The Virginia gazette (Williamsburg [Va.]), 1774-01-20 00:00:00

VIRGINIA
GAZETTE.
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FOREIGN and DOMESTICK.
IN CIVITATE LIBERA LINGUAM MENTEMQUE
LIBERAS ESSE DEBERE.—Suet. in Tib. S. 28.
Printed by ALEX. PURDIE, and JOHN DIXON, at the POST OFFICE.
To Mr. PURDIE.
SIR, COSMOPOLI, January 5, 1774. I PERCEIVE that one of your Correspondents, who thinks fit to sign himself by the Name of Thousands , has been pleased to send you some strictures upon my Observations on the Nature of the Dispute concerning the Importation or Non-importation of Tea from the English East India Company, which may deserve some Answer, not so much for the Sake of the Writer, as that he may not mislead others, more especially of the lower Class, with whom it may be sufficient to make Use of the Term Liberty to make them believe a mere Question of Trade or Expediency has any Thing to do therewith; but they may think, the less they can feel of its Invasion the more they must admire the Shrewdness and Sagacity of him that first found it out. perhaps. In the first Place, I am far from being convinced, or indeed from believing, notwithstanding his Signature, and the Association, that Thousands have left off the Use of Tea in America; and even the Arguments of the great Mr. Hampden himself (written for his Amusement at a vacant Hour, as I do this on a very rainy Day, when I have Nothing else to do) cannot convince me that the English East India Company, who (as is notorious to all the World) have overstocked themselves with Tea, cannot sell it cheaper than the Dutch East India Company, who who have not overstocked themselves . Nay I think they must do so. Nor can I believe that the Retail Tea Dealers at Boston can sell it cheaper by importing it by Dribblets, either by Smuggling, or by getting a few Chests at a Time from England, though with the Drawback, and paying Freight, Insurance, Commission, Wharfage, Cartage, Porterage, and the innumerable Items with which the Factors there so plentifully charge every Commodity they send us, than if they were to buy it out of a large Stock, already brought home to their own Doors, without any of these Expenses (which must amount to much more than 3d. a Pound) where they may not only choose their own Sort or Sample, but in some Measure set their own Prices upon them; for I suppose the Commissioners are not to sell by Retail, nor are any farther interested in it than as to receiving so much per Cent. upon what they could sell. But I must own I think I ought to recall an Assertion I herein set out with, that Liberty had Nothing to do in this Question; for if the true Definition of Liberty in a State of Society be that we should be equally governed by just and known Laws, and that every One should so use his own Liberty as not to invade another's, I think every Man in America highly interested that every Man's House (Storehouse or Warehouse) should be his Castle; that every Man's Property, not only in his Goods, but in his Life, more especially, should be sacred: Yet has the one (the Lives of the Commissioners) been notoriously threatened, and their Properties notoriously invaded, at Boston, by a Set of lawless Rioters, calling (or rather indeed misnaming) themselves the Sons of Liberty, instead of the Sons of Riot and Confusion. If they (the Commissioners) or rather Factors of the Company, have offended against any known Law, try and punish them by it; if not, are not they equally entitled to the Liberty of importing any Goods they can find a Profit by, and not prohibited by any Act of Parliament, or of any Act of any Assembly upon the whole Continent (that I know of) as well as any of the Merchants? This I had hinted in my former Postscript, which your Correspondent did not think fit to take any Notice of; I suppose, because he could not answer it. I hope, indeed, our Liberties do not stand upon so sandy a Foundation as to be washed away by a few Chests of Tea, more or less; for I perceive, by an Extract from the Customhouse Books at Boston, published in many of the publick Papers, that in 1769 there were imported there 329 whole and 11 Half Chests; in 1770, 153 Chests; in 1771, 709 Chests; in 1772, 323 Chests; and in 1773, to October 23d, 349 Chests, which all paid the 3d. Duty. What! have our Liberties been lost, millaid, or suspended, all this Time, at Boston, and only just now emerged by the Pains-taking (and I suppose gifted) Assemblers at Liberty Tree? Is there no Danger to Liberty when every Merchant is liable to have his House, Property, and even Life, invaded or threatened by a Mob, who may be assembled at any Time, at the Call of unknown Leaders, by Ringing of the Bells (of all the Meeting Houses) and hanging out a Flag? Are their Leaders sure they can always train them
only to fly at such as they may be directed to, in the Name of Liberty (I am sure not of Law or Order) or in the Name of the Lord! It is ridiculous in a Giant, like your Correspondent, who has ten Times the Hands of the old Giant Briareus, to talk of the Threats and Rewards of a single Subject; though, if he had either Place, Pension, Title, or Reversion, to bestow, it might be worth While, and proper enough, as well as customary, for those who call themselves Patriots. "I'll bellow out for Liberty and Rome, and mouthe at Cæsar" (the Prime Minister for the Time being, whoever he be) till I shake the Senate," or Liberty Tree, Field, or Conventicle (wherever it be) but surely a more lamentable Declamation, or more tragical, was never produced, upon a more futile and frivolous Subject, than by your two Correspondents, Hampden and Thousands, whom indeed I suspect to be but one and the same; or, however that may be, they wonderfully coincide in Parts and Capacity. As to their moral Characters, I should not meddle with if I was sure I knew them, though Mr. Thousands has been pleased to make some Remarks upon the Proficiency of mine, which Scurrility I pass over, with the utmost Contempt, not only because I believe he does not know me, but also because I hope those that do will not believe I deserve it; besides some other Reasons. But I must needs confess in one Thing he has spoke the Truth of me: I am indeed very fond of Tea, and had rather buy it at 6s. 6d. as the Papers tells us they sell it at New York, than a Pistole or 30s. a Pound; and having been used to it for the best Part of seventy Years, I should find it a Matter of very great Difficulty to leave it off, as well as Tobacco. However, if it must absolutely be done, for the Good of our Country (as to be sure it is not a Necessary of Life) I hope I should conform to it. Yet, nevertheless, I hope the People of England will not reason so in the Matter of Tobacco, viz. that it is not a Necessary of Life, and that they could do without it, and save many Hundred Thousand Pounds a Year at home; for I heartily wish it may circulate in mutual Trade, for many Years together, in Amity.
Who am, Sir, your humble Servant.
L. H.
To the Reverend Mr. BRACKEN.
SIR,
YOU introduced your Address to me with a negative Encomium on your own Patience. As there is no Virtue so liable to be worn out by Exercise (it being like gummed Tafeta, apt a little to fret) I will subject it to wearing no more than I can help. For this Reason, I cannot answer the Whole of your Letter at present, as it is but just come to Hand.
I once more own the Impropriety of publishing a private Letter; and had there been Nothing in yours but the Scurrility bestowed on myself, it should long ago have been consigned to its proper Receptacle, with the silent Contempt it deserved. But as it contained a Charge of an infamous Nature against some of my Friends, it became me to inquire whether they were guilty or not, both upon their Account and my own. Upon my own: For how could I suppose that Mr. Bracken (a Guide to others in the Paths of Religion and Truth, which noble Purposes to answer he had declared should ever be his first Wish, and to guard as far as possible against the Mistakes of others his constant Endeavour) would have insinuated that any Person had been guilty of Bribery and Corruption, especially on such an Occasion, without the fullest Proof! Upon theirs: That if, after all, you could bring such a Charge, it might be in their Power to defend themselves against it, or that you should be obliged to support it. How you have acquitted yourself, remains to be inquired. Had Candour held any Place in my Conduct, you tell me, I would not have concluded my last Extract from your Letter without adding the remaining Part of the Sentence. I was somewhat surprised at so bold an Assertion, as it contained a direct Contradiction of Truth. I pity the Necessity of recurring to so wretched a Subterfuge, and am much in Pain for your Sensibility. Was it by attempting to blacken me that you hoped to whiten yourself? You are welcome, however, to take the Sentence your own Way, and make of it the most you can. Your Accusations then, now it seems, were confined to the principal Conductor of the Business. Unfortunately, there was no Principal in the Case. Several of the most respectable Inhabitants of your
Parish bore an equal Part in it; those, Sir, whom you pronounce truly worthy and amiable . Of this I suppose you were ignorant. If I may be allowed a Conjecture, Mr. Russell is the Butt of your Malice. What his Demerit with you is I know not, nor (as I have never exchanged five Hundred Words with him) can I speak of his Character but from general Repute. From the best Information I could procure, it appears by no Means less respectable than your own. Every Part of your Accusations, we are told, were aimed at him, and justly due to his Merits. Now, if this were not the Language of a reverend and grave Divine, could any Thing appear more ridiculous than the Attempt to fix upon him the Villainy of Bribery and Corruption? "What's Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba?" But you add, your sole Design was to ridicule my Idea of an Election . Had this been your true Intention, it would have behoved you to exhibit what that Idea really was, and how the Figures you had adopted for that Purpose were coincident with it. The Reason for your not doing this is obvious. My Idea was formed upon common Sense and Experience. Mr. Bland and myself were the only Candidates; Application was made to the Parishioners in Behalf of each; my List of Subscribers was shown to you, and I believe kept in your Possession for several Days; no Scrutiny was demanded for my Opponent; I therefore supposed myself elected the Lecturer. Now, Sir, for the Parade of Rhetorick with which your Ridicule abounds, and which you display in the following Manner: You talk indeed of an Election already made; the Poll no Doubt was fairly taken, the Return properly made, and Bribery and Corruption entirely unknown in the Management of the Affair . Where is there aught in my Idea of the Election, or in the Election itself, that will countenance the Use of Expressions like these, especially when you assure me, in an emphatical Manner, that you do entertain some Doubts about the Matter? It has long been a Rule in the Schools, that "Similes should run on all Fours." Your Pegasus, I fear, will be deemed but a limping Jade, if we allow it, in this Case, to have any Authority; while your witty Allusion reminds me of an Execution in Tom Thumb , "Cursed be the Man who first a Simile made, and likens Things that are not like at all!" But, Sir, if, as you tell us, you made Use of these Terms MERELY to ridicule my Idea of an Election, and NOT as a Reflection upon ANY ONE , how happens it that, in the very Sentence preceding, you affirm EVERY PART of your Accusations to have been aimed at Mr. Russell, and justly due to his Merits? Give me Leave to tell you, in your own Words, your Consistency is striking . As your Lucubrations smell pretty strongly of the Lamp, I do not expect to see these Inconsistencies speedily reconciled; nor is my Impatience of Disposition so importunate as to preclude you the Benefit of Counsel, learned in the Law.
I am, Sir, your humble Servant, S. HENLEY.
HAPPINESS.
HAPPINESS is the natural and universal Desire and Pursuit of all the human Race; yet, though all are bound to the same Port, every One takes a Course of his own. Few arrive at the wished for Haven, and none without meeting with a Thousand cross Accidents and Disappointments. The present State of the World, and the Infirmitates incident to Humanity, partly account for this; but if we add the different Effects which Climate, Education, Habit, or Custom, Rank, Liberty, Slavery, Religion, &c. have upon our Character and Conduct in Life, we need not be at all surprised at the different Notions which are entertained of Happiness. That the Peasant should envy the Crown, or the Monarch the Cottage, is not to be wondered at, when neither of them know how much Pain, Anxiety, and Toil, the other feels in going through Life.
As the Ideas of what constitutes the greatest human Felicity are so different from the Causes I have mentioned, there can be Nothing more difficult than to describe it. I place it in a contented Mind, with the Passions well regulated, a middling Degree of Rank and Fortune, and a healthy Constitution. These, added to a proper Veneration for the Laws of God and Society, and an universal Benevolence of Temper, are the Foundation on which I would wish to build my Happiness.

The EFFECTS of MODERN LUXURY.
IT is generally acknowledged, that Luxury is so universally spread in this Kingdom that the noble manly Virtues for which our Ancestors were celebrated have given Way to false Refinements and artificial Manners; that those hardy Sons of War, who shone so gloriously at Cressy, Poictiers, and Agincourt, have degenerated to be the Defenders of vicious Honour and modern Politeness, and that they appear as despicable in these Days as in the former they were revered. The amazing Quantity of Wealth, of late Years brought into this Kingdom, will do us as little Service as it did the Spaniards from the Conquests of Mexico and Peru, in the Reigns of Charles V. and Philip II. and our Accessions in the Eastern World may prove as dangerous to us as the numberless Provinces in the Western have been fatal to its Spanish Possessors; and already have they gained us as little real Honour as the massacring the unfortunate Indians have obtained the other. If we turn to the Histories of the Transactions of those Times, by the humane Bishop of Chichapa, by De La Casa, and others, we are astonished, shocked, and terrified; human Nature recoils at the very Idea of the numberless Cruelties and Inhumanities committed by these worse than Barbarians. We read of Thousands being murdered, hunted, and torn to Pieces by Dogs, stretched on the Rack, burnt by slow Fires, whole Provinces laid desolate, and all for what? For that Gold which they could not enjoy when they possessed it. It is said that the famous Cortez, infamous for his Cruelties, the Ravager of Mexico, and the Conqueror of Montezuma, when he returned to Spain, could not even have an Audience, though he had added so much to the Domains of Charles V. yet it is also asserted, that one Day he forced his Way through the Crowd to the Emperor's Coach, who asking who he was, Cortez made Answer, "It is One who has given you more Provinces than you have Towns from your Ancestors." The Barbarities the English have practised will not, I am afraid, on Examination, fall far short of the foregoing. We hear of Monopolies and of Famines, of Exactions, of Cruelties, and of Murders. We know of immense Fortunes being made, and of Numbers of them in a very few Years. We may learn, from the Debates of the House of Commons, in what an iniquitous Manner they have been obtained, and we shall feel the Effects of them shortly more sensibly than we do now. The old Standard Families of a County have been obliged to give Way to the upstart Mushroom Race of Nabobs. We see them sprung from the lowest of the Earth, exalted into brilliant Chariots and splendid Coaches; we see them the uppermost in the City, the greatest in the Country, at the Head of the Senate, and received with favourable Smiles at Court. These are the People to whom we are obliged for most of our Misfortunes. The prevailing Taste for Pleasure arises from them; the Dearness of Provisions, and general Dissipation, flow from them also. The Multitude, who are led by Appearances, and see their Superiors in Wealth no Ways in this World outwardly punished for Crimes, follow their Example, and conclude also they shall never be called to Account. Vice raises its Hydra Head, and appears in multiform Shapes; Luxury and Dissipation encourage the Growth, and the Soil is fruitful, being thus well nurtured. Laws after Laws are made to punish the Guilty, and yet they will be ineffectual so long as this Dissipation is general.
Mr. Hume asserts, "That there is an ultimate Point of Depression, as well as of Exaltation, from which human Nature naturally returns in a contrary Progress, and beyond which they seldom pass, either in their Advancement or Decline." And his Reasoning is allowed to be just: The Infancy of a State is governed by few Laws; the Founders are hardy, brave, and generous; as the Power increases, they grow wealthy; then Luxury appears, the Empire soon declines, and sinks despised. This has been the Fate of all the Nations of old; the Persian, the Macedonian, and Roman, have each experienced it in Turas; and others rise from the Ruins, shine Meteors of the Age, and drop in a few revolving Years to their former Nothing, their primary Insignificance. This has been the Fate of many Nations, and may be the Fate of this.
Rich with the Spoils of Asiatick Provinces, our Nabobs live like so many Eastern Princes, riot in effeminate Luxury; and as the Taste of Pleasure has reached not only the middling, but also the lower Class of People, we cannot wonder at the Number of Bankrupts among the former, or the frequent Executions in the latter. It leads insensibly to Ruin, and we purchase Destruction, by committing Crimes, instead of that Pleasure we so much wish, and so eagerly run after. It would be becoming the few Patriots of this Age (if there really are any) to endeavour, among the various Grievances they lament, to amend the Morals as well as the Liberties of the Community, for Liberty without Morality is Licentiousness; and one good Way to do so will be to set a proper Example. But at present they seem to vie even with the Ministry in Vices and Immorality, and disagree about those Grievances only which perhaps exist in Imagination; or, if real, are very trifling and unimportant, compared with those I have pointed out.
LONDON, October 28.
LAST Saturday's Gazette contains the Addresses of the Lords and Commons of Ireland to his Majesty, together with the Addresses of both Houses to the Lord Lieutenant. In the Lords Address to the King, among other Expressions of their Loyalty, their Lordships say: "Your Majesty may be assured that we will manifest a true and unbiaffed Regard for the publick Welfare, by that Unanimity in all our Proceedings which conduces to the Ease of your Majesty's Government, so essentially necessary to the Interest of Ireland." The Commons, in their Address to the King, give his Majesty the following, among other Assurances of their Zeal and Affection: "Conscious of the Happiness which we have enjoyed under the best of Princes, we shall cheerfully grant, as far as the present State and Circumstances of our Country will admit, and in the Manner least burthensome to your Majesty's Subjects, the Supplies necessary for the honourable Support of your Majesty's Government; convinced, that in properly maintaining the Honour and Dignity of Government we effectually promote the Good of our Country." They conclude thus. "Your Majesty may be thoroughly persuaded that your faithful Commons, as Representatives of your Majesty's dutiful and affectionate Subjects of Ireland, are animated with the strongest Desire to maintain the Honour and Dignity of your Majesty's Government; and we shall, upon every Occasion, give unquestionable Proofs of our Zeal for the publick Service, and of our never-failing Loyalty and Attachment to your Majesty's most sacred Person."
October 29. It is reported that a Courier is just arrived from the Continent with the News that a Revolution has happened in Denmark, and that the Dowager Queen is in Possession of the Crown. The King is said to be deposed. This Business has been brought about entirely by his Prussian Majesty.
October 30. They write from Berlin, that his Prussian Majesty has raised the Duty on Leather imported from England; which, instead of one Crown sixteen Grotsches, is to pay three Crowns twelve Grotsches a Hundred.
They write from Dantzick, that Count Gregory Orlow has just arrived there on a Commission of Importance from Petersburg.
GLASGOW, November 4. On Friday the 29th ult. a most inhuman and premeditated Murder was committed here by Margaret and Agnes Adams (from Milngavie, in the Parish of Easter Kilpatrick) upon the Body of one Janet McIntyre, a sober and inoffensive Woman, who kept a Huckster's Shop in Argyle Street. It seems the two Gipsies expected that she had a considerable Sum of Money lying by her, and therefore entered into Agreement to murder her, and then plunder the House. With this View, they came to her Shop two Nights before they committed the Murder; but not getting immediate Access, on Account of some People being in the Shop, their Resolution failed them for that Time. They returned again, however, on the Friday Evening following, with a determined View to carry their concerted Plan into Execution; and observing Mrs. McIntyre alone in the Shop, they went into her House about seven o'Clock, and the better to enable them to effect their hellish Purpose called for some Spirits, and after drinking three Gills of Aquavitae, and Half a Pint of Rum, the eldest Sister suddenly seized the poor Woman by the Throat, the other having shut the Door and extinguished the Lamp. They gave her several Blows on the Face and Head, and then knocked her down with a Brickbat. Some of her Neighbours, hearing the Noise, came to her Assistance, but could not get in; but upon their threatening to break open the Door, one of the Adams's begged they would not, as the Disturbance was only occasioned by a drunken Woman, who was now gone to Bed and asleep. Their Suspicions, however, still increasing, they soon after forced open the Door, and found the unhappy Woman lying on the Floor murdered, with several Contusions on her Head, and evident Marks on her Neck of her having been strangled. The two miserable Wretches were dragged from under the Woman's Bed, where they had concealed themselves, and their Arms were all besmeared with Blood. Upon being carried before the Magistrates, they acknowledged their Guilt; upon which they were committed to Prison, in Order to stand Trial. Some Money, which they had taken from Mrs. McIntyre, was found upon them. One of them is about two and twenty Years of Age, the other between fifteen and sixteen.
Last Week a very melancholy Accident happened near Kirkcaldy. A labouring Man, who had raised some Lint for Family Use, had it put above a Bed in his Dwelling-House, a Practice too common all over the Country. His Wife, after the rest of the Family were in Bed, uncautiously going about with a lighted Candle, set the Lint on Fire, which in an Instant was all in a Blaze, and burnt with such Violence as to prevent the poor Family, which consisted of the Husband, Wife, and two Boys, from making their Escape. Some Persons passing, alarmed the Neighbours, and endeavoured to give the unhappy Sufferers what Assistance they could; but all was in vain. They were got out alive, but the Husband, Wife, and one Boy, died next Day; and the other Boy is so miserably scorched, that, in all Appearance, he cannot live.
WILLIAMSBURG, January 20.
THE Northern Post brought no Mail last Week, and the Weather still continuing severe, there is but little Probability of our receiving any Intelligence from that Quarter soon. In the present Dearth of News, however, and at all other Times, our Readers may depend that we shall exert ourselves for their Amusement, &c. &c.
Captain M'Larty has favoured us with the following particular Account of his taking up the Crew of the Brigantine Polly, Walter Humphreys Commander, from Georgia, bound to Jamaica, as mentioned in our Gazette of the 6th Instant. In the Morning of the 29th ult. being in Latitude 32 1/2, Longitude 70, he discovered a Sail to Leeward, which showed Signals of Distress; upon which he immediately bore down and found her a mere Wreck, nothing but the Stump of the Foremast standing, the Boat and all the Sails gone, both Pumps at Work, the Sea running Mountains high, and it blowing very hard. In this Situation, Captain M'Larty could not get his Boat out to save the People, but threw the End of a Hawler overboard, by which he kept them in Tow till next Morning; and the Weather being then a little easier, he hoisted out his Boat, and took the whole Crew in, eight in Number, and a young Lady, Miss Hannah Dempster, who behaved with the greatest Resolution, standing by the Pumps when most of the Men gave out. As it still blew very hard, he could not attempt getting out any of the Cargo, but brought all the People safe into Norfolk.
[Deaths.] Mrs. ELIZABETH MEADE, the amiable Spouse of Richard Kidder Meade, Esq; of Prince George.
A Lady's Adieu to her TEA TABLE.
FAREWELL the Tea Board, with its gaudy Equipage, Of Cups and Saucers, Cream Bucket, Sugar Tongs, The pretty Tea Chest also, lately stor'd With Hylon, Congo, and best Double Fine. Full many a joyous Moment have I sat by ye, Hearing the Girls' Tattle, the Old Maids talk Scandal, And the spruce Coxcomb laugh at—may be—Nothing. No more shall I dish out the once lov'd Liquor, Though now detestable, Because I'm taugt (and I believe it true) Its Use will fasten Slaves  obtain upon my Country , And LIBERTY's the Goddess I would choose To reign triumphant in AMERICA.
Entered in the Upper District of JAMES RIVER.
January 17. Britannia, George Rapall, from Salem, with 20 Casks of Raisins, 6 Casks of Spanish Wine, 180 Weight of Coffee, 17 Hhds. of New England Rum, 3 Dozen of Axes, 4 Barrels of Mackerel, and 9 Quintals of Fish.
17. Polly, John Gillason, from Salem, with 1 Hhd. and 1 Tierce of Molasses, 11 Hhds. and 8 Barrels of New England Rum, 4 Dozen of Axes, 50 Weight of Pot Iron, 15 Hhds. of Salt, and sundry Wooden and Earthen Ware.
Cleared Outwards.
January 17. Virginia, Alexander Thompson, for Glasgow, with 473 Hhds. of Tobacco, and 3000 Staves.
17. Donald, Thomas Ramsay, for Glasgow, with 538 Hhds. of Tobacco, and 15,500 Staves.
18. Canadian, William Abbott, for Falmouth, with 7766 Bushels of Wheat, and 428 Barrels of Flower.
18. John and Bella, Andrew Green, for London, with 308 Hhds. of Tobacco, 8000 Staves, and 800 Feet of Plank.
18. Elizabeth, John Sampson, for Bristol, with 459 Hhds. of Tobacco, 2 Pipes of Wine, and 6800 Staves.
19. William and John, William Langdell, for Salem, with 111 Bushels of Wheat, 550 Bushels of Corn, and 40 Bushels of Beans.
Entered in the Lower District of JAMES RIVER.
December 24. Schooner Rebecca, Ephraim Simonds, from Bermuda, with 4 Tuns of Bar Iron, 1000 Bushels of Salt, 2000 Oranges, and 3001 in Cask.
January 1. Schooner Commerce, John Pasteur, from Montserrat and Anguilla, with 28 Hhds. of Rum, and 1058 Bushels of Salt.
3. Sloop Lydia, Stephen Cowley, from Philadelphia, with 5 Hhds. of Rum, 2 Hhds. of Loaf Sugar, 4 Hhds. of Potatoes, 2 Hhds. of Onions, 30 Barrels of Beer, 40 Barrels of Apples, 40 Barrels and 60 Kegs of Bread, 50 Reams of Paper, 1 Bundle of Calf Skins, 3 Iron Stoves, and 1 Hhd. of Molasses.
4. Ship Britannia, John Sauder, from Philadelphia, with 25 Barrels of Beer, and 9 Hhds. 4 Tierces, and 2 Pipes of Wine.
5. Brig Rogers, Robert Benton, from London, with European Goods, 19 Cockets, and 21 Servants.
6. Sloop Thomas, James Gibbs, from St. Martin's, in Ballast.
6. Sloop Norfolk Packet, from Philadelphia, with 6 Hhds. of Rum, 1 Tierce of Loaf and 1 Hhd. of brown Sugar, 5 Barrels of Cider, 30 Cheese, 20 Boxes of Soap, 2 Bundles of Leather, 2 Bales of European Goods, 20 Barrels of Apples, 6 Barrels of Bread, 1 Bundle of Whalebone, 24 small Casks, 1 Hhd. of Molasses, and 4750 Dollars.
8. Brig Thomas and Elizabeth, John Trench, from Cape Nicholas, with 30 Hhds. and 14 Tierces of foreign Molasses.
9. Sloop Samuel, John Owens, from Philadelphia, with 15 Hhds. and 6 Tierces of Rum, 4 Hhds. and 1 Tierce of Loaf Sugar, 4 Barrels of Apples, 6 Crates of Earthen Ware, and 801. Virginia Currency.
11. Schooner Rebecca, Jeremiah Holden, from Philadelphia, with 20 Hhds. of Rum, 50 Barrels of Beer, 10 Dutch Fans, and 4 Boxes of Soap.
12. Schooner Thomas, Abraham Cowper, from Barbados, with 27 Hhds. of Rum.
Cleared Outwards.
December 31. Brig Hansford, Lemuel Cornock, for Antigua, with 2281 Bushels of Corn, 50,800 Shingles, 3400 Staves, 500 Pieces of Heading, and 20 Barrels of Pork.
January 1. Sloop Jenny, Jacob Fox, for New York, with 1100 Bushels of Wheat, and 1100 Weight of Hemp.
3. Brigantine Peggy, William Mitchell, for Philadelphia, with 1 Tun of Hemp, and 3500 Bushels of Wheat.
3. Sloop Henry, John Todd, for Antigua, with 3930 Bushels of Corn, and 16 Barrels of Pease.
5. Ship Warwick, Charles Smith, for Barcelona, with 7000 Bushels of Wheat.
5. Brigantine Joseph and Sarah, Peleg Brown, for Nevis, with 2500 Bushels of Corn, 392 Bushels of Pease, 300 Bushels of Oats, 112 Barrels of Bread, 70 Barrels of Flower, 30 Barrels of Indian Meal, 4800 Staves and Heading, and 10,000 Shingles.
6. Brigantine Nancy, Samuel Wile, for Grenada, with 25,000 Feet of Plank, 45,000 Feet of Scantling, 2000 Hoghead Staves, 500 Pieces of Heading, 16 Barrels of Pork, and 16 Barrels of Bread.
8. Ship London Packet, John Cooke, for Lisbon, with 8000 Bushels of Wheat, 250 Barrels of Flower, and 150 Bushels of Pease.
FRIDAY, January 21. The Northern Post being just arrived, which, above Expectation, has brought a Mail from thence, we thought it only correspondent with our Declarations, of affording our Readers the earliest Intelligence, to lay before them the following Proceedings of our good Brethren of Philadelphia, regarding the TEA consigned to them; as also a few other Paragraphs which we have selected, as being, in our Opinion, the most interesting in the Papers come to Hand.
PHILADELPHIA, December 27.
THE Unanimity, Spirit, and Zeal, which have heretofore animated all the Colonies, from Boston to South Carolina, have been so eminently displayed in the Opposition to the pernicious Project of the East India Company in sending Tea to America, while it remains subject to a Duty, and the Americans at the same Time confined by the strongest prohibitory Laws to import it only from Great Britain, that a particular Account of the Transactions of this City cannot but be acceptable to all our Readers, and every other Friend of American Liberty.
On Saturday Evening last an Express came up from Chester, to inform the Town that the Tea Ship, commanded by Captain Ayres, with her detested Cargo, was arrived there; upon which, at an Hour's Notice, this Morning, a publick Meeting was called, and the Statehouse not being sufficient to hold the Numbers assembled, they adjourned into the Square. This Meeting is allowed, by all, to be the most respectable, both in the Numbers and Rank of those who attended at it, that has been known in this City. After a short Introduction, the following Resolutions were not only agreed to, but the publick Approbation testified in the warmest Manner.
Resolved, that the Tea on Board the Ship Polly, Captain Ayres, shall not be landed; that Captain Ayres shall neither enter nor report his Vessel at the Customhouse; that Captain Ayres shall carry back the Tea immediately; that Captain Ayres shall immediately send a Pilot on Board

his Vessel, with Orders to take Charge of her, and proceed to Reedy Island next high Water; that the Captain be allowed to stay in Town till to-morrow, to provide Necessaries for his Voyage; that he shall then be obliged to leave the Town and proceed to his Vessel, and make the best of his Way out of our River and Bay; that a Committee of four Gentlemen be appointed to see these Resolutions carried into Execution.
The Assembly were then informed of the Spirit and Resolution of New York, Charlestown, South Carolina, and the Conduct of the People of Boston; whereupon it was unanimously resolved, that this Assembly highly approve of the Conduct and Spirit of the People of New York, Charlestown, and Boston, and return their hearty Thanks to the People of Boston for their Resolution in destroying the Tea, rather than suffering it to be landed.
The whole Business was conducted with a Decorum and Order worthy the Importance of the Cause. Captain Ayres, being present at this Meeting, solemnly and publicly engaged that he would literally comply with the Sense of the City, as expressed in the above Resolutions.
A proper Supply of Necessaries and fresh Provisions being then procured, in about two Hours the Tea Ship weighed Anchor from Gloucester Point, where she lay within Sight of the Town, and has proceeded, with her Cargo, on her Return to the East India Company.
The Publick think the Conduct of those Gentlemen whose Goods are returned on Board the Tea Ship ought not to pass unnoticed, as they have, upon this Occasion, generously sacrificed their private Interest to the publick Good.
Thus this important Affair, in which there has been so glorious an Exertion of publick Virtue and Spirit, has been brought to a happy Issue; by which the Force of a Law so obnoxiously persisted in to the Prejudice of the national Commerce, for the Sake of the Principle on which it is founded (a Right of taxing the Americans without their Consent) has been effectually broken, and the Foundations of American Liberty more deeply laid than ever.
December 28. The Ground, which was covered by the People on Monday last, in the Statehouse Square, being measured, it was calculated, by two different Persons, unknown to each other, that there were near 8000 People collected there; and many Hundreds, who were on the Way, were disappointed reaching the Place of Meeting, before the Business was over, owing to the short Notice that was given.
Yesterday, at three Quarters after two o'Clock, Captain Ayres, of the Tea Ship Polly, with Mr. Barclay, late one of the Consignees, left Arch Street Wharf, on Board a Pilot Boat (having been 46 Hours in Town) to follow the Ship to Reedy Island, and from thence transport the East India Company's Adventure to its old rotten Place, Leaden Hall Street, London . They were attended to the Wharf by a Concurrence of People, who wished them a good Voyage.
The Publick return their Acknowledgments to the Pilots, and to every Class of Men, who have shown such Virtue and Resolution on the present Occasion.
On Monday last, about twelve o'Clock, it began to snow, and continued all yesterday, by which we have a deeper Snow than has been seen here these eight or nine Years past.
January 3. When the Account of the Inhabitants of Boston having destroyed the Tea, belonging to the East India Company, reached this City, the Bells of Christ Church were rung, and every Class of People testified the most sincere Joy upon the Occasion.
A new SONG, to the plaintive Tune of Hosier's Ghost.
A SONG near beauteous BOSTON lying, On the gently swelling Flood, Without Jack or Pendant flying, Three ill fated Tea Ships rode. Just as glorious Sol was was setting, On the Wharf a numerous Crew, Sons of Freedom, Fear forgetting, Suddenly appear'd in View. Arm'd with Hammer, Axe, and Chisels, Weapons new for warlike Deed, Toward the Herbage-freighted Vessels They approach'd with dreadful Speed. O'er their Heads, aloft in Midsky, Three bright Angel Forms were seen; This was Hampden, that was Sidney, With fair Liberty between. "Soon, soon they cry'd, your Foes you'll banish, "Soon the Triumph shall be won, "Scarce shall setting Phœbus vanish, "Ere the deathless Deed be done." Quick as Thought the Ships were boarded, Hatches burst, and Chests display'd; Axes, Hammers, Help afforded; What a glorious Craft they made! Squash into the deep descended Cursed Weed of Cinnamon Coast, Thus at once our Fears were ended; British Rights shall ne'er be lost. Captains! once more hoist your Streamers, Spread your Sails, and plow the Wave! Tell your Masters they were Dreamers When they thought to cheat the BRAVE.
NEW YORK, December 30.
MR. Douglass, and the American Company of Comedians, are all arrived at Charlestown, South Carolina, where they have a very favourable Prospect of Success in a new and elegant Theatre.
Last Night, about eleven o'Clock, a dreadful Fire broke out at Fort George, in this City. It was so sudden, and raged with such amazing Violence, that his Excellency the Governor, his Lady and Daughter, being in Bed, very narrowly escaped with their Lives. So rapid was the Destruction, that every Article of Property fell a Sacrifice to the insuperable Raging of the Flames, which for a considerable Time threatened the Safety of the whole City. About twelve o'Clock, when this Paper went to Press, the whole Mansion was utterly consumed; but the Fire was so much abated as to afford the Inhabitants Hopes of its being extinguished, without spreading any farther.
A Writer in the Boston Gazette observes, that the People, though unanimously determined that the East India Company's Tea should not be sold nor landed, nor remain in Harbour long enough to be liable (according to an Act of the British Parliament) to the Payment of the Duty imposed by that Parliament, for the Purpose of raising a Revenue in America, yet, though the People were thus determined, they took every possible Measure in their Power to get rid of the Tea with as little Danger as possible to the Property of the Owners, and others concerned, and therefore took all the necessary and most effectual Measures for sending it back; but, through the Practices of the Governor, the Collector, and the Owner of the Ship, to baffle their Designs, and detain the Tea till it should be liable to the Payment of the Duty, the People, deprived of any other Way to get rid of it, were obliged to destroy it, in their own Defence, so that all the Damage the Owners, &c. sustain by its Destruction, is wholly chargeable upon the Governor, Collector, Owner, &c.
January 6. On Sunday Night arrived the Ship Duchess of Gordon, Captain Winn, in 44 Days. The Right Honourable the Countess of Dunmore, Sifter to the Earl of Galloway and to the Countess Governor, and Lady of the Right Honourable the Earl of Dunmore, Governor of Virginia, Lord Fincastle, the Honourable Alexander and John Murray, with the Ladies Catharine, Augusta, and Susan Murray, the Sons and Daughters of those noble Personages, were Passengers. Captain Foy, and Lieutenant Desaguliers of his Majesty's Royal Regiment of Artillery, Mr. Leonard Lispenard, the Reverend Mr. Ogden, the Society's Missionary to Suflex County, in New Jersey, Mr. and Mrs. Lugin, Mr. and Mrs. Long, and Mr. Uncle, were likewise Passengers, also twenty Persons in the Steerage. The Ship left Cowes on the 19th of November.
Advertisements.
NORFOLK, January 15, 1774.
THE Subscribers have removed from Port- mouth to this Place, and have for Sale, at their Store on the Town Point Wharf, West India and Northward RUM , old Barbados CANE SPIRIT , Muscovado and Loaf SUGAR , COFFEE , PIMENTA , Madeira WINE , from two to six Years old, of the London Market Quality , Tenerif , Calcarvella , Malaga , and St. Michael's WINES , a few Holland made IRON CHESTS , MARBLE SLABS , a Quantity of best GUN FLINTS , and a small Cargo of very fine Lisbon SALT . INGLIS & LONG.
For SALE, on reasonable Terms, at NEWCASTLE, Choice MADEIRA WINE.
Kenton's BOTTLED PORTER.
West India RUM.
C H E E S E, of different Sorts.
Cadiz S A L T.
Several Pair of very handsome large gilt
LOOKING GLASSES.
DRESSING GLASSES of different Sizes.
O S N A B R U G S.
BAR IRON and GERMAN STEEL.
BRASS CHARIOT WHEEL BOXES, &c.
F. S Y M E.
THE Person who has got a Plan of the Lots at the College Landing, or a Plan of Johnfor's Lots, in the City of Williamsburg, is desired to send them to
MATTHEW DAVENPORT.
ALL Persons are forewarned from Hunting, Fowling, or Fishing, on any Part of the Lands belonging to the Estate of William Lightfoot, Esq; deceased, by the Executors.
FREDERICKSBURG, January 15, 1773.
THE 29th of this Instant being appointed by the
JOCKEY CLUB for one of their quarterly Meetings, it is desired that those Members who can make it convenient will attend on that Day.
GEORGE WEEDON, Secretary.
WILLIAMSBURG, January 19, 1773.
A PERSON who understands the Business of a
DRAWER, and comes well recommended, will meet with good Encouragement by applying to
ROBERT ANDERSON.
GLOUCESTER, January 12, 1774.
I INTEND to leave the Colony very soon.
JOHN THROCKMORTON.
To be SOLD, on Thursday the 3d of March, at Gloucester Courthouse,
THE upper GLEBE in Ware Parish, containing 300 Acres. It is esteemed one of the best high Land Plantations in Gloucester County, a fine Swamp runs through it, abounding with Ash, and the Range is excellent. Credit will be allowed until the 1st of December, Bond and Security being given to the Trustees. The Reverend Mr. Fowle will show the Land to any Person inclined to purchase it.
JANUARY 12, 1773.
THE Snow HOPE, George Holmes
Commander, Burthen about 320 Hogsheads of Tobacco, now lying at Port Royal, and ready to receive her Loading, will take in Tobacco, for Liverpool, at eight Pounds Sterling a Tun, with Liberty of Consignment, provided Offers for near her Load be made within a Month; or will be let out, wholly, on Charter to Liverpool or Wincanton, upon reasonable Terms. Apply to the Captain on Board, or to
EDWARD DIXON. CHARLES YATES.
For SALE,
A VALUABLE Tract of LAND on Nottoway River, near Buckle's Bridge, Brunswick, containing 750 Acres, 250 of which are exceeding fine low Ground, and some of it at a small Expense may be converted into fine Meadows; the high Land in general is very strong and rich, fit for Tobacco and Wheat, and for the latter a Market may be had within three Miles of the Place. This Plantation, at a small Charge, may be made a very handsome Settlement for a private Family; having on it a good Dwelling-House and other Outbuildings, with Apple and Peach Orchards, and is about thirty Miles from Petersburg. The Payments will be made easy to the Purchaser, and the Terms known by applying to the subscriber, on the Premises.
BURGESS WALL.
KING & QUEEN, January 12, 1773.
WHEREAS a certain John Teek (alias Teek) of the Parish of South Breton, in Somersetshire, left England and came to this Colony, but hath not been heard of for eight or nine Years past, and it is said was employed as Bailiff, or under Sheriff, to one Mr. Jones, this is to request the Favour of that Gentleman, or any other Person acquainted with the said Teek (alias Teek) to inform the Subscriber, by Letter, whether he be alive or dead, which will be thankfully acknowledged by their humble Servant,
HUMPHREY HILL.
To be SOLD, on Tuesday the 1st of February,
TWO Hundred Acres of well timbered Land in York County, being Part of the Land where I now live, about ten Acres of which are cleared, and a good Dwelling-House upon it. It is the Place where John Glasi, deceased, formerly lived, is within five Miles of Williamsburg, and two of Capabefit Ferry. There is on the Land a great Deal of Timber and Wood, which may be easily conveyed to Williamsburg. A clear Right and Title will be made to the Land, and Credit allowed for one Half the Money until April next, and for the other Half until April 1775, on giving Bond and Security. The same Day will be sold a very good Riding Chair, Horse, and Harness, also a Mare Colt, three Years old next Spring; Credit for which will be allowed till the last Day of April next, the Purchaser giving Bond and Security to Mr. Stanhope Vaughan.
BENJAMIN VALENTINE.
COMMITTED to Surry Jail, the 2d of November last, a Negro Man who says his Name is JACOB ARMSTRONG, that he belongs to Mr. Cornelius Collick, in Lewis Town, Maryland, and ran away from a Vessel in Roanoke River, the Master's Surname Wife. He is about five Feet seven Inches high, had on a Woollen Coat, Sailor's Jacket, Check Shirt and Trousers. The Owner is desired to take him away, and pay Charges.
MICAJAH COGGIN, Jailer.
TAKEN up, in Amelia, a DUN COLOURED MARE about six Years old, four Feet four or five Inches high, with a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, trots and gallops, and has a small Star in her Forehead. Posted, and appraised to 6l. 6s. 8d.
SAMUEL BENTLEY.
TAKEN up, in Caroline, a small BAY HORSE about eight Years old, four Feet three Inches high, a cut Mane and Switch Tail, had a fore Back, and branded on the near Buttock 7. Posted, and appraised to 7l. 10s.
RICHARD BOOKER.
LOUISA, January 1, 1774.
WHEREAS a Person who goes by the Name of James Foster, and says he is blind, was some Time ago conducted to my House, near the Courthouse, purposing to go with me into Brunswick County, to buy an Estate there, but took the Liberty, at Burgess's Ordinary (by some fraudulent Help) to go off with a bay Mare of mine, about eight Years old, four Feet five Inches high, and branded on the near Buttock Y Y, with Saddle, Bridle, and Bags, in which were some of my Clothes. I do hereby offer a Reward of 50s. to any Person who secures the said Villain Lumen ademptum, upon Notice being given to me. N. B. He had on a blue Coat and Breeches, with a gray Waistcoat.
THOMAS FREEMAN.
NEW KENT, January 13, 1774.
THE Legatees of Richard Allen, Senior,
deceased, are desired to meet at my House on Tuesday the 8th of February, to divide the SLAVES of the said Decedent, by a mutual Consent, and receive their respective Shares. They are required to take Notice that those who do not attend themselves, or send a Person properly empowered to act for them, will have all the Costs to pay which may be incurred by a suit in Order to such Division. All Persons who have any Demands against the said Estate are desired to make them known, on or before that Day.
(2||) RICHMOND ALLEN, Executor.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in October
last, a middle sized Negro Woman, about 35 Years of Age, has a few Specks of Black about the lower Part of her Face, some Scars on her Breast, and has a very impertinent Countenance; she was formerly the Property of Mr. Morfe, at Pequoson. Her common Dress, when she went away, was blue Plains. I expect she may be in Norfolk or Hampton. Whoever secures the said Negro in any of his Majesty's Jails shall receive a Reward of 20s. from me, in Williamsburg.
JOHN DRAPER.
** She is fond of Liquor, and apt to sing indecent and Sinsongs when so. It is probable she will endeavour to pass for a free Woman. All Masters of Vessels, and others, are hereby forewarned from harbouring her.
To be SOLD for ready Money, or Credit not exceeding five Years, or RENTED upon good Terms,
THE beautiful and pleasant Seat known by the Name of OXFORD, together with the Land adjacent, containing 1000 Acres, whereon Granville Courthouse and Jail now stands. The Land lies very level, Part of which will produce Tobacco, and most of it is very good for Wheat, Indian Corn, Oats, &c. The Improvements consist of a large well finished Dwelling-House, Kitchen, Tavern, Granary, and other convenient Buildings, almost new. There is on the Plantation an Apple Orchard of about 340 Trees of exceeding good Fruit, just beginning to bear. The Water is perhaps as fine as any in the World, and the Place is in good Order for Tavern-keeping. Any Person inclined to purchase or rent the same may know the Terms by applying to the Subscriber, upon the Premises.
(12||) JESSE BENTON.
LOST on the Road between Harwood's Mill and Williamsburg, a Chair Box containing sundry Wearing Apparel and SURGEONS INSTRUMENTS. Whoever delivers them to the Subscriber, in Williamsburg, shall receive 40s. for their Trouble.
JOHN M. GALT.
THE Copartnership of Kerr and Wodrow,
dissolves the 15th of this Instant, January. Those indebted to the said Copartnership, for Dealings with the Subscriber, at Martin's Warehouse, are requested to come and settle their Accounts, and either pay off or give Bond for their Balances. Those who have any Demands against the said Copartnership are desired to make them known, that they may be settled.
I have opened Store at Mr. John Camp's, where Colonel John Camp, deceased, formerly lived, and have for Sale a complete Assortment of European and West India Goods, on the most reasonable Terms.
(2||) ANDREW WODROW.
ALL Persons that have any Demands against
the Estate of Mr. Wade Netherland, late of Cumberland, deceased, are requested to send them, properly proved, as soon as possible, that Provision may be made for Payment; and all those indebted to the Estate are desired to make immediate Payment.
(2||) ANNE NETHERLAND.
PETERSBURG, January 4, 1774.
THE Subscriber having removed to Peter-
burg, begs all those indebted to him for Dealings at the Store lately kept by him at Offutt's Warehouse, and whose Accounts are still open, to come immediately and close them by Bond, if not by Payment. The Necessity he is under of fulfilling his own Engagements will oblige him to bring Suits against all who disregard this Advertisement.
JOHN FISHER.
NORFOLK, January 11, 1774.
ON Saturday the 23d Instant will be sold
by publick Auction, at this Place, the Brig BETSEY, a fine strong Vessel, well found, Burthen about 100 Tons; also a NEW SLOOP, just launched, that will carry about 2000 Bushels. Credit will be allowed until the 25th of July, the Purchaser giving Bond and Security to
(2) ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL.
NORFOLK, January 6, 1774.
THE Subscribers have received, by the last Ships from Britain, some Bales of GERMAN OSNA-
BRUGS, BROWN ROLLS, RUSSIA DRILL, and SHEETING; which they will sell at a low Advance, in the Wholesale Way, for short Credit.
AITCHISON & PARKER.
KING and QUEEN, January 6, 1774.
I HAVE for SALE, an OFFICER'S CLAIM
to Three Thousand Acres of Land.
(2) MATTHEW ANDERSON, Junior.
WARWICK, January 4, 1774.
THE Subscriber has for SALE two exceeding good
Negro BLACKSMITHS. One Half of the Money will be required at the ensuing April General Court, and the Remainder in October.
PATRICK HUNTER.
JUST arrived in the Ambuscade, Captain John
Munns, in York River, from London, about seventy indentured SERVANTS, mostly Tradesmen. The Sale will commence at Newcastle, on Friday the 21st Instant (January) and continue until all are sold.
(2) JOHN SYME.
By Virtue of a Deed of Trust from Charles Pattison, of Buckingham, to Mess. George Kippen and Company, will be SOLD to the highest Bidder, on Friday the 28th of this Instant (January) at the Plantation whereon the said Pattison lives,
THE following LANDS, and nine NEGROES, consisting of Men, Women, and Children. A Tract lying in Buckingham, near Slate River Mountain, containing about 500 Acres, on which are good Improvements, and is that on which Mr. Pattison lives. Another Tract containing 300 Acres lying in Amherst, near Berry's Mountain, uncultivated. Six Months Credit will be given for one Half, and twelve Months for the other Half of the Land; for the Slaves, Half payable in April, the other in October.
(2) WILLIAM MITCHELL.
To be SOLD, pursuant to a Decree of Henrico Court, on Monday the 7th of February, at the Courthouse,
EIGHT likely Virginia born SLAVES. Six Months Credit will be allowed, on giving Bond, with approved Security, to bear Interest from the Date, if not punctually paid when due, to
(2) CHARLES LEWIS.

POETS CORNER. HYMN TO HARMONY.
DAUGHTER of Heaven, whose magick Call, From Nothing, bade this wonderous All In beauteous Order rise;
KING WILLIAM, January 8, 1774.
RUN away, in July last, MATT, a tall slim Negro Man, by Trade a Carpenter, and about forty Years old;
NATHANIEL BURWELL.
HALIFAX, December 22, 1773.
AS I have given over Trade in this County, I beg the Favour of all those who have Accounts unsettled on my Books to come and settle them immediately;
WALTER ROBERTSON.
CHARLES CITY, January 3, 1774.
RUN away from the Subscriber, a Negro Man named SHARPER, about five Feet seven Inches high, pitted with the Smallpox;
JOHN EDLOE.
N. B. All Masters of Vessels are forewarned from employing him, or carrying him out of the Colony.
RUN away from the Subscriber, last October, an English Convict Servant, named JOSEPH LLOYD, by Trade a House Carpenter and Joiner;
RAWLEIGH DOWNMAN.
For SALE in the Town of Richmond, on the Main Street,
A LARGE well finished STORE HOUSE, WHEAT HOUSE, LUMBER HOUSE, KITCHEN, and STABLE, with one Acre of LAND enclosed;
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JAMES LYLE.
To be SOLD, and Possession given in February next, or sooner, if required,
THE FURNACE situated in the Township of Salisbury, and Province of Connecticut, New England, having been lately rebuilt on the most approved Plan;
Also to be SOLD, a complete DOUBLE FORGE, with four Fires and two Hammers, now at Work, together with all necessary Utensils;
To be SOLD at Cumberland Courthouse, on Monday the 24th of January, by Virtue of a Deed of Trust from Mr. Joseph Calland to Robert Watters, Esq;
A VERY valuable TRACT of LAND in the aforesaid County, known by the Name of the Long Ordinary, containing about 800 Acres.
(7)
ELBECK, ROSS, & Company.
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;
A TRACT of LAND in Surry, about six Miles from Cabin Point, containing 335 Acres;
Another TRACT in Brunswick, containing 355 Acres, known by the Name of Smokey Ordinary;
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JAMES BUCHANAN.
TWENTY POUNDS REWARD.
RUN away from the Subscriber, a Mulatto Man named ABEL, about forty Years old, near six Feet high, has lost several of his Teeth;
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SAMUEL MEREDITH, Senior.
KING & QUEEN, November 16, 1773.
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;
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;
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ROBERT BAYLOR.
For SALE, at our Store in Norfolk,
OSNABRUGS, SADLERY, low priced HATS and CHECKS in assorted Packages, Cadiz SALT, Barbados and Grenada RUM, Barbados SPIRIT;
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GREENWOOD, RITSON, and MARSH.
N. B. Our Brig Betsey, Captain Solomon Edey, will sail for Madeira in fourteen Days, and return directly to Norfolk.
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.
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CARTER BRAXTON.
To be SOLD, SEPARATELY or TOGETHER,
TWO TRACTS of LAND. One lies in Albemarle County, on the Hardware River, about five Miles from the great River, containing 370 Acres;
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;
WILLIAM PRYOR.
To be RENTED for a Life, or Term of Years, as may be agreed upon, or the Interest of my LEASE to be SOLD,
HOG 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;
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H. U. ST. GEORGE.
TO BE SOLD,
FIVE 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.
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THOMAS JEFFERSON.
FRANCIS EPPES.
HENRY SKIPWITH.
YORK Town, June 9, 1773.
THE 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.
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THOMAS NELSON, Junior.
HUGH NELSON.
RO. C. NICHOLAS.
TO BE SOLD,
ABOUT 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 inclined to purchase, and be empowered to make a legal Title.
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THOMAS LOMAX.
CAROLINE, May 1, 1773.