The Virginia gazette (Williamsburg [Va.]), 1773-12-02 00:00:00

VIRGINIA
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LIBERAS ESSE DEBERE. Suet. in Tib. S. 28.
Printed by ALEX. PURDIE, and JOHN DIXON, at the POST OFFICE.
Mr. PURDIE, By inserting the enclosed you will oblige your's, &c. A CUSTOMER. To Mr. HAMPDEN.
DEAR SIR, Suffolk, Narsemond, November 24, 1773. I AM prodigiously pleased that you have dubbed our House of Burgesses (by the same Rule, I suppose, those of all the Colonies may be so nicknamed, though what that Rule is I do not know) a Parliament; but still some few Doubts remain with me, which you perhaps may solve. I cannot recollect, in all my Law or History Reading, that the Parliament of Great Britain was ever so made by Charter; but indeed the Parliament of the City of London, consisting of Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council, was so constituted, and they represented the British Constitution in Miniature, of King, Lords, and Commons, and had all local Powers and Privileges proper for their Situation, viz. They could impose Taxes for Highways and Bridges, Watch and Ward, Hue and Cry, and Poor's Rates, jails, and Houses of Correction, &c. but as to Taxes which relate to the Imperial Sovereignty, War and Peace, and the Concerns of the whole Empire, they had no Power to meddle. I have read, in one Mr. Stith's History of Virginia, that if King James I. had not, in a most unjust, illegal, and arbitrary Manner, taken away from the first Adventurers their original Charter, it is likely we might have remained a Proprietary Government to this Day, and been obliged to obey the Laws and Rules made and enacted for us by the Company of Plymouth Merchant Adventurers. Pray, Sir, in that Case, do you think the Parliament of Virginia would have been assembled at Williamsburg or at Plymouth? It might be pretty much the same Thing to me, who am a Virginian, whether I was to be taxed and judged, in the last Resort of Appeal, by a Man at New York or Westminster, as far forth as to the Ease of conveying Intelligence or Witnesses; but hardly so to a Man of South Carolina, Georgia, East or West Florida, who have ten Opportunities to converse with England to one with New York. But the Thing is exceedingly different to the Inhabitants of all the Provinces, if they consider that the Man at Westminster can send them twenty Men of War of the Line, or 20,000 Land Forces, to protect their Religion, Laws, Trade, Properties, and Liberties, from French or Spaniards, or any foreign Powers who might invade them. The latter can send us Nothing at all; and, besides, as we have a pretty good Trade in Corn, Lumber, &c. to Antigua, Jamaica, and the rest of the Sugar Islands, pray tell me, if they should be attacked by the French and Spaniards, can the Parliament of Virginia legally tax us here for their Defence? Are we really then not one Empire, not as the Netherlands called themselves, the United Provinces, but the disunited Ones? If the Parliament of Great Britain should advise the King to make or keep Peace with the French and Spaniards, and restore them Port Egmont, in Falkland's Islands (which I think we have very unjustly robbed them of, and keep at an Expense every Year of ten Times more than the Worth) and suppose the Parliament of Virginia should advise him to go to War with them, do you think the Parliament of Virginia, or all the Parliaments on the Continent, could furnish him with ten or a Dozen eighty Gun Ships, or even Half man them, not only without extremely distressing our Trade, but without totally annihilating it? If the Parliament at Westminster think fit, they may run their Countrymen in Debt from 70 to 140 Millions for the Defence of America, and impose on the landed Men there a Land Tax of 3s. in the Pound in Time of Peace, which used to be 2s. only. But not even, it seems, in the Way of Trade, are their East India Company to make a Bargain with the Treasury to send us Tea hither, though at a Rate that will furnish us with it at 10s. a Pound instead of 20s. If another War should ever happen, either in Europe or America, and the Parliament at Westminster should refuse to protect us, even the King of Prussia, with his little Fleet, may take all our Tobacco into Embden, Stettin, or his two or three Ports, and fix his own Price upon it (perhaps not more than a Penny a Pound) for I do not believe he would be very scrupulous, as I reckon he thinks "all Fish that comes to Net;" Witness his seizing at Dantzick the little Fund for Charity subscribed by the English and Scotch Merchants and Factors to cure Sailors, their Countrymen, who might be left behind by their Ships sick, and send them home when recovered. I am surprised so wise a Man should ever fancy any human Constitution can be fixed for ever, especially without any military Force. It is like the Flattery of the old Medes and Persians to their Kings; absurd enough! for all human Affairs are perpetually fluctuating. The Constitution of Great Britain is wonderfully altered for the better since the Revolution; and what that, or this, may be a few Hundred Years hence, surely Nobody can tell, or I think even guess. However, if I can but once marry a rich Bride, as I hope soon to do, and get into the House of Burgesses, I shall think it a very fine Thing to be a Member of Parliament; and in the mean Time, I am, Dear Sir,
Your affectionate Friend, and Fellow Student in Politicks, CORPORAL TRIM, Junior.
BOSTON, November 1.
WE hear that on Monday Night last some Person or Persons went to the Houses of the Gentlemen to whom it was reported the Tea from the East India Company is to be consigned, and having called up some of the Family informed them they had just come to Town, and brought a Letter that they promised to deliver from a Person in Rhode Island, or some other Place, as soon as they got into Town, let it be at what Hour soever, and then left the Letter under the Door. Upon opening the Letter, the Contents were found to be, that they were required to attend at Liberty Tree on the Wednesday following, at Noon, to resign their Office, and to fail at their Peril. On the same Morning Hand Bills were found stuck up in all Parts of the Town, directed to the Freeman through the Province, containing, in Substance, what was in the Bills stuck up the next Morning, which was as follows, viz. To the FREEMEN of this and the neighbouring TOWNS.
Gentlemen, You are desired to meet at Liberty Tree, this Day, at twelve o'Clock at Noon; then and there to hear the Persons, to whom the Tea shipped by the East India Company is consigned, make a publick Resignation of their Office, as Consigners, upon Oath, and also swear they will reship any Teas that may be consigned to them by said Company, by the first Vessel sailing for London.
BOSTON, November 3, 1773. O. C. Secretary. Show us the Man that dare take down this. The same Morning a large Flag was hung out on the Pole at Liberty Tree, and at eleven o'Clock the Bells in the Meetinghouses were rang, and continued ringing till twelve o'Clock, which collected about 500 People under Liberty Tree. The whole Body proceeded into King Street, where the Gentlemen were, in a Store, accompanied by some others. One or two of the Committee informed them of their Business, and then proposed to adjourn back to Liberty Tree; but having tarried in King Street a short Time, every One returned to his own Home.
It having been reported that Messrs. Clark and Son, the two Messrs. Hutchinsons, and Faneuil, were the Persons to whom the Tea, expected from the East India Company, was to be consigned, on Monday Night, the 1st Instant, a Letter was sent them, requiring their Attendance at Liberty Tree on the Wednesday following, at Noon, in Order to make a publick Declaration, on Oath, that if the Tea should arrive, consigned to them, they would reship it by the first Vessels bound to London. At the Time appointed, upwards of 500 People of the Town, and from the Country, assembled at Liberty Tree; but the supposed Commissioners
not attending, a Committee was sent with a Message to them, which they treated with Haughtiness and Contempt, whereat the People, being greatly irritated, soon after dispersed, intending to have another Meeting soon, in Order to bring the Matter to a Conclusion.
On Tuesday Evening last, between nine and ten o'Clock, several Seafaring Men belonging to an outward bound Vessel, went to the House of Captain Joshua Beal, in Royal Exchange Lane, where a Number of People victualled and lodged. The Sailors being armed with Clubs and Cutlasses, bruised and cut the People greatly. One Man had his Head cut in so shocking a Manner that a Piece of his Skull Bone was taken out, as also his Arm cut and bruised terribly. Mrs. Beal was thrown out of a Window and much bruised, and her Daughter knocked down with a Club in the Yard, while endeavouring to escape. Captain Beal, and others, after receiving several Blows and Cuts, were obliged to jump out of the Windows to save their Lives. They then robbed the House of Clothes, Linen, Pewter, four Beaver Hats, &c. which they carried off.
NEW YORK, November 11.
Extract of a Letter from Boston, November 1.
BY a Letter from London it still appears to be very uncertain that the India Company will venture an Exportation of Tea to the Colonies, at least the Design, it was thought, would be laid aside for the present; so that when Administration becomes acquainted with the Uncertainty it may occasion on this Side the Water, a Repeal of the Duty, in the Course of the approaching Session, may be expected, and then all our Hearts will be at Rest.
On Friday the 5th of this Instant, about Noon, the following Hand Bill was circulated through this City.
NEW YORK, November 5, 1773. To the Friends of LIBERTY and COMMERCE.
GENTLEMEN, IT must be strongly marked on your Minds, that the End of the last Non-Importation Agreement was to obtain a Repeal of the tyrannical Act of Parliament that imposed a Duty on Glass, Painters Colours, Paper, Tea, &c. which was designed to raise a Revenue from you, without your Consent. You know that so much of this Act as imposed the Duty on Tea is yet un-repealed. Your Honour is, therefore, bound to maintain the Non-Importation Agreement till this Act is repealed. And several Resolutions, and other Acts, of the Inhabitants of this City, declare, "Whoever shall aid or abet the Importation of any Article, subject to a Duty, by Act of Parliament, for the Purpose of raising a Revenue upon you, or otherwise assist in the Execution of any such Act, shall be deemed an Enemy to the Liberties of America."
When a worthy Gentleman, late of this City, was applied to by the East India Company to take the Consignment of Part of the Tea they intend to send this Colony, to enslave you, his Answer was, "That he would not have any Concern with it, as it would be disagreeable to his Countrymen, nor would he endure against the Tea's being burnt for 25 per Cent. for he knew his Countrymen abhorred it, and were as much opposed to the receiving of it as the detestable Stamp Papers, until the Act of Parliament that imposed a Duty on Tea imported into America should be repealed." But William Kelly, late of this Place, where he got the Means of his present Importance, in Order to get the Commission of the Sale of the Tea, said, "That there was no Danger of the Rejection of the People of New York, if it should be as high as it was in the Time of the Stamp Act; that then they had an old Man (Mr. Colden) to deal with, but now they have Governor Tryon (a military Man) who had suppressed the Insurrection in North Carolina, and he would cram the Tea down their Throats," or Words to this Import. But we cannot believe he had any Authority for this Assertion. This infamous, fordid, and parasitical Declaration of William Kelly, has emboldened the Company to determine to send the Tea to America. He is for this, by the Resolutions above mentioned, an Enemy to his Country. Therefore, he, and whoever shall aid or abet, or in any Manner countenance the Execution of that diabolical Project, should be treated accordingly. But, in doing this, avoid national Reflections. By Order of the Legion's Committee.
C A S S I U S. The Friends of Liberty and Commerce, considering the above Declarations of William Kelly as inimical to the Liberties of America, and encouraging the Ministry to persevere in their diabolical Project of enslaving this Country, prepared an Effigy of him, and suspended it hanging with a Halter on the Middle of a Gallows, fixed on a Cart, with his Hands pinioned. On the right Side of the Gallows was fixed a horrid Representation of the Devil, with the left Arm over the Gallows, the Body inclining forward, and a Harpoon in its right Hand, directed to Kelly's Breast, looking him full in the Face with a sarcastical Grim. The Gallows was illuminated with three large Lanthorns, in Order to show the Effigies. On Kelly's Breast was fixed a Label with these Words, "The just Reward of that black and horrid Crime Ingratitude." On his Back was another, with the Words, "A Disgrace to my Country." Between his Hands was fixed a Tea Canister illuminated within it, which showed these Inscriptions: On the Front, "Tea three Pence Sterling Duty." On each End of it, "The infamous Kelly." With the Cart thus accoutred a vast Multitude of the Inhabitants paraded through most of the principal Streets, accompanied with the loud Huzzas of the People, No Duty on Tea; and carried it to the Coffeehouse, where it was burnt in the Presence of many Thousands of the Inhabitants, who signified their Approbation with loud Acclamations. After this a Gentleman addressed the People, "that that he wished they had the base Original, they would treat him in the same Manner;" and desired the People to return home, which they immediately did in the most orderly Manner.
To oblige many Subscribers, the Printer inserts the following.
A CARD.
PRESENTING Compliments to all the Sons of Liberty in America, particularly to those of New York, to congratulate and acquaint them that I sincerely rejoice to find such a numerous Body of high spirited People here exerting themselves, with the most essential Perseverance, in the good old Cause of General Liberty, am glad to find that Americans are still universal in the grand Cause. Like Strokes of Lightning, in a Moment, your Sentiments are penetrating to the very Bottom of every iniquitous, dark, and futile Scheme of endeavouring to catch old Birds with Chaff; a foreign Class called Tea, that for a considerable Time past has very much disturbed our Peace, and at best is noxious. But this in Question has been tumbling, and tossing, and fishing, by its being whimsically traversed over nearly all the Seas that encompass the Earth; and has also, for several Years, been mouldering and rotting in crowded Warehouses, and is now to be introduced into America; and the Whole of it, in Order to complete the Peace, is likewise to be deadly poisoned; may very justly, in the present Case, say deadly inflicted, either with the dangerous, ridiculous Sanction of a suspending Power, or a Complication of distempered Acts of Parliament. Have Time only to recommend a Card, or a Hint, for you to improve upon, particularly for your drawing a straight firm Line between ungenerous Monopolies, between contemptible ministerial illegal Suspensions, and a regular lawful Extinguishment of Duty Acts, jointly by King, Lords, and Commons. For if the British Parliament, &c. would timely and totally repeal their unnatural, unprofitable Votaries, and not retain such bare Bone Acts of Contention, but strike off all nominal Duties of Customs, more especially and immediately to relinquish that which is fixed unconstitutionally upon this poisoned Chaff, it is then, and not till then, that every importing Branch of American Commerce from Europe will, of Course, naturally and peaceably centre in Britain, to a mutual Advantage.
An Account of the TEA imported into Boston, from London, which has paid the Duty of 3d. Sterling a Pound.
   In the Year Chefs. Half Chefs. Quarter Chefs.     1769, 329 11 —   1770, 153 34 —   1771, 709 84 7   1772, 323 52 —   1773, to Oct. 23, 349 25 —   1863 186 7  
The above is copied from an Account certified by the Collector of the Customs in Boston.
On Monday Morning appeared stuck up at the Coffeehouse, and several other Places in the City, written Papers, menacing Destruction to any Person who should accept of Commission for the Sale of the East India Company's Tea, or be any Way accessory thereto.
November 15. A Letter from Detroit, of October the 2d, says: "From the general Behaviour of the Indians of the different Nations in these upper Countries, we have great Reason to expect considerable Trouble from them the ensuing Spring; they are often killing both English and French Traders, sending Belts to all Quarters, and say they are encouraged by other Nations to take up the Hatchet. They cannot surprise us; we are always on our Guard against them. Major Basset is an excellent Officer, and keeps up the most exact Discipline, so that we have Nothing to fear but for those who may be exposed on the Communication."
PHILADELPHIA, November 15.
Extract of a Letter from New York, November 3.
I HAVE been this Day informed, by good Authority, that the East India Company, suspecting that the Words in the Act, "discharged from the Payment of any Customs or Duties whatever," would extend to exempting their Tea, in such Cases, from the American Duty, have taken the Opinion of the Attorney and Solicitor General, &c. and find that the American Duty being only chargeable on the Tea when imported into America, was by no Means included in the Duties with which it is charged when exported from England, or when sold at their Warehouses in London.
This was a great Disappointment to their Hopes, as they suspected the Americans would not buy it, even though they sent it to their very Doors, on such Terms. It is therefore affirmed, in several Letters from Gentlemen of Credit in London, that Lord North has offered a Guiding for the Pill, by which we shall certainly find it very palatable, viz. He proposes that the Company shall send their Tea to America, giving Security for the Payment of the Duties, and that the Teas are to be landed here, and the proper Officers to return Certificates of the Quantity, &c. to England; on which the Duties are to be paid there, by the Company, into the Treasury, whence it is to be remitted, by an easy Rotation, to the Commissioners of Boston, to be by them paid out to their Creatures, who are to suck the Blood of the People that are to drink this same undutied and yet dutied Tea. It seems that the Duty, in North Carolina, has been paid for some Years past, in this very Manner nearly, viz. by Draughts attending proper Certificates sent to England, because it was found that Cash was not to be obtained in that Province to pay the Duties there. Thus the Duty is absolutely to be paid in America, for the Purpose of raising a Revenue, to support improper Officers in America; only the Method of negotiating this Business is a little different from the usual One, or from that originally proposed. Are the Americans such Blockheads as to care whether it be a hot red Poker, or a red hot Poker, which they are to swallow, provided Lord North forces them to swallow one of the two. If the Matter be duly explained, surely the People will unanimously agree to send the Tea to the Place from whence it came, or to a worse Place."
Extract of a Letter to a Person in this City, dated October 1773.
"As 4 several Days ago, on Account of urgent Business, had undertaken a Journey of about thirty Miles, and was come about six Miles on my Return homeward. I came to a Fork in the Road, and being in Doubt which Road to take, I took that to the Right, which led me about four Miles through so many Bushes that I was obliged to light off from my Horse, and walk on Foot. Having thus walked a Mile or two, no farther Traces of any Road appeared, and I saw No thing but Bushes, through which One could hardly come; but as I had no Mind to turn back, I tried to get through it as well as I could. This troublesome Journey lasted about two Miles farther, when I arrived at the Foot of a Mountain, over which I was obliged to pass; after which I came to a much higher Mountain, which I ascended with a great Deal of Trouble. When I was about Half Way up this Mountain, I saw, with Astonishment, a Vein of Ore, of the Breadth of two Yards and a Half, sticking out of the Mountain; and as I had, in Germany, obtained the Knowledge of Ore and Minerals, I found this to be all Silver Ore. I struck off as much as I could get, and proceeding farther on that Mountain, found two more like Veins, one of the Breadth of two Yards, and the other of three Yards and a Quarter, seemingly extending through the whole Mountain. I took good Notice of this Mountain; and, after my Arrival at home, I tried the Contents of this Ore, and found four Ounces of fine Silver in one Pound of Ore, which, on strict Examination, leaves no small Traces of its containing some Gold. The next Day I took a good Friend with me, and we travelled all over the whole Mountain, when it appeared that these Veins seem to run through the whole Mountain. We opened twelve or sixteen Places, and found Veins of Ore in all these Places. It would therefore be a great Pity if this Mine should any longer remain hidden, for which Reason I offer the Partnership of carrying on the same to all such as please to enter into it with me. The Place is secured, and there shall be no Want of suitable experienced Workmen for melting, &c. I, on my Part, do assure every Person, that I am not for imposing unreasonable Articles upon any, as I leave it to the Choice of such as shall apply to me between the 29th Instant, and the 12th of November, 1773, whether they will take any more in Company or not. A Number of the Trials already made of the said Ore may be seen with me in Miller's Town, five Miles from Lebanon."
JOHN JUSTIS BATTFENFELD, M. D.
N. B. A certain Person hath already offered 500l. towards erecting proper Works if carried on, as a fine large Creek runs through a pleasant Plain, not above two Hundred Paces from the Foot of that Mountain, where suitable Works for melting, &c. &c. may be erected."
To the Printers of the PENNSYLVANIA PACKET.
S I R, IN looking over the latter Part of the first Chapter of Genesis, I find an Account of God's having granted to Adam, and his Posterity, not only a Dominion over "the Fish of the Sea, the Fowl of the Air, Cattle, and every Thing that creepeth upon the Earth," but likewise, in a particular Manner, over the Negroes of Africa. I beg therefore you would mention this, in your Paper, to silence those Writers who insist upon the Africans belonging to the same Species of Men with the white People, and who will not allow that God formed them in common with Heres, Oxen, Dogs, &c. for the Benefit of the white People alone, to be used them either for Pleasure, or to labour with their silver Beasts in the Culture of Tobacco, Indigo, Rice, and Sugar.
A CUSTOMER. * * * And the Beasts of Ethiopia shall bow down to thee, even the Kings of Ethiopia and Sheba shall bring Gifts. And all the Kings of Arabia and Sheba shall bring Gold and Incense, and all the Kings of the Sea Islands shall bring Presents. The Sun shall stand by thee, and the Moon after thee, even they shall bow down to thee in the Earth, where the Sun hath his going down. TT.

WILLIAMSBURG, December 2. TUESDAY last being the Day appointed by the Charter of this City for the Election of a Mayor, JOHN BLAIR, Esq; was chosen into that Office for the ensuing Year. Dr. WILLIAM PASTEUR was at the same Time chosen an Alderman, Mr. ROBERT MILLER one of the Common Council, and Mr. JOHN CARTER Chamberlain, in the Room of Mr. JOHN PRENTIS, who has resigned. Arrived in James River, the Triumph, Rogers, from Leghorn, the Lucy, Driver, from Salem, the Florida Packet, Elam, and the Dorothy, Tinsley, from New York. FRIDAY, December 3. This Day were executed at the Gallows, pursuant to their Sentence, Adam Rutter and John Currie, for Horse-stealing, and John Elliot, for Burglary.—Anthony Larkins, and John Payne, received his Excellency the Governor's Pardon.
Advertisements.
GLOUCESTER, November 30, 1773.
THE Subscriber begs Leave to inform the Publick, that he intends to set out the first of April next to the several Counties on James and York Rivers, that he may instruct those who incline to erect his WHEAT MACHINES, in the best Manner of framing and setting them up. His Brother, Isaac Hobday, will at the same Time go through the Counties on Rappahannock and Potomack Rivers, to give the like Instructions. The Timber, &c. necessary for a Machine, may be provided as follows:
FOR THE MACHINE. 2 Pieces 32 Feet long, 8 by 4 Inches, of Pine, Ash, Poplar, or Chestnut. 1 Ditto, 30 Feet long, 6 by 4 Inches, of the same Wood. 1 Ditto, 24 Feet long, 7 by 4 Inches, to form Part of an Arch of a Circle of 61 Feet 4 Inches Diameter. 1 Ditto, 18 Feet long, 7 by 4 Inches, to form Part of an Arch of a Circle of 43 Feet 6 Inches Diameter, of Oak, Ash, or Gum. 4 Rollers 8 Feet 6 Inches long, and 18 Inches Diameter, of Gum, Oak, or Walnut. 1480 White Oak Staves, 2 Feet 2 Inches long, and 2 1/2 Inches by 1 1/2, clear of Sap.
FOR THE PLATFORM. 16 Pieces 8 Feet 6 Inches long, 7 by 5 Inches, } of Oak. 80 Ditto, 8 Feet 6 Inches long, 5 by 3 Inches, } 1600 Feet of Inch and Half Pine Plank, 21 Feet long, and 12 Inches broad. 8 Planks 3/4 of an Inch thick, 18 Inches broad, } Pine or Poplar, and 24 Feet long, } for Rims. 8 Ditto, 3/4 of an Inch thick, 14 Inches broad, } and 18 Feet long, } The above Bill is for a Machine to work four Horses, but those who incline to work only two Horses may leave out the Piece of thirty Feet long, 740 Staves, and two Rollers, and must get the circular Piece but Half as long as is above directed. JOHN HOBDAY.
ALL Persons having Demands against the Estate of John Boswell, deceased, of Northumberland, are desired to make them known by the first of January, and those indebted to make immediate Payment to (2||) WILLIAM GRESHAM, Executor.
CHESTERFIELD, November 18, 1773.
WHEREAS my Wife Sarah Brooks has eloped from my Bed and Board, contrary to my Expectation or Desire, and without any just Cause, this is to forewarn all Persons from entertaining or trusting her on my Account, as I will pay no Debts she may contract from this Date. DUDLEY BROOKE
WHEREAS the Copartnerships of M c Keand and Buchanan, and M c Keand, Buchanan, and Company, were dissolved about eighteen Months ago, by the Death of two of the Partners, this is to request all those indebted to the said Companies to make speedy Payment, either to Alexander Buchanan, who will attend in Richmond, or William Gregory, of Charles City, who is appointed to collect the Debts due to the said Copartnerships there. As great Indulgence has already been given, Suits will be commenced against those whose Accounts are not settled by the first of April next. JAMES BUCHANAN, Administrator.
KING WILLIAM, November 25, 1773.
ALL Persons are desired to take Notice, that I forbid them to HUNT or DUCK in the Marsh and Creeks known by the Name of Turkman, as I am determined to enforce the Laws provided on this Occasion against all who shall trespass in future. WILLIAM CLAIBORNE.
RICHMOND, November 30, 1773.
ALL those indebted to James and Robert Donald, and Company, at their Stores late in this Place, Albemarle, and Amherst, are requested to pay their Balances to David Shepherd, and James Miller, who are appointed to receive the same; and those who have Demands against the said Stores, are desired to apply to them for Payment. JAMES BUCHANAN.
As uncommon Indulgence has been shown to those indebted to the above Stores, it is hoped they will, by making speedy Payment, prevent any disagreeable Application; and as many Accounts are yet unsettled, those who neglect to close the same by Bond, or some other Specialty, by the 1st of March, must blame themselves for the Consequence. David Shepherd will attend in Albemarle, and the Subscriber in Richmond, and the adjoining County Courts. JAMES MILLER.
TAPPAHANNOCK, December 1, 1773.
WE have lately imported, and shall continue to do (if we find quick Sales) genuine old Barbadoes CANE SPIRITS, which are selling off on the most reasonable Terms. We have likewise Madeira, Calcarella, and St. Michael's WINE, RUM, LOAF SUGAR, COFFEE, INDIGO, &c. (6) M C CALL & SHEDDEN.
YORK COUNTY, November 17, 1773.
IN looking over the last Week's Advertisements, I am much surprised to find Colonel William Digges, of Denbigh, has forbid ALL HUNTERS, and others, from ranging upon any Part of his Land; and as I am informed he takes Liberty to hunt on other People's, without their Consent, I therefore give Notice, that I forbid the said Denbigh Digges, his Man Daniel, and his Dogs, from crossing my Plantations, at their Peril. HENRY HOWARD.
WANTS EMPLOYMENT,
AN ENGLISH FARMER, who has been in America upwards of eight Years, and came in with a Gentleman to East Jersey, where he managed for him four Years, since which he has served Lewis Burwell, Esq; of Gloucester County. He understands the raising of all Kinds of Grain, the Culture of Tobacco, raising and fattening of Stock, &c. Whoever wants such a Person may apply for my Character to the above Gentleman, and direct for me at Purton in Gloucester. (1||) ROBERT MOUNTAIN.
N. B. He is a married Man, and has one Child.
NORFOLK, December 1, 1773.
I HAVE a Quantity of very fine SPANISH MOHOGANY, which I will sell cheap for Cash, or short Credit. LEONARD TARRANT.
NEWMARKET (Caroline) December 1, 1773.
RUN away from the Subscriber, the latter End of October 1772, a likely Mulatto Man named RANDOLPH, about thirty Years of Age, and five Feet eight or nine Inches high; he when he went away, a Suit of Green, with red Livery. As he has Acquaintances about Williamsburg, it is probable he is lurking in the Place. Whoever delivers the said Slave to me shall have FIVE POUNDS Reward. (1) ROBERT BAYLOR.
MANCHESTER, December 1, 1773.
THE Bonds for NEGROES and STOCK, purchased of the Honourable William Byrd, Esq; in December last, are lodged with me to collect. I shall esteem it as a Favour if those concerned would make Payment in Time, it being out of my Power to give Indulgence after the Bonds become due. I shall attend the County Courts convenient to Manchester, and the Meeting of Merchants in Williamsburg. (6) DAVID PATTERSON.
FREDERICKSBURG, October 10, 1773.
THE TERM of COPARTNERY between M c Call, Smellie, and Company, of Glasgow, being expired, I request all those who are indebted to them, for Dealings with me at this Place, to make speedy Payment. Those who cannot discharge their Debts immediately it is expected will settle their Accounts by Bond or otherwise, as may be required, which alone can entitle them to reasonable Indulgence. HENRY MITCHELL.
PETERSBURG, December 1, 1773.
THE Subscriber has a Parcel of MENS and WOMENS SHOES, properly assorted in Casks of about 251. Sterling each, which he will dispose of at a very low Advance, for ready Money or short Credit. (1||) WILLIAM BEATTIE.
WILLIAMSBURG, December 1, 1773.
LOST or MISLAID in this City, a BUNDLE of BONDS made payable to the Executors of Francis Jerdone, deceased, also several due to the Subscriber, which I hereby forewarn all Persons from taking an Assignment of. I will give FORTY SHILLINGS to any Person who will deliver them to the Printer of this Paper, or to me in Louisa, and no Questions asked. GEORGE POTTIE.
FOR SALE,
TWO Thousand Acres of exceeding fine LAND, for Tobacco, Wheat, or Indian Corn, lying on both Sides of Ball Run, in Loudoun and Prince William Counties, about 300 Acres of which are rich Low Grounds and Meadows. It lies within four Miles of two Merchant Mills, and about ten Miles from two other Merchant Mills, in Loudoun; and is within thirty Miles of Colchester, Alexandria, and Dumfries. Any Person inclined to purchase said Land may be the own the same by Captain Francis Peyton of Loudoun County, who will also make known the Terms, and has full Power to treat for it. To such Purchasers, it may be laid off in Lots of two, three, or four Hundred Acres, with an equal Proportion of Low Ground or Meadow Land to each Lot. The Terms may also be known by applying to ROBERT BURWELL.
FOR SALE,
THE HOUSES and LOTS, in the Town of York, where the Subscriber now lives. The Dwelling-House is a very commodious One, with four Rooms above and four below, a very large Brick Storehouse, a large and well cultivated Garden, Stables, Kitchen, Wash House, &c. in good Repair. For Terms inquire of JACQUELIN AMBLER. (1||)
For SALE, at our Store in Norfolk, OSNABRUGS, SADLERY, low priced HATS and CHECKS in assorted Packages, Cadiz SALT, Barbadoes and Grenada RUM, Barbadoes SPIRIT, choice Lisbon WINE in Quarter Casks, Madeira WINE in Pipes, Hogheads, and Quarter Casks, of Sterling, New York, and Virginia Quality, COFFEE, GINGER, PIMENTA, Mucovado SUGAR, LOGWOOD, EARTHEN WARE, and European made CORDAGE. (1||) GREENWOOD, RITSON, and MARSH.
N. B. Our Brig Betsy, Captain Solomon Edey, will sail for Madeira in fourteen Days, and return directly to Norfolk. Any of our Friends, or those connected with the House of Messrs. Lamar, Hill, Bisset, and Company, will oblige us by their Orders for Wines by her.
To be LET for one Year, or longer, to the highest Bidder, on Monday the 20th Instant (December)
THE FERRY from Colham to Jamestown, also a very commodious TAVERN. The Trustees beg Leave to inform all whom it may concern, that they have, at their own Expense, erected a Tavern, and other necessary Houses, in Order to accommodate Travellers and Passengers in the best and most convenient Manner; and they expect that the Goodness of the Houses, which will be completely finished in a Fortnight, will be an Inducement to some honest and well behaved Person to take it, who may expect every Encouragement from The TRUSTEES.
To be HIRED out to the highest Bidders, on Wednesday the 22d of December, if fair, otherwise next fair Day, at Mr. George M c Murdo's Plantation, on Blackwater, Prince George County, SEVERAL very likely NEGROES, for the Term of twelve Months only.
At the same Time will be SOLD, to the highest Bidder, all the HORSES, CATTLE, HOGS, UTENSILS of HUSBANDRY upon the said Plantation, also a considerable Quantity of INDIAN CORN and FODDER. Twelve Months Credit will be allowed for all Sums above five Pounds.
Bond and Security will be required, as well for the Hire of the Negroes as for Purchases to the above Amount, by BOLLING STARK, Attorney for G. M.
N. B. The Tenement of 25 Acres adjoining Petersburg, and the Tract of 1300 Acres within a Mile of the said Town, both belonging to Doctor John Ravencroft, and advertised for Sale some Months ago, are not disposed of yet. Any Person inclined to purchase either may know the Terms by applying to the above Subscriber.
To be SOLD on Monday the 21st of March, if fair, otherwise next fair Day,
A TRACT of LAND containing near 10,000 Acres, lying on Toxest Swamp, Edgecombe County, North Carolina, al out 25 Miles from Tarborough, great Part of which is exceeding good for Corn or Wheat, and is one of the best Ranges for Cattle and Hogs of any in the Province. There are two Plantations on the said Land, each cleared sufficient to work seven or eight Hands, and are in good Order for Cropping, having all convenient Houses. I shall attend the Premises on the Day of Sale, and will sell it altogether or in Parcels, as may best suit the Purchasers. Any Person inclined to purchase the Whole may know the Terms by applying to Mr. Robert Bignall, at Tarborough, or the Subscriber in Nansemond County, Virginia. (2) ANDREW MEADE.
For SALE, the LOT and HOUSES near Cabin Point Warehouses, at present possessed by the Subscriber.
THE LOT consists of four Acres well enclosed, a good Dwellinghouse with all necessary Outhouses, a Storehouse, Counting Room, and two Lumber Houses, all at present in very good Repair.
A TRACT of LAND in Surry, about six Miles from Cabin Point, containing 335 Acres, on which there is a Dwellinghouse, a small Apple and Peach Orchard, and a Quantity of very good Pine Timber.
Another TRACT in Brunswick, containing 355 Acres, known by the Name of Smokey Ordinary, with a good Dwellinghouse, necessary Houses, a Storehouse, Counting Room, and Lumber House, all lately built, and well adapted for either a Merchant or a Tavern Keeper. For Terms apply to Thomas Simmons, in Brunswick, or to JAMES BUCHANAN. (1)
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, for ready Money, at King William Courthouse, on Thursday the 16th Instant (December) being Court Day, by Virtue of a Deed of Trust from Mr. Roger Gregory,
SWEETHALL, which is pleasantly situated on Pamunkey River, containing about 400 Acres of high Land, and several 100 Acres of valuable Marsh. (1||) ROBERT RUFFIN.
To be SOLD on Monday the 27th of December, at the late Dwelling-House of Benjamin Marrable, deceased, in Charles City,
ALL the Remains of his personal Estate; also nine likely Virginia born NEGROES, consisting of Men, Women, Boys, and Girls. At the same Time and Place will be sold about 200 Barrels of CORN, with the FODDER. Credit will be allowed the Purchasers till the 1st of April, on giving Bond and Security to (1||) EDWARD MARRABLE, Administrator.
To be SOLD by the Subscriber, at his House near Piscataway Ferry, in Essex, on Friday the 31st of this Instant (December)
TEN Virginia born NEGROES, as likely as any in the Colony, neither of which is twenty Years old (except one) who is a good Cook, and as handy a House Wench as any whatever. Also a Couple of fine blooded COLTS, two-Yoke of OXEN, and sundry other Cattle, a Parcel of SHEEP inferior to few, and Part of my HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE. Six Months Credit will be allowed the Purchasers, on their giving Bond and Security to (1||) WILLIAM YOUNG.
To be HIRED at King William Courthouse, for the ensuing Year, on Friday the 31st of December, if fair, otherwise next fair Day,
ABOUT FIFTY likely Virginia born NEGROES, consisting of Men, Women, Boys, and Girls, amongst which are several good House Servants, being Part of the Trust Estate of Colonel Philip Johnson. Bond and Security will be required.
All Persons who have any Negroes in their Possession belonging to that Estate are desired to have them there that Day, well clothed. JOHN WATKINS, for the Trustees.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, on Thursday the 16th of this Instant (December) at the Halfway House between York and Hampton,
ALL the PERSONAL ESTATE of the late Charles Minnis, deceased, consisting of some valuable SLAVES, CATTLE, among which are three Yoke of good OXEN, a Number of HOGS, twenty of which are large and very fat, SHEEP and HORSES, all the Crop of CORN, PEASE and WHEAT, HOUSEHOLD and KITCHEN FURNITURE, &c.
And at the same Time his BLACKSMITH, a stout healthy Negro Fellow, will be hired by the Year, together with his TOOLS. Twelve Months Credit for all Sums above forty Shillings will be allowed for the greatest Part of the Estate, giving Bond and Security, to carry Interest from the Date if not paid within fifteen Days after they become due. (2) AUGUSTINE MOORE.
To be SOLD, or LET, The HALF WAY HOUSE between York and Hampton. INQUIRE OF A. MOORE.
For SALE upon very low Terms, for ready Money or short Credit, or for Tobacco, or Pork, at the ready Money Price, and may be entered upon any Time after the 25th Instant (December)
FOUR Hundred and sixty Acres of good Corn, Wheat, and some Tobacco Land, situated on both Sides of Newlight Creek, on Newse River, seven Miles above the Great Falls, Wake County, North Carolina, and 18 Miles from the Courthouse. There is on the Premises a Grist Mill in good Order, which is worth 501. a Year Proclamation Money, Plenty of Timber and fine Water, and a Plantation with an extraordinary Range for raising Cattle and Hogs. Any Person inclined to purchase may know the Terms by applying to the Subscriber, about seven Miles from the said Land. (1||) GEORGE TASSIE.
STRAYED or STOLEN from Jamestown Ferry, a BLACK HORSE about 14 Hands high, with a Blaze Face, a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, his off fore Foot white, paces well, and with Spirit, but has no Brand. Whoever brings the said Horse to Mr. Southall in Williamsburg, or to me in Richmond Town, shall have 51. Reward; if stolen, on Conviction of the Thief, 101. (2) JAMES BUCHANAN.
STOLEN from my Plantation on the Branches of Piscataway Creek, in Essex, the 27th or 28th of September, a large RED BAY GELDING, near ten Years old, about four Feet eleven Inches or five Feet high, one of his hind Feet white, I think, as high as a little above the Footlock, and the other a little white just at the Hoof, has some White towards the Withers where a Collar galled him, and I do not know but he has some Saddle Spots, is strong made, has a large Head, cannot trot fast, gallops middling well, paces, and has a Hop or Hitch with it, I do not remember whether he has been branded or not. He had a Switch Tail and hanging Mane when stolen. Whoever brings the said Horse to me, in Essex, or secures him so that I get him again, shall receive FORTY SHILLINGS, and EIGHT POUNDS more on Conviction of the Thief. THOMAS ROANE.
RUN away from the Subscriber, about the first of July last, an Apprentice Lad named RODHAM KENNER CRAWLEY, about eighteen Years of Age, five Feet seven Inches high, slender made, and somewhat round shouldered, of a dark Complexion, dark Hair and Eyes, and has served about four Years to the Business of a House Joiner, but knows very little of it. Whoever brings the said Apprentice to me, in Northumberland, shall have 20s. Reward. (2||) WILLIAM GRESHAM.
TWENTY POUNDS REWARD, VIRGINIA CURRENCY.
RUN away from the Subscriber, a Mulatto Man named ABEL, about forty Years old, near six Feet high, has lost several of his Teeth, large Eyebrows, a Scar or two on some Part of his Face, occasioned by a Brick thrown at him by a Negro, is very apt to stroke his Hand over his Chin, and plays on the Violin. He is well known as a Pilot for York River and the Bay. As I have whipped him twice for his bad Behaviour, I believe Scars may be seen upon his Body. He can write to as to be understood, and once wrote a Pass for a Negro belonging to the Honourable Colonel Corbin, wherein he said the Fellow had served his Time honestly and truly. He has been to England, but the Captain he went with took Care to bring him back, and since his Return from that Country is very fond of Liquor. He is gone off in a Boat with two Masts, Schooner rigged, once a Pilot Boat, but now the Property of the Magdalen Schooner of War, and was seen, I am told, fifty or sixty Leagues to the southward of Cape Henry, from which it is expected he intends for one of the Carolinas. He is a very great Rogue, and is so intruded by several Persons not far from Wormley's Creek, York River; one of whom, he told me, said I was not worthy to be his Master. He had some Cash or my Son's, and an Order drawn by Captain Punderfon on Richard Corbin, Esq; payable to Ralph G. Meredith, or myself. A white Lad went off with him, whom I cannot describe, never having seen him to my Knowledge. Whoever secures said Servant, so that I get him again, shall have the above Reward. SAMUEL MEREDITH, Senior. KING & QUEEN, November 16, 1773.

BUTE County, North Carolina, November 20, 1773.
STOLEN out of the Subscriber's Pasture, on Wednesday the 29th of September, a CHESTNUT SORREL MARE got by old Janus, about four Feet six Inches high, a Blaze Face, hanging Mane and Switch Tail, has a small white Spot under her Mane, and I believe her two hind Feet are white, branded on the near Buttock WB in a Piece. She is remarkably well made, and very well known by many People from Amelia to Petersburg, and from thence to Halifax, North Carolina. She formerly belonged to the following Gentlemen, viz. Mr. Hales Pride, Mr. William Brown, Inspector at Blandford, Mr. William Gay, of Amelia, Mr. John Murray, of Prince George, and Mr. William Pride, of Musf Island. I will give 40s. Virginia Money for bringing her to me, if taken up at fifty Miles from home, and in Proportion for a greater Distance, and 10l. on Conviction of the Thief.
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WILLIAM PARK.
Ten Pounds Reward.
RUN away from the Subscriber near Newgate, in Loudoun, in the Month of September, two Servant Men, viz. CHARLES GALE, an Apprentice, about 22 Years old, short and well set, of a dark Complexion, and dark curled Hair; he had on a Wilson Coat and Breeches, red Frieze Jacket, and Country made Hat. NICHOLAS MAUND, an indentured Servant, about 45 Years of Age, near five Feet nine Inches high, of a fresh Complexion, sandy Hair and Beard, by Trade a Wheelwright and Waggon Maker, and was born in Yorkshre, which Dialect he speaks very much; he had on, when he went away a blue lappelled Jacket, and Snuff coloured Waistcoat and Breeches. As he has worked, at his Business, in most Parts of Maryland and Virginia, and is well known in those Parts, a farther Description is unnecessary. The above Reward will be paid for said Servants, or in Proportion for either, by
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JAMES LANE, JOSEPH CROSS.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Botetourt, three Convicts, viz. DAVID JONES, a Welchman, about forty Years old, and blind of the right Eye; he took away a dark coloured Coat, the Chain Hemp, the Filling Wool doubled, twisted Hemp Shirt and Trousers, and an old Fur Hat. ELIZABETH COWAN, a Scotch Woman, about fifty Years old, and of a ruddy Complexion; she had on, and took away with her, a Variety of Petticoats, and Bed Gowns of different Stripes and Colours. WILLIAM GRAY, an Englishman, about 21 Years old, and of a middle Size; he took away a dark coloured Duffil Newmarket Coat, a blue Jacket made Sailor Fashion, Hemp Shirt and Trousers, and new Shoes. It is supposed the old Man and Woman will change their Names, and pass for Man and Wife. Whoever takes said Convicts, and brings them to the Subscribers, shall receive FOUR POUNDS if taken in this County, and TEN POUNDS if taken out of it.
CALEB WORLEY. HUGH ALLEN.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Goochland, the End of July last, NED, a stout black Negro Man Slave, who was taken up at Norfolk in September 1772, and from thence conveyed to me. He is very artful, and endeavours to pass as a free Man. His Face is slightly pitted with the Smallpox, he has a large Scar on his left Leg, and some of his fore Teeth have been beat out. Any Person who takes up the said Fellow, or so contrives as I get him, shall have 5l. Reward.
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THOMAS UNDERWOOD.
N. B. I suspect the above Fellow will endeavour to get on Board some Vessel, as he is a good Sailor, and therefore forewarn all Masters of Vessels from carrying him out of the Country.
COMMITTED to the Jail of King William, a new Negro Man who says his Name is JESSE, and that he belongs to Mr. William Parker, of King George; he is very thinly clothed. The Owner is desired to take him away and pay Charges.
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JOHN QUARLES, Junior, Jailer.
TAKEN up, in Louisa, a RED HEIFER about a Year old last Spring, marked with a round Crop, Hole, and Nick, in the right Ear, and a Slit in the left; also a RED STEER with a few white Spots, about the Age of the Heifer, marked with a Crop and Underkeel in the right Ear, and a Crop in the left. Potted and appraised, the Heifer to 22s. 6d. the Steer to 20s.
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PHILIP TIMBERLAKE.
TAKEN up, in Isle of Wight, a WHITE FLEABITTEN MARE about four Feet five Inches high, appears to be very old, and her right fore Foot is shod, but no other. Potted, and appraised to 30s.
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JOHN DENSON.
PETERSBURG, November 15, 1773.
THE Death of Mr. RICHARD BOOKER occasioning a Discontinuance of the Business carried on by him at this Place, under the Firm of Richard Booker & Co. this is to request those who have Dealings with the said Concern to pay off their respective Balances immediately, to Mr. Thomas Shore, who is properly authorised to receive and settle the same, as also to treat with any Person inclining to purchase the Goods on Hand, which consist of a large Assortment suitable for the Season. The surviving PARTNERS.
THE SURVIVING PARTNERS.
CHESTERFIELD, November 19, 1773.
WHEREAS the PARTNERSHIP of WRIGHT, FOWLER, and Company, was dissolved the 1st of October last, it is requested of all Persons indebted to the said Concern immediately to discharge their Balances, as the Situation of the Concern will admit of no Indulgence; and those who are unable are desired to settle and grant Bond, with Security, if required.
The GOODS on Hand will be SOLD on Thursday the 16th of December next, altogether or in Parcels, as may best suit the Purchasers. The Credit will be agreed on at the Day of Sale. Bonds with Security will be required.
WILLIAM FOWLER.
A YOUNG MAN of good Character, who can take Care of Horses, and will travel with a single Person, may hear of good Encouragement by applying to Mr. Cuthbert Hubbard, near the College, in Williamsburg. If he can play upon the FRENCH HORN, it will be the more agreeable.
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YORK TOWN, November 24, 1773.
THERE is in the Subscriber's Possession a very valuable NEGRO MAN between twenty and thirty Years of Age, for Sale, who is a good Plantation Negro, and can saw at the Whipsaw very well. Any Person inclining to purchase such a Slave may know the Terms by applying to
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SEYMOUR POWELL.
MANCHESTER, November 20, 1773.
I HAVE for SALE, on reasonable Terms, several Bales of Rugs, Duffils, Duffil and Bed Blankets, &c. also some Bales of Osnabrugs and Rolls, and a Parcel of well assorted Saddlery.
JAMES LYLE.
PETERSBURG, November 23, 1773.
THE Subscriber RETAILS GOODS at fifty per Cent. for ready Cash, Tobacco, or Wheat.
WILLIAM HARRISON.
ALL Persons indebted to the Partnership of Purdie & Dixon are hereby requested to make immediate Payment, as every Account which remains unsettled after the ensuing Court will be put into the Hands of an Attorney. Mr. William Russell will collect the Debts due to the said Partnership in York and James City Counties.
PURDIE & DIXON.
LOST in Williamsburg, the 24th Instant, a small BUNDLE containing Bonds and Accounts payable to the Executors of Francis Jerdone, deceased, and George Pottie. FORTY SHILLINGS Reward will be given to any Person who delivers it to the Printer.
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THE BONDS for Negroes sold of the Estate of Roger Dixon, deceased, become due the 15th of December, when we shall attend at the House of Benjamin Johnson, in Fredericksburg, to receive the Money. Our great Distance from the Purchasers will make it necessary to put such Bonds in Suit as are not punctually paid.
(2) ROBERT PLEASANTS, } Attorneys for the Mortgagee. THOMAS BATES, }
To be SOLD , on Tuesday the 4th of January next, if fair, otherwise next fair Day, at Samuel Watson's Plantation, in Amherst County, about five Miles from Penn's Ordinary,
EIGHTY choice SLAVES, consisting of Men, Women, and Children, most of whom are Virginia born, a large Quantity of CORN and FODDER, sixty or seventy Head of CATTLE, some PLOW HORSES, MARES and COLTS, and many PLANTATION UTENSILS. Credit will be allowed until the first Day of April 1775; but if Payment is not made then, the Bonds to carry five per Cent. Interest from the Day of Sale. Bond and approved Security to be given to Messrs. William Cabell, James Allen, John Hawkins, and William Womack, who are empowered to conduct the Sale. Six per Cent. Interest will be allowed for ready Money, and also for some Merchants Notes, after they have accepted Orders drawn on them. At the same Time and Place will be rented, if not before sold, several valuable Plantations, in fine Order for Cropping, sufficient to work thirty Hands, with all necessary Houses.
(6) CARTER BRAXTON. N. B. Some of the SLAVES will be sold for ready Money.
For SALE ,
ABOUT twelve Thousand Acres of exceeding rich TOBACCO LAND, in Amherst County, whereon are several Plantations and Improvements sufficient to work forty or fifty Hands. There is on the said Land for Sale a very valuable GRIST MILL, lately built, with a Stone Dam and a Pair of good Cologne Millstones, which Mill has for two Years past got upwards of 100 Barrels of Toll Corn, and is situated on a never failing Stream. The Land will be shown by William Womack, who lives at one of the Plantations, and the Prices of the Land made known by him. One or two Years Credit will be allowed, Interest being paid for the second Year, and also for the first, if the Money is not paid agreeable to Contract. The Land is to be laid off and surveyed by Colonel William Cabell, at the Expense of the Purchaser. Deeds will be made upon Bond and approved Security being given, either to Colonel William Cabell, or the Subscriber. Six per Cent. Discount will be allowed for ready Money, or good Merchants Notes. If any Person will choose to exchange Lands in the lower Part of the Country, or near some navigable River, that are good, it is more than probable we should agree.
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CARTER BRAXTON.
To be SOLD at Fredericksburg, on Thursday the 16th of December,
A TRACT of LAND containing about 2000 Acres, which lies near Lewes Bridge, Spottsylvania, not far from the aforesaid Town, formerly the Property of Mr. Benjamin Grymes, and mortgaged by him to the late Colonel Peter Randolph, whose Executors have empowered the Subscriber to sell it. The Land is laid off in three Lots, and will be sold separate, or altogether, as most convenient. The Terms will be made known at the Day of Sale. Any Person inclined to purchase privately may do it by applying to the Subscriber, who will show the Land to any Person, and therefore thinks a Description unnecessary.
The Subscriber has also for SALE on the same Day, privately or publicly, altogether or in Lots, about 900 Acres of LAND whereon Concord Forge stood. The Stream is equal to any in Virginia, and the Place is well situated for a Merchant Mill.
ANTHONY THORNTON, Junior.
To be SOLD upon the Premises, on Tuesday the 14th of December, if fair, otherwise the next fair Day,
A TRACT of LAND in Louisa, containing, by Estimation, 1200 Acres more or less, adjoining the Lands of Messrs. John Fox, James Dabney, and John Anderson. It is convenient to Church, Mill, and Courthouse. The Soil is exceeding good for Wheat, Corn, or Tobacco, and there is a Quantity cleared sufficient to work eight or ten Hands, now in good Order for Cropping. Any Person, inclined to purchase, may see the Land by applying to Mr. James Dabney, before the Day of Sale. Also a large Stock of Cattle and Hogs, and a Crop of Corn and Fodder, for which twelve Months Credit will be given. A long Credit will be allowed for the Land, and agreed upon at the Day of Sale, the Purchaser giving Bond and good Security to
REBECCA CHAMBERLAYNE.
N. B. I would treat with any Person for the Land privately, before the Day of Sale.
CHARLES CITY, November 23, 1773.
To be SOLD , on Tuesday the 11th of January next, at the Rocky Ridge, fifty fine Virginia born NEGROES, for whom twelve Months Credit will be allowed, the Purchasers giving Bond with good Security. All Bonds not paid in fourteen Days after they become due to carry Interest from the Date.
BENJAMIN HARRISON.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidders, on Monday the 13th of December, if fair, otherwise next fair Day, at the late Plantation of Captain Merryman Payne, deceased, in Lancaster County,
SEVEN likely Virginia born NEGROES, Men and Women, about 150 Barrels of CORN, a Yoke of OXEN, and sundry other Articles. Credit will be allowed until the 1st of May next, the Purchasers giving Bond with approved Security to
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To be SOLD , SEPARATELY or TOGETHER, TWO TRACTS of LAND. One lies in Albemarle County, on Hardwarer River, about five Miles from the great River, containing 370 Acres, 100 of which are the best Kind of low Grounds, and situated so as always to have the best Range for Stock of any Land between the Capes and Little Mountains.
The other Tract lies in Goochland County, on Lickinghole Creek, near the Three Notched Road, and contains 700 Acres. The high Land is equal to any in these Parts, fine for Tobacco and Wheat, or any Kind of Grain or Meadow. About 200 Acres are cleared, now under good Fences, laid off in three Fields, and in fine Order to work about ten Hands to great Advantage. The Improvements are a good Dwelling-house, Kitchen, Smokehouse, a Dairy, four good Tobacco Houses, with Negro Quarters, and other convenient Buildings, also a fine Apple and Peach Orchard. The Place is pleasantly situated, has fine Water, is as healthy as any Part of the Colony, and is convenient to Church or Providence Meetinghouse, and several Mills, besides one on the Land turned by a Spring Branch to grind for three or four Families the whole Year, and is not in the least unhealthy, as the Water may be ground off every Day. Credit will be given for Part of both Tracts. Any Person inclining to purchase may know the Terms by applying to Mr. William Mitchell, Merchant in Richmond, or to the Subscriber, who will show the Land.
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WILLIAM PRYOR.
GOOCHLAND, November 3, 1773.
To be SOLD at Norfolk, and entered on immediately (by Virtue of a Power of Attorney from Nathaniel Boush to the Subscriber) on Thursday the 16th of December, being Court Day,
A TRACT of LAND containing by Estimation 375 Acres, adjoining Major's Creek and Sevell's Point, convenient to Church and a Water Mill now erecting. The Terms will be made known at the Day of Sale. ARTHUR BOUSH.
To be SOLD at the Plantation of Richard Allen, Senior, deceased, in New Kent, on Monday the 13th of December,
THE STOCKS of CATTLE, SHEEP, HOGS, and HORSES, HOUSEHOLD and KITCHEN FURNITURE, and the CROP of CORN and FODDER. Twelve Months Credit will be allowed, on giving Bond and Security to
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RICHMOND ALLEN, Executor.
To be SOLD on Tuesday the 21st of December, at Mr. Edward Barnett's,
BETWEEN 7 and 800 Acres of LAND in Goochland, about twenty Miles from Richmond Town, equal in Quality to any in the Neighbourhood, and is well adapted for Tobacco, Wheat, or Corn. The Terms are, one Third payable in April twelve Months, another Third April two Years, and the Remainder April three Years; the Purchaser giving Bond and Security, to carry Interest from the Date, if not punctually paid. Any Person inclined to purchase may be shown the Land at any Time before the Sale, by applying to Mr. Edward Barnett.
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THOMAS TOWLES. STOCKLEY TOWLES.
THE Subscriber has for SALE (the Money to be paid on the 25th of April) about 1500 Acres of very good LAND, in Middlesex, convenient to the Church and Mill, and the Rivers Rappahannock and Pianketank, both of which abound with the finest Kinds of Fish and Oysters. It will be laid off in such Lots as may best suit the Purchasers.
WILLIAM CHURCHILL.
STOLEN from the Subscriber's Plantation near Newcastle, Hanover County, the 14th Instant (November) a likely young BLACK MARE intermixed with gray Hairs, has gray Ears, her Forehead is rather round, with a Star in it, about four Feet ten Inches high, branded on the near Buttock with three Dots, trots rough, not cockt, has had her Tail lately cut, and has a white Spot on the Side of her Belly. Whoever brings the said Mare to me shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward, and on Conviction of the Thief FORTY SHILLINGS.
JAMES BROWN.
AMHERST, November 23, 1773.
RUN away from the Subscriber, about the Middle of July, a Virginia born likely Negro Fellow named BURTON, about 23 Years old, has a down Look, near five Feet ten Inches high, rather of a yellowish Complexion, and has a large Scar in his Breast, which was made, I believe, by a Burn. He carried off with him the usual Dress of a working Negro, besides a Pair of short Drill Breeches, a Pair of blue Shag Ditto, a blue striped Damask small Jacket, and a little Felt Hat bound with black Ferret. I purchased him of Mr. George Nafworthy, of Isle of Wight, near the Ragged Islands, and expect he has made that Way, if not about Norfolk, or in the Neighbourhood of Captain Williamson, on Blackwater. One of the two Fellows, who broke out of James City Jail the 8th of October, and said he belonged to me, I am very sure was mine, though he had changed his Name, from the Description Colonel Philip Johnson gave me, who committed him. Whoever secures said Negro in any Jail in Virginia, so that I get him again, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward, besides what the Law allows; or if delivered to me, in Amherst, FIVE POUNDS.
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WILLIAM PENN.
SUFFOLK, November 22, 1773.
RUN away from the Subscriber, on Saturday the 6th Instant, a likely Virginia born Negro Man Slave named CATO, about twenty Years old, about six Feet high, slim made, and has one of his Ears bit by Fighting. I imagine he has got some false Indenture, or a Pass, and that he will endeavour to get into North Carolina and pass as a free Man; as he once attempted before, but was taken up in Halifax County, in that Province. Whoever takes up the said Negro, and delivers him to me, shall have 5l. Reward, and reasonable Charges paid, according to the Distance he is brought.
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WILLIAM DIXON.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in the up-country, near the End of King William, about the 1st of September, two new Negro Men, of the Ibo Country, named CHARLES and FRANK, who have been in the Province about twelve Months, and it is supposed cannot tell their Master's Name. Charles is a large Fellow, with his Country Marks in his Face, and has lost or broke off one or two of his fore Teeth, which he says was done by a Cow in his Country. Frank is a smaller Fellow, well set, and has sharp Teeth. They carried with them a Dutch Blanket, had each a coarse Hat, and other usual Summer Clothes. Whoever delivers both or either of them to me, or secures them and gives me Notice thereof, shall be well rewarded for their Trouble, besides what the Law allows.
JOSEPH HILLYARD.
COMMITTED to Isle of Wight Jail, an outlandish Negro Fellow named WILL, about six Feet high, has two Jackets, one of a blue Colour, the other made of Cotton, and neither Shirt or Breeches. He speaks English badly, and either cannot or will not tell his Master's Name, but sometimes says he belongs to Mr. Mitchell. The Owner is desired to prove his Property, pay Charges, and take him away.
JOHN TAYLOR, Jailer.
COMMITTED to Westmoreland Jail, the 3rd Instant (November) a SERVANT MAN about five Feet nine Inches high, near 25 Years old, and says he lives in South Carolina; he had on, when taken up, an old brown Jeans Coat, blue Shag Jacket, brown Sheeting Shirt, a Yarn Cap, brown knit Breeches, a Pair of brown Trousers, and an old Pair of Shoes. His Owner is desired to pay Charges, and take him away.
RICHARD BARNETT, Jailer.
TAKEN up, in Buckingham, on Fippond Creek, a WHITE HORSE about four Feet four Inches high, has black Spots on his Breast as if he had been gelled, and one on his near Hamstring, seems to have been cut with a Crupper, paces, trots, and gallops, appears to be old, and is branded on the near Buttock W with a C at the Top. Potted, and appraised to 5l.
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JOHN LEE.
TAKEN up, in Prince William, a WHITE GELDING about twelve Hands high, has no Mark to be perceived, except a Crop on the left Ear, Part of a roached Mane, a Switch Tail, trots and gallops, and appears to be between nine and ten Years old.
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JAMES ANDERSON.
TAKEN up, in Lunenburg, a young SORREL MARE with a Star in her Forehead, but neither dockt nor branded. The Owner may have her upon applying to
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BENJAMIN CLARK.
TAKEN up, in Buckingham, on the Branches of Fippond Creek, a BLACK HORSE about four Feet seven or eight Inches high, appears to be old, is shod before, his Mane hangs on both Sides, is gray under the Forstop, has some Saddle Spots, is marked with Geers as if done in a Waggon, paces some, but trots and gallops in general, has the Appearance of a Brand resembling WH, and a Bell on marked . . . and a round Buckle to the Collar. Potted, and appraised to 5l.
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NEHEMIAH EVATT.

***** P O E T S C O R N E R. *****
The CHARACTER of a HAPPY LIFE.
H OW happy is he born and taught That serveth not another's Will, Whose Armour is his honest Thought, And simple Truth his utmost Skill. Whose Passions not his Masters are, Whose Soul is still prepar'd for Death; Unty'd unto the World by Care Of publick Fame, or private Breath. Who envies none that Chance doth raise; Nor Vice hath ever understood, How deepest Wounds are given by Praise, Nor Rules of State, but Rules of Good. Who hath his Life from Rumours freed, Whose Conscience is his strong Retreat; Whose State can neither Flatterers feed, Nor even make Oppressors great. Who God doth late and early pray More of his Grace than Gifts to lend, And entertains the harmless Day With a religious Book or Friend. This Man is freed from servile Bands, Of Hope to raise, or Fear to fall; Lord of himself, though not of Lands, And having Nothing, yet hath all.
THURSDAY, December 4, 1766.
O RDERED, that the Clerks of the several County Courts in this Colony do transmit to the Clerk of this House, in the first Part of every Meeting of the General Assembly, a List of the Titheables in their Counties, containing the Names of such Titheables; and that they transmit also, at the same Time, a List of the publick Charges of their respective Counties. Ordered, that the Clerk of this House do cause the same to be published in the Virginia Gazette. By the House of Burgessses.
(4) GEORGE WYTHE, C. H. B.
T AKEN up, in Amherst, a RED HEIFER marked with a Swallow Fork in the right Ear, and a Slit in the left Ear. Posted, and appraised to one Pound. (||) HUGH ROSE.
Just ARRIVED from London, in the Ship Bland, Captain Danby,
A N Assortment of DRUGS and MEDICINES, to be SOLD by the Subscriber, by Wholesale and Retail, at a moderate Advance, for ready Money. ALEXANDER GORDON. Most of the Patent Medicines, such as Norris's Drops, Keyser's Pills, &c. &c.
PRINCETOWN, New Jersey, November 1, 1773.
T HE Publick is hereby informed that at the COLLEGE here young Gentlemen are instructed in all the Branches of LITERATURE, with the utmost Care. There has been lately brought from London a complete philosophical Apparatus, every Part of which was examined and approved by Persons eminently skilled in Natural Philosophy, Mathematics, and Astronomy, to which is added the Orery contrived by David Rittenhouse, Esq; of Pennsylvania. The greatest Attention is paid to the Improvement of the Youth in the English Language, and pronouncing English Oration. All such as desire it, may also learn the French Language. The Place is remarkably healthy and pleasant, and so small as greatly to favour the Order and good Government of the College.
There is also a Grammar School, in which young Boys are perfected in the English, and taught the Latin and Greek Languages, Writing and Arithmetick, preparatory to the College. Those also who desire their Children only to be instructed in the Latin and French, Geography, and the practical Branches of the Mathematics, without going through a full College Course, may have them so taught; and they have the Liberty of attending the publick Lectures on Composition and Criticism, and on Chronology and History, and of residing in College, provided they conform themselves exactly to the College Regulations, as to the Hours of Study and Recreation.
The Expense of Board and Education, unless they are placed at a high Board, will not exceed twenty Pounds Sterling a Year, to which must be added Clothes, Books, and Pocket Money, which Gentlemen may estimate for themselves, according to the Way in which they choose their Children should be supported.
PETERSBURG, November 15, 1773.
F OR CHARTER, the SHIP Canadian, Captain Abbott, Burthen about 400 Hogheads, or 10,000 Bushels. For Terms apply to JOHN TABB.
T HE Royal Exchange, Thomas Woodford Master, lying at Bermuda Hundred, will take in Tobacco, on Liberty of Consignment to London, at eight Pounds Sterling a Tun. Orders will be received by Mr. Patrick Coutts, at Richmond, or on Board the said Ship. Great Part of her Cargo is already engaged. T. WOODFORD.
A YOUNG GENTLEMAN, who has lately taken his Batchelor's Degree at Nassau Hall College, in New Jersey, would be glad of Employment as a PRIVATE or PUBLICK TUTOR, and will wait on any Gentleman, on Notice being given by Letter directed to Mr. William Carr, Postmaster at Dunfries, if the Terms proposed are approved.
To be SOLD on Wednesday the 22d of December, at the House of Mrs. Lucy Dixon, in Frederickburg,
A TRACT of LAND in Culpeper County, about six Miles above Germanna, known by the Name of Jones's, containing about 400 Acres, upon which is a Dwelling-House and sundry other Buildings lately built. Likewise eighteen valuable SLAVES. Credit will be allowed till the 10th of June, upon Bond with approved Security, to carry Interest from the Date, if not punctually paid, to JOHN DIXON, Administrator. THOMAS DIXON, Mortgagee.
N. B. I desire those who bought Negroes of me last December to take Notice that their Bonds become due the 15th of next Month, and they will not fail to discharge them at the Time of the above intended Sale. A Compliance with this Request will save them a Year's Interest, and the Consequence of Neglect will be a Suit immediately against every Person failing. JOHN DIXON.
To be SOLD on Thursday the 9th of December, at Burwell's Ferry, if fair, otherwise next fair Day,
A LL the personal Estate of Mr. Samuel Coke, deceased, consisting of HOUSEHOLD and KITCHEN FURNITURE, HORSES, a SEINE very little worn, CARPENTERS TOOLS, and sundry other Things. Credit will be allowed for all Sums above forty Shillings until the first of October next, the Purchasers giving Bond and Security to JUDITH COKE, Administratrix.
N. B. Any Person inclining to rent a GRIST MILL convenient to Williamsburg, known by the Name of Coke's Mill, may know the Terms at the above Sale, or of Mr. John Brown in Williamsburg.
BERKELEY, November 15, 1773.
A good COOPER,
who can be well recommended, will meet with Encouragement by applying to
BENJAMIN HARRISON, Junior.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, the 3d Thursday in December, upon the Premises, in Obedience to a Decree of Gloucester Court,
A BOUT 400 Acres of good CORN and TOBACCO LAND, pleasantly situated on Carter's Creek in the said County, adjoining the Seat of Lewis Burwell, Esq; There is upon it a comfortable Dwelling-house with several Offices, and a good Apple Orchard. Credit will be allowed the Purchaser till the first of May next, on giving Bond and approved Security to the Sheriff.
N. B. At the same Time will be SOLD Mr. Zachariah Row's Right, in Reversion, to the Dower Slaves now in Possession of Mrs. Rebecca Row, Widow of the late Mr. Benjamin Row, deceased, on the above Terms of Payment.
Dr. SILVER WATCH (W. Kipling, London, No. 3487)
  1773. T O Sundries by Account, or Memorandum, in P. & D's. Gazette, August 26th, £. 1 9 9 3/4   August 26. To Proposition of said Advertisement, 0 0 1 3   October 26. To Cash paid the Crier at Sale, 0 0 7 3/4   November 9. To Cash paid P. & D. for this Advertisement, 0 0 5 0   To Balance Credit per Contra, due the Person who left the Watch with me, and payable, on Demand, to his personal Application, 1 0 10   £. 2 17 6 
THOMAS FENNER, Cr.
  1773. B y James Gilchrist, for the above Watch sold him this Day at Surrey Court, by Vendue, £. 2 17 6   October 26.   November 9. By the Balance per Contra, (Errors excepted.) (2||) £. 1 0 10 
RUN away from the Subscriber, near Williamsburg, about a Fortnight ago, a Negro Man named JACK, of a very small Size, about forty Years old, and has lost his left Eye. Whoever delivers him to me shall have 10s. Reward, besides what the Law allows. ANDREW ESTAVE.
T AKEN up, in Prince William, near Joseph Florence's Ordinary, a SORREL MARE about thirteen Hands and a Half high, her left Foot is white behind, has some white Spots about her Neck and Shoulders, branded on the near Shoulder D, and on the near Buttock G. Also a SORREL HORSE COLT one Year old this Spring, belonging to the said Mare. They are posted, and appraised to 3l. 10s. (||) WILLIAM FOSTER, Junior.
T AKEN up, in Goochland, a BLACK MARE about four Feet ten Inches high, seven or eight Years old, and branded on the near Buttock J. Posted, and appraised to 3l. 10s. (||) DEVERIX JARRATT.
T AKEN up, in Louisa, a BLACK MARE eleven or twelve Years old, four Feet eight Inches high, a Scar on her right Thigh, some white Hairs in her Tail, branded on the near Shoulder C, and on the Buttock B. Posted, and appraised to 3l. (||) GEORGE ADAMS.
PORT ROYAL, October 10, 1773.
T HOSE indebted by open Account, to the Store lately kept by the Subscriber, in Port Royal, are requested to come and settle, pay off, or give Bond, as he will be under the Necessity to order Suit on all Accounts which shall be open after November. He has for SALE 740l. Sterling worth of DRY GOODS, which he will barter for Tobacco, Corn, Wheat, West India Goods, or sell on Credit, at a very low Advance, the Purchaser giving Bond and approved Security. (4) ROBERT GILCHRIST.
To be RENTED for a Life, or Term of Years, as may be agreed upon, or the Interest of my LEASE to be SOLD,
H OG ISLAND FERRY and ORDINARY, to which there is a fine Plantation, in excellent Order. For the Crop of Wheat now growing thereon I will oblige myself to allow to a Purchaser one Hundred Pounds; but if I lease the Place, I shall reserve the Crop to myself. As much Money as I have received in twenty Days by the Ferry and Ordinary will satisfy me for the annual Rent of the Whole. (tf) H. U. ST. GEORGE.
RUN away from the Subscribers, at Mr. Lewis Ball's, the 14th of October, at Night, five Convict Servant Men, who were taken the Day before from on Board the Taylor, at Four Mile Creek, viz. OLIVER MARTIN, 22 Years of Age, five Feet ten Inches high, of a brown Complexion, born in Ireland, is pert and looks well, and by Trade a House Carpenter and Joiner; he had on an old brown Coat, and red Waistcoat and Trousers. JONATHAN BOOTHMAN, an Englishman, 23 Years of Age, five Feet five Inches high, of a dark brown Complexion, and a thievish Look; he had on a white Cotton Waistcoat, and Trousers. PAUL PRESTON, a Pennsylvanian, thirty Years of Age, five Feet high, of a sandy Complexion, and good Countenance; he had on a blue Waistcoat, and black Everlasting Breeches. JOHN THOMPSON, born in New England, 35 Years of Age, five Feet four Inches high, of a black Complexion, and surly Look; he had on a blue Waistcoat, another of Cotton, black Breeches, and Trousers. JOHN GAGAHAGAN, an Irishman, five Feet four Inches high, 43 Years of Age, of a black Complexion, is a well looking Man, and by Trade a Grocer; he had on a light coloured Coat, blue Waistcoat, and Leather Breeches. The four first are Seamen. Whoever takes up and secures them, or any of them, so that we may get them again, shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward for each, if taken within twenty Miles of Richmond, and if farther, FORTY SHILLINGS for each. (4) SAMPSON & GEORGE MATHEWS.
N. B. All Masters of Vessels are hereby forewarned from harbouring or carrying either of the said Convicts out of the Colony, at their Peril.
Pursuant to the Will of Mr. John Smith, deceased, will be SOLD, on Friday the 3d of December, at his late Plantation in King William,
A VALUABLE Stock of Horses, Cattle, Hogs, Sheep, a large Crop of Corn, Fodder, and Plantation Utensils.
And on Tuesday, the 7th of the same Month, will be SOLD, upon the Premises, a very valuable TRACT of LAND known by the Name of Pickenack, lying in Henrico, situated on the Brook Swamp, about four Miles from Richmond, and contains, by an old Survey, 200 Acres, 100 of which are very rich well timbered low Grounds drained by an extraordinary Piece of Dam Work, and the Place is in good Order for Cropping, having a sufficient Quantity of Wheat now sowed upon it. Likewise all Kinds of Stock, together with the Crop of Corn, Fodder, and Plantation Utensils.
And on Tuesday the 21st of December will be SOLD, on the Premises, a TRACT of rich and well timbered LAND containing above 2000 Acres, and lies in Goochland, on James River, near the Mouth of the Great Bird, and opposite Elk Island. There is upon this Land a Plantation sufficient to work fifteen Hands, and the Soil is very suitable for Tobacco, Wheat, and Corn. For the Convenience of Purchasers it will be divided into several Lots, before the Day of Sale. At the same Time and Place will be SOLD 91 valuable SLAVES, fifteen of whom belong to the Estate of Mr. Joseph Smith, deceased, likewise a large Stock of Horses, Cattle, Hogs, and Sheep, with the Crop of Corn, Fodder, and Plantation Utensils.
One Half of the Purchase Money for the Lands to be paid the 1st of May, and the Balance twelve Months after that Time. Credit for the Slaves, Stocks, &c. will be allowed till the 1st of July, the Purchaser giving Bond and Security, which is to carry Interest from the Date, if not punctually paid.
(10) WILLIAM ANDERSON, Executor of John Smith, And Administrator of Joseph Smith.
N. B. If it should rain on any of the above mentioned Days, the Publick may depend the Sale will be the next fair Day.
There will be forty SLAVES more SOLD in Goochland, at the Bird Plantation, opposite to Elk Island, on the above mentioned Day (the 21st of December) for whom the Purchaser, if required, may have longer Credit. And on Wednesday, the 1st of December, will be SOLD, at the late Mr. John Smith's Plantation in Henrico, all the Stock of HORSES, CATTLE, SHEEP, and HOGS, on Credit till the 1st of July.
For SALE, A VALUABLE TRACT of LAND lying in Chesterfield, containing 1800 Acres, with a fine Apple Orchard, a great Quantity of Meadows and Marshes, with fine Fishing and Fowling. It does not exceed five Miles to Petersburg, nor six to Osborne's.
A TRACT of LAND lying in the aforesaid County, containing 1600 Acres, which is well timbered, and lies level. At a very small Expense may be erected upon it a fine Grist Mill, on Swift Creek. It is convenient to Petersburg and Osborne's, not exceeding six Miles to either. I will sell this Tract of Land altogether, or in Parcels, as may best suit the Purchaser.
Also a TRACT of LAND in Amelia, containing 1250 Acres, with a very good Dwellinghouse, Kitchen, and all other necessary Outhouses, a fine Apple and Peach Orchard, an exceeding good Grist Mill, and the Plantation is in good Order for Cropping.
Any Person, inclining to purchase the above Tracts of Land, may know the Terms by applying to the Subscriber in Chesterfield. (6) JOHN RANDOLPH.
WILLIAMSBURG, September 10, 1773.
COMMITTED to the publick Jail, from Cumberland, a Runaway Negro Man called TOM, five Feet ten Inches high, remarkably black, his Face much scarified with his Country Marks, both Ears bored, his right with four Holes and his left five, appears to be upwards of forty Years old, and cannot speak to be understood, had on a Crocus Shirt and Trousers. His Owner is desired to take him away and pay Charges. (12) PETER PELHAM.
TO BE SOLD,
F IVE Hundred and fifty Acres of LAND in the County of Charles City, with a convenient Dwellinghouse and other Improvements. Two Hundred and twenty Acres, in the same County, pleasantly situated on James River.
Two Thousand five Hundred and twenty Acres in the County of Cumberland, commonly known by the Name of Saint James's.
And one Thousand four Hundred and twenty one Acres in the Counties of Goochland and Cumberland, on both Sides of James River, opposite to Elk Island.
The above TRACTS of LAND were of the Estate of the late John Wayles, deceased, devised to the Subscribers, and are now offered for Sale. Persons disposed to purchase may be informed of the Terms, on Application to any one of the Subscribers; and the Times of Payment will be made easy, on giving Bond and Security to
THOMAS JEFFERSON. FRANCIS EPPES. HENRY SKIPWITH. (tf)
W O O L L E N S.
T HE Subscriber has now upon Hand several Bales of coarse Woolens properly assorted for a Store, from 6s to 8s. Sterling Value, also a large Quantity of COARSE CLOTHS and TRIMMINGS, in small Bales, from 3s. 6d. to 12s. Sterling a Yard, which he intends selling by the Bale, or retailing by the Piece. He expects more coarse Woolens, of all Sorts, in very soon. He sells at a low Advance, for Cash or short Credit. Any Person applying to him, at Mr. John Woodside's in Norfolk, or at the General Courts, may depend on being served to Satisfaction. (tf) JOHN STONEY.
TO BE SOLD, And may be entered on immediately,
A VALUABLE Tract of LAND in Brunswick, containing about 1000 Acres, of which about 100 Acres are cleared. On the Plantation is an exceeding good Dwellinghouse, underpinned with Brick, with three Brick Chimneys, a Kitchen with a Brick Chimney, and all other Outhouses necessary for a Family and Cropping, all new built; also a very fine Apple and Peach Orchard. The Land lies within twelve Miles of Hick's Ford, and joins the Road to Eaton's Ferry. A good Title will be made the Purchaser, and the Terms may be known by applying to the Subscriber, at Cabin Point. (tf) ADAM FLEMING.
YORK TOWN, June 9, 1773.
T HE Subscribers being very solicitous to comply with the Will of their Testator, the late Honourable William Nelson, desire that all Persons who were indebted to him will endeavour to make as speedy Payments as possible. Those who have Accounts open on his Books, and who cannot immediately discharge the Balances, are desired to give their Bonds. This Request is the more necessary, as most of the Legacies bequeathed by the Testator are to be paid in Sterling Money, and he has directed that his younger Sons Fortunes shall be placed out at Interest upon undoubted Securities, so soon as it can be done. Those who have any Demands are desired to make them immediately known. THOMAS NELSON. THOMAS NELSON, Junior. HUGH NELSON. RO. C. NICHOLAS. (tf)
TO BE SOLD,
A BOUT fourteen Thousand Acres of exceeding good LAND in the County of Pittsylvania. For Terms apply to Mr. Hugh Rose of Amherst, who will treat with any Person inclining to purchase, and be empowered to make a legal Title. CAROLINE, May 1, 1773. (tf) THOMAS LOMAX.

W A R S A W, August 20.
T HE Russian Troops in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, those in Red Russia, and those quartered at Anacow, have just received express Orders to hold themselves in immediate Readiness for marching to reinforce Count Romanzow's Army in Moldavia. A Draught of 6000 Men is likewise made from the 10,000 quartered in this City, and the contiguous Country, which are likewise to march for Moldavia, on the same Account. These Troops, which were composed of Veterans, were excellent Guards to the new Acquirements of Russia in Poland, and certainly would not have been removed but on Account of great Urgency.
A Report is current here that the Turks have made a successful Descent in the Crimea. There are said to be great Numbers of French Officers in the Turkish Armies.
General Bibikow has received Orders to conduct the Russian Troops which have hitherto been in Poland and Lithuania, and are in Number about 20,000 Men, to the grand Army. The Corps of Russian Troops which was encamped at Prag has in Consequence begun its March this Day, but Colonel Drewitz remains in this Capital with his Regiment. These Troops will be replaced by others which are expected from Livonia, and by the Legion of Petersburg; and they will be commanded by General Romanzow, who is already arrived in this Capital.
The Commission established for judging the Regicides has condemned them all to suffer Death, except Kusima, who has been hitherto known under the Name of Kozynski.
PEERSBURG, August 3. Letters from Moscow, of the 26th of July, brought us the melancholy News of a dreadful Fire which happened the Day before in that City. By a violent Storm of Wind, the Flames spread a German Mile round, and destroyed the most stately Buildings and Palaces of the Nobility. The Merchants escaped this Calamity, the Fire not extending to the Quarter they inhabit.
COPENHAGEN, August 21. His Danish Majesty has for some Time past paid a very strict Attention to the Business of the State, and had shown an Alertness and Spirit, which, contrasted with his long Habit of Despondency, gives the greatest Pleasure to the whole Danish Court. He is particularly examining into the State of his Army and Navy, and has made several Regulations in both.
HAMBURG, August 24. We have received Advices here that the Emperor of Germany is to be at Troppau the 27th Instant, and the King of Prussia at Neiss the same Day, and that there is to be an Interview of those two Monarchs at Brieg, which is situated between the two fore-mentioned Places.
The Court of Petersburg has just published an ample Detail of the Operations of Count Romanzow's Army, which contains 21 Pages in Quarto. The Field Marshal says: "That the Loss of the Russians consisted of twenty Officers of different Ranks, and in the Whole of about 1100 Men, with three Pieces of Cannon; that the Loss of the Turks amounted to above 5000 Men killed, 45 Pieces of Cannon, their whole Camp, besides Ammunition and Provisions of every Kind; that they also lost 38 Ships, and many Trophies; 80 Christian Families recovered their Liberty at the same Time." The Field Marshal then relates his Reasons for repassing the Danube, viz. "That the Cavalry, harassed by continual Skirmishes and Pursuits, and having besides no other Forage for the Horses but a bad Kind of Bulrushes, he found himself obliged, from these Inconveniences, by the Hats, and the Want of Refreshments, which the Army could not receive on the other Side of the Danube, to repass that River. It is easy to judge what State the Troops were in on the other Side of the Danube, when the Horses could not be unbridled one Moment, and the greatest Part of the Infantry were obliged every Night to be under Arms."
VIENNA, August 24. Since the Russians were driven from before Silistria, Nothing interesting has been received from either of the two Armies. We only learn that General Romanzow was encamped the 13th ult. at Gala Braila, and that the Grand Visiar hath not changed his Position.
MARSEILLES, August 20. Though at present we perceive no extraordinary Movement in the Arsenal at Toulon, nevertheless there are eleven Ships of the Line and five Frigates ready to sail at an Hour's Notice, and we hear that Preparations are making in several Parts of this Kingdom. At the Foundries they work Night and Day in casting Cannon, Shot, and Shells.
BERLIN, August 16. Artillery of a new Invention, to be carried on Horseback, is now quite ready for Use in the Arsenal at Potsdam.
L O N D O N, September 1.
B Y Advices over Land, by Way of Constantinople, we learn that a terrible Fire happened lately at Bactria, a Province in Persia, which destroyed several silk Manufactories, one of which contained 1700 Bales of Kelkodapesend, or City Silk, and 850 Bales of Charbass, or Brocade Silk, each weighing 276 Pounds, all of which were entirely consumed.
Tuesday last, at 35 Minutes past ten in the Evening, was determined a Match between Thomas Walker, Esq; of Mickleham, in Surry, and Captain Adam Hay, for 400 Guineas, which was won by the latter. Mr. Walker rode his own Hackney, and Captain Mulcaster rode for Captain Hay. They set out at six on Monday Morning, from Portland Street, London, and the Winner arrived at Ouse Bridge, York, in 40 Hours 35 Minutes. York is 200 Miles from London. Mr. Walker's Horse tired within six Miles of Tadcaster, and is supposed will die. They rode the first ninety Miles in six Hours. The winning Mare drank twelve Bottles of Wine during the Journey, and on Thursday was so well as to take her Exercise on Knave's mire.
On Thursday last General Gansell, who through the Means of some of the Soldiers on Duty in St. James's Park effected an Escape about a Twelvemonth ago from some Sheriff's Officers, who had him in Custody, was arrested on a Writ of 16,000l. at his Apartments in Craven Street, in the Strand. The Bailiffs broke into his Room, when he immediately fired a Pistol, and shot one of them in the Arm. They nevertheless secured him, dragged him in his Night Gown and Slippers up the Street, and lodged him safely in the House of Mr. Stanhope, a Sheriff's Officer.
Mr. Yates, in performing the Part of Major O'Flaherty, in the West Indian, at Birmingham, has introduced a new Irish Bull. When he is giving Captain Dudley an Account of his Life, &c. he says: "That I might now enjoy three Hundred a Year, if I had not been a Fool; I was offered it for my Life, Captain, upon Condition of being shot in Place of Admiral Byng."
Lord Chatham, we hear, has had a Prussian Nobleman upon a Visit to him for some Weeks, and it is said they have been travelling about the Country together.
The Approach of War is certain; the most authentick Intelligence confirms it; all Parties are preparing, and France avows it. England is restrained from speaking aloud, only through Fear of alarming the Nation too suddenly.
The British Fleet is now in almost a complete State of Repair, and it is said that the late naval Review was not intended merely for a Show, but that the approaching Storm was foreseen, and the Device of the Review was hit upon to make us prepare for it with a good Grace, without alarming either the Enemy or the Nation.
The Court of East India Directors, by their Declaration, published on Wednesday last, propose for their September Sale of Teas 25,000 Casks and nine Bags, which, together with the amazing Stock in Hand of private Property, would incline a reasonable Man to expect a Reduction of the Price of that Commodity, were it not for the artificial Tricks of the Speculators.
Lord Hillborough, like a real Patriot, is constantly improving his Estates, and by letting only small Farms to his Tenants encourages Agriculture and Industry among the poor Irish, to whom he acts more like a Father than a Landlord.
Several new Grants of Land, in East Florida and the ceded Islands, have lately passed the Great Seal.
Letters from Constantinople say, that they are in no Dread of a Visit from the Russians since their ill Success in the two last Engagements, when they were obliged to repass the Danube, with very great Loss of brave Officers as well as Soldiers.
The Turks and Russians, by the Interposition of the Courts of England and France, are likely to become reconciled before Christmas. The Empress is now more pliable since she has lost one of her bravest Generals, and been rather unsuccessful in other Respects; therefore the Terms of Reconciliation will not be so humiliating on the Part of the Turks as those offered at the late Congress.
They write from Toulon, that the Armaments at that Port, which have been discontinued some Months, are again ordered to be continued, by Direction of the Superintendents of the Marine Department; but on what Account they are commenced, is difficult to determine.
A Disagreement is lately said to have happened in Council, relative to a certain American Governor. Some were for his Removal, by Way of pleasing the Bostonians, and at the same Time rewarding him equivalently in private; but the Majority insisted, that as a Rattle had been held up to the Publick long enough there was now no Occasion for Timidity, and that whatever Measures they took should be really ostensible.
The Ottoman Power, and that of St. Ignatius, seem nearly destroyed. The Jesuits have outlived their Order, and the Musti's Rants in the Divan are perhaps the Groans of Mahometism.
They write from Dublin, that some Noble Personages are expected to embark there for England about the Middle of the Month, in Order to present a Petition to his Majesty, which has already been signed by upwards of 700 respectable Persons.
An additional Duty will be laid next Session on all foreign China, as well European as from the East Indies, in Order to encourage our own Manufacture, which is now arrived at great Perfection.
A Lord Lieutenant of Ireland is now talked of to succeed the present, of the most marvellous Kind ever yet sent over; but he has proved himself possessed of every ministerial Requisite, and therefore cannot be uneligible.
Should a continental War be inevitable, it is said that a certain little Territory, till within these few Years wholly unknown to the English, will be the grand Object of our Manoeuvres and Protection.
Every other Business is now laid aside, and the King and Ministry are daily employing their Thoughts about Colony Affairs. It seems they are extremely anxious to have this intricate Work settled before the Meeting of Parliament, as a Sanhedrim Investigation is what they would by all Means avoid.
It is said to be an absolute Fact, and may be depended on, that the Moment the Huntingdonshire Election is over the Duke of Grafton will succeed Lord Sandwich at the Admiralty, and upon those Conditions only his Grace has consented to continue Lord Privy Seal.
Lord Sandwich has gone down to his Seat at Hinchingbrooke, to be present at the Meetings in the County of Huntingdon for the Nomination of Candidates at the ensuing Election.
The Election for Huntingdon will exceed that ever memorable One in Westminster between Lord Trentham (the present Lord Gower) and Sir George Vandepuit; and it is computed, that what with the Doucers, Places, Money distributed, Annuities, Presents to Freeholders, and Tavern Bills, the whole Expenses will amount to near 80,000l.
September 4. According to authentick Advices from Constantinople (says a Letter from Vienna) about 300 French Officers belonging to the Train of Artillery arrived at the Army of the Grand Visiar the Beginning of the present Campaign, which has been of inconceivable Hurt to the Russians, and has given great Umbrage at the Court of Petersburg. These French Officers (adds our Correspondent) it is very plain, have not entered into the Turkish Service of their own Accord as Volunteers, as it is well known the Encouragement given by her Imperial Majesty to Volunteers of every Nation exceeds that of the Turks, notwithstanding which there is not a French Officer in her Service.
Count Romanzow's Resolution to repass the Danube was supported by some positive Assurances of Assistance from the Courts of Vienna and Berlin.
Orders are given from the War Office for the 27th Regiment of Foot to be embarked at Portsmouth, for Halifax in Nova Scotia.
The Deptford Man of War, of forty Guns, Captain Riddle, is sailed from the Downs for Antigua, with a Regiment of Foot on Board.

The exporting of Tea to America is looked upon by some as one of the most critical Enterprises the East India Company ever embarked in; for who can be sure, after all the attending Expense and Trouble, that the Americans will buy at all?
As her Majesty advances in her Pregnancy her Health is better, and her Physicians have positively given it as their Opinion that she is not in so much Danger as they first apprehended.
In Order that the Sovereign may have Leisure to deliberate on the Ways and Wherefores of political Resolutions, it is said one Levee Day in a Fortnight will be abridged between this and November next.
September 7. On Saturday Afternoon an Express arrived with an Account of the Duel between Captain Scawen, of the first Regiment of Guards, and George Robert Fitzgerald, Esq; Nephew to the Earl of Bristol, the Particulars of which are thus related. They agreed to stand the Distance of twelve Yards. Mr. Fitzgerald fired a Brace of Pistols, and both missed; upon which Captain Scawen nobly declined firing, and thus the Matter ended. Captain Nugent, of the first Regiment of Guards, was Mr. Scawen's Second, and Captain O'Fagan was Second to Mr. Fitzgerald. Captain Piggott, of the Horse Guards, and Mr. Purdue, Assistant Surgeon to the first Regiment, also accompanied Mr. Scawen.
It is said that before Mr. Scawen went to Lille, to meet Mr. Fitzgerald, he caused all his Tradesmen to be paid their full Demands.
On Saturday Evening the News came to Carlisle of Captain Scawen being safe arrived from fighting the Duel with Mr. Fitzgerald. The Bells were immediately rung upon the Occasion, a Bonfire was made of 300 Bavins, and the whole Village seemed to express great Joy.
The last Express which arrived from Ireland has put the Ministry into a Perspiration, in which they will continue, it is thought, throughout the Winter, if ever so cold.
Extract of a Letter from the Hague, August 31.
"According to the last Letters from Hamburg, two Prussian Commissaries are now in that City, endeavouring to establish a Company of Merchants, who shall for the future have all the Merchandise that passes by the Way of Hamburg into the Dominions of the King of Prussia go through their Hands, for which they are to pay a Duty of six Crowns per Cent. on their coming in, and the same on going out of the Country. These Letters add, that the Emperor and King of Prussia had a private Interview the 17th Instant; some say at Neiss, and others at Brieg, in Silesia, in which they gave each other reciprocal Assurances of the greatest Friendship."
In the Camp which the Russians took Possession of before Silistria were found the Orders of the Grand Vizar to Numan Pacha, which were, "for him to fall on the Back of the Enemy whilst they were attacking Silistria, by which Means not one of the Infidels could escape, and that if he did not succeed he had to fear Disgrace from the Sultan, and Punishment from the Holy Prophet."
A Letter from Petersburg says: "As the French Ministry disavow any Permission to the Officers serving as Volunteers in the Turkish Armies, the Commander is resolved in future not to admit them as Prisoners of War."
The French Ambassador, by an unbecoming Haughtiness, it is said, irritated the Venetian State to declare in Favour of the Russian Alliance.
The Insurrections at Constantinople are so frequent and dangerous that the Ambassadors there, and other publick Persons, avoid as much as possible going abroad.
Would it not be a little hard (asks a Correspondent) should an Insurrection in a neighbouring Kingdom be the Consequence of the ministerial Darings and ministerial Manoeuvres, that the People should be branded with the Name of Rebels , who were peaceable, loyal, and uncomplaining, until roused by unwarrantable Attacks on their Property and Liberties?
It is thought that some Measure will be taken, on the Meeting of Parliament, to check the Spirit of Emigration, which now reigns throughout this unhappy Kingdom.
It is the general Opinion, that if the Powers concerned in mediating the Differences between the Turks and Russians join together heartily in the Cause a Peace may be brought about in a short Time, the two belligerent Powers seeming equally desirous to put an End to the War.
We hear the Royal Bank of Scotland draws on London, at short Dates, at the current Exchange.
They write from Hamburg, that the King of Prussia has proposed to enter into a commercial Treaty with the Magistrates of that City. The Design of this Treaty is to form there a general Staple for all Sorts of Merchandise which the Prussians shall import from the German and Mediterranean Seas. It should seem, by this Proposition, that the King of Prussia proposes to avoid the Passage of the Sound, and to join Prussia and Poland, with Germany, and the rest of Europe, by the Canal of Bromberg.
His Grace the Duke of Marlborough has given Orders to his Stewards, that when the Leases of his Estates expire they divide them into small Farms, not exceeding 200 l. a Year; and this Example, it is hoped, will be followed by other Noblemen, as the surest Way to relieve the Distresses of the Poor.
The 27th ult. a Patent passed the Great Seal, appointing William Campbell (commonly called Lord William Campbell) Captain General and Governor in Chief of his Majesty's Province of South Carolina. A considerable Coinage of Gold, we hear, will be delivered from the Mint by Christmas next.
Several Transports are now taken up in the River, on Government Account, to carry Stores and Ammunition to Gibraltar and Minorca.
Yesterday a Messenger was sent off from St. James's, with Despatches for the Courts of Berlin, Petersburg, and Vienna.
Monday last J. W. of Greenwich, swam across the River with five Stone Weight on his Back, for a Wager of 500 Guineas, which he performed in three Minutes and twenty Seconds, being much sooner than the Time allowed.
An Evening Paper says, that a great Personage has been so chagrined at the Disclosure of a late American Correspondence, that the Premier, to prevent a like Discovery, has given it in Orders to all the Head Clerks of the publick Offices to write their confidential Letters in future in a Cipher, each Office to have a different One peculiar to that Department.
We are assured that all the Reports of an approaching War are totally groundless, and only calculated to serve the Purpose of affecting the Price of Stocks.
It is reported, that a certain American Governor concluded a Letter which he lately wrote to one of the Secretaries of State with these remarkable Words: "I now perceive Nothing will re-establish my Authority; therefore I beg to be recalled, and that speedily, otherwise I may probably be soon called to another World."
A few Days ago a French Cook was engaged for three Years certain, in the Family of an English Nobleman, near Grosvenor Square, at 200 l. a Year.
Extract of a Letter from Paris, August 17.
"The six Persons convicted of promoting Dissensions at Cape François, in St. Domingo, and concerned in the late Riots (two of them rich Merchants) were privately executed in the Bastille the 14th Instant."
Extract of a Letter from a Gentleman in Dublin, August 23.
"During the late Riot, until this Day, the Magistrates remained quiet and inactive; however, Things had now proceeded to such an open Violation of Law and Order that they determined to exert their Authority. Accompanied with a few of the Highland Regiment, and some of the 63d, they went in Quest of the Rioters, and came up with them, about two or three o'Clock, at the Head of Cavendish Row. They expostulated with them for some Time upon the Madness of their Conduct, and the Necessity to which they were reduced of applying Force to Force. The Mob, always deaf to Reason, answered them with Curses, Menaces, and Showers of Stones. Sir Anthony King, a Magistrate, who
who has given many signal Proofs of his intrepid Courage, exasperated by their Boldness, repelled the mob forward amongst them with several smart Blows of his Stick. Four Men, armed with Swords, attacked him at once, all of whom he beat back, and desired giving the Word of Command to the Soldiers to fire, until two Pistols were discharged at him successively; then he commanded nine of them to keep up a repeated Fire, until they should be commanded to stop; at the same Time he ordered the Highlanders to charge them with Bayonets. Three Rounds of Shot from the Military soon dispersed this riotous Multitude. By the best Accounts I have learned, there are six killed, and several wounded. It is truly lamentable that the Innocent and Guilty should be so often involved in the same Doom. I have just heard, that two Servant Girls, and a Man Servant, a great Distance from the Scene of Action, fell by strayling Shots."
The 6th Instant the Royal Regiment of Artillery had a great Field Day on Woolwich Common, after which several Experiments were made on Grape Shot, one of which was of a most extraordinary Nature, from a Gun invented by General Desaguliers, which was fired against a long Target of Wood. It kept a constant Firing whilst the Regiment marched 150 Yards, having fired 24 Times in a Minute. This is justly looked upon as the greatest Improvement ever made on Cannon since the first Invention.
September 10. A Paragraph having appeared in the Papers, in which it is said, "that all Parties look forward, with Pleasure, to the Conclusion of a Mayorality in which Violence, Tyranny, Neglect of publick Business, a Contempt of all Order and Decorum, with the most sordid Partimony, have prevailed," the City Marshal this Day declared Mr. Wilkes to be the Author, who, instead of denying the Fact, added "Partiality and Cruelty" to the Charge, and avowed the Truth of every Word in the Paragraph.
September 13. The Method of executing Mrs. Herring this Day, for the Murder of her Husband, was as follows: She was placed on a Stool something more than two Feet high, and a Chain being placed under her Arms, the Rope round her Neck was made fast to two Spikes, which being driven through a Post against which she stood, when her Devotions were ended, the Stool was taken from under her, and she was soon strangled. When she had hung about fifteen Minutes the Rope was burnt, and she sunk till the Chain supported her, forcing her Hands up to a Level with her Face, and the Flame being furious she was soon consumed. The Crowd was so immensely great, that it was a long Time before the Fagots could be placed for the Execution.
September 14. This Day a Sheriff's Officer arrested an Attorney, at Camberwell, by the following Stratagem. He dressed himself exactly like the Barber's Man that he shaved with, and when he entered the Room, the Gentleman asked him if he could shave well. His Answer was, very well! and immediately showed his Warrant. The Attorney said he shaved too close, and paid the Money directly.
September 16. The three Daughters of General Thomas kissed his Majesty's Hand, at St. James's, on their having a Stipend of 300 l. a Year each allowed them by the Government.
September 17. The Duke and Duchess of Cumberland, the Honourable James Luttrell, General Prevost, Colonel Deaken, Colonel Gartin, &c. set out from Cumberland House for Dover, to embark for Calais. Their Royal Highnesses travel through France and Italy as Earl and Countess of Dublin.
September 25. His Grace the Duke of Kingston died at Bath on Tuesday last.
Died lately at Guylygth, in Glamorganshire, Mr. Lewis Evan Morgan, in the 98th Year of his Age. His Will is nearly comprised in these Words: "I give to my old faithful Steward, Esther Jones, the "Whole that I am possessed of, either in personal Property, Land, or otherwise. She is a tolerable "good Woman, but would be much better if she had not so clamorous a Tongue. She has one great "Virtue, however, which is a Vail to all her Foibles, strict Honesty ."
Several Strictures having lately appeared in the Papers, upon the Impropriety of performing THE BEGGARS OPERA (which Sir John Fielding says was never represented without creating an additional Number of real Thieves) produced the following farcical Retort: "Lord Sandwich has hinted, that the Revival of THE LIBERTINE will be highly disagreeable to him. Charles Fox insists on it, that THE GAMSTER, or GAMESMERS, shall not be exhibited again. A princely Personage, who is lately set out on his Travels, has left positive Orders that neither DUKE or NO DUKE, nor THE IRISH WIDOW, shall make their Appearance any more. And several Scotch Physicians have concurred to beg the entire Dismissal of THE MOCK DOCTOR from the Stage."
September 29. This Day the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, the Aldermen, Recorder, Sheriffs, and other City Officers, met at Guildhall, from whence they went in Procession to hear divine Service at St. Laurence's Church. After Service was over, the Sheriffs, &c. ascended the Huijings at Guildhall, when Mr. Sergeant Glynn, the Recorder, opened the Business of the Day, by acquainting the Livery of the great Importance of the Business on which they were to enter. After him, Mr. Sawbridge acquainted the Livery, that if he should be chosen he would exert himself to the utmost of his Abilities. The late Sheriff Leyes made a Speech, in which he exculpated himself from some late Reflections cast on him. Mr. Wilkes then made a long Speech, in which he gave the History of the late Dispute relative to some Paragraphs inserted in the Papers concerning the Lord Mayor. The several Aldermen, who had served the Office of Sheriff, were then put up for the Livery to return two to the Court of Aldermen, for their Choice of one of them to be Lord Mayor for the ensuing Year. The Majority appearing for Messieurs Wilkes and Bull, they were accordingly returned; but a Poll was instantly demanded in Favour of Messieurs Sawbridge and Oliver.
September 30. Orders are given from the War Office for a general Muster and Return of the Militia in every County of this Kingdom, and for all Vacancies in them to be immediately filled up.
A Counsellor of the old Parliament of France, travelling lately through the Limousin, met with a Man of 114 Years of Age, who complained of wanting Work; he was a Shoemaker by Trade. The Counsellor desired him to procure the Register of his Birth, which he sent to the Comptroller General; and the King being informed of it, his Majesty hath given this old Man a Pension which will make him easy for the Remainder of his Days.
No Persons whatever are permitted to go on Board any of the Ships at Portsmouth without first obtaining Leave of the Commissioner. This strict Order was occasioned by two French Noblemen being admitted on Board the Britannia, the finest first Rate Ship in the Navy, who took an Account of her Dimensions, Weight of Metal, &c.
NEW YORK, November 18.
Extract of a Letter from London, September 18.
THE Exultation of those who never wished well to the new Colony on the Ohio are now at an End. They are convinced, that, in Spite of all the late newly exerted Opposition to its Existence, every Thing is certainly in the most promising Way to its Completion, and that in all Probability the next Packet will carry to America proper Documents for its Establishment. Two Ships were chartered, by the East India Directors, to carry their Tea to your Port and Philadelphia. They have not yet taken in their Lading, but they have come to a final Resolution to send it, as it is to be shipped on such Terms as, we are told, may remove the Objection to your receiving it; for no Duty is to be paid on its being landed. Major Sutherland, with the Scotch Fuzileers, and Colonel James, with the Royal Artillery, have got safe back to us again. Mr. William Kelly was married a Fortnight ago to Mrs. Afhe, a Lady of very elegant Connections, with a noble Fortune. Lord Lyttleton died about a Fortnight ago, at his delightful Seat at Hagley; his valuable Manuscripts are fallen into Mr. Garrick's Hands, who will publish them with all the Magnificence due to the supremely exalted Character of that exemplary Nobleman. His Lordship has left a Son. The General Romanzow, waiting for Succours of Men, Ammunition, and Provisions, on our Side the Danube, is meditating a Stroke which may prevent the Grand Seigneur from ever boasting of another Victory over him. His Joy on the Success of his Arms near Silistria will be very short lived; for if the Muscovites should not prove strong enough to wrest his European Dominions from him, the Imperial and Prussian Forces will be employed to effect it. In the mean Time, a formidable Body of excellent Troops is, by the Czarina's Order, in march from Poland to reinforce the Russian General, for he stands in great Need of Recruits. Although there is very little Agreement amongst the Persons who compose the present Administration, there seems to be no Likelihood of England's being engaged in a War; at least, it will not happen immediately. The general Election must, for some Time, be the principal Subject of their Application; so that with foreign Powers Matters must be huddled up as well as possible, until the Crown has secured a Parliament to its Liking. General Gage has got into another Scrape; his Friends much regret his Embarrassment, as he is certainly a most amiable Man. The Particulars of his Arrest and Resistance is in all the Newspapers, to which I refer you for other Occurrences, which I have not Time to relate in this Letter."
By Accounts from the Northward, of the 6th Instant, we are informed that the Chiefs of the six Indian Nations, to a considerable Number, were just then arrived at Johnson Hall, on Occasion of the late Murder committed by some Senecas on four French Traders, on Lake Ontario, and that the Chiefs have taken great Pains to collect the Peltry, and procure Restitution for the Friends of the unhappy Sufferers, but that the Conference was not opened.
A Letter from a Commander of one of our Ships in the London Trade mentions that the East India Company persist in their former Resolution of shipping Tea for this Continent, and had appointed a Vessel to carry it to Philadelphia, and another to this Port.
We have certain Advice, by the Packet, that a Ship for New York, and another for Philadelphia, to bring the East India Company's Tea, were actually engaged, probably another for Boston; but that the Matter was managed with the utmost Secrecy, and every Artifice would be used to introduce it by some Means that we might least expect, or be able to counteract.
PHILADELPHIA, November 17.
SEVERAL Letters from London, by the Packet, say: "The Ship with the Tea for your Port will sail about the 14th or 15th of September;" so that we may hourly expect her, when it is hoped every Citizen will prove himself worthy of Liberty.
This Day embarked on Board the Brig Sea Nymph, Captain Moore, for South Carolina, the American Company of Comedians, and several other Passengers.
WILLIAMSBURG, December 3.
THE Eliza, Brown, in seven Weeks from London, and the Peggy, Craufurd, from Havre de Grace, are arrived in James River. On the 22d ult. in Latitude 32, Longitude 72, Captain Craufurd spoke the Brig Sally, Captain Matthie, from Rhode Island, bound to Jamaica, all well, after being in a hard Gale of Wind.
The Virginia, Captain Howard Esten, and the Courtney Brig, both from York River, are safe arrived at London.
The Description of the Horse advertised by Mr. James Buchanan, in the Gazette, to be stabled or sold from Jamestown, is wrong. He is there mentioned to be a black Horse, whereas his Colour is BAY.