who have employed me to finish his Causes, for the Benefit of his Estate. I shall attend the County Courts of Gloucester, King and Queen, and Middlesex.
WILLIAM GRAHAM.
NORFOLK, August 19, 1772.
ANY Person who can give Information of
a Box of CUTLERY, marked RMB in a Piece, No. 4, imported last September in the Ship Mitty , Jacob Fox Master, from London, will be properly rewarded by applying to
THOMAS HEPBURN.
Just Imported, in the Ship Martha, Captain Brooks, from London, and opened for Sale by Robert Adam and Company, at their Store in Alexandria, upon very low Terms, by Wholesale or Retail, for Cash, Bills, Country Produce, or short Credit.
SACKING, Hamels, Pewter of all Kinds. Mens fine Hats. Womens Ditto. Boys Ditto. Hempen Rolls. Brown Ditto. Books. Life Linens, three Fourths, seven Eighths, and four Quarters wide, Brown and white Sheetings, nine Eighths and Ell wide. Beams and Scales. Par Lead. Drop Sheet. Wosten's Snuff. British Osnaburgs. German Ditto. Hells. British Dowlas. German Ditto. Looking Glasses. Mens felt Hats. Boys Ditto. Camblets, plain, checked, and striped. Scotch Plaid. Calimacoo. Tammies. Duans, plain and printed. Shalloons, different Colours. Silk Cords. Veneers. Crapes. Spangled Cords. Worsted Mechlen'urs. Wool Cords. Tow Ditto. Cotton Ditto. Stationary. Common Window Glass. London Crown Ditto. Sail Cloth. Check Handkerchiefs. Mens Worsted Hose. Womens and Boys Ditto. Mens and Womens Thread Ditto. Gilt Trunks. Clocks and Glass Clocks. White Cotton. Coloured Ditto. White Flannel. Red and Scarlet Ditto. Drills. Bath Coatings. Spotted Ermine. Embroidered Flannels. Checked and striped Ditto. Half Thick. Sagatue. Duroys. German Serges. Cafimies. Superfine Broadcloths. Super Ditto. Fine Ditto. Marble Cloth. Tin Ware, a Variety. Arnold's Snuff. Pipes. Sewing Silk, of all Colours. Knee Garters. Glmp, and Garland Trimming. Silk Purse. Wits Carts. Snail Lace. Lace, Silk and Thread. Pins. Tapes of all Kinds. Garters. Fans. Childrens Shoes. Thread of all Kinds. Strays, a Variety. Scarlet Cloaks and Cardinals. Boys Satin Caps and Hats. Buckram. Saddlery, a Variety. Stone, Glass, and China Ware. Womens Silk and Satin fashionable Bonnets and Hats. Womens Silk and Satin Cloaks. Trace Rope. Leading Lines. Bed Cords. Fishing Lines and Hooks. Sewing Twine. Roping Ditto. Dabs, or Drilling. India Chintz. Printed Cotton and Linen. Diaper Table Cloths. Ditto Tea Napkins. Diaper. Muslin. Silk Handkerchiefs, a Variety. Tafetas. Paduasoy. Spiceries. Salspetre. Sulphur. Jar Raisins. Cask Ditto. Currants. Brown Candy. White Ditto. Pepper. Roll Brimstone. Checks, three Fourths, seven Eighths, and six Quarters wide, Cotton and Linen. Furniture Ditto. Bedtick. Bolster Ditto. Bedbunts. Striped Holland. Silk and Worsted Breeches Patterns, of different Colours. Black Velveret. Cotton Velvet, a Variety. Dried Pillow. Ditto Jeans. White Ditto. Figured Dimity. Thickset, different Colours. Copper Ware, a Variety. Cakes of Pickles. White Lead ground in Oil. Florence Oil. Mens and Womens Shoes and Pumps. Mens Boots. Necklaces, a Variety. Earrings Ditto. Egrets. Head and Breast Flowers. A small Assortment of Medicines. Reels of Fishing Lines. Ribands. Ivory Combs. Horn Ditto. Tortoiseshell Ditto. Mens Gloves. Womens Ditto, and Mitts. Twist Buttons. Mohair Ditto. Silk Ferrits. Worsted Bindings. Scarf and Silk Twist. Mohair. Boha Tea. Ilyon Ditto. Souchong Ditto. Rugs. Matresses. Striped Coverlids. Bed Quilts. Cotton Counterpanes. Iron Pans. Corks. Park Stoves. Gunpowder. Grindstones. Best London old Porter in Casks and Hamps; Best old Red Port Ditto, White Ditto. A large Assortment of Hardware. Hoes, Axes, Scythes. Square Steel. Billhook Ditto. Flying Pans. Nails, thirty, forty, sixty, eighty, ninety, twenty, twenty-five, and thirty-five. Duck Ovens. Bushes of all Sorts, &c. Also WEST INDIA and CONTINENT RUM, Malvado SUGAR and MOLOSSES by the Hoghead or smaller Quantity, double and single. REFINED SUGAR, and some good British CORDAGE. As Robert Adam purchased these Dry Goods in London himself, they are bought on the best Terms; and as they are sold in Retail for ready Cash, or Produce, are rated at a very low Advance, and that not only a few Articles for a Name of selling cheap, but they are rated all through at the same low Advance. They hope therefore for the Custom of the Publick in general, and their Friends in particular, as quick Remittances will enable them to continue to serve them on the same low Terms, and that none will lay them under the disagreeable Necessity of telling them we look no Goods in Retail.
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To be SOLD, and entered on the 1st of January next,
THE ORDINARY in Hanover Town presently possessed by Mr. John Mowat. The Dwelling-house, Kitchen, Smokehouse, and Dairy, are in good Repair; and there is a large Garden, paled in. The Purchaser may expect considerable Advantage by taking in Boarders. A reasonable Time of Payment will be allowed. For Terms apply to
JOHN JOHNSON.
To be RENTED by the Year, or for a Term of Years, as it may suit, and to be entered upon this Fall,
MY LAND and PLANTATION on the western Branch of Nansemond County, lying on the main Road, about a Mile and a Half above Milner's Warehouse, and conveniently situated for Trade. For Terms apply to the Subscriber, in Northumberland County, North Carolina.
JOHN LAWRENCE.
GEORGE III. by the Grace of GOD of
Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. to the Sheriff of Isle of Wight County, greeting: We command you to summon Benjamin Weyray to appear before our Justices of our said Court, at the Courthouse, on the first Thursday in September next, to answer a Bill in Chancery exhibited against him by Edmund Weyray; and this he shall in no wise omit, under the Penalty of one Hundred Pounds. Witness, Nathaniel Burwell, Clerk of our said Court, at the said Courthouse, the 8th Day of July, 1772, in the 12th Year of our Reign.
NATHANIEL BURWELL, Clerk.
RUN away the 17th of this Instant (August)
A young dark Mulatto Man named JACK HARRIS, about five Feet nine Inches high, has a down gum Look, a flat Nose, and I think a Scar on his upper Lip and Head. He will endeavour to get some Person, if he can, to forge him a Pass, as he wants to get out of the Country. He had on Osnaburg Trousers, a Check Shirt, a new Hat, white Thread Stockings, a Pair of Pumps, Shoe Buckles plated with Silver; and took with him a Plains died Coat, blue Waistcoat without Sleeves, white Shirt, a brown Holland Coat, a Pair of Osnaburg Breeches, and had some Money with him. I do hereby forewarn all Masters of Vessels from taking him on Board, or carrying him out of the Country. I will give FORTY SHILLINGS to any Person that will bring him to me in Charles City County, and all reasonable Expenses.
WILLIAM HARDYMAN.

POETS CORNER.
To HAPPINESS.
O HAPPINESS! thou Bliss divine! An humble votary at thy Shrine, I tune the grateful Lay; Thine Empire o'er the World extends, To thee each Knee with Reverence bends, And gladly owns thy Sway.
GENERAL POST OFFICE, New York, November 1, 1772. NOTICE is hereby given, that on Account of the new Regulation of the Post from Canada, which is to arrive every Tuesday Evening at this Office, and the weekly Post from the Eastward and Southward arriving every Wednesday, the Mail going from hence by the Packets will, for the future, be closed at twelve o'Clock at Night, on the first Wednesday in every Month (being the same Time it closes at the General Post Office in London for America) and a Packet despatched therewith the next Day for Falmouth.
To be SOLD pursuant to the last Will and Testament of Mr. Joseph Scrivener, deceased, at his late Dwelling-House in Williamsburg, on Wednesday the 9th of September, ALL his STORE and other GOODS, four valuable NEGROES, a CART and five HORSES, a RIDING CHAIR, and his HOUSE and LOT, on which are some valuable Improvements. The Purchasers will have twelve Months Credit, for all Sums above five Pounds, upon giving Bond and Security; and such as fail to discharge their Bonds punctually must expect to pay Interest from the Time they become due.
STOLEN the 17th of July, from the Subscriber, in Frederickburg, a likely strong bright bay HORSE, about fourteen Hands and a Half high, eleven Years old, has no White on him, except a few Saddle Spots, not branded, has been docked very short, and but little Hair in his Mane or Tail; his Mane hangs on the near Side, he paces a little, trots hard, was shod all round, and has been used in a Chair. TEN DOLLARS Reward will be paid the Person that delivers him to Mr. John Turner, at Rocky Ridge, or to WILLIAM REID.
STRAYED from Mrs. Hamilton's, Richmond County, in May last, a bright bay HORSE near fifteen Hands high, branded on the near Buttock I B, his off fore Foot and near hind Foot white, has several white Spots on his Body and Rump, when he went away he was shod before, his Breast was much galled, and it is probable by this Time some white Hairs, in Consequence thereof, may have grown out. He was soon after he went away at Mattox's Bridge; and it is supposed he may, in endeavouring to get up the Country, have fallen down on Potomack River into some good Pasture. Whoever will convey the said Horse to the Subscriber, in Loudoun County, or give Notice so that he may be got again, shall be gently rewarded. JOHN CARTER.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Amelia County, near the old Courthouse, on the 18th of June last, a Negro Man named JOE, about five Feet five Inches high, and about thirty five Years of Age; he is a thin made Fellow, and has lost most of his Teeth. He had on when he ran away a spotted Ermine under Waistcoat, and a Negro Cotton One with a small Cape bound with red, also the Sleeves; he had on also a Shirt of Cotton and Tread, and a Pair of Rolls Trousers. I imagine he is now lurking about in the County of Westmoreland, as he was once the Property of Colonel John Lee, deceased, of that County. I will give FIVE POUNDS Reward to any Person that will bring me the said Runaway. STEPHEN FARLEY.
TEN DOLLARS REWARD. RUN away from the Subscriber, living in Westmoreland County, the 12th Instant, late in the Night, an Irish Convict Servant Man named MATTHEW THARP, by Trade a Gardener; he is about five Feet five Inches high, well made, and is much pitted with the Small-pox, has short black Hair, but generally wears a dark Periwig clubbed, which he has taken with him. Also he has taken a Pair of Leather Breeches, a light coloured Cloth Coat, an old striped Jacket, several white and Osnaburg Shirts, one Check Do. an old brown Holland Coat, a Pair of striped Holland Trousers, much stained, Shoes and Stockings of many Sorts, a Hat almost new, with a Band and Buckle. The said Fellow was convicted last June Oyer Court was a Twelvemonth for Horse-stealing. Any Person that will secure him in any of his Master's Jails, so that I get him, shall have the above Reward. JOSEPH PEIRCE.
TAKEN up, in Goochland, a red and white STEER about five Years old, marked with an Underkel in each Ear. Potted, and appraised to fifty five Shillings. WILLIAM MICHELL.
TAKEN up, in Henrico, a bay HORSE COLT with a Blaze in his Face, both hind Feet white up to the Footlocks, cut and docked, but not branded. Potted, and appraised to five Pounds. NICHOLAS AMOS.
TAKEN up, in Brunswick, a black MARE about four Feet three Inches high, a natural Pacer, and branded on the off Buttock thus . Potted, and appraised to three Pounds. MATTHEW HARRIS.
TAKEN up, in Bedford, a gray HORSE about four Feet five Inches high, seven Years old, with a Sprig Tail and hanging Mane, trots and gallops, has on a very good Bell, and branded on the near Shoulder M, and on the near Buttock with a Heart and an N. Potted, and appraised to five Pounds. WILLIAM MILLAM.
TAKEN up, in Westmoreland, a small black HORSE about four Feet two Inches high, and seven or eight Years old, but no perceivable Brand. Potted, and appraised to four Pounds. RICHARD ATTWELL.
TAKEN up, in Bedford, a black HORSE about four Feet six Inches high, ten Years old, with a large Blaze in his Face, mixed with white Hairs all over his Body, a gray Tail, and three white Feet; his off fore Foot is black, and differs from the rest in Shape, has some White on each Flank, a white Spot near one of his Eyes, trots and gallops, paces slow, and is branded on the near Shoulder D, and on the near Buttock C. Potted, and appraised to six Pounds. WILLIAM MILLAM.
TAKEN up, in Caroline, a bay HORSE about four Feet seven Inches high, has no Brand perceivable, paces slow, and appears to be about nine Years old. Potted, and appraised to seven Pounds. MARGARET KENNER.
TAKEN up, in Surry, an unmarked brindled COW, with some White under her Belly. Potted, and appraised to one Pound seven-teen Shillings and Sixpence. WILLIAM CLINCH.
TAKEN up, in Hanover, a dark red COW about seven or eight Years old, with a Star in her Forehead, all four Feet white, and some White on other Places, marked with a smooth Crop in the right Ear, and a Slit in the left. Potted, and appraised to forty five Shillings. JOSEPH CROSS.
TAKEN up, in Amherst, a Chestnut sorrel COLT about three Years old, with a Blaze in her Face, is neither docked nor branded, and came with an old Mare which I expect is her Dam. Potted, and appraised to fifty Shillings. The Mare is a bay, with a Star in her Forehead, some Saddle Spots, a little White on one hind Foot, branded on the Shoulder P B, but seems to be blotched, and on the Buttock I H, as near as can be discerned, and had on an old Bell without a Clapper, with great Holes on one Side. Potted, and appraised to four Pounds. THOMAS WAUGH.
TAKEN up, in Chesterfield, a sorrel MARE seven or eight Years old, about four Feet five Inches high, has a Blaze in her Face, a roached Mane and Switch Tail, remarkably full of Saddle Spots, but has no Brand perceivable. Potted, and appraised to nine Pounds. EDWARD FRIEND.
TAKEN up, in Mecklenburg, a bay HORSE about three Years old this Spring, four Feet one Inch high, and branded on the near Buttock 5. Potted, and appraised to four Pounds. JOHN COLBREATH.
TAKEN up, in Dinwiddie, a light gray HORSE fleabitten about the Head, his Legs darker than any other Part of him, four Feet four or five Inches high, with a thick hanging Mane on both Sides of his Neck, his Tail is short, which appears to have been bobbed, and branded on the near Shoulder , very plain. Potted, and appraised to seven Pounds. HERCULAS MORRIS.
LOST from on Board the Snow Nancy, now lying at Osborne's, on James River, the 30th of July, a Negro Boy named LAY, about twelve Years old, has been in England, talks good English, is about four Feet three Inches high, of a pleasant Countenance, rather lighter than Blacks are in general, with a remarkable double Chin, of the Keffie or Sufi Country. He is supposed to have been stolen, or decoyed, by some of the Purchasers of the said Snow's Cargo. Whoever apprehends him, and returns him to Mr. John Fisher at Osborne's, Mr. Field Merchant at Petersburg, Mr. John Laurence at Norfolk, or to the Printer, shall have FIVE POUNDS Reward. JAMES E. COLLY. N. B. Any Person concealing him after this Notice shall be prosecuted with the utmost Severity of the Law.
THE Ticket No. 6649, in the Honourable William Byrd's Lottery, drew a Half Acre No. 358. Whoever owns the said Ticket may dispose of the Lot, or hear of a Purchaser, by applying to the Printer hereof. Tf
VIRGINIA, sc. At a GENERAL COURT held at the CAPITOL, MAY 7, 1772.
John Bowdoin, and Isaac Smith, Merchants, surviving Partners of Littleton Eyre, deceased, Plaintiffs, Against John Smith, Edward Smith, and Matthew Smith, Infants, Augustine Smith, Martha Jaquelin, Jaquelin Ambler, Sarah Smith, Thomas Smith, Wilson Miles Cary, James Buchanan and Company, of London, Merchants, Edmund Pendleton, and Peter Lyons, surviving Administrators, &c. of John Robinson, Esquire, deceased, Peter Presley Thornton, and Sarah his Wife, and Mary Ambler, Jaquelin Ambler, Robert Carter Nicholas, Wilson Miles Cary, and John Blair, Executors, &c. of Edward Ambler, deceased, Defendants, In Chancery.
THE Defendant John Smith is appointed Guardian to the Defendants Edward and Matthew Smith, who are Infants, to defend them in this Suit; and, by Consent of Parties, this Cause was this Day heard upon the Bill, Answers, and sundry Exhibits. On Consideration whereof it is decreed, and ordered, that George Purdie, John Bowdoin, John Lee, and John Smith, Gentlemen, or any two or more of them, after giving convenient Notice in the Virginia Gazette, fell, at publick Auction, the Lands in the Counties of Gloucester and Northumberland known by the Names of Dragon Quarter and Fleet's Bay, comprised in the Indentures of Mortgage in the Bill mentioned, at twelve Months Credit, to be entered upon the first Day of January next, and also the Slaves, with their Increase, and other Things in the said Mortgages mentioned, at three Months Credit, taking Bonds, with sufficient Security, from the Purchasers, and return an Account thereof to the Court; that Dudley Digges, Thomas Nelson, Junior, and David Jameson, Gentlemen, or any two of them, do state and settle the Claims of the Plaintiffs and the Defendants, and of any other Creditors of John Smith, deceased, in the Bill named, who may desire it, and make Report thereof to the Court; and that the Sale of the Lands in the Counties of Spotsylvania and Culpeper, made by the said John Smith in his Lifetime, be confirmed to the several Purchasers thereof, upon their paying the Purchase Money; and that the several Mortgagees, the Defendant John Smith, and the Defendants Edward and Matthew Smith, when they shall arrive at the Age of twenty one Years, release to those Purchasers, and the Purchasers of the Lands and Slaves to be sold under this Decree, all their Right and Interest in the said Lands and Slaves, unless the said Infants shall show Cause to the contrary within six Months after they come of Age respectively. BEN: WALLER.
IN Obedience to the foregoing Decree, the Persons therein appointed will sell, at publick Auction, at Gloucester Courthouse, on the first Thursday in September next, a Tract of Land known by the Name of the DRAGON QUARTER, mentioned in the said Decree, containing about eight Hundred Acres, on twelve Months Credit; the Purchasers to give Bond, with sufficient Security.
All Persons having any Claims against the Estate of John Smith, deceased, are desired to lay them before the Gentlemen appointed by the Decree of the Honourable General Court, between this and the 26th of October next, as the Plaintiffs in the above Suit intend to move for a final Decree at that Time. GEORGE PURDIE. JOHN BOWDOIN. JOHN SMITH. AUGUST 1, 1772. 12
THREE POUNDS REWARD.
RUN away, on the 8th of July last, from the Subscriber's Plantation near Frederick Zimmerman's Ordinary, in Culpeper, an English Convict Servant Man named JOHN BOOKER, about thirty three Years old, five Feet six Inches high, with a narrow Visage, ruddy Countenance, a little pitted with the Small-pox, dark Hair untied, was born in Yorkshire, speaks broad, is fond of Liquor, and talkative; he has been about two Years in the Country, is a good Ditcher, and well acquainted with the Country Business. He had on, and took with him, two brown coloured Coats, one with Twill, and the other with flat Metal Buttons, a lapelled Scarlet Jacket, his Breeches much the same with the Coats, several Shirts, two Pair of Shoes, Yarn Stockings, and brown Trousers; he had with him a Box of Wafers, a Parchment covered Memorandum Pocket Book, will probably have some Kind of a Pate, and change his Name. This Fellow, with one belonging to Mr. William Allan of Culpeper, ran away last April, and were advertised in this Gazette; Booker delivered himself to a Man in Albemarle, who brought him home, but the other made his Escape, and my Fellow has now made another Elopement, without any Kind of Provocation. I will give the above Reward to any Person who will deliver him to Mr. Edward Stevens at Culpeper Courthouse, to the Overseer at my Plantation, or to me in Frederickburg; or FORTY SHILLINGS if secured in any Jail, so that I get him again. JAMES DUNCANSON. (Tf)
HANOVER, July 15, 1772. THE Subscriber takes this Method to inform the Publick that they may be supplied, for the future, with any Quantity of PLANK or SCANTLING, of Oak, Gum, Poplar, Pine, or black Walnut, with the utmost Expedition, and on reasonable Terms, deliverable at Cumberland, to the Care of Mr. Richard Allen, Merchant there, or to Mr. Matthew Anderson, Merchant in King & Queen, who also will receive and forward any Order to the Subscriber; who has now on Hand, for Sale, several Thousand Feet of choice seasoned white Oak Plank, of one Inch, one Inch and a Half, one Inch and three Quarters, and two Inches, and various Lengths; also a considerable Quantity of Scantling, well assorted. JOSEPH SMITH.
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 inalienable Title will be made to the Land, by the Trustees of Charles Carter. Tf
To be SOLD on the Premises, on Friday the 4th of December next, TWO Hundred and sixty three Acres of LAND in Amherst County, adjoining to the Tobacco River Mountains, whereon is a Plantation, with all convenient Houses on the same, in good Order for Cropping, sufficient for working seven or eight Hands; the Land is exceeding rich for Tobacco, Corn, Wheat, or Hemp. At the same Time will be sold twelve very valuable SLAVES, mostly Men and Women, amongst which is a good Sawer, and one that has worked several Years in a Blacksmith's Shop; as also all the Stock of Horses, Cattle, and Hogs, belonging to the said Plantation, with all the Crop of Corn and Fodder made thereon, and all the Plantation Utensils. Twelve Months Credit will be allowed the Purchasers of the Land, or longer, if found necessary at the Day of Sale, and nine Months Credit for the Slaves, Stock, Corn, and Utensils, upon good Merchants Bonds, or Notes, bearing Interest from the Day of Sale, payable unto John Barnes, Esquire (to whom the Estate belongs) the Sale of which will be conducted by (17) AMHERST, July 16, 1772. GABRIEL PENN.
NORFOLK, July 29, 1772. THE Subscriber having provided convenient Warehouses for the Reception of Goods, purposes selling on Commission, either by private Sale or publick Vendue, and begs Leave to assure the Publick that his best Endeavours shall be used to dispose of any Goods given him for Sale to the most Advantage, and that they may expect the greatest Punctuality in the Payment of the Proceeds, being determined to continue the Business no longer than he finds he can do so; and, in Order to enable him to do this, he hopes every Person purchasing at any of his Sales will be punctual in their Payments, without which he must labour under Difficulties in supporting his own Credit. He has also opened an ENSURANCE OFFICE; any Orders from the Country for Ensurances will be as punctually complied with as if the Persons were present, the greatest Care taken to have good People to the Policies, and that they shall be sent by the first safe Conveyance. Gentlemen who do not regularly attend the General Courts, and Courts of Oyer, are requested to forward the Premiums with their Orders, as it is customary here to pay them at signing the Policies; those who attend the Courts may pay the Premiums there. 10 JAMES ARCHDEACON.
AS I have removed, for some Years, into Lunenburg, I propose selling all my Tract of LAND on Turkey Creek, in Pittsylvania, excepting two Thousand Acres including the Manor Plantation. The Tract consists of about six Thousand Acres, exclusive of the said two Thousand. It is well watered, has a large Creek running quite through the Middle, which makes a large Quantity of good low Grounds, some of which lies so high as never to be overflowed, and the high Land is very good for Tobacco, Corn, Wheat, &c. It is situated convenient to a fine lasting Range for Cattle. There is on the Part intended for Sale two small Plantations and a well accustomed Grist Mill. I intend to lay off the Land into smaller Parcels, so as to suit the Purchasers, and will attend on the Premises the whole Month of November next, when all Persons inclining to purchase are desired to meet me. The Lands will be shown to any Person before that Time on applying to Captain Arthur Hopkins, who lives near it. I would give a considerable Time of Payment for Part of the Purchase Money. (3) G. JEFFERSON. I have also several small Surveys and Entries in the said County for Sale.
DINWIDDIE, June 13, 1772. STOLEN from the Subscriber, on Friday Night the 12th Instant, a bay HORSE about four Feet seven Inches high, with a short Switch Tail and hanging Mane, paces, trots, and gallops very well, has remarkable good Spirit, was shod before, but his Brand, if any, is not remembered. I will give TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward on Delivery of the Horse to me, and FIVE POUNDS on Conviction of the Thief. (Tf) NEILL BUCHANAN, Senior.
For SALE, THE following Tracts of LAND, in Pittsylvania, namely, four Hundred Acres on Banister River, seven Hundred and seventy on Beaver Creek, three Hundred and forty five on Burch's Creek, three Hundred and eighty on Leatherwood, and four Hundred on Snow Creek. These Lands were formerly the Property of Mr. Samuel Gordon, deceased. The Price, and Time of Payment, may be known by applying to me in Petersburg. Tf JERMAN BAKER.
To be LET on LEASE, A VERY large and commodious HOUSE in the Town of Petersburg, built for a Tavern, and well fitted for that Business; it is two Stories high, has a Number of very convenient Lodging Rooms, and large and small Rooms for the Entertainment of Guests. Any Person qualified for the Business of a Tavern Keeper, with a proper Capital, may find this as advantageous a Situation as any on the Continent. Apply to the Subscriber, who lives on the Premises. THOMAS EGLETON. Tf