The Virginia gazette (Williamsburg [Va.]), 1773-12-23 00:00:00

VIRGINIA GAZETTE.
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IN CIVITATE LIBERA LINGUAM MENTEMQUE
LIBERAS ESSE DEBERE. Suet. in Tib. S. 28.
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Mr. PURDIE, I HAVE, on many Occasions, observed, with great Satisfaction, the spirited and virtuous Attention of the Northern Colonies to the just Rights and Liberty of America. Among other Instances, their late sensible and liberal Determinations against receiving the cheap Ministerial Tea, which your Correspondent from Cosmopolis is so fond of, is an additional Proof of their wise and honest Regard for the general Good. This Cosmopolite is very sorry to see that some wrong-headed and restless People at Boston, New York, and Philadelphia, seem to be endeavouring unseasonably to revive the Disputes which were so happily put to Sleep after the Mother Country had generously given up the Contest, in the Matter of the Stamp Act. What was the Contest, and what was generously given up by the Mother Country? If I mistake not, the former was a Denial of Parliamentary Right to rob America of its Property under the Guise of Law, and the latter was only giving up a crude and ill-digested System of American Taxation which its unskillful Contrivers knew not how to execute. But, that the particular Mode of Taxation, by Stamp Duties, was only yielded by the Repeal of that Act, is most sufficiently proved by the declaratory Bill which accompanied the repealing Act, and which affirmed the Right of Parliament to bind America in every Instance whatsoever. But to remove all Doubt about the Intention of this declaratory Bill, we soon saw an Act of Parliament imposing a Duty on all Tea, Glass, Paper, and Painters Colours, imported into America; and we saw that Step followed with an Address from both Houses of Parliament to the King, recommending the Seizure and Transportation of resisting Americans, to be tried in Britain for their Contumacy here, under an absolute and tyrannous Act of the 8th of Henry: And finally, in Pursuit of the same abominable Plan, our late Governor was deluded by Administration into a most solemn Promise to the Assembly of this Country, that it should be recommended to Parliament by the Crown to remove the Duty on Glass, Paper, and Painters Colours, imported into America. But this Repeal we afterwards found partially confined to such of these Articles only as were of British Fabrick, still leaving the unconstitutional Duty to be levied on all such of them as are of foreign Manufacture, and which I believe make the greatest Part of our Consumption. So far My Lord Botetourt was abused, and the People of America still injured and insulted by Administration. Still the internal Tax on Tea remained, and is continued to this Moment, for the Purpose of a clear explicit Precedent for the unlimited Extension of future Taxes. This, I think, Mr. Purdie, is a plain and true Detail of the Dispute between Britain and the Colonies. How very ignorant then, or how ill designing has been your Correspondent, in charging our sensible Sister Colonies with unseasonably reviving a Dispute given up by Parliament? But Profligacy of Character is not the only striking Feature in your Correspondent of Cosmopolis: A most unjust and ill-founded Opinion of this Country strongly marks him. Does he not appear to think that the good People of Virginia have neither private Honour nor publick Virtue, when he presumes to persuade their Admission of Tea charged with a Duty ruinous to our common Liberty, and against which the greater Number have solemnly, in Association, pledged their Faith? For every Associator knows, that when that Obligation was agreed to be removed from other Articles it was expressly reserved in full Force against Tea, and such other Commodities as a Duty should thereafter be laid upon by the British Parliament for the Purpose of raising a Revenue in America. Very poorly contrived are both the Threats and the Rewards of your Correspondent for the Reception of this baneful Tea. The American Products are known to be much too necessary for Great Britain ever to be obstructed in their Conveyance thither by the Means he suggests; and I hope there are very few such ungenerous Spirits here as to exchange Liberty for Slavery, for the paltry Consideration of the Difference between ten Shillings and a Pistole in the Purchase of a Pound of Tea. For my own Part, I do most heartily congratulate my Countrymen on the firm and virtuous Opposition made in Boston, New York, and Philadelphia, against the Admission of this Ministerial Tea; and I have no Manner of Doubt but that the generous Love of Liberty, which has hitherto distinguished the Virginians, will unite them in the same wise and well judged Opposition. I am not mistaken, Mr. Purdie, when I say these are the Sentiments of THOUSANDS.
To Mr. PURDIE, S I R, THE Motto to your Sister Printer's Gazette is Open to all Parties, but influenced by none. It is very properly descriptive of that Freedom which renders the Press beneficial to Mankind. But how does the fair Promise contained in this Motto consist with refusing to publish a Piece from Colchester that we are told is replete with Sentiments which do Honour to the Writer? It is said, indeed, that as it defends to Particulars it is not proper for Mrs. Rind's Paper. It is agreed, that the Press should not be made a Vehicle for the Conveyance of Slander, but it is not unreasonable to conclude that the Piece under Consideration was not of that Kind, since it deserved so good a Character from the Printer. Merely defending to Particulars is surely no good Reason for shutting up the Press, because it is in such Instances confessedly that the Publick may receive most essential Benefit from its Freedom. It is the only Method by which the guilty Great can be punished. They are, and they ought to be, amenable to the Publick through the Medium of the Press. But if descending to Particulars be a proper Objection, the most useful Strictures on the Misconduct of Great Men is to be withheld from the World; and such Characters, being generally above Law, are to escape the only Tribunal they dread to be brought before, and which is the best Security to the Community for their good Behaviour. I am, Sir, a Friend to Mrs. Rind; but I advise her to remember, that Principles of Liberty first brought her Press to this Country, and that it is by such Principles only that it can be well supported here. I am, Sir, your humble Servant. AN ATTENTIVE OBSERVER.
Mr. PURDIE, By giving the enclosed a Place in your Gazette you will oblige a Customer, and a Friend. Should it be the Cause of alleviating the Torments of some of our Fellow Creatures, by putting a Stop to the Practices of a cruel and savage Master, it will fully compensate me for the small Trouble I have been at in writing, and you, I make no Doubt, for publishing it.
A CIRCUMSTANCE hath happened which makes it necessary that the Eyes of the Publick should be, for once, turned upon the Conduct of a certain R. M. of A——; who, it is said, has been, for several Years, wantonly, cruelly, and inhumanly, imbruing his Hands in the Blood of his miserable Slaves, and is still suffered to add Crime to Crime with Impunity. Some Time last Summer, a Negro Woman of his, not able any longer to stand the Scourge, which was daily inflicted upon her, contrived to make her Escape, and took Refuge in the Quarter of a Gentleman; who declared to me that the Abuse she had received far exceeded any Thing of the Kind he had ever seen, and that, although he was forced to send her off his Plantation, he could not find in his Heart to send her back to her barbarous Master. The poor unhappy Creature was soon after taken up, and carried home; and, lacerated as she was, the inhuman Monster, not fully satiated with the Blood of her Brethren, tied her up and tortured her to Death. This is but one of the many Crimes this Tyrant has been guilty of; the following Instance is, if pos-
sible, of a deeper Dye, and marks the unrelenting Spirit of the savage Monster. Poor Hampshire, after undergoing the Lash repeatedly, had his Ears cut off, both his Legs, and underwent Castration; and, mutilated as he was, his Master still continued to abuse him so inhumanly that he was at last obliged to contrive Means for his Escape, and in that mutilated Condition, collecting Strength from Fear, he reached the Distance of between fifty and sixty Miles from home, but was taken up and committed to Charlotte County Jail. There he cried out, that rather than be carried back he would choose to die; and that the only Alternative left him was to perish by his Master's Hand, or be his own Executioner. He chose the latter; for the first Night of his Confinement he set Fire to the Prison, and perished in the Flames. Can the Annals of ancient or modern Times produce two Instances more replete with Barbarity? No, surely; very few, I believe, can be found equal to such horrid and infernal Practices. Were a Stranger to come here, and be told that the Perpetrator of such Deeds remains unpunished, would he not suppose that there did not exist a Law for bringing the Murderer to Justice? But it is well known that our Legislature have provided in such Cases, making the wilful Murder of Negroes a capital Crime, and Blood to go for Blood. Some People say (and very justly too, I think) that the Gentlemen of A—— are quite inexcusable for not taking Cognizance of such Matters; that they appear destitute of Humanity, as well as neglectful of their Duty, or they would not have suffered the Blood of so many friendless Creatures to cry in vain for Protection. The Law points out a Mode of Information to the Coroner, or one of the Magistrates of the County; but perhaps no such Notice has been given, and they wait for it. They must know, however (or at least ought) that if there be Cause to suspect any Person, white or black, to be murdered in their County, it is the Business and Duty of the Coroner, or any of the Magistrates who may receive Information, to summon a Jury and view the Body; and if they had but acted in that Manner when R. M. buried a Negro, I am persuaded Marks of Violence would have been found: For it is strange, passing strange! that upwards of fifty Slaves should all die, on one Plantation, of natural Deaths, in the Space of fifteen or twenty Years, and in so healthy a Part of the Country too. This Circumstance, joined to many others, equally pregnant with Truth, would, I should think, be sufficient to induce any Officer, who possessed the least Spark of Benevolence or Pity, to issue his Warrant, and proceed agreeable to his Duty; and although the Proof might not be sufficient to bring the guilty Person to that Punishment he has long since deserved, it might be productive of one good Effect, that of deterring him from committing any more such Cruelties, and relieving, in some Degree, the unhappy few that yet remain his Property.
Although the said R. M. has hitherto eluded the Force of the Laws, he has not been able to escape the all-seeing Eye of that kind Being who is a Friend to the Friendless, and who, it would seem, has already begun to reward him for all his Misdeeds: For, let it be remembered, that although this Man was born to an affluent Fortune, Poverty now stares him in the Face, and his Situation is not far from Beggary, with a Number of heavy Debts hanging over his Head, ready to plunge him into that Obscurity where happy it would have been for the Race of Cain had he been originally placed. But, alas! this Circumstance, gratifying as it is, only forebodes those Torments and Misery that await him, and which, for his unparallelled Barbarity, he is doomed to suffer, when Time shall be no more.
COPENHAGEN, September 17. THE following Ceremony was lately performed in the Church of Solum, in the Bailiwick of Bratsberg, which deserves Notice in every well-polished State of Europe. There lives in the above Village a Countryman, named André Rougvied, who by his Knowledge and Industry has brought to great Perfection the Culture of Grain, and had the Generosity to communicate his Method of Cultivation to his Neighbours. By a Benevolence still more uncommon, during the late Dearth of Provisions, he refused to dispose of what he had in his Magazines, though offered a very advanced Price, but sold it to his Neighbours at only such a Profit as to enable him to carry on his Business. The King hearing of it, and willing to recompense such Disinterestedness, sent to the Bailiff of the Place a Letter, written by the Hand of Prince Frederick, which he ordered to be publicly read; which Order the Bailiff obeyed, and accordingly the Inhabitants, being assembled as above on the 11th ult. the Letter was read, and the Farmer was decorated with a Medal, which his Majesty farther honoured him with. After this the Bailiff made a Speech, in which he expatiated on the Benevolence of this virtuous Citizen, and exhorted his Hearer to imitate his Example.
WARSAW, September 14. According to our last Letters received from the Russian Army, which was then encamped at the Mouth of the River Janowitz, Count Romanzow had detached a Body of some Thousand Men to the other Side of the Danube, in Order to watch the Motions of the Grand Vizir.
We talk much of a Peace between the Russians and Turks, and the former seem to wish it in good Earnest. We are told that the Court of Petersburg have addressed themselves to that of London, to use their good Offices to effect the Exchange of Prince Repnin, Prisoner at Constantinople.
September 15. The Ministers of the three allied Powers had an Audience with his Majesty this Day, and presented him with the Plan of the new Form of Government. It is much doubted whether this Plan will be entirely agreed to, of which the following are some of the Articles:
"The Crown is to be elective, as before. The Kings are to be of the Catholic Religion, and Natives of the Country."
"After the Death of the King, none of his Family can be elected without they are of the fourth Remove of Consanguinity."
"The Kingdom is to be governed by a permanent Senate, of which the King is to be the President, but is only to have one Vote. The King is not to have it in his Power to grant any Favour without the Consent of the Senate, not even the Order of the White Eagle."
VIENNA, September 15. The Emperor, notwithstanding his great Fatigue, enjoys a perfect State of Health. This Monarch has travelled on Horseback, on his late Tour, 720 German Miles, eating only once in the Evening of each Day, of such Food as he found at the Place where he stopped, and slept on a Straw Bed, covered only with his Cloak.
His Imperial Majesty received 6000 Petitions in Tranylvania, where there is actually one of our Armies, consisting of 80,000 Men, ready to march on the first Notice.
From the DANUBE, September 14. According to our last Advices, the Grand Vizir's Army is encamped at Ichmulla, General Soltukow at Likoreff, General Gultemkin near Obilist, Field Marshal Romanzow near Gara, Palomnitzka and General Unger near Ismael. The 8th and 10th of last Month the Turks of Silistria appeared before Hirsowa with 47 Boats, each containing seventy or eighty Men, but undertook Nothing, partly on Account of the bad Weather. Some Time after, the Russian Garrison of Hirsowa, which was only five Hundred Men strong, was reinforced with Half as many more; and several Detachments of Troops are come up to that Place to cover it, and guard it from any Surprise. From some Dispositions which the Russian Army have made, it is thought they intend repassing the Danube, and that General Unger has already passed that River. These Preparations make it apprehended, that the Russians intend a second Attempt against Silistria.
HAMBURG, September 21. The King of Prussia has ordered a Camp to be marked out near Potsdam; and Part of that of Berlin, and its Neighbourhood, are to encamp. These Troops, all together, will
amount to 40,000 Men, who are to perform divers new Manoeuvres. The greatest Part of the General Officers, who are in distant Provinces, have been recalled, in Order to be present at it.
October 1. Letters from the different Places of the Imperial Dominions, mention, that the Pope's Bull for abolishing the Order of the Jesuits has occasioned an uncommon Insurrection among the lower Class of People, which highly embarrases the Princes, and particularly in Bavaria, at Munich, where the Soldiers were obliged to fire among the Rioters, which not only had no Effect, but enraged the Mob the more, so that three Regiments of Soldiers were posted in the different Streets.
They write from Italy, that almost all the Jesuits, from Spain, Portugal, and Italy, went to Great Britain.
HAGUE, October 5. Private Advices from Vienna insinuate, that the Empress of Russia intimated to that Court, by her Minister there, that she would willingly join and make one common Cause with the Empress Queen against the Turks, and endeavour to recover from them all the lost in the late War; but that the Empress Queen answered, that she was bound in Honour and Gratitude not to contribute to distress the Turks more than they were already, the Porte having observed a strict Neutrality upon former Occasions when the House of Austria was engaged in Wars with the King of Prussia, and other Princes, though it would have been in the Power of the Porte to have struck some signal Strokes to her Disadvantage. It is, however, doubted by some, whether Policy or Gratitude has the greatest Share in this Declaration.
L O N D O N, September 30.
HIS imperial Majesty will have a finer Army in the Field next Spring than has been seen in Germany for two Centuries. Besides the Flower of his own Troops, all the hired Troops from the Duchies of Mecklenburg, Saxe-Gotha, Wirtemberg, &c, amounting in all to 280,000 Men, are to appear there.
We hear that Prince Henry of Prussia has actually received Orders to join the Russian Army with 30,000 Troops.
Orders are arrived here to prepare Provisions and Pilots for five Russian Ships of the Line, which will arrive some Time in the Month of October, in a Port in the English Channel, in Order to take the said Provisions and Pilots on Board, and then sail for the Archipelago.
Extract of a Letter from Moldavia, August 22.
"The grand Army of the Russians is now in much Distress, but are effectually secured for some Time against any Attacks from the Turks; yet are badly off in Respect to Ammunition, and other warlike Stores, a large Supply of which has been lately sent off in the following Manner. Thirty Waggons laden with the Supplies, and under the Escort of 6000 Foot and 2000 Horse, were on the Road to Jassy from Vienna, but came round (to avoid the Turks) on the Borders of Poland, and not directly through Tranylvania, which is by much the nearest Way. They arrived on the 12th Instant in this Province, on the Banks of the River Pruth, which River they passed at a Ford, and bent their Route immediately for the City of Sereth, about twelve Leagues from Jassy. The Grand Vizir, whose Army now lies at Munusth, was determined to interrupt this Supply, and accordingly detached 2000 Janissaries and 500 Spahis; who, by forced and secret Marches, came up with the Waggons before it was possible for Marshal Romanzow to send a farther Reinforcement of Men. The Russians placed the Waggons for Intrenchments, and defended themselves with great Courage and Resolution; a great Number of the Turks were killed, by the Artillery of the Russians; but at last the Numbers of the former prevailed. The Russians fled towards Jassy, and left the Supplies to the Mercy of the Enemy, who rested two Days after the Action; and by that Means have given Count Orlow an Opportunity to attack them in his Turn, for which Purpose he is now preparing to march."
October 2. Mr. Sayre's (one of the new Sheriffs) Carriage, is the most elegant that has been seen for many Years: it was originally built for Sir Thomas Anderson, and cost 800l. but Mr. Sayre gave only 300l. for it, and the Carving alone is estimated to have cost that. Mr. Lee's Carriage is equally elegant. The Device on the Panels is Britannia holding a Laurel Branch to America, who is placed on the opposite Quarter; at the Bottom is a Figure of Plenty, and in the upper Quarter is Fame displaying a Banner, alluding to the Union of Great Britain and the Colonies.
Extract of a Letter from Warsaw, September 15.
"It is now very well known that the Emperor of Germany has been here incognito, and had a Conference with our King."
"From the Russian Army, we are told that Count Romanzow and the Grand Vizir (who are both of a peaceable Inclination) have just begun a Correspondence, which gives us great Reason to hope that a Peace is very near at Hand."
Extract of a Letter from Vienna, September 19.
"General Bibicow, the Russian Commander in Poland, has just returned here with 500 Horse, after having escorted the Troops taken out of this Kingdom as a Reinforcement to the Army of Marshal Romanzow in Moldavia. The General left them on the Borders of Poland, and immediately set out on his Return hither, and is now preparing to visit Red Russia, where 8000 Russians have arrived to supply the Deficiencies of those marched for Moldavia."
Extract of a Letter from Warsaw, September 21.
"We have just received Advice here of a large Reinforcement of Russian Troops having arrived at Jassy, to join the Army of Marshal Count Romanzow. This Detachment amounts to upwards of 10,000 Men, and proves a very seasonable Relief to the Russian Army, Marshal Romanzow has fortified Jassy in a very strong Manner, and means to make it his Head Quarters for the Winter. The same Advices add, that General Weisman is not killed, as was reported."
October 4. The Act of Settlement is the only Tenure by which his Majesty holds his Crown; no One can possibly mention any other Tenure upon which he can depend. This is the strongest and most glorious Tenure by which any Prince can hold the Crown.
A Letter from Warsaw says: "On the Day the Regicides suffered, Father L—— openly declared there were Reasons to believe that neither the King of Poland nor the King of Portugal would die a natural Death, He is taken into Custody for his Freedom of Speech."
October 5. A private Letter from Paris says, the Physicians have declared that the French King cannot survive but a few Weeks longer, and that an entire Change in the Ministers of that Kingdom will soon take Place.
They write from Constantinople, that the Prussian Minister has petitioned the Divan, in the Name of his Master, that Prince Repnin be released out of Prison on his Parole of Honour, and permitted to lodge with him in his Hotel, but has been refused.
A Letter from Paris says: "Female Influence here visibly declines, but the Friends to their Country justly apprehend it will be succeeded by priestly Influence."
Since the Bull for suppressing the Jesuits has been published at Lisbon the Affairs of our Merchants have been on the increasing Hand, and are likely to turn out better than for some Years past.
The French Ministry have discovered, in the strongest Terms, any premeditated Design or Knowledge of the Disturbance at Madras in the East Indies, and have recalled their Commander who gave the Offence.
The Divan assembles, and breaks up, without doing any Thing. Force drives Men to the Grand Vizir's Standard, but few of them make Soldiers.
The Imperial Army of Observation will prove the most effectual Mediator to bring about a Peace between the Russians and Turks.

It is now the current Report on the Continent, that the modern Alexander, in Order the better to promote his Schemes, has proposed a new Wife to a certain northern Potentate, which it is believed will be accepted. We are informed that Governor Pownall is not to return to Boston, and that no Alteration will yet take Place in that Government.
Extract of a Letter from a Gentleman in Strathpey, September 19. "I am thoroughly convinced that the Emigration will soon be general in this Country. Two Hundred and fifty Emigrants failed the other Day for Fort George, and 308 of the Macdonalds of Glengary, and the neighbouring Districts, from Fort William. No less than eight or ten Vessels are hired this Season to carry off Emigrants. Eight Hundred and forty People failed from the Island of the Lewis in July. Alarmed with this, Lord F—, their Master, came down from London, about five Weeks ago, to treat with the Remainder of his Tenants, What are the Terms they asked of him, think you? "The Land at the old Rents, the Augmentation paid for three Years backward to be refunded, and his Factor to be immediately dismissed." I have not yet learned whether he has agreed to these Terms; but he must soon, or his Lands will be left an uninhabited Waste."
October 7. The King of Prussia still continues to raise Recruits in all his Dominions, with uncommon Expedition; and the like Diligence is used in raising Men through the Whole of the extensive Dominions of Austria. They write from Hanover, that the Russian Captain Janoff passed through that City, in his Way from London to Petersburg. This is the third Courier that passed through this City from London within these eight Days, by which it appears that the pacific Court of Great Britain is endeavouring to bring about a Peace between the Russians and Turks.
The Russians have at length taught their Enemies, the Turks, to fight. A generous Foe should never push Things to Extremity. The most despotick Power upon Earth cannot counteract the Designs of Nature. Russia is, by a long and bloody, though successful War, deprived of Inhabitants, and exhausted of Wealth. The Turks may now insist upon Terms, which the Russians, in the Height of Conquest, would not grant.
The present Grand Visar of the Turks, Moussom Oglou, who is the bravest Officer in their Army, has always showed the greatest Disposition to Peace of any Man in their Empire. The same Abilities which gave him such a Superiority in the Field enabled him to comprehend the fatal Tendency of a War, under the present Weakness of the Turkish Empire.
At the final Close of the Poll yesterday, at Guildhall, for a Lord Mayor for the Year ensuing, the Numbers were: For Alderman Wilkes 1690, for Alderman Bull 1655, for Alderman Sawbridge 1178, and for Alderman Oliver 1294.
Most of the Powers of Europe are alarmed, and in Suspence. They are shocked at the unnatural Combination of the three great Powers who originally had certainly a Distrust of and Hatred for each other. But the Love of Spoil will unite the most ferocious Animals; and Lions, Wolves, and Tigers, will hunt in Concert. It is a Matter of Doubt where the Russian Bear, the German Eagle, and Prussian Vulture, may seek for new Prey to satisfy their voracious Appetites.
It is said the King of Prussia has declared himself the Friend of the Jesuits, and will grant them his Protection. If these Reverend Fathers are possessed of considerable Effects, his Machiavelian Majesty will take Care of them and their Affairs till he has robbed them of the last Shilling. In this he will but follow the Example of other great Powers, who make no Scrupple to seize the Goods of these unhappy Wretches wherever they can find them; but it is just that a Society which was founded on Principles contrary to the Well-being of Mankind should find no Protection from the Laws of any Country, or any Support from Humanity.
Sir Robert Walpole was always a complete Master of the Designs of the Roman Catholics; he had the most active and able of their Priests in his Pay. Some think that Lord North will become Protector of the exiled Jesuits, and by that Means worm himself into their Secrets; but it is thought these Reverend Fathers will never be able to make his Lordship one of their Order, that is, a Conjuror.
A Court Alderman, conversing lately with Mr. Wilkes about the present Election, asked him why he would persist in his Pursuit of the Mayorality, when he knew how odious he was at Court, and that five or six great Men, and one very great, had swore he never should be Mayor. Because, says Wilkes, more than twice as many Hundreds have sworn that I shall; and how am I so odious, continued he, when your great Friends have distinguished me from all other Aldermen? For though many have been sworn into the Mayorality, I shall be the first that was ever sworn out of it.
Extract of a Letter from Rome. "The Fall of the Jesuits, like a great Event as it is, has shook this Country to its Centre. His Holiness, in the Irresolution which he testified so long before he ventured to annihilate that famous Society, gave many Proofs that he was afraid of the Event; and not without Reason, for since the Moment of their Dissolution the Jesuits have insulted, vexed, and satirized him in every Quarter, and in every Shape that human Invention could devise. The Doctrine now propagated through Italy, and what has been the Subject of the most recent Pasquinade, is, that the Fall of the Popedom must inevitably follow the Fall of the Jesuits. To support this Doctrine, a Prophecy has been providentially dug up at Bologna, which puts the Matter beyond a Doubt. This Prophecy contains Words to the following Purport: "When Ignatius is low, let the Shepherd of the Seven Hills look about him." These Things are Trifles; but the Pope, with all his Philosophy, is grieved at them, and he is using all his Efforts to put a Stop to them."
The total Suppression of the Jesuits is an Event the most favourable to the Peace of Europe, as their Disposition for political Intrigues had rendered them at once formidable and dangerous.
A Letter from Hamburg says: "Our Magistrate have granted the King of Prussia a Piece of Ground for a Wood Yard, which it is feared will soon be converted into a Fort, a Dock, and a Magazine."
They write from Naples, that the King of the Two Sicilies, at the Abolition of the Jesuits, gave each of them fifteen Crowns to buy a secular Habit, on Condition that they would immediately forsake his Dominions. It may be depended on that the Empress of Russia has at last, after refusing so many Offers, entreated the Court of Great Britain to endeavour to bring about Peace between her and the Grand Signior.
Extract of a Letter from York, October 5.
"We hear from Stokesley, in the North Riding, that several Farmers in that Town and Neighbourhood are preparing to go, with their Families and Effects, to America, by the first Ships, and are hiring Labourers and poor People to accompany them, for the Purpose of cultivating their Lands, &c. Many Artificers and Mechanicks are also preparing to leave that Part of the Country, in Order to visit the new World; so that, in all Probability, should good Fortune attend those that are now emigrating, a far greater Number will follow their Example, to the Ruin of their Mother Country."
It is asserted, that no less than 160 Jesuits arrived in this City within the last Month.
By Letters from Petersburg we learn that the Empress has given orders for valuable Presents to be distributed among the Officers both in the Land and Sea Service, who have by their Conduct and Courage signified themselves in the War against the Turks.
Extract of a Letter from Paris, September 30.
"The King's Ship Le Fier, and two Frigates, having a Regiment of Soldiers on Board, are failed for the West Indies." A Correspondent informs us, that as soon as the Parliament meets it will take into Consideration the great Emigration of the Poor of this Kingdom.
The twelve Prussian Regiments ordered into Moldavia, with the Armies of Austrians in Transylvania, add great Weight to the Russian Negotiations for a Peace.
October 8. His Majesty, in Council, was this Day pleased to Order, that the Parliament, which stands prorogued to Tuesday the 12th of this Instant, should be farther prorogued, to Tuesday the 23d of November.
Extract of a Letter from Dantzick, October 2.
"A Petition was some Time since sent to his Prussian Majesty at Berlin, from the Merchants and Mariners of this City, representing that his Majesty's Inspector had forbidden the lighting of the Beacons, to the great Danger of all Vessels which were to enter the Harbour; and likewise that he levied a Tax upon all the Ships of Dantzick, on their Return from their Voyage, of twelve Ducats each, besides the common Duties. To both these Grievances they prayed Redress, and have obtained it; the Beacons are lighted, the Tax is taken off, and the Inspector himself removed."
Several Masters of trading Vessels to and from Dunkirk, as well as several British Merchants resident there, have signed and sent over hither a Paper purporting that all Representations of the Repairs of the Harbour of that Town are false and scandalous; that all the Reparations carrying on are only on one Side the Key; that the interior Part is in a ruinous Condition, and in a State every Way dangerous and hazardous; and that Nothing has been done but what was barely necessary, and without any Addition whatever.
The Orders given for an additional Detachment of the Train of Artillery, to be in Readiness to embark for Gibraltar and Minorca, are countermanded.
Yesterday Afternoon arrived in the River the Lovely Nancy, Captain Prince, from the Bay of All Saints. She had been out two Years, and very high Encouragement was offered on her about three Weeks ago, which was refused.
Yesterday the Lord Mayor gave an elegant Entertainment at the Mansion House, at which were present several Persons of Distinction, also the Lord Mayor elect, Alderman Oliver, Alderman Thomas, and their Ladies.
The Ministry are not so much hurt at discovering how great a Majority of the Citizens with to see Wilkes in the Chair at the Mansion House, as they are to find what Difficulties they will encounter at the general Election for Members.
On Saturday an Attorney went to the Mansion House to transact some Business, and without any Ceremony took a Chair in the Hearing Room and sat down by the Side of the Lord Mayor. His Lordship, on the Person's taking so much Liberty, asked him who he was. He replied, a Gentleman, and then used some impertinent Expressions, occasioned by his being in Liquor; upon which the Lord Mayor fined him five Shillings, and on his refusing to pay it his Lordship told him that he would commit him. The Attorney then paid the Fine, which was sent to the Poor of St. Mary Woolnoth.
On Monday a Hearses and two Coaches attended at a House near Walworth, for the Funeral of a Widow Gentlewoman who died on Saturday last. Whilst the Coaches were waiting a Rumour was spread that the Deceased had been poisoned, upon which a Gentleman in the Neighbourhood took the Parish Searchers with him to the House and desired to see the Body, which was refused. In Consequence of the Refusal a Constable was sent for, when Admission being obtained, they found the Deceased a miserable Spectacle, her Body swelled to an amazing Size, and her Tongue hanging out of her Mouth. The Woman of the House giving very unsatisfactory Answers to the Questions that were put to her, was taken before a Justice of the Peace, who committed her for farther Examination, and a Coroner's Jury is summoned to inquire into the Matter.
October 9. Yesterday the Sheriffs made their Return to the Court of Lord Mayor and Aldermen of Messrs. Wilkes and Bull, as the Candidates for the Mayorality who had the Majority of the Votes of the Livery. A Court of Husting was opened, and the Lord Mayor and Aldermen adjourned to the Court of King's Bench, in Order, by Scratching, to elect one of those Gentlemen, according to an ancient Usage. About a Quarter before two they returned to the Husting, when the Town Serjeant read over the Names of the Candidates, and informed the Livery that the Choice of the Court of Aldermen had fallen on Frederick Bull, Esq; Alderman and Salter. Mr. Bull immediately came forward, and after being invested with the Insignia of Mayorality, returned Thanks to the Livery for their electing him to so important an Office; informed them he should have been better pleased if his Brother Aldermen had chosen his worthy Friend Alderman Wilkes, who was evidently the Object whom the Livery wished to have in the Mayorality Chair, as they had given him the largest Number of Votes; but as it was his Lot to be Mayor, he promised them a strenuous and unwearied Affidavit in discharging the necessary Duties of the Office, and that he should be ready, on every Occasion, to give them his Support and Assistance.
The Aldermen scratched in the following Manner: For Mr. Wilkes, Sir W. Stephenson, Messrs. Sawbridge, Hopkins, Plomer, Thomas, Bull, Lewis, Crosby, and Mr. Turner. For Mr. Bull, Messrs. Bankes, Kennet, Edsall, Oliver, Trecothick, Aloph, Townsend, Wilkes, Plumbe, and the Lord Mayor.
Alderman Crosby questioning the Right of the Lord Mayor giving a casting Vote, a Debate arose, upon which they scratched for Precedents, and found that upon similar Occasions it had been frequently allowed.
The immense Effects of the Ex-Jesuits in Poland are valued at eighty Millions of Polish Florins, which may be made to produce six Millions a Year; and what confirms this is, that the College which they had in Posenia alone brings in 120,000 Dollars per Annum. These vast Riches may occasion farther Disputes, for several Families who have from Time to Time made considerable Presents to these Religious ask to have them returned; and, on the other Hand, Government is desirous to employ them towards replenishing the publick Treasury, which has been long very low. But the Pope's Brief, on the contrary, orders, that these Effects should be employed ad pius Casus ; so that how these Riches are to be disposed of is not yet determined.
The famous Kofinski, who saved the Life of the King of Poland, is going to settle in America, and has had 1000 Ducats given him to defray the Expenses of his Voyage. The Wife of Lukawski is dead in Prison, in Consequence of her having been obliged to be present at the frightful Spectacle of the Execution of her Husband, for the Part he had acted in the intended Murder of the King.
The Contractors with Government for making Gunpowder have received Orders for delivering in 4000 Tuns of that Commodity into his Majesty's Storehouses at Portsmouth, and 2000 at Sheerness.
A Correspondent thinks, that in Case the threatened Toleration to French Protestants should take Place it will be prejudicial to Great Britain, as it will not only bring French Artisans home from this Country, but also keep at home those that are willing to emigrate from their native Country, like the Scotch and Irish.
His Excellency Governor Tryon, of New York, has sent over a beautiful Leopard to his Majesty, which is ordered to be sent to the Tower. A Land Tax upon the Estates of the Absentees in Ireland is intended. This is only an Introduction to a general Land Tax there.
The Reasons which induced the King of Prussia to take the Jesuits under his Protection seem to have taken their Rise from a Principle of Gratitude, for we are told that the Measure of the Empress of Germany signifying the Treaty for the Partition of Poland was entirely owing to the Jesuits. The Empress, it seems, had her Doubts about the Justice and Equity of such an Act. She had more than once positively and solemnly declared that she never would consent to it. His Prussian Majesty, knowing her weak Side, and the Influence her Confessor had over her, applied to the Jesuits, and promised them his Protection, and the Protection of the Emperor, if they should conquer her Scruples. The good Fathers, desirous of securing themselves an Asylum from the impending Storm, accepted the Offer, and succeeded in their Mission.
A Letter from Hamburg says: "All the Advices received here from Warsaw, by this Day's Mail, express the greatest Fears, as the utmost Danger threatens them, by the Obstinacy of several Members of the Diet, to lose that Part of the Empire which is still left to them. His Prussian Majesty never pressed and hastened so much to finish and settle the Affairs of Poland as at present; whereas the Diet, on the contrary, hesitate to put a finishing Hand to it. The Consequence may prove fatal to the rest of the Empire; for if the King of Prussia is once declared an Enemy to the Porte, all the political Strokes which he has been striking will come to Nothing, and open Force will be the only Thing that will preserve his new acquired Possessions. It is added, that, as Matters now stand, a War between the King of Prussia, who is to be joined by the Emperor, against the Porte, is not far distant; nay, some go so far as to aver that in a Fortnight it will be declared, as they have authentic Advice that the King of Prussia has ordered twelve Regiments to march into Moldavia, to join the Army of Count Romanzow, and the Austrian Troops in Transylvania have likewise received Notice to draw together. A general Land Tax in Ireland is intended. A new Board of Excise there is established."
Extract of a Letter from Fort James.
"The Snow Britannia, Captain Deane, being in the River Gambia, with 230 Slaves on Board, they got Possession of the Guns, &c. rose up and fought the white People for upwards of an Hour, when many were killed on both Sides; and finding they were like to be overpowered, the Blacks set Fire to the Magazine and blew up the Ship, whereby 300 Souls perished. Most of the Officers were killed, among which were the two Doctors; the Mate escaped, by being on Shore; the Captain was wounded, but soon recovered, and is on his Passage to Carolina, with 70 Slaves."
A Correspondent says: "Mr. Wilkes himself was the Cause of losing his Election, for had he not scratched for Mr. Bull he would have had the Majority of Votes."
The present Lord Mayor, Mr. Townsend, gave three Votes against Mr. Wilkes at the last Election for Mayor, one as a Liveryman, another as an Alderman, and the third as Mayor.
They write from Egypt, that in vain they hoped for Tranquillity being restored in that Quarter by the Death of Ali Bey. Cheik Daher succeeds him, who has an Army of 40,000 Men, and gives more Trouble to the Inhabitants than Ali Bey himself. He is supported by the Russians, and it is greatly feared that he will bring Abah Dahad to his Side.
A Gentleman, in an Address to Lord North, says: "Not one of those Ships established in the New York Trade will receive the Tea on Board ordered to be sent to North America on the East India Company's Account. Only the Friends of Hutchinson and Oliver choose to carry it to Boston, and it is under Cover of an Armament they even hope to land it there."
The same Gentleman concludes his Address thus: "A Storm is now gathering in America which will either ruin the Friends and Dependents of My Lord Bute in this Country, or separate the Colonies for ever from its Dominions."
WILLIAMSBURG, December 23. THE Empereur, Cockerill, from London, and Brickdale, Wood, from Liverpool, are arrived in Rappahannock; the Brunswick, M'Larty, Katie, Clark, and Thoen as, Robinson, from Glasgow, in James River.
The Molly Bright, from Virginia, is arrived at Lisbon. In Captain M'Larty's Ship came Passenger Mr. Godfrey M'Neil, a Gentleman of Fortune in Argyleshire, with the View to fix upon a Settlement for a Number of Families from that Part of the Highlands of Scotland, who intend for America as soon as he returns. The Spirit of Migration is become so universal there that it is thought the Country must soon be almost depopulated, unless the Landholders take some speedy and effectual Means to quiet their poor Tenants, who are now determined not to bear their Oppressions any longer.
Advertisements.
WILLIAMSBURG, December 23, 1773. THE Subscriber, intending very soon for London, gives this publick Notice, that he has appointed Benjamin Harrison, Junior, Esq; of Berkeley, and Mr. Emmanuel Jones, of this City, his Attorneys; with whom he requests the Favour of all Persons indebted to himself, or Mrs. Necks, to settle their Accounts at the next Meeting of the Merchants, to prevent their being put into a Lawyer's Hands, which Necessity will oblige him to do, as many, too long in Arrears, have often, on his leaving the Colony, promised to pay his Attorney, which he is sorry to find they were not so kind as to comply with. If they now fail, they can only blame themselves, and not their humble Servant, ROBERT NECKS.
TAPPAHANNOCK, December 16, 1773. LEFT by a Servant of mine, at Armistead's Mill, about two Miles from Hampton, on the York Road, on Friday the 10th Instant, a likely BRIGHT BAY HORSE upwards of fourteen Hands high, with a Blaze Face, hanging Mane and Switch Tail, some Part of the Hair on his Tail rubbed off by Carting, for which, and running in a Chair, he was very valuable; he is about six Years old, but has no Brand that I know of. As he was drove from my House by Way of Frazer's, Ruffin's, and Williamsburg, to Hampton, he perhaps may have halted at Mr. Southall's, or been prevented from coming home by Means of the Gate at Colonel Ruffin's Ferry. Whoever takes up said Horse, and delivers him to me here, shall have 40 s. Reward; and if taken up near Williamsburg, and delivered to Mr. Southall, or if near Mr. Frazer's, and delivered to him at the Ferry, shall be handsomely rewarded for their Trouble. ARCHIBALD RITCHIE.
JUST arrived the Success's Increase, Captain Curtis, with about eighty choice healthy Servants, among whom are many Tradesmen, viz. Shoemakers, Weavers, Carpenters, Black and White Smiths, Tailors, a Salmaker, a Tanner, a Glazier and Painter, a Bricklayer, a Brass Founder, a Turner, an Upholsterer, Surgeons and Apothecaries, Hair Dressers, Schoolmasters and Book-Keepers, with many Farmers, Labourers, &c. &c. The Sale will commence at Leeds Town, on Monday the 3d of January, and continue till all are sold. Reasonable Credit will be allowed, on giving Bond with approved Security to JAMES MILLS, and Company. N. B. Tobacco will be taken in Payment for the above.
FOUND in one of the Streets of Richmond, about the Time of the Fair, a SILVER WATCH. Any Person proving their Property may have it returned by applying to the Subscriber, who formerly advertised it there, and quite neglected thinking farther of it till this Time, as the Watch was not in his Possession. (1||) JAMES CURRIE.
COBHAM, December 20, 1773. THE letting of the FERRY and ORDINARY at this Place is put off to Saturday the 1st of January. (1)
W A N T E D, A SCHOOLMASTER who understands Latin, Mathematicks, &c. and will undertake to teach from ten to fifteen Scholars, or more if agreeable, in a publick School situated in a good Neighbourhood. Also a Master properly qualified to teach English, Writing, and Arithmetick; this School will consist of near thirty Scholars. Any Persons properly recommended will meet with Encouragement from CABIN POINT, } JOHN COCKE. December 12, 1773. } JAMES BELSCHES.
To be SOLD, or HIRED, A VERY good Negro CARPENTER. For Terms apply to THOMAS EVERARD.
To be SOLD, on Tuesday the 1st of February, pursuant to the Will of John Carter, Esq; deceased, at Clive, his late Dwelling-House, in King George County,
SIXTY SLAVES, several of which are valuable Tradesmen and House Servants; also a large Stock of HORSES, CATTLE, SHEEP and HOGS, PLANTATION UTENSILS, several large STILLs and COPPERS, and a SCHOONER that will carry about 700 Bushels.
Three Years Credit will be allowed for the Slaves, and twelve Months for the Stocks, &c. Bond and approved Security will be required. The Bonds for the Negroes, Stocks, &c. to carry Interest from the Date, if not punctually paid. The TRUSTEES.
Those who have Demands against the Estate of John Carter, Esq; deceased, are desired to bring in their Accounts, properly attested; and those indebted, we hope, will not fail to make immediate Payment to PHILADELPHIA CARTER. } CATESBY WOODFORD. } GAWIN CORBIN. } Executors.
To be SOLD, by Virtue of a Deed of Trust from William Denham, to the Subscriber, on Monday the 14th of March, at Buckingham Courthouse, TWO Tracts of LAND in the said County, one lying on Troublesome Creek, whereon the said Denham now lives, containing about 207 Acres; the other lies near Slate River, not far from the Land of Mr. John Baening, containing 375 Acres, more or less. JAMES LYLE.
For SALE in the Town of Richmond, on the Main Street, A LARGE well finished STORE HOUSE, WHEAT HOUSE, LUMBER HOUSE, KITCHEN, and STABLE, with one Acre of LAND enclosed; there are good Brick Cellars below the Store, and Wheat House the whole Extent. The Terms may be known by applying to the Subscriber, in Manchester. (6) JAMES LYLE.
COMMITTED to the Publick Jail, two Runaway Negroes, viz. HARRY, from Elizabeth City, an outlandish Fellow, about five feet eight Inches high, appears to be above 30 Years old, branded on the left Breast with a P, his right Hand has been burnt, and occasioned a white Spot on his Wrist. As he cannot speak one Word of English, he is not able to give the least Account of himself or his Owner. STEPNEY, a short Fellow, Virginia born, of a yellow Complexion, is 53 Years old, and says he belongs to the Estate of Benjamin Baker of Gloucester. Their Owners are desired to apply for them, pay Charges, and take them away. PETER PELHAM.

To be SOLD, and Possession given in February next, or sooner, if required,
THE FURNACE situated in the Township of Salisbury, and Province of Connecticut, New England, having been lately rebuilt on the most approved Plan, all the Conveniences about the same being either new or in good Repair, together with all the Utensils, and a complete Set of Patterns for hollow Ware and other Castings; the sole Property of a Piece of Water from which the Furnace is supplied, the Area measuring 600 Acres; a Mansion House most agreeably situated, consisting of four Rooms on a Floor, a good Garden, and other Conveniences; two other Houses for Workmen, a Store completely fitted for English and West India Goods and Provisions, a Compting House, &c. a large Barn, with Stabling for Horses and Oxen. Also a Property in the Bed of Iron Ore in said Salisbury, known by the Ore Grant, with an exclusive Right of digging, raking, and carrying away Ore from another Bed called Charfield's Ore Bed, and the Right of Soil in a Piece of Land joining west on the Ore Grant, which contains Iron Ore. These Beds all lie within two Miles of the Furnace, the Roads good. Also 753 Acres of Land, 300 of which are under Improvement, and the Whole well watered. The Premises are situated in a healthy, fruitful, and pleasant Country, on the high Road from Hartford to Hudson's River and Albany, distant about thirty Miles from the River. The Quality of the Iron made from the above Ore is well known, both in England and America, to be equal to any made on this Continent. The Quantity of Ore, which lies near the Surface, appears inexhaustible, the Country round is well supplied with Wood for Coal, and the regular Supply of Water at all Seasons (without Danger from Floods) admits of the Furnace being in Blast all the Year. The Iron is excellent for Potash Kettles, Sugar Boilers for the West Indies, and military Stores. The Furnace not taking all the Water, any additional Works might be erected, with great Convenience, and small Expense. The rapid Settlement of an extensive Country, to the North and North West, must daily increase the Demand for every Article usually cast at a Furnace. An extensive Trade may be introduced in English and West India Goods, out of which the Works might be supplied with Stock and Provisions, and carried on with more Profit than such Business can be in a Country where there are few Inhabitants.
Also to be SOLD, a complete DOUBLE FORGE, with four Fires and two Hammers, now at Work, together with all necessary Utensils, situated in Celbrook, Connecticut, near the Road from Hartford to the Furnace, built in 1771, after the best Model, with a good Stream and Head of Water, and in Case of Need (in very dry Seasons) the Privilege of a Pond of Water five Miles in Length, for supplying of said Forge. The like Caution is observed to prevent the Business being retarded in Winter, by having the Wheels under Cover, with large Iron Stoves, and Canals cut to take the Surplus Water. Adjacent to the Forge there is a Dwelling-House with four Rooms on a Floor, a Store and Cellar, four Houses for Workmen, a Barn, Coal House, Iron House, and Blacksmith's Shop, all built in 1771; also a Saw Mill and Dwelling-House at a small Distance from the Forge, with good Situations for erecting other Works on the same Stream, together with 289 Acres of Land round the Forge and Sawmill, about fifty of which are under Improvement. The Forge is situated in the Centre of a large Tract of Wood Land, surrounded with a cultivated Country, which is in Want of Bar Iron; there being very little refined Bar Iron manufactured in Connecticut, and the Consumption considerable. This Estate, joined with that at Salisbury, is capable of many Improvements. For farther Particulars apply to Mr. Charles Startin Merchant in Philadelphia, Mr. Peter Vandervort Merchant in New York, Mr. James Holmes at the Furnace, Mr. Jacob Ogden at the Forge, or Captain William Tiley in Hartford. (tf)
TAKEN up, in Hanover, a BRINDLED COW about eight Years old, with a few white Spots on the Belly and Feet, marked with a Swallow Fork in each Ear. Potted, and appraised to 45 s. Also a WHITE SOW with some black Spots and Wattles on her Neck, marked with an Underkeel and two Holes in the left Ear, and a Swallowfork in the right. Potted, and appraised to 27 s.
MATTHIAS ABBOTT, Overseer for Nelson Berkley.
TAKEN up, in Amelia, a small GRAY HORSE a little inclined to be Fleabitten, about ten Years old, four Feet two Inches high, with a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, has had a Fistula, and branded on the near Buttock S. Potted, and appraised to 71. 10 s.
JOHN COUSENS, Junior.
TAKEN up, in King George, a PIED BULL marked with a Crop and Slit in the left Ear, and a Slit and Underkeel in the right. Also a RED COW YEARLING with a white Face, marked with a Crop and Slit in the left Ear, and a Half Spade in the right. Potted and appraised, the Bull to 35 s. and the Yearling to 25 s. (tf) REUBEN BERRY.
WILLIAMSBURG, December 14, 1773.
THE Partnership of ALLAN and TURNER being now dissolved, it is requested that all Persons indebted to them will pay off their respective Accounts between this and the April Court, as the surviving Partner has several large Sums to make up then. Those who have any Demands against the Partnership will be paid by applying to JOHN TURNER. N. B. The Business will be carried on to its usual Extent, and Goods old at the same low Prices as formerly, by JOHN TURNER.
WARWICK, December 11, 1773.
WHEREAS Inspectors Notes for the following List of Tobacco were stolen from the Subscriber last Monday Night, in Williamsburg, the Publick is hereby forewarned from purchasing any of the said Notes; Duplicates being granted, and sworn Certificates lodged, with the several Inspectors. Of the last Inspection at Cedar Point Warehouse, No 1713; at Davis's, 1416; at Balingbroke, 2602; at Boyd's, 2149. Of the present Inspection, at Cedar Point, 227, 228, 229, 249, 250, 251; at John Bolling's, 147, 148, 296, 356, 529; at Balingbroke, 171, 292, 734; at Blandford, 102, 106; at Robert Bolling's, 268, 269; at Boyd's, 493; at Davis's, 380, 381; and at Shecock's, AL. 1. Ayres Layne. JOHN LEITCH.
NORFOLK, December 10, 1773.
MRS. HUGHES, MIDWIFE (late from the West Indies, where she has practised for a Number of Years with great Success) begs Leave to inform the Ladies of this Place that she has rented a House in Church Street, adjoining the Church Wall, where she will be ready to receive the Commands of those who may please to employ her. She likewise cures Ringworms, Scald Heads, Sore Eyes, the Piles, Worms in Children, and several other Disorders. No Cure, no Pay. And she makes Ladies Sacks and Gowns, Brunswick Dresses, Cloaks, Cardinals, Bonnets, Calashes, &c. &c. in the best Manner, and newest Fashion. N. B. Mrs. HUGHES's Daughter proposes teaching young Ladies TAMBOUR WORK, and will board young Ladies from the Country, who incline to become her Scholars, at a reasonable Rate. Gentlemen's Tamour Jackets and Sword Knots, and Ladies who want their Gowns sprigged either in Silver or Gold, may have them done by applying to her, with Thanks for their Custom.
TAPPAHANNOCK, December 1, 1773.
WE have lately imported, and shall continue so to do (if we find quick Sales) genuine old Barbadoes CANE SPIRITS, which are selling off on the most reasonable Terms. We have likewise Madeira, Calcevella, and St. Michael's WINE, RUM, LOAF SUGAR, COFFEE, INDIGO, &c. (6) MCALL & SHEDDEN.
AS I have been credibly informed that those Persons who range, hunt, and duck, on the Neck of Land belonging to Carter Burwell, are of great Prejudice to that Estate, I therefore forewarn all Persons from so doing, as he is determined to put the Law in Execution against such. (2) WILLIAM GRAVES.
TO BE SOLD,
ABOUT 1500 Acres of LAND in Amelia, about fifty Miles from the Warehouses at Petersburg and Osborne's; which will be shown by my Overseer, Charles Handley, and the Terms known by applying to Mr. Paulin Anderson of the aforesaid County, or to me in King and Queen. RICHARD TUNSTALL.
FOR SALE,
THE ORDINARY and LOTS in Hanover Town whereon Mr. John Meriwether now lives. Possession will be given the 1st of January 1775, with the Benefit of the Rent (sixty Pounds a Year) from the 1st of January next. For Terms apply to ARCHIBALD GOVAN. JOHN JOHNSON. (4)
To be SOLD on Wednesday the 29th of December, at the late Dwelling-House of Major Robert Sheild, deceased,
A LARGE Stock of CATTLE, SHEEP, and HOGS, some valuable HOUSEHOLD and KITCHEN FURNITURE, and a Variety of other Articles. Twelve Months Credit will be allowed the Purchasers, on giving Bond with approved Security to the Executors.
To be SOLD for ready Money, on Thursday the 20th of January, at Suffex Courthouse, being Court Day,
A FINE STALLION three Fourths Blood, four Years old last Spring, five Feet two Inches high; also a MARE seven Eighths Blood, with Foal by the said Horse.
JOHN BERRYMAN.
FAIRFAX, November 29, 1773.
I HEREBY desire all Persons to take Notice that the following SLAVES, viz. Philip and James (Men) Sarah, and her five Children, William, Andrew, Kate, Jude, and Henry; Amy, and her two Children, Bob, and an Infant at the Breast, now in the Possession of my Husband, Mr. Thomas Slaughter, of the County of Culpeper, (or late of that County) are my Property, by Virtue of a Bond entered into by Mr. Slaughter to my Father, Mr. William Clifton, of Fairfax, deceased, before our Marriage, securing the Property of the said Negroes, Sarah, Philip, Amy, James, and their Increase to me, for my sole and separate Use, Benefit, and Advantage; also, that Jack, a Negro Man, now in his Possession, is my Property, by Virtue of a Deed to Trustees for my Benefit, contained in the last Will and Testament of my Mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Clifton, deceased. (21) ANNE SLAUGHTER.
GLOUCESTER, November 30, 1773.
THE Subscriber begs Leave to inform the Publick, that he intends to set out the first of April next to the several Counties on James and York Rivers, that he may instruct those who incline to erect his WHEAT MACHINES, in the best Manner of framing and setting them up. His Brother, Isaac Hobday, will at the same Time go through the Counties on Rappahannock and Potomack Rivers, to give the like Instructions. The Timber, &c. necessary for a Machine, may be provided as follows:
FOR THE MACHINE.
2 Pieces 32 Feet long, 8 by 4 Inches, of Pine, Ash, Poplar, or Chestnut.
1 Ditto, 30 Feet long, 6 by 4 Inches, of the same Wood.
1 Ditto, 24 Feet long, 7 by 4 Inches, to form Part of an Arch of a Circle of 61 Feet 4 Inches Diameter.
1 Ditto, 18 Feet long, 7 by 4 Inches, to form Part of an Arch of a Circle of 43 Feet 6 Inches Diameter, of Oak, Ash, or Gum.
4 Rollers 8 Feet 6 Inches long, and 18 Inches Diameter, of Gum, Oak, or Walnut.
1480 White Oak Staves, 2 Feet 2 Inches long, and 2 1/2 Inches by 1 1/2, clear of Sap.
FOR THE PLATFORM.
16 Pieces 8 Feet 6 Inches long, 7 by 5 Inches, of Oak.
80 Ditto, 8 Feet 6 Inches long, 5 by 3 Inches, of Oak.
1600 Feet of Inch and Half Pine Plank, 21 Feet long, and 12 Inches broad.
8 Planks 3/4 of an Inch thick, 18 Inches broad, and 24 Feet long, Pine or Poplar, for Rims.
8 Ditto, 3/4 of an Inch thick, 14 Inches broad, and 18 Feet long.
The above Bill is for a Machine to work four Horses, but those who incline to work only two Horses may leave out the Piece of thirty Feet long, 740 Staves, and two Rollers, and must get the circular Piece but Half as long as is above directed. JOHN HOBDAY.
TAKEN up, in Amelia, a small BLACK HORSE ten or eleven Years old, about four Feet three Inches high, his left hind Foot white to the Footlock. Potted, and appraised to 71. 10 s. JOHN DODSON.
KING WILLIAM, November 25, 1773.
ALL Persons are desired to take Notice, that I forbid them to HUNT or DUCK in the Marsh and Creeks known by the Name of Turkomans, as I am determined to enforce the Laws provided on this Occasion against all who shall trespass in future. WILLIAM CLAIBORNE.
YORK COUNTY, November 17, 1773.
IN looking over the last Week's Advertisements, I am much surprised to find Colonel William Digges, of Denbigh, has forbid ALL HUNTERS, and others, from ranging upon any Part of his Land; and as I am informed he takes Liberty to hunt on other People's, without their Consent, I therefore give Notice, that I forbid the said Denbigh Digges, his Man Daniel, and his Dogs, from crossing my Plantations, at their Peril. HENRY HOWARD.
CHESTERFIELD, November 18, 1773.
WHEREAS my Wife Sarah Brooks has eloped from my Bed and Board, contrary to my Expectation or Desire, and without any just Cause, this is to forewarn all Persons from entertaining or trusting her on my Account, as I will pay no Debts she may contract from this Date. DUDLEY BROOKE.
To be SOLD on the Premises, to the highest Bidder, pursuant to the last Will and Testament of Mrs. Anne Smelt, deceased, on Thursday the 30th of this Instant (December)
TRACT of LAND about eight Miles from Todd's Warehouse, in King and Queen, containing 667 Acres, whereon are very good Improvements, and the Soil is well adapted to the Growth of any Kind of Grain. Long Credit will be allowed the Purchaser, on giving Bond and good Security to the Subscriber. If the Land should not be sold on the above mentioned Day, the Subscriber (living near the Premises) would be glad to treat with any Person inclineable to purchase at any Time after. At the same Time and Place will be sold all the personal Estate of the said Anne Smelt, consisting of Stocks of CATTLE, HORSES, HOGS, and SHEEP, HOUSEHOLD and KITCHEN FURNITURE, PLANTATION UTENSILS, and many other Articles too tedious to mention. Twelve Months Credit will be allowed for all Sums above 25 s. the Purchasers giving Bond and Security to the Subscriber; who would be glad to rent annually, or lease for a Term of Years, the Storehouses, Warehouses, and Ordinary, at Todd's Warehouses, which are well situated for carrying on an advantageous Trade. WILLIAM TODD.
N. B. Several valuable NEGROES will be hired at the above Time and Place. ALBEMARLE, November 25, 1773.
STRAYED or STOLEN from the Subscriber, the 30th of October last, a GRAY MARE thirteen Years old, about four Feet seven Inches high, hanging Mane and Switch Tail, branded on the left Shoulder with a Heart, paces well, and is with Foal. I will give 20 s. Reward on her being delivered to me, or such Intelligence as I may get her. PETER DAVIE.
GARDEN SEEDS.
Just arrived in the Hope, Captain Holmes, and to be SOLD for ready Money only, at John Carter's Store, in Williamsburg,
NICHOLS's early Peas, Hops ditto, Early Charlton ditto, Dwarf Marrowfats, Ledman's Dwarf, Short Sugar ditto, Egg Peas, Spanish Morottoes, and very fine split Peas, Long Pod Beans, Toler's ditto, Canterbury Dwarf Kidney Beans, Onion, Orange Carrot, different Sorts of Radish, Curled Parsley, Curled Cresses, White Mustard, Rape, Canary, Turbine Cabbage, Dwarf Sugar Loaf ditto, Large ditto, Batavia ditto, Large English ditto, Red ditto, Green curled Savoy ditto, best Cauliflower, Purple and Green Broccoli, Silesia, Imperial, and Cols Lettuce, Solid Celery, Goumon ditto, Dwarf Celeriac, White Endive, Round Spinage, Hanover Turnip, very fine Hyson Tea, and Womens and Girls Stays of all Sizes. (2)
NORFOLK, November 25, 1773.
THE PARTNERSHIP of Brown, Grier, and Company, will be dissolved the 31st of December, by mutual Consent, on Account of Mr. Grier's ill State of Health, which obliges him to leave this Country. It is therefore requested that all Persons to whom they are indebted do render in a State of their Demands to Mr. John Brown, by whom they will be settled and paid; and all those indebted to them are desired to make Payment to him, as he will be empowered to settle every Matter relative to the Concern. The Business will be carried on, as usual, under the Firm of John Brown and Company; who have for Sale, a neat Assortment of European and West India GOODS.
THE Subscribers have, at the Stores kept by them respectively, at Falmouth and Boyd's Hole, for Mr. John Bland, of London, about 4000 l. Worth of EUROPEAN GOODS; which they will sell very cheap for ready Money, or short Credit, or will barter them for Tobacco, Corn, Wheat, Rum, &c. The Debtors to those Stores are hereby required to make immediate Payment, as we are forbid to grant farther Indulgence to any of them. DAVID BRIGGS. ANDREW GRANT.
RICHMOND County, November 29, 1773.
WHEREAS the Subscriber hath been informed that Mr. John Heath, of Northumberland County, Virginia, hath empowered Mr. William Hendrie, of Halifax County, North Carolina, Merchant, to sell, for the Use of the said John Heath, a Plantation, or Tract of Land, in Halifax County, about eight or nine Miles from Halifax Town, containing 650 Acres, which Land was formerly purchased by said Heath from Samuel Huckaby and David Fluckers. This is therefore to give Notice, that all the said Lands have been mortgaged to the Subscriber several Years ago, as Security for the Payment of a considerable Sum of Money. All Persons are hereby cautioned from selling or buying the said Land, as no Title can be made to the same but by NICHOLAS FLOOD, Mortgagee. (1)
THE Subscriber hath on Hand a Quantity of very good Madeira WINE, which he will dispose of on reasonable Terms, and take either Wheat, Corn, Pease, Bread, or Flower, for the same. Any Person inclineable to purchase may see the Wine by applying to Mr. John Quarles, at King William Courthouse, or the Subscriber, at the Piping Tree. BENNETT CRAFTON. N. B. I want on Charter, for the West Indies, a Vessel of about 3 or 4000 Bushels Burthen.
BEDFORD, December 1, 1773.
ALL Persons indebted to the Estate of Jeffery Gisley, late of King William County, deceased, are desired to make immediate Payment to Mr. Gutridge Crump, whom I have empowered to collect the same. The Books, &c. of the Deceased, are in Mr. Crump's Hands, who will attend at King William Courthouse in Order to settle them. All those who have Demands against the Estate are requested to give in their Claims, properly authenticated, as soon as possible. This is very material to all the Creditors, as I purpose rendering a State of his Affairs to the Deceased's Relations in England, whom I have some Cause to believe will discharge his Debts. Mr. Crump will forward the Papers to me. JOHN HOOK, Administrator.
RICHMOND, December 5, 1773.
THE Tenement in this Place now occupied by James Gunn, and late the Property of Thompson Mason, will be RENTED to the highest Bidder on Monday the 7th of March next, being Henrico Court Day. JOSHUA STORRS.
MIDDLESEX, November 30, 1773.
ASOBER, single Man, that can teach the English and Latin Languages, Writing and Arithmetick, will meet with good Encouragement by applying to WILLIAM CHURCHILL.
WILLIAMSBURG, December 9, 1773.
THE Bonds due to the Estate of George Christopher White, late of Amelia County, deceased, being all assigned over to us, and most of them having been due a considerable Time, it is expected that speedy Payment will be made, to prevent the disagreeable Necessity of bringing Suits. (4) BALFOUR & BARRAUD.
WILLIAMSBURG, December 7, 1773.
STOLEN from the Subscriber last Night, out of the House of Thomas Skinner, in this City, a Portmanteau, a gilt Trunk, a Pair of Leather Breeches, and a Pair of Boots. The Portmanteau contained different Kinds of Wearing Apparel, Part of which, with the Portmanteau, are since found. The Trunk contained sundry Bonds, protested Bills of Exchange, and Accounts, which can be of no Value but to the Owner, also Inspectors Notes for upwards of fifty Hogsheads of Tobacco. A List of Part only can at this Time be ascertained, and is as follows: At Osborne's Warehouse, passed this Inspection, No 129, 130, 364, in the Name of Samuel Dalton; 18, 19, 20, 169, 170, 171, 414, 415, 416, Joseph Bais; 206, Charles Featherston; 36, John Baugh; 84, 85, 268, 269, William Moulton; 292, 293, 294, 295, Edmund Read; 285, Daniel Anderson; 420, James Stewart; and at Warwick Warehouse, No 51, William Hodge. The Remainder will be published when a List is obtained. Two Silver and one Pinchbeck Watch were also contained in the Trunk, marked with the following Names and Numbers: D. Cambro, London, 3109; James Ransom, London, 4173; D. Edmond, Liverpool, 41. I will give FIVE POUNDS Reward on Delivery of the Trunk, with the Contents, to Mr. Southall at the Raleigh, or the Subscriber at Warwick, and a farther Reward of FIVE POUNDS on Conviction of the Thief. JOHN LEITCH.
FOR SALE,
And may be entered upon immediately, FIFTEEN Hundred and forty Acres of LAND upon Fishing Creek, in Granville County, North Carolina. For Terms apply to Captain Jesse Sumner, of Bute County, Mr. John Webb, Attorney at Law in Halifax Town, or the Subscriber. If the above Land is not sold before the last Day of next Month (January) it will be rented for one Year. I will likewise rent 2217 Acres of LAND upon Dan and Bafiley Rivers, a Quantity of which is cleared (chiefly low Grounds) sufficient to work upwards of thirty Negroes. DAVID MEADE. (1)

POETS CORNER.
THE CHOICE of a WIFE.
WHENEVER, my Friend, you chance to find A Female who attracts your Mind, Your Choice a While suspend; Examine nicely first her Heart, If incorrupt, if free from Art, To that be sure attend.
WANTED in the Town of Newcastle, for the ensuing Year, TWO good Negro BLACKSMITHS. Those who have such to hire will be pleased to inform me by Letter. CHARLES TINSLEY.
To be SOLD on Monday the 17th of January, at Colchester, in Fairfax County, ALL the Right and Interest of Mr. John Bland, of London, Merchant, in and to the Freehold Estate, and Reversion after the Expiration of a Term of 500 Years, in four Lots of Land situated on Essex Street, in the said Town of Colchester...
FOR SALE, THE HOUSES and LOTS, in the Town of York, where the Subscriber now lives. The Dwelling-House is a very commodious One, with four Rooms above and four below, a very large Brick Storehouse, a large and well cultivated Garden, Stables, Kitchen, Wash House, &c. in good Repair.
To be RENTED by the Year, or for a Term of Years, A TAVERN near Four Mile Creek, lately occupied by John Christian, and formerly by Daniel Stone, situated on the main Road from Richmond to Williamsburg, and on a very publick Road leading from Petersburg to Newcastle.
To be SOLD on Monday the 3d of January, at my Store in Blandford, ALL the GOODS remaining on Hand in the said Store, amounting to about 900 l. Sterling, which will be put up in small Lots to suit the Purchasers.
To be SOLD, A TRACT of LAND in Hanover County, containing upwards of 500 Acres, lying on the main Road from Newcastle to Augusta Courthouse, where has been a well frequented Store and Ordinary for upwards of nineteen Years past.
To be SOLD,
A TRACT of LAND in Goochland, which contains, by a late Survey, 510 Acres, and lies on the Waters of Goochland and Beaver Dam. Its Soil is very good, and Situation convenient, being within 22 Miles of Richmond, and Half a Mile of a Merchant Mill, where a ready Market may be had for Wheat...
To be SOLD at Cumberland Courthouse, on Monday the 24th of January, by Virtue of a Deed of Trust from Mr. Joseph Calland to Robert Watters, Esq; of Whitehaven,
A VERY valuable TRACT of LAND in the aforesaid County, known by the Name of the Long Ordinary, containing about 800 Acres. The Land is well timbered, very level, the Soil good, and the Plantation in fine Order, with cleared Land sufficient to work six or eight Hands to Advantage.
STRAYED from Kings Mill, about the last of November, a SORREL FILLY two Years old, with a Blaze Face, one of her fore and one of her hind Legs white up to the Knee; she is supposed to be gone towards Back River, in Elizabeth City.
WANTS EMPLOYMENT, AN ENGLISH FARMER, who has been in America upwards of eight Years, and came in with a Gentleman to East Jersey, where he managed for him four Years, since which he has served Lewis Burwell, Esq; of Gloucester County.
NEWMARKET (Caroline) December 1, 1773. RUN away from the Subscriber, the latter End of October 1772, a likely Mulatto Man named RANDOLPH, about thirty Years of Age, and five Feet eight or nine Inches high; he had on, when he went away, a Suit of Green, with red Livery.
MANCHESTER, December 1, 1773. THE Bonds for NEGROES and STOCK, purchased of the Honourable William Byrd, Esq; in December last, are lodged with me to collect. I shall esteem it as a Favour if those concerned would make Payment in Time, it being out of my Power to give Indulgence after the Bonds become due.
TWENTY POUNDS REWARD. RUN away from the Subscriber, a Mulatto Man named ABEL, about forty Years old, near six Feet high, has lost several of his Teeth, large Eyebrows, a Scar or two on some Part of his Face, occasioned by a Brick thrown at him by a Negro, is very apt to stroke his Hand over his Chin, and plays on the Violin.
KING & QUEEN, November 16, 1773. For SALE, the LOT and HOUSES near Cabin Point Warehouses, at present possessed by the Subscriber. THE Lot consists of four Acres well enclosed, a good Dwellinghouse with all necessary Outhouses, a Storehouse, Counting Room, and two Lumber Houses, all at present in very good Repair.
FOR SALE, at our Store in Norfolk, OSNABRUGS, SADLERY, low priced HATS and CHECKS in assorted Packages, Cadiz SALT, Barbados and Grenada RUM, Barbados SPIRIT, choice Lisbon WINE in Quarter Casks, Madeira WINE in Pipes, Hogheads, and Quarter Casks, of Sterling, New York, and Virginia Quality, COFFEE, GINGER, PIMENTA, Muscovado SUGAR, LOGWOOD, EARTHEN WARE, and European made CORDAGE.
For SALE,
ABOUT twelve Thousand Acres of exceeding rich TOBACCO LAND, in Amelia County, whereon are several Plantations and Improvements sufficient to work forty or fifty Hands. There is on the said Land for Sale a very valuable GRIST MILL, lately built, with a Stone Dam and a Pair of good Coleridge Millstones, which Mill has for two Years past got upwards of 100 Barrels of Tall Corn, and is situated on a never failing Stream.
TAKEN up, in Amelia, a BLACK MARE twelve or thirteen Years old, four Feet five or six Inches high, trots, and is not branded, Potted, and appraised to 4 l. 5 s. WILLIAM COUSENS, Junior.
To be SOLD, on Tuesday the 4th of January next, if fair, otherwise next fair Day, at Samuel Watson's Plantation, in Amherst County, about five Miles from Penn's Ordinary,
EIGHTY choice SLAVES, consisting of Men, Women, and Children, most of whom are Virginia born, a large Quantity of CORN and FODDER, sixty or seventy Head of CATTLE, some PLOW HORSES, MARES and COLTS, and many PLANTATION UTENSILS. Credit will be allowed until the first Day of April 1775; but if Payment is not made then, the Bonds to carry five per Cent. Interest from the Day of Sale.
To be SOLD, SEPARATELY or TOGETHER, TWO TRACTS of LAND. One lies in Albemarle County, on Hardware River, about five Miles from the great River, containing 370 Acres, 100 of which are the best Kind of low Grounds, and situated so as always to have the best Range for Stock of any Land between the Capes and Little Mountains.
To be RENTED for a Life, or Term of Years, as may be agreed upon, or the Interest of my LEASE to be SOLD,
HOG ISLAND FERRY and ORDINARY, to which there is a fine Plantation, in excellent Order. For the Crop of Wheat now growing thereon I will oblige myself to allow to a Purchaser one Hundred Pounds; but if I lease the Place, I shall reserve the Crop to myself.
TO BE SOLD, FIVE Hundred and fifty Acres of LAND in the County of Charles City, with a convenient Dwellinghouse and other Improvements. Two Hundred and twenty Acres, in the same County, pleasantly situated on James River.
TO BE SOLD, And may be entered on immediately, A VALUABLE Tract of LAND in Brunswick, containing about 1000 Acres, of which about 100 Acres are cleared. On the Plantation is an exceeding good Dwellinghouse, underpinned with Brick, with three Brick Chimneys, a Kitchen with a Brick Chimney, and all other Outhouses necessary for a Family and Cropping, all new built; also a very fine Apple and Peach Orchard.
THE Subscribers being very solicitous to comply with the Will of their Testator, the late Honourable William Nelson, desire that all Persons who were indebted to him will endeavour to make as speedy Payments as possible. Those who have Accounts open on his Books, and who cannot immediately discharge the Balances, are desired to give their Bonds.
TO BE SOLD, ABOUT fourteen Thousand Acres of exceeding good LAND in the County of Pittsylvania. For Terms apply to Mr. Hugh Rose of Amherst, who will treat with any Person inclined to purchase, and be empowered to make a legal Title. CAROLINE, May 1, 1773. THOMAS LOMAX.

To the Reverend Mr. H E N L E Y. SIR,
HAD I been actuated by the same Impatience of Disposition which appeared in your Earnestness for an immediate Answer to your first private Letter, an earlier Notice would have been taken of your late extraordinary publick Address; but as you gave me Notice of the last furious and anonymous Attack, it was not thought necessary to precipitate my Answer till the whole Accusation against me was known. Whether you are the Author or not of this distinguished Performance, is immaterial; as such you may justly be considered, having owned a prior Acquaintance with, and given the Sanction of your Approbation to it.
You own the Impropriety of exposing to the World Extracts from a private Letter, and assign as your only Excuse the Nature of them. Should this fail you, the Consequence is inevitable. Allowing then those Reflections to have been intended as you would insinuate (which neither was nor appears to have been the Case) yet where was the Expediency of publishing them? Was it to vindicate the Characters of your Friends? Whilst confined to a private Letter, the Publick could not be influenced; and if your own Mind refused its Assent, no other Refutation was necessary. How every One can collect from thence in what Light your Friends ought to be considered, does not appear. Had you given their Names, it would have afforded a much better Criterion. The Characters of some of them are truly worthy and amiable; their favourable Opinion I shall always wish to cultivate and deserve, and therefore could scarce be so imprudent as to give you an Opportunity (which it was not doubted would be readily embraced) of injuring me in their Esteem. It never was supposed that they interested themselves any otherwise in your Behalf than as Subscribers, and therefore they cannot be included in the Reflections without the Absurdity of asserting that they had used unfair Means to impose upon themselves. Had Candour held any Place in your Conduct, you would not have concluded the last Extract without adding the remaining Part of the Sentence, where it is said, "the Person from whom you must have your Information is, I believe, One whose Conduct in the Affair will not entitle him to implicit Credit." From hence it must appear that my Accusations were not general, but confined to the principal Conductor of the Business; and indeed they cannot, with Propriety, be applied to any other. Every Part of them was aimed at him, and justly due to his Merits. The Terms made Use of in my Allusion were intended merely to ridicule your Idea of an Election, and not as a Reflection upon any One.
The Publick, from what appears, can understand little of this Dispute, and in my Opinion have no Concern with it; but since you think otherwise, it would have given some Light to it had you first published the anonymous Threats sent me (with which you were well acquainted) and also your two Letters with my Answer at large.* Your hasty Demand of this Answer is now easily accounted for: You knew at that Time a Subscription Paper was offered to the Parishioners in my Favour; the Hopes of defeating it, by exciting their Resentment, and irritating them against me, could be your only Motive for misrepresenting and publishing those detached Extracts. Had my Letter been delayed another Day, the Opportunity of inserting any Parts of it in that Week's Paper would have been lost.
It is hardly to be expected that the Man who can pervert and expose the mangled Sentences of another's private Letter, with no other View than that of injuring his Character and Interest, will blush at such Conduct; let the World determine whether he ought or not. The Inefficacy of the Attempt must surely aggravate the Intentions of the Heart.
The last anonymous and abusive Letter I should pass over in Silence, were I not induced, from a Variety of Circumstances, to believe you its Author. How or when you were commissioned to address me in the Name of a Majority of the Parish does not appear; that Right, however, you assume, and the Publick, no Doubt, must give implicit Credit. Every Mode, it seems, had been ineffectually used to induce a Compliance with their Wishes; and, Flectere si nequeo superos Acheronta movebo , the only Resource left was that of unmanly Abuse in a Newspaper. What a Pity the World should be unacquainted with these fruitless Measures? When told that all the contemptible Threats of anonymous Scribblers had been tried in vain, they doubtless must own the Expediency of the last Effort, and apply to it the Latin Adage, Finis coronat Opus .
To give the Publick a clear Idea of the Promise, with the Breach of which I am next accused, it will be necessary to enter into a Detail, which, to those who are unconcerned with it, must be tedious; but when my moral Character is so deeply interested therein, it is hoped the Occasion will be thought a sufficient Apology.
From the Minute in the Vestry Book it may be thought that the Promises therein mentioned were insisted on as previous Conditions, tending to promote my Election. The Fact was quite otherwise: Before I was sent for and made acquainted with their Choice, most of your Friends had quitted the Vestry Room. One of my particular Friends, whose Objections to Mr. Henley are well known, then informed me that they had generally had the Benefit of an Afternoon Lecture, and he hoped I would not refuse the Use of my Pulpit. This Request was seconded by another Friend, with the Addition, "unless I should choose to undertake the Lectureship myself;" to which I readily assented. The Clerk was left to make the proper Entry, which he did by copying, verbatim , one made on a former Election. How much is to be inferred from it every One may judge, when they are told that the last mentioned Promise respecting Mrs. Johnson was not then mentioned; and I never, previous to my Election, gave the least Room to believe that it would meet with my Compliance, lest it should be considered as intended to influence the Vestry. It was generally supposed
* Mr. Henley's first Letter was left for me at Mr. Camm's, December 6th, in the Evening, but not received till next Morning. That Afternoon another was received, in which he complained that I had not used him as a Gentleman, in deserving my Answer.
that it would be insisted on as a Condition, and Mr. Henley's Conduct is well known not to have been so scrupulous.
Surely the Gentlemen to whom the Promise was made best knew what it meant; and some of them, soon after my Induction, advised me to offer myself as Lecturer. However convenient such an Addition to my Salary would have been, I declined it, from a Regard for the Reverend Mr. Bland, who was then Lecturer, and had acted, as I understood, in that Capacity with Diligence, and a Readiness to perform every other parochial Duty. About the Expiration of his Year he requested the farther Use of my Pulpit, which was readily assented to. Your Opposition, at that Time, was neither known to me nor expected. Soon after, we were informed that a Subscription Paper was handed about in your Favour. Whether the Methods employed to promote it deserved the Terms before made Use of others will judge, when they are informed that the worthy Conductor induced many to believe there was no other Candidate, and that Mr. Bland had declined, though he had previously undertaken to collect that Gentleman's last Year's Subscription, and at the same Time to solicit a Continuance of the same Favour. When your Paper was laid before me, he acknowledged that several had subscribed to it, under a Supposition (into which he must have led them) of Mr. Bland's declining.
Whether the Subscription, when presented to me in your Favour, was signed by a greater Number, and amounted to a larger Sum, than any former Lecturer ever had, is with me a Matter of Doubt. My Paper is, I believe, already signed by a greater Number than your's was at that Time; and yet it may be farther observed, that some Gentlemen who had subscribed your Paper, upon being made acquainted with my Intention, consider themselves no longer bound by it, but have affixed, in Preference, their Names to mine. Several others, to whom it is immaterial who is Lecturer, have declared their Readiness to reward the Person who performs the Duties, but refuse subscribing to another.
When Complaint is made that sufficient Notice was not taken of the Letters sent to the Vestry and me, the World should have been told that they were anonymous. The Person who delivered mine refused, when it was required of him, to acquaint me with the Author. It was therefore treated with the silent Contempt due to such a Scrawl. Your affected Ignorance of the Consequence of that which was introduced to the Vestry is too absurd to be credited, whilst you pretend to repeat the exact Words, as you would insinuate, that were used by one Gentleman on that Occasion. Can it be supposed that you would be less desirous to know the Result than any particular Observations that passed on the Occasion? The Resolution of the Vestry, I am persuaded, you must have known; it was not in your Favour, and therefore you thought proper to conceal it. The Observations made by the Gentleman alluded to were very different from your Representation. He can despise your witty Sarcasms, and laugh at the Poignancy of your Capitals and Italicks. It was his Opinion, that Mr. Bland should complete his Year; and that if I should then choose to undertake the Lectureship, and meet with Encouragement adequate to the Trouble, he thought I had the best Right to the Use of my own Pulpit.
That additional Keenness which you have given to your Accusation against me, of Breach of Promise, has not yet been noticed. It was made, we are told, at a Time when I was chosen a Guide to others in the Paths of Religion and Truth. To answer those noble Purposes shall ever be my first Wish, and to guard as far as possible against the Mistakes of others my constant Endeavour. It must surely be allowed that a Regard for each ought to dictate a particular Caution in deputing that Office to others, and justify a Denial of it to any One of whose Principles the least Doubts can be entertained. That you are under this Predicament will hardly be denied. The Occasion of your being rejected as Minister is well known, and the Grounds on which those Objections were founded are too just to be refuted. It is in vain to quibble about the Sense that Words may be tortured to bear; that must be judged of from the Argument they are intended to enforce, and what that is can seldom be mistaken. It has indeed been insinuated, that a worthy Gentleman's Reason for suppressing his Answer to your last Address to him was a Consciousness of the Futility of his Charge. The contrary, I have Reason to believe, was the Case; and that a Lenity, deserving better Returns, occasioned his Silence. The End he had in View was obtained, and a Wish was not entertained by him to injure you in the Eyes of the World.
Was the Matter even doubtful, those very Doubts would justify the withholding from you the Pulpit; but when these Objections are confirmed by the recent and concurrent Testimony of Numbers, of Gentlemen who have paid a particular Attention to these Subjects, and who have been frequent Witnesses to Assertions from you which shocked and surprised them, there is no longer Room left for Hesitation how to act. It gives me Pain to assign, in Support of my Conduct, such Reasons; which should never have been by me repeated to the World, had not you compelled me. To ask your Pardon is unnecessary; the Man who would not wish to conceal a single Scene of his Life cannot complain when he sees its Circumstances disclosed.
I would not be thought from hence to desire an exclusive Claim to the Pulpit. Whenever the Wishes of my Parishioners may incline them to prefer any other Gentleman, unexceptionable in his Principles, a Regard for their Satisfaction will not permit me to hesitate.
Whether you will now recall any Part of the Accusation is left to yourself. Your Consistency is striking: It was first asserted, that the Contents were notoriously true; but in the Conclusion, we are told, that should any Part prove otherwise you are willing to recall it. The Assassin, when he finds his Blow warded off, will readily ask Pardon, and express his Repentance; but whether he ought to escape the Punishment due to his Attempt, his Judges will determine.
I cannot conclude without asking Pardon of the Publick for troubling them with this long and tedious Detail, which has been extorted from me, and unnecessarily obtruded upon them by your Means. An Answer to any anonymous Scribblers, who may hereafter appear, need not be expected from
YOUR HUMBLE SERVANT, JOHN BRACKEN.

L O N D O N, October 11.
A LETTER from a Gentleman in the Duke of Cumberland's Retinue mentions, that his Royal Highness was received in France with all the Honours due to his Rank, by Order of his Most Christian Majesty, and was escorted by a Detachment of the Military on every Stage throughout the French Dominions.
Should Denmark enter into an Alliance with Russia, it is reported that it will immediately be invaded by the Swedes, assisted by Prussia.
October 13. The Empress of Russia has again been attempting to raise Money in Holland, but without Success, which has so embarrassed her that she is quite destitute of Patience. However, it is said every Thing will be risked, rather than enter into a seeming dishonourable Treaty with the Turks.
A Patent is said to be preparing to create the Right Honourable Sir Edward Hawke a Peer of this Realm.
We have some private Reasons to assure the Publick, that the Duke of Richmond will pursue a different Conduct this Winter from what he did last; and farther, that an Address of Thanks will, before April next, be presented to the House of Commons by the East India Company.
A Difference of Opinion arose last Week between the Lords North and Sandwich, which prevented a most extraordinary spirited Message being sent to the Court of Madrid; which, in all Probability, would have produced an Answer that would have occasioned an immediate Declaration of War against Spain. This, we hear, was what Sandwich thought England must do, if she preserved her Honour; but the prudent North desired a few Days might be spent in considering the Matter, which he was indulged in. However, it is almost beyond a Doubt that it will take Place in a few Weeks.
Within these ten Days past, some Difference has arisen between the French Monarch and the Princes of the Blood; which, it is whispered, if not speedily made up, a great Revolution will be the Consequence of it.
October 14. It is certain that many Councils have been lately summoned at the Court of Madrid, to determine on the following Question: "Is it proper to send an Ambassador to the Court of London?"
Letters from the Continent mention, that a Revolution of great Importance is expected in the German Empire, for which Purpose every Duke and Count of the Empire is obliged to send a Deputy for Osenbach, where some Matters of Consequence are to be redressed.
They write from Peterburg, that the Swedish Ambassador has made an open Demand, in the Name of his Master, of the Province of Livonia, which was taken from the Swede by the Czar Peter the Great.
It is whispered, that the Jesuits have a Friend in England as well as in Prussia; but though in the latter their Patron is a Sovereign, and in the former only a Sovereign's Favourite, yet the Power of serving is equally great in the one as the other.
The Liverymen of London, having now found their Strength, will convince the Time-serving Court of Aldermen that they are not to be treated with Contempt. That Court, according to ancient Custom, should return the Man who has the Majority of Votes of his Fellow Citizens. If they persist obstinately in rejecting Mr. Wilkes, though he has such a Majority of Votes, the Livery are determined they shall compliment the Court with Mr. Bull annually, for they will choose no other for the future than those Candidates.
It is said the Lord Mayor declared, at the late Choice, it gave him a double Pleasure to have it in his Power to give two Votes against Wilkes.
The present Conduct of the City Patriots gives the Minister great Pleasure; it will throw every Thing very soon into his Hands. No Man will choose for the future to go through the ordeal Trial prepared for him at an Election by those who deal in the worst Kind of Scandal, the Invention of Falsehoods, and the Aggravation of petty Faults into great Ones. The Court and the Ministry laugh to see their Enemies become their best Friends.
The City Politicians tell us that we have two Lord Mayors this Year, one nominal and ostensible, another real, though affecting to act modestly behind the Curtain.
What Scenes of Tumult and Distraction must the City of London expect for Years to come! because those who call themselves Patriots are determined to act inconsistently with the Name they have assumed.
A Correspondent informs us, that we import yearly from Barbados, the Leeward Islands, and Jamaica, 90,000 Hogsheads of Sugar, which amount to 1,300,000 l. and pays a Duty of 300,000 l.
If the present shameful Practice of Engrossing is suffered to continue, it is in vain to expect Provisions at a reasonable Price; the Consequence of which will be, the lower Classes of People must leave the Kingdom, and oblige the higher Ranks to hold the Plough themselves.
By a Letter from Bristol, we are informed that the Spirit of Emigration has begun to show itself in the western Parts of the Kingdom.
It is reported that the American Colonies are expected soon to enter into a general Association not to import any Tea from England, till they have obtained the Redress of certain Grievances which they now complain of.
A few Days since a young Gentleman, who is entitled to a capital Fortune in about a Year, lost 17,000 l. at one Sitting, at a Table near Piccadilly; but his Guardian refusing to pay it, he cut his Throat, and now lies dangerously ill.
On the 24th of September died at Aix in Provence, in the 79th Year of his Age, Alexander Earl of Galloway, one of the Lords of Police. His Lordship married first Lady Anne Keith, second Daughter to William, ninth Earl of Marischal, by whom he had two Sons, who died young, and a Daughter, Lady Mary, married to Lord Fortrose, and Mother to the present Earl of Seaforth. His Lordship married secondly Lady Katharine Cochran, Daughter to John, fourth Earl of Dundonald, by whom he has the following Issue now alive. John, Earl Galloway (now Earl of Galloway) Member of Parliament for Luggershall, Wiltshire, and one of the Lords of Trade. The Honourable Keith Stewart, Member of Parliament for Wigton, and one of the Grooms of the Bedchamber to the Duke of Gloucester. Lady Katharine, married to James Murray of Broughton, Esq. Lady Susannah, married to Earl Gower. Lady Euphemia. Lady Harriet, married to Lord Archibald Hamilton. Lady Charlotte, married to the Earl of Dunmore.
A Work has lately made its Appearance at Paris, called the Church's Confession, or the Pope's Last Shift; the Printers of which have been taken up, and are sentenced to be imprisoned for Life.
The Navigation upon the Great Canal in Scotland is now opened, from the Frith of Forth to Kirkintilloch. Some Vessels have already delivered Cargoes by this Communication, and every Thing answers remarkably well.
Part of a Letter from Lagos, in the Province of Algarve, in Portugal, to a Merchant at Rotterdam, August 23.
"The Inhabitants of this Province have been lately much terrified by several Shocks of an Earthquake, which lasted for near two Days. On the 27th of last Month, about eight o'Clock in the Morning, the first Shock was felt at Castro Mazin, a little Frontier Town on the west Side of the Mouth of the River Guadiana. It lasted for the Space of Half a Minute, in which Time a religious House belonging to the Dominican Friars was thrown down, as were several other Houses, the falling of which killed many People. The River Guadiana swelled much above its Banks, and deluged out a great Quantity of Water, which overflowed the Country a long Way, and did considerable Damage, sweeping away Cattle, Corn, Fruits, and every Thing in its Way. Many of the Vessels in the Bay lost their Anchors, and were thrown on Shore; a great Number of Fishing Boats were thrown on the Land, and several Men perished. The Rocks on the Banks of the Guadiana were moved in several Places, and several large Pieces fell, which by their Size, the Height they fell from, and the undulating Motion from the Earth beneath, either buried themselves in the Ground or in the Bed of the River. The same Shock was felt, and nearly at the same Time, at all the Towns along the Coast, from the
Guadiana to Cape St. Vincent's, being about 27 Leagues, especially here and at Faro, where the Hospital was thrown down, the House of Mercy and some other Houses much damaged, and several small Vessels and Fishing Boats thrown on Shore; but happily no Lives were lost, as have yet been heard of. What is remarkable, the Swell of the Sea was very perceptible, nearly at the same Time, along the whole Coast, and so palpable that the People in the Vessels felt the Risings; and one in Faro Harbour was pulled under Water, by her Anchors holding fast, but happily no People were on Board. The Fishermen here have suffered pretty much in their Boats, &c. but no other Damage was done, though the Shock was felt very sensibly. Smaller Shocks were felt at uncertain Periods till the 29th at Night, when they happily subsided, without any more dangerous Consequences."
They write from Paris, that on the 24th of last Month the Sieur D'Agay, Intendant of Picardy, had the Honour to receive the Duke and Duchess of Cumberland at St. Quentin; and as their Royal Highnesses examine every Thing remarkable on their Route to Italy, he conducted them to the subterranean Canal of Communication now carried on between the Somme and the Escaut, in Order to unite those two Rivers. After viewing it, they expressed great Astonishment, as it seemed an Undertaking superior to any Attempts of the like Sort made by the ancient Romans. The Letter adds, that the Duke and Duchess travel incog. under the Titles of Count and Countess of Dublin, and desire that no publick Honours may be shown them.
The Petowmack, Captain Cock, from Maryland to London, is stranded on the Coast of France, near Boulogne; the Captain, and seven of the Men, are drowned.
Yesterday there was a great Levee at St. James's, but no Council; their Majesty's dined at the Queen's Palace, and in the Evening went to Covent Garden Theatre, to see the comick Opera of Love in a Village. His Majesty seemed to be in Raptures the whole Time of the Play; and when the favourite Song, by Miss Jameson, In Love should you meet a fond Pair , was finished, the Queen, with a Smile on her Countenance, turned round to the Duchess of Ancestor, and exclaimed, "An amazing Voice, and exquisite Judgment."
EDINBURGH, October 9. A new Banking Company is established at Ayr, and are soon to issue five Pound and Guinea Notes.
On Tuesday last Arthur Connel, Esq; was elected Provost of Glasgow. About three Weeks ago the House of Frederick Montague, in Hanover Square, London, was broke into by two Men, and Goods and Money carried off to a considerable Amount. In Consequence of a Letter from Sir John Fielding to Archibald Cockburne, Esq; Sheriff Deputy of Edinburgh, and from him to James Buchanan, Esq; at Drumelzier, strict Search was made, and the two Villains apprehended and put into Glasgow Jail, where they have since confessed the Robbery.
B O S T O N November 29.
LAST Saturday arrived Captain Clark, in a Brig from London, which he left the latter End of August; and yesterday Morning Captain Hall, in the Ship Dartmouth, came to Anchor near the Castle, in about eight Weeks from the same Place; on Board of which, it is said, are 114 Chests of the so much detested East India Company's Tea, the expected Arrival of which pernicious Article has for some Time past put all the Northern Colonies in a very great Ferment. And this Morning the following Notification was posted up in all Parts of the Town, viz.
FRIENDS! BRETHREN! COUNTRYMEN!
THAT worst of Plagues, the detested Tea, shipped for this Port by the East India Company, is now arrived in this Harbour. The Hour of Destruction, or manly Opposition to the Machinations of Tyranny, stares you in the Face. Every Friend to his Country, to himself and Posterity, is now called upon to meet at Faneuil Hall, at nine o'Clock this Day (at which Time the Bells will ring) to make an united and successful Resistance to this last, worst, and most destructive Measure of Administration.
So that, as yet, we cannot inform our Readers what will be the Consequence of this Importation; but is said the Gentlemen to whom the Tea is consigned are disposed to do every Thing in their Power to quiet the Minds of the People relative thereto, and were willing that baneful Article should be re-shipped to the Place from whence it came. However, be that as it may, we are assured it will not be permitted to be landed or sold here; it being the Determination of almost all the People, both of Town and Country, resolutely to oppose this artful Measure of the India Company in every possible Way.
N E W Y O R K, December 2.
LETTERS were received by the Packet appointing the Honourable Henry White, Esq; Abraham Lott, Esq; and Mr. Benjamin Booth, Merchant of this City, to be Agents for the Sale of the Tea shipped for this Province, by the Honourable East India Company; but there being a general Opposition to the Sale of it, as it stands charged with a Duty payable in the Colonies, those Gentlemen have declined receiving it, in Consequence of which it will be taken into the Protection of Government, and be deposited in the lower Barracks.
On Monday last General Lee, a Native of Great Britain, and Major General in the Service of his Polish Majesty, set out for the southern Colonies. This Gentleman is a sincere Friend to Liberty in general, and an able Advocate for the Freedom and Rights of the Colonies in particular.
Advertisements.
WILLIAMSBURG, December 22, 1773.
ON the 1st of Day January next will be sold to the highest Bidder, at publick Auction, at the Plantation of Doctor James Blair, deceased, in the Forks of Hanover County, one Moiety of all the said James's personal Estate at that Place, consisting of CATTLE, HOGS, PLANTATION UTENSILS, &c. &c. At the same Time and Place will be rented out, to the best Bidder, all my Dower in the said Blair's Lands and Slaves; among the Slaves there are six Workers.—Also, on Tuesday the 4th of January next, will be sold at publick Auction, at the Plantation of the said James Blair, at Chickabawmy, in New Kent, one Moiety of all the said James's personal Estate at that Place, consisting of Cattle, Hogs, Plantation Utensils, &c. &c. At the same Time and Place will be rented out, to the best Bidder, all my Dower in the said Mr. Blair's Lands and Slaves; among the Slaves there are five Workers. A handy COOK FELLOW to be hired. CATHARINE BLAIR.
AS I intend to move down the Country in a few Years, I would sell, at almost any Credit (the Purchaser giving Bond and Security) sixty Acres of Land in Bedford County, near the Town of New London, and one Acre and a Half of Land in the said Town, with very good Buildings and other Improvements thereon. I do not immediately intend to quit my Practice of the Law in the Courts I now attend, but continue to accept of Business, and pay all the Attention I am capable to the Interest of my Employers. I propose, before I move, to give publick Notice, and to finish every Cause put into my Care, after which I shall undertake no more Business. (4) JOHN AYLETT.
YORK TOWN, December 23, 1773.
ON Wednesday the 5th of January will be sold at Mrs. Gibbons's, at 12 o'Clock, one third Part of the Schooner FRANCIS, with her Rigging and Tackle, the Sails almost new; she carries about 3000 Bushels, is strong made, and sails fast. The said Schooner is taken in Execution, to satisfy two Judgments against Captain Edward Cooke, by (11) WILLIAM MITCHELL, Sheriff.
RUN away from the Subscriber, on Monday the 29th of November, a likely Virginia born Mulatto Boy named CHARLES, about twenty Years old, five Feet five or six Inches high; he took with him a new Suit of blue Broadcloth trimmed with yellow Metal Buttons, and lned with blue Shalloon, a Pair of Yarn Hose, Country made Shoes, and a Pair of Brads Buckles. The said Boy has always been bred in the House, and is remarkably handy. I will give 5 l. Reward to any Person that will deliver him to me, in Fauquier County. JOHN CHURCHILL. N. B. I forbid all Masters of Vessels from harbouring the said Negro, or carry him out of the Colony, at their Peril.
TAKEN up, in Mecklenburg, a GRAY HORSE about seven Years old, four Feet eight Inches high, and branded on the near Buttock n. Also a BLACK HORSE about eight Years old, four Feet seven Inches and a Half high, branded on the near Shoulder N, and on the Buttock W. (11) LABAN WRIGHT.
TAKEN up, in Hanover, a BLACK MARE about four Feet five Inches high, seven Years old, a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, some white Hairs in her Forehead, and branded on the near Buttock C. Potted, and appraised to 7 l. 10 s. (11) GEORGE SAUNDERS.