The Virginia gazette (Williamsburg [Va.]), 1774-01-06 00:00:00

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PETERSBURG, September 10.
On Wednesday last was exhibited here, before the Empress and the whole Court, a Representation of the taking of the Fortress of Giurgewo. The Siege was conducted, in the regular Forms, by the Train of Artillery, under the Direction of the Grand Master, Prince Orlow, assisted by the Preobrazhenskiy Regiment of Guards. After a Cannonade and Bombardment of near two Hours, during which Time the regular Approaches were made, the Outworks of the Fortress silenced, and a Breach effected by the battering Cannon, the Soldiers were seen to mount to the Assault, and the Place surrendered. In the Course of the Siege several Mines were sprung, the Magazine of Powder in the Place took Fire, and no Incident was omitted which could contribute to give the Spectators a perfect Idea of the Manner in which such an Attack is carried on. Afterwards a magnificent Firework was played off, on a Stage built on the River for that Purpose; which concluded the Entertainment of the Day, at the Whole of which the Empress was pleased to express great Satisfaction.
Yesterday her Imperial Majesty, attended by the Court, went to hear solemn Mass at the Fortress of Petersburg, and to offer up her Prayers for the Souls of those killed in Battle, which is an annual Custom in Time of War.
LONDON, September 16.
The Publick has lately been told in the Papers that a most respectable Nobleman, Lord Lyttleton, who died not many Weeks ago, has left his Son and Heir so closely tied up that he cannot sell a single Acre, nor cut down one Tree upon his Estate. This severe Restriction, from a Parent naturally kind and indulgent, is said chiefly to have owed its Rise to the following Circumstance. His Lordship being one Day walking about his Park, observed some Persons measuring the Ground. As their Survey seemed to be taken with more than ordinary Particulars, he went up to them; and after some little Discourse invited them to Dinner. Here Nothing very material passed, the Gentlemen treated remaining very close, and his Lordship behaving to them with his usual Politeness; but the next Day, observing the same Party at the like Work again, and even measuring and numbering out his Trees, he went up to them the second Time, and told them, that as he could not but observe the Particularity displayed on the Occasion they must excuse him if he asked them the Reason of it. "My Lord (replied the Person who appeared to be the Leader) your Lordship treated us with so much Hospitality yesterday that we cannot conceal the Cause; we have agreed for the Reversion of all these Grounds and Trees with your Son, and are come here to make out a Schedule and Survey of them." The Reader may better figure to himself, than we can describe, the noble Peer's Agony at the Recital.
Some Persons of Property, well skilled in Cultivation and Agriculture, are preparing to remove, with their Families and Servants, to the Ohio. The King of Denmark's Journey to Cleves is now confirmed, with this Circumstance, that he is resolved to visit Brunswick, Hanover, and Zell.
A Scheme for the better Regulation of the Commerce between Great Britain and the Colonies is now before the Board of Trade, and will be laid before Parliament.
It hath been computed that at one Time a Hundred Millions of People were employed in China, without the Woollen Trade, or any foreign Commerce. Indolence and Supineness are unknown in that delightful Country, swarming with busy People. There the Lame, and the Blind, the Dumb, the Deaf, and the Maimed, are employed in some Branch or other of their Manufactures. Not Gold, but Industry, causeth a Country to flourish.
We hear that the noble Duke of Richmond, who has lately taken a considerable Lead in Asiatick Affairs, means to fight it out Inch by Inch, this next Winter, with the Partizans of Government; and there is no Doubt, should his Endeavours be crowned with that Success they deserve, if he cannot sing Te Deum, he will be enabled to harrafs the Enemy in the Pursuit.
The Irish are serious in their Expectations of an Union with Great Britain. By this they expect to be freed from the most tyrannical of all Tyrants, a Viceroy.
September 30. A great Lady, the Princess Amelia, now supposed to be in a very dangerous State of Health, has left the Bulk of her Fortune to her Nieces, on Condition that they are permitted to spend Part of it in England.
October 4. It is now reported in many Places, and several Circumstances seem to corroborate the Truth of it, that Lord Chatham has caused it to be understood at St. James's that a Riband would not be refused if it was offered him; and farther, that he would not prove himself ungrateful for it. Should he succeed, he has highly deserved it.
We are informed that Governor Pownall is not to return to Boston, and that no Alteration will yet take Place in that Government.
The rigid Discipline observed with a certain Heir apparent, the Prince of Wales, is very singular, for he is never permitted to quit the Presence of his Governor but under the greatest Restrictions; though the Bishop of Osnabrugh, his Brother, is granted every Indulgence.
Last Week was deposited in one of the Royal Apartments at Hampton Court the Model of a magnificent Palace; the two principal Fronts of the Model are ten Feet in Extent, and the Elevation is about two Feet.
As the several Articles of Life are at present rated, it appears, by a nice Calculation, that every Country Gentleman who has an Income of 1000l. a Year pays no less than 350l. of it in Taxes and Excise.
A poor illiterate Shepherd in Devonshire has inoculated upwards of 500 People since May last, all of whom have had the Smallpox, and recovered. October 6. We are given to understand that the Disposal of the vacant Riband will open the Peoples Eyes more than any Thing has done since his Majesty's Accession to the Throne. Some of the first Peers in the Ministry, of the French Whig Kidney, are to be preferred.
Mr. Wilkes certainly despaired of succeeding to the Chair of the City when he committed his Speech to Paper, and then to Print. The Sting approaching Disappointment brought on a Fit of Phrenzy, and, like his fallen Friend, Mr. Horne, he seemed desirous of divesting himself of this inelome Load of Life. Sir Watkin Lewes treated the Parson's Challenge with that Contempt it deserved, as coming from a Madman. Mr. Sawbridge does the same; he thinks it would be very unbecoming him to take any Notice of Wilkes's Challenge (for every Body looks upon his Speech, as published in the Papers, as a Challenge) therefore treats it with that Contempt it merits. Sir Watkin Lewes and Mr. Sawbridge would act the Part of good Citizens, therefore, if they would interest themselves in procuring Apartments in Bedlam for these two Unfortunates, and then Tranquility would once more reign in the first City in the World!
Extract of a Letter to Mr. Thomas Catherer, in Lombard Street, dated Fort James, River Gambia, April 12, 1773.
The following sad Misfortune has happened to Mr. John Shoolbred, Employer, on the 24th of January, in the Morning, on Board of the New Britannia, Captain Deane, at Cap-Marco, with 240 Slaves. They had conveyed on Board, by some of the black Boys, some of the Carpenter's Tools, wherewith they ripped up the lower Decks, and got Possession of the Gun, Powder, and early in the Morning they rose and tore the white People for upwards of an Hour, when a great many were killed and wounded on both Sides. When they found they
could not get the better, they set Fire to the Magazine, and blew the Vessel up, when not less than 300 Souls perished in the Wreck. Captain Davies, Mr. Shoolbred's Agent here, was mortally wounded, and died soon after. Captain Deane was wounded in the Head, but soon recovered. Most of the Officers were killed, except the chief Mate, who was up the River purchasing Slaves. Both Doctors died, and a great many of the Natives.
It is said that his Excellency William Tryon, Esq; Governor of New York, will be created Knight of the Bath, in the Room of the late Sir William Beauchamp Proctor.
Notwithstanding the Endeavours of the new Association of Noblemen and Gentry in the North of Ireland, for letting their Lands at a more moderate Value, and the Discouragement of Monopolizers, the previous Emigration has been so great in that Part that many Parcels of Land cannot be let, even under this Encouragement; and notwithstanding the Reputation Lord Hillsborough merits, as a good Landlord, he has above 2000 Acres at present unlet.
We hear from the West Indies that the Lands taken from the Charaibs at St. Vincent are to be divided among the Officers who served in that Expedition, and that General Monckton is to have 10,000 Acres to his Share, and a Captain, Lieutenant, &c. 1000 Acres each.
A great and amiable Lady has lately received a rare and valuable Present from the Grand Seignor, without having any previous Notice of it; and it is said there have been many Deliberations about the Propriety of her accepting at all such a Gift from one whom this Nation is ruining, by aiding, in some Respects, the Empress of Russia.
When the late General Armiger died on the Night of his Nuptials, the Suddenness of his Decease surprised every Body; and his Majesty the next Court Day asked Lady Bridget Lane what the General died of? Her Ladyship answered, "Please your Majesty, of the Night Mare!"
Extract of a Letter from Rome, September 11. Mr. Alfani went the 4th Instant, at nine o'Clock at Night, to the Convent of the Religious of St. Francoise Romaine, with some Notaries, Secretaries, &c. He assembled all the Religious in their Hall, where, after having ordered Silence on Pain of Excommunication, he read the Pope's Orders to them; after which he bid them stay in the same Hall till further Orders, and he went and sealed several Bureaus, in which, it is thought, are Effects and Papers belonging to the excommunicated Jesuits. On his Return into the Hall he took off the Excommunication, and left the Convent, wishing a Goodnight to the poor Religious, who were struck-struck at seeing so many of such Sort of People in their Convent at that Time of Night.
Extract of a Letter from Rome. We have lately had a terrible Fire here, which continued burning three Days; one Convent of Theatines was destroyed, and the Palace was near suffering the same Fate. Among the many Disasters attending this terrible Fire, they lament the Loss of one of our great Libraries most; it contained upwards of 20,000 Volumes, and a considerable Number of scarce Manuscripts.
Saturday Night last the Fruit Warehouses of Mr. Malcomb, at Kensington Common (which were in the Garden) were broke open and robbed of some Apples and Onions, which the Villains were going off with; but being fired at, one of them was wounded in so dangerous a Manner that he was sent to St. George's Hospital, without Hopes of Recovery. Two more that were with him left their Booty behind.
Extract of a Letter from York, October 12. Last Sunday Morning, about nine o'Clock, a violent Hurricane happened, which blew down the House of William Turton, of Marton Lordship, near this City, and all the out Buildings were levelled quite to the Ground. Six People were in the House, two of whom, the Wife and Son, were forced out of it, and terribly crushed; the other four were buried in the Ruins, one of whom was unfortunately killed, but the rest are likely to do well, having received slight Bruises. Several of the Boards of the Floor were carried to the Distance of two Miles, and many of the Joists to a great Distance, and stuck in the Ground very deep. His Corn Stacks were blown away, Part of which were carried above two Miles, and Part dispersed so as not to be found. The Grindstone was torn up, and carried upwards of twenty Yards. A Helm was blown down, and a Waggon which stood in it carried to an adjacent Field, where it was torn to Pieces. Several large Trees were torn up by the Roots, and carried to a great Distance; and in a Field adjoining, Part of the Corn was blown entirely away. Another Person, at the same Time, had his Barn raised above two Feet, which afterwards returned into its Place again. All the Household Furniture belonging to William Turton was entirely destroyed; and himself, Wife, and five Children, are reduced to the greatest Distress.
Last Night, about eight o'Clock, as Mr. Smith was returning to Town from Clapham to his Post Chaise, he was shot at by a Highwayman, who happily missed him. His Servant hearing the Report of a Pistol, immediately came forward, and being armed with two Brace of Pistols and a Blunderbuss, shot the Man dead. The Body was conveyed to a Publick House, and on searching his Pockets was found a second Pistol charged and primed, with an Advertisement for a Place as a Coachman.
Extract of a Letter from Dantzick, September 28. As the Dispute between our City and the King of Prussia is one of the chief Points which puts a Stop to the Proceedings of the Polish Diet, and as the Courts of Petersburg and Berlin wish to see the Affairs of Poland soon settled, the Empress of Russia therefore wrote a Letter to our Magistracy, which was delivered to them the 23rd Instant, wherein she insists that the Affair may be finally determined within a Month's Time, that no Obstacle may be started at the Polish Diet on their Account; adding, that the King of Prussia has an undoubted Right to the Port and Harbour of Dantzick, as it is situated in his Dominions, and that they would do wisely to agree to the Terms he has offered them, otherwise they will repent of their Obstinacy, when it is too late.
The same Day the Sieur Reichard, the Prussian Agent here, delivered a Note to the Magistrates, wherein the King's Terms are repeated again, and he insists that they allow him 100,000 Ducats per Annum, or three Fifths of the whole Revenue; and that, whichever of the Proposals they agree to, the Harbour must remain guarded by Prussian Soldiers, a Prussian Comptroller must sit in the Excise Office, or Toll Chamber, and that all Ships provided with Prussian Passports are to be Duty free. To all which he demanded a categorical Answer in a Fortnight, and they have no other Way left than to agree to one of the Proposals; but we do not as yet hear what the Magistrates have determined.
Orders are received here from Berlin, that all the Soldiers of our Garrison who were born in his Prussian Majesty's new Dominion, or even in the Suburbs of Dantzick, immediately enter into the Prussian Service, under Pain of being treated as Defectors; and the Magistrates are given to understand, that they must answer for their Conduct if they continue them any longer in their Service. This Order greatly embarrasses the Magistrates, as our whole Garrison is composed of Men born either in Polish Prussia or the Suburbs of the City. In short, it is all over with our once flourishing City, and all Hope is lost.
The Report gains Ground of the King of Prussia's having ordered a considerable Body of his Troops to join the Russians.
A Letter from Hamburg says: "We are informed, by good Authority, that the Empress of Russia has sent a Letter, in her own Hand-writing, to General Romanzow, in which she emphatically orders him to pass the Danube, and attack the Grand Vizar's Army, let it cost what it may. She concludes the Letter with saying: "The ancient Roman Heroes never looked upon the Number or Strength of the Enemy, but
they endeavoured to find out their weak Side, and the properest Method to attack them." In Consequence of this Order we expect very soon to hear of a Battle in Bulgaria, which will finish the Struggle, and settle the Terms of Accommodation."
A Gentleman just returned from Ramsgate informs us that the late Gales of Wind have drove a great many Ships into that Harbour, and that since the Beginning of last Month upwards of ninety Sail of Shipping have put in there for Shelter, and to repair their Damages.
His Grace the Duke of Bridgewater's Canal is entirely completed from Manchester to Liverpool, so that Goods are now conveyed in one Bottom to and from those two Towns.
Last Week was dug out of the Nursery Ground of Michael and John Callender, of Newcastle, a single Plant of the Rheum Palmatum or true Turkey Rhubarb, which weighed, when clean washed, 37 lb. and is esteemed a great natural Curiosity, especially as it is a Production of the northern Climate.
A Bill of Indictment is filled by the Wife of an eminent Tradesman in the City, who had been confined in a private Madhouse near London, against her Husband, the Keeper of the Madhouse, and another Person, for decoying her into and leaving her in the Madhouse for upwards of five Months.
Tuesday Evening Mr. Texland, a Gentleman of Lambeth, was robbed on Kensington Common of his Watch, Money, and a Fowling Piece, by three Footpads, who afterwards tied his Hands behind him.
October 14. The Nation at large must be greatly benefited in Consequence of the important Negotiation now on the Carpet between his Majesty and the Great Mogul. General Morrison, Commander in Chief, and Ambassador Extraordinary from the Court of Delhi, is vested, we are informed, with full Powers to cede to the Crown of Great Britain the absolute paramount Sovereignty of the three Provinces of Bengal, Bahar, and Orissa, with a Variety of Advantages in Point of Trade which the Subjects of Britain have never yet experienced, in Consequence of which many of the drooping Manufactures of this Country will flourish more than ever. The Clothing of the Mogul's Troops alone, it is said, with various other necessary Accomurements, will take off at least to the Value of 300,000l. a Year; not to mention the Probability, amounting almost to a Certainty, of introducing a general Consumption of British Goods into the remoter Provinces of the Mogul Empire, a Point of the highest Consequence to the India Company, and which must probably raise the Value of their Stocks, upon solid Grounds, to a higher Pitch than ever.
On an oval Tablet on the Front of the Sarcophagus of General Wolfe's Monument, in Westminster Abbey, just opened, is the following Inscription: "To the Memory of James Wolfe, Esq; Major General and Commander in Chief of the British Land Forces on an Expedition against Quebec; who, surmounting by Ability and Valour all Obstacles of Art and Nature, was slain, in the Moment of Victory, at the Head of his conquering Troops, on the 13th of September 1759, the King and the Parliament of Great Britain dedicate this Monument."
An ingenious Author, among his Letters to a young Lady, gives the following Description of himself, which he calls his Picture. "My Outside is neither better nor worse than my Creator made it; and the Piece being made by so great an Artist, it were Presumption in me to say there were many Strokes amiss. I have a Body qualified to answer all the Ends of its Creation, and that is sufficient. As to the Mind, which in most Men wears as many Changes as their Body, so in me it is generally dressed like my Person, in Black. In short, my Constitution is very Spleenick, and very amorous, but which I endeavour to hide, lest the former should offend others, and the latter incommode myself; and my Reason is so vigilant in retaining those Failings, that I am taken for an easy naured Man by my own Sex, and an ill-natured Clown by yours. I have very little Estate but what is under my Hat; and should I by Misfortune lose my Head, I should not be worth a Groat. But I ought to thank Providence that I can by three Hours Study live 24 with Satisfaction to myself, and contribute to the Maintenance of more Families than some who have 1000l. per Annum."
October 16. It is said, that for the future a Squadron of Men of War, completely manned, are constantly to be kept at Spithead, to sail on the shortest Notice, wherever Occasion may require.
They advise from France, that there were almost finished at Nantes, and the neighbouring Ports, ten large Vessels of an entire new Construction, built to carry 24 Guns each, of 32 and 42 Poundsers. They are laid to be Shot proof, and are lined with four Feet Cork each.
The Expectations of the Friends to Liberty are strongly revived at the Report of the Death of Colonel Luttrell, who it is said died a few Days since in his Tour to the Continent, whither he had accompanied his Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland.
The Duke and Duchess of Cumberland, it is said, are expected to return to England very speedily, owing to the above Event.
If the Report of the Death of Colonel Luttrell should prove true, it will occasion no small Embarrassment to the Ministry; as the Sheriffs, it is thought, will disclaim all Obedience to the Speaker's Warrant for the Election of another Member for Middlesex.
An Express was despatched last Night, from the Secretary of State's Office, to Sir Joseph Yorke, at the Hague; as also some Despatches, by the same Messenger, for the British Minister at the Court of Vienna.
We are assured the Household of the Prince of Wales will not be finally established till his Royal Highness arrives at the Age of fourteen Years.
A Letter from Seville, dated September 14th, says: "The Embarkation of Troops still continues here. No less than forty Transports have been quite fitted out within these few Months, and thirty of them have failed at different Times for the West Indies and South America, all with Troops on Board; the other ten are to sail soon for the Island of Cuba, with the Remainder of the Men, amounting to 2000, which will conclude the Embarkation, the whole Number sent abroad amounting to 13,000. Advices from Dantzick mention the Tax imposed by the Prussians on the Corn Mills being taken off."
Orders are issued for the Officers belonging to the Garrisons of Ireland, who are absent, to repair immediately to their respective Quarters.
Nothing farther has as yet transpired to confirm the Report of the Death of Colonel Luttrell, therefore we may presume it is premature.
Eighty Thousand new Guineas have been issued from the Mint since the fresh Coinage has taken Place, and the lik Quantity will be delivered weekly, till the Whole of the light Guineas received at the Bank are re-coined.
It is confidently said that their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cumberland will spend their Christmas in Ireland, and propose returning to England early in the Spring.
Several of the French Volunteer Officers in the Turkish Armies are returned, and complain heavily of the Treatment they received.
October 18. A Turkish Men of War of sixty Guns, bound to the Archipelago, is lost off Gallipoli, and all on Board perished.
They write from Transylvania, that there are above 100 European Officers in the Grand Vizar's Army, who are indefatigable in reaching the Turks their Manner of Exercise, and particularly training them in the proper Method of working their Cannon; for this Purpose, they are, daily being at Muskets, set up for them to exercise on. The Turkish Army is considerably reinforced; and if the Russians should venture again to attack them, there will probably be a most bloody Engagement.
A great Number of Artificers in the Woollen Branch of Manufacture have been lately engaged, upon advantageous Terms, to go to Boston, Philadelphia, and New York.

On Tuesday last, about two in the Afternoon, two young Highwaymen, well mounted, with laced Hats, and dressed remarkably smart, robbed several Carriages near Mims Wash.
Extract of a Letter from Moldavia, September 19.
Several Actions have lately passed between the Russian and Turkish Armies (which are now considerably reinforced) in which the Successes have been various, but, upon the Whole, greatly in Favour of the Turks, who have had the Balance of Advantage preponderate in their Behalf through the whole Operations of the present Campaign. In the Course of the last Months, several Attempts were made by Part of the Grand Visiar's Army, which remained at Silistria, after the Battle there, under the Command of Hospadan Bassa, against Hirsova, which the Russians garrisoned very strongly, and rendered those Attempts unsuccessful for a long Time; but at last the whole Body of the Turks, amounting to 6000 regular Troops, and joined by 2000 of the Turks of Silistria, embarked on Board 120 Boats on the Danube, and again attacked the Place. Count Romanzow, who had Notice of their Intent, had caused the Garrison to be reinforced with 1000 Men, and 500 were detached to cover Hirsova from Surprise, as it was judged a Fortress of the highest Importance. The Turks had formed two strong sailing Batteries, by joining several Vessels together, and covering them with thick Timber and Earth. These, on which were mounted thirty large Guns, were moored fast opposite the Fortress, and began to play with great Fury. The Garrison returned the Fire with equal Violence, and maintained it for near two Hours, when most of their Ammunition being expended, and above 800 Men killed or wounded, they began to relax; which the Turks perceiving, landed 3000 Men immediately, under the Fire of their own Cannon, and advanced towards the Fortress, in Order to hinder the Detachment of Russians from throwing in any Relief to the Garrison. The Landing was managed with the greatest Prudence and Order, by Hospadan Bassa, who headed it himself. The Russians were drawn up to receive him, having the Fortress in their Rear, round which there is a very deep Trench. The Attack began on the Side of the Turks, by 500 Janissaries, who advanced on the Right of the Enemy, and began with incredible Fury, but received so warm a Reception that most of them were soon killed, by the regular and well ordered Fire of the Russians. The rest of the Turkish Force now came up, and the Battle became general. The Turks behaved with an unusual Bravery and Conduct, to the superior Force of which the Russians were obliged, after a very obstinate Defence, to submit, and retreat with the utmost Confusion towards the Fortress, the Cannon of which had been long before silenced by the floating Batteries. The Turks followed, entered with them, drove them into the Trench, where they perished, it being full of Water, and took the rest Prisoners, together with all the Cannon, &c. in the Fortress.
The rest of the Turkish Force now landed, and the Turkish Colours were hoisted. At this Instant a large Body of Russian Horse, amounting to 4000, under the Command of General Soltikow, who was quartered at Likoreff, but had received Orders to give a farther Support to the Garrison of Hirsova; in Consequence of which he had set out with the above mentioned Troops, but arrived too late, and learning from some of the Russians who had fled from the Battle the Success of the Turks, he thought proper to retreat, without attempting any Thing in Favour of the Prisoners. Notices of this Event were immediately despatched to the Grand Visiar, at his Head Quarters at Ichlumia, and to Field Marshal Romanzow at Gara. Both Generals gave immediate Commands for large Bodies of Men to march for Hirsova, one in Order to defend, and the other to recover, if possible, that important Place. The Russian Detachment amounts to upwards of 14,000 Men, and the Command is given to General Soltikow. Marshal Romanzow is preparing to follow him with the main Body of the Army, in Case of any Emergency, as Hirsova is of the greatest Consequence to his Design of repassing the Danube. A Courier has just arrived with a Confirmation that General Ungern, who was posted at Jassy, has passed the River there, and is advancing towards Silistria, which is now open to his Attacks.
EDINBURGH, September 20. On Wednesday last, a Coppel belonging to the Lord Cochran, at Culross, was overflowed by a subterraneous Inundation, and two Men lost. At the Time this Accident happened his Lordship was at the Mouth of the Pit, and being alarmed by a sudden Noise, looked down to see what was the Matter, when he observed the Water rising with the greatest Rapidity, and had scarcely Time to save his Life by Flight, it having risen in a few Minutes six Feet above the Mouth of the Pit, and overflowed a great Part of the Country adjacent, in such a Manner as to render travelling impracticable. It is not easy to conjecture where such a vast Quantity of Water should have been collected as to fill this Pit, which is supposed to be at least eighty Fathoms deep. Had the Sea been full, that Circumstance might have been assigned as the Cause of this extraordinary Phenomenon, as the Pit lies near it, but at the Time the Accident happened the Sea was at its lowest Ebb.
ANECDOOTE of one of our Secretaries of STATE.
SOME Time since a young Fellow, upon the Account of his having an excellent Character, obtained a small Place in the Charter House. With a very narrow Income, he supported an aged Father. His Situation gave him an Opportunity to remark how happily the Infirmitates of old Age were softened and relieved. This inspired him with the Hopes of procuring such a comfortable Relief to his beloved Parent. He was informed the Earl of Rochford was one of the Governors, and that an Application to him might possibly be attended with Success. With no other Interest, or Information, he went to the Nobleman's House. The Porter did not refuse those surly Janitors who seem kept on Purpose to prevent all, but a few particular Favourites, from seeing their Masters. He gave the Man an immediate Opportunity of speaking to his Lord, who listened with Attention to the young Fellow's Story, and told him he was always prejudiced in Favour of Children who loved and cherished their Parents; and that if, upon Inquiry, he should find he had not imposed upon him, he had it in his Power to serve him effectually, and would certainly do it. Lord Rochford, on Examination, found every Thing just as it had been represented, and immediately made the Son and the Father as happy as they could wish.
CHARLESTOWN, November 15.
THE North American Newspapers have made no Mention of any Tea to be sent from the East India Company's Warehouse in London to this Province, subject to a Duty, laid by Act of the British Parliament, to be paid here. They only acquaint us that 600 Casks were intended to be sent to Boston, as many to New York, and the like Quantity to Philadelphia; but are well informed, that 300 Casks of the same Article are destined this Way. We are also informed what Merchants in London have solicited for their Friends here to be appointed Commissioners, or Factors, to receive and dispose of the said Tea, and what Masters of Ships to bring it out on Freight. We even know in what Ship the whole Quantity is to come, and the Names of the Gentlemen that compose the three Houses to whom it will be addressed; but we do not presume to say that the Captain will receive Thanks here for having obtained the Freight, or that either of the Merchants to whom the Consignment is made will accept the Commission.
November 22. It is confidently asserted, upon the Authority of some late Letters, that the military Establishment on this Continent will shortly undergo a considerable Change; that there will be one Establishment for the northern, and another for the southern District of his Majesty's Colonies; that the Head Quarters for the former are to be, as hitherto, at New York, where the Commander in Chief is to reside, and for the latter in this Town, which is to be honoured with the Presence of a Brigadier General; and that all the Troops hereafter to be sent out are to go to New York for the northern Garrison, and to come here for the southern. It is also said, that a Squadron of his Majesty's Ships will be stationed, for the southern District, at Beaufort, Port Royal, in this Province.
Notwithstanding the above Intelligence, the Inhabitants of this Province do not seem disposed to assist in the landing, or to receive cordially, the 300 Casks of Tea said to be shipped in the London, Captain Curling, now hourly expected from England. On the contrary, they express an earnest Wish that all the Merchants in this Town would endear themselves to the rest of the People by an immediate voluntary Agreement and Resolution never to import a single Pound of Tea more while that Act of the British Parliament continues in Force which has laid a Duty thereon, to be paid in America, for the declared Purpose of raising a Revenue.
BOSTON, December 6.
ON Friday last arrived Captain Bruce, from London, having on Board a Quantity of the detestable Article of Tea; his Ship lies at the same Wharf with Captain Hall's, that so the Persons who watch the one may the more easily take Care of the other.
The same Day the following Notification was posted up in several Parts of this Town:
"Whereas it has been reported that a Permit will be given by the Customhouse for landing the Tea now on Board a Vessel lying in this Harbour, commanded by Captain Hall, this is to remind the Publick that it was solemnly voted, by the Body of the People of this and the neighbouring Towns, assembled at the Old South Meeting House on
Tuesday the 30th of November, that the said Tea never should be landed in this Province, or pay one Farthing of Duty; and as the aiding or assisting in procuring or granting any such Permit for landing the said Tea, or any other Tea so circumstanced, or in offering any Permit when obtained to the Master or Commander of the said Ship, or any other Ship in the same Situation, must betray an inhuman Thirst for Blood, and will also in a great Measure accelerate Confusion and civil War, this is to assure such publick Enemies of this Country that they will be considered and treated as Wretches unworthy to live, and will be made the first Victims of our just Resentment.
N. B. Captain Bruce is arrived laden with the same detestable Commodity, and it is peremptorily demanded of him, and all concerned, that they comply with the same Resolutions.
The Towns of Dorchester, Brookline, Roxbury, and Charlestown, have passed a Number of spirited Resolves relative to the Tea arrived and expected to arrive in this Province, which fully approve of the Proceedings of the Town of Boston on this alarming Occasion.
The Publick are assured, contrary to the Report of certain Persons inimical to the Measures concerted for our political Safety, and injurious to the Reputation of the Owner, Mr. William Dennie, that Captain Sheppard, has not brought a single Ounce of Tea; and in Justice to Captain Bruce, we are obliged to declare that he has no Tea on Board his Ship excepting the Tea shipped on Account of the East India Company, which are to revisit London with all Expedition.
Extract of a Letter from Holland, September 20.
"What I know of the Sentiments concerning some leading Persons and principal Transactions in Europe, since I last wrote, I shall communicate. The King of Prussia has, long since, ceased to surprise us with his Manoeuvres; we think him capable of every Thing, that will enrich his Coffers and extend his Dominion. As for moral Obligations, they do not, in Fact, bind your extraordinary Genii; his Majesty of Prussia is a Genius, ergo , &c. He has lately laid his Thumb upon poor Dantzick, and imposed Tolls upon its Harbour and Trade, and those not light Ones. They remonstrate and entreat; he, in Answer, is not without Reasons that satisfy himself, whatever they may do them. And in a little Time, out of pure Tenderness for the distressed Dantzickers, he will take them under his Government and Protection; and then, no Doubt, they will think themselves very happy, and pay their Taxes with Cheerfulness. Should he, however, accomplish this Point, he will never be able to constitute any considerable naval Force. The Jealousy of the Swedes, Danes, and Russians, will effectually prevent that; and should he attempt to form a Fleet, would soon blow it out of the Sea."
"The Seizure and Division of Poland by him, Russia, and the Emperor, in Conjunction, is one of the most barefaced Strokes in Politics that has ever yet been struck. The Parties are so much above Shame that they hardly think it worth While to use laboured Reasons in their Vindication; all they have given may be fairly reduced to this, they want it, and it is convenient for them to have it. I rejoice however in the Event, on Account of the poor Poles, whose Circumstances cannot but be considerably bettered by this Exchange. They cannot possibly be more harassed and enslaved than they have been (I mean the lower Orders of the Community, and especially the very numerous Body of the Peasantry) under the tyrannical oppressive Government of their haughty aristocratical Lords, who for Ages have pushed all the Rigours of the feudal System to their utmost Extreme. Their new Masters will, for their own Sakes, indulge them with the Sweets of Propriety, and give them considerable Degrees of civil Liberty, in Order to make them fonder of their new Masters, and more effectually to crush their haughty old Ones; and the different religious Parties among them are indulged with a free Toleration. This, however, is to be understood only of those who are under the Government of Prussia and Russia; for the Emperor insists, that all his Districts shall be obliged to conform to the Church of Rome. If this be true, it will contribute to people those Parts that are possessed by the other two Powers."
"The Turks seem to be infatuated; they are continually losing Battles, but will not listen to any Proposals of Peace. Their Fleet has lately been defeated in the Palus Mæotis by that of the Russians, who immediately made themselves Masters of the important City and Fortress of Asoph, at the Mouth of the River Don, which empties itself there into the Palus. Numbers of French Officers are continually flocking into the Turkish Service, which tends to support the Turks in their Obstinacy, and will probably contribute, in the End, to the Extinction of their Empire in Europe; to which, it is said, the Emperor soon intends to lend a helping Hand, by joining his Forces with the Russians. France and Spain seem disposed, in Conjunction with Sardinia, to fall upon the Imperial Territories in Italy. If any Thing prevents this Stroke (which if it takes Place may kindle up a general War in Europe) it will be the present embarrassed State of the French Government, and the reduced One of its Finances. Should a general War take Place, this Republick will prefer a strict Neutrality."
"In the Midst of these Commotions, it is the Happiness of the World that the Lord reigneth, that he takes the Politicians of the Earth in their own Craftiness, and uses either their good or evil Purposes to accomplish his own wise Designs. High as their Opinion may be of their own Wisdom or Strength, they can effect Nothing but what he pleases - I hope North America will experience this Truth in Favour of their just Liberties, notwithstanding all the Efforts of an arbitrary, encroaching Ministry, to abridge or crush them. I admire their Spirit and Resolution, and wish there was as much of it in Old as there seems to be in New England."
NEWPORT (Rhode Island) December 6.
A NUMBER of Towns in the Massachusetts Bay have lately held Town Meetings, and nobly resolved to assist the Town of Boston in any Measures to prevent the Importation of that Bane to America, that Poison to Health, the East India Company's Tea; and last Week the Post met Numbers of Men marching from the Country Towns into Boston, to join in the same glorious Cause.
NEW YORK, December 13.
HIS Excellency Governor Franklin, of New Jersey, has been pleased, with the Advice of his Privy Council, to grant a Pardon for Joseph Haines, Dr. Barn. Budd, and Benjamin Cooper, confined in Jail in the County of Morris, as Associates with Ford and Reynolds, &c. in counterfeiting and passing several Sorts of bad Money, as has been already mentioned in the Papers.
December 20. The General Assembly of this Province are to meet here, for the Despatch of Business, on Thursday the 6th of January next; and circular Letters are sent to the several Members, requiring their Attendance accordingly.
His Excellency the Governor having sent to Whitehead Hicks, Esq; Mayor of this City, the Sum of 200 l. which he most munificently ordered to be applied in relieving the poorest Objects of Distress confined in the City Jail, we have the Pleasure to inform the Publick that near thirty Persons have been entirely released from Imprisonment, and those whose Debts were too large to be cleared by this gracious Bounty have had a very comfortable Provision made in Wood, &c. to carry them through the Winter.
We hear from Dutchess County, that the High Sheriff, having received the Sum of 50 l. from his Excellency Governor Tryon, to be distributed for the Relief of Debtors confined in his Jail, has applied that Money in the Manner prescribed, and cheered many very indigent Men whose Misfortunes had reduced them to melancholy Durance. The Gratitude of these unhappy Persons, on this gracious Attention to them, cannot be described.
The imprudent Praise often lavished on the Worthless have justly called the Veracity of such Representations into Question, and lessened the Reputation of just Accounts. This has long been the surest Method of procuring those a reputable Character who never sustained one while living. True Representations neither adorn or disgrace a known Character, while false Exaggerations serve only to burlesque the few Virtues the Bad possess, and to call to Light Vices that might have otherwise rested in Obscurity. But why should the base Perversion of a Design, in itself laudable, deprive real Merit of its just Tribute? Though Friends, who are no Strangers to the Virtues of their departed Companions, want no such Testimonies, and the Opinions of others are not swayed by pompous Characters, yet a modest Eulogium is a Debt we owe the Dead, and an Instance of Friendship expected by the Living. On Thursday Morning died at Newhaven, in her 31st Year, Mrs. Abigail Babcock, the amiable Partner of Mr. Adam Babcock, Merchant, of that Place; a striking Proof that neither the Bloom of Health, the Charms of Beauty, nor the Graces of the Mind, can exempt us from the cruel Summons. The Grief and Misfortune of her Friends are only equalled by their Love, and can only be conceived by those who have experienced the affecting Stroke, and whose only Consolation is that she cheerfully obeyed the Call. Blessed with a Judgment superior to the Sex, she early learned to despise those trifling Pursuits which too often engage their Attention. She had Beauty without Vanity, Sense without Ostentation, and Religion without Enthusiasm. Indigence ever found Relief from her Charity, the Unfortunate experienced her Benevolence, and Misery was never forced to depart with
a Sigh or a Tear. Parent! Friend! and Stranger! lend the Tear of Sympathy, to the Distresses of a bereaved Husband, and the Cries of motherless Children; and practice her Virtues, if thou wouldst adorn Life, and make thy Exit with the same cheerful Resignation.
By Letters from Detroit we are informed that the Sloop Duke of Gloucester has been brought from Lake Superior down the Falls of St. Mary, to Detroit, under the Command of Captain Macbeth, without receiving any Damage.
The Chippewa Indians, near Saginaw Bay, on Lake Huron, are making great Concessions for the Murder of Phineas Bond; but as yet they are not allowed to trade at Detroit, nor are any Traders suffered to go out to traffic with them.
By Letters from St. Croix, we are informed that last Month arrived there, from Copenhagen, his Excellency Major General Clausen, Knight of the Order of Dannebrog, and Governor General of the Danish American Islands. His Excellency, on landing, was received by the Firing of the Guns from the Fort and Ships in the Harbour, and proceeded, through a Line of the Burgher Militia under Arms, to the House of General War Commissary Von Beverhoudt. Next Morning, about ten o'Clock, his Excellency, accompanied by the Vice Commandant, King's Officers, &c. repaired to Fort Christiansway; where his Majesty's most gracious Commissions being read, the Guns from the Fort and Shipping were fired, as also the Small Arms of the Burgher Militia. His Excellency afterwards received the Compliments of the Inhabitants.
General Ropstorff, their late excellent Governor, is sailed for Charlestown, South Carolina, on a Tour through the British Colonies in America.
Friday last the Brig Nancy, Captain Smith, arrived here from Evelick, in the North Highlands of Scotland, in thirteen Weeks, with about 100 Passengers. She failed in Company with a Brig from the Orkneys for this Port also, but parted from her in a Gale of Wind. The Passengers in both Vessels are designed to settle on Lord Dunmore's Lands in this Province.
We hear from Goshen, in Orange County, that about nine o'Clock in the Morning of the 19th of November last two female Children were found with their Throats cut in the House of Mr. James Gardner of that Place; one of them, between two and three Years old, Daughter of the said Gardner, and the other a Daughter of Abraham Harden, one of the Neighbours, about the same Age. It is thought the horrid Act was perpetrated by Mrs. Gardner, who has been out of her Senses since June last, but that very Day seemed much better, and told her Husband she was again capable to manage her domestic Concerns; though she insisted a Negro came in and killed the Children with a Shoemaker's Knife, that lay bloody on the Floor. Her own Throat was cut in three Places, but not very deep.
PHILADELPHIA, December 15.
Extract of a Letter from a Gentleman in New Port, Rhode Island, to his Friend in Philadelphia.
I REJOICE at the noble Stand the Pennsylvanians are making against the India Company's Tea, some of which is arrived at Boston, where the Commotions rise high. I pray we may disappoint our Enemies in this, and all other diabolical Plans to deprive us of our civil and religious Liberties."
Extract of a Letter from Boston, December 2.
"We have had a very large Meeting of the Body of the People of this Town, and were joined by Committees of several of the near Towns, and in said Meeting passed a Number of Votes relative to the Tea and Consignees. The Consignees have all betook themselves to Castle William, in Imitation, I suppose, of our worthy Board of Commissioners heretofore. This will furnish a fine Occasion to make a Representation on the other Side of the Water. When Captain Hall comes to clear out at the Customhouse, which he promises shall be in twenty Days, will be the turning Period. It is much doubted whether he will obtain a Clearance to pass our Castle, as that is signed by our Governor. From the Temper that has appeared among the People, if the Tea is not permitted to go back, I think Nothing would tempt me to stand in the Place of the Consignees."
A Correspondent observes, that, at a Time when almost every American Pen seems to be drawn in Defence of our violated Rights, he is amazed that the judicious Advocates for Liberty should omit to give us their sage Advice and Opinion on the fatal Consequences that must result from our large Importations from Great Britain, and our almost total Neglect of our own Manufactures, the most durable Source of Wealth and Independence. He farther observes, that the immense Importation of London Porter and English Beer, at this perilous Crisis, is a glaring Instance of the Impolicy of his Countrymen, who prodigally lavish their Money for the Emolument of a Country at 3000 Miles Distance, a Country that is now abridging us of our Liberties, when they might have a Variety of excellent Beer, even Porter itself, made in this City, that would not disgrace the celebrated Ben Kenton's Cellar. This he thinks an ungenerous Return to the publick Spirit of our Brewers, who have not only risked large Sums for rendering their Business of Utility to their Country, as well as themselves, but have, on a trying Occasion, sacrificed their pecuniary Interest to promote publick Welfare. He concludes by advising his Countrymen not only to oppose the Ministry of Great Britain, and their Auxiliary, the East India Slave Makers, with Regard to the Article of Tea, but also to forbear all unnecessary Importations; for by saving our Money we may preserve the Remains of our Liberty, if not regain those that are lost.
* At the Time of the Non Importation Agreement a Vessel arrived here from England, loaded with Malt; and although the Article was at that Time very much wanted, the Brewers met, and in a most spirited Manner resolved not to purchase any Part of the Cargo.
An American LOOKING-GLASS, exhibiting a two-fold PICTURE; which it is hoped, at this Time, will be of great Service to the wise and virtuous AMERICANS.
FIRST, a small Specimen of the taxable and dutiable Articles in Great Britain at this Day, viz. The Land Tax, Poor Tax, Tavern and Alehouse Licenses, &c. with Taxes and Duties on Tea, Coffee, Leather, Plate, Soap, Candles, Beeswax, and Wax Tapers; Coney Hair for the Hatters Use; Starch, Treacle, Sugars, Tobacco, Snuff, Glass, and House Window Lights; Painters Colours, Wheels of Carriages, Wines of all Kinds, that is, foreign and Home made; all Sorts of spirituous Liquors; and Beer, Cider, Mum, Metheglin, Perry, Malt, Hops, Salt, Paper, Quills, Printers Ink, Stamps, and many other Articles which are too tedious to enumerate.
Secondly, a Specimen of an Act of the British Parliament, which will show the rapid Increase of British Duties and Customs in Britain, on a very few Articles only, for the Space of but a few Years past. The Substance of the said Act, which took Place there on April 21st, 1760, is as follows:
"For every Gallon of Spirits (over and above the Duties on Low Wines) made for Sale, of the Materials mentioned in this Act, which are Malt and Corn, &c. or any of them, to be paid by the Makers thereof, the additional Duties of 1 s. 3 d. Sterling. For every Gallon of Low Wines, made or drawn from any foreign or imported Materials, or any Mixture therewith, to be paid by the Makers thereof, 1 s. 3 d. Sterling. For every Gallon of Low Wines from Cider, 6 d. three Farthings Sterling. For every Gallon of Spirits made for Sale from Cider, or any Sort or Kind of British Materials, except those before mentioned, to be paid by the Makers thereof, 1 s. 1 d. three Farthings, &c. &c."
Be pleased to remark, from this Act alluded to, the surprising Advance of the Duties in Britain beyond what they formerly were; and also that it appears, from former Acts, that in the Course of

between twenty and thirty Years they have increased the Duties from 3 d. Sterling to 3 s. 3 d. Sterling a Gallon.
Now if we once submit to the landing of the infamous Tea, which is now approaching us, certainly it will establish a Modus, by which arbitrary Power may laddle us with such a dreadful Catalogue of grievous Taxes as are above enumerated, and which would most assuredly be repented of by all America, when it is too late, the Tax Gatherers themselves only excepted.
I suppose the foregoing Pictures of Grievances are sufficient to rouse the Resentment of every Man, in this yet happy Country, who is capable of distinguishing between Good and Evil, between a State of Freedom and Slavery. If they are not, I can exhibit such a Picture of Oppressions, in the doleful Case of our Fellow Subjects of Ireland, that must affect, with the deepest Pity and Resentment, the most callous and arbitrary Hearts amongst us.
Therefore, brave Americans, I call upon you once more, ASSOCIATE WITHOUT DISTINCTION. Be as one Man: Concord Success ensures, There's not an honest Heart but what is your's. AN OLD PROPHET.
A CHARACTER of the EARL of CHATHAM.
The following is given us as an Extract from Dr. Robertson's History of America; a Work long expected, and with which it is hoped that admired Writer will favour the World this Winter.
IN treating of the Conquest of Canada, and the Administration of Mr. Secretary Pitt, Dr. Robertson says: The Secretary stood alone, modern Degeneracy had not reached him. Original, and unaccommodating, the Features of his Character had the Hardihood of Antiquity. His august Mind overawed Majesty, and one of his Sovereigns thought Royalty so impaired in his Presence that he conspired to remove him, in Order to be relieved from his Superiority. No State Chicanery, no narrow System of vicious Politicks, no idle Contest for ministerial Victories, sunk him to the vulgar Level of the Great; but overbearing, persuasive, and impracticable, his Object was England, his Ambition was Fame. Without dividing, he destroyed Party; without corrupting, he made a venal Age unanimous. France sunk beneath him. With one Hand he smote the House of Bourbon, and wielded in the other the Democracy of England. The Sight of his Mind was infinite, and his Schemes were to affect, not England, nor the present Age, only, but Europe and Posterity. Wonderful were the Means by which these Schemes were accomplished; always seasonable, always adequate, the Suggestions of an Understanding animated by Ardour, and enlightened by Prophecy.
The ordinary Feelings which make Life amiable and indolent, those Sensations which soften and allure, and vulgarize, were unknown to him. No domestick Difficulties, no domestick Comforts, reached him; but aloof from the sordid Occurrences of Life, and unsullied by its Intercourse, he came occasionally into our System, to counsel and to decide.
A Character so exalted, so strenuous, so various, so authoritative, astonished, a corrupt Age; and the Treasury trembled at the Name of Pitt, through all her Classes of Venality. Corruption imagined, indeed, that she had found Defects in this Statesman, and talked much of the Inconsistency of his Glory, and much of the Ruin of his Victories; but the History of his Country, and the Calamities of the Enemy, answered and refuted her.
Nor were his political Abilities his only Talents. His Eloquence was an Era in the Senate peculiar and spontaneous, familiarly expressing gigantic Sentiments and instinctive Wisdom. Not like the Torrent of Demosthenes, or the splendid Conflagration of Tully, it resembled sometimes the Thunder and sometimes the Mufick of the Spheres. Like Murray, he did not conduct the Understanding through the painful Subtlety of Argumentation; nor was he, like Townshend, for ever on the Rack of Exertion; but rather lightened upon the Subject, and reached the Point by the Flashings of his Mind, which, like those of his Eye, were felt, but could not be followed.
Upon the Whole, there was in this Man something that could create, subvert, or reform; an Understanding, a Spirit, and an Eloquence, to summon Mankind to Society, or to break the Bonds of Slavery asunder, and to rule the Wildness of free Minds with unbounded Authority; something that could establish or overwhelm Empire, and strike a Blow in the World that should resound through its History.
WILLIAMSBURG, January 6.
We learn from Accomack, that the House of James Henry, Esq; of that County, was lately burnt down, with the greatest Part of his Furniture, &c. The Rogers, Benfon, from London, Brunswick, M'Vey, Moore, M'Clarty, and Richmond, Paterfon, from Glasgow, are arrived in James River; and the Lady Margaret, Noble, from the same Port, in Potomack. They had all long Passages. The 25th ult. Captain M'Clarty took up the Crew of a Brig, from South Carolina bound to Jamaica, which had foundered at Sea; he has brought them all in with him, and among them is a young Lady. The Tom, Clarke, from York River, is safe arrived at Liverpool. Death. Mr. GEORGE HOLDEN, Clerk of Accomack. Mr. JOHN CLAYTON, Clerk of Gloucester. FRIDAY NIGHT, January 7. The Northern Post, which is just come in, brings the following very important Intelligence from Boston; also Advice of the East India Company's Tea being arrived at Charleston, South Carolina, and at Philadelphia. The Inhabitants of Charles-town, at a general Meeting, have unanimously resolved that theirs shall
be returned; and the Philadelphians were to meet the 27th ult. at the Statehouse, to consider what was best to be done on this alarming Crisis, to preserve the LIBERTIES of AMERICA. NEW YORK, December 22. Last Night an Express arrived here from Boston, who left it on Friday last, and brings sundry Letters, among which is the following, viz. GENTLEMEN, BOSTON, December 17, 1773. YESTERDAY we had a greater Meeting of the Body than ever, the Country coming in from twenty Miles round, and every Step was taken that was practicable for returning the Tea. The Moment it was known, out of Doors, that Mr. Rotch could not obtain a Pass for his Ship by the Castle, a Number of People huzzed in the Street, and in a little Time every Ounce of the Tea on Board the Captains Hall, Bruce, and Coffin, was immersed in the Bay, without the least injury to private Property. The Spirit of the People on this Occasion surprised all Parties, who viewed the Scene. We conceived it our Duty to afford you the most early Advice of this interesting Event by Express, which, departing immediately, obliges us to conclude. By Order of the Committee.
P. S. The other Vessel, viz. Captain Loring, belonging to Mess. Clark, with 38 Casks, was, by the Act of God, cast on Shore, on the Back of Cape Cod. Cleared from the Upper District of JAMES River. January 1. Blandford, Troop, for Glasgow, with 327 Hhds. of Tobacco, and 7000 Staves. 3. Brilliant, Bennet, for Glasgow, with 208 Hhds. of Tobacco, 12,000 Staves, and 3 Casks of Indigo. Entered in the Lower District of JAMES River. December 24. Sloop Jenny, Jacob Fox, from New York, with 1 Hhd. of Wine, 5 Hhds. of Rum, Half a Tun of Iron, and 1 Cask, 1 Cask, and 1 Bale, of European Goods. 24. Schooner Friendship, Samuel Davis, from Maryland, with 145 Bushels of Wheat, 20 Firkins of Butter, and 3 Tuns of Bar Iron. 24. Schooner Bumper, Edward Booker, from St. Martin's, in Ballast. 24. Sloop Desire, Prince Gorham, from South Carolina, with 25 Barrels and 10 Half Barrels of Rice, 5 Casks of Tenerif Wine, and 20 Quintals of Fish. 24. Schooner Chatham, Benjamin Fleetwood, from Maryland, with 33 Barrels of Beer, 5 Barrels of Flower, and 53 Tuns of Bar Iron. Cleared Outwards.
December 24. Sloop Dorothy, James Cox, for Barbados, with 175 Barrels of Pork, 800 Bushels of Corn, 500 Bushels of Pease, and 20,000 Shingles. 24. Ship Chester, David Campbell, for Lisbon, with 30,000 Staves. 24. Schooner Richard and Abigail, Philip Lyon, for Jamaica, with 12,000 Staves, 4000 Feet of Boards, 50 Barrels of Flower, 50 Barrels of Pork, 250 Bushels of Corn, 250 Bushels of Pease, and 30,000 Shingles. 24. Sloop Charming Nancy, Edward Winflow, for Jamaica, with 110 Barrels of Pork, 20 Barrels of Beef, 20,000 Shingles, and 3000 Staves and Heading. 27. Ship George, Samuel Martin, for Cadiz, with 10,000 Bushels of Wheat. 29. Brig Jenny, James Barron, for Cadiz, with 1170 Barrels of Flower, 2100 Bushels of Wheat, 10 Barrels of Bread, 6000 Staves, and 1 Cask of Bees Wax. 30. Brig General Wolfe, Hugh Hill, for Madeira, with 2000 Bushels of Wheat, 1500 Bushels of Pease, 500 Bushels of Corn, 340 Barrels of Flower, and 2000 Staves. 30. Snow John and Willis, Willis Wilson, for Antigua, with 50 Bushels of Pease, 15,000 Feet of Scantling, 16,000 Staves and Heading, and 75,000 Shingles. 31. Friendship, Robert Keeble, for Maryland, in Ballast.
Advertisements.
To be SOLD, on Tuesday the 11th of this Instant (January) at the Rocky Ridge, FIFTY fine Virginia born NEGROES, for whom twelve Months Credit will be allowed, the Purchasers giving Bond with good Security. All Bonds not paid in fourteen Days after they become due to carry Interest from the Date. BENJAMIN HARRISON.
To HIRE, either in Williamsburg or the Country, A LIKELY COOK FELLOW, who is also a good BUTCHER. For Terms apply to Catharine Blair, or Mr. James Hubard, in Williamsburg. (1)
HALIFAX, December 22, 1773. AS I have given over Trade in this County, I beg the Favour of all those who have Accounts unsettled on my Books to come and settle them immediately, by Bond or other Sureties. Such as fail may depend that Suits will be commenced against them, without Respect of Persons. Those whose Accounts are settled, and have been long due, I hope will pay proper Regard to this Advertisement, as longer Indulgence neither can or will be given. I would willingly rent my Storehouses, which are very convenient to Trade, and situated in the Centre where four Stores formerly were occupied that are now broke up, viz. Buchanan and Hafie's, in Charlotte, Ditto in Halifax, Donald and Company, and this here. Those who have seen it declare it to be one of the most pleasant Situations in the back Country, and the Houses are built after the best Manner. Any Man in Trade, who may incline to rent, could either board with me or keep House himself, as there are all Manner of Conveniences for that Purpose. I likewise could be of Service to any One who might be a Stranger in Trade here, as my Acquaintance is extensive in those Parts. WALTER ROBERTSON.
CHARLES CITY, January 3, 1774. RUN away from the Subscriber, a Negro Man named SHARPER, about five Feet seven Inches high, pitted with the Smallpox, one of his fore Teeth is much decayed, and he has a down Look. As he can write he may have forged himself a Pass, and I imagine will endeavour to get to Philadelphia. Whoever apprehends and secures the said Fellow, so that I get him again, shall have THREE POUNDS Reward. JOHN EDLOE. N. B. All Masters of Vessels are forewarned from employing him, or carrying him out of the Colony.
To be SOLD or RENTED, THE HOUSES and LOTS in Hanover Town at present in the Possession of Mr. John Meriwether. As he is to move away the 1st of next Month, immediate Possession will be given to the Purchaser. The Dwelling-House and all necessary Outhouses are in good Repair, there is a large Garden and back Yard newly paled in, and the Situation is very convenient for an Ordinary and the Reception of Boarders. The Time of Payment will be made easy. For Terms apply to ARCHIBALD GOVAN. (4) JOHN JOHNSON.
ANY Person that understands the Business of a DRAWER (if well recommended) will meet with good Encouragement by applying to me, in Richmond Town. JAMES GUNN.
A SILVER WATCH was found in the Streets of Richmond about the 24th of November last, which the Owner may have on proving his Property and paying Charges. (2) LODOWICK WARROCK.
NORFOLK, December 17, 1773. THE numerous Inconveniencies attending the dilatory Practice of the Courts of Law where we are engaged, the Smallness of our Fees, and the Difficulty of collecting them, have laid us under the indispensable Necessity of entering into a Resolution (to the faithful Performance of which we have bound ourselves each to the other by our Honours) not to undertake any Cause whatever for the future (Merchants Business necessarily excepted) unless the whole Fee and Tax be paid down at the Time of engaging us. W. R. W. CURLE. BENJAMIN CROOKER. ANDREW RONALD. THOMAS CLAIBORNE. WILLIAM DAVIES. WILLIAM ROBINSON. (2)
We have lately imported from London, in the Royal Exchange, Captain Woodford, and the Hope, Captain Holmes, a fresh Assortment of DRUGS and MEDICINES, which will be sold at the same low Prices as usual, at our Shop in Petersburg.
LIKEWISE Keyser's Pills, Norris's Antimonial Drops, Doctor Radcliffe's purging Elixir, Squire's and Daffey's Elixirs, Walker's Jesuits Drops, Bateman's ditto, James's Fever Powders, Turlington's Balm of Life, British Rock Oil, Anderson's and Lockyer's Pills, Greenough's Tincture for the Gums and Teeth, Freeman's and Grafton's Cordials, Essence of Water Dock, Tincture of Golden Rod, Beaume de Vie, Hooper's Pills, Pike's Ointment for the Itch, Eau de Luce, Hungary, Honey, Lavender, and Orange Flower Waters, Smelling Bottles, Nourishers, Cephalick Snuff, Hardban's ditto, No. 9. Teeth and Flesh Brushes, Ladies Sticking Plaister, Nipple Glasses, Breast Pipers, Sunglass, Hartshorn Shavings, Sago, Salop, Vermicelli, French and Pearl Barley, Antimony, Bismuth, Verdigris, Rotten Stone, Spirit of Turpentine, Crucibles, Black Lead Pots, &c. Also, Anchovies, Capers, Olives, pickled Walnuts, East India Mangoes, &c. &c. JAMES McCARTY.
An APPRENTICE is wanted to the above Business.
WILLIAMSBURG, December 29, 1773. STRAYED or STOLEN, a BAY HORSE about fourteen Hands high, with a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, and both hind Feet white. Whoever brings him to the Printer shall have 20s. Reward. (2)
RUN away from the Subscriber, last October, an English Convict Servant, named JOSEPH LLOYD, by Trade a House Carpenter and Joiner, but understands little of his Business, about twenty-one Years of Age, five Feet eight or nine Inches high, a little round shouldered, short light brown Hair, has had the Smallpox favourably, the Pits being few, broad, and shallow. Took with him a German Osnabruck Frock and Waistcoat, a Shirt, two Pair of long Breeches, a white Shirt of Irish Linnen, a Frock of blue Fearnought with plain white Metal Buttons, a black and white Virginia Cloth Waistcoat Kesey wove, and a Pair of black Cloth Breeches. THREE POUNDS Reward will be paid for conveying him to me at Morattico, in Lancaster County, and in Proportion for securing him in Jail, and giving timely Notice thereof, besides what the Law allows. Masters of Vessels are hereby forewarned from carrying him out of the Colony, nor detain him on Board any Vessel. RAWLEIGH DOWNMAN. (4)
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 of 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. JOHN AYLETT. (4)
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 Cartings, 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 40s. Reward; and if taken up near Williamsburg, and delivered to Mr. Southall, or if near Mr. Freyer's, and delivered to him at the Ferry, shall be handsomely rewarded for their Trouble. ARCHIBALD RITCHIE.
WANTED, 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, 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. These 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. PHILADELPHIA CARTER. CATESBY WOODFORD. GAWIN CORBIN. Executors.

***** P O E T S C O R N E R. *****
A Song on LIBERTY, made by a Bostonian, to the Tune of The British Grenadiers.
T HAT Seat of Science, Athens, and Earth's proud Mistress, Rome, Where now are all their Glories? We scarce can find their Tomb. Then guard your Rights, Americans, nor stoop to lawless Sway, Oppose, oppose, oppose, oppose for North America.
Proud Albion bow'd to Cæsar, and numerous Lords before, To Picts, to Danes, to Normans, and many Masters more; But we can boast Americans have never fallen a Prey, Huzza! huzza! huzza! huzza for free America.
We led fair Freedom hither, and to the Desert smil'd, A Paradise of Pleasure now open'd in the Wild; Your Harvest, bold Americans, no Power shall snatch away, Preserve, preserve, preserve your Rights in free America.
Torn from a World of Tyrants, beneath this western Sky We form'd a new Dominion, a Land of Liberty; The World shall own we're Masters here, then hasten on the Day, Huzza! huzza! huzza! huzza for Love and Liberty.
God bless this Maiden Climate, and through her vast Domain May Hosts of Heroes cluster that scorn to wear a Chain, And blast the venal Sycophant who dare our Rights betray. Assert yourselves, yourselves, for brave America.
Lift up your Hearts, my Heroes, and swear, with proud Distain, The Wretch that would ensnare you shall spread his Net in vain; Should Europe empty all her Force we'd meet them in Array, And shout huzza! huzza! huzza for brave America.
Some fitter Day shall crown us the Masters of the Main, In giving Laws and Freedom to subject France and Spain; And all the Isles o'er Ocean spread shall tremble and obey, The Lords, the Lords, the Lords, the Lords of North America.
***** To be SOLD, by Virtue of a Deed of Trust from William Durham, to the Subscriber, on Monday the 14th of March, at Buckingham Courthouse,
T WO Tracts of LAND in the said County, one lying on Troublesome Creek , whereon the said Durham now lives, containing about 207 Acres; the other lies near Slate River , not far from the Land of Mr. Jehn Enning , 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.
To be SOLD, and Possession given in February next, or sooner, if required,
T HE FURNACE situated in the Township of Salisbury , and Province of Connecticut , New England, having been lately rebuilt on the most approved Plan, all the Conveniencies 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 Conveniencies; 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 Stable 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, raising, and carrying away Ore from another Bed called Clatfield'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 Calebrook, 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 Rivulet 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 Vandervoort Merchant in New York , Mr. James Holmes at the Furnace, Mr. Jacob Ogden at the Forge, or Captain William Tiley in Hartford . (tf)
T AKEN 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 7l. 10s. (tf) GEORGE SAUNDERS.
T AKEN 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 45s. Also a WHITE SOW with some black Spots and Wattles on her Neck, marked with an Underhook and two Holes in the left Ear, and a Swallowfork in the right. Potted, and appraised to 27s. MATTHIAS ABBOTT, Overseer for Nelson Berkley.
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.
RUN away from the Subscriber, on Monday the 20th 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 lined with blue Shalloon, a Pair of Yarn Hose, Country made Shoes, and a Pair of Bra's Buckles. The said Boy has always been bred in the House, and is remarkably handy. I will give 5l. Reward to any Person that will deliver him to me, in Fauquier County. N. B. I forbid all Masters of Vessels from harbouring the said Negro, or carrying him out of the Colony, at their Peril. JOHN CHURCHHILL.
T AKEN 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. (tf) LABAN WRIGHT.
T AKEN 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 7l. 10s. JOHN COUSENS, Junior.
T AKEN up, in King George , a PIG BULL marked with a Crop and Slit in the left Ear, and a Slit and Underhook 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 35s. and the Yearling to 28s. (tf) REUBEN BERRY.
T AKEN 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 7l. 10s. JOHN DODSON.
T AKEN 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 4l. 5s. WILLIAM COUSENS, Junior.
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. Also about one Hundred Acres of cleared high Land, and about sixteen Acres of exceeding good Meadow, making together a very square compact Parcel of Land, and will make a convenient little Farm for any Gentleman residing here, as it does not exceed two Miles and a Half from Town. For Terms inquire of (tf) JACQUELIN AMBLER.
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. There are upon it two complete Sets of new Buildings, commodious for two Families. One Set of the Buildings is upon the main Road, and are very profitably employed as a Tavern, having a large House with three Brick Chimneys, Kitchen, and other out Outhouses; also a new Storehouse, with a Lodging Room and Counting House. The Tavern has generally rented for 50l. a Year, exclusive of the Storehouse. The other Buildings are at a small Distance from the Tavern, very well finished, and convenient for a private Family. At the same Time will be sold sundry likely SLAVES .—One Half the Purchase Money to be paid when a Conveyance is executed for the Land, and a reasonable Credit will be allowed for the Remainder. Immediate Possession will be given of the Tavern and the Houses on the Road, with the Plantation. The other Houses will be given up next Fall. (7) EILBECK, ROSS, & Company.
For SALE, the LOT and HOUSES near Cabin Point Warehouses, at present possessed by the Subscriber.
T HE 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.
A TRACT of LAND in Surry , about six Miles from Cabin Point , containing 335 Acres, on which there is a Dwellinghouse, a small Apple and Peach Orchard, and a Quantity of very good Pine Timber.
Another TRACT in Brunswick , containing 355 Acres, known by the Name of Smokey Ordinary , with a good Dwellinghouse, necessary Houses, a Storehouse, Counting Room, and Lumber House, all lately built, and well adapted for either a Merchant or a Tavern Keeper. For Terms apply to Thomas Simmons, in Brunswick , or to (tf) JAMES BUCHANAN.
TWENTY POUNDS REWARD.
RUN away from the Subscriber, a Mulatto Man named ABEL , about forty Years old, near six Feet high, has lost several of his Teeth, 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. He is well known as a Pilot for York River and the Bay . As I have whipped him twice for his bad Behaviour, I believe Scars may be seen upon his Body. He can write so as to be understood, and once wrote a Pass for a Negro belonging to the Honourable Colonel Carbin , wherein he said the Fellow had served his Time honestly and truly. He has been to England , but the Captain he went with took Care to bring him back, and since his Return from that Country is very fond of Liquor. He is gone off in a Boat with two Masts, Schooner rigged, once a Pilot Boat, but now the Property of the Magdalen Schooner of War, and was seen, I am told, fifty or sixty Leagues to the southward of Cape Henry , from which it is expected he intends for one of the Carolina s. He is a very great Rogue, and is so instructed by several Persons not far from Wormley's Creek, York River ; one of whom, he told me, said I was not worthy to be his Master. He had some Cash of my Son's, and an Order drawn by Captain Punderjon on Richard Corbin , Esq; payable to Ralph G. Meredith , or myself. A white Lad went off with him; whom I cannot describe, never having seen him to my Knowledge. Whoever secures said Servant, so that I get him again, shall have the above Reward. (tf) SAMUEL MEREDITH, Senior. KING & QUEEN, November 16, 1773.
NEWMARKET (Caroline) December 1, 1773. RUN away from the Subscriber, the latter End of October 1773 , 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. As he has many Acquaintances about Williamsburg , it is probable he is lurking about that Place. Whoever delivers the said Slave to me shall have THREE POUNDS Reward. (tf) ROBERT BAYLOR.
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. I shall attend the County Courts convenient to Manchester , and the Meeting of Merchants in Williamsburg . (6) DAVID PATTESON.
For SALE, at our Store in Norfolk, OSNABRUGS, SADDLERY, 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. (tf) GREENWOOD, RITSON, and MARSH. N. B. Our Brig Deffey , Captain Selomon Edeys , will sail for Madeira in fourteen Days, and return directly to Norfolk . Any of our Friends, on those connected with the House of Messrs. Lamar, Hill, Bisset , and Company, will oblige us by their Orders for Wines by her.
For SALE, ABOUT twelve Thousand Acres of exceeding rich TOBACCO LAND , in Amberst 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 Cologne Millstones, which Mill has for two Years past got upwards of 100 Barrels of Toll Corn, and is situated on a never-failing Stream. The Land will be shown by William Womack , who lives at one of the the Plantations, and the Prices of the Land made known by him. One or two Years Credit will be allowed, Interest being paid for the second Year, and also for the first, if the Money is not paid agreeable to Contract. The Land is to be laid off and surveyed by Colonel William Cabell , at the Expense of the Purchaser. Deeds will be made upon Bond and approved Security being given, either to Colonel William Cabell , or the Subscriber. Six per Cent. Discount will be allowed for ready Money, or good Merchants Notes. If any Person will choose to exchange Lands in the lower Part of the Country, on or near some navigable River, that are good, it is more than probable we should agree. (tf) CARTER BRAXTON.
To be SOLD, SEPARATELY or TOGETHER, TWO TRACTS of LAND. One lies in Albemarle County, on Hardwarer 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. The other Tract lies in Goochland County, on Lickinghole Creek , near the Three Notched Road , and contains 700 Acres. The high Land is equal to any in these Parts, fine for Tobacco and Wheat, or any Kind of Grain or Meadow. About 200 Acres are cleared, now under good Fences, laid off in three Fields, and in fine Order to work about ten Hands to great Advantage. The Improvements are a good Dwellinghouse, Kitchen, Smokehouse, a Dairy, four good Tobacco Houses, with Negro Quarters, and other convenient Buildings, also a fine Apple and Peach Orchard. The Place is pleasantly situated, has fine Water, is as healthy as any Part of the Colony, and is convenient to Church or Providence Meetinghouse, and several Mills, besides one on the Land turned by a Spring Branch to grind for three or four Families the whole Year, and is not in the least unhealthy, as the Water may be ground off every Day. Credit will be given for Part of both Tracts. Any Person inclined to purchase may know the Terms by applying to Mr. William Mitchell , Merchant in Richmond , or to the Subscriber, who will show the Land. (tf) WILLIAM PRYOR. GOOCHLAND, November 1773. 3.
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 leave the Place, I shall reserve the Crop to myself. As much Money as I have received in twenty Days by the Ferry and Ordinary will satisfy me for the annual Rent of the Whole. (tf) H. U. ST. GEORGE.
TO BE SOLD,
FIVE Hundred and fifty Acres of LAND in the County of Charles City , with a convenient Dwellinghouse and other Improvements. Two Hundred and twenty Acres, in the same County, pleasantly situated on James River . Two Thousand five Hundred and twenty Acres in the County of Cumberland , commonly known by the Name of Saint James's . And one Thousand four Hundred and twenty one Acres in the Counties of Goochland and Cumberland , on both Sides of James River , opposite to Elk Island . The above TRACTS of LAND were of the Estate of the late John Wayles , deceased, devised to the Subscribers, and are now offered for Sale. Persons disposed to purchase may be informed of the Terms, on Application to any one of the Subscribers; and the Times of Payment will be made easy, on giving Bond and Security to THOMAS JEFFERSON. FRANCIS EPPES. HENRY SKIPWITH. (tf)
YORK Town, June 9, 1773.
THE Subscribers being very solicitous to comply with the Will of their Testator, the late Honourable William Nelson , desire that all Persons who were indebted to him will endeavour to make as speedy Payments as possible. Those who have Accounts open on his Books, and who cannot immediately discharge the Balances, are desired to give their Bonds. This Request is the more necessary, as most of the Legacies bequeathed by the Testator are to be paid in Sterling Money, and he has directed that his younger Sons Fortunes shall be placed out at Interest upon undoubted Securities, so soon as it can be done. Those who have any Demands are desired to make them immediately known. THOMAS NELSON. THOMAS NELSON, Junior. HUGH NELSON. RO. C. NICHOLAS. (tf)
TO BE SOLD,
ABOUT fourteen Thousand Acres of exceeding good LAND in the County of Pittsylvania . For Terms apply to Mr. Hugh Rose of Amberst , who will treat with any Person inclined to purchase, and be empowered to make a legal Title. (tf) THOMAS LOMAX. CAROLINE, May 1, 1773.