The Virginia gazette (Williamsburg [Va.]), 1772-11-12 00:00:00

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PARIS, August 10.
CAPTAIN Trebuchet, Commander of a Ship lately arrived in Nantz River, from St. Domingo, met with a very extraordinary Event in his Passage. The sixteenth Day after he set Sail, about eleven o'Clock at Night, he felt a great Shock, and the whole Crew imagined the Ship had struck upon a Rock; they immediately set the Pumps to Work, finding a great Deal of Water in the Hold, and were all very much alarmed. When the Day appeared they found a monstrous Fish, thirty or forty Feet long, fastened to the Ship, and endeavoured by every Means to get it off, but to no Purpose. The Captain therefore made up to a Ship about three Leagues distant, which happened to be an English Ship, commanded by Captain Smith, and with his Assistance they at last cut away this monstrous Fish; but it was then so much cut and disfigured that it was impossible to make out what it was, and they were afraid to send down the Divers to examine the Damage done to the Ship, for Fear they should become a Prey to these voracious Animals. The next Day they examined the Ship, and found her pierced in two Places about four Feet above the Keel, by a Kind of Horn which had made an Orifice of three Inches in Diameter. They were obliged to pump Night and Day, and the English Ship kept in Company, in Order to give any Assistance that might be necessary.
COPENHAGEN, August 15. Letters from Stockholm advise that the Court of France has consented to pay immediately to the Crown of Sweden the one Million five Hundred Thousand Livres which were not to have been paid till the Month of March 1773, in Consequence of some late Arrangements made in Regard to the Arrears of Subsidies.
PETERSBURG, August 4. The Empress returned on Friday last from Finland; and her Imperial Majesty intends, in a few Days, to set out on a Tour to Livonia, in Order to visit the different maritime Towns of that Province.
Our Fleet in the Archipelago, and that in the Black Sea, will be reinforced with twenty Men of War and a considerable Number of Troops. Orders have been sent to Count Alexis Orlow to put to Sea immediately from Leghorn, with all the Men of War and Transports which are there, and to steer for the Archipelago, in Order to be ready to continue the War with Vigour both by Land and Sea, in Case a Peace should not be concluded by the Expiration of the Armistice.
Our Merchants promise themselves great Advantages from the Passage which has been discovered from this Empire to the East Indies.
LONDON, September 3.
THE Disputes and Discontents of the unhappy Natives of Poland, and the States who have assumed a Power of dividing their Country, will at last involve Europe in a general War. The Court of Vienna is jealous of the Russian Power, and the Empress does not relish the Arrogance of the Emperor. The Turks assume new Spirits upon this Event, and will join the Germans against the Russians.
The Views of the Court of France, in Respect to Corsica, most undoubtedly route the English and Spanish Ministry to oppose them, or else their Pugilanimity is not to be paralleled. The French intend making that Island a Repository of marine Stores; the Shores are to be covered with Dockyards, and the building of Ships is to be their chief Object, the Consequences of which are obvious. The Island must be strongly fortified, to protect their Works; and, as their naval Force increases, consequently so will their Strength: They will engross all the Levant Trade, and be able to support their Title to it with any Power in Europe; and, perhaps, when they find their Force sufficient, may encroach upon, or drive us, and other Nations, from more valuable Branches of Trade.
The approaching Congress, to settle the Affairs of Poland, causes much Speculation. Many People imagine that the King will be entirely divested of his Kingdom, and that it will be afterwards under a republican Form of Government; whilst others (and those much the greater Part) think that it will be equally divided between the Prussians, Germans, and Russians. However, all seem to agree, that, if the King is restored, he will hold his Dominions under one, or all, of the above mentioned Powers.
By Letters from France we are informed that the Court of Versailles is under great Embarrassment on Account of the late Interview between the Emperor of Germany and the King of Prussia, which they apprehend in its Consequences to be dangerous to the Tranquillity of Europe. The Invasion of the Kingdom of Poland, which followed their first Conference, and the Partition of that Kingdom that is likely soon to take Place after this, is the more alarming, as the Power of these two Potentates, being thereby rendered formidable, their Union, it is feared, will produce an Alteration in the System of Europe to which the Grandeur of France will probably be made the first Sacrifice. The Duchies of Lorraine and Bar, the Province of Alsace, and the Towns that have been wrested from the Imperial Diadem in Flanders, are Objects which the Emperor must have in View; while the Claims of his Prussian Majesty on Great Britain will, on the other Hand, furnish a Pretext for that enterprising Monarch to fall upon Hanover, in Order to add that Electorate to his other Territories. Thus these two Potentates, say the French, by adding Territory after Territory to their Dominions, will become the Arbiters of Europe. The Court of France, from these Motives, are incessantly pressing the Court of London to interpose in Time, in Order to prevent the Dismemberment of Poland. It is, however, hoped, that, as our Ministers have suffered the national Honour to be insulted by one Power, for the Sake of Peace, they will not be the Dopes of another to precipitate a War, for the Preservation of a Territory with which England, as a Kingdom, has no Manner of Connexion.
By the last Mail we learn that the late Rebellion in Sweden was occasioned by the Oppression that the People experienced from a Want of Care in the Magistrates to reduce the enormous Price of Provisions. Is not this exactly the Case in England? And may not similar Consequences be produced from similar Effects?
Wednesday Orders were sent down to Plymouth, to prepare the York Man of War of sixty Guns, and the Brilliant of thirty six, for Sea immediately.
September 4. They write from Dantzick that the French and Spanish Agents have been for upwards of two Months there purchasing Ship Timber, and other Materials for building. It is computed they have laid out upwards of three Hundred Thousand Pounds with the Timber Merchants at Stettin and Dantzick.
It is said, and we mention it as very much to the Credit of a noble Lord who has the Care of a Royal Personage's Education, that, from his uncommon Attention to his Pupil's natural Disposition, he has pretty well corrected a Turbulence and Perverseness of Temper which in the Beginning of his Lordship's Preceptorship were very alarming. His Lordship has been obliged to confine him, at Times, three Days together, in a small Room, without any Amusement or Attendance than what was barely necessary for common Occasions.
September 5. The unexpected Revolution in Sweden is confidently asserted to be the deep laid Scheme of the King of Prussia, to which he easily brought his Nephew, the young King, to accede. The Event of this Plan has answered the ambitious Projects of his Prussian Majesty, who will now, in Fact, from his great Influence over the youthful Monarch, reign in Sweden as powerfully as in his own Country. The Swedes, in the last War, took Part against Prussia (by the Power of the States, in Opposition to the Desires of the late King) but, by this important political Stroke, the cunning Frederick has secured himself from any such Circumstance in any future War.
It is imagined that the Share a certain enterprising Monarch is well known to have had in the late Revolution in Sweden will not only draw upon him the Jealousy, but the Chastisement, of some very formidable Powers.
It is whispered that a certain unfortunate Monarch is preparing to make a Visit incog. to this Kingdom. Imagining that a personal Representation of his Wrongs and indignities will doubly interest all good Men in his Cause.
If the Queen of Denmark can prefer Happiness to Dignity, it is generally believed she will be restored to her Country and Family in a few Months; but, such is the present Policy, that it is held both imprudent and dangerous to have more than one Queen in this Kingdom at a Time.
A Variety of Letters, by yesterday's French Mail, confirm the Report of a very great House having failed in Cadiz to the Amount of eight Millions of Dollars, and upwards; that is to say, near two Millions Sterling.
The Duke of Parma has ordered a Box to be placed in a publick Part of his Palace, into which any of his Subjects may throw their Petitions. Such as request a particular Audience may obtain it.
They write from Leghorn that the French are cutting down whole Forests in the Island of Corsica, for naval Ship Timber, to be exported to Marseilles, Brest, Rochfort, and Toulon.
The Portugal Trade, which some Years since used to produce above a Million a Year in Favour of England, does not now amount to above one Hundred Thousand Pounds.
Orders are issued for manning and fitting out for Sea immediately, at Plymouth, the Shrewsbury of seventy four, and the Argo of twenty eight Guns.
It is certain that great Complaints have lately been transmitted here relative to the Behaviour of the Spaniards, towards the British Logwood Cutters in the Bay of Honduras.
Extract of a Letter from Berlin, August 7. The Views of our Monarch are, as usual, not to be developed. Many People imagine that his Treaties with Russia are mere Feints, to cover one of more Consequence with the Emperor of Germany, by which it is said all Pomerania and Polish Prussia, together with a large Sum of Money, are to be given to our Sovereign; while the Emperor is to take Possession of that fine Part of Poland which lies contiguous to the hereditary Dominions. In this Manner, it is thought, that unfortunate Country will be dismembered. Russia is so contented with some of the northern Provinces. The Emperor, and our Machiavel, have, we hear, concluded a secret Treaty with the Courts of Copenhagen and Stockholm, and the Porte; by which they are to maintain their new Dominions, which the above Courts are to guarantee. Should Russia and the Poles join to expel the Prussian and the Imperialist, the Turks will be let loose on the Coast of the Black Sea, and the southern Parts of Poland, while the Danes and Swedes are to harass them on the north and north west; which, with the Forces the two united Powers can bring into the Field, will effectually secure their Dominions from any Power. This Scheme is much talked of here; and, if it takes Place, will prove a Master Stroke of Politics.
Orders are issued for the Officers belonging to the Garrisons in Great Britain and Ireland to repair immediately to their respective Stations.
The Emperor of Morocco is fitting out a large Fleet of Corsairs. This is done at the publick Expense; and on the Return of this Fleet, which general keeps the Sea about three Months, he obliges the Jews to buy what Provisions and old Stores are left on Board, and puts the Money in his Treasury.
A Report prevailed on Friday at Change that the King of Sweden has published a Manifesto wherein he gives Reasons for the late Step he has taken, and that a Copy of it has already been sent to several of the northern Courts.
On Thursday the 6th of August, about Half after four in the Afternoon, a terrible Clap of Thunder alarmed the whole City of Vienna; and the Lightning that attended it struck the Pinnacle of the Tower of St. John, and made its Way into the Body of the Church, where it actually coloured a Quantity of Stone in the vaulted Roof. What was remarkable, this Clap was neither preceded nor followed by any other the whole Day. Single Claps of Thunder, proceeding from highly electrified Clouds, generally do Mischief where they happen to fall, of which many Instances might be collected, in this as well as foreign Countries.
ST. JOHN'S (in ANTIGUA) August 29.
ON Thursday Night last we had a most violent Gale of Wind here, accompanied with much Rain. It began early in the Evening, and as the Night advanced the Wind increased, blowing chiefly from the north west, with little or no Variation, until near two next Morning, when it suddenly shifted to the south west, and blew a violent Storm. We have not heard of any considerable Damage being done, either to the Houses or Buildings in Town or Country; but the small Vessels in the Harbour suffered much, many sunk, others run on Shore, and several totally destroyed. The Ship Tom, Peter Holmes Master, from Africa, with Slaves on Board, drove from her Moorings, but luckily went on Shore in a soft muddy Part of the Harbour, and we hope will be easily got off, with little or no Damage. The Sloop Hopewell, Captain Carlisle, from Philadelphia, is ashore near Otto's Pasture, in a dangerous Situation. Several Ships, and other Vessels, were fortunate enough to ride out the Gale. From the Vehemence of the Wind, and the Points it blew from, we are under the most dreadful Apprehensions of the Consequences that may have attended the Vessels lying at the neighbouring Islands to the southward and westward; their Roads, Bays, and Harbours, being in general so situated as to receive its utmost Violence.
Yesterday Morning a large Ship was seen to the northward, apparently in great Distress. We have not yet been able to get any particular Account of her.
September 2. On Monday Morning last, about one o'Clock, arose here the most terrible Hurricane of Wind and Rain that ever was known in the Memory of the oldest Man living. This dreadful Tornado seemed destined by Providence to complete what the Storm on Thursday last only threatened us with. The Wind and Rain increased, and seemed to blow with greater Vehemence between nine and ten in the Forenoon. To attempt to raise, by Words, an adequate Idea of our Distresses, were the Height of Presumption. Let it suffice those that are only unconcerned Readers of our Catastrophe, that the Almighty (no Doubt of his own infinitely wise Purposes) permitted a total Convulsion of the four Winds to strip us of what was left of the Town of St. John on the memorable 17th of August 1769. I shall pass over, as unworthy of my Reader's Attention, a Description of the Destruction of obscure Buildings; but of these above a Third were destroyed. To observe some Order in my Attempt, I shall begin with the eastern Part of the Town. The House on Mrs. Knight's Hill, purchased some Years ago, and destined for a Government House, was carried totally off its Site, and not a Vestige left, by which Means the Wife of Mr. George White, Merchant, was killed on the Spot, by the falling of a Beam; and Mr. White had his Collar Bone broke, so that his Life is despaired of. The Wind found Entrance into the Freemason's Lodge, which is let to a Company of Comedians, who had obtained his Excellency's Permission to play here, and destroyed all their Scenery, &c. The Shop of Obadiah Todman, Copper-smith, Brazier and Plumber, lately destroyed by Fire, is blown to the Ground. All the Turrets and many Houses in the same Street, quite west to the Wharfs, are either blown down or much damaged. Many Houses are carried into the Harbour. Above a Third of the Town of St. John is destroyed. The News from all Parts of the Country is truly deplorable. The House
of the Honourable Mr. Farley is entirely blown down, as also the Buildings on the Estate called Briggens, over against it. The Dwelling House of Nathaniel Humphrey, Esquire, in Pophead Division, is also destroyed. We hear the Dwelling House of John Mayer, Esquire, of Belfast Division, is levelled with the Ground; and, in his Lady's and Children's Flight to the House of Joseph Wickham, Esquire, his Infant Daughter's Leg was broke. We are told the King's Hospital at English Harbour was blown to the Ground, whereby ten Patients and their Nurse perished. The Town Hospital of St. John is blown to the Ground, whereby one Patient, a blind Man, lost his Life, and others were much bruised; but we do not hear of any other Lives being lost. One Doctor Montgomery, we hear, lost his Life, being knocked on the Head by a Beam of the House, as he was attempting his Escape; and that one Mr. Philpot, who is said to be a Manager on Gunthorpe's Estate, was Panick struck, and died of the Frig. t. In short, the Time would fail me to tell of private Sufferings of People drove from their Habitations; with Ladies, and their Infants in their Arms, going from Door to Door seeking Shelter, but none to take them in.
This dreadful Storm continued, without abating any Thing of its Fury, till near Sunset on Monday Evening, all which Time People in general were securing their Doors and Windows, still expecting a Return of the Hurricane. The Dwelling House of Alexander Willock, on his Estate called the Folly, is blown to the Ground. Take the whole Island in Gross, not one House in ten is said to be standing, but all are materially damaged; our Cane that were in Plants are torn up by the Roots, so that God only knows what our Miseries will terminate in. The Miseries of this Island, by the Permission of Providence, by Fire, Drought, and Tempest, are past all Description. His Majesty's Barracks here are greatly damaged. His Excellency General Payne's Loss at Clarke's Hill, it is said, will amount to near one Thousand five Hundred Pounds Sterling. When this Gazette went to Press, we had not learnt one Third of the Damage done by this lamentable Storm. We are just informed that the House and Works of Christopher Hodges, Esquire, in Pophead Division, are entirely destroyed, and most of his Mules and Cattle killed. The Seat of the Honourable William Warner, Esquire, deceased, at Stony Hill, now the Residence of the Honourable Thomas Warner, Esquire, has suffered much Damage.
Extract of a Letter from a Gentleman at St. Vincent's, to his Friend here, August 29.
General Leybourne, a few Days ago, sent the Government Sloop, and Captain Stephenson's Boat, to windward of this Island, with Captain Gordon, the chief Engineer, Mr. Byers, the principal Surveyor, and the Master of the Crescent Man of War, with a few Marines, &c. to sound along Shore, and inspect the Coast, in Order, if possible, to find out some proper Place to anchor Vessels, and land some Ordnance, Stores, &c. necessary for the Charib Expedition. When the Charibs perceived their Intention, they immediately alarmed their Country, hoisted a white Flag, and as soon as the Boat, with the above Gentlemen, approached the Shore near enough, they fired a large Volley of Muskets at the Boat, and continued so to do as long as they thought they could reach her with their Shot, which providentially neither killed or wounded any of our Friends. The Weather being then very calm, the Sloop was a good Distance from the Boat, and a long Way from the Shore; but a light Breeze springing up, they soon got in Shore, and the Gentlemen in the Boat, under Cover of the Guns from the Government Sloop, effected their Design; and I have the Pleasure to inform you they found very good Anchorage, and at a Place called Grand Sable a good Road for Vessels, and very convenient Landing. This Place is the very Heart of the Charib Country, and where their principal Settlement is. The Sloop and Boat returned last Tuesday. By this Behaviour of the Charibs, it plainly appears that they mean strongly to oppose us, and will make an obstinate Resistance. The Troops from North America are not yet arrived, nor any News of them; but soon as they come, it is the Opinion of every Body here we shall begin Business."
PHILADELPHIA, October 21.
CAPTAIN Brown, from Hispaniola, informs that the latter End of August they had, on the south Side of that Island, a violent Gale of Wind, which drove ashore twenty eight Sail of French Vessels, all which are lost, and that next Morning two Hundred and eighty drowned Persons were taken up.
Extract of a Letter from Surinam, September 5.
This Colony is in the greatest Distress, occasioned by an Insurrection of the Slaves; they are assembled one Thousand strong, very formidable, supplied with Arms and Ammunition, and have defeated our Soldiers, and taken some Six Pounds from them, with which they have fortified themselves on an Island, committing great Depredations, annoying and terrifying the Inhabitants daily. We have made several ineffectual Attempts to subdue them, and about three Months ago they defeated our Effort sent against them. I happened to be at a Plantation where one of their Parties, fifty in Number, came to; they carried off about eighty Negroes, and all the Guns and Ammunition furnished to guard it. We have been obliged to set three or four Hundred of our stoutest Negroes free to defend us, and without they do something effectually against them shall be under the most melancholy Apprehensions from these Insurgents."
Captain Car, from Grenada, informs us that Governor Fitzmorris came from St. Vincent's to Grenada on a Visit, and died in a few Days after his Arrival there.
Extract of a Letter from London, August 31.
Lord Hillsborough has actually resigned, and Lord Dartmouth fixed in his Place, who is one of the best Men alive, mild and gentle, always meaning well, and ready to hear Reason, and to follow good Advice; so that I hope the Colonies will soon find their Account in this Change, and that what remains still in Dispute between them and us will quickly be adjusted to our mutual Satisfaction and Content.
The Ohio Affair is now fully decided, but the Forms necessary to be gone through, before the Charter and Form of Government are settled, necessarily take up some Time; and just now all the publick Offices are adjourned.
The Affairs of the East India Company are now in some Confusion. Their Servants in all their Settlements are disobedient to their Masters, and oppressive, in the highest Degree, to the Natives. The Directors again think Supervisors are necessary, and have laid their Opinions before a General Court of the Proprietors. It will now soon be settled whether that Measure shall be adopted. By the best Accounts I have been able to procure, the Revenues of the Company are immense, and if collected with Fidelity would procure large Remittances from thence; but their Governors are rapacious beyond Example, and if not speedily checked will ruin our valuable Interests in that Part of the World.
Poland remains in a State of Distraction, and is likely to be dismembered by the neighbouring Powers; but as the rest of Europe seem not at all disposed to interfere, and to be pacifically disposed, there is very little Likelihood of a general War, so that we shall probably enjoy the Blessings of Peace for a great While to come. I wish we could learn to make the proper Use of it."
By Captain Nunn, from Dominica, we learn that on the 31st of August a large Brig, Captain Collins, belonging to Quebec, was drove ashore and lost, but the People saved; and the Governor's Sloop, with the Engineer's Schooner, and thirteen other Sail there, all lost. All the other Vessels that were at the Island, when the Hurricane came on, put out to Sea.

Captain Copeland, from St. Vincent's, informs that between thirty and forty Sail of Vessels were drove ashore at Guadalupe in the late Hurricane, and it was feared would be lost; and that a Sloop was lost at Martinico.
Extract of a Letter from a Gentleman at Fort Pitt to his Friend here. As there is a positive Order to demolish Fort Pitt, the whole Frontier is open to savage Generosity. The People in general, out of Regard to their own Safety, with the Advice of the leading Gentlemen, have fallen into the Measure that was talked over by sundry Gentlemen when I last saw you, to address the Governor and Assembly for some Troops to protect our Trade and Frontiers. As it is an Affair which must concern not only the Inhabitants here, but every feeling Heart, and being assured of your Friendship, we now make bold to trouble you, on this important Occasion, and solicit you to promote and forward the Petition we now send down for that Purpose.
SALEM (NEW ENGLAND) October 13.
Extract of a Letter from a Gentleman at St. Eustatius to his Friend in Marklehead, September 6.
It is hardly possible to enumerate the Miseries of those on the Plantations, three Fourths of which, in the whole Island, are demolished, and scarcely a Trace remaining of their Foundations, together with their Boiling, Curing, and Distilling Houses, as also their Magazines and Negro Houses. Where any Dwellinghouse is spared, it has been damaged more or less; in short, scarce a Plantation that will in fifty Years recover itself. The Lofs is incredible; besides the principal Part of their Rum, Sugar, &c. in their Magazines, their next Crop in the Ground is totally ruined. Nor is this all, the Sufferings of the now miserable Inhabitants, whose Visages, worn with Fatigue and Hunger, would melt a Heart of Stone; the Means of Bread not in their Power, nor to be had from our Neighbours in the adjacent Islands. Five Johnnests have been refused for one Barrel of Flower. Many Hundreds, for Want of Houses, are compelled to take Shelter under such Parts of Houses as are left standing. That large Fabrick the Secretary's House, with his Office, Storchooses, Magazine, and Negro Houses, are levelled with the Ground, and his Lofs alone is computed at eighty Thousand Pieces of Eight, including his Plantation in the Island; and if his Crops are included, it will be a Hundred Thousand. To sum the general Lofs is impracticable, but will be innumerable. On the Bay much Damage has been received, but in no Degree comparable with the Lofs on the Hill; but yet their Lofs, by the Houses blowing from the Hill on the Buildings in the Bay, is very great, many Roofs strowed in, many greatly damaged by the Tempest, by the Inundations of Water from the Hill, and the dismal Waves of the Sea roaring and tearing all before them; vast Quantities of dry Goods, Sugar, &c. damaged, to an incredible Amount. The Peoples Cry for Bread this Day was moving. This very Hour a Schooner is arrived, with three Hundred Bushels of Corn. With Respect to the Vessels that were in the Road, their Number was twenty nine; but, as a Prelude to this, it is necessary to observe that on the Friday before this dreadful Gale we had heavy Winds and Sea, with great Rains, which dispersed from our Road about forty Sail of Vessels, forty five putting out. A Schooner, Captain Burnham, of Marklehead, rode it out; and four Sails came on Shore, which were totally demolished, partly in the first, and finished in the second Gale. Many of the Vessels returned on Saturday and Sunday, namely, three Ships, two Snows, three Brigs, several Schooners and Sloops, besides some new Arrivals. Among the returned Vessels was Captain Knights of Salem, Captain Babson of Cape Anne, and a small Fishing Schooner from either Cape Anne or Salem. A Schooner belonging to Cape Anne, Captain Dennison, was one that put out, and not returned. Captain Saffey of Salem was on Shore, his Vessel not returned; and one more belonging to the same Port, or Beverly, not returned. The Vessels remaining, twenty nine Sail, including the returned Vessels, when the Gale began on Monday Morning, began, some of them very early, to leave the Road. A large Guinea Ship, a Ship belonging to New York, a Ship from Antigua, and another Ship from the Windward Islands, with two Snows, five Brigs, and several Schooners and Sloops, before ten o'Clock were under Way, scudding to the southward. Captain Burnham of Marklehead, and three other Vessels, continued in the Road at Anchor just before eleven o'Clock, when the Wind and Sea rose past all Description, and they have not been heard of since, except part of the Ships, namely, the Rising Sun, belonging to New York, stranded on Saba, the People saved, but the Vessel strowed all to Pieces; the other supposed to be the Guinea Ship, stranded also on Saba, strowed into a Million of Pieces, and not one Soul saved. Several dead Bodies have been drove ashore on the Back of this Island, with Pieces of Vessels and Masts, all unknown; and some Pieces of Masts, &c. on the Rocks of Tumbledown Dick Point. At the Island of St. Bartholomew most of their Houses are down, and the People in Extremity. But one House remains on Saba; and, what is worse, they are without Provisions. Many Negroes are missing, both there and here; and not a Day but adds melancholy Accounts of Negroes, &c. found dead among the Rubbish of the Houses. Happy indeed may we be said to be, that this Gale was by Day; had it commenced in the Night, Thousands must have perished.
P. S. September 8. O the Joy in every Countenance! This Afternoon a Brig from Philadelphia, loaded with Bread and Flower, is arrived."
An ECLIPSE of the MOON.
It is a SOLITARY that speaks.
INHABIT a small Country House, that contributes not a little to my Happiness. It has two different Prospects: One is extended over fertile Plains, where grows that precious Grain that is the Nourishment of Man; the other, more confined, presents the last Asylum of the human Race, the Term that bounds its Pride, a narrow Space, where the Hand of Death lays up, with equal Care, its peaceful Victims.
The Prospect of this Cemetery, far from producing gloomy Ideas, the Children of a vulgar Terror, roves in my Mind with useful Reflections. There I no longer hear the Tumult of the Town, which confounds the Mind. Attended by none but august Melancholy, I am filled with important Objects. I look with an Eye, serene and immovable, on the Tomb where Man sleeps to rise again; when he shall acknowledge the Munificence of Nature, and justify the Eternal Wisdom.
The pompous Glare of Day to me seems dull. I want the Dawn of Night, and that sweet Obscurity, which, lending its Charms to Silence, aids the soaring of sublimest Thought. Then, while the Bird of Night, sending forth a mournful Cry, beats the thick Darkness with her heavy Wing, I seize the Lure. All hail! majestic Shades! while from my Eyes you hide the transient Shades of this low World, to nobler sights exalt my Soul; let me behold that radiant Throne, where sits resplendent Truth!
My Ear purifies the solitary Bird; soon she settles on the scattered Bones; and with her beating Wing rolls, with a hollow Sound, that Skull where lately dwelt Ambition, Pride, and Prospects bold and vain. Then to some cold Stone she flies, where Ostentation graven those Names that Time hath quite effaced; and then to Poverty's fair Hillock, crowned with Flowers.
Dust of proud Man! that never more shall see this Earth, to empty Titles dar'st thou still pretend? O miserable Pride in Death's Demand! See, where the Coffin, with its three-fold Sides, forbids the mouldering Bones to mingle with their Kindred Dust.
Approach, proud Mortal! to yonder Tombs direct thy Sight. Say, what imports a Name to that which has no Name! A false Epitaph exposes to the Day that wretched Praise which were far better concealed in Oblivion's Shades; even as the gaudy Streamer for a Moment floats, and then the Vessel follows to be devoured by the Waves.
Oh! far more happy he that not vain Pyramids had built, but who trod in the Paths of Honour and Virtue. He joyful looks to Heaven; and when this weak Frame dissolves, where Swarms of Pain distract the immortal Soul, he gladly meets that Stroke which fills the Sinner with dismay. By oft reflecting on the bright Example of the expiring Just, we also learn to die.
He dies, the just Man dies; he sees those Tears that not for him, but for ourselves, we shed. His Brethren surround the mournful Bed; of those delightful Truths they talk with which his Soul was filled, and of the Power divine. The immortal Curtain seemed to rise before his Sight; he raised his radiant Head, stretched forth his friendly Hand, smiled, and then expired.
But thou, vile Sinner! thou who in unsuccessfull Villainy hast lived, far different shall be thy End! Then agonizing, pale, to thee shall Death present a dreadful Aspect; of his bitter Cup shalt thou drink deep, drink in all its Horrors. Thou canst not lift thy Eyes to Heaven, nor fix them on the Earth; for well thou knowest that both renounce, that both reject thee. Expire in Terrors, that thou mayst no longer live in Hatred!
That fatal Moment which turns the Sinner pale the good Man beholds with Serenity; he yields to Nature's fixed Decree. These Tombs he regards as Vessels formed to purge the purer Gold from every Dross; the mortal Frame dissolves, and the Soul refined flies to blissful Reruns. Then why behold with Dread those cold Remains that once contained the Soul? They rather should remind us of its happy Flight. The antique Temple preserves somewhat of its pristine Majesty, even when laid in Ruins.
Penetrated with a sacred Respect for the Ruins of Humanity, I descended to that Earth strewed with the holy Ashes of my Brethren. The Calm, the Silence, the cold Immobility, all said to me, "they sleep." I advanced; I avoided treading upon the Grave of a Friend but just filled up; I recollected myself, that I might revive his Memory; I stooped; I listened attentively, as wishing to catch some of those Sounds which might chance to escape from that celestial Harmony he now enjoys in the Heavens. The Planet of the Night, in her full Lustre, poured her Silver Beams upon the mournful Scene. I lifted my Eyes toward the Firmament of Heaven. They roll, those Worlds innumerable, those flaming Suns, so profusely spread through all the ethereal Space. Then again my Sight was fixed on that silent Grave where perishi the Eyes, the Tongue, the Heart, of him with whom I had conversed on these sublime Wonders, and who extolled the Author of these transcendent Miracles.
Suddenly, there came on an Eclipse of the Moon, which I had not foreseen. I was not even sensible of it till the Darkness began to surround me. I could then discern a small shining Space only, that the Shadow hastened to cover. A profound Darkness stopped my Steps; I could no longer discover any Object; I lost the Path; I turned a Hundred Times; the Gate seemed to shun me; the Clouds gathered; the Wind whistled; I heard a distant Thunder; it arrived with Uproar on the Wings of the Lightning; my Mind was confounded; I shivered; I stumbled over the scattered Bones; Terror precipitated my Steps; I came to a Tomb just opened to receive the Dead; I fell in; the Grave received me living; I found myself buried in the humid Entrails of the Earth; I seemed to hear the Voice of all the Dead that hailed my Arrival; an icy Trembling seized me; a cold Sweat came over me; I sunk into a lethargick Slumber.
Why did I not die in that peaceful State? I was already entombed; the Curtain that conceals Eternity was drawn up. I do not regard this Life with Horror; I know how to enjoy it; I endeavour to render it useful; but all cries out, from the Bottom of my Heart, that the future Life is preferable to the present.
I recovered, however, my Sensations: A faint Light began to brighten the starry Vault; some scattered Rays pierced through the Clouds; by Degrees they became more bright; they dispersed, and I perceived the Moon Half disengaged from the Shadow; at length it shone with all its former Lustre; that solitary Planet purified its Course. My Spirits returned, and I sprang from the Grave. The Freshness of the Air, the Serenity of the Sky, the blushing Rays of the Morning, all reanimatd me, and dissipated those Terrors which Night had produced.
I then regarded, with a Smile, the Grave that had received me into its Bosom. What was there frightful in it? It was the Earth from whence I sprung, and that demanded, after a Time, the Portion of Clay it had lent me. I then saw none of those Phantoms that Darkness had impressed on my credulous Imagination. It is that, alone, which produces unspicious Images. I expected, in this Accident, to have known what was Death. I fell into the Grave with the Terror of that which is perhaps, the sole Support against the Troubles of this Life; but there I only experienced a gentle, and, in some Degree, even a pleasing Slumber. If this Scene was terrible, it lasted but a Moment; it scarce existed for me; I awoke to the Brightness of a serene and pleasing Day. I have banished a childish Terror, and Joy has taken Possession of my whole Heart. So after that transient Sleep, which Men call Death, we shall awake to behold the Splendour of that eternal Sun, that, by elucidating the immense System of Beings, shall discover to us the Folly of our timorous Prejudices, and an inexhaustible and unknown Source of Felicity, whose Course nothing can ever interrupt.
Therefore, Mortal! that thou mayest dread Nothing, be virtuous! Whilst thou passet through the short Path of Life, put thy Heart in a Condition to say to thee, "Fear Nothing;" advance under the Eye of a God that is the universal Father of Mankind; instead of regarding him with Terror, adore his Bounty, and rely on his Clemency; have the Confidence of a Son that loves, but not the Terror of a Slave that trembles, because he is guilty.
A SKETCH of an old, unlucky GAMESTER.
THERE is not, perhaps, in Nature a more deplorable Being than an old unlucky Gamester; his Character is too well marked, he is too well known to be trusted. A Man that has been often a Bankrupt, and renewed Trade upon low Compositions, may as well expect extensive Credit as such a Man. His Reputation is blasted, his Constitution worn out, by the Extravagance and ill Hours of his Profession; he is now incapable of alluring his Duples, and, like a superannuated Savage of the Forest, he is starved for Want of Vigour to hunt after Prey.
WILLIAMSBURG, November 12.
LAST Monday died Mrs. SARAH PIT, Spouse to Doctor George Pitt, of this City; who bore a tedious Illness with much Christian Patience and Resignation, and was a Lady of a very amiable Character.
The CHRISTIAN LAYMAN's fourth Letter is come to Hand, and will have a Place as soon as possible; although Advertisements, which for our own Sakes we must not omit, and what News we can collect, to which our Readers have an undoubted Title, may probably defer its Publication till the long cold Winter Nights, a very proper Season for religious and philosophical Inquiries.
Advertisements.
THE Publication of the VIRGINIA
JUSTICE having been for some Time interrupted by the Death of Mr. Starke, we think it necessary to acquaint the Subscribers to that Book, as well as the Publick in general, that some Gentlemen have undertaken to finish it for the Interest of his Family, with all the Expedition possible. As the Work, which is already in great Forwardness, will make very nigh double of what was first intended, it is hoped the Subscribers will not think hard of paying an additional 756. (which Mr. Starke himself intended) to make the Price 20s. for a Book which, we may venture to say, will answer the most sanguine Expectation, in Copiousness, Use, and Elegance.
PURDIE & DIXON.
NOVEMBER 8, 1772.
IN Case any of the Letters which the Subscriber has wrote to the Gentlemen (principally concerned in the Land under Governor Dinwiddie's Proclamation, in 1754) respectively desiring them to be at the intended general Meeting of the Officers at Fredericksburg the 23d Instant, should have miscarried, this is to inform them that a Meeting at that Time and Place is indispensably necessary, and to request the Favour of them to meet accordingly.
(1) GEORGE WASHINGTON.
YORK Town, November 11, 1772.
TWO Journeymen CABINET MAKERS, who understand their Business, will meet with very great Encouragement by applying immediately to HENRY MANN.
RICHMOND, November 1, 1772.
TWO Bales of DAMAGED OSNABRUGS, imported from London in the Mary, Captain Rowntree, will be sold at this Place on Monday the 7th of December, for the Benefit of the Ensurers. ARCHIBALD BRYCE.
BURWELL'S FERRY, November 12, 1772.
THIS is to inform the Publick that I will not, in future, make myself answerable for any Goods which may be lodged in the Storehouse here; although they may rely upon my utmost Care that no Damage happens to them, and that the Door shall be well secured. SAMUEL COKE.
NOVEMBER 5, 1772.
MR. Ifham Eppes's LAND, NEGROES, &c. advertised for Sale on the 10th of last Month, are to be sold, by Consent of him and his Creditors, at Dinwiddie Courthouse, next Court Day (being the 15th Instant) for ready Money, or Merchants Notes payable at the April General Court ensuing. Among the Negroes there is an exceeding good Blacksmith. GRAY BRIGGS.
AS I intend for Britain soon, I must beg the Favour of all Persons who have had any Dealings with Logan, Gilmour, and Company, to have their Accounts ready to settle at the Meeting of the Merchants this Month. The Business will be continued to its usual Extent. (1f) ROBERT GILMOUR.
To be LET on CHARTER, for Glaigow, or any Port in Great Britain,
THE new Brig MERCURY, James Duncan Master, about two Hundred and thirty Hogsheds Burthen; she will be ready to take in by the 20th Instant. For Terms apply to Mr. Charles Duncan, Merchant in Blandford, or the Subscribers.
(1f) LOGAN, GILMOUR, and Co. Who have imported a complete Assortment of FALL GOODS; to be sold reasonably, for Cash or short Credit.
Just imported, and to be Sold by the Subscriber, near the Capitol, Williamsburg,
RICH white Satins, plain and flowered, plain white Lustings, striped and flowered ditto, striped and spotted ditto, coloured ditto, Shot ditto, black ditto, coloured rich Ducapes, coloured Sauceners for Summer Wear, fine white and coloured grounded Cottons, Trimmings of all Sorts, both Silk and Thread, Silver ditto, rich Satin quilted Petticoats, best Bombazeen, best Norwich Crape, Hat ditto, black Fans, white Silver-mounted Ivory and coloured ditto, best Gresham's white, coloured, and black Satin Pumps, ditto Everlasting and Calimanco, Childrens ditto, white Silk Stockings, fine Cotton ditto, white and black Silk Gloves and Mits, white and coloured Kid ditto, Pocket Handkerchiefs, Pantheon Bonnets, Caps, Net Hoods, Purple and white Calicoes, Threads, Tapes, Silk Laces, Silk Ferrets, Persian Linings, black Gauze Riband, Lustirng ditto, &c. &c. MARY DAVENPORT.
To be SOLD on the Premises, on Friday the 18th of December, if fair, otherwise next fair Day,
ABOUT one Thousand eight Hundred ACRES of LAND, with a FORGE and Water GRISTMILL thereon, borg the capital Prize drawn in Colonel Bernard Moore's Lottery; also several valuable NEGROES, and some HORSES. Part of the Consideration Money will be required on the Day of Sale, but the Terms will be more particularly known at that Time.
CHARLES CITY, } PHILIP P. EDMUNDSON. November 9. } JOHN RUFFIN. On the same Day, and Place, will be sold about a Hundred Barrels of CORN, a Parcel of FODDER, some STOCK, an exceeding good WAGGON quite new, PLANTATION UTENSILS, &c. and a Quantity of BAR IRON; for ready Money, or short Credit, by PHILIP P. EDMUNDSON.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, at Gloucester Courthouse, on Friday the 11th of December, if fair, otherwise next fair Day,
ALL the Estate of Lyne Rowe, deceased, consisting of six valuable SLAVES, two very likely young NAGS, a RIDING CHAIR, and several Kinds of HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE. Credit for all Sums above twenty five Shillings to the first of April next, giving Bond with Security, and a Discount of five per Cent. for ready Money. Persons having Claims against the Estate are desired to make them known, before the Sale, to (2) OVERTON COSBY, Administrator.
RICHMOND, November 10, 1772.
LOST from my Waggon, in the Night of the 14th of last Month, on the Road from Bottom's Bridge, four Miles below this Town, a BRIGHT BAY HORSE five Years old, with a roached Mane and Switch Tail, some Saddle Spots on his Back, his hind Feet white, had a Bell on, is shod all round, branded on the near Shoulder A C, and on the near Buttock is a Kind of a blotched Brand. Whoever brings the said Horse to Mr. Patrick Court's Store shall have TEN SHILLINGS Reward, and a GALLON of RUM. JOHN STEWART.
THREE POUNDS REWARD,
FOR taking up, and bringing home, NAT and CATO, two Runaway Slaves belonging to the Subscriber, living in Middlesex. These Fellows made their Elopement on Monday the 9th Instant, and took with them DOLL and SARAH, belonging to Joseph Gayle of the said County. Nat is a tall stout made Fellow, about thirty five Years old, of a dark Complexion, badly shaped about the Knees, has had for some Time a Rupture, for which he wears a Truss, and may probably have it on when taken. He is not a Virginia born Fellow, though he speaks very plain, unless frightened, then apt to stammer. Cato, a short black Fellow, about forty Years old, not Virginia born either, but speaks tolerably plain. Doll, a short well made Woman of a yellow Complexion, about twenty five Years old, and Wife to Nat. Sarah, Daughter of Doll, a Girl about six Years old, of a very dark Complexion. Mr. Gayle offers a Reward of FORTY SHILLINGS to any Person that will bring home Doll and Sarah, or twenty Shillings for each, if taken within this Colony, and if out thereof FIVE POUNDS. I mean to pay the above Reward of three Pounds, offered for Nat and Cato, if they are taken within this Colony, and twenty Miles from home, or thirty Shillings for each; and if taken out of this Colony, EIGHT POUNDS, or four Pounds for each. It is imagined these Negroes will endeavour to get out of the Colony, as Nat has attempted it once before, therefore all Masters of Vessels are cautioned from carrying them away. GEORGE BIRD.
COMMITTED to the Jail of Charles City, a Negro Man named CESAR, who says that he belongs to the Estate of Armstead Lightfoot, deceased. The Owner is desired to pay Charges, and fetch him away. JAMES EPPES, Jailer.
COMMITTED to Dinwiddie Jail, the 25th of October last, a Negro Man named WILLIAM, who says he is the Property of Jacob Pope of South Carolina. The Owner is desired to prove his Property, pay Charges, and fetch him away. (1f) MATTHEW MAYES.
TAKEN up, in Lunenburg, a DUN coloured HORSE about four Feet two Inches high, and supposed to be about four Years old. Posted, and appraised to forty Shillings. (1f) WILLIAM MUSE.
SUSSEX, November 1, 1772.
AS I have a Mortgage of James Mudies Land in Gloucester County, I think proper to give this publick Notice of it. JOHN THOMPSON.
THE Assignees legally chosen on a Commission of Bankruptcy against Mess. Robert and Robert Bogle and Scott of London, Merchants, having, by a Power of Attorney, appointed Robert Gilchrist, James Robb, and William Bogle, jointly and severally their Attorneys here, we give Notice to all Persons indebted to those Gentlemen that one or both of us will attend in Williamsburg, during the Time the Merchants are doing Business this Court, in Order to receive such Debts. We hope, when Mess. Bogles and Scott's present Circumstances are considered, that we shall be excused for doing immediate Diligence on such who fail paying off their Balances at this Court. Note, Mess. Edward and Rene Payne have joined the Assignees in the Power of Attorney to us, and at the same Time have revoked their Power formerly sent to the Honourable John Taylor, Esquire, and Mr. Archibald Ritchie. ROBERT GILCHRIST. JAMES ROBB.

The following genteel Assortment of MILLINERY, just imported in the Industry, Captain Lowes, is now selling off by MARY and ANNE STRACHAN, at their Shop in Richmond Town, for ready Money, or short Credit.
FULL Suits of rich Minionet and Blond Lace, Suits of deep and second Mourning, full Suits of plain Book Muslin and Gauze, Suits of Head Clothes for young Ladies of different Ages, Variety of laced Caps, Gauze ditto, dressed and undressed, Blond and Italian Stomachers and Knots, Riband, Shencais, and Silk ditto, Net Hoods, plain and figured Patent ditto, black and white Patent Mits, Gauze Hoods, Childrens Saltes and Teresas, Boys Satin Caps and Feathers, Ladies riding Hats, Mode and Satin Cardinals and Bonnets of different Colours; Persian and black Ruffet Quilts, thick and Book Muslin, Half Yard wide ditto, striped Muslins, plain and figured Gauze, Spider Web ditto, coarse and fine Catgut, striped bordered Gauze Handkerchiefs, Book and thick Muslin ditto, worked Muslin Aprons, Honeycomb and other new fashioned Riband Ruffs, Velvet Collars, headed and spangled ditto, Variety of fashionable Necklaces and Earrings, genteel Wedding and other Fans in Cases, black Paper and Gauze ditto, fashionable Woolpacks, French Kid Gloves and Mits, coloured Lamb and black glazed ditto, Blond and Minionet Laces, Edging and Lappet ditto, Variety of Gauze and other fashionable Ribands, Jacob's Ladder, white and coloured Sack and Gown Trimmings and Shencais, Bunch and Skeleton Wires, Head and Breast Flowers, French and Italian ditto, Satin and Calimanco Shoes, Mens Didbury ditto, Mens Buckskin and Kid Gloves, Tabby and Tickling Stays, long Lawns and Hummums, Paste Combs, plain Tortoiseshell ditto, Venetian Pearl, Marcasite, and Paste Pins and Spies, Paste Knee and Stock Buckles, plain Pinchbeck ditto, Womens Shoe Buckles double gilt, Marcasite and Garnet Lockets, Variety of new fashioned Morocco Pocket Books, Whitebapet Needles, Pins, Threads, Tapes, Penknives, Scissors, Toothpick Cases, dressed Dolls, Toy-Fiddles, Filligree Watches and other Toys. &c. &c. &c. All Kinds of MILLINERY made in the newest Taste. (2)
RICHMOND, November 1, 1772. FINDING it very inconvenient to give Credit in our Business, we think it necessary to inform all those who may please to favour us with their Custom that we intend in future working for ready Money only, and, on those Terms, cheaper than usual. (11) GALT & VALENTINE.
CHARLES CITY, November 1, 1772. I INTEND leaving the Colony soon, and to return in a few Months. JOHN EDLOE.
CAROLINE, November 1, 1772. AS I have great reason to believe that NED, a Mulatto Fellow belonging to me, intends procuring a Passage in some Vessel or other to get out of the Colony, in Order that he may pass for a Freeman, as he has been endeavouring to obtain a Pass for that Purpose, I hereby caution all Masters of Vessels from carrying him off at their Peril. He is about five Feet and a Half high, of a very light Complexion, ill legged, has large Feet, and walks badly. GILES SAMUEL, Senior.
WARWICK, October 25, 1772. AS the Store formerly kept by Alexander Stewart at Rocky Ridge, for James and Robert Donald, and Company, is now broke up, and the Debts put into my Hands to collect, all those indebted for Dealings there are desired to pay off their Accounts immediately, or settle their Balances by Bond; and those who have any Demands against the Store are desired to apply to me for Payment. (11) PATRICK HUNTER.
Who has for Sale a TRACT of LAND lying on the Forks of Roanoke, in Mecklenburg County, containing about six Hundred Acres, on which is an exceeding good Dwelling House, Storehouse, and other necessary Buildings, as also several valuable Improvements. As the Land lies within sixteen Miles of the Courthouse, and eighty from Petersburg, it would answer any Person very well who intends keeping a back Store. HANOVER Town, October 25, 1772.
I HAVE appointed Mr. Alexander M'Inty, Successor to the deceased Mr. Alexander Henderson, in the Collection of the Debts owing to Messrs. Donald, Scott, and Company, and to Messrs. Galt & Valentine. As the Accounts are now all due, and Indulgencies having been granted to many of the Debtors of that Store, it is now fully expected that they will make Settlements with, and speedy Payments to, the Collector; and any Failure in this Respect will occasion the most disagreeable, yet unavoidable Steps, to enforce Payments. JAMES DENNISTOUN.
GLOUCESTER, November 1, 1772. IN my Absence to England, I have empowered Messrs. William and George Lyne, of King and Queen, to settle my Affairs. (11) JOSEPH DAVENPORT.
To be SOLD , pursuant to a Decree of York Court, at publick Auction, on Monday the 16th of this Instant (November) being York Court Day, at the Swan Tavern in York Town.
A PLANTATION in Warwick County, containing one Hundred and fifty Acres of LAND, or thereabouts, belonging to the Estate of Samuel Rabe, deceased. Twelve Months Credit will be allowed, the Purchasers giving Bond, with approved Security, to the Executors of Thomas Russell, deceased. (2)
Agreeable to my former Advertisement, on Thursday the 10th of December will be exposed to publick Sale, at the Storehouse of the Subscriber, in Northumberland County,
UPWARDS of sixty fine SLAVES, among whom are several valuable Tradesmen and House Servants. Also on the above mentioned Day will be exposed to publick Sale several HORSES and MARES, eighty Head of CATTLE, forty SHEEP, eighty HOGS, some of which will be fatted for Bacon, three Hundred and fifty Barrels of CORN, twenty Thousand Weight of TOBACCO, two RIDING CHAIRS with proper Harness, and several Kinds of HOUSEHOLD and KITCHEN FURNITURE, among which is a genteel eight Day Moon Clock, quite new, two Copper Stills of about thirty Gallons each, two Writing Desks and Book Cases, twelve Feather Beds, with Bedsteads, Curtains, and all other Furniture complete, Plantation Tools, and many other Things too tedious to mention; also a sixty Hoghead SLOOP, fit for Bay or Sea, a Year old last April, with a fix Hoghead FLAT quite new; and several Plantations or Tracts of LAND, some of which are good, lying on the Dividing Creek; others are hearty, fit for Tobacco, Corn, or Wheat, convenient to Fish and Oysters in Abundance, Church, Court, and many Mills, and on the Dwelling Plantation is a Water Grist Mill well situated for Custom. All the said Plantations are in good Order for Cropping, with good and convenient Houses thereon. The Subscriber will attend from the 20th to the Day of Sale, in Order to show the Lands to any Persons who are desirous of purchasing. If the Day appointed for the Sale be so bad as to prevent People from repairing thither, it will be held the next fair Day, and every succeeding Day until all is sold. Some Part of the Slaves will be sold for ready Money, and Credit will be given to the Purchasers of the other Slaves, Lands, and Stocks, until the 20th of April next, they giving Bond with good Security. The Bonds to bear Interest from the Date, if not discharged when due. (11) JOHN HEATH.
To be SOLD, RENTED, or EXCHANGED, for back Lands, in any of the northern Counties in this Colony,
A TRACT of six Hundred ACRES, including about two Hundred of cleared Land on the north Side of Rappahannock River, opposite to the lower End of Fredericksburg. On this tract (a little above the Road) is one of the most agreeable Situations for a House that is to be found upon the whole River, having a clear and distinct View of almost every House in the Town, and every Vessel that passes to and from it. Long Credit (if desired) will be given, the Purchaser paying Interest from the Date; and an indisputable Title will be made. For farther Particulars inquire of Colonel Lewis in Fredericksburg, or of the Subscriber in Fairfax. GEORGE WASHINGTON.
WARWICK, November 1, 1772. THE Subscriber has for Sale about five Thousand Acres of LAND lying in different Parts of Powhatan County, and mostly upon Smith's River, the Soil of which is well calculated either for making Tobacco or Hemp. The Terms may be known by applying to John Roquemont, who lives near the Land, and will show it to any Person inclining to purchase. (11) PATRICK HUNTER.
COMMITTED to York Prison, a Negro Man named LEWY, who is about five Feet six Inches high, has a Scar on the Tip of his Nose, one on his Forehead, and Holes in his Ears; he has an Osnabrug Shirt and Trousers, a spotted Swanskin Jacket, and a white Halfstock One over it. He says that he belongs to the Estate of John Baker, deceased, of South Carolina; and, when he ran away, was in the Possession of Colonel John Jones, of the said Province. The Owner is desired to prove his Property, pay Charges, and fetch him away. WILLIAM MITCHELL.
COMMITTED to the Jail of Chesterfield, a middle sized black Fellow who says his Name is JOHN, and has a Flower in his Forehead made in the Form of a Diamond, with Specks down to the End of his Nose; he had on an Osnabrug Shirt, and a Pair of short Osnabrug Breeches. He says he came from the West Indies, and was sold; but cannot, or will not, tell his Master's Name. The Owner is desired to prove his Property, pay Charges, and fetch him away. JAMES BALL, Jailer.
TEN POUNDS REWARD, RUN away from the Subscriber, in Northumberland, on Wednesday the 14th of October, a very likely young Virginia born Negro Man named DAVID, of a yellowish Complexion, and about five Feet five Inches high; had on when he went off an Osnabrug Shirt, a Pair of Purple Virginia Cloth Breeches lined with white Linen, a Pair of Rolls Breeches over them, and a Fearnought Jacket with Horn Buttons. He carried with him a brown coloured Kersey Jacket, a blue and white Virginia Cloth One with coarse Osnabrug Pockets, brown and white Linen Shirts, and sundry other Clothes which I cannot well describe; but, as he is a very cunning artful Fellow, I imagine he will sell and swap his Clothes as may suit him. Though his Hair is of the Negro Kind, he keeps it very high and well combed; but, as he wants to be free, I imagine he will cut it off, and get a Wig to alter and disguise himself. He had with him thirty or forty Shillings in Silver Money, and a Brass Medal with the Image of our present King and Queen on it, which he will endeavour to pass for Gold. He can read pretty well, and I make no Doubt will endeavour to pass for a Freeman and get himself a forged Pass, and endeavour for some foreign Part, either by getting on Board of some Vessel or stealing some Gentleman's Horse and make for Carolina. He has always been my Waiting Man when I went from home, and is a good Waiter, Driver, and Hostler, understands something of Gardening, of combing and dressing Wigs and Hair, can plough, work at the Hoe and Axe very well, and is, on the Whole, a very clever active brisk Fellow. Whoever will apprehend the said Runaway, and bring him home to me, or secure him in any Jail in the Colony, so that I get him, shall have the FIVE POUNDS Reward, and reasonable Charges for bringing him home. THOMAS GASKINS.
N. B. He is suspected to have carried with him a Drab coloured Sailor's Jacket with Slash Sleeves, Leather Buttons on the Sleeves, if not on the Breast, and lined through with red and white Swanskin; also a Pair of old white Plush Breeches, which are missing.
STRAYED or STOLEN from the Subscriber, in Westmoreland, a BAY MARE near fourteen Hands high, with a large Star in her Forehead, has two white Feet, and branded on the Buttock TC in a Piece. Whoever conveys the said Mare to me, at Macaback Warehouse, shall have FIFTY SHILLINGS Reward, and on Conviction of the Thief FIVE POUNDS. (211) THOMAS CHANCELLOR.
STRAYED or STOLEN from King William Courthouse, the 15th of October last, a BRIGHT BAY MARE, with a Saddle and Bridle; she is four Feet five or six inches high, has a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, paces slow and very short, trots and gallops, branded on the near Shoulder G, and on the near Buttock D. Whoever brings the said Mare to me, in King William, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward. (11) WILLIAM KING.
BRUNSWICK County, October 17, 1772. STOLEN from my Horse, when at Blana's Ordinary, in Prince George, in the Night of the 12th Instant, a Pair of black Leather Saddle Bags, which contained the following Articles: Three fine Linen Shirts, one something coarser than the others, three Pair of black Worsted Stockings, two of which are ribbed, the other plain, two Pair of Thread ditto, one Pair of marbled Silk ditto, five Cambric Bands, two Check Handkerchiefs, one Linen ditto spotted red and white, a double Flint Glass Pint Pocket Bottle, and a Horn Pint Tumbler; also a black Leather Pocket Book, containing several Papers, such as Receipts, Memorandums, and Bonds, to the Amount of three or four Hundred Pounds. Whoever will deliver the above at Mr. Kerr's Store in Cabin Point, or to me, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward. WILLIAM WALKER.
STRAYED from the Subscriber, in Goochland, near Carter's Ferry, the 11th of May last, a likely IRON GRAY MARE, unbroke, about four Years old, four Feet and a Half high, has a long Mane and Switch Tail, and branded on the near Shoulder B. Also a BAY HORSE COLT, a Year old the 15th of June last, neither cut, docked, nor branded. As the Mare was bred in Tazewell County, North Carolina, I imagine they have made that Way. Whoever conveys them to me shall have THREE POUNDS Reward, and if taken up in Carolina TWENTY SHILLINGS more. SAMUEL COSBY.
TAKEN up, in Augusta, a BLACK HORSE, seven Years old, with one white Foot, and branded on the Buttock S. Also a WHITE MARE, about ten Years old, with a Fleth Mark on the off Side of her Head, and branded on the near Shoulder with a Flower de Luce. Potted and appraised, the first to eleven Pounds ten Shillings, the latter to nine Pounds ten Shillings. (11) JOHN RISK.
TAKEN up, in Charlotte, a middle sized BAY HORSE, whose near hind Foot is white, had a Bell on tied with a Stirrup Leather, and is branded on the near Buttock J. Potted, and appraised to five Pounds. (11) THOMAS MARSHALL.
TAKEN up, in Halifax, a RED HEIFER about two Years old, marked in both Ears with a Crop and Half Crop. Potted, and appraised to thirty Shillings. (11) FRANCIS SKATES.
TAKEN up, in Mecklenburg, a BLACK HORSE about four Feet three Inches high, and branded on the near Buttock D. Potted, and appraised to forty five Shillings. (11) ROBERT BROOKES.
TAKEN up, in Amherst, a BAY MARE with a SORREL COLT, the Mare about four Feet seven Inches high, has a Star in her Forehead coming down as a Blaze, a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, paces and gallops, and branded on the near Shoulder R B; the Colt has a Blaze Face likewise, and paces. Potted and appraised to eight Pounds. (11) EPHRAIM SIMMONS.
TAKEN up, in Orange, a BAY HORSE about four Feet seven Inches high, with a large Star in his Forehead, a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, and branded on the near Buttock LP in a Piece. (11) WILLIAM GRIFFIN.
TAKEN up, in Botetourt, a WHITE HORSE about eleven Years old, fourteen Hands high, and a natural Pacer. Potted, and appraised to fifty five Shillings. (11) HUGH MILLER.
TAKEN up, in Stafford, a BRINDLED and WHITE STEER about six Years old, marked with a Crop in the right and a Hole in the left Ear, and branded on each Horn WB in a Piece. Potted, and appraised to three Pounds ten Shillings. (11) JOHN WITHERS, Junior.
TAKEN up, in Mecklenburg, a BAY MARE four Feet four or five Inches high, six Years old, has some White in her Face, but has no Brand perceivable. Potted, and appraised to eight Pounds ten Shillings. (11) JOHN JEFFRIES.
TAKEN up, in Chesterfield, a PIED COW three Years old, marked with a Slope in the upper Side of each Ear, and a Nick under each Ear. Also a BRINDLED STEER about two Years old, marked with a Crop, Silt, and Halfmoon, in the right Ear, and a Hole and Halfmoon in the upper Side of the left. Potted, and appraised to fifty Shillings. (11) JOHN HILL.
TAKEN up, in Dinwiddie, a RED BULL with a white Face, some White on his Belly, marked with a Silt and Crop in the right Ear, and an upper and under Nick in the left. Potted, and appraised to forty Shillings. GEORGE WALKER.
TAKEN up, in Amelia, a black HORSE about fourteen Hands high, with a Star and Snip, three white Feet, some Saddle Spots, a Sprig Tail, and branded on the near Shoulder S. Potted, and appraised to three Pounds ten Shillings. (11) MATTHEW JACKSON.
TAKEN up, in Louisa, a PALE SORREL MARE about four Feet seven Inches high, that appears to be with Foal, is a Trotter, and branded (as well as can be made out) on the near Buttock HC in a Piece. Potted, and appraised to eight Pounds. WILLIAM WHITE.
BEDFORD Courthouse, October 15, 1772. ABOUT the Beginning of last Month one Lewis brought a Waggon Load of Goods from Petersburg to this Place, in a Waggon belonging to one Dennis of Petersburg. After delivering the Goods, he carried his Waggon to a Blacksmith's Shop, and turned out his Horses. There was a Man along with him who called himself Adams, and said he was a Blacksmith, looking for Work. The Night after they delivered the Goods they both disappeared, and next Day two of my Horses were missing; which, as they were both raised in this Neighbourhood, would not run away. Lewis left the Waggon and Teems here, and every Thing belonging to them, except two Saddles, and he and Adams have been since seen, on the Road that leads from Petersburg to Carolina, with three Horses. From this I conclude that mine are stolen, and that they are the Thieves. I will give TEN POUNDS to any Person that will apprehend either or both of them, with the Horses, and secure them so that the Law may take its Course; and FIVE POUNDS more for delivering the Horses to Mr. James Donald at Rocky Ridge, or to me at Bedford Courthouse. The Description of the Horses is as follows: One a white Gelding about four Feet ten Inches high, seven Years old, with a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, is a natural Pacer, branded with I on the Shoulder, and A on the Buttock; the other a Bay, the same Height and Age, with a roached Mane and Switch Tail, is a natural Pacer, and branded B on one Buttock. (11) ROBERT DONALD.
NORFOLK, October 28, 1772. THE Subscriber, intending to leave the Colony early in the Spring, requests all Persons who are indebted to him to pay off their Accounts by the first of January next, that he may be thereby enabled to satisfy those who have Demands against him. During his Absence, which will probably be for five or six Months, his Business, in all its Branches, will be carried on to its usual Extent by Isaac Hildreth, who will endeavour to give all possible Satisfaction to his Customers. ROBERT WALLER.
A T T H E GOLDEN BALL, WILLIAMSBURG, A NEAT Assortment of JEWELLERY and SILVER WORK, with PINCHBECK BUCKLES and FINE CUTLERY, such as Ladies Steel Watch Chains, Pocket and Penknives, and a Variety of Scissors and Spectacles, just imported from London, are to be sold (as usual) upon the most reasonable Terms. * * * WATCHES and CLOCKS cleaned and repaired there likewise, at an easy Rate, with Fidelity and Expedition.
WILLIAMSBURG, October 25, 1772. THE Juno, Captain M'Cunn, in the Interest of Messrs. John Norton and Son, will be ready to take in a Load of Tobacco, at Cumberland Town, on York River, the first of next Month; it will be convenient to receive Tobacco from James and Rappahannock Rivers. Notes and Orders for her Loading will be received by Mr. Archibald Gowan at Aylett's, Colonel Snell in Hanover, and JOHN H. NORTON.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, at Amelia Courthouse, on Thursday the 24th of December, being Court Day,
PART of a Tract of LAND containing one Thousand Acres, more or less, known by the Name of Houson's Old Field, about four Miles from Amelia Courthouse, and partly lying on the Carolina Road. It is convenient for a Store or Tavern; the greatest Part of the Land lies very level, and will produce good Corn, Wheat, and Tobacco. One Third of the Money to be paid the first Day of April, 1773; the second Payment, one Hundred and fifty Pounds, January the 1th, 1774; and the third and last Payment, the first Day of January, 1775. (11) JOHN HODGES.
Just imported in the Ships Neptune and Dawes, and to be sold very cheap, for ready Money, at JOHN CARTER's Store in Williamsburg, the following Goods:
WHITE, Blues, Black, Greens, and Cloth Colours, superfine broad and narrow Cloths; Blue, Gray, Black, and Coloured German Serges; Barb Coating, and Friezes; White, and Striped Blankets; White, Blues, Greens, Black, and Scarlet Shalooms; White Tamies; White, Blues, Green, Yellow, and Pink Durants; Variety of Sewing and Barbers Silks; Blue and Green Halfthicks; India and English Dimities; Yard wide and Half Yard figured Dimities; India Persians; White, Blue, Green, Black, and Pink English Persians; Black Alomode; White Sarcenet; White and striped Silk Damascus; White and Striped Lustrings; Crimson and White figured Satins; Black Satin; White, Crimson, and Black flowered Satin Cloaks; Wilson Carpets; Calicoes; Silk Ginghams; Manchester Cottons, and Check; Muslins, Cambricks, and Lawns; Variety of Silk and Coloured Handkerchiefs; best White, Blue, Pink, and Black Satin Pumps; best White, Green, Purple, and Black Calimanco Pumps; Childrens Calimanco, Black, Blue, and Morocco Leather Pumps; Didbury's Shoes and Pumps; Mens and Boys fine Hats; Mens and Boys Felt Hats; Mens and Womens Worsted, Cotton, and Thread Stockings; White, Black, and Marbled Silk Stockings; Black, Blue, and Green Worsted Breeches Patterns; Crimson Silk ditto; Damask Table Cloths and Napkins, fine and coarse Irish Linens, and Sheetings; Brown Rolls; Osnaburgs at thirteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, and eighteen Pence an Ell; Wafers, Wax, and Playing Cards; best Hylon and Bohea Tea; best Jar Raisins and Currants; White and Brown Sugar Candy; Almonds; Barley Sugar; candied Orange Peel, as good as Citron; White and coloured Carraway Comfits; Coriander Comfits; Hartshorn Shavings; Anchovies, French Olives, Capers, and Walnuts; Double and Single Sugar; Verdigris, ditto ground; Dutch Pink, Rotten Stone, Umber, Prussian Blue, Vermilion, Bismolite, Alum, Copperas; Starch; Fig, Slate, and Powder Blue; Indigo; best Sallad Oil; Bathers Oil; Saltpeetre; Sacks of Salt; Pepper, Allspice, Ginger, Cloves, Mace, and Cinnamon; Chocolate; Coffee; Passage Lanthorns; Variety of painted Paper for Houses, &c. &c. &c.
Just imported, and to be sold by the Subscribers, at a low Advance, for ready Money (at John Woodside's House) in Norfolk,
A N Assortment of EUROPEAN GOODS, consisting of Linens, Wollens, Camblettes, Hats, Leather Shoes of all Sizes, Womens Calimanco ditto, Hardware, Tin and Pewter ditto, Earthen Ware of different Kinds in Crates, with Variety of other Articles too tedious to mention; also WEST INDIA GOODS. WOODSIDE & CARMONT.

The MISER and the MOUSE.
TO a Mouse says a Miser, "my dear little Mouse, Pray what may you please to want in my House?" Says the Mouse, "Mr. Miser, pray keep yourself quiet; You are safe in your Person, your Purse, and your Diet; A Lodging I want, which even you may afford, But none would come here to beg, borrow, or board."
An EPITAPH, to the Memory of an honest SAILOR.
WETHER Sailor or not, for a Moment avast! Poor Tom's Mizen Top-sail is laid to the Mast. He'll never turn out, or more heave the Lead; He's now all a-back , will Sails foot a-head . He ever was brisk, and though now gone to Wreck , When he hears the last Whistle he'll jump upon Deck .
GENERAL POST OFFICE, New York, November 1, 1772.
NOTICE is hereby given, that on Account of the new Regulation of the Post from Canada , which is to arrive every Tuesday Evening at this Office, and the weekly Post from the Eastward and Southward arriving every Wednesday, the Mail going from hence by the Packets will, for the future, be closed at twelve o'Clock at Night, on the first Wednesday in every Month (being the same Time it closes at the General Post Office in London for America ) and a Packet despatched therewith the next Day for Falmouth .
By Command of the Deputy Postmaster General. ALEXANDER COLDEN, Secretary.
On Wednesday the 25th of November next will be sold to the highest Bidder on the Premises, by the Subscriber, Executor of Colonel Hartwell Cocke, deceased, and to be entered on at Christmas,
A TRACT of good TOBACCO LAND on Bea's Element Creek , in Lunenburg County , containing about a Thousand Acres, together with all the CORN and FODDER, STOCKS of CATTLE and HOGS, PLANTATION UTENSILS, &c. The Plantation is in good Order, and sufficient to work seven or eight Hands. Any Person inclining to purchase may be shown the Land by applying to Captain Ragdale , near the Premises. (4) JOHN HARTWELL COCKE.
Just imported from London, a fashionable Assortment of MERCERY, MILLINERY, and JEWELLERY, to be SOLD at a reasonable Advance, for ready Money, by the Subscriber in Petersburg, viz.
RICH plain and flowered Satins and Lustrings, Sarcenet, Alamode, Persians, Sattin Cloaks and Hats, Shades and Bonnets, best Satin Shoes, Calimanco ditto, Dilbury's and Childrens ditto, Silver Stomachers and Knots, Italian and quilted ditto, a Variety of Dresses and other Caps, Italian Nosegay and Press Flowers, Silver Egress, Boys Satin Caps and Feathers, Plumes, Feathers for Ladies Hats, covered and plain Woolpacks, a Variety of Minicinet and Blond Lace and Edging, Ladies Hosiery, Gloves and Mitts, Queens and Pariset Gauzes, Mullins, Patent Net Hoods, Pearl, French Wax, Garnet, and Jet Necklaces and Earrings, fine Hats, Fans flowered with Silver, common ditto, Ribands, Silk Hose, French Paste Earrings, best Paste Shoe, Knee, and Neck Buckles, Garnet and Paste Lockets set in Gold, Ladies Morocco Pocket Books of different Colours, Paste Combs and Hair Springs, plain Tortoiseshell and Horn Combs, Gentlemens Tortoiseshell Combs in Cases, Watch Chains and Keys, and many other fashionable Ornaments, that will appear better from ocular Demonstration than any Thing I can suggest. MARY HILL.
To be SOLD at the Raleigh, in Williamsburg, on Thursday the 12th of November,
A VALUABLE TRACT of LAND in Glocester , adjoining the Seat of Jonathan Watson , Esquire, containing about one Thousand eight Hundred Acres, on which are all necessary Houses for a Plantation in very good Repair, and Land enclosed sufficient to work thirty Hands. There is on the said Land a fine Swamp for a Meadow, about ten Acres of which is already cleared; also an Orchard of Hughes's Apples, and several other choice Fruits. Twelve Months Credit will be allowed for one Half of the Purchase Money, and two Years for the Remainder, upon Bond, with approved Security, being given to JOHN FOX.
N. B. The above Land is very convenient to Navigation, &c. and will be shown to any Person inclining to purchase it, by applying to John Dudley , Overseer on the Premises.
Just imported from London, in the Dawes, Captain Brown, and to be sold at the Subscriber's Shop in Williamsburg,
LARGE and fresh Assortment of DRUGS and MEDICINES, viz. Best Jesuit's Bark, Rhubarb , Jallap , Ipecacuanha , Camphor , Glauber's Salts, Sal Rochelle , best Arkey and common Manna , Antimony , Flower of Sulphur , Spermacheti , Ether , Extract of Lead , Essence of Lemons and Bergamot , Indian Pink , Castor Oil , Magnesia ; also fine Jur Raisins , Currants , Prunes , Figs , Barley Sugar , Orange Chips , Carraway Comfits , white and brown Candy , candied Ginger and Nutmegs , best Durham Flower of Mustard, Saltpeetre , Shavings of Hartshorn , fine Sallad and Barbers Oil , Anchovies , Capers , Olives , Walnuts , Cloves , Cinnamon , Mace , and Nutmegs ; Gold and Silver Leaf, Rotten Stone, French Chalk , Verdigris , Vermilion , Red and White Lead, Prussian Blue , Tooth Brushes , Ivory Syringes , small Marble Mortars , small Physical Scales and Weights , Court Plaster , Datton's Corn Salve, Franco's and Godfrey's Cordials, Daffy's , Spirae's , and Stoughton's Elixirs, Jesuits Bateman's , and Norris's Antimonial Drops, Jones's Fever Powders, Anderson's and Locket's Pills, Turlington's Balsam, Pectoral Balsam of Honey , Essence of Water Dock , Elixir Bandana , Smelling Bottles, best and common Lancets , Sago , Salop , Pearl Barley , &c. &c. WILLIAM PASTEUR.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, on Friday the 20th of November, at the Town of Ecaufort, in Essex County, on Rappahannock River,
A VALUABLE TRACT of LAND adjoining the said Town, containing one Hundred and fifty Acres, with a Number of Lots, some of which have good Improvements, suitable for both Merchant and Ordinary Keeper. There is a Ferry, and Ferry Boat, belonging to me, which will be sold with the Land. I have also several Horses, and a good Stock of Cattle and Hogs, to be sold the same Day. Twelve Months Credit will be allowed, the Purchaser giving Bond and Security to THOMAS LEY.
GEORGE III. by the Grace of GOD of
Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. to the Sheriff of Buckingham County, greeting: We command you that you summon Jan van Vets , Son and Heir at Law of John Vets , deceased, to appear before our Justices of our Court of Chancery of our said County, at the Courthouse, on the second Monday in next Month, to answer a Bill in Chancery exhibited against him by Robert Pleafants , Executor, &c. of John Pleafants , Senior, deceased, who was the surviving Partner of John Pleafants , Junior, deceased; and this he shall in no wise omit, under the Penalty of one Hundred Pounds. And have then there this Writ. Witness Rolfe Eldridge , Clerk of our said Court, at the said Courthouse, the 14th Day of April, in the 12th Year of our Reign. ROLFE ELDRIDGE.
For SALE.
A VALUABLE TRACT of LAND lying on both Sides of Harting Creek , in Halifax County , containing five Hundred Acres, the Soil of which is exceeding good for Tobacco and Corn. There is a small Plantation cleared on the Land, which has been tended but a few Years, and two Tobacco Houses, an Overseer's House, and Negro Quarter almost new. Any Person inclining to purchase may apply to Colonel Paul Carrington , in Charlotte , who will show the Land, and is fully empowered to dispose of it. (tf)
GEORGE III. by the Grace of GOD of
Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. to the Sheriff of Buckingham County, greeting: We command you that you summon David Flowers to appear before our Justices of our Court of Chancery, of our said County, at the Courthouse, on the second Monday in next Month, to answer a Bill in Chancery exhibited against him by William Jones ; and this he shall in no wise omit, under the Penalty of one Hundred Pounds. And have then there this Writ. Witness Rolfe Eldridge , Clerk of our said Court, at the said Courthouse, the 15th Day of May, in the 12th Year of our Reign. ROLFE ELDRIDGE.
MIDDLESEX, October 14, 1772.
COMMITTED to the Jail of this County, JAMES SMITH, a square well made Man about five Feet seven Inches high, about twenty Years old, of a ruddy Complexion, has short light coloured Hair, and wore a Sailor's Dress, Trousers and a red Jacket. He is supposed to be a Runaway Servant from Maryland , and had with him the Boots and Russia Drab Clothes that Mr. Thomas Crawford , of Brunswick , mentioned in his Advertisement that his Man Barnaby carried off with him; he confessed that he had been several Days in the Neighbourhood with him and his Wife, and had them of him. I have the Clothes in my Possession, which I am ready to deliver. JAMES WORTHAM, Sheriff.
STRAYED from the Subscriber, living in the lower End of Louisiana , upon Elk Creek , TWO OXEN, one a black Brindle, and the other a Red with a Stump Tail. Also FOUR COWS and FOUR CALVES, marked with two smooth Crops and a Hole in the right Ear, and an Underkeel in the left, or two smooth Crops only; which of the two Marks I do not remember, as some of the Cattle were marked with two smooth Crops before I came of Age. I will give FORTY SHILLINGS Reward to any Person that will bring me the said Cattle, or contrive me Word where they are. GEORGE BARCLAY.
RICHMOND Town, October 20, 1772.
STRAYED or STOLEN from the Subscriber, on the 7th or 8th of September last, a very likely DARK GRAY HORSE, about four Feet eight Inches high, seven or eight Years old, with a Switch Tail and hanging Mane, cloudy faced, and has white Hairs at the Root of his Tail; he paces slow, but trots and gallops well, is high spirited, and used to work in a Chair; he was shod before, and the Shoes half worn; if he had any Brand, it is forgot. Whoever will bring the said Horse to me shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward, but on Conviction of the Thief FIVE POUNDS. PETERFIELD TRENT.
To be CHARTERED for LONDON, A FINE NEW SHIP built for private Use, which will carry five Hundred Hogsheads of Tobacco, and be ready to take in a Cargo about the Middle of next November. The Terms may be known by applying to Mr. Thomas Hepburn at Norfolk , or the Subscriber in Falmouth Town, who intends to be at Williamsburg a few Days about the first of November. WILLIAM M'GACHEN.
TAPPAHANNOCK, October 10, 1772.
I HAVE for Sale a genteel TWO STORY HOUSE in this Place, pleasantly situated on the River, with necessary Outhouses, a Warehouse, and Garden well paled in, which may be had on reasonable Terms. All Persons indebted to me are requested to make immediate Payment, and those who have any Demands to make them known. (4) ARCHIBALD M'CALL.
Pursuant to an Act of the last Session of Assembly, will be leased for the Term of twenty one Years, to the highest Bidders, on the 23d of November next (if fair, otherwise next fair Day) on the Premises, and to be entered on immediately,
ABOUT three Thousand ACRES of LAND, the Property of the Nottoway Indians , and lying in the County of Southampton , on the south Side of Nottoway River ; the Whole of it is very good Corn Land, and the greatest Part will produce good Tobacco. It is to be laid off in Lots, not exceeding three Hundred Acres each. The Rents are to be paid annually; for the due Performance of which, Bond, with approved Security, will be required by the Trustees. At the same Time and Place will be sold, all the Lands belonging to the Nottoway Indians on the north Side of Nottoway , consisting of two Parcels, containing about thirty Acres each.
N. B. The former Advertisement for the above Purpose not getting to the Press Time enough to be inserted according to the above Act of Assembly, will, we hope, be a sufficient Apology for not leasing the Land according to the Time therein appointed. (4)
WARWICK, October 14, 1772.
AS the STORE lately kept by Mr. Andrew French, of Prince Edward County , for Messrs. Alexander Spiers, John Bowman, and Company , is now under the Management of Mr. Andrew Mackenzie , all Persons that have Accounts open and unadjusted on that Store's Books, for Dealings with Mr. French , are required to apply before the first of December next, as no Discount or Contracts of his will be admitted unless made known before he leaves the Country. The Business at that Store will be carried on to its usual Extent. (4) JAMES FAIRLIE.
To be SOLD.
A TRACT of LAND containing about three Hundred Acres, in Fauquier County , joining John Raines and Fielding Turner , and not far from Mr. John Carter . The Land, I am told, is good. Those who may incline to purchase will be shown the Land, by applying to Colonel William Blackwell , who lives near it. One Half the Purchase Money to be paid down, and the other Half in six Months; upon Bond, and good Security, being given to JOHN CORRIE. HOBBS'S HOLE, October 15, 1772. (4)
CHARLES CITY, October 20, 1772.
RUN away, upwards of two Years ago, from Mr. Richard Holt (but now my Property) EDITH , a Negro Woman five Feet two or three Inches high, about forty Years of Age, full breasted, has remarkable black Lips, and two of her Toes on one Foot join together. FIVE POUNDS Reward will be given to any Person who delivers her to me, near the Long Bridge. (8) WILLIAM GREGORY.
NORFOLK, October 10, 1772.
THE Subscriber has just brought in with him, from Hull , some BALES of WOOLLENS, from seventy to a Hundred Pounds Sterling Value, which he will sell at a reasonable Advance for Cash, or short Credit. Each Package contains Broadcloths, Shalloons, and necessary Trimmings, Buckram, Calimanco, striped Linen, Kendal Cottons, Tamies, Camblets, Fearnoughts, Halfthicks, Duffs, and Bath Coating. Also a Quantity of REAP HOOKS. He will be at Williamsburg during the General Court, and at present is at Mr. Woodfield's in this Place. (tf) JOHN STONEY.
THE Subscriber having provided convenient
Warehouses for the Reception of Goods, purposes lying on Commission, either by private Sale or publick Vendue, and begs Leave to assure the Publick that his best Endeavours shall be used to dispose of any Goods given him for Sale to the most Advantage, and that they may expect the greatest Punctuality in the Payment of the Proceeds, being determined to continue the Business no longer than he finds he can do so; and, in Order to enable him to do this, he hopes every Person purchasing at any of his Sales will be punctual in their Payments, without which he must labour under Difficulties in supporting his own Credit. He has also opened an ENSURANCE OFFICE; any Orders from the Country for Insurance will be as punctually complied with as if the Persons were present, the greatest Care taken to have good People to the Policies, and that they shall be sent by the first safe Conveyance. Gentlemen who do not regularly attend the General Courts, and Courts of Oyer, are requested to forward the Premiums with their Orders, as it is customary here to pay them at signing the Policies; those who attend the Courts may pay the Premiums there. (5) JAMES ARCHDEACON.
To be SOLD on Wednesday the 25th of November next, at the late Plantation of Captain Leonard Price, deceased, in Goochland,
FOURTEEN valuable Virginia born NEGROES, consisting of Men, Women, Boys, and Girls, one of them an exceeding good Sawyer; together with the Crop of CORN and FODDER, three good WORK HORSES, and all the PLANTATION UTENSILS. Credit will be allowed until the 25th of October 1773, the Purchasers giving Bond and good Security to the Executors. (6)
N. B. The Executors will sell Captain Price's Right to three Thousand Acres of LAND, which he was entitled to by his Majesty's Proclamation.
WILLIAM & MARY COLLEGE, October 1, 1772.
BY Direction of the President and Masters, I am to give Notice to the several Surveyors who have executed Bonds for the Proportion of their Fees due to the College in Tobacco , to be discharged at any particular Rate, that they are required to give new Bonds for one sixth Part of whatever they receive for surveying, before the 15th of next Month, or they will be superseded. I am also directed to inform those Surveyors who doubted their Right to a Proportion of the Fees for private Surveys, that the Society have had the Advice of Counsel, who are of Opinion they are well entitled thereto, and that the Question was so determined by the General Court in April last. (6) ROBERT MILLER, Burfar.
To be LET on CHARTER, to any Part of Europe,
THE Ship NEPTUNE, Archibald White Master, Burthen about four Hundred Hogsheads. For Terms apply to NORFOLK, September 24. (tf) JOHN LAWRENCE. JOHN GREENWOOD.
For SALE.
ENFIELD, in Halifax County , North Carolina , containing about a Thousand Acres of Land, on which are good Peach and Apple Orchards, a large commodious Brick Dwellinghouse with four Rooms on a Floor, and other good Houses. The Storehouses are at present rented to Mr. Alexander Telfair for eighteen Pounds a Year. Part of the said Tract may be made a fine Meadow. Any Person inclining to purchase may know the Terms by applying to Colonel John Bradford , adjoining the said Plantation, Allen Jones of York , or to the Subscriber. (tf) MATTHEW JONES.
TEN POUNDS REWARD.
RUN away, on the 18th of August, from the Subscriber, in Essex , near Hobbs's Hole , a Negro Man named LUKE, alias JACK, about twenty five Years old, five Feet six or eight Inches high, had on, when he went away, a Pair of old blue Cloth Breeches, Osnaburg Shirt, and a short Cotton Vest, and carried with him a green Cloth Vest, a Pair of Russia Dril and a Pair of Nankin Breeches, a white Linen Shirt, and two Pair of Yarn Hose. He is a likely, well set Fellow, remarkably bow-legged, of a very black Complexion, has very white Teeth, and I believe one of his fore Teeth is out; he has some Scars on one or both of his Buttocks, which he got when a Lad. This Fellow formerly belonged to Mr. Lewis Allman , of Isle of Wight , from whom he ran away when he was a Lad, and passed as a Freeman in this Neighbourhood for seven or eight Years, until he was condemned by Essex Court for Felony, when he confessed he had a Master, and was reprieved by the Subscriber. He was bred a Carpenter, but during the Time of his Elopement went several Years by Water. He may attempt to change his Name again, and pass as a Freeman, or transport himself out of the Colony; all Masters of Vessels are hereby forbid to carry him off, at their Peril. I will give the above Reward to any Person who will deliver the said Slave to me, or FIVE POUNDS to secure him in any Jail, and give Notice thereof. (tf) JOHN EDMONDSON, Junior.
To be SOLD.
FOURTEEN Hundred Acres of exceeding good TOBACCO LAND in Stafford County , on the Branches of Aquia and Potomack Runs, extremely well timbered and watered, twelve Miles from Falmouth , and ten from Aquia . One Half the Land rents for thirty Pounds a Year; there is a small Plantation on the other Part the Land, and a Mill near the Plantation, if not privately sold, will be set up at twelve Hundred Pounds, on the 10th of October next. Also eleven Hundred Acres of Land on Rocky Run , in Fauquier County , the Rents of which amount to four Thousand one Hundred and thirty Pounds of Tobacco; either in Lots, or altogether, as may suit the Purchasers. An indifputable Title will be made to the Land, by the Trustees of Charles Carter . (tf)
To be SOLD on the Premises, on Friday the 4th of December next,
TWO Hundred and sixty three Acres of LAND in Amherst County , adjoining to the Tobacco Row Mountains, whereon is a Plantation, with all convenient Houses on the same, in good Order for Cropping, sufficient for working seven or eight Hands; the Land is exceeding rich for Tobacco, Corn, Wheat, or Hemp. At the same Time will be sold twelve very valuable SLAVES, mostly Men and Women, amongst which is a good Sawyer, and one that has worked several Years in a Blacksmith's Shop; as also all the Stock of Horses, Cattle, and Hogs, belonging to the said Plantation, with all the Crop of Corn and Fodder made thereon, and all the Plantation Utensils. Twelve Months Credit will be allowed the Purchasers of the Land, or longer, if found necessary at the Day of Sale, and nine Months Credit for the Slaves, Stock, Corn, and Utensils, upon good Merchants Bonds, or Notes, bearing Interest from the Day of Sale, payable unto John Barnes , Esquire (to whom the Estate belongs) the Sale of which will be conducted by AMHERST, July 16, 1772. (17) GABRIEL PENN.
To be LET on LEASE.
A VERY large and commodious HOUSE in the Town of Petersburg, built for a Tavern, and well fitted for that Business; it is two Stories high, has a Number of very convenient Lodging Rooms, and large and small Rooms for the Entertainment of Guests. Any Person qualified for the Business of a Tavern Keeper, with a proper Capital, may find this as advantageous a Situation as any on the Continent. Apply to the Subscriber, who lives on the Premises. (tf) THOMAS EGLETON.
For SALE.
THE following Tracts of LAND, in Pittsylvania , namely, four Hundred Acres on Banister River , six Hundred and seventy on Beaver Creek , three Hundred and forty five on Burck's Creek , three Hundred and eighty on Leatherwood , and four Hundred on Snow Creek . These Lands were formerly the Property of Mr. Samuel Gordon , deceased. The Price, and Time of Payment, may be known by applying to me in Petersburg. (tf) JERMAN BAKER.