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TO THE CHRISTIAN LAYMAN.
SIR,
I FIND that you have, like many other controversial Writers, when pressed hard by an Argument, when opposed with Resolution and Earnestness, but especially when convicted of a Misrepresentation of Facts, and Misrecital of Evidence, cried out against a bigotted Zeal, and the Meanness of personal Inuendo. This is a common Practice, and what I confess I expected from you.
I shall not take up your Time now with showing the mischievous Tendency of your Doctrine, nor insist, on an old Argument, that if Man will not be deterred from sinning by Threats of eternal Punishment we can have but little Reason to suppose they will by such as are finite; but shall make it my Business, in this Letter, to prove that the Charge I have brought against you, and which you complain so heavily of, however unpolitic it may appear, is unquestionably true.
You had produced certain Texts to prove that God's Mercy is so great as to extend even to impenitent and incorrigible Sinners. I denied that they did prove it, and showed that those Texts were applied to such Persons only as repent, and turn from their evil Ways. I saw with Concern, and I must own with Indignation, that you either had suppressed Part of one of those Texts, or that you did not know that the Part you quoted belonged to the Part you omitted in your Quotations, and that you took no Notice of numberless Texts which made against you. I therefore said, you were either a very unfair Writer, or knew but little of the Scriptures.
The Prophet Joel, Chapter ii. 12th & 13th Verses, says, Turn ye to me with all your Heart, and with Fastings, and with Weeping, and with Mourning, and rent your Heart and not your Garments, and turn unto the Lord your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to Anger, and of great Kindness, and repenteth him of the Evil. But you took Care to quote only the latter Part of these Texts; that is, as much of it as you thought would suit your Purpose. Or, if you had in View the same Words in the Prophet Jonah, it was a Misapplication of them; for they are applicable only to such as truly repent, as was the Case of the Ninevites, and as you might or must have seen in the 3d Chapter and 10th Verse, And God saw their Works that they turned from their evil Ways, and God repented of the Evil that he had said he would do unto them, and he did it not. I affirmed, that there was not one Text in the Scriptures which gives the least Hope to impenitent Sinners; and I again affirm it, and maintain that the Scriptures expressly declare, that they have a fearful Looking for of Judgment, that they shall never enter into the Kingdom of God and of Christ, and that they shall be punished with an everlasting Destruction from the Presence of the Lord and from the Glory of his Power; and that although God is, in them, represented as most merciful, and of long Suffering, yet he is always described as infinitely holy and just, and terrible in his Judgment. Now not to know this shows a very superficial Knowledge of the Scriptures; and to know it, and pass it over, as you have done, must certainly justify my Charge against you.
I am sorry to say it, Sir, that throughout our whole Controversy you have fallen far short of supporting the Character of a candid and ingenuous Disputant. In your first Letter, you misrepresented Facts. You endeavoured to support your Doctrine of an universal Restoration to Happiness by Arguments drawn from the universal Consent of Mankind. These Arguments depended upon a Misrepresentation of Facts; as, I think, I proved in my first Letter. For there I showed that Mankind, so far from agreeing in a Matter beyond the Reach of human Reason, had not universally agreed in a Belief even of the first and most evident Truth, the Existence of a God; and that, contrary to your Assertion, the Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, and almost all Nations, and Christians in all Ages of the Church, had believed that the incurably Wicked will be punished for ever; and this I proved by Authorities from the Poets, from Plato, from our Divines, and the primitive Fathers. You quoted a Passage from Phædo, which you thought favoured your Opinion, but it was no more to your Purpose than the Arguments you borrowed from the Brachmans and Chaldees; for they may well be supposed to depend on Tradition, and may, with much more Propriety, be applied to the Restoration of Immortality than to the universal Restoration of human Nature. But if it had been much more to your Purpose, was it like a fair and candid Disputant not to acknowledge that there were other Passages in Plato which made against you? How far from being candid and ingenuous do you appear in your fourth Letter? How strangely do you represent my Defence of our Translation of the Testament! And what a Mift do you attempt to raise around you! Or else to what Purpose is that Confusion of Texts, and that Parade of Criticism on the Words aion and aionios? Do you not represent me as having never acknowledged that aion signifies an Age, the World, &c. as well as Eternity? And yet, have I not shown that though its true and original Meaning is ever-existing, and therefore properly enough expresses our Idea of Eternity, it has been applied by some Writers, both sacred and profane, to signify the Duration of the World and of Man's Life, and thence was used to signify World and Life? I had confessed that aion is used by a certain Writer to signify the Spinal Marrow, and showed that the Word was well applied, because the Seat of the immortal Soul was supposed to be in the Pineal Gland. When you were showing the Absurdity of misapplying aion, why did you not try what farther Nonsense you could make of the Texts, by rendering it Spinal Marrow or Pineal Gland? Was this fair, was it candid? Was it not rather, at least, trifling with me, and imposing on your Readers? I acknowledge that the Texts, as you have translated them, are absurd, andarrant Nonsense; but who, in his Senses, would render them as you have rendered them for me? Did I not tell you, that it was always easy to determine which of these Meanings should be affixed to it; and that although aion had those several Meanings, aionios had but one, and that it constantly signified ETERNAL and EVERLASTING? And to prove this, I showed that Plato and Aristotle had applied it as an Epithet to God, as well as the sacred Writers. In Answer to this, you have endeavoured to show that it was applied, in the Texts I referred to, to our Saviour. But suppose it was, do you offer any Arguments, but such as are founded on mere Conjecture, to prove that it might not, and was not applied to him in the fullest Import and utmost Extent of the Word? And I might ask you, did Plato and Aristotle apply it to our Saviour? Absurd! Or could Nebuchadnezzar? But unhappily for you, Sir, aion, a Word which you acknowledge is of less certain Import, is used by our blessed Saviour himself to express the eternal Duration of the Kingdom and the Power, and the Glory, of God the Father, Matthew vi. 13th. And here I must observe, that you carefully avoided taking any Notice of two Texts I urged against you, namely, Genesis iii. 22d, lest they eat and live for ever (eis ton aionas) and Micah vth and 2d, whose Goings forth have been from of old, from EVERLASTING (eis nasar aionas). Although I had told you, that according to your own Construction of the Words, and the Scripture Doctrine, aion, in those Texts, must signify for ever (for you had acknowledged that our Saviour was from everlasting, and that if our first Parents had eaten of the Tree of Life they would have lived for ever) when you asserted so roundly "that eis tes aionas tes aionas signifies a Time far exceeding that in Duration described by the Terms eis ton aionas, limiting the Duration of the Punishments prepared for Sinners by their aionian Lord and King, as may be easily discovered by any Person the least acquainted with the Greek Language;" did you know that there was such a Text as this, "And the Devil that deceived them was cast into the Lake of Fire and Brimstone, where the Beast and the false Pro-
phet are, and shall be tormented Day and Night for ever and ever (eis tas aionas ton aionas) Revelations xxth and 10th. And if you did not, what can you say for your Knowledge of the Scriptures? And if you did, how can you resent my calling you an unfair Writer? But "any one, the least acquainted with the Greek Language, may easily discover the Difference between those Expressions." Did you make this Remark to show that you knew the Difference between the singular and plural Number? For this is really all that I can discover from your Observation; for are not both Expressions often applied to the same Thing, and, as I have shown above, is not that very Expression, which you lay is far short of the other in Duration, applied to what you must and do acknowledge is infinite and endless, the Power of God the Father?
But you say, "you never intended to rely upon the vague and ambiguous Meaning of a Word, which, like a Nose of Wax, may be transformed into this or the other Shape, to prove the Truth of the Proposition you defend." You seem indeed, Sir, to have a Knack at transforming your Nose of Wax into this or the other Shape; but the Wax you are now handling seems to be too stiff, it is by no Means pliant enough for your Purpose. You have laboured hard in working of it, and gone far, very far, for the Materials and Implements of your plastic Art. But, after all, every Judge of your Performance will pronounce that you have made but an awkward Nose of it. It is true, that, from the Imperfection of all Languages, there are Words which have ambiguous Meanings; and which, in the Hands or Mouths of artful Quibblers, have assumed different Forms, and have been productive of much Confusion and Mischief. But it is almost always easy for a judicious and attentive Reader to discover the Impostion, and to determine the true Import of the Word. And I think I can venture to say, that in the Holy Scriptures there is less Room for Quibbling than in any other Writings, of the same Extent, in the World. Whoever believes they are of divine Inspiration must think so; and whoever will examine them, without Prejudice, will find that it is so. It is probable, that, in Point of so much Importance to Mankind, the Holy Spirit would have expressed himself so obscurely as not to be understood by Men of less Learning, and Acuteness of Penetration, than the Christian Layman? By no Means. The Scriptures, in all Matters of real Importance, which were intended as a Revelation to us, are sufficiently clear and express. It is true, that to understand them properly we must be able to read them in the Languages in which they were written, or in a true and faithful Translation, which we may thank God we have. This has often been affirmed and proved, by Men of infinitely greater Abilities than you or I.
In your fourth Letter, you again lay yourself open to the heavy Charge I brought against you. For you quote the following Texts, "God wills ALL Men should be restored and come to the Acknowledgment of the Truth; that Jesus Christ tasteth Death for ALL," &c. when you should, or must have known, that the first Text only teaches us that God wills that all Men should repent and believe; and "that he tasteth not the Death of a Sinner, but rather that he may turn from his Wickedness and live;" and that it could not mean, as you would have us believe it does, that all Men shall be restored after Death; for the Scriptures expressly say, that no unclean Thing shall ever enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; that the Wicked cannot pass from Hell to Heaven; that he that is filthy shall be filthy still; that as the Tree falleth so it lieth; and that there is no Room for Repentance in the Grave; and that all Men, in the second Text, only means all, whether Jews or Gentiles, all who believe. For our Saviour says, be that believeth not shall be damned, and shall never see Life; and does not say himself that his Blood was shed for all, but for many. See Matthew xxvi. 28th, Mark xiv. 24th; or, as St. Luke has it, which was shed for you, Luke xxii. 20th.
And you have exposed yourself as much, Sir, in your last Letter, in your Attempt to prove that by aionia St. Paul did not mean eternal, when he said, 2d Corinthians, iv. and 18th, The Things that are seen are temporal (moraia) but the Things that are not seen are eternal (aionia.) For to do this you fly back to the 17th Verse; which you distort, remember, and translate contrary to all Rules of Construction. The original Words run thus, το γαρ παροντικα ελαφρον της ιλιψως ημων καθ υπερβολην εις υπερβολην αιωνιον βαρος δοξης καταργειται ημων; which you render, For the momentary Lightness of our Tribulation worketh for us a Weight of Glory (καθ υπερβολην εις υπερβολην αιωνιον) exceedingly far more than aionios. Here you have most unfairly slipped the Comma from υπερβολην, and placed it after αιωνιον; and, contrary to all the Rules of Construction, separated the Adjective αιωνιον, eternal, from the Substantive βαρος, Weight, and interposed καθ υπερβολην εις υπερβολην; or you would have applied those Words to βαρος, as the Translators of the Testament have, to express the exceeding Weight of Glory, or at least to καταργειται, which would then signify that their Afflictions would most effectually and abundantly work for them, or procure a glorious Reward, infinite in Degree and Duration. By what Rule of Construction have you applied the hyperbolically hyperbolical Expression, as you term it, to enhance the Meaning of aionios? But had any Man, except yourself, ever any Reason to think that it required any Word to enhance its Meaning? For is the Duration of future Rewards any Where expressed in Scripture by any other Words than σις τον αιωνα, or by this very Word αιωνιον? Could then St. Paul say that their Rewards would be of longer Duration than our Saviour had promised they should be? Surely he could not. I know you have told me, that by ααυτοτε the eternal Duration of Rewards is expressed; but as ααυτοτε is not more expressive than σις τον αιωνα, or αιωνιον, as I will prove hereafter, and even if it were, as there is no Adjective derived from it, it could by no Means be applied to βαρος, Weight. Now if this Word could not be applied, and αιωνιον, or αιωνιον, is the only Adjective used in the Scriptures to express the Duration of Rewards and Punishments, St. Paul could use no other Word; and this, being applied by our Saviour himself to express the eternal Duration of that glorious Recompense the Apostles expected, could require nothing to enhance its Meaning. Καθ υπερβολην εις υπερβολην then can not be applied in the Text to extend the Meaning of αιωνιον; and therefore your laboured Criticism by no Means proves that αιωνιον, in the following Text, does not signify eternal. But let us for a Moment examine these Texts. In our Translation, which is much more grammatical, just, and elegant, than yours, they are thus: For our light Affliction, which is but for a Moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal Weight of Glory; while we look not at the Things which are seen, but at the Things which are not seen; for the Things which are seen are temporal (moraia) but the Things which are not seen are eternal (aionia.) In the first of these Texts, the beautiful Antithesis, in the Original, between παροντικα and αιωνιον, and ελαφρον and βαρος, is preserved; that is, between a MOMENTARY Affliction and ETERNAL Glory, and the LIGHTNESS of that Affliction, and an exceeding WEIGHT of Glory, the certain Recompense of it; and the Sense is so clear and full that it needs no Explanation. In the other (Verse 18th) the Apostle says, that all his Afflictions appear momentary and inconsiderable, which he regards not the visible and TRANSITORY Things of this Life, but views with the Eye of Faith the invisible and ETERNAL Things of the Life to come. And here again, this divine and incomparable Writer has another Antithesis, namely, between moraia and aionia, temporal and eternal. But you say, that the "Contrast may be sufficiently strong without supposing αιωνιον to signify eternally; for an Hour and an
Age bear an ANTITHESIS sufficiently strong to overthrow your Conclusion," &c. It is certain there is a wide Difference between an Hour and an Age; but could an Age of Rewards, which must some Time or other have an End, be thought a sufficient Recompense for a Life of Afflictions and Persecution? Or could any Thing less than an Expectation of eternal Happiness alleviate their Distress, and beguile the lingering Hours of Misery? What less could make Years of Tribulation appear but as a Moment! It is evident then that aionia here means eternal, and is elegantly opposed to moraia, temporal. But you tell me, that "xaieo, in its genuine Meaning, signifies a very short Time, and is, for that Reason, opposed to the Word aion, which signifies a very long Time." This is a strange Assertion! and most strangely introduced, for we have nothing to do with xaieo any farther than as being the Root of moraia, which every one, the least acquainted with Greek, knows literally signifies for a Time, temporarily, transient.
As to xaieo, if you had had Recourse again to your Hebrew, you might have found that it is derived from a Word which signifies to meet; and if you had condescended to consult your Lexicons, you would have seen that its genuine Meaning is proper Time, Season, or Opportunity. - aieus, Thuanus, Gesnerus, Junius, and others, in their Folio Graeco-Latinum Lexicon on the Word, say, "Neque vero xaieo Species est temporis, quemadmodum indicat Valla; diversum magis est quam pars; & omnino plus quiddam est quam tempus; nempe articulus, ipsumque momentum ac punctum, ut aiunt, in quo res sit agenda. Est autem proprie xronos quoties de genere, seu modo spatioso temporis agitur, veluti seculum, annus, mensis, dies, hora: - Xronos autem, cum sentimus opportunum rei gerendae." That is, Xronos is not a Species of Time, as Valla shows, and is very different from a Part of it; and, in Fact, is something more than mere Time, namely, the very Instant, or Nick of Time, as they say, in which any Thing is to be done. But xronos is properly used when we speak of the Kind, Measure, or Space of Time, an Age, a Year, a Month, a Day, an Hour; but xaieo, when we mean an OPPORTUNITY of doing any Thing. Your Assertion then, concerning the true Import of xronos, xaieo, and aion, is contrary to that of the best Lexicographers and Critics, has no Foundation but in Whim, and is an Impostion on the Publick.
I think I have fully proved that you are an unfair Writer, or that you are not well acquainted with the Scriptures. And this I have done by showing that you have omitted, in your Quotations, such Parts of Texts as made against your Doctrine; that by a forced, false, and ungrammatical Construction, you have endeavoured to accommodate others to your Hypothesis; and that you have most glaringly misrepresented a clear and express Scripture Doctrine; that you have been evasive in your Defence, taking no Notice of several Texts urged against you, and flying even to Scoundrelism to support your Opinion; and that you have denied that the Expression eis tes aionas tes aionas is applied in Scripture to future Punishments, whereas it is expressly so in Revelations xx. 10th. I will conclude, for the present, making no other Apology for the Freedom I have taken with you than this, that I could by no Means sacrifice my Reason and Religion to a mistaken and treacherous Complaint.
Surely, Sir, in defending a Scripture Doctrine, and one of such Importance to Mankind, Zeal is natural and becoming; and had I manifested a less Degree of it on this Occasion, I might be justly charged with Lukewarmness, Hypocrisy, or Timidity. I am, Sir, &c.
AN ORTHODOX LAYMAN.
P. S. I have just received your seventh Letter, in Rind's Gazette of April 22d, 1773, in which you have given me fresh Cause to complain of your Disingenuity.
I had told Philopsebe, that "Reason alone afforded no sufficient Arguments, even in a future State;" and you, "that if we would consider, that from the Frailty of human Nature we are apt to believe what we wish, and that our reasoning Faculties are very imperfect, we must confess that Reason alone is not a sufficient Guide in our present Inquiry," especially as it so often fails us in Inquiries which appear perfectly within its Reach and Comprehension; that "therefore it would be much more to our Purpose to examine what is the Declaration of God than what is the Opinion of Men, with Respect to our present Dispute." And pray where was the Impropriety of telling you this, when your "Inquiry was whether finite Punishments could be defended by Arguments drawn from Reason?" And yet you have endeavoured to represent it as an Absurdity! But what you have chiefly laboured at, in your two first Columns, is to prove that I have denied you the Exercise of your Reason in Matters of Religion. This is an ungenerous Misrepresentation. I had advised you not to trust solely to Reason, because so weak and so liable to be biased by your Wishes. And here you cry out, "and do you really wish that future Punishments may be eternal? Now to what Purpose is this quibbling, sophistical Question; if it is not to represent me as a Person "of an enthusiastic Turf of Mind?" Or at least it was a Shuffle to evade the Force of the Observation. For since you wish, as a Man of Sense and Humanity, that future Punishments may be finite, may we not suspect that your "Wish is Father to your Thoughts;" and have we not often observed that warm Wishes, and a heated Imagination, have deprived Men of the free Exercise of their Reason? I had advised you therefore to examine the Scriptures, and had hinted that your Examination should be directed by unprejudiced Reason. How little you regarded the Hint, I leave to every impartial and intelligent Reader to determine. You say, "if you do not wish so great Evil to your Fellow Creatures your Maxim is false. My Maxim, as you call it, to you know as well as I do, only teaches that Mankind too easily believe what they wish, and not that we can believe only what we wish. You certainly know whence I took the Maxim, and may possibly remember some Lines which follow it.
"When fear'd the future, 'tis no longer wish'd;
"And when unwish'd, we strive to disbelieve."
Hence arises, in a great Measure, a Disbelief of Christianity: Men wish it false; hence a Belief in Annihilation, they wish it true.
"A monstrous Wish, unborn, till Virtue dies."
I wish, as much as you do, that Mankind may not have incurred any heavier Penalties (or even them) than their aionian Punishment; but I do believe that eternal Punishments will be inflicted on impenitent and incorrigible Sinners. And this I do believe, because Reason, assisted by Revelation, declares it; and this I think I have proved in Answer to Philopsebe, and in a Letter to you, though you are pleased to say that I have given you nothing but Assertions, "that to keep something like an Argument going I have positively asserted," &c.
This I am certain of, that I have proved, to the Satisfaction of every unprejudiced Reader, that this Belief is not more inconsistent with our Ideas of God's infinite Mercy than a Belief in eternal Rewards is with our Idea of infinite Justice; and that "since Virtue alone can procure us Happiness in this World, and ensure it to us in the next, a merciful God must incite us to it by every Motive which our Natures admit of as most conducive to that great End, and that he has accordingly influenced us by Love, Gratitude, Hope, and Fear; and I observe, that the last has infinitely more Weight with us than every other Motive." And I think I showed, that less than Threats of eternal Punishment would not be sufficient to deter Men from sinning; and that therefore it must be inconsistent with the Holiness and Mercy of God to publish to Mankind such a Doctrine as you teach, and of Consequence that the Scriptures by no Means authorise your Opinion, but expressly contradict it. That they do contradict it, I have fully proved; and, for the Truth of this Assertion, I appeal to any impartial Person who is well versed in the Scriptures, and

in the Greek Language, Surely, Sir, no Arguments appear reasonable to you, unless they are spun out through, at least, Half a Newspaper; and if even a mathematical Axiom could interfere with your Opinion, you would call it an Affair, and require a Demonstration of it. But if what I have said was so insignificant, and you know was contained in two short Pieces to you, and one to Philosophes, why has it given you so much Trouble, and why need you have laboured so, through seven voluminous Letters? And why, then, have you been obliged to shift your Ground of Defence so often? One While you rest it on the universal Consent of Mankind; then you have Recourse to your Hypothesis of different Ages ; then to the Greek ; then to the Hebrew Language, of which, by the Bye, you confess you know nothing; one While you appeal to profane Writers; at another, you almost reject their Authority; and, throughout the whole Series of your Letters, you endeavour to represent me as a Head-strong Bigot, "rivetted to an Opinion I cannot defend."
You say that I "produced three Words from PLATO to prove, that if Mankind agree in any Thing, it is in a Belief that the incurably Wicked will be punished for ever." The three Words were as sufficient for my Purpose as thirty. I said, Plato , in his Phædo , Chap. 45. Page 178, Line 20th, in the Cambridge Edition, 1683, of his select Dialogues, says, "They whose Sins are incurable, and have been guilty of Sacrilege and Murder, or such other Crimes, are thrown headlong into Tartarus (ὅπου ἔστιν ἀδύνατον, unde nunquam egrediuntur ) whence they never come out, or where they remain for ever." To this you oppose now a Quotation which you produced against me in your first Letter, and said it was from Plato's Phædo , and which I fully answered in my first Letter, but told you there was no such Passage in Phædo . I have since found it in Ramsey's Mythology of the Pagans , which is bound up with his Travels of Cyrus , Pages 274 and 275. I find you have copied from him too your Reference to Macrobius , in his Commentary on Scipio's Dream , Chapter 12, 13 and 15, for an Explanation of this Doctrine of Plato's , concerning the Fall and Restoration of Souls. Why could you not have confessed this, as well as that you have not read Josephus and Philo in Greek? The Truth is, that a Confession of the former you thought would be a Reflection on yourself, but of the latter on me. It was evidently a Sneer, for you had before mentioned the "formidable Army of Heroes I had drawn out against you ." I told you, that our Divines proved that this was the constant Opinion of the Christian Church, by Quotations from Clemens Romanus , Barnabas , Justin Martyr , Theophilus , Irenaeus , Tertullian , St. Cyprian , Minutius , and Origen himself . I did not pretend that I had read those Authors; but I had produced Authorities from several of them against Philosophes , and will shortly from all of them against you. I believe there are few Writers who read all the Authors they quote; it is sufficient for me that I can read and understand my Quotations well enough to apply them properly. But to return to Plato ; his select Dialogues I have read in the Original, and have them now before me, and will publish, when I have Leisure, Extracts from his Phædo , which will show, more fully, that he did reach that the incurably Wicked will be punished for ever . At present I shall only observe, of Ramsey's Quotations from Plato , that they may be traced back to Scripture Prophecies, or ancient Traditions, which speak of the coming of the Messiah , and that he himself thought so may be seen in the latter Part of the 8th Book of his Travels of Cyrus , where he makes Daniel say, "These Principles, the Traces of which are to be found in all Religions, have been transmitted from Age to Age, from the Deluge to our Time; Noah taught them to his Children," &c.
Your Remarks on my Quotations from Virgil and Ovid are, I confess, humorous, and in a great Measure just. The three first Lines from Virgil ( Aeneid vi, 625) relate not, it is true, to the Duration , but to the Variety and Degree , of Punishments; but the others have been always understood in the Sense in which I understood them, and applied as I applied them. I do not recollect at present where the Story of Theseus is told as you relate it; but Servius , in his Note on aeternumque fidebit in iis Thesaeus , makes this Remark: " Contra opinionem, nam futur ob Hercule esse liberatus; quo tempore cum ita abstractis, ut illi corporis quae relinquere partem. Frequentem enim variant fabulas poetas. " Here we find that the Poets differ in their Accounts of him; but if Hercules tore him in two, and left Part of him in Hell, as Servius says, how could he return to Earth, and perform the Exploits you speak of? But suppose I could not prove that Plato and the Poets taught that future Punishments will be eternal (but this has been proved by abler Pens than ours) would it avail you much? For have not the Bulk of Mankind been often in an Error? Was there not a Time when the universal Consent of Mankind was alleged as a Proof of Plurality of Gods? And, I again repeat, notwithstanding you have insinuated that it would come better from an Archeist than an Orthodox Layman , that by the same Arguments you might prove a Plurality of Gods, and the Transmigration of Souls; because both Doctrines were believed by the Bulk of Mankind , or universally, as you would have it, in the Countries and Ages to which you appeal for the Truth of your Opinion. If the universal Consent of Mankind coincides with a Scripture Doctrine, it may be supposed to be handed down by Tradition, and to depend on Revelation; but if it is asserted that there is such an universal Consent, which contradicts the Scriptures, I shall deny the Fact, and must I shall always be able to disprove it.
I had quoted the Books of Judith , Josephus , and Philo , to prove that the ancient Jews believed in the Eternity of future Punishments; and I believe no one but yourself ever denied that the Authors of those Books were not good and sufficient Authorities for that Purpose. "But was it not written originally in the CHALDEE LANGUAGE ? When was it translated into Greek, and who translated it? Is not the Greek Translation corrupt?" Might you not have asked the same Questions of any of the Books in the old Testament? Were they not written originally in Hebrew? Who translated them into Greek? Is not the Greek Translation said to be vicious and corrupt? But what is all this to the Purpose? The Author of the Book of Judith , as well as Josephus and Philo , prove clearly that the ancient Jews believed in the Eternity of future Punishments; and the Greek Translations of the old Testament frequently use the Words αἰών and αἰώνιος to signify Eternity and eternal , as I have fully proved; and therefore the Quotations I have produced, and you have endeavoured to ridicule, were properly applied, and sufficient for my Purpose. But, "I introduced the Book of Judith into the Debate, to prove that αἰώνιος signifies everlasting ." This I deny; for why then did I introduce Josephus and Philo ? They say nothing of αἰών and αἰώνιος . Josephus says, that the Pharisees believed that "the Souls of the Wicked were to be punished αἰών  τιμωρίαν , WITH PERPETUAL PUNISHMENT; that there was prepared for them αἰώνιος  αἰδω , a PERPETUAL PRISON." De Bello Jud. L. ii. C. 12. Antiq. Lib. xviii. C. 2. And Philo says, "the Punishment of the Wicked is ἐν ἀποστάσει αἰῶν , to live for ever ἐν πόντῳ and δύναμει  ἐν ἀνδάνοι  καὶ ἀναίσεσι  καὶ κολάσει  αἰδωρίαν , to be for ever in Pains and Griefs, and Calamities that never cease." De Praem. & Pœn. I suppose your next Attempt will be to prove that αἰών does not signify eternally ; for you deny that any Word, in the Greek or Latin Languages, can signify eternal , when applied to future Punishments. Your Remark on Vir erat æternum is a petty Quibble; it does not deserve an Answer.
As to your Quotation from Sophocles , which you say, "you think must convince me" I can not find it; but with you had referred me to the very Act, Scene, and Line. As far as I am able to make out the Greek Words in Roman Characters, I will translate them literally: "We think there are two Roads or Paths to HADES, one the just, the other the unjust." Then there is a Break in the Sentence, but if ἴσος was intended for ἴσος or ἴσος , the next Line may be rendered, "and afterwards be will save all Things, which at first be destroyed." How this is applied by Sophocles I know not; and whether there is the least Connexion between the two first Lines and the last it is impossible for me to tell, without seeing the Passage itself. But if they are immediately connected, and literally mean what the Translation in Metre expresses, yet you must prove that they do not allude to Fables, the Traces of which may be found in Traditions derived from Revelation, and which related to a Refutation of Immortality, and a Deliverance from Sin and Death.
I by no Means am convinced, Sir, but am rather confirmed in my Faith; and pardon me for saying it, I doubt whether you have convinced yourself. Your Arguments are too laboured, too far fetched, and too sophistical, to be striking and convincing. But why would you wish to convert me? Could your removing one of the most powerful Restraints from Vice make you more virtuous? Surely not. Instead of teaching me to fear the Lord, which is Wisdom, you may lead me to defy his Power and Vengeance, which must be Folly and Madness.
All that can be said against the dangerous Tendency of the Doctrine you are striving to propagate is, that it is too improbable to gain many Profelytes; for "what Commerce can an impure Soul have with that ETERNAL WHO is of purer Eyes than to behold Iniquity, whose Sight the Heavens are not clean, and who chargeth even the Angels with Folly? Adieu.
STOCKHOLM, January 22. By Letters from Wonsberg we have received the following Account of the Damages done lately near that Place. The Shocks of Earthquakes have been so violent that they have forced open the Doors of several
House, and threw down a vast Number of Chimnies; the Waters of the Lake Wener swelled prodigiously, and destroyed from its very Foundation the Bridge of Lallbo, which is now one Mass of Ruins under the Water; the Ships snapped their Cables, several were wrecked, and one Vessel, which had on Board 6000 Quintals of Iron, was carried over the little Hill of Dalhbo, and left on a Plain where the Fair is kept, and where the Troops performed their Exercises, which is now entirely overflowed. Greater Damage would have ensued, if some Dykes had not been immediately broken to carry off the Water.
WARSAW, February 11. The Senatus Consilium was opened the 8th Instant, at which were present only thirty Senators. They continue sitting, but it does not appear that any one foreign Power has interposed in their Behalf.
MAESTRICHT, February 26. The Prince Bishop of Liege, having found some Obstacles in his Resolution to secularize a Convent of Monks, has appealed to the Emperor, and it is thought the Monks must submit. There are many well informed Persons who think that before the End of the present Century all the Convents of both Sexes will be suppressed, or reduced to a very small Number.
L O N D O N, March 6. THE following Inscriptions are engraved on the Pedestal for Lord BOTETOURT's Statue, going to Virginia:
On the right Side. Deeply impressed with the warmest Sense of Gratitude for his Excellency the Right Honourable Lord Botetourt's prudent and wise Administration, and that the Remembrance of those many publick and social Virtues which so eminently adorned his illustrious Character might be transmitted to Posterity, the General Assembly of Virginia, on the 20th Day of July Ann. Dom. 1771, resolved, with one united Voice, to erect this Statue to his Lordship's Memory. Let Wisdom and Justice preside in any Country, the People will rejoice, and must be happy.
On the left Side. America, behold your Friend! who, leaving his native Country, declined those additional Honours which were there in Store for him, that he might heal your Wounds, and restore Tranquillity and Happiness to this extensive Continent. With what Zeal and Anxiety he pursued these glorious Objects, Virginia thus bears her grateful Testimony.
Extract of a Letter from Bridgewater, February 25. "Yesterday Afternoon, at small Distance from Town, was committed one of the most shocking Instances of savage Barbarity that ever disgraced human Nature. One Mr. David Webber, Master Tailor of this Place, and one of his Daughters, having been at a Friend's House at some Distance from the Town, were on their Return home assaulted by three Ruffians, who, not content with robbing them, most inhumanly ravished the young Lady before her Father's Face; and, to finish the most infernal Scene, they barbarously slashed, cut, and mangled the unhappy old Man in a most indecent and horrid Manner. Happily some People coming that Road occasioned the Rascals to take to their Heels, but it is hoped Vengeance will overtake them. The young Lady is out of Danger, but the Doctors have very little hopes of her Father's Life."
The following Address, it is said, was sent to the Prince of Wales by the Stewards of the Society of Ancient Britons, but is apprehended it was not delivered to him.
Most gracious Prince, "The infinite Concern we feel for the Disappointment which we have received, in not being permitted to Approach your Royal Highness with our usual Tribute of Respect and Attachment on the Day of our Anniversary, induces us to take this Method of expressing our Loyalty and Concern; and we flatter ourselves, Sir, that if our Sentiments should be communicated to your Royal Highness, our Zeal and Concern will appear in so strong and meritorious a Light that we shall not be deprived another Year of the Pleasure and Honour which have been denied us this. In the mean Time, we lament exceedingly that we should be deprived of this Opportunity of pouring forth the Effusions of the loyal and affectionate Heart, and of expressing in Person the sincere and respectable Attachment of his Majesty's loyal Subjects of the Principality of Wales, whose unalterable Zeal and Loyalty to their Princes stand recorded, and do Honour to the Page of History."
"We wish, Sir, to take every Opportunity, as loyal and dutiful Subjects ought, to promote that Harmony and good Understanding which constitutes the Glory of the Sovereign and Happiness of the People, whose Interests are inseparable; and sorry we are that an Obstacle should be laid in the Way of so necessary an Union, by denying us the usual access to our Prince, which is not denied by the most absolute Monarch."
"Whatever may be the true Cause of our Disappointment, as we presume it is altogether unmerited, so we look upon it as highly disgraceful to the whole Principality, whose Inhabitants receive a mortifying Check at a Time in which they thought their Loyalty and Attachment merited particular Attention and Encouragement, by setting an Example of Duty and Affection to the rest of his Majesty's numerous Subjects; an Example, Sir, which has always been wished for and encouraged by Government until this Period."
"But although our Concern is as great as our Disappointment is unmerited, no Event whatever shall lessen our Loyalty and Attachment; and as a Proof of our Sincerity, we offer up to Heaven our Prayers that your Royal Highness may long, very long, enjoy your Health, and inherit the many Virtues of your Royal Father, and that every Day may greatly contribute to fill the Measure of a godlike Ambition to secure the Hearts of a free and spirited People."
Signed by the STEWARDS, the 1st of March 1773."
On the 1st Instant, as two London Riders were going from Lancaster to Manchester, they were attacked by two Footpads armed with Pistols, who demanded their Money; but they both declaring they would not be robbed, the Villains shot them dead upon the Spot, after which they dragged the Bodies, one among the Whins, the other into a Marle Pit. They were found on Tuesday, and on Wednesday the Villains were both taken and committed to Lancaster Jail. After they had murdered the two Riders they rode off with their Horses and Bags, which were challenged by a Person who knew the Deceased. One of them has confessed the Fact.
Extract of a Letter from Cadiz, February 26. "The favourable Reception shown to all the French and Dutch Ships of War which come into this Port, or any other belonging to his Catholic Majesty, and the Contempt shown to those of England, occasions much Speculation. Daily Conferences are held with the Ministers of those Courts, while that of his Britannick Majesty is wholly disregarded; and Orders are almost continually sending to the several Seaports, to complete, with the utmost Expedition, all the Ships of War on the Stocks or in their Docks, and render them fit for immediate Service. In short, every Thing here has a very mysterious Appearance; but nothing transpires, therefore what can be intended by all these seeming warlike Preparations remains at present a profound Secret."
A Report again prevails at Copenhagen that his Danish Majesty intends soon to recall his illustrious and amiable Consort from her Exile, he being thoroughly convinced of her Innocence and Fidelity.
By a Letter from Sunderland, we are informed that the northern Coast is every Day having Numbers of Pieces of Wreck thrown on it, which are dreadful Proofs of the great Damage that has been done on that Coast in the late Storm.
In a Letter from Falmouth, we are informed that the Arrival of the Military has in a great Measure quieted the Tanners. The Inhabitants of Cornwall are now relieved from their Apprehensions, and every Thing has the Appearance of approaching Tranquillity.
It is with great Pleasure the Publick sees his Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester restored to perfect Health, and is an Addition to that Heart felt Satisfaction that they see his Royal Highness again appear among them. What Cause could there be why that amiable Prince, most respected and most worthy of Respect, should seclude himself from the innocent Pleasures of the World? The Lady he has honoured with his Hand is the Widow of an English Nobleman, distinguished by his Birth and Honour, a Pedigree not removed from Royalty, and is herself possessed of a Mind more beautiful (if any Thing can be more beautiful) than her Person; distinguished for those first of human Virtues, Piety, filial Duty, and parental Affection. Where could even this excellent Prince have found more Virtues, or more amiable Qualities?
March 23. A Gentleman asking a Barrister, the other Day, what he thought of Lord Mansfield's Abilities, replied, that he had the very highest Opinion of them; "for (says he) he will make an Ounce of Law go farther than I can a Pound. He is in Law what Archimedes was in Mechanics: Give him but one Point, upon which to rest his Argument, and he will overturn the whole System of the English Jurisprudence."
Many of the most eminent Masters and best Judges of Musick were present last Night at Mr. Arnold's new Oratorio of The Prodigal Son, and pronounced it to be the most capital Performance that has been heard since the Death of his musical Father Handel.
A Correspondent being highly entertained with the following Chastisement of Vanity, sends it to us in Hopes it may be no less acceptable to our Readers. Philip, Father to Alexander the Great, gave a poignant Document to a certain Physician, named Menecrates, but who had pre-
sumptuously assumed the Surname of Jupiter the Healer , on Account of some fortunate Cures performed by him, and which he attributed solely to his medical Knowledge. Philip invited him to an Entertainment, had a Side Table for him, and on it a Censer with burning Incense, according to the Custom of worshipping a Deity. The Doctor, at first, exulted within himself at these superior Honours paid him, but nothing farther being brought to him during the whole Entertainment, while the rest of the Company were indulging themselves amidst the Dainties of a Royal Banquet, he saw into the Meaning of the smoking Incense; and observing himself sneered at by the illustrious Guests, his Godship sneaked away as hungry as he came.
B O S T O N, April 10.
YESTERDAY Morning the Admiral's Flag was removed from on Board his Majesty's Ship the Captain to that of the Fowey, as the former, with some other of the Men of War, we hear, are soon to sail for Halifax. At Sunrise, when this Ceremony was performed, a Salute was paid and returned by the two respective Ships, to the great Assistance of those in Town who are particularly fond of indulging in Bed on Sunday Mornings; among whom is one, at least, in the Printer's own Family .
We hear from Grafton, that on Tuesday the 6th Instant, about five o'Clock, the two Hooks holding the Irons that supported the Canopy over the Pulpit gave Way, after a faithful Discharge of their Office for above 40 Years; whereupon it fell, taking off the Top of the Desk, and breaking the upper Piece on each Side, and rested in an inverted Order upon the Breastwork of the Deacon's Seat and the two fore Seats. This Catastrophe happening so soon after, or in the Time of, so many other striking Changes, both natural and moral, among them, leads some of the thinking (or unthinking) People there to shrewd Conjectures, as if some dismal Event is hereby prognosticated; and the most cool, sage, and dispassionate among them, in all the Calmness of Reason, cannot but take this, together with many other visible and most infallible Signs, as a sure Token that it is high Time for them to build a new Meeting House, or to new model and enlarge the old One.
His Majesty's Writs are issued for convening a Great and General Court, or Assembly, of this Province, to be held at the Townhouse in Boston on Wednesday the 26th of May next, agreeable to Royal Charter.
Now at Mr. Dimond Morton's, the Sign of the Black and White Horse, a very remarkable Lad, of but 7 Years of Age. He is 4 Feet 2 Inches high, and measures 3 Feet 4 Inches broad, and is so very fat that he cannot stoop to take up any Thing from the Ground; he has no Ribs, but is so very strong that he can lift almost any Man with one Hand, nay it is said he can easily take up 400 Weight. He sings, and talks very sensibly. His Father, who accompanies him, says, that notwithstanding he is so very bulky of his Age, when he was born he was so small as to be put into a Quart Pot. His Name is Samuel Dun, and he was born in New Jersey. Extract of a Letter from a Gentleman of Distinction in Virginia, to his Friend in this Town, March 14.
"I received the Papers you sent me, and am much obliged to you for them; our Assembly sitting a few Days after, they were of Use to us. You will see, by the enclosed Resolutions, the true Sentiments of this Colony, and that we are endeavouring to bring our Sister Colonies into the strictest Union with us; that we may resent, in one Body, any Steps that may be taken by Administration to deprive any one of us of the least Particle of our Rights and Liberties. We should have done more, but we could procure nothing but Newspaper Accounts of the Proceedings in Rhode Island. I hope we shall not be thus kept in the Dark for the future, and that we shall have from the different Committees the earliest Intelligence of any Motion that may be made by the Tyrants in England to carry their infernal Purposes of enslaving us into Execution. I dare venture to assure you, the strictest Attention will be given on our Parts to these grand Points."
N E W Y O R K, April 26.
ON Monday Evening last, as Mr. John Dewit, a very pious young Man, was officiating as a Member of a religious Society, in a House on Cowfoot Hill, he expired in the following melancholy Manner. After praying, he gave out a Hymn, in singing which he accompanied the Society, then read a Chapter, took a Seat, and seemed very solemn; and as another Member was about to conclude the Devotion with a Prayer, Mr. Dewit was heard to make a Noise with his Feet, and on looking at him they perceived he had dropped from his Knees. Water was immediately fetched, and every Method taken to recover him, but in vain, for he seemed to be entirely dead; however, as no Signs of Putrefaction appeared, he was, by Advice of the Physicians, kept for some Days, and buried on Thursday Evening last.
By a Letter from St. Vincent's, of the 6th of March, we are informed that Orders had been issued by Brigadier Dalrymple for the 14th Regiment to embark on the 16th, and to sail on the 20th, to relieve the 29th Battalion in Garrison at St. Augustine. The 31st Regiment was ordered to embark for New York on the 25th.
WILLIAMSBURG, May 13.
WE hear that a Philosophical Society, consisting of one Hundred Members, is established under the Patronage of His Excellency the Governor, for the Advancement of useful Knowledge in this Colony, of which the following Gentlemen were elected Officers for the Year ensuing: JOHN CLAYTON, Esq; Author of the Flora Virginica , President; JOHN PAGE of Rosewell, Esq; Vice President; the Reverend SAMUEL HENLEY, Professor of Moral Philosophy, Secretary; Mr. ST. GEORGE TUCKER, Assistant Secretary; DAVID JAMISON, Esq; Treasurer.
The Hanbury, Esda, from London, and Tom, Clark, from Liverpool, are arrived in York River. Captain Esda spoke the Juno, McCunn, on the 9th of March last, off the Start, all well.
To ROBERT CARTER NICHOLAS, Esquire, Treasurer of Virginia,
SIR, AN Address of this Nature will, I doubt not, surprise you. The Subject of it, however, must be my Excuse. Averse to engage in personal Altercation, I should not have addressed you on a trivial Occasion. When Reputation is at Stake, Pusillanimity will be roused into Defence. Silence is often a Confession of Guilt. The Love you bear to Truth, and to Justice, must procure for this Letter a favourable Reception.
Your Professions of Rectitude, Candour, and Religion, justly entitle you to universal Esteem. If you, notwithstanding, should unhappily transgress them, ingenuous Minds will behold you with Pain.
So ardent is your Zeal for the established Church, that a Clergyman suspected of Heresy is in your Eye an Object of Horror. By how much more impious such a Character must appear, so much more cautious should you be in fixing the Charge. How cruel to confound the Innocent with the Guilty! Whether this be the Case, remains to be inquired. If I am what you delight to represent me, let the Publick have something more to rely on than private Assertions. Accusation is no Proof of a Crime. By openly convicting me of Heresy, you will furnish them with a Rule to determine the Orthodoxy of others.
I am, Sir, your most obedient, WILLIAM & MARY COLLEGE, SAMUEL HENLEY.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
WILLIAMSBURG, May 13, 1773.
MR. BAKER, SURGEON DENTIST, who performs all Operations on the Teeth and Gums, begs Leave to acquaint the Publick that he intends being at Fredericksburg the 20th of this Instant, to accommodate those whose Situation renders it inconvenient to come to this City.
F O R S A L E.
A TRACT of LAND on the River Rapidan , in Culpeper , containing three Thousand Acres, a Sufficiency of which is cleared to employ the Labour of twenty Slaves. As those Persons who may intend to become Purchasers will probably be better satisfied with Respect to the Quality of Land by viewing it than by a Description, they are requested to apply to Mr. John Allcock , who lives on the same. There is on the said Land a small Dwellinghouse, with all Outhouses necessary for Plantation and domestic Purposes. Credit will be allowed till the 10th of July 1774, on giving Bond, with approved Security, bearing Interest from the Date if not punctually discharged when due. BENJAMIN GRYMES, Junior.

A COMPLIMENT TO THE AUTHOR OF THE BALLAD.
WHATE'ER we great or small conceive, To something else is relative: As Things to other Things relate, They either may be small or great. Your Work, compar'd with Hudibras, Might for a mere Thread Paper pass; Compar'd with its intrinsic Wit, The Covenant were less than it; A goodly Pile I own, but why? For Wit, like a Muskito's Eye, That meagre Wit, by Toil and Pains Extorted from reluctant Brains, With its surrounding Bulk of thrase, Cut, saw'd, and tortur'd into Lays, Personify'd, would Semblance have To no Man, on this Side the Grave, Not e'en to Gerard (for though small His Soul still somebody warns that Ball) But rather to a shivering Ghost, In a vast Vault, forlorn and lost. Such Wit gives not the Life it wants, To all those Lines; it only haunts. To just the Purpose you might stave A Cask of Nantz in Ocean's Wave; Twould turn the Main to Grog as soon As such Wit brighten a Lampoon. How shall I, Phæbus, represent That Tenant and the Tenement? That Pygmy in his monstrous House, As a poor, starv'd, bewilderd Louse, Involv'd in some immense Peruque, The Wisdom haply of a Duke. O, for Similitudes, there's Store; You may take that, and twenty more! As Prisoner in a Cellar Room, A Frog, bewailing his cold Doom; Or squawling in a Brewer's Vat, While nibbling of his Tail, a Rat; Or Beetle, in a Hoghead hung, That tries and fails to shoot the Bung; Or, underneath a Hut's old Thatch, A Spider, beating his Death-Watch; Or, rotting in the brazen Shell Of some Dray Horse's Harness Bell, An Ounce of Lead, which, moving round, From Emptiness beguiles a Sound: Such is that puny Wit, in vain Turn'd loose in such a Waste of Strain. Howe'er at large, in Discontent It feebly mopes around for Vent; The poor, dull Thing! in grievous Ire, The Devil a Bit can it transpire! God's Mercy Man, (as Ellis said, Ere Ellis, like your Verse was dead, Alas, poor Fellow! now as flat, As cold, inanimate, as that) What wild Conceit beguiles you on To the rough Steeps of Helicon? Still clambering but a-down to fall, To the Diversion of us all; With every Circumstance of Shame, That can disgrace a Poet's Name. Survey how well (there look and learn) Brute Animals their Powers discern, How they to those adjust each Plan, And reach their Wisdom if you can. That Point attain'd, indulge your Pride, But never make a farther Stride. Should dire Ambition still infuse Her Venom, yet forbear the Muse. 'Tis not a Knack (yet that Boy's Part Alas! poor Man, exceeds your Art) 'Tis not a Knack, within set Space, Of wedging Syllables in Place, And tagging Desinences sweet, At Intervals, on certain Feet, That makes a Bard: The Fires divine Of Genius blaze along his Line, Direct his Powers, augment, unite, Give Springs and Pinions to his Flight, And fierce impinge (when such his View) His Satire on the like of you; Insidious Briars, that grovelling lay, Too low for Sight, athwart his Way, Engage his Horse, retard his Foot, Receive his Curse, and are forgot. Have you, insensible as Pelt, The sacred Influence ever felt? So may the radiant Sun have shone T' illuminate blind Torrington! The Man has heard of Green and Gray, As of pocktick Fire you may. The Terms might some Conceit produce, Sufficient for diurnal Use; But from the Truth remote, as far As Virtue from the Paths of Mar. Take Counsel: Counsel ta'en in Time Had spar'd the World much idle Rhyme, And though but a disgusting Dose To such Assassins of plain Prose, Is yet a salutary Pill, When swallow'd down with right Goodwill, As Phæbus views you with Dismay, Return him back as much again. As he delights in tuneful Verse, Upon such Trash bestow your Curse, And call it vain Impertinence, Unworthy your more solid Sense. You keck, I see; nay, keck along, Resume your Pen, give more Sing song: But, though you cudgel all the Nine, They never will inspire one Line. As soon shall Bullfrogs, on the T. Of Cypress, on Sundays, hop, There warble, like the Mocking Bird, Or be for heavenly Strains prepar'd. Nay (what if I have Wit or Skill To judge of aught were harder still) As soon a Slave shall Henry live, The Masons break the Faith they give, Or Banister betray his Friend, Or Cæy to be base descend, As soon could Eyre (ere yet cold Earth Receiv'd that Sum of Human Worth) Forget the Love of his Great Sire, And with vile Ministers conspire To strip his Country of her Laws, As you by Verse acquire Applause! 'Tis not your Province; you mistake Your Talent, hie to the Hempbreak. And while I envy with ESTAVE One Half the Land I strive to save, Approve yourself a better Man Than the most vigorous African. Adieu, vain Scoffer, we must part; But print this Notice first in Heart: That though my WINTER has hard Fate, 'Tis but sometimes that I translate.
CHELLOW, April 5, 1773. T. O.
JUPITER and the PHILOSOPHERS.
Jupiter. WHAT'S the Matter, Mercury? Why in such a Hurry? Has any Thing new fallen out in the World below? Mercury. Yes, O Jupiter! and such as demands thy immediate Attention. Two Mortals, who presume to call themselves wise Men, and Philosophers, are warmly contending for that great dispensing Power which alone belongs to thee, thou Creator and Dispenser of the Universe. Jupiter. What! have they again renewed their Dispute concerning temporal and eternal Punishments? Assemble all the Gods, and let the Hours draw the Curtains of Heaven; open all its Doors, that we may attend to this important Dispute. Christian Layman. Well, thou Unbeliever, dost thou presume to say that Jupiter means to fix eternal Punishments on the Guilty? Orthodox Layman. Tell me first what obliges you to believe that he will not do so? Christian Layman. Nay, first answer me. Orthodox Layman. Make thy Proposition then, since you will have it so, Christian Layman. Answer me this Question: Dost thou think that the Wicked are to be punished with eternal Punishments for their Misdeeds? Orthodox Layman. Yes. Christian Layman. What are your Reasons for supporting so devilish a Doctrine? Do you not admit the Testimony of the Sacred Writings to be satisfactory in this Matter? Does not the Term aion imply a certain Duration of Time, or an Age? Is it not opposed to karpos , which signifies a short Duration? Orthodox Layman. I answer you, Sir, that you are quite out. The Words karpos & aion are opposed to each other, it is true; but as karpos signifies finite Duration, aion must necessarily import infinite Duration: Ergo, Sir, you have very little Knowledge of the Scriptures. Christian Layman. I tell you, Sir, that such Language as this is Rail-ing, and not Reasoning; and farther, I tell you that you know nothing of the Greek. The Term karpos , in its genuine Meaning, signifies a very short Time, and is for that Reason opposed to the Word aion , which signifies a very long Time. Thus karpos , chronos & aion , make an Antithesis of Time. Besides, Sir, St. Paul says, "The momentary Lightness (to γαρ παυτακινα ελαφρος ) of our Tribulation worketh for us a Weight of Glory (καθ υπερβολα αιονον) exceedingly far more than aionian while we look not at the Things seen, but at the Things not seen; for the Things seen are ( προσκαμπα ) and the Things not seen are aionian ." There, Sir, is an aionian Argument for you, which plainly proves the Doctrine of temporal Punishments, beyond the Possibility of a Reply; but if you still entertain any Doubts about this Matter, I refer you to Leigh's Critica Sacra on the Word Aion , and to Benzelius's Exposition of the Apocalypse. Orthodox Layman. And I tell you again, Sir, that your Antithesis is false: Karpos , chronos , & aion , are three Gradations of Time; which, like the three Degrees of Comparison, are long, longer, longest. Aion then implies the longest Degree of Time; that is, Eternity. And, for your Satisfaction, I refer to Lilly's Grammar, and Schriverius's Lexicons. Christian Layman. Well, Sir, since we are not likely to agree in this Point, let us lay aside our Lexicons and our Sacras, and betake ourselves to plain Reason and common Sense. Orthodox Layman. Agreed. Momus . Ha! ha! ha! See, Jupiter, how these poor Fellows have bepuzzled themselves, and each other, with their Lexicon Knowledge. Let us now see how they will come off in the Field of Common Sense. Christian Layman. I allege, Sir, in a logical Deduction, that Jupiter is a Being of infinite Goodness and Mercy, and a Being of infinite Goodness and Mercy would not create other Beings to be for ever miserable: Ergo, Jupiter cannot have created Man to be doomed to eternal Punishment. Orthodox Layman. Your logical Deduction, Sir, is counteracted by another of equal Import. Jupiter is a Being of infinite Justice; a Being of infinite Justice would not place the Wicked on an equal Footing with the Virtuous, by exempting them from Punishment, or only punishing them for a Time, which, when compared to Eternity, is not so much as a Drop to the Ocean: Ergo, Jupiter must, agreeable to the Rules of Justice, make an eternal Difference between the Wicked and the Virtuous; that is, inflict eternal Punishments on the Guilty. Jupiter. It is thus, ye Sons of Vanity! it is thus that you would reason away every Attribute of your Creator. Thus will you perplex yourselves, and others, whenever you attempt to explain the hidden Operations of Nature. Know then, ye vain sophistical disputing Crew, that as our Power brought forth all earthly Things so does our Wisdom nourish and preserve them, and our Goodness and Justice dispose them as it seems best; the Acts of which Power are above thy Comprehension, and should rather be the Subject of thy Wonder and Admiration than of thy Dispute and Scrutiny. LUCIAN.
To Mr. D. C. at CHELLOW.
SIR, I AM sorry that the Medicine which I prescribed has not answered the End proposed. I fear your Situation is more dangerous than I at first imagined. Exercise does not seem to agree with you. I would have you give over * Emet. Is and + Catharticks altogether. These are my Reasons: Your Eulogy upon Berni , Ruscelli , &c. may lead us to suppose that you have seen their Writings; and as you esteem them Authors of Wit and Humour , so, from your Copy, we must naturally conclude that you do not understand them. Experience has deterred many from venturing at an Imitation, or Translation, of a good Original. Pity it is your bona Ardua had not been restrained thereby. "Had you, Sir, such perfect Candour, you would not § decorate your Temples with the Ears of Midas (for those you wear already) you would condemn yourself to the bard Fate of the unfortunate Marfyas." Quid me mihi detrahis? Inquit, Ab piget, ab non est clamabat, Tibia tanti. Your Quotation shows that you have peeped into Ovid, but at the same Time proves that you have no intimate Acquaintance with the Author, or at least are a Stranger to Application. "He found himself mistaken." Clamanti cxit est summos derepta per artus. Wise Commentator! learned Expositor! "Confess, Sir, that you want Fortitude, you want Candour, to satisfy offended Justice!" Confess, Sir, that you either wrote this in the Height of Spleen, and Hasty of Passion; or confess, what perhaps might be the Case, that you wrote without considering the Import of these Words. "My View has been, in a narrower Circle, to chastise Folly, by giving it adequate Ridicule." How narrow the Circle has been, we need only revert to your Productions in general. THE SPATTERINGS AND FACTOR OF YOUR SEROSITIES ARE DISGUSTFUL AND NAUSEOUS to all but the Man of Cellow. "To celebrate the Worthy, the Ingenious, the Magnanimous, whether living or in the Shades!" Who is there but is enraptured when he reads these Lines? "By Jove, I dare" Those Suns of Helicon to treat the Affair: Burke, Hewitt, Henley, Gwatkin. In extreme, Though they have Wit, 'tis far below the Theme." And a little farther on: "Here too, where Winter draws each Fibre tight, Are some who lov'd a Combat more than Flight, Mercer, McNeil, Gift, Fairfax, Washington." Cum multis aliis. "And, at the same Time, to furnish an innocent Amusement to rural Reefs." If Self-Congratulation can give it, you must be the happiest Man alive. "You may perceive me animated by the first of these Objects, this Moment!" This, I presume, needs no farther Comment. "You might have perceived they were all before me in the Verses in Praise of Winter!" As we are not all allowed to drink at the Fountain of Science, so every Person has not a Line to fathom Meanings immersed in the Abyss of Prose berhymed into ten-footed Discordancy. From the Flight in your Note, we may expect soon to see a Treatise from you on the Laws of Composition. Letters must receive great Advantage from the Pen of Mr. D. C. Your Comment upon my third Stanza has great Merit; and since you have extracted something out of it, I beg your Acceptance of the curious Broadsword: It may be of Service to you in the Cultivation of your Vines, and will stand you in better Stead than your Goose-Quill ever has. Thr Publick, I make no Doubt, are greatly obliged to you for throwing so much † Light upon your Copy of Verses. If the Genius of Scribbling should entice you to enter the Lists again, I beg, that, in all the Radiancy of Clelia and Brigantia , you will endeavour to explain your late profaic Performance, but particularly that long winded "English-Ibe, or Ibe-Italian," Sentence. Be happy. A. B.
* Poetry. "From Tars and Armpits," &c. Verses in Praise of Winter. † Prose. "Factor of Serosities." D. C. § A favourite Word of this Gentleman. See Verses from Cellow. || Whose binder Feet were white, whose Head was decorated with a Star. ¶ "Suns of Helicon."
To the PRINTER.
SIR, BY an Act of Assembly, which is to commence after the first of June next, Surveyors are directed and obliged, under a certain Penalty, to return (Plat, or Protract) all new Surveys by the true and not by the artificial or magnetic Meridian. By the true Meridian is meant that Line or Direction in which the Surveyor's Needle is generally supposed to lie, or point in, when at Rest, but which, from some unknown Cause, it does not, and from which indeed it is constantly varying, vibrating imperceptibly between certain hitherto unknown Limits eastward and westward of that Direction; or in other Words, it is the Direction in which Shadows are cast by the Meridian Sun; or, it is a true north and south Line. By the magnetic or artificial Meridian is meant a north and south Line found by a Magnet, or Surveyor's Compass. Now this Line is constantly varying, sometimes to the West and sometimes to the East of the true Meridian; and as the Bounds of our Lands are always run, or taken, by a magnetic Needle, and are laid down, or plated, as making certain Angles with the Direction of the Needle, or magnetic Meridian; these Bounds must likewise constantly vary, running my Land upon my Neighbour's, and his upon mine. This has often happened, and been productive of Lawsuits and much Confusion. But when Surveyors will take the Pains to find the Variation of their Needles, and protract their Surveys by the true Meridian, which never changes, their Surveys must always agree with a correct Survey reduced to the true Meridian, and their Courses will always be found to run in the same Direction; and then, if there should but one Tree be found in a given Course, and all the Bounds are lost, they will easily find them, because then the old Courses may be reduced to the true Meridian, and may be found by the Compass corrected.
There are many Methods proposed and practised for finding the true Meridian Line, but none more simple, or better adapted to a Surveyor's Purpose, than that proposed by Mr. THOMAS MARSHALL of Fauquier, who first proposed an Amendment of the Act directing Surveys of Land. His Instrument is cheap and portable, and the Method of using it may be easily learned. It may be had of Mr. Dickenson in Williamsburg. You may, if you please, and will probably oblige many of your Readers by it, to publish out of Ferguson's Astronomy, and out of his Lectures, his Method of proving a Meridian Line. I am, Your humble Servant, W. M.
Advertisement.
Doctor GRAHAM, OCULIST & AURIST, TAKES this Method of apologizing to several of the respectable Inhabitants of this City, who, having applied to him for Assistance in Disorders of the Eyes and Ears, have not as yet been attended to. The great Number of pitiable Objects, blind, deaf, &c. who crowd daily for Relief from all Parts of the Colony, has hitherto prevented him from complying with what he hath ever considered, not as his Interest only, but as a Duty, in the Exercise of which he frequently experiences the most exalted Pleasure that the human Mind is perhaps capable of enjoying.
WILLIAMSBURG, May 13, 1773. PURSUANT to a Decree of James City County Court, the Subscriber intends to sell, to the highest Bidder, at the Courthouse of the said County, on the second Monday in next Month, a very valuable Negro Man named NERO, late the Property of Josiah Crowning deceased; and the next Day he intends also to sell, to the highest Bidder, in Conformity to the same Decree, the LAND whereon the said Josiah lived, but subject to Mrs. Crowning's Dower, unless before the Day of Sale she should agree to join in the Conveyance for the Purpose of relinquishing the same, of which, should it happen, Notice will be given at the Sale, which will be on the Premises. A Year's Credit will be allowed to each Purchaser, on giving Bond, with good Security, to JOHN BLAIR.
NORFOLK, May 13, 1773. CONSIDERABLE Sums of Money being due to the Concern here under my Conduct, and as I intend for Britain next Year, it is expected that all who are in Arrears will be speedy in settling their Accounts, and such as cannot make immediate Payment to give Bond, that no Disputes may arise after my Departure. Those who have Demands against the Company, or myself, may apply for Payment. THE LOTS, with the HOUSES and STORES, where I now live, and 120 Acres of LAND at the Watering Place (within a short Mile by Water, and not above two Miles and a Half by Land, or the Borough) will be sold at one, two, or three Years Credit, as a Purchaser may incline. The Business of the Concern will be carried on, under its present Firm, by Mr. James Glasford . NEIL JAMIESON. * A SHIP of 520 Hogheads Burthen to be let on Charter to any Part of Britain.
ARCHIBALD DIDDEP, TAILOR, WILLIAMSBURG.
TAKES this Method of informing the Publick that he has removed from his former Habitation to a House contiguous to Doctor Potter's , where he carries on his Business in all its different Branches. He returns his most grateful Acknowledgments to all those who have hitherto been pleased to favour him with their Custom, and hopes for a Continuance of it, as they may rely upon their Work being executed with the greatest Care and Punctuality, and on the most reasonable Terms. He also makes Ladies RIDING HABITS in the neatest and most genteel Manner.
WILLIAMSBURG, May 13, 1773. I THINK it necessary to give this publick Notice, to all Persons who are in Arrears to me, that if they do not, without Fail, discharge their Accounts by the July Meeting of the Merchants, they will most assuredly be put into a Lawyer's Hands. N. B. In the mean While, from the many Disappointments I have met with in collecting my Debts, I am obliged to stop Trade, till I can receive the Money due to me to carry it on. ROBERT GILBERT.
GRANVILLE, North Carolina, February 1, 1773. IN Consequence of an Advertisement published by my Husband ( Vinkler Jones ) forewarning all Persons from trusting me, I am under the disagreeable Necessity to inform the Publick that the following Circumstance occasioned my Absence, which was at his Request, notwithstanding which I have not made the least Attempt to run him in Debt: I paid four Pounds Prec. to Benjamin Ragling , by his Order, which proving to be bad, my said Husband desired I would go down to Glasgow , and there to stay till he wrote to me, for he was afraid of being taken up, and that there would be farther Trouble about it. ELIZABETH JONES.
WILLIAMSBURG, May 13, 1773. THE Subscriber hereby informs his Customers that he intends to leave this Colony early in the Fall, and hopes all those indebted to him will make immediate Payment, to prevent Suits being commenced against them. Those to whom he is indebted are desired to send in their Accounts, that they may be properly settled. JONATHAN PROSSER.
RUN away from on Board the Matty , lying in Pagan Creek , on the 25th of April , a Negro Man named JACK , alias Phil , about twenty one Years of Age, five Feet nine Inches high, of a yellow Complexion, proportionably made, and has lost two Joints of two of his Fingers on his right Hand; he had on a new green Coat, a blue Jacket, a Pair of gray Breeches, a white Shirt, and a Pair of black Stockings. This Fellow is the Property of Mr. Thomas Gordon of Petersburg , who has already advertised him in this Gazette. I will give a Reward of TWENTY SHILLINGS, besides what is allowed by Law, to any Person who delivers him to his said Master in Petersburg , Mr. Hugh McMeikin in Petersburg , or to Mr. Andrew Macle near Smithfield . JAMES PRUDDEN.

POETS CORNER. F R I E N D S H I P.
CURSD be the Man whose Heart, unmov'd, can hear Vile Insult sneaking in the treacherous Sneer; Wretches defcanting, with malicious Mind, The venial Errors natural to Mankind; With greedy Thirst th' injurious Tale devour, And vent the Lie appointed for the Hour, But doubly curs'd who hears with patient Soul The Strains of Calumny and Slander roll. Haste, generous Rage, with manly Zeal defend Th' insulted Virtues of an abler Friend; Full to their Teeth discharge th' avenging Flame, Refound his Goodness, and enlarge his Fame; Him from the Frowns of Scorn indignant free, The Stroke which wounds thy Friend is aim'd at thee. This strong Exertion, this expanded Fire, Friendship demands, and Friendship will inspire; E'en kindling Nature would impatient Spring, To shield a Stranger from the Viper's Sting.
F L A T T E R Y.
SHALL Flattery lure us with delusive Wiles, Replete with Rancour, though she's dress'd in Smiles? A Face of Sweetness with a Heart of Gall, Who knows no Virtue, though she prates of all? In silken Fetters bind the Sons of Earth, And blast the Beauties of superior Worth? All, all, alas! to Flattery's Musick yield, Kings on the Throne, and Generals in the Field; The Villain's Study, and the Fool's Employ, The Virgin's Glory, and the Matron's Joy. The Young, the Old, here fix their doting Looks, Fops at their Glass, and Students at their Books; Whom Reason vainly points with solid Plan, To slide from Letters to a Glance of Man. Bereft of Conquests, and despoil'd of Crown, Thus honest Truth is banish'd with a Frown; So lov'd is Flattery, though Experience shows This friendly Siren is the worst of Foes.
For SALE, an reasonable Terms, A VALUABLE Tract of LAND in Mecklenburg, containing a Thousand and sixty eight Acres. Apply to me in Williamsburg. BEVERLEY DICKSON.
TO BE SOLD,
A TRACT of LAND in Goochland , containing five Hundred and ten Acres, on the Waters of Beaverdam and Geneva ; the Soil is excellent for Wheat, with about seventy Acres cleared, and in good Order for Cropping. For Terms apply to the Subscriber, at Four Mile Creek. (4) JOHN PLEASANTS.
ORANGE, April 25, 1773.
I THINK proper to acquaint the Publick, that some Time in the Year 1769 one John Stockdell of this County purchased a Tract of Land of one Edward Thomas , containing about four Hundred and seventy Acres, lying near the Courthouse, in the County aforesaid; that soon after the Purchase the said Stockdell and myself entered into an Agreement in Writing, bearing Date the 11th Day of September 1769; and the said Stockdell , for the Considerations therein mentioned, agreed to sell and convey to me a Part of his Purchase aforesaid, or all that Part of the said Land lying to the left Hand of the Road leading from the said Courthouse to Barnet's Ford ; that since the Execution of the aforesaid Agreement the said Stockdell has refused to convey to me the said Land, or any Part, according to his Agreement; and, in Order to compel him thereto, I have brought a Suit in Chancery in this County some Time since, which is now depending, and which Agreement I have annexed to my Bill of Complaint, filed in the Office. I therefore forewarn all Persons from purchasing that Part of the said Tract of Land which I am endeavouring to compel a Conveyance of to me. (2||) WILLIAM BELL.
NEWCASTLE, May 5, 1773.
THE Subscriber has opened the TAVERN in this Town lately occupied by Mrs. Margaret Ball , it being the first House on the left Hand of the main Street leading from Williamsburg towards Colonel Syme's Gate , where he will endeavour to keep as good Entertainment as any in the Colony, and shall be much obliged to all Ladies and Gentlemen who will favour him with their Custom. THOMAS KENT.
BRUNSWICK, May 7, 1773.
THE Subscriber intends for Britain immediately. The Business will be carried on, in his Absence, by Messrs. John Woodrop and Hugh Love . (||) ALLAN LOVE.
For LONDON,
THE Ship PLANTER , Thomas Lilly Master, Burthen about seven Hundred Hogheads, and will take in Tobacco on Liberty of Consignment for two Hundred and fifty Hogheads, the Quantity of four Hundred and fifty Hogheads being for the House of Messrs. Dunlop and Wilson of London . Notes or Orders may be lodged at Norfolk , with Gavin Hamilton and Company , Tlemas Lilly on Board the said Ship, at the Honourable Colonel Corbin's , or at his House in York Town .
TO BE SOLD,
ABOUT fourteen Thousand Acres of exceeding good LAND in the County of Pittsylvania . For Terms apply to Mr. Hugh Roje of Amberst , who will treat with any Person inclinable to purchase, and be empowered to make a legal Title. CAROLINE, May 7, 1773. (tf) THOMAS LOMAX.
To be SOLD at Richmond Town , on Wednesday the 9th of June, if fair, otherwise next fair Day, pursuant to the last Will and Testament of Robert Du Val, deceased .
ALL his HOUSES and LOTS in the said Town, a white SERVANT who understands the Carpenter's and Joiner's Business, and has upwards of three Years to serve, sixteen valuable SLAVES, among whom are four Sawers, a Carpenter, and a Bricklayer; also all his STOCKS of HORSES, CATTLE, &c. with a strong WAGON and GEAR, all his HOUSE and KITCHEN FURNITURE, a great Variety of JOINERS and CARPENTERS TOOLS, and many other Things too tedious to mention. The Houses and Lots to be sold on eighteen, and the Negroes, Stocks, &c. on twelve Months Credit. Bond and Security will be required for all Sums above twenty five Shillings, to bear Interest from the Date if not punctually paid when due. All Persons indebted to the Estate are requested to make immediate Payment, and those who have Claims against the same we hope will soon make them known, that they may be speedily adjusted. TURNER SOUTHALL, ZACHARIAH ROWLAND, } Executors. WILLIAM DU VAL,
Qui visum vitam dat — Cic. THE infinitely wise Author of Nature has assigned to the Eyes and Ears the most useful and important Offices of Life. The Structure of those delicately tender Organs is so exquisitely minute, the Mechanism and Properties of their various Parts so admirably curious, that they may be filed, with Propriety, the Miracles of Nature. The great Variety of Dangers and Diseases, manifest and occult, to which those precious Sense are exposed, the little Attention that hitherto has been paid to the Improvement of this noble Science, and so few, properly qualified, have engaged in its Practice, that to study them, in any Degree suitable to their Importance, is full Business for Life. The inestimable Blessing, and great Advantages, which attend a perfect Enjoyment of the Sight and Hearing, are obvious to all; but the deplorable and truly pitiable Condition of the Blind and Deaf is attended with such solitary Discomfort, such gloomy Ideas, and constant Uneasiness of Mind, as no one can be truly sensible of who has not in some Measure experienced it himself. How noble therefore, how deserving of the nicest Cultivation, must that Art be that can restore Sight to the Blind, Hearing to the Deaf, Speech to the Dumb, and keep in Order the Springs of those Master-pieces of creative Wisdom! That Art must needs be divine; because, thus assisted, our Minds are inspired with the grandest Apprehensions of Almighty GOD!
To the INHABITANTS of VIRGINIA.
DOCTOR GRAHAM, OCULIST AND AURIST,
MOST respectfully offers his best Services, and acquaints them that he may be consulted at his Apartments at Mr. Hyland's , in this City, in all Disorders of the Eye and its Appendages; and in every Species of Deafness, Hardness of Hearing, Ulcerations, Noise in the Ears, &c. Those Persons likewise who have had the unspeakable Misfortune of being born deaf and dumb, and those who labour under any Impediment in their Speech, by applying personally, will probably be assisted. Those Persons whose Eyes are utterly perished, or sunk in their Heads, may have the Deformity removed by artificial Eyes, so curiously fixed, and adapted to the Orbits, as to have, in Appearance, the Beauties, Motion, &c. of a natural Eye in its healthy State.
MEDICINE and SURGERY have always been his favourite Study; but the Structure and Diseases of those tender, sympathetical, and nearly connected Organs, just mentioned, have for many Years particularly engaged his Attention and Practice; whence, regardless of vague conjectural Hypotheses, he hath deduced, on rational Principles, Methods of Cure, improved and confirmed by the most accurate Observations, in a Course of Practice the most extensive, and perhaps the most successful of any of his Contemporaries in Europe , or on this vast Continent.
Notwithstanding it has ever been a Custom with the professed Oculists and Aurists of Europe to conceal their Method of Practice, and to refuse to communicate to any one the Knowledge they possessed, yet as his Concern in England will not permit him to remain long in America , and in Order that his Method may be rendered of as diffusive Utility as possible, he proposes to instruct and appoint, after a Series of actual Practice, one Person in every Province through which he may pass to succeed him in treating, after the most improved Method, the Diseases of the Eyes and Ears, and to communicate to them from Time to Time such Discoveries and Improvements as may result from future Practice. A Premium will be expected, and none need apply but those who have been regularly bred to the Profession of Physick or Surgery.
The candid and intelligent Inhabitants of these Parts of the British Colonies can readily distinguish true Merit from pretended Knowledge. To conciliate, therefore, their Favour, Doctor Graham begs Leave to assure them, that, with Tenderness and Moderation, even to the poorest Individual, his best Abilities shall at all Times be exerted to serve them; and as the Success which daily attends his Practice is a better Testimony of his Skill than any Thing he might advance in his own Behalf, let it suffice only to mention, that, after several Years Study at the justly celebrated University of Edinburgh , he has travelled in Pursuit of Knowledge, in his favourite Branches, attending the Infirmarys and Hospitals, as well as the Lectures of the most eminent Professors, in Europe . In the Course of his Practice at Philadelphia , several Hundred Patients have been cured or relieved of the following Disorders, many of which had been of long Standing, and deemed incurable by other Practitioners, even by Gentlemen who otherwise do Honour to the Profession; the Success attending their Practice sufficiently evincing that they are worthy and capable of the great, the important Charge, with which they are intrusted. The chief Disorders are as follows: Total, partial, and periodical Blindness; Weakness and Dimness of Sight; Squinting; Pain, Swelling, and Inflammation of the Eyes; Spots, Specks, Pearls, or Films occasioned by the Smallpox, Blows, or extraneous Substances; weak, watery, red, spongy, and ulcerated Eyelids; spasmodick Twitching of the Muscles; involuntary Weeping of the Tears; Tumours, and Excretions; Fistulae Lacrymales ; total and periodical Deafness; Thickness of Hearing; Pain, and Inflammations; painful Sensations in Consequence of loud Sounds; Cracking, Itching, continual and remitting Noises in the Ears; offensive Runnings occasioned by Colds, Swelling, Swimming, Picking, and improper Applications, or by long and severe Sicknesses; Insects and extraneous Bodies getting into the Ears; Ulcerations, with Caries of the Bones, Pelypi , &c. and several Persons born deaf and dumb, Impediments in their Speech, &c.
N. B. Business in Philadelphia will not permit the Doctor to remain in this City longer than the 15th of June . Those, therefore, who have Occasion for his Assistance, will be pleased to apply immediately. The Poor, who apply properly recommended, will be assisted gratis with Advice, Medicines, or manual Operations, as their respective Cases may require; and for that Purpose he will appropriate every Morning, Sundays excepted, between the Hours of five and seven.
Equæ pauperibus prodest, locupletibus aquæ, Equæ neglectum pueris scribusque nocetis.
WILLIAMSBURG, May 12, 1773.
Wanted immediately,
On CHARTER for MADEIRA, A VESSEL
That will carry about five Thousand Bushels, FOR TERMS Apply to the Subscriber, in BLANDFORD. WILLIAM ROBERTSON. (2)
NORTHAMPTON, May 8, 1773.
RUN away from the Subscriber's Plantation in Brunswick , last December , two Negro Men, DAVID and SAM , about twenty five Years of Age, of the middle Stature, and had on Cotton Clothes, new Felt Hats, Osanbrug Shirts, &c. David is likely, strong, and full faced; Sam is thin visaged, with a wide Mouth, and a higher Nose than common. They were carried from York , where they had Wives; but as no Advice can be had of their returning thither, I suppose they have taken some other Course, and perhaps may depart the Country. All Masters of Vessels are hereby forewarned from carrying them away. Whoever conveys them to me shall have FIFTY SHILLINGS Reward for each, and if taken out of the Country FIVE POUNDS, besides the Allowance by Law. (6) GRIFFIN SMITH.
RUN away from the Subscriber, about the first of April last, a Negro Man named ISAAC , the Property of Mrs. Barbarine Justice . He has been used to go by Water, and probably may endeavour to pass for a Freeman. He is of a yellow Complexion, about twenty five Years old, well made, of the middle Stature, and his Hair is intermixed with Wool. I will give a Reward of TWENTY SHILLINGS if he is taken upon the Eastern Shore , and FORTY SHILLINGS if in any other Part, besides all reasonable Charges for conveying him to me, in Northampton . (||) JOHN HARMANSON.
COMMITTED to Orange Jail, on the 21st of April , upon Suspicion of being runaway Servants, two Irishmen who say their Names are DANIEL RAILEY and CONNER CORNEE , and that they were landed in South Carolina , from on Board a Ship commanded by Captain Wilson , to whom they paid their Passage. They are about thirty Years of Age, five Feet three or four Inches high, and what little Clothes they have are very ragged. (2||) WILLIAM BELL, Jailer.
TAKEN up, in Orange , a small light coloured gray MARE, with dark Legs, a hanging Mane and Sprig Tail, several black Spots on her Withers and Rump, and paces naturally. Potted, and appraised to eight Pounds. (||) PRETTYMAN MERRY.
TAKEN up, in Amelia , a brindled STEER about two Years old last Spring , with a Film over his left Eye, marked with a Swallowfork in the right Ear, and a Crop and Hole in the left. Potted, and appraised to twenty seven Shillings and Sixpence. RICHARD BORUM.
TAKEN up, in Amberst , a dark bay MARE about four Feet seven Inches high, with a Star in her Forehead, a Snip to the End of her Nostril, a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, all her Feet are white, she is Crest-fallen, the Tip of her right Ear is cut off, but she is not branded. Potted, and appraised to ten Pounds. (||) JOHN PHILIPS.
TAKEN up, in Brunswick , a likely bright bay FILLY about four Feet five or six Inches high, appears to be about two Years old, her left fore Foot is white, but she is neither dockt nor branded. Potted, and appraised to sixteen Pounds. BARTHOLOMEW INGRAM.
TAKEN up, in Bedford , a forrel MARE about four Years old, four Feet four Inches high, with some White in her Face turning like a Hook, some Saddle Spots, her Mane cut off, paces and trots out of Hand, branded on the near Shoulder Q , and had on a middle sized Bell, put on with a Strap like a Stirrup Leather. Potted, and appraised to six Pounds. (||) RICHARD PHILLIPS.
TAKEN up, in King George , a dark brindled HEIFER about four Years old, marked with a Crop in the left Year. Potted, and appraised to thirty Shillings. (||) WILLIAM GRANT.
TAKEN up, in Amelia , a black and white STEER, marked with a Crop and Hole in the left Ear. Potted, and appraised to forty Shillings. JOHN WINN.
TAKEN up, in Cumberland , a middle sized bay MARE, with several Saddle Spots, docked, no visible Brand, and came with a Bell on. Potted, and appraised to eight Pounds. ABRAHAM SALLE.
TAKEN up, in Loudoun , a small Iron gray MARE about three Years old, thirteen Hands high, more White down her Face than any other Part, has a Sprig Tail, and branded on the near Buttock, as near as can be discovered, M . JOHN BERKLEY.
TAKEN up, in King William , a brindled STEER about four Years old, marked with a Crop and Underkeel in the left Ear, and an Underkeel in the right. Potted, and appraised to fifty Shillings. JOHN QUARLES.
TAKEN up, in Louisa , an Iron gray HORSE about four Years old, four Feet eight Inches high, both hind Feet white, and paces naturally. Potted, and appraised to ten Pounds. (||) WILLIAM GANETT, Junior.
TAKEN up, in Brunswick , a brindled STEER marked with a Crop, Slit, and Nick, in the under Part of the right Ear, and a Slope and Nick in the under Part of the left. Potted, and appraised to forty five Shillings. (||) WILLIAM DARBY ORGAIN.
ON the 1st of this Instant ( MAY ) the Treasurer, Trustees, and Subscribers to the Fund for the Relief of Clergymens Widows and Orphans, met according to Appointment. On the next Day two Sermons were preached, suitable to the Occasion; and Collections were made at the Church Doors, producing (with three Pounds two Shillings and Sixpence) from a Person unknown, by the Hands of the Reverend Mr. Professor Hensley the Sum of fifty three Pounds ten Shillings and seven Pence, for which the generous Contributors are desired to accept the grateful Acknowledgments of the Clergy associated for the Support of the above named Fund. On Monday, the last Day of meeting, seventy five Pounds were ordered to be distributed among several Widows and several Orphans; and the following Officers were appointed for the ensuing Year: The Reverend John Cumm , Treasurer; the Reverend Messrs. Benjamin Blagrove , Henry Skyring , James Maury , Forster , Thomas Price , William Bland , and Alexander White , Trustees; William Leigb the Forenoon, and John Bracken the Afternoon, Preacher. JACOB BRUCE, Clerk.
HANOVER, May 6, 1773.
THE Debtors of Mr. John Bland of London , Merchant, will be pleased to take Notice, that by the having delayed to discharge their Balances, and long withheld many Thousands from that Gentleman, he was lately reduced to the sad Necessity of conveying all his Estate, Debts, and Effects, to Trustees for the Benefit of his Creditors, and that I am fully empowered by the Trustees to act for them, and collect the Debts and settle the Affairs of Mr. Bland in this Colony. I shall be happy if I can conduct this extensive Business to the Satisfaction of all Parties, without the Trouble or Expense of Suits at Law; but the urgent Demands of Mr. Bland's Creditors, and the unhappy Situation of himself, and of a numerous worthy Family (who are involved in his Difficulties, and now tasting the Bitterness of his Distress) will not admit of Indulgence or Delay, and I therefore hope the Debtors will provide for the immediate Discharge of their Debts, and come to settle their respective Accounts with me, without farther Application, for it will not be convenient, or possible, for me to wait on them at their respective Homes. The Debts contracted at the Stores kept for Mr. Bland , by his Son Mr. John Bland, Junior , at Blandford , Mr. Andrew Grant at Beyd's Hole , and by Mr. David Briggs at Falmouth , will be settled and collected by these Gentlemen severally, with whom they were contracted; and the Debtors are hereby required to pay their Balances to them, without Delay, they having Instructions to enforce Payments, and to close their respective Accounts immediately. The Goods now on Hand in the Stores are to be sold as soon as an Account is taken of them, and if Persons inclined to purchase will be pleased to apply to the above Gentlemen, at their respective Stores, they may see the Goods, and know the Terms of Sale, as they are severally empowered to sell them. Mr. John Bland, Junior , being very worthy of Confidence, and greatly interested in these Matters, has full Power to act in them, on all Occasions in my Absence, as he thinks right; and Payments made to him, in Discharge of the Sterling or current Debts, will be allowed by PETER LYONS.
N. B. I shall be obliged to the Persons who have Demands against Mr. John Bland of London to let me know the Nature and Amount of their Claims before they put his Estate to the Expense of Attachments or Suits in Chancery, as I shall be willing to pay out of his Effects any Debt that I can be justified in discharging.
TAPPAHANNOCK, May 4, 1773.
AS it is now three Years since I discontinued Store-keeping on my own private Account at this Place, I request all those indebted to me to come and pay off immediately, otherwise their Accounts, &c. will be put into an Attorney's Hands, without Respect of Persons or farther Notice. Those who have any Claims against me are desired to bring them in. (6) ARCHIBALD MC'CALL. ** I have LOTS, and a genteel and pleasant situated two Story HOUSE, &c. in this Place, which I will sell on reasonable Terms.
A SOBER, well behaved Man, capable of teaching Children to read and write, and at the same Time properly qualified as an Accountant, may meet with Employment in a Gentleman's Family by Application to the Printer hereof.

SOUTH CAROLINA, April 24, 1773.
I LEFT at Jacob Whiteley's, in Fredericksburg, in the Month of December 1771, my Saddle Bags, in which were sundry Clothes, and many Papers of Consequence, particularly a Bond of William Rea's for six Hundred and eighty Pounds, one of Richard Farrar's for three Hundred and eighty Pounds, and a Note of John Furnace's for two Hundred Pounds, all South Carolina Money. I do hereby promise any Person a genteel Reward who will deliver me those Papers, and I also forewarn any Person receiving the Payment of them. (2||) JAMES MC'LANACHAN.
BUR WELL'S FERRY, May 4, 1773.
FROM some Circumstances, I am induced to believe that a Man of the Name of PETER LYALL, who hired a Horse of me to go to Williamsburg yesterday, has made off with him. He attempted to pass in Norfolk by the Name of Randolph, and was some Time in the Employment of Mr. Meriwether Skelton as an Overseer. He is very remarkable, the Back of his right Hand, and the right Side of his Neck, being marked with a Colour resembling Claret; he is about five Feet ten Inches high, has short black Hair, dark Eyes, and is of a swarthy Complexion. The Horse is of a bright bay Colour, about thirteen Hands and a Half high, with a Star in his Forehead, a roached Mane and Bob Tail, and on the Inside of his left fore Leg, between the Footlock and Knee, is a Knot as large as a Hen Egg, supposed to have come from a Hirt. I hereby forewarn all Persons from purchasing the said Horse, and offer a Reward of TWENTY SHILLINGS, and to pay all reasonable Expenses, to any Person who will secure and convey him to me. JUDITH COKE.
THE Trustees appointed to treat with Persons for clearing Mattaponi River, above Todd's Bridge, will meet, for that Purpose, at Aylett's Warehouse, on Wednesday the 17th of this Instant (May.) Those who incline to undertake that Work are desired to view the River before that Day, that they may be the better able to judge of the Reward, as the strictest Punctuality will be expected. (2)
NORFOLK, May 1, 1773.
THE Concern of WILLIAM FORSYTH and Company being dissolved, the LEATHER, which was all imported from London, and the MATERIALS and TOOLS, will be sold at publick Vendue, on Wednesday the 19th Instant. All Persons indebted are desired to make Payment to me immediately. JAMES INGRAM.
To be SOLD, at publick Vendue, on the 10th of June next,
ALL the real Estate belonging to the BUSH RIVER IRON WORKS COMPANY, at the Head of Bush River, Baltimore County, Maryland, now laid out in the following LOTS for Convenience of Sale.
No. 1. The principal Seat, containing about fifty Acres, on which is an Iron Furnace not in Use, a Merchant Mill and Sawmill on a very fine Stream of Water, with the Mill Race and Dam. About twenty Acres of the Land is very fine improved Meadow, and most of the fifty Acres may be watered from the Race, and is very rich. There are divers small Houses, Outhouses, &c. on this Lot, which is pleasantly situated at Bush Town. The Stream is capable of manufacturing thirty Thousand Bushels of Wheat per Annum, in an extraordinary fine Wheat Country, and about forty five Miles distant from York Town, in Pennsylvania, to which is a very good Road. The Mills and Furnace are at the Head of navigable Water, and the Flower Barrels may be rolled out of the Mill into the Craft, and transported from thence, by Water, to Baltimore Town, on the Head of Elk, about thirty Miles equal Distance, at nine Pence a Barrel.
No. 2. A Tract of Land called Coomb's Adventure, on Patapsco River, about two Miles distant from Baltimore Town, containing, by Estimation, one Hundred and seventy five Acres. On this Land is one of the best Banks of Iron Ore in the Province, and is rendered very valuable from its Situation, and many other Conveniencies; it lies high, a Vessel of two Hundred Tons Burthen may come close to the Shore, and it is a fine Place for a Gentleman's Seat.
No. 3 and 5. Contain about seven Acres of Land, adjoining Bush Town, between the Furnace Race and Bynam's Run, pleasantly situated on the main Road, and very convenient for building on.
No. 6. Is a Lot of one Acre of the same Sort of Land, and adjoining. No. 7. Is a Lot of seven Acres, adjoining Bush Town, between the old Race and the Dam, valuable Meadow Ground.
No. 8. Contains about twenty five Acres, near Bush Town, on the west Side of Bynam's Run, below the Dam, some of it fine Meadow Ground.
No. 9. Contains about thirty one Acres, above the Dam, adjoining the Land of James Mathers, Part of it fine Meadow Ground.
No. 10. Contains about five Acres, between the Race and Run.
No. 16. Contains about two Hundred and thirty Acres, at the north End of a Tract of Land called Nova Scotia, very good Land, and well timbered.
No. 17. Contains about two Hundred and seventy Acres, Part of the same Tract, very fine Land, about twelve Acres valuable Meadow Ground, and well timbered.
No. 18. About a Hundred and thirty Acres, Part of the same Tract, very good Land, with a sufficient Quantity of Meadow Ground.
No. 19. About a Hundred and twenty one Acres, about thirty Acres of which is some of the finest Meadow Ground in the Province, which, together with the Upland, is exceedingly well timbered, such as large white Oak, Poplar, and Ash, and is Part of a Tract of Land called Abbot's Forrest.
No. 20 and 21. About a Hundred and ten Acres, Part of the aforesaid Tract called Nova Scotia, on the west Side of James's Run, near Bush Town, and Part of it good Meadow Ground.
No. 22. About a Hundred and twenty Acres, Part of two Tracts near Bush Town, and some of it rich Bottom.
No. 23. About eighty Acres, Part of a Tract of Land called Friendship, pleasantly situated between the main Road and James Webster's Plantation, and about a Mile from Bush Town.
No. 24. Is a Grist Mill and Stone Mill House, with twenty Acres of condemned Land, on a good Stream of Water, adjoining Bush Town, a Quarter of a Mile from Tide Water, and near the main Road.
No. 25. Is a Wharf on Bush River, for the Convenience of Vessels loading and unloading, near the Town.
No. 26. About twenty eight Acres, Part of the aforesaid Tract called Nova Scotia, near Bush River.
No. 27. About nine Acres, called Broken Islands, on Bush River.
No. 28. About sixty one Acres, Part of a Tract called Friendship, south east of Lands of Hannab Richardson.
No. 29. About a Hundred and eighty Acres, Part of the same Land, on the main Road, near Bush Town.
No. 31. About a Hundred and thirty four Acres, four Miles from Bush Town, pleasantly situated on the main Road, and some of it cultivated.
No. 32. About three Hundred Acres, Part of two Tracts, on which is a good Plantation, an Orchard of good Fruit, and a great Prospect of Iron Ore.
All the above Lands (except the Lot No. 2, called Coomb's Adventure) are situated at and near Bush Town, and none of them more than four or five Miles distant from navigable Water. The Sale to be held at Joseph Siler's, at Bush Town. Reasonable Credit will be allowed the Purchaser, on giving Bond and approved Security. The Premises may be viewed any Time before the Day of Sale, and the several Lots above described will be shown by applying to Isaac Webster near Bush Town, William Cox for Jacob Giles, or Thomas Bond, Son of John.
As the BUSH COMPANY have but lately purchased the Iron Bank on Lot No. 2, called Coomb's Adventure, and the Iron Ore on Lot No. 32 (two Miles distant from the Furnace) has been but very lately discovered, should any one Person, or two or three in Company, incline to purchase the Whole, and carry on the Works, the Furnace has all the Advantages from Situation and Convenience that can be found at any one Place in the Province, and could not fail of making Money fast, provided the Partners were unanimously engaged to conduct the same agreeable thereto. The Furnace Stack is allowed to be staunch and good. (5)
WILLIAMSBURG, May 6, 1773.
THE Gentlemen who have failed paying the Fines adjudged by the Committee of Trade are hereby desired to discharge them by the 26th of July next, to Andrew Sprowle, Esq; or the Chairman who may then preside; otherwise they must expect to see their Names published, in Terms of their Agreement entered into last November.
ANDREW SPROWLE, Chairman.
SUNDRY likely Virginia born NEGROES, belonging to the Estate of Mr. Samuel Hill, deceased, will be sold to the highest Bidder, for Cash, at the Halfway House between Williamsburg and York, on Tuesday the 18th Instant (May) to pay the Debts due from the said Estate. (2||) CHARLES HANSFORD, Executor.
N. B. All Persons who have Claims against the said Estate are desired to bring them in, properly proved, and receive Payment.
NAVAL OFFICE, Hampton, May 1, 1773.
THIS is to acquaint the Publick, that in future, at the Office here, the Duties on TUNNAGE and IMPOST will be exacted in Sterling Money, and no other Mode of discharging them be admitted. WILSON MILES CARY, Naval Officer.
FALMOUTH, April 23, 1773.
THE Subscribers having met with many Disappointments, and much Trouble, in collecting the Inspection Money for Tobacco shipped from Falmouth and Dixon's Warehouses, hereby give Notice that they are determined in future not to ship any Tobacco unless the Money is sent with the Notes.
WILLIAM NEWTON, } Falmouth. THOMAS HOARD, } JOHN POLLARD, } Dixon's. THOMAS SHARPE, }
TO THE PUBLICK.
AT the Sign of the King's Arms Coffeehouse, in Church Street, Norfolk, is established a very genteel and convenient INN and TAVERN (with good Stabling for Horses) for the Accommodation of Travellers and others; supported by a Society of Gentlemen, and under the Direction and Management of TERESA PEARSE.
LOUISA, April 14, 1773.
AS I intend removing my Family and Effects out of this Colony some Time next Winter, I request all Persons indebted to me to make speedy Payment, which will prevent Trouble; and those who have any Demands against me are desired to apply for Payment. (1||) JAMES CHILES.
ALBEMARLE, April 16, 1773.
I INTEND for SCOTLAND soon. (||) PHILIP MACRAE.
GREAT BRIDGE, May 4, 1773.
I INTEND for Great Britain soon, and to return in a few Months. (||) CHARLES MAYLE.
A PERSON duly qualified to teach the Languages, and who can produce a Recommendation for Sobriety and Diligence, may hear of an advantageous Offer by applying to the Printer.
TO BE SOLD,
A TRACT of LAND upon Rappahannock River, in Essex County, between Hobb's Hole and Urbanna, containing two Hundred and sixty Acres. Also to be rented for a Year, or for a Term of Years, a HOUSE situated on the back Street. For Particulars inquire of Mr. James Shield, near Williamsburg, or of the Subscriber, in Charles City. HENRY ARMISTEAD.
FOR SALE,
A DOUBLE decked VESSEL, Burthen about a Hundred and thirty Tons, fit either for the Tobacco or Grain Trade, as handsome and well built a Vessel as any in the Colony, whose Timber and Plank have been seasoned eighteen Months, and which will be finished to a Cleat in fifteen Days. For Terms apply to BENJAMIN HARRISON.
FOR SALE,
A PLEASANT Seat in Northumberland County, containing, agreeable to my Purchase, two Hundred Acres; more or less. The remarkable Point called Smith's, on Potomack, makes from the said Land; and I think I may venture to say, with Justice, that it is one of the best Places in Virginia for Fish and Oysters, both in Quantity and Quality. It is supposed any industrious Person who understands curing Fish may make a Hundred a Year, without much Hindrance in his Crop; and there is also a Quantity of Wildfowl. Also forty three Acres of LAND for Sale, almost joining the above Plantation. For Terms apply to the Subscriber, on the Premises. (||) JOHN WEBB.
To be RENTED annually, or LEASED for a Term of Years,
THE STOREHOUSES at Todd's Warehouse, lately occupied by Mr. Robert M'Candlish and Mr. Abraham Archer. They are large, very convenient, and well situated for Trade, being at the upper Landing on Mattaponi River, where large Quantities of Grain, and about two or three Hundred Hogheads of Tobacco, are annually delivered. The Terms may be known by applying to the Subscriber, near the Premises. (||) WILLIAM TODD.
To be LET to the lowest Undertaker, on Thursday the 27th of May, at Joseph Williamson's, where Benjamin Chapman formerly lived, in Meherrin Parish, Brunswick County,
THE BUILDING of a CHURCH fifty Feet long and twenty six Feet wide, to be completed within two Years from the Undertaking. One Half the Money to be paid upon raising and covering in the said Church, and the other Half upon receiving the same. The Undertaker to give Bond and approved Security on the Spot, to JAMES WALL. JAMES WALL, Junior. DOUGLASS WILKINS.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, on Monday the 17th Instant (MAY) before the SWAN TAVERN in YORK Town,
A DWELLINGHOUSE in the said Town, pleasantly situated on the main Street, where Mrs. Robinson now lives, with convenient Out-houses, and two LOTS adjoining. Twelve Months Credit will be allowed the Purchaser, on giving Bond and approved Security to BEVERLY DICKSON. (2)
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, on Monday the 14th of June, at Mecklenburg Courthouse, being Court Day,
A TRACT of LAND in the said County, containing upwards of 200 Acres, upon which Mr. Thomas Erskine formerly lived, and where Mr. John Johnston now keeps Store. The Purchaser will have twelve Months Credit, on giving Bond and Security to Mr. Paul Carrington, or CHARLES DUNCAN.
KING HEROD,
A BAY HORSE near sixteen Hands High, his Sire Colonel Bayler's famous Fearnought, his Dam Mr. Braxton's English Mare Kiry Fisher, stands at Mr. Wormeley's, at Rosegill, and will cover Mares, the present Spring, at twenty Shillings a Leap, or four Pounds the Season; the Money must be sent with the Mares. There are good Pastures; but should any of them stray away from the Grounds, I will not be answerable for them. RALPH WORMELEY, Junior.
RUN away from the Subscriber, on White-oak Swamp, in Henrico, about the last of January, a likely Negro Wench named SALL, about twenty Years old, very black, short, and well proportioned; her Dress was of the common Kind wore by Plantation Negroes, but has a Variety of fine Clothes. She has been seen about Richmond and Warwick, on James River. All Masters of Vessels are cautioned against harbouring or carrying her out of the Colony. Whoever delivers her to me shall have FORTY SHILLINGS if she is taken in the Colony, and FIVE POUNDS if out thereof, besides the Allowance by Law. (4||) WILLIAM FERRIS, Junior.
WILLIAMSBURG, May 5, 1773.
RUN away from the Subscriber, on Saturday the 1st Instant, a Negro Woman named JUDITH, who carried her Child with her, a little Girl at the Breast, about twelve Months old. I bought her but the Day before, at the Sale of the Slaves of Mr. Austin Smith of Middlesex, in this Town, and having her so short a Time in my Possession, I am not able to give a particular Description of her, but think she is middling tall and slender, not very black, appears to be between thirty and thirty five Years of Age, and I have been since told she is with Child. I expect, if she is not already gone back to Middlesex, she will soon endeavour to return to her former Master (Mr. Smith) or some of his Neighbours. Whoever secures her so that I may get her again shall have FOUR DOLLARS Reward if she is taken in Williamsburg, SIX DOLLARS if taken in Middlesex, and delivered to Mr. Hugh Walker there, and so in Proportion to the Distance of any Place she may be apprehended at. I shall take it as a Favour of Mr. Smith if she returns to him to give Directions for securing and conveying her to me in Norfolk, and any Expense attending the same shall be thankfully repaid by (2) JOHN MACLEAN.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in King and Queen, about the Middle of March last, a Country born Negro Woman named SARAH, a very lusty stout made Wench, about two and twenty Years of age, very artful, and, though not a Mulatto, may attempt to pass for a free Woman. She carried with her several Chances of Apparel, among which are remembered a red and white Calico Jacket and Petticoat, a white Holland and blue Plains Ditto, a red Flannel Petticoat, a purple Cloth Cloak, a black furred Hat, with a Gold Band, Button, and Loop, a black Silk Hat, several white Linen Shifts and Aprons, a spotted Yarn Rug and Dutch Blanket, a Pair of English made Leather Shoes, and several Fairs of Thread, Cotton, and Worsted Stockings, with a small red Leather Trunk. She has been chiefly a House Servant, is a fine Sempstress, Knitter, Washer, and Ironer, was born, and chiefly lived, on James River, in Prince George County, and is supposed to be lurking somewhere near Maycox, Merchant's Hope, or up about Peterburg. If she is apprehended on the south Side of James River I will give FORTY SHILLINGS Reward, with reasonable travelling Charges for bringing her to me; and if nearer, TWENTY SHILLINGS. WILLIAM BLACK.
RUN away from ROSLIN, in Chesterfield, about the 26th of April last, two NEW NEGROES, one of them a small black Fellow, about thirty five Years of Age, the other a middle sized Wench, about twenty seven Years old, both clothed in white Cotton and Plaid Hose; the Wench carried with her a Pair of new Leather Shoes, with wooden Heels. Whoever brings them to me, or to Mr. Russell at Blandford, shall receive a handsome Reward. CHARLES DUNCAN.
N. B. I have just received, by the last Ships from Britain, about thirty Bales of GERMAN OSNABRUGS, and ROLLS, which will be sold at a low Advance.
COMMITTED to the Jail of Middlesex, on the 11th of February last, a short thick black Fellow, who says he belongs to Benjamin Grymes of Spotsylvania, and that his Name is TOM. He has been Frost-bitten, and has lost Part of his Feet. The Owner may have him on paying Charges. (2||) JAMES WORTHAM, Jailer.
Just IMPORTED, and to be SOLD by the Subscriber, in WILLIAMSBURG,
A NEW Assortment of MILLINERY of the most fashionable Kinds, namely, Caps, Hats, Bonnets, and Cloaks, Suits of Blond Stomachers, Gloves, Ribands, Fans, Minionet and Brussels Lace and Edgings, Blond and black Ditto, joining Ditto, rich white Satin, plain and figured Lustrings, Ladies Riding Hats, Boys black and blue Hats and Caps, Ladies and Gentlemen Gresham and Didbury Shoes, Cotton, Silk, and Thread Stockings, fine Jackanet Muffin, Yard and Yard and a Half wide fine Book Ditto of both Kinds, striped Border Muffin Handkerchiefs, Gauze Handkerchiefs and Aprons, flowered and plain Gauzes, flowered Muffin, striped Ditto, fine Suits of Dresden, fine Childbed Linen, Ditto Baskets, Pincushions, and Lines, Diaper for Clouting, fine India Dimity, Paste, Tortoiseshell, and Horn Combs, Paste Top and Drop Earrings, Lockets and Crosses, Silver Corals, Toothpick Cases Ditto, a Variety of Rings, green Silk Purse, Smelling Bottles, French Wax Necklaces and Earrings, Garnet, Coral, and Agate Necklaces, Hair Rolls, fine Italian Breast Flowers, small Ditto, Japan Teaboard, fine and coarse Chip Hats, Stuff Quilts, black, white, and blue Persians, black Mode, white Sarcenet, black Satin for Cloaks, Lace Satin for Ditto, Cradle Quilts, Comb Brushes, Shennel of all Colours, Powder Boxes and Puffs, scented and plain Powder, Pocket Books, Toys of all Sorts. Cotton Thread, French Ditto, Umbrellas, and dressed and undressed Babies. &c. All Sorts of Millinery made by MARGARET HUNTER.
For SALE, at Captain Langbourn's Plantation in King William,
A FASHIONABLE POST CHARIOT, almost new, with HARNESS for four Horses; also an old fashioned, strong made, CHARIOT and HARNESS, the Box broken, but the Wheels good, other Parts strong, has much substantial Iron Work about it, mostly new, and would make an excellent Carriage for a light Wagon; likewise an old ITALIAN CHAIR; a stout, strong, large bay HORSE and MARE, both used to the Wheel and Saddle; a likely young bay MARE, now with Foal; and about three Hundred BARRELS of CORN, &c. For Terms apply to his surviving Executor, WILLIAM COWNE.
N. B. The HOUSEHOLD and KITCHEN FURNITURE will be sold the Tuesday before next King William Court.

THREE POUNDS REWARD.
R UN away from the Subscriber, in Amber , a young Mulatto Fellow named TOM , six Feet high, with a large Scar on one of his Ancles, which appear swelled, and another on one of the Fingers of his right Hand; he had on, when he went away, a Jeans Coat and Waistcoat, and a Check Shirt and Trousers; he has been used to the Sea, and speaks French . All Masters of Vessels are hereby forewarned from harbouring or carrying him out of the Colony. I will give the above Reward to any Person who will secure him, and give me Information thereof. EDMUND WILCOX.
PHILADELPHIA, March 26, 1773.
Eight Dollars Reward.
R UN away, yesterday Morning, an indentured English Servant Man named JONATHAN PINKARD , by Trade a Watchmaker, is about twenty three Years of Age, five Feet seven or eight Inches high, of a fresh Complexion, a little Pock-marked, wears his own very short light brown Hair, with sometimes a round Curl, is a talkative Fellow, ill limbed, knock-kneed, his left Leg particularly bending inward. He had on a light brown Coat and Jacket, with Metal Buttons, almost new, a Pair of Leather Breeches, ribbed Worsted Stockings, and wore a dirty white Flannel Moth-eaten Surtout with a short Cape; he also took with him a Silver Watch, the Maker's Name Thomas Hill, London, No. 11151 , with a Steel Chain, three or four Pounds in Cash, a small Bundle containing two fine ruffled and one coarse plain Shirt, &c. &c. Whoever secures the said Servant in any of his Majesty's Jails, or so that his Master may have him again, shall receive the above Reward, and all reasonable Charges paid by SAMUEL JEFFERYS, in Second Street.
N. B. Watchmakers are desired to take Notice in particular, as he will probably offer himself for Work, having no Tools with him.
Just IMPORTED from London, and to be SOLD by the Subscriber, in Williamsburg,
A NEW Assortment of MILLINERY of the most fashionable Kind, namely: Caps, Stomachers, Suits of Blond, Fans, Ribands, Gloves, and Minibnet and Brussels Lace and Edgings, Blond and black Do. Joining Do. A Variety of genteel white Lustings figured and plain, white flowered Satin, coloured, plain, and striped Lustings, black Mantua, Satin Petticoats, black and white Riding Hats, Ladies and Gentlemen's Gresham and Didbury Shoes, Childrens Shoes, Silk and Cotton Stockings, Childrens Do. Boys black and Blue Caps, Ladies Cloaks, Bonnets, and Hats, Yard wide fine Book Muslins, Yard and a Half wide Do. fine Jacket Do. of both Kinds, striped Border Muslin Handkerchiefs, Gauze Aprons and Handkerchiefs, plain and flowered Gauzes and Cargot, Paste Bows, Necklaces, and Earrings, Shoe, Knee, and Stock Paste Buttons, Paste and Maracatite Springs, Paste Combs, plain Do. plain Gold and set Lockets, French Bead Necklaces and Earrings, Gold Bands, Buttons, and Loops, Silver Stomachers and Sleeve Knots, Silver Blond Lace, India Perfans, Net Hoods, Cambricks, Lawns, and Long Lawns, fine Childbed Linen, Baskets and Chimney Lines, Diaper and Corded Dimity, Purl, Cotton Thread, French Do. Hair Rolls and Curls, &c. &c. JANE CHARLTON.
All Kinds of MILLINERY made in the NEWEST FASHION
TAKEN up, in Charlotte, a white MARE
about four Feet four Inches high, with a hanging Mane and Sprig Tail, the near hind Hoof white, and branded on the near Shoulder S. Potted, and appraised to fifty Shillings. SILVANUS STOKES.
TAKEN up, in Louisa, a white HORSE about four Feet seven Inches high, about eight Years old, branded on the near Buttock as well as can be made out L or IL in a Piece, and shod all round. Potted, and appraised to twelve Pounds. ROBERT ARMISTEAD.
TAKEN up, in Louisa, a dark bay HORSE about thirteen Years of Age, with a Star in his Forehead, a Snip on his Nose, a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, paces slow, trots well, and branded on the near Buttock. Potted, and appraised to four Pounds. JAMES BYARS, Junior.
TAKEN up, in Abnerle, a bright bay MARE about four Feet six Inches high, with some Saddle Spots, a hanging Mane and Sprig Tail, paces naturally, and branded on the off Buttock. Potted, and appraised to ten Pounds. ANTHONY ASQUE.
TAKEN up, in Goochland, a red and white HEIFER about three Years old, marked with a Crop and Slit in each Ear. Potted, and appraised to twenty five Shillings. JOHN WARE.
TAKEN up, in Goochland, a black HORSE about four Feet eight or nine Inches high, with some Saddle Spots, a hanging Mane and bushy Tail, a Star in his Forehead, a Snip on his Nose, a small white Spot on his off Flank, and branded on the off Shoulder E. Potted, and appraised to ten Pounds. JOHN WARE.
TAKEN up, in Mecklenburg, a black and white COW , marked with a Crop, Slit, and Overkeel, in the left Ear, and two Nicks in the right. Potted, and appraised to fifty Shillings. JOHN BURTON.
TAKEN up, in Henrico, a bright bay MARE four Feet five Inches high, with a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, a Star in her Forehead, her off hind Foot white, and branded on the off Buttock S. Potted, and appraised to eight Pounds. DAVID BOWLES.
TAKEN up, in Bedford, a bright bay MARE about four Feet one or two Inches high, with a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, a Blaze Face, branded on the near Shoulder, but the Brand not perceivable, trots naturally, and has a small Bell on, with a large Buckle; also a dark bay YEARLING FILLY with a large Star in her Forehead. Potted, and appraised to three Pounds. FRANCIS READ.
TAKEN up, in Henrico, a pied COW with a Crop and Underkeel in each Ear. Potted, and appraised to forty Shillings. GEORGE COX.
TAKEN up, in Cumberland, a small bay MARE ; two or three Years old this Spring, dockt, and branded on the Buttock I. Potted, and appraised to three Pounds. HENRY MACON.
TAKEN up, in Cumberland, a dark bay MARE about four Feet five Inches high, with a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, and branded on the off Buttock A. Potted, and appraised to seven Pounds. LEANDER HUGHES.
TAKEN up, in Dinwiddie, a white MARE about four Feet eight Inches high, with a hanging Mane and long Tail, Part of her two near Hoofs white, but no Brand perceivable. LUDWELL EVANS.
TAKEN up, in Cumberland, a bay HORSE about eight Years old, four Feet eight Inches high, with a little White in his Face, shod all round, appears to be a Wagon Horse, is much rubbed with the Har ness, trots altogether, has a small Bell on, a hanging Mane and very short Dock, but no Brand perceivable. Potted, and appraised to ten Pounds. JOHN BARNES.
TAKEN up, in Cumberland, a brindled OX with a Crop and a Hole in the right Ear, and an Underkeel in the left. Potted, and appraised to four Pounds. HARTWELL MACON.
For SALE, either for Wheat, Corn, or Cash, and may be entered on at any Time as may suit the Purchaser,
A TRACT of LAND, containing upwards of six Hundred and fifty Acres, in James City County , on Chickahominy River , just above Barret's Ferry , and about ten or twelve Miles from Williamsburg . It is good for Grain or Tobacco, a fine Place for Stock, Fishing, and Fowling. The Terms may be known of the Subscriber, in Norfolk . GOODRICH BOUSH.
GLOUCESTER County, April 1, 1773. WE , the Subscribers, finding the Wreck of a Vessel upon York Spit , which was broke all to Pieces, being but the Stem, Stern, and Floor, which we supposed to be the Boat belonging to Mr. Stephen Goff , in which the white Servants were drowned; and by sounding the Bot. with our Boat Hook, we found the Foresail, fore Halliard and Blocks, Jib, Anchor, Cable, Rudder, and two short Pieces of Cable.
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THOMAS POWELL. FIELDING HOGG. RICHARD HOGG. JOHN AUSTINE. ROBERT FREEMAN.
CHOICE MADEIRA WINE, A FEW CASES OF C L A R E T, B A R B A D O S R U M, B R A N D Y, RAISINS, and MOHOGANY, TO BE SOLD BY P R E E S O N B O W D O I N, NORFOLK.
RICHMOND Town, April 27, 1773.
I INTEND to leave this Colony immediately. (||) JOHN MILLAR.
NORFOLK, April 13, 1773.
FIFTEEN BALES of WOOLLENS, marked as below, and shipped by Messrs. Wakefield, Pratt, and Miers , of London , on Board the William, Musco Livingston Master, consigned to Order, will be delivered to any Person who produces Captain Livingston's Bill of Lading, and pays the necessary Charges.
G R, - - - - - No. A B C D E F G, 7 Bales. R in a Diamond, No. A B C D E F G, 7 - - - H, - - - - - R in a Diamond, - 1 -
JAMES ARCHDEACON.
Who has for Sale a few Hogheads of old JAMAICA SPIRIT, WEST INDIA RUM, COFFEE, MUSCOVADO SUGAR, PIMENTA, GINGER, &c.
PETERSBURG, April 27, 1773.
BY Virtue of a Deed of Trust from Terrance Lambghidwell to Messrs. William Cuningame and Company, of Glasgow, will be sold to the highest Bidder, on Monday the 17th of May, at Dinwiddie Courthouse , being Court Day, a Tract of LAND in the said County, containing one Hundred Acres, adjoining the Lands of Abraham Smith, William Ford, and Drury Oliver ; also two likely African born SLAVES. The Time of Payment to be agreed on at the Sale. THOMAS GORDON.
TO BE SOLD,
A VALUABLE Tract of LAND in Bedford County , about four Miles below the Courthouse, containing seven Hundred Acres, three Hundred of which are surveyed; the Land lies well, is in good Order for Cropping, and may be entered upon in the Fall; it is well timbered with Walnut Trees, and has on it a tolerable Dwellinghouse, other convenient Outhouses, and a good Barn. Any Person inclined to purchase may know the Terms, and be shown the Land, by applying to the Subscriber, who lives on the said Plantation. (||) WILLIAM WILEY.
FOR SALE,
A LOT in the Town of Newcastle , whereon is a convenient dry Store, with a Counting Room, a large Granary shedded down each Side, a Stable, and a Chair House; all of which are in good Order, and built on the main Street. Also an Assortment of EUROPEAN and EAST INDIA GOODS , to the Amount of five Hundred Pounds Sterling. For Terms inquire of the Subscriber, who intends for Great Britain some Time before the Fall. SAMUEL PEARSON.
For SALE, and to be entered on immediately, THE HOUSE in which the late Captain William Prentis lived, next Door to Mr. Spurr's , below the Capitol, in Williamsburg . Inquire of JOHN PRENTIS.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, on Thursday the 20th of May, being Norfolk County Court Day, An exceeding pleasant and commodious LOT of LAND just above the Town Point Wharf , on the main River, in the Borough of Norfolk , capable of great Improvement, on which is a new two Story Brick Dwellinghouse, with two good Warehouses, and other necessary and convenient Outhouses, extremely convenient for a Merchant who carries on the West India Business, and with little Expense a Wharf may be made for a Ship to lie alongside. The above Lot and Improvements will be sold on paying one Half ready Money, and six Months Credit will be allowed for the other Half, giving Bond and Security to (2||) WILLIAM SIMPSON.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Prince George, on the 10th Instant ( April ) a lusty, strong, boney Negro Fellow named BOB , of a brownish Complexion, upwards of six Feet high, about fifty Years old, bow-kneed, and had on a Cotton Waistcoat and Breeches, and an Osnaburg Shirt; he carried away with him sundry other Things, namely, a blue Coat and gray German Serge Waistcoat and Breeches, has a long Visage, a Roman Nose, and one of his upper fore Teeth is out. He has a Wife at Mr. John Nelson's in Louisa , and I imagine he is gone up there, and may be harboured by some of his Negroes. The said Fellow is outlawed, and I will give TEN POUNDS Reward for his Head severed from his Body, or FORTY SHILLINGS if brought alive. He has been burnt in the Hand, and I suppose some evil disposed Person has given him a Pass, that he may pass for a Freeman. JOHN WOODLIEF, Senior.
PETERSBURG, April 21, 1773.
RUN away, last Night, from the Subscriber, two Slaves, namely: A Negro Fellow named FORTUNE , about six Feet high, slim made, has a thin Nose for one so black as he is, and appears to be about forty Years of Age; he took with him sundry Wearing Apparel, particularly a Pair of Buckskin Breeches almost new, a Thickset Coat, a brown Sailor's Jacket, a red great Coat, a fine Hat, pretty much worn, with a large Brim, and commonly has it cocked up, wears a red Worsted Cap in common, and sometimes a Silk one. Also a Wench named AMINTA , appears to be about thirty Years of Age, short and well made, has much the Look of an Indian , and is so, her Mother having been brought from the Spanish Main to Rhode Island , has long black Hair, which she wears in her Neck, and took with her a black Quilt, a red Flannel Petticoat, a dark Ground Calico Gown, a blue and white one, and an old light coloured Stuff ditto, a red Cardinal, a black Bonnet, and several other Things. I lately had them of Captain John Atkinson , and as they were brought from Rhode Island , it is probable they will endeavour to get there again, as they pretend to Freedom. I request it as a Favour of all Masters of Vessels not to harbour or entertain them, as it will probably be attended with bad Consequences. I will give a Reward of THREE POUNDS if they are taken fifty Miles from home and secured so that I may get them again, and THIRTY SHILLINGS if within that Distance. (||) WILLIAM BRADLEY.
COMMITTED to Northumberland Jail, A NEGRO WOMAN about twenty five Years of Age, about five Feet high, very likely, and well made, says her Name is HANNAH , that she belongs to Mr. Charles Pinckard of Fauquier , and that she has been from her Master ever since July last. The Owner may have her on proving his Property, and paying Charges to (||) JOHN CRAIN, Jailer.
PURSUANT to the last Will and Testament of Mr. John Smith of Hanover County , deceased, will be sold, on the Premises, some Time next Fall, and to be entered on at Christmas , a valuable Tract of LAND in Henrico County , on the Brook Swamp , between four and five Miles from Richmond , and two Miles from the Meadow Bridges , known by the Name of Pickensock , containing about two Hundred Acres, whereon is an extraordinary Piece of Dam Work, nearly finished, which will effectually keep off the Overflowings of the Brook from upwards of a Hundred Acres of exceeding rich well timbered low Grounds. Likewise a Tract of about two Thousand Acres of very rich and well timbered LAND in Goochland County , on James River , near the Mouth of the Great Bird , and opposite to Elk Island , having on it a Plantation in Order for working sixteen Hands; and the Soil is very suitable for Tobacco, Wheat, and Corn. This Land will be sold altogether, or in Parcels, as may best suit the Purchasers. Also the Reversion of a Tract of about five Hundred Acres of very good Tobacco and Grain LAND, in Goochland County , on the Branches of the Little Bird , contiguous to the Lands of Mr. Samuel Goff , at whose Death the Purchaser will have Possession. The Lands in Goochland will be shown by Mr. John Ware , near the Premises, and the Days of Sale and Time of Payment will be made known in a future Advertisement.
All Persons indebted to the Estate of Mr. John Smith , deceased, are desired to make immediate Payment, and those who have any Demands against the same are requested to make them known to
WILLIAM ANDERSON, Executor.
N. B. For the Convenience of those who may have Accounts to settle with me for Transactions had with Mr. Smith , I shall attend at every Hanover Court , and the two succeeding Days in Hanover Town .
FREDERICKSBURG, April 2, 1773.
AS I intend for Britain in June, I propose selling, on Monday the 24th of May next, being Fredericksburg Fair Day, or privately, as may be agreed upon before, four Hundred Acres of LAND upon the Fall Hill , three Miles from Town, with TWENTY SLAVES, and STOCKS of CATTLE, &c. Ten and one Third Acres of MEADOW LAND, adjoining the Town. The FERRY and FERRY LOTS, together with the Store and Warehouses thereon. For ready Money, Bills, or Tobacco, as may suit the Purchasers. (6) JAMES HUNTER, Junior.
FIVE POUNDS REWARD.
RUN away from the Subscriber, near Baltimore Town, Maryland, on the 10th of February last, an Irish indentured Servant Lad named PATRICK MALONE , about twenty Years of Age, five Feet five or six Inches high, well set, with short brown Hair, speaks quick, and a good Deal on the Brogue; he had on, when he went away, a Felt Hat, a Fearnought Jacket, Cotton Breeches, coarse Yarn Stockings, and Country Shoes; it is supposed he stole, and carried with him, a blue Coat trimmed with flat Metal Buttons, a blue Jacket and Country Cloth Breeches, a white Linen Shirt, and a Pair of white Yarn or Thread Stockings. Whoever secures him so that I may get him again shall have FIFTY SHILLINGS if he is taken in the County, and the above Reward if out of the Province, besides all reasonable Charges for bringing him home. (10) JAMES FRANKLIN.
FREDERICKSBURG, February 24, 1773.
WHEREAS some of those indebted on the Books here have not paid due Regard to my Advertisement of the 1st of December last, I give them this last Notice, that all and every Account not paid off, or a good Part of it, before the 20th of April, or our May Fair at the farthest, or settled by Bond or other Specialty before that Time, will most certainly be put into the Hands of a Lawyer, without Respect of Persons. Unavoidable Reasons will oblige me to this, which I shall probably in Time acquaint them with. Those who may be put to Trouble and Expense cannot now blame me for Want of Notice.
*** I have sold Part of the Goods now on Hand, but so as not to distort the Store, and have still a large Assortment on Hand, which I will sell by Wholesale or Retail, on the Terms formerly advertised. Any Person who will purchase the Whole shall have them on Terms which they themselves will say are very low and reasonable. (tf) GEORGE MITCHELL.
FOR SALE,
THE PLANTATION whereon the Subscriber lives, in King and Queen County , about a Mile and a Half from Todd's Warehouse , containing six Hundred and fifty seven Acres, in good Order for Cropping, having a large Peach and Apple Orchard thereon beginning to bear, a Quantity of low Grounds which may be made good Meadow with little Expense; the Dwellinghouse, Kitchen, and other Outhouses, have been built between four and five Years. Any Person inclined to purchase may know the Terms by applying to (tf) R. DANGERFIELD.
TO BE SOLD,
A VALUABLE Tract of LAND, containing about sixteen Hundred Acres, more or less, lying on the River Shenando , in Berkley County (formerly Frederick ) which is one of the most flourishing Counties in Virginia . The Land is exceeding good, well timbered, and adapted to the raising of all Kinds of Grain, as well as Tobacco, and has the Advantage of a very fine Stream of Water, on which is a Blomery with two Fires, a good Stone Merchant Mill with two Pair of Stones, a Saw Mill, a Distillery conveniently situated, a Smith's Shop, a Cooper's Shop, and many other Outhouses. There are about a Hundred and fifty Acres of Land cleared, and about fifty Acres of Meadow may be made with a very small Expense, one Half of which may be watered any Day in the Year. A Stock of Cattle, Horses, and Hogs, some Household Furniture, and all Kinds of Utensils proper for carrying on the above different Branches of Business, will be sold with or without the Land. For farther Particulars inquire of Mr. William Little , on the Premises. Credit will be allowed for Part of the Purchase Money, the Purchaser giving Bond, with Security if required. For Terms apply to the Honourable George William Fairfax , Esquire, Carlyle and Dalton in Alexandria , or Preeson Bowdain in Norfolk . (tf)
THE Subscriber will sell, on reasonable Terms, his LAND and HOUSES whereon he now lives, known by the Name of HOOD'S , in Prince George , on James River . As to its Situation, it is hardly worth While to say any Thing about it, though it is looked upon to be the most pleasant Place, and has the finest View, of any Seat on James River . I have just finished a House upon it, in the best Manner, thirty three Feet by thirty, with two large Rooms and a large Passage below, and three Rooms above; there is also a Garden lately paled in with good Cypress Palcs, with all necessary Outhouses, a very good Storehouse, sundry Lumber Houses, and a Set of very good Tobacco Warehouses. I think, with very little Trouble, there might be an Inspection erected there again, as it is the general Cry of the People for it; and as the Place is very well situated for carrying on both the Inland and West India Trade, any Person, with a pretty good Capital, may carry them on to a very great Extent. Whoever is inclined to purchase may know the Terms by applying to Mr. William M'Wann , Merchant in Blandford , or to the Subscriber, on the Premises. (tf) DAVID SCOTT.
For SALE, in the Town of NEWCASTLE,
A LARGE two Story DWELLINGHOUSE, with three commodious Rooms on a Floor, each with a Fireplace. It is exceedingly well calculated for a Tavern, and is pleasantly situated near the River. The Terms may be known of the Subscriber, near the Premises. (tf) W. JOHNSON.