The Virginia gazette (Williamsburg [Va.]), 1772-04-02 00:00:00

VIRGINIA GAZETTE.
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BEING strictly enjoined by my late Instructions to enforce the punctual Payment of his Majesty's Quitrents, it is expected, for the future, that every Sheriff should settle with the Auditor, and pay the Money into the Receiver's Office, on or before the Day appointed by Law; and all Sheriffs who are in Arrear to this Revenue, and fail to settle with the Auditor and pay the Money into the Receiver's Office by the 25th of April, cannot expect any farther Indulgence.
RICHARD CORBIN, D. R. G.
CONSTANTINOPLE, November 18.
T HE Inhabitants of this Capital have been in the utmost Consternation since the Arrival of the two Tartars, with the Confirmation of the Overthrow of the Grand Viziar's Army, the Defeat of Moegzoen Zade's Corps, the Retaking of Giurgewo, and the total Destruction of the Fortresses upon the Danube, with the Loss of all the Artillery, Magazines, Ammunition, and Provisions. These Disasters are imputed, in a great Measure, to the Revolt of the Janizaries, who, discontented, it is said, at the Smallness of their Pay, refused to fight, massacred their Aga and his Lieutenant, plundered the military Chest (in which were five Millions of Pieces of Eight) set Fire to the Camp, &c. and afterwards dispersed themselves to different Quarters. The Grand Viziar, perceiving that every Thing was lost, took to Flight, accompanied by sixty Persons, and carried off with him the Standard of Mahomet, which otherwise would infallibly have fallen into the Hands of the Enemy. In this critical Juncture, the Porte, far from losing Courage, continues to exert every Nerve to extricate us from our Distress. It is said that the Grand Viziar will be deposed, and that Moegzoen Zade will succeed him.
November 19. We are all here in the greatest Consternation on Account of the great Success of the Russians, who took Advantage of the great Revolt amongst our Troops, and by that Means got Possession of our Camp, with all our Cannon. But as we since learn that they are retiring to their main Army, our Fears are now subsiding. The Divan has informed his Highness, the Grand Seignior, that the Season is too far advanced to assemble a large Army immediately, as it would be vain to attempt to drive the Russians from any of their Posts this Winter. In the mean Time, Provisions grow every Day more scarce, so that we have too much Reason to fear a Rising among the Inhabitants.
PETERSBURG, December 10. Letters from Moscow advise that the Chiefs in the late Revolt, with their Accomplices, to the Number of three Hundred, have undergone their Punishments. Four of those charged with the Murder of the Archbishop have been hanged, and sixty two others concerned with them, after having received the Knout, have had their Noses bored, and been sent to the Gallies for Life. An Ecclesiastick has been delivered over to be tried by the Clergy, and one Hundred and thirty three others received less rigorous Punishments.
These Letters add, that the Cold having set in, the Deaths have decreased to two Hundred a Day.
WARSAW, December 11. Notwithstanding the Vigilance of the Polish and Russian Troops, all Kinds of Violences continue to be committed every Day; so that it becomes more and more necessary to attend to the Safety of the King. A Reinforcement of two Thousand Russian Troops is lately arrived here for this Purpose, and Guards are placed at all the Wells and Fountains belonging to the Palace. In this Situation, his Majesty lately gave a great Proof of his Resolution; when the Deputies from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania had their Audience, he said to them, among other Things, "Why should Divine Providence, by his adorable Power, have preserved me when in so imminent Danger, if, for his own extraordinary Purposes, he had not some particular End in View?" Among these Deputies was Okierka. This good old Man was so affected at the Manner in which his Majesty received them, and the Horror of his late Situation, that he fainted away, and died upon the Spot.
December 14. The Russians are entering their Winter Quarters, particularly those in this City, where there are fifteen lodged in one House. We begin to feel a Want of Provisions here, which will
increase, as foreign Troops have drained the Cantons of those Provisions which would, as usual, have been sent hither.
DANTZICK, December 4. The King of Prussia has trebled the Tax he had laid on all the Lands in Polish Prussia. General Tadden, not long ago, sent a Lieutenant to Marienbourg, to receive, from the Burgomaster of that City, an Account of the Number of its Inhabitants, and, upon this Magistrate's refusing to comply, the Prussian General sent forty Men to his House, to live there at Discretion.
MARSEILLES, December 13. Letters from the Levant confirm the News of the Descent of the Russians at Metelin, in the Isle of Lesbos. They bring, that the Muscovites had landed at Pafila, nine Leagues to the north of that City; that a Body of Cuirassiers had put to Flight all who showed an Inclination to oppose them; that they had burnt the Houses, Magazines, Dockyards, and two Caravelles (Turkish Ships of War) which were upon the Stocks; that, in Order to cover this Expedition, four Men of War were cruising at the Entrance of the Canal of the Dardanelles; that they had cannonaded one of the Castles on the Coast, but without damaging the Batteries; that they had only beat down a Minaret (or Steeple) and that one of their Vessels had a Mast carried away by the Cannon of the Castle.
LONDON, December 31.
IT is said that a Memorial has been lately received from the Court of Lisbon, relative to the late Affair in the Brazils, and at the last Council it was laid before his Majesty; when the Concessions appeared so satisfactory that an Answer was made out and sent to his Excellency the Portuguese Ambassador, in Order to forward to his Court; so that all Differences between the two Courts are settled.
A Messenger was sent off early this Morning with Despatches for their Majesties the King and Queen of Denmark, at Copenhagen; likewise another to the Earl of Grantham, at Madrid.
A certain unpensioned, unpopular, Gentleman had a long private Conference with his Majesty on Sunday Night last, at St. James's.
We hear that Letters of Recall have been sent to Lord Cathcart, his Majesty's Ambassador at the Court of Peterburg.
Sunday the Princess of Brunswick paid a Visit to the Princess Amelia, and afterwards returned to Carlton House, where she supped with their Majesties and the Princess Dowager.
Though all Accounts agree that Spain is increasing her Forces to an incredible Number, yet it is evident that not the least Notice is taken of it by our present Rulers.
Extract of a Letter from Cadiz, November 26.
"Notwithstanding a Report prevails here that all Matters are settled with the King of Great Britain, with Regard to Falkland Island, by restoring Port Egmont, &c. yet we are all well assured that there are now some heavy Complaints laid against some Spanish Men of War, having taken several Ships belonging to his Britannick Majesty's Subjects, and confined the Crews; and unless the Spaniards make Restitution for these Insults (which they do not seem inclined to do) there will, in all Probability, be a War between those two Powers much sooner than many People imagine; for there is as great Preparation carrying on here for it, and in every Port in Spain, as there was eight Months ago. Couriers are daily passing to and from Paris, from which it is conjectured Something very extraordinary is upon the Carpet. The Spaniards have been very careful to repair and strengthen all their Forts and Fortifications in every Part, and have filled their Magazines with all Sorts of warlike Stores, besides reinforcing all their Garrisons, so that they are under no Apprehensions that any of their fortified Places can be suddenly taken.
Their Graces the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk have ordered a considerable Sum of Money and Provisions to be liberally distributed among the Poor in and about Workop Manor, in Nottinghamshire.
The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland have likewise ordered their annual Bounty to be distributed among the Poor about Alnwick Castle, &c.
The Premier is now exceeding busy, with his Underlings, in preparing Business for the Consideration of Parliament against its approaching Meeting.
We hear a Bill will shortly be taken into Consideration for obliging all Farmers and Graziers, within
one Hundred Miles of London, sending up Cattle to this Metropolis, to attend their own Sales.
An Act will pass the next Meeting of Parliament for the Coinage of Seven Shilling Pieces.
Another Irish Money Bill, which is supposed to be the same as was agreed to by the Irish House of Commons, without any Alterations, passed the great Seal on Saturday last, and was sent off on Sunday by a special Messenger.
We are informed that a Pension of five Thousand Pounds a Year is granted to Lady Walgrave, on the Irish Establishment.
Letters from Madagascar give an Account that a French Ship had been seized by the Natives, who set on Shore the Captain and Crew, and went off with the Ship and Cargo.
Yesterday a Frigate of thirty two Guns, built at Deptford for the Service of his Danish Majesty, fell down the River, in Order to proceed on her Voyage to Elsinore.
An authentick Letter from the Borders of the Weser, arrived by the last Dutch Mail, abruptly mentions, "That Affairs in the North and East were come to the highest Crisis; that the Disorders in Poland were daily increasing, and foreboded the most dreadful Consequences; that the King of Prussia had laid all Thoughts aside of making some very beneficial Regulations for his own Subjects, his Time being entirely taken up with military Preparations, recruiting, and providing Corn and Forage for the Army, of which there is a great Scarcity in the neighbouring Dominions, almost amounting to, or at least threatening, a Famine."
It is reported Letters are received from Warsaw, mentioning that the Rebel Kosinski had been privately killed in the Castle, by Order of the Council, for the Attempt on his Majesty's Life. Two of the other Conspirators are taken.
Doctor Solander and Mr. Banks are to set out on their Voyage the latter End of next Month. They are to have two Men of War, three Frigates, and several Transports for carrying over some Families and Stores, in Order to make a Settlement at Port Egmont.
Sunday Morning, the Wind coming round to the North East, twenty two Sail of Ships, that lay in Cowes for Shelter, failed from thence on their respective Voyages.
Sunday Morning twenty Sail of West India and African Ships, with the two Men of War for the Coast of Guinea, failed from Spithead with a fine Wind at North East.
All Serjeants in the Army are forthwith to be furnished with Fusces instead of Halberts. The Duke of Gloucester first introduced them for the Grenadier Serjeants in the Guards only, but now all Serjeants are to have them.
All Captains who have been twenty Years in Commission, it is reported, will be created Field Officers, to preserve their Rank among those they do Duty with in the Royal Navy, &c.
Last Saturday in getting the Sandwich East India man out of Dock, at Deptford, in Order to proceed on her Voyage, she ran aground, whereby she received so much Damage that it is feared she has broke her Back.
Tuesday Morning some Villains broke into the House of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, on Richmond Hill, and stole out all the Plate, two Gold Watches, with his own and his Lady's Wedding Clothes, Diamond Earrings, Buckles, &c. but luckily missed a Drawer wherein were Bank Notes to the Amount of upwards of fourteen Hundred Pounds.
On Sunday Mr. Moore and fifteen Gentlemen, besides Servants behind his new invented Stage, or long Coach, which has four large Wheels, set out for Dulwich, to which Place this Coach is designed to go as a daily Stage from London. Two Horses drew the Whole.
A Kind of Party has been lately formed by several distinguished Noblemen out of Administration; they meet at the House of one of the most distinguished Officers of State, are countenanced by a great Personage, and it is thought they will all be in Place very soon.
January 2. Yesterday being New Year's Day, the same was observed at Court as a high Festival; there was a numerous Court at St. James's, to pay their Compliments to their Majesties on the Occasion; the Prince of Wales, Bishop of Osnabrug, and the Prin-

cess of Brunswick, were at Court, as were also a great Number of Nobility and most of the foreign Ministers, and it being a Collar Day the Knights Companion of Garter, Thistle, and Bath, appeared at Court in the Collars of their respective Orders.
A Person, who in a former Lottery got a twenty Thousand Pound Prize, is now, by Horse-racing and Cock-fighting, reduced almost to Beggary.
There was no Court nor Drawing Room this Day at St. James's, on Account of New Year's Day being observed Yesterday at Court.
A Privy Council is summoned to meet to-morrow at St. James's, when some extraordinary Intelligence, which have been this Week received from France and Spain, is to be laid before them.
It is said that the Supplies for the present Year are already settled by the Ministry on a similar Plan with that of last Year, a Lottery included, and that the Land Forces and Seamen are to be continued the same as was allowed for last Year.
The Accounts of the Navy, which are now made up to Christmas, 1770, are ordered to be laid before Parliament at their next Meeting.
Orders were Yesterday sent from the Admiralty Office to Plymouth, for the Blenheim Man of War of ninety Guns, and the Alcide of sixty four, to be got in Readiness with all possible Despatch.
Notice has been likewise given, from the same Office, to the Commissioners and Storekeepers in his Majesty's Dockyards, to make a strict Inspection into the State of the different Stores under their Cares, and to return an Account by the Beginning of next Month.
Orders will shortly be issued from the War Office to the Keepers of the different Magazines in this Kingdom to make a thorough Inquiry into the State of the warlike Stores, and to send an Account with all possible Despatch.
Several recruiting Parties, from the Marines, have been lately sent over to Ireland in Order to raise a considerable Number of Men in that Kingdom, the said Corps being ordered to be augmented.
Tuesday two Couriers arrived from Madrid, one to the Spanish Ambassador in Ormond Street, and the other at St. James's; soon after which the two Secretaries of State, and the above Ambassador, had a long Conference at the Secretary of State's Office in Cleveland Row.
The King of Spain has ordered all Vagabonds at Madrid, from the Age of eight Years to forty eight, those under fifteen to be employed in the Navy, the rest in the Land Forces. It is said that no less than twelve Hundred have been taken up by such Orders.
They write from Copenhagen that his Danish Majesty has given Orders for twenty five Men of War to be got ready early in the Spring, to act against the Regency of Algiers.
Tuesday the Duke and Duchess of Cumberland came to their House in Pallmall, from Windsor, but did not stay above two Hours, having received (as it is said) a Message from a great Personage to return to his Lodge again, as his Stay in Town at present would be very disagreeable to them.
It is said that a Bill of an extraordinary Nature will be laid before an august Assembly, at their next Meeting, relative to the Punishments to be inflicted on all Persons legally found guilty of Criminal Conversation .
Things are brought into so disagreeable a Train in Ireland that it is thought it will be found necessary to send over some able and judicious Personage to undo what has been done in that Kingdom.
We are assured that J. D. Esquire, has refused an Irish Peerage offered him, and has requested a Baronet's Patent in England, which, we hear, will shortly be made out for him.
From Constantinople we hear that the Divan has rejected the Plan of Peace proposed by a certain Court, whose Offices have been courted as a Mediator.
Same Letters say that the Ringleaders of the late Conspiracy to depose the Grand Signior have been discovered, and eighty of them lost their Heads, and by the Distribution of six Hundred Purses among the rest the Faction was appeased.
From Amsterdam they write that all the Officers of the Neapolitan Troops were ordered to join their Regiments in three Days, on Pain of being cashiered. And from the same Place we are informed that the Forces of Spain, according to the List lately published, amount to one Hundred and forty Thousand; in former Reigns they did not exceed eighty Thousand Men.
Advice is received from Holland that there is such a Scarcity of Provisions, in several Parts of it, that the States have offered a considerable Bounty, over and above the Market Price, to be paid to such Persons as will supply them with live Cattle, Wheat, Rye, &c. It is said that Numbers of poor People daily die for the Want of the common Necessaries of Life.
The Cargoes of the several Ships which have arrived in the River with foreign Corn amount to twenty Thousand three Hundred and ninety Quarters of Wheat, besides a great Quantity of other Grain.
During the Course of the Year 1771, the Dutch employed one Hundred and twenty Ships in the Greenland Trade, which brought home five Hundred Whales, and fourteen Thousand three Hundred and twenty Barrels of Oil. Three Ships caught fifteen Whales, and foundered with them.
Yesterday General Paoli attended the Court at St. James's, and made a brilliant Appearance.
Yesterday the Right Honourable James Stuart McKenzie, Brother to the Earl of Bute, had a long Conference with his Majesty.
Lord Delaware, it is said, will shortly be appointed Captain General of the Forces.
January 5. There are many Reports current about the State of the Health of his Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester; but we cannot learn that any Advices have been received since those on Tuesday, which mention his having relapsed.
The Council held at Lord North's yesterday is said to have been in Order to counteract some powerful Influence now formed against the present Administration.
There have been three Conferences this last Week between a Chief Justice, two puisne Judges, and three other eminent Lawyers; on which Account it is supposed that some great Changes in the Posts of the Law are soon to take Place, or that some material Regulations in the Practice of the Law itself are in Agitation.
It is said that all the female Part of the Royal Family interest themselves very strongly in Favour of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, but he himself will not make Concessions; notwithstanding which it is thought he will be restored to the Royal Favour.
January 7. An Express was sent off last Night to his Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester, at Rome; the Messenger was charged to make all possible Speed, and to bring an Account, properly attested by the Physicians, of the precise State of his Royal Highness's Health.
A Courier arrived late last Night at St. James's, from Paris, with several Packets; he waited about two Hours for an Answer, and then set out on his Return.
Notwithstanding every Thing that hath been said, or insinuated to the Contrary, we can assure the Publick, upon the very best Authority, that the Spanish Court hath, upon the late Misunderstanding, made every reasonable Concession that could be wish'd for or expected. To desire more, or to insult them farther, after they have given such undoubted Proofs of their pacifick Disposition towards us, would ill become the high Character for Courage and Generosity, which the British Nation so deservedly hold all over the known World.
The Affairs of Ireland, we are assured, will be mentioned in an approaching Speech, but no Notice taken of a late Marriage.
A certain military Officer, of the Name of Luttrell, it is said, has been promised a Regiment and the Rank of a General, on Condition of obliging himself never to appear at Court.
Extract of a Letter from Endfield, January 6. "About fifteen Minutes before ten this Morning we felt here five very smart Shocks of an Earthquake, which lasted for about three Minutes. The Ground in the Churchyard moved very sensibly. The Church trembled exceedingly; and two Men, who were upon the upper Leads, were so alarmed at the Motion that they could scarce find their Way down. While they felt the Motion of the Church they perceived a large Brick House, which was hard by, in a very tumultuous Motion. Several other Houses were seen to shake very much. In one House, some China was thrown down from the Shelves. Several Doors and Windows were forced open. At the Time of the Shocks, a dark and dense Cloud appeared nearly in our Zenith, which suddenly divided into two Parts, one of which moved towards the East, the other towards the West; this Cloud rose from the South West. There was very little Wind. The Shocks were preceded by a hissing Sound, which afterwards resembled the Explosion of great Guns at a Distance. About an Hour before the Shocks, several People felt an uncommon Sickness; one Man in Particular was affected in an extraordinary Manner; the Nails of his Fingers turned black, and continued so for about an Hour after the Shocks; in his Hands and Feet he felt a pricking Pain, as if he had been electrified. I have only to add that the Shocks which we felt here were felt at Chestnut and Waltham Abbey; but, God be thanked, we have all escaped unhurt."
Yesterday Morning, about Half past nine o'Clock, a Powder Mill, at Moulsey, in Surry, blew up; the Explosion was so great as to shake the Houses in different Parts of London: It was supposed to be an Earthquake, and the People thought they felt four Shocks, which was occasioned by different Warehouses where the Gunpowder was lodged blowing up one after another. The Inhabitants, on the Surry Side of the Thames, felt it so forcibly that they at first imagined their Houses were falling down.
Another Account says that the Explosion was at the Mill on Hounslow Heath, and that considerable Damage was thereby done to the Houses in Hounslow, Twickenham, Isleworth, Brentford, and the neighbouring Villages; and that the Men were gone to Breakfast when the Accident happened, and no Lives were lost.
At Stanmore, about twelve or fourteen Miles to the northward of Moulsey, the Houses were alarmingly shaken four Times, and seemed each Time as if some very great Weight had been pitched down upon a Floor in a distant Part of the House. The Inhabitants however were soon freed from any Apprehension of its being caused by an Earthquake, by the great black Smoke which was seen towards Hounslow and Moulsey.
sey, and Men who were at work in the Fields presently smelt the Gunpowder, as plainly as if a Gun had been discharged near them.
The Consternation was so great yesterday Morning, amongst People in general, by the three several Shocks which were felt about Town, by the blowing up of the Mills, that many People ran out of their Houses into the Street, the Shocks were so sensible and terrible.
By the above Accident a Waggon was overturned, and several People killed, near to the Mills at Hounslow; and many of the Inhabitants have suffered in their Houses and Dwellings, which were shaken to their Foundation.
His Majesty and the Prince of Wales were riding on Horseback yesterday Morning, in the Riding House behind the Queen's Palace, when the Concussion of the Earth was felt; the King immediately alighted from his Horse, and went into the Queen's Palace.
By the above Shock, almost every Pane of Glass was broken at a large House in Cavendish Square.
All the Windows about Hounslow, Isleworth, and the other Places adjacent to the Powder Mills, were shattered to Pieces in an amazing Manner.
Letters from Hammermith and Kensington assure us, that at those Places the Shock was so severe as not only to jar the Windows, but it removed Tables and Chairs, and even Utensils from the Shelves.
Not less than seven Mills, we are assured, are destroyed, together with the drying Stoves and out Buildings, where Quantities of Powder were deposited.
One of the drying Houses, it is said, was the first that took Fire, in which was so large a Quantity that it communicated to the other Buildings, one by one, in so gradual a Manner that the People at a Distance had Time to run out, and were preserved.
A Dwellinghouse, which stood within a Hundred Yards of one of the Buildings, was torn to Pieces, one Side of it totally thrown down, and a Child buried in the Ruins. The Husband and Wife were much bruised also, but escaped with Life. In short, the Whole is at present a Scene of Confusion.
A Gentleman coming over the Bridge yesterday Morning, from Battersea to Chelsea, reports that the Bridge appeared to be actually lifted up three Times under his Feet.
Yesterday the Tide ebbed lower at Deptford than has been known for many Years past.
The present military Establishment of the East India Company, in the East Indies, is said to cost the annual Sum of a Hundred and fifty Thousand Pounds Sterling.
A Treaty of Marriage is said to be on Foot between a principal City Magistrate and the Dowager of a noble Duke lately deceased.
We hear that Mr. Wedderburne, Mr. Dunning, and Mr. Sayer are preparing a Code of Laws for the better Regulation of the Courts of Justice in Bengal, the Want of which has been principally productive of the Calamities of that Province; to see those strictly enforced will be a particular Charge to the Supervisors.
On Thursday last died, of the Gout, at Bath, John Lamb, Esquire, of Jamaica. He is the Gentleman who put himself under the Hands of Doctor Sir James Jay, about two Years ago, and signed an Agreement to pay six Hundred Guineas for the Doctor's Attendance one Year, in Order to relieve him of the Gout; a Half of the Sum was paid, and a Law Suit ensued for a farther Part of it, which ended lately in Favour of the Doctor.
On Friday last died at his Seat, in Buckland, in Kent, Sir John Bently, Knight, who, by long and eminent Services in his Majesty's Navy, arose to the Rank of Vice Admiral of the White. His Benevolence and Charity are the Loss of his Friends and Poor; his Courage and Abilities are the Loss of the Publick.
January 9. The last Accounts from Madagascar (the second Island in Bulk to Borneo in the Universe) are that above twenty Thousand French Families are settled there, and that the Governor's House is, for Elegance and Strength, equal to Fort St. Philip's, on the Model of which it has been planned.
Extract of a Letter from the Hague, January 3. "The last Letters from Hamburg take Notice of the following remarkable Event, which lately happened at Copenhagen. The King of Denmark being desirous to incorporate his Gardes du Corps with another Regiment, the former took up Arms, and by Force opposed the intended Incorporation. The chief Commander of the latter asked his Danish Majesty if he would permit him to oppose Force by Force, in Order to bring his Gardes du Corps to their Duty, but the King expressly forbid any Proceedings of that Kind. It is admired in the King of Denmark, that though he is as absolute as a Monarch can be, he very rarely exerts his Power in Cases of violent Opposition, but endeavours to quell them by mild Measures."
"Bankruptcies are become very frequent here; an eminent Woollen Draper, at Delft, who had the Clothing of several Regiments in the Service of the Republick, lately failed, it is said, for upwards of two Hundred Thousand Florins; and, as Frauds are suspected, he was taken up a few Days ago, and committed to Prison till proper Inquiry can be made into the State of his Affairs."
"It is remarked, as a very extraordinary Circumstance, that great Numbers of Storks have been seen in the Neighbourhood of the Hague for some Days."

past. A Proof of the Mildness of the Season, these Birds being rarely seen in this Country in Winter."
January 10. The Spanish Fleet, consisting of thirty Sail of the Line, has been detained at Ferrol for a long Time past by contrary Winds, but, according to the last Letters from Spain, will shortly sail for the Mediterranean.
It is now said that the Manila Ransom will be paid in March next, only deducting seventy Thousand Pounds for the Plunder made there by our Sailors and Soldiers.
We hear that the Premier has now a Plan under Consideration, in Order to pay off a farther Sum of the national Debt.
Extract of a Letter from Chatham, January 5.
The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have ordered Sheds to be built in this Dockyard, in Order to season Timber, Plank, &c. for building of Ships. There has been a general Survey taken of all our Shipping in the Harbour, by the Master Shipwright and his Assistants; and every Ship, which is in future taken into Dock, is to be put into good Condition, fit for Sea Duty. We have now many principal Ships fit for Sea on the shortest Notice, and in a short Time we shall have a very formidable Fleet.
The Lords of the Admiralty have ordered his Majesty's Ship Weymouth, of sixty Guns, to be taken into Dock and pulled to Pieces, being very rotten, and unfit for any future Service."
The Damage done by the blowing up of the Powder Mills is incredible. Scarce an Edifice in the Neighbourhood, great or small, but hath suffered. Mr. Walpole's at Strawberry Hill, being more southerly than its immediate Direction, and fenced with his fine Plantation, partook but slightly of the Misfortune, a small Quantity of painted Glass being, it is hoped, his greatest Loss, otherwise that admired Repository of Curiosities must likely have been destroyed. Mr. Henly's (the late Lord Radnor's) not more than a Quarter of a Mile from Mr. Walpole's, being open, felt the Shock much worse; and, besides the general Devastation of common Glass, met with an irreparable Loss in some painted Windows. The Devastation it made from thence round Twickenham, Isleworth, &c. is inconceivable; the Windows of Mr. Lacy's House, at the last mentioned Place, are very much damaged. It likewise very greatly injured Sir Samuel Prime's, at Whitton; and the late Duke of Argyle's was very considerably damaged, one of the Stables thrown down, many of the Window Frames forced out, and, being the nearest Edifice to the Explosion, would in all Probability have been levelled to the Ground, had not the Shock been broken by the noble Plantation that environs it.
By Accounts already received, the Concussion, by the blowing up of the Powder Mills and Warehouses on Monday Morning last, was felt near forty Miles in a Line one Way, through Middlesex into the interior Parts of Essex, and another Way beyond Erith, in Kent; how far it reached other Ways we have not yet learned, but in all Probability as far. It was particularly felt near the River.
NEWPORT, March 2.
EARLY last Wednesday Morning a very extraordinary Affair happened in this Town, namely: A Negro Man, named Primus, belonging to Thomas Cranston, Esquire, having borrowed two Dollars of his Wife, who lived with Evan Malbone, Esquire, lost the Money at gaming a few Days before; and finding his Wife had three Dollars more in her Trunk, he broke it open, and took out the Dollars and two Handkerchiefs, which he also lost in like Manner. After they had got to Bed, on Tuesday Night, his Wife asked him about the Money, and told him she must have it again; upon which a Quarrel ensued for some Time. Toward Day the Fellow got up, went down into the Kitchen, and set Fire to a Partition, carried some Fire into the Garret where his Wife lay, put it among her Clothes, and then got her on the Floor, endeavouring to break her Neck; upon which she cried out Murder and Fire! This alarmed the House, and Mr. Malbone jumped out of Bed, and running into the Kitchen with his Buckets to get Water, found it in a Blaze; however, he happily soon extinguished that, and hearing the Cry of Fire up Stairs still continue; he told them to leave off hallooing, for the Fire was all out; but finding the Noise did not cease, he took his Buckets with Water, and ran up to the Garret, which he found full of Smoke, and the Negro Fellow still striving to break his Wife's Neck; but he broke the Fellow's Hold before he had quite executed his Design, pushed him down Stairs, and out of the House. Mr. Malbone went up to the Garret again, put out all the Fire, and then went and waked Mr. Cranston, who got up and dressed himself to go in Search of the Negro, and looking toward the Stillhouse, which is near his Dwellinghouse, saw one of the Windows open; so concluding he was there, got the Key, and, with Mr. Malbone, went and unlocked the Door, where they found every Cistern opened, and a Fire just blazing up against the Rum Room, which they extinguished, but looking round immediately discovered another Fire breaking out in the Wood Room, which they also extinguished, and then, proceeding to shut the Cisterns, found the Negro drowned in one of them. This Negro Fellow had always been an excellent Servant, and was never known to have any Difference with his Wife before; but having lost his own Money, and that which he had borrowed and stolen, by the pernicious Custom of GAMING, too much practised
by WHITES as well as Blacks, it is probable he could not bear the Thoughts of the Reproach which would be cast upon him, and, to prevent any Discovery being made by his Wife, determined to murder her.
The Morning on which this Scene was acted the Wind blew very high at West, and in all Probability, in a Quarter of an Hour more, the Flames would have got to such a Head that great Part of the south End of the Town would have been destroyed.
It is hoped this tragical Event will prompt our JUSTICES of the Peace, SHERIFFS, and all others his Majesty's Civil Officers, to exert themselves in putting a Stop to the vile Practice of Gaming, among Negroes, white Boys, &c. in the Streets, and other Places.
WILLIAMSBURG, April 2.
MR. Kelly's new Comedy of A Word to the Wife was performed at our Theatre last Thursday, for the first Time, and repeated on Tuesday to a very crowded and splendid Audience. It was received both Nights with the warmest Marks of Approbation; the Sentiments with which this excellent Piece is replete were greatly, and deservedly, applauded; and the Audience, while they did Justice to the Merit of the Author, did no less Honour to their own refined Taste. If the comick Writers would pursue Mr. Kelly's Plan, and present us only with moral Plays, the Stage would become (what it ought to be) a School of Politeness and Virtue. Truth, indeed, obliges us to confess, that, for several Years past, most of the new Plays that have come under our Observation have had a moral Tendency, but there is not enough of them to supply the Theatre with a Variety of Exhibitions sufficient to engage the Attention of the Publick; and the most desirable Enjoyments, by too frequent a Repetition, become insipid. The Neptune, Wilson, Betsey, Ramsay, and Brilliant, Bennet, from Glasgow, are arrived in James River; and the Thomas and Mary, Dunsley, from London, in York River.
[Marriages.] MR. EDWARD TRAVIS, of Jamestown, to Miss BETSEY TAITE.
Advertisements.
NORFOLK, March 27, 1772.
THE Subscriber, Executrix to the Estate of her late Husband, Matthew Rothery, deceased, hereby requests all those who have any Demands against the Deceased to bring in their Accounts, properly attested; and those who are indebted to the said Estate, or to Rothery and Mebum, are earnestly entreated to an immediate Compliance of their Contracts, and Payment of their respective Dues, at the April General Court. There will be sold, at Vendue, on Tuesday the 12th of May, for ready Money, the Ship MOLLY, with all her Materials, consisting of Sails, Rigging, Anchors, Cables, &c. belonging to the said Estate; also a Hundred Pound Share in the Town Point Company Wharf. There will also be sold, a few Months hence, two Thousand three Hundred and fifty Acres of LAND, lying on the Southern Branch, Part of which has a Quantity of choice Timber on it, with a Grist Mill, now in Repair, which rents for sixty Pounds a Year, and a convenient Place to erect a Saw Mill. A large Flat can come within a few Yards of the Mill. Any Person inclined to purchase may know the Terms by applying to the Subscriber, who has for Sale, or to hire, several valuable SLAVES, among whom are two that have been used to work in a Blacksmith's Shop. TF MARY ROTHERY, Executrix.
EREDERICKSBURG, March 25, 1772.
I INTEND to leave the Colony soon after the April General Court, and request all Persons indebted to Hopton and Blair will come and settle their Accounts. It is expected that those who are not constant Customers to the Store, and whose Accounts have been standing upwards of twelve Months, will make immediate Payment, and prevent Suits, which, in Case of Failure, will be commenced against them without Respect to Persons. Payments will be made to those who have Balances in their Favour. The Business, in my Absence, will be carried on, to its usual Extent, by my Partner, Mr. David Blair. ISAAC NESLOP.
THE Ship INDUSTRY, now lying at City Point, bound for London, will take Tobacco on Liberty of Consignment. She is a fine Ship, and has good Accommodations for Passengers. Orders will be received by Messrs. Eilbeck, Rofs, and Company, at Norfolk, Petersburg, and Richmond, or by the Subscriber on Board, who will also attend the neighbouring County Courts. As near Half the Cargo is engaged, she will soon be loaded. 6 JAMES LOWES.
THE Subscribers having proved the Will of Mr. Philip Whitehead Claiborne, deceased, request all those who are indebted to his Estate to pay their respective Balances to Mr. George Brooke immediately, and those who have Demands are desired to make them known to us, that we may provide to discharge them. We have for Sale the Remainder of the said Claiborne's STORE GOODS, amounting to six Hundred Pounds Sterling, chiefly imported last Fall; and the Store, Dwellinghouse, and Ferry, at William's Warehouse, are to be rented. The Terms may be known by applying to CARTER BRAXTON, PETER LYONS, GEORGE BROOKE, } Executors.
N. B. Mr. James Turner will attend at the Store, in Order to settle with the Customers.
TWO DITCHERS will meet with Encouragement by applying immediately to the Subscriber, who lives in Blandford. ROBERT BOYD.
GEORGE III. by the Grace of GOD of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. to the Sheriff of Surry County, greeting: We command you that you summon Theophilus Shannon, and Anne his Wife, to appear before our Justices of our Court of our said County, in Chancery, at the Courthouse, on the third Tuesday in April next, to answer a Bill in Chancery exhibited against Hamilton Usher St. George, and Mary his Wife, and the said Theophilus Shannon, and Anne his Wife, and John Holt, by William Clayton, his Guardian, by William Spratley, and William Clayton. And this they shall in no Wise omit, under the Penalty of one Hundred Pounds each. Witness William Nelson, Clerk of our said Court, at the said Courthouse, the 24th Day of March, 1772, in the twelfth Year of our Reign. WILLIAM NELSON.
HALLSFIELD (PRINCE GEORGE) March 20, 1772.
THE high blooded bay Horse MERRY TOM, in great Perfection, stands at my House to cover Mares at fifteen Shillings a Leap, forty Shillings the Season, or three Pounds ten Shillings to ensure the Mare with Foal. His Colts are strong, beautiful, and active. I have Pasturage for Mares gratis, but will not be answerable should they be stole, or get away, though great Care shall be taken to prevent it. Nothing of that Kind has hitherto happened. JOHN BAIRD.
To be SOLD, on Thursday the 23d of April, at the late Mansion House of Captain Henry Harrison, deceased, in Sussex County,
All the personal Estate of the said Deceased, consisting of some very elegant Household and Kitchen Furniture, and a Quantity of Plate; also Stocks of every Kind, among which are some blooded Colts, and the noted Horse Silver Heel. Credit will be allowed till the 25th of October next, Bond and Security being given, to carry Interest from the Date if not paid when due. All Persons that are indebted to the said Estate are requested to make speedy Payment and all those who have any Demands against the same are desired to let them be known, for which Purpose I shall attend at the above Place two or three Days before the Sale. NATHANIEL HARRISON, Administrator.
To be SOLD, on the third Monday in April, being York Court Day, to the highest Bidder, before Mrs. Mitchell's Door, in York Town,
A HUNDRED and ninety eight Acres of LAND, on the Head of Back River, in Charles Parish, York County, whereon is a Dwellinghouse and several Outhouses, a very large Apple and Peach Orchard, and a very good Tub Mill. Ready Money is to be paid for a Third of the Purchase, and twelve Months Credit will be allowed for the Remainder, on giving Bond and Security. WILLIAM WISE.
To be SOLD, at Vendue, on Monday the 13th of April, at Gosport, if fair, otherwise next fair Day, for ready Money,
THE Sails, Rigging, Anchors, Cables, Boats, and other Furniture (which are all extraordinary good) saved from the Ship Margaret, which was cast away to the southward of Cape Henry, then commanded by Robert Spiers. ANDREW SPROWLE. N. B. They are to be sold for the Benefit of the Owners, or Ensurers.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Northampton, North Carolina, a likely Virginia born Negro named KIT, a stout well set Fellow, about twenty two Years old, his fore Teeth are somewhat decayed, the Small of one of his Legs is much scarred, owing to a Fever having fallen into it, and has occasioned one of his Feet to be shorter than the other. He has been run away ever since April or May last, and is supposed to be now in Virginia, and on or near Rappahannock River, in Company with a Brother of his, named TOM, who belongs to Mr. John Gee, of the County of Prince George, and is a very likely well set Fellow. They are both great Villains, have committed many Outrages, and are both outlawed. Whoever apprehends the said Slaves, or either of them, shall, on their Delivery to Mr. John Gee, in the County of Prince George, or on their being secured in any jail (so that I may get them) and published in the Virginia Gazette, have TEN POUNDS Reward for each. DRURY GEE.
STOLEN out of the Subscriber's Pocket, on Monday the 16th Instant, at Dinwiddie Courthouse, a RED MOROCCO POCKET BOOK, containing, in Cash, one Five Pound Bill, three Forty Shilling Bills, two Twenty Shilling Ditto, and fifteen Pistereens; likewise a Bond of Robert and Thomas Bolling Munford, for a Hundred and sixty five Pounds, payable the 20th of April; also a Bond of mine to Ivy Bracy, for thirty eight Pounds ten Shillings, which is not cancelled, though paid. All Persons are hereby cautioned not to take an Assignment of the said Bond; and whoever will return the said Pocket Book, with the above Contents, shall have FIVE POUNDS Reward, and no Questions asked. I will give TEN POUNDS on Conviction of the Thief. FRANCIS DABNEY.
TAKEN up, in Lunenburg, a BAY HORSE about thirteen Hands high, with a Slit in each Ear, a Star in his Forehead, a Snip on his Nose, sundry Saddle Spots, and white hind Feet. He is eight Years old this Spring, and is branded on the near Buttock, very obscurely, resembling X. He paces a little, and trots. Pasted, and appraised to forty five Shillings. JAMES CRAIG.
WILLIAMSBURG, March 23, 1772.
THE Meeting of the Subscribers to the Fund for the Relief of the Widows and Orphans of Clergymen will be held on Saturday the 2d of May next. The Preachers appointed for the Day following are the Reverend Mr. Maury in the Morning, and the Reverend William Bland in the Afternoon. The Treasurer and Trustees for the present Year are the Reverend Messieurs John Cann, Robert Barret, Thomas Price, Alexander Cruden, Samuel Klug, William Dunlap, and Price Davis. JACOB BRUCE, Clerk.
PRINCE EDWARD, March 10, 1772.
ALL Persons who have any Demands against me, on Account of the Estate of Robert Walton, deceased, late of Cumberland County, are hereby requested to make them known by the last Day of August next, as on that Day I purpose to sell, to the highest Bidder, at my House, sundry back LANDS belonging to the said Estate, in Order to satisfy all Demands that may then appear against it, and that my Executorship may be finally closed and discharged. GEORGE WALTON, Executor.
WILLIAMSBURG, March 26, 1772.
CUTHBERT HUBBARD begs Leave to inform his Customers, and others, that his House, near the College (with good Stables and Provision for Horses) is well accommodated for all Gentlemen who may please to indulge him with their Favours. He hopes those who are indebted to him will pay off their Accounts the ensuing April Court, as well to enable him to comply with his Engagements as to give the Satisfaction he wishes.
THE Weather setting in very bad on the third Day of the Sale of Mr. Benjamin Grymes's Estate (before advertised by his Trustees) prevented the Whole from being sold, this is to give Notice that on the third Monday in May next, being Fair Day, will be sold, in Fredericksburg, on Credit till the 25th of April 1773, between twenty and thirty SLAVES, a Tract of LAND, containing two Thousand Acres, near Lewis's Bridge, which will be sold altogether, or in Parcels as can be agreed on at the Sale; also a Tract, containing sixteen Hundred Acres, adjoining Recovery Furnace Tract, a BRIG about one Hundred Tuns Burthen, several WAGGONS, CARTS, and their GEER, sundry BEDS and other HOUSEHOLD and KITCHEN FURNITURE, as well as all the BOOKS, and every Thing else belonging to the Estate of the said Grymes. Five per Cent. Discount will be allowed for ready Money, and all Bonds not discharged at the Time they become due to bear Interest from their Dates. JOHN TAYLOR, FRANCIS THORNTON, } Trustees. WILLIAM FITZHUGH, } Churchwardens.
To be LET to the lowest Undertaker, at Urbanna, on Monday the 13th of April,
THE BUILDING of a BRICK CHURCH in the upper Part of Christ Church Parish, Middlesex. A considerable Sum of Money will be paid the Undertaker some Time this Summer. RALPH WORMELEY, Junior, } Churchwardens. JAMES GREGORIE, }
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Botetourt County, a likely Negro Fellow named PETER, near six Feet high, had on, when he went away, a Blanket Coat, a Negro Cotton Jacket, a Bearskin great Coat, Leather Breeches, and Boots; he stole a bald Eagle HORSE, with a white Mane and Tail, and is supposed to be gone towards Carolina. I will give THREE POUNDS Reward for securing the Fellow in any of his Majesty's Jails, and TWENTY SHILLINGS for the Horse. JOHN NEALLIE.
TAKEN up, in Halifax, a sorrel MARE about four Feet six or seven Inches high, with a Star in her Forehead, a large Saddle Spot on her Withers, and a large Scar on her near Leg, which appears to have been done by a Rope, but has no perceivable Brand. Pasted, and appraised to ten Pounds. NASH GLIDEWELL.

POETS CORNER.
To Mess. PURDIE & DIXON.
GENTLEMEN, If you approve of the following Lines, please insert them, and oblige your humble Servant, J. H.
Occasioned by a Lady's falling on her Face as she danced at a private Ball.
IRIS, with every Power to please, Has all the graceful Aids of Art; She speaks, she moves, with matchless Ease; Her Voice, her Air, alarms the Heart.
TAKEN up, in Prince George, a sorrel HORSE about five Years old this Spring, four Feet six or seven Inches high, with a Switch Tail and Half roach'd Mane, a few white Hairs in his Forehead, his Back and Buttocks intermixed with white Hairs, but has no perceivable Brand.
COUNCIL CHAMBER, March 12, 1772.
WHEREAS many of the Books belonging to the Council Chamber are not to be found there at this Time, and the free Use which many Gentlemen have been permitted to make of them renders it impossible to apply for them in any other Manner, this is therefore to request all such Gentlemen as are in Possession of any of the Books to return them, or else to give Information of what Books they have; and, to prevent the like Inconveniences for the future, Notice is hereby given that an alphabetical Book is provided, in which it is expected that any Gentleman who shall borrow any Book shall write the Title thereof, under the proper Letter, and his Name opposite thereto.
JOHN BLAIR, Clerk to the Council.
CAROLINE, March 12, 1772.
THE Bonds taken for the Sale of Colonel Bernard Moore's Negroes, having been due the 5th of last Month, are lodged with the Subscriber to receive; and those indebted are desired to be prepared to discharge them at the ensuing April General Court, where I shall attend in Order to collect the Money. No Indulgence will be granted after that Time.
EDMUND PENDLETON, Junior.
I shall be at next Henrico Court, where it may be more convenient for some to pay their Bonds than coming to the April Court.
TAKEN up, on the 8th of December last, on the South West of Potomack River, about two Miles below Presley's Creek, a small ANCHOR of one Hundred and a Quarter, with a four Fathom BUOY ROPE; the Buoy appeared to be Part of a Boat's Mast, eight Feet long. The Owner may have them on proving his Property, and paying Salvage to Mr. William Flood, in Westmoreland County.
BALTIMORE (MARYLAND) January 30, 1772.
NOTICE is hereby given that the large, commodious, and well built BRICK WAREHOUSE and SHIP WHARF, on Fell's Point, formerly known by the Name of Long's, with a good enclosed Yard, is now open for storing all Kinds of Goods, Grain, and Lumber; where constant Attendance is given, also at his Office of Enturance in Baltimore, as formerly advertised, by THOMAS BRERETON, Commission and Enturance Broker.
NOTICE is hereby given that the Parish of Saint Thomas, in Orange County, is become vacant by the Resignation of Mr. John Barnett, the late Incumbent.
For SALE,
THE Sloop NANCY, a strong stout Vessel, that will carry three Thousand Bushels of Grain, or a Hundred Hogheads of Tobacco. Her Sails, Rigging, and Cables, are about Half worn; she is now fit for the Country Business, and may be fitted for the Sea in a few Days. Those who incline to purchase may have the Time of Payment made easy. YORK, March 16, 1772. ROBERT ROBERTSON.
To be SOLD, on Wednesday the 10th of June next, on the Premises,
A TRACT OF LAND on North River, in Kingfield Parish, Gloucester County, containing two Hundred Acres, pleasantly situated, and well timbered, and well timbered; the Soil is well adapted for the Culture of Tobacco, Wheat, and other Grain. One Half the Purchase Money to be paid down, and twelve Months Credit allowed for the other. Farther Particulars may be known of the Subscriber, in Isle of Wight, who would be glad to treat with any Person that may be inclined to purchase at private Sale. JOHN HAYES.
To be SOLD,
A TRACT OF LAND, well situated, lying on East River, in Gloucester County, containing six Hundred Acres, with several Improvements. The Terms may be known by applying to me, near the Premises. HENRY WHITING.
COMMITTED to Sussex Jail, a Negro named PETER, who says he belongs to John Nelos, of the County of Bedford; his Clothing is Negro Cotton, and a Dutch Blanket Coat. The Owner may have him on paying Charges. ROBERT OWEN.
To be SOLD, at the April AMELIA Court, by Virtue of a Deed of Trust from PETER FARAR to ROBERT DONALD, and Company,
ALL that Tract of LAND, in Amelia, whereon Mrs. Roberts now lives, containing two Hundred Acres of good TOBACCO LAND, with every necessary Building thereon, subject to the Widow's Life. Half the Money is to be paid in June, and the other Half in October following. MILLER WOODSON.
To be SOLD for ready Money, or short Credit, EIGHT Hundred and twenty six Acres of rich TOBACCO LAND, in Albemarle County, joining the Lands of Mr. John Winston, Benjamin Brown, and James Harris.
I am informed three Thousand Weight of Tobacco a Share may be made from this Land; there is a small Plantation on it, with sundry Houses, and a fine Apple Orchard. It cost me forty five Pounds a Hundred, ready Cash, seven Years ago, and now I will take fifty Pounds a Hundred for it, rather than be in Debt; twenty Shillings an Acre for Part of the Tract was offered several Years past.
STOLEN, or STRAYED, from Elk Island, in Goochland, last June, after the Fresh, a large young sorrel MARE, branded JW; also a bay MARE about three Years old, and two Iron gray COLTS, neither docked nor branded. Whoever brings them to me shall have FOUR POUNDS Reward, or TWENTY SHILLINGS for each, besides reasonable Charges. JAMES AUSTIN.
STRAYED, or STOLEN, from the Subscriber, some Time in January last, near the Long Bridge, in New Kent, a black HORSE about four Feet four or five Inches high, eight or nine Years old, with a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, no Brand perceivable, and trots. Whoever brings the said Horse to me shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward. SARAH MITCHELL.
TAKEN up, in Chesterfield, a black Steer, marked with a Crop in the right Ear, and a Nick in the under Sid of the left. Posted, and appraised to three Pounds five Shillings. BLACKMAN WARD.
TAKEN up, three Miles above Petersburg, a bay MARE about five Years old, four Feet five or six Inches high, with a bushy Mane and Brush Tail. Posted, and appraised to eight Pounds. ROBERT NEWSUM.
WILLIAMSBURG, Mar 12, 1772.
MR. BAKER, SURGEON DENTIST, begs Leave to express his Gratitude for the Favours he has received while in this City, and hopes that those who doubted of the Safety of his Art, from its Novelty in this Country, are now convinced both of its Safety and Usefulness. He will leave this Place in a short Time, and, if no unforeseen Accident happens, intends returning next October; when, should he unfortunately have failed of Success with any who have obliged him by their Employ, he will gladly renew his Operations gratis.
His ANTISCORRUTICK DENTIFRICE is quite free from any corrosive Preparation, and is a certain Cure for all Disorders of the Teeth, Gums, and foul Breath. Its superior Efficacy over any Thing yet offered to the Publick will be evinced in once using: It conceals the vitiated Juices, and renders a juvenile Fragrance to the Breath beyond Description; which no noxious Tinctures, or cloying Odours of perfumed Essence, can give. It also makes the Teeth white and beautiful, causes the Gums to grow firm to the Teeth, makes the Saliva pure and balsamick, is perfectly innocent, will eradicate the Scurvy, and restore the Gums to their pristine State if the Teeth and Gums have been thoroughly cleaned by some skilful Dentist.
For SALE,
THE following Tracts of LAND, in Pittsylvania, namely, four Hundred Acres on Banister River, seven Hundred and seventy on Beaver Creek, three Hundred and forty five on Burch's Creek, three Hundred and eighty on Leatherwood, and four Hundred on Snow Creek. These Lands were formerly the Property of Mr. Samuel Gordon, deceased. The Price, and Time of Payment, may be known by applying to me in Petersburg. JERMAN BAKER.
STRAYED, or STOLEN, from the Subscriber, some Time in December last, a bright bay HORSE about four Feet seven or eight Inches high, eight or nine Years old, paces very little, trots and gallops, has a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, and is branded on the near Buttock CL in a Piece. As I understand he was bred by Charles Lewis, at Buck Island, Albemarle County, he may have made that Way. Whoever delivers him to Andrew Chalmer, in Richmond Town, or to the Subscriber, in Amberst, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward, and FIVE POUNDS on Conviction of the Thief. THOMAS LUMPKIN.
To be SOLD, or RENTED for a Term of Years, and entered upon the 1st of March,
A COMMODIOUS well built STORE in the Town of Petersburg, adjoining the Tobacco Warehouses, three Stories high, with a good Room fronting the Main Street, four good Rooms with Fireplaces, and a Granary, with a Cellar that will hold sixty Hogheads; also a Warehouse forty Feet by twenty, built last Year, Stable, and Kitchen that is also new. The Lot is well enclosed, and the Whole is in good Repair. For Terms apply to Richard Lamb, on the Premises, or to the Subscriber, in Norfolk. JOHN GREENWOOD.
JAMES HALDANE, COPPER SMITH and BRASS FOUNDER from Philadelphia, in Church Street, near the Church, Norfolk,
MAKES and sells all Sorts of COPPER and BRASS WORK, namely, Still, Brewing Coppers, Sugar Boilers, Fullers and Hatters Coppers, Capuchin Plate Warmers, Tea Kitchens, all Sorts of Ship, Fish, and Wash Kettles, Stew Pans, Dutch Ovens, Tea Kettles, Saucemans, Coffee and Chocolate Pots, Bras Mill Work, Furniture for Coach and Chair Harness, Fenders, Andirons, Candlesticks, Cocks, &c. at the most reasonable Rates. Also tins and mends all Sorts of old Copper and Bras Kitchen Work, and gives the best Prices for old Copper, Bras, Pewter, or Lead.
All Orders from the Country will be punctually attended to. N. B. He deals for Cash, or Country Produce. Those who have old Bras, Copper, Pewter, or Lead, to dispose of, in Williamsburg, are desired to apply to Mr. Joseph Kidd, who will receive it for me, and pay them the Value; he will likewise receive old Work to be repaired.
Six Thousand three Hundred Acres of LAND to be sold at Frederick Town, on Thursday the 28th of May next.
BY Virtue of an Act of Assembly of the Province of Maryland, empowering the Executors of Colonel Thomas Calvert to grant Deeds to Mr. John Semple, his Heirs or Assigns, for a certain Tract of LAND called Merryland, in Frederick County, and Province aforesaid, containing six Thousand three Hundred Acres, we the Subscribers, being Assigns of the said Semple, and having received from the Executors of Colonel Calvert sufficient Deeds for the Land aforesaid, do hereby undertake to dispose of the same, at the Time and Place above mentioned.
It is laid off in Lots, in the most advantageous Manner, so that only one of them will make one, two, or three good Settlements, as will appear by the Plat, a Copy of which may be seen at the Coffeehouses of Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Annapolis, in the Hands of Cumberland Wilson at Dumfries, Adam Stewart at George Town, and Charles Beatty at Frederick Town, who will direct those desirous of seeing the Land to a Person acquainted with the Boundaries, on or near the Premises, who will show them the same; but as we intend to meet on the Spot ourselves, a few Days before the Sale, in Order to run the Lines, &c. those inclined to purchase will have an Opportunity of viewing it with us, by attending from Monday the 25th of May till the 28th, being the Day of Sale.
This Land is very suitable for Planting or Farming, being well watered and timbered, no Settlement having ever been made on it, and is a very good Soil. It lies along the Banks of Potomack River, adjoining it for a considerable Way, near to Harper's Ferry, the main Road from which to Frederick Town (a very flourishing, populous Place) runs through it, from which Place it is only distant about nine Miles, from George Town, the Seaport of the County, forty five Miles, and from Baltimore about sixty five, at each of which Places a constant and ready Market may be found for all Kinds of Produce.
Its Situation on Potomack River must be of considerable Advantage to it, and in Time may add immensely to its Value, when the Navigation is opened, which may be done, without any great Difficulty, for a considerable Distance, there being at present a tolerable Navigation both below and above, it lying near the Shenandoa Falls, from whence, up to Fort Cumberland, a Hundred and ten Miles, Battoes now frequently pass, and downwards, to the Seneca Falls, twenty five Miles, which is within twenty Miles of George Town.
It will be sold in separate Lots, or altogether, for Sterling or current Money, as may best suit the Purchasers; one Third to be paid down at the Sale, another Third payable in twelve Months, and the other in two Years, on giving Bond and Security, with Interest till paid. A most undoubted Title will be made the Purchasers. ADAM STEWART. THOMAS MONTGOMERIE. CUMBERLAND WILSON.
GOOCHLAND, January 13, 1772.
RUN away from the Subscriber, some Time ago, a likely Negro Man named SUBA, talks but indifferent English, and squints pretty much. He ran away twice before, was once apprehended at Hobbs's Hole, and another Time at Effie's Courthouse, and is now supposed either to be in that Part of the Country or lurking about Mattax Warehouse, as he once lived there with Mr. Archibald Brice. I will give FIVE POUNDS for taking him up, and SIXPENCE a Mile for conveying him to me from the Place where he may be apprehended; and in Case it should be inconvenient to bring him to me, I will give the above Reward for securing him in the Jail of the County where he is taken. JOHN BOLLING.
WARRASQUEAK Bay, November 18, 1771.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Isle of Wight, a Negro named JACK, about five and thirty Years of Age, five Feet ten Inches high, a slim, clean made, talkative, artful, and very saucy Fellow. Also a Negro Woman named VENUS, thirty two Years old, five Feet four Inches high, stout made, very smooth tongued, and has been five Years accustomed to the House. They worked in the Dismal Swamp about two Years, under Mr. John Washington, and carried with them several different Kinds of Apparel. Whoever delivers the said Negroes to me, or secures them so that I may get them, shall have a Reward of FORTY SHILLINGS for each. NATHANIEL BURWELL.
WILLIAMSBURG, December 19, 1771.
WHEREAS the Revenues of the College, unless more Care and Exactness be used in the Collection of them, cannot continue equal to the Expenses; and whereas a considerable Amount is due to the College, which arises from small Sums easy to be paid by each individual Debtor, all Persons concerned are therefore desired to take Notice of the following Regulations, passed at a late Meeting of the President and Masters:
If any Person who owes Money to the College on Bond does not either pay off all the Interest, that is or shall be due, on or before the 10th of May next, or in the mean Time give a new Bond, with approved Security, for the whole Debt, both Principal and Interest, his Bond shall be put into a Lawyer's Hand on the said 10th of May, with Orders to bring Suit, and obtain Satisfaction for it as speedily as the Forms of Law will permit. If, after the said 10th of May, the Interest due on any Bond be not regularly paid, at the Expiration of each Year, the Bond shall be put in Suit without farther Notice or Delay.
A salutary Order of the Visitors and Governors, directing every Boarder, on his Admission into the College, to pay for six Months Board in Advance, is evaded and rendered nugatory if the like Sum be not paid per Advance by every Boarder at the End of each Half Year. All, therefore, who are in Arrears for Board, are required to discharge them by the said 10th of May. On Failure, the Boarder shall be dismissed from the College until the Accounts against him be discharged, or recovered by Suit. And after the 10th of May next, if Payment for Board in Advance, as above mentioned, be neglected, the Boarder shall not be suffered to continue in the College for more than one Month after such Neglect, but shall, in that Time, be sent away with his Account, and shall not be received again till he be discharged.
All Surveyors who have not settled with the Burfar of the College, for all their publick and private Surveys since the General Court in April last, are required to settle with him before the 10th of May next, under the Penalty of being superseded, and having their Bonds sued. If among these Surveyors there be any from whom Nothing is due to the College, it is demanded of them, under the same Penalty, to transmit to the Burfar attested Declarations of there being Nothing due from them to the College. And, after the 10th of May next, if any Surveyor shall omit sending attested Accounts or Declarations (as above specified) annually, he shall be superseded, and have his Bond sued.
That this Advertisement may not be treated with that Contempt which several Notices of the like Kind have met with, and that no Body may hereafter plead Want of due Information concerning the Premises, this Advertisement is to be printed weekly in the Gazette until the 10th of May next ensuing. By Order of the President and Masters. ROBERT MILLER, Burfar.
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 an advantageous a Situation as any on the Continent. Apply to the Subscriber, who lives on the Premises. THOMAS EGLETON.
For SALE,
THE LAND whereon I live, in Middlesex, containing about two Thousand two Hundred Acres, in good Order for Cropping, with Orchards and Buildings equal to any in the Colony; also thirteen Hundred Acres on the River Pianketank, in the County of Gloucester, with a Mill, and good Orchards. The Stocks, which are very large, may be had with the Lands. Any Person inclined to purchase may know the Terms by applying to AUGUSTINE SMITH.
ALL Persons may be supplied with this PAPER at 12/. 6d. a Year, and have ADVERTISEMENTS (of a moderate Length) inserted in it for 3/. the first Week, and 2/. each Week after. All Sorts of PRINTING WORK done at this Office in the neatest Manner, with Care and Expedition.