The Virginia gazette (Williamsburg [Va.]), 1772-04-23 00:00:00

VIRGINIA GAZETTE.
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FOREIGN and DOMESTICK.
IN CIVITATE LIBERA LINGUAM MENTEMQUE
LIBERAS ESSE DEBERE. Suet. in Tib. S. 28.
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A LIST of ACTS passed last SESSION of ASSEMBLY.
 An Act to continue and amend the Act entitled An Act to continue and amend the Act entitled An Act for amending the Staple of Tobacco, and for preventing Frauds in his Majesty's Customs.  An Act to amend so much of an Act of Assembly, entitled An Act for the Inspection of Pork, Beef, Flower, Tar, Pitch, and Turpentine, as relates to the Inspection of Flower.  An Act for further continuing the Act entitled An Act for reducing the several Acts of Assembly for making Provision against Invasions and Insurrections into one Act.  An Act for further continuing and amending the Act entitled An Act for the better regulating and collecting certain Officers Fees, and for other Purposes therein mentioned.  An Act to empower the Clerks of County Courts to issue certain Writs of Execution into other Counties.  An Act for altering the Method of suing out Writs of Alias Capias, and other Process, in the County Courts, for regulating certain Expenses on Attachments and Writs of Execution, and for altering the Court Days of certain Counties.  An Act for altering the Court Days of the Counties of Surry, Bedford, and Princess Anne.  An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to prevent malicious Maiming and Wounding.  An Act for amending the Acts concerning the Trials and Outlawries of Slaves.  An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act concerning Seamen.  An Act to amend the Act entitled An Act prescribing the Method of appointing Sheriffs, and for limiting the Time of their Continuance in Office, and directing their Duty therein, and for other Purposes.  An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act directing the Duty of Surveyors of Land.  An Act for regulating the Allowances to the Keeper of the publick Prison, for the Maintenance of poor Prisoners for Debt, and for other Purposes therein mentioned.  An Act to continue an Act entitled An Act to continue and amend an Act entitled An Act for reducing the several Acts made for laying a Duty upon Liquors into one Act.  An Act for continuing and amending several Acts, and reviving one Act for laying Duties upon Slaves imported.  An Act for laying a publick Levy.  An Act to amend the several Acts of Assembly respecting the Currency of Copper Money in this Colony.  An Act for the Ease and Relief of the People by paying the Burgesses Wages in Money for the present Session of Assembly.  An Act to compel Ships importing Convicts, Servants, or Slaves, in stead of the Jail Fever, or Smallpox, to perform Quarantine.  An Act erecting a Lighthouse on Cape Henry.  An Act to continue an Act entitled An Act for establishing Pilots, and regulating their Fees.  An Act to revive and continue the Acts for the more effectual keeping the publick Roads and Bridges in Repair.  An Act for keeping in Repair several Roads, and for other Purposes therein mentioned.  An Act for clearing a Road from the Warm Springs in Augusta, and for other Purposes therein mentioned.  An Act to appoint Commissioners to view a Place proposed for a Road through the South Mountain.  An Act for building a Bridge over the western Branch of Nansemond River by Subscription.  An Act for establishing several new Ferries, and for other Purposes.  An Act for cutting a navigable Canal, from Archer's Hope Creek to Queen's Creek, through or near the City of Williamsburg.  An Act to enlarge the Power of Trustees appointed to carry into Execution an Act passed this present Session of Assembly entitled An Act for cutting a navigable Canal, from Archer's Hope Creek to Queen's Creek, through or near the City of Williamsburg.  An Act for opening the Falls of James River by Subscription, and for other Purposes.  An Act for opening and extending the Navigation of the River Potowmack from Port Cumberland to Tide Water.  An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act for clearing Mattaponny River.  An Act to explain and amend an Act entitled An Act to oblige the Owners of Mills, Hedges, or Stops, on the Rivers therein mentioned, to make Openings or Slopes therein for the Passage of Fish.  An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to oblige the Owners of Mills, Hedges, or Stone Stops, on sundry Rivers therein mentioned, to make Openings or Slopes therein for the Passage of Fish, and for other Purposes therein mentioned.  An Act for appointing Trustees to regulate the making of Slopes for the Passage of Fish in the Mill Dams within the County of Bedford.  An Act to revive the Act entitled An Act for giving a Salary to the Speaker of the House of Burgesses.  An Act for further continuing the Act entitled An Act for appointing a Treasurer.  An Act to enable the Nottoway Indians to lease certain Lands, and for other Purposes therein mentioned.  An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act for the better Preservation of the Breed of Deer, and preventing unlawful Hunting.  An Act for making farther Provision for the Support and Maintenance of Idiots, Lunatics, and other Persons of insane Minds.  An Act for further continuing and amending the Act entitled An Act for increasing the Reward for killing Wolves within certain Counties, to be paid by the respective Counties wherein the Services shall be performed.  An Act for continuing and amending the Act entitled An Act for destroying Crows and Squirrels in certain Counties therein mentioned.  An Act for dividing the County of Frederick into three distinct Counties.  An Act for dividing the County of Botetourt into two distinct Counties.  An Act to appoint Commissioners to strike a dividing Line between the Counties of Stafford and King George.  An Act for adding Part of the County of Nansemond to the County of Isle of Wight.  An Act for dividing the Parishes of Southam, in the County of Cumberland, and Dale, in the County of Chesterfield.  An Act for dissolving the Vestries of the Parish of Saint Martin, in the Counties of Hanover and Louisa, and of Saint John, in the County of King William.  An Act to empower the Vestry of the Parish of Saint George, in Spotsylvania, to sell Part of the Churchyard.  An Act to allow the Minister of the Parish of Antrim, in the County of Halifax, the same Salary as other Ministers are entitled to receive.  An Act to empower the Corporation of the Borough of Norfolk to assess a Tax on the Inhabitants thereof, for the Purpose therein mentioned.  An Act to encourage the farther Settlement of the Town of Alexandria, in the County of Fairfax.  An Act for establishing the Town of Fincastle, in the County of Botetourt.  An Act for appointing Trustees for the Town of Cobham, and for other Purposes therein mentioned. 
 An Act to prevent Hogs and Goats going at large in the Town of Suffolk.  An Act to establish a Town on the Land of John Risler, in the County of Fauquier, and for other Purposes.  An Act for continuing the Act entitled An Act for reimbursing the Inhabitants of King William and Hanover Counties the Expence of clearing Pamunkey River.  An Act for appointing Commissioners to ascertain the Value of certain Churches and Chapels in the Parishes of Frederick, Norborne, and Beckford, and for other Purposes therein mentioned.  An Act for appointing Commissioners for selling the Tobacco damaged in the publick Warehouses for the Inspection of Tobacco at Morton's, and for other Purposes therein mentioned.  An Act to enable Henrietta Marmillod to sell and dispose of the Estate devised to her by her Brother Nathaniel Walthoe, Esquire, deceased, notwithstanding her Coverture.  An Act to vest certain entailed Lands, whereof Philip Ludwell Grymes, Gentleman, is seized, in William Roane, Gentleman, in Fee Simple.  An Act to dock the Entail of certain Lands whereof William Todd, Gentleman, is seized, and for other Purposes therein mentioned.  An Act to dock the Entail of certain Lands whereof John Hancock is seized, and for settling other Lands and Slaves in Lieu thereof.  An Act to dock the Entail of certain Lands whereof Ralph Wormeley, Esquire, is seized.  An Act to dock the Entail of certain Lands whereof Nathaniel West Dandridge is seized.  An Act for vesting in Trustees certain Lands whereof William Booth, Gentleman, and Elizabeth his Wife, are seized, in Fee Taille, to be sold; and for laying out the Money arising from the Sale in purchasing other Lands to be settled to the same Uses.  An Act to dock the Entail of certain Lands whereof James Blackwell the younger is seized, and for other Purposes therein mentioned.  An Act to vest certain Lands whereof Colwell Pettypool, and Mary his Wife, are seized, in Fee Taille, in Joseph Mayo, and for settling other Land and Slaves to be purchased in Lieu thereof. 
PARIS, January 17.
CAPTAIN Lemire, Commander of the Ship L' Heureux, lately arrived at Rochelle, gives an Account that on the 26th of April last, as he was sailing from Guinea to St. Domingo, being in the Latitude of one Degree two Minutes south, and twenty one Degrees twenty eight Minutes Longitude, reckoning from the Meridian of the Island of Tenerif, several of his Crew, and a great Number of his Negroes on Board, were seized with a Disorder in their Eyes. Out of three Hundred and thirty one Negroes one Hundred and fifty had this Disorder, several of them were blind for ten or twelve Days, nine lost their Sight entirely, and seven of eight lost one Eye only. Among the white People, who were twenty eight in Number, seven were deprived of their Sight a long Time, one of whom did not recover Days after; seven lost the Sight of one Eye, among whom was the Captain. This melancholy Accident is not unprecedented in that Part of the World, but there has hardly ever been an Instance of so many Persons being afflicted with it at the same Time.
LONDON, December 9.
A LITTLE before the Play of Barbarossa began, on Friday last, at Covent Garden, a young Lady of Fashion came into the King's Box, with three Daughters, of about five Years old, all at a Birth, exactly of a Size and Shape, and perfectly alike in Features, there being no knowing one from the other. They were very handsome; and their Dress being as exactly alike as their Persons, added to the Prettiness of the Appearance. The Audience was so struck with the Singularity of the Thing that they gave a great Applause; and the little Creatures curtsying to it, made their Obeisance so exactly, all at once, that they seemed as if one Mind animated them all.
The Report of a Legacy to Mr. Wilkes, from a Widow Lady in the Island of Jamaica, takes its Rise from the following Circumstance. A Gentleman of that Island had some Years ago a Child by a Negro Woman, who squinted; the Infant was therefore named, out of Mirth, John Wilkes. The Father dying lately, without any lawful Issue, bequeathed a Fortune of nine Thousand Pounds, Half to the Mother, and Half to the young Mulatto. And thus the Legacy of the lucky Bastard at Jamaica has been mistakenly attributed to the unlucky B—d on this Side of the Water.
January 2. Lord Sandwich has declared that no more Money is at present requisite for the Navy, and the Fleet is now sufficiently formidable to secure the general Tranquillity of Europe.
A Correspondent assures us that the Supplies for the present Year are already settled by the Ministry on a similar Plan to that of last Year, a Lottery included, and that the Land Forces and Seamen are to be continued the same as was allowed for last Year.
It is well known to Lord North that we annually export one Hundred and twenty Thousand Hogheads of Tobacco, and that there is a Drawback of the whole Duty upon this capital Article of Commerce when exported. Were the Parliament, this Year, to lay only a Duty of one Penny a Pound upon all Tobacco exported, it would raise a clear Revenue to the Government to the annual Amount of at least five Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling. Does not this Hint merit the Attention of the Legislature, more especially as it is Matter of publick Notoriety that the Court of Versailles, by buying only a fifth Part of our Export Tobaccos at so cheap a Rate, are enabled to raise a Tax upon the Subjects of France, in this single Article, to the yearly Amount of three Millions Sterling.
One of the first Characters in this Kingdom seeing a handsome House built by Mr. Blanchard (whose Daughter married Cauterly the Player a few Months since) asked who owned it. Being informed the Royal Cardmaker, "Why then (says he) I think all his Cards have turned up Trumps."
Accounts are received from Italy of some new Discoveries being made in Herculaneum, which very much interest the literary People there. Besides several Urns, and Statues of superior Makes, there are found some Hundred Manuscripts.
A Correspondent gives us the following Description of the Dress of a modern fine Fellow: A Coat of light Green, with Sleeves too small for the Arms, and Buttons too big for the Sleeves; a Pair of fine Manchester Stuff Breeches, without Money in the Pockets; clouded Silk Stockings, but no Legs; a Club of Hair behind, larger than the Head that carries it; a Hat of the Size of a Sixpence, on a Block not worth a Farthing.
January 11. On Monday last, about ten o'Clock in the Forenoon, a most surprising Affair happened at the House of Mrs. Golding at Stockwell. All the China, Glasses, Stone Ware, Pewter, Brasses, and other Furniture, began to fall down from their Places, and break to Pieces. This continued slowly for some Time, till the Lady could no longer stay in her House; but went next Door to Mr. Gresham's, where she lost her Senses. Her Niece being sent for, had her blooded; and as soon as the Blood was cold in the Basin it flew out on the Floor, and presently the Basin broke to Pieces. She was obliged to remove from Mr. Gresham's, as the same Damages began in her House; her Maid was with her the whole Time. She then went to her Niece (Mrs. Payne) a Farmer in Brixton Causeway, where almost every Thing was destroyed in the House by the same invisible Agent; her Maid was still with her, who seemed quite unconcerned the whole Time. She then went over the Way to Mr. Fowler, at the Brick Pond, where the same Scene followed her, and was obliged to return to her own House, when the few Things which were
left began to move and break. They sent the Maid away on an Errand, to try what Effect that would have, when every Thing immediately ceased; upon which, when the returned, they discharged her, and all has continued quiet ever since. The old Lady, it is thought, cannot recover. The above are absolute Facts, though not the Hundredth Part of what happened; the Whole of which is preparing to be laid before the candid and impartial Publick, properly attested and authenticated. One Circumstance, as it is the most remarkable, should not be omitted: Some Plates of Mr. Gresham's, by Way of Trial, were placed upon the same Shelf with those of Mrs. Golding; the former stood unhurt, but the Whole of Mrs. Golding's were broke in Pieces.
To the KING's Most Excellent MAJESTY.
The humble Address of the ASSEMBLY of JAMAICA. "WE your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Assembly of this your Majesty's Island of Jamaica, impressed with Sentiments of the deepest Gratitude, humbly beg Leave to offer to your Majesty this Tribute of our inviolable Duty and Affection for the late Instance of your Majesty's Goodness, in having been most graciously pleased to send a Reinforcement of your Majesty's Ships for our Protection, under the Command of Vice Admiral Sir George Bridges Rodney, an Officer of distinguished Rank and Ability, whose Conduct has already convinced us that your Royal Intentions will be fully executed."
"Permit us, Sir, as another, though antecedent Instance, of your Majesty's Royal Attention to the Welfare and Security of this important Colony, to acknowledge with Gratitude your Majesty's appointing of Lieutenant Colonel Dalling to be our Lieutenant Governor; a Gentleman, by his Ability in his Profession, and other many amiable Qualities, justly entitled to our Approbation and Esteem."
"Your Majesty's paternal Care manifested at this Juncture, when the Spaniards, allured by the Continuance of profound Tranquillity, and a Knowledge of our Inability to defend ourselves, had meditated our Destruction, can never by us be too gratefully acknowledged. Sensible of the advantageous Situation of this Island, and considering it as one of the principal Sources whence Great Britain derives its Opulence, the Spaniards have long beheld it with envious Eyes, and would undoubtedly esteem it an important Acquisition; an Event, however, which, happily for us, we can have no Reason to dread whilst your Majesty continues to fill the Throne of your Royal Ancestors."
"May Heaven vouchsafe a long Duration to your Majesty's Life, and may there never be wanting a Descendant of the illustrious House of Hanover to transmit, to the latest Posterity, the Blessings we enjoy under your Majesty's auspicious Reign."
Lord North is now considered, by the dispassionate Part of the People, as the best Minister which this Country has seen since the Revolution; and we are informed that the Schemes he has in Agitation for the next Session of Parliament will make him universally idolized by the People.
January 16. It is said secret Orders are sent over to the Governors of Gibraltar and Minorca to be strictly watchful against any Surprise, and to continue the same military Duty as in Time of Disturbance.
It is an undoubted Fact that the Senate of Genoa are planning a Scheme to wrest the Island of Corsica out of the Hands of the French; and it is even faintly said that Paoli will be again Governor of that Place.
We hear that the Men of War which are, as soon as possible, to sail from Portsmouth for Jamaica, are to take on Board some Soldiers to reinforce the Garrisons of that Island.
The Fleet from La Vera Cruz for Spain passed by the Havannah the 20th of November, without stopping, having on Board sixteen Millions of Dollars in Gold and Silver, and about four Millions in Merchandise.
A Correspondent assures us that since the French have been in Possession of Corsica they have imported at Toulon Timber sufficient to furnish their Dockyards for these seven Years to come.
They write from Jamaica that among other Fortifications now carrying on by the Spaniards at the Havannah all the Avenues to the Citadel, and other strong Holds, are shutting up, by driving large Piles of Timber into the Ground, strongly secured together with Iron, headed with sharp Spikes; these Piles are designed to render the future Carriage of heavy Artillery from the Sea impracticable. Twenty Thousand Trees have lately been cut down for this Purpose, by the Direction of an Irish Engineer, lately arrived there from Spain.
The Pantheon is to be illuminated on Wednesday next, and a magnificent Supper to be given by the Proprietors to several of their Friends. Three Hundred Tickets are delivered out on the Occasion, and a musical Rehearsal will take Place, for the Entertainment of the Company.
The Spanish Ambassador, in a late Conference with the Premier, declared, in the Name of his Master, and gave the most solemn Assurances, that the Preparations now making in the maritime Forces of Spain were not intended to serve in any Respect against the English; but that the King his Master was resolved, for the future, to keep his naval Power on a more respectable Footing, which was the sole Motive of so many Ships being fitted out.
A Plan is now in Agitation, by Lord Sandwich, to raise the Wages of the Seamen in his Majesty's Navy.
It is said that General Paoli will shortly be honoured with the Government of some of our Settlements abroad.
Laughlin MacLane, Esquire, will set out in a few Days for Pennsylvania, where he is appointed Commissioner of the Stores, and is charged with the Direction of an Affair which is expected to turn out a Matter of great Importance to this Kingdom.
January 18. This being the Day appointed for the Celebration of her Majesty's Birth Day, there was a most splendid as well as most numerous Court at St. James's. The great Officers of State all attended, together with the foreign Ministers; and Nothing could possibly exceed the Magnificence of various Dresses, which were made up out of Compliment to the Queen. The Lord Chancellor was present with the Seal, the Attorney and Solicitor General appeared in their Gowns of Office; and the Concourse, upon the Whole, far exceeded any Thing which has been seen at Court for seven Years.
The Ball this Evening will be opened by the Prince of Mecklenburg, and it is thought with the Dutchess of Grafton, her Grace being now in a Manner the only Woman of her Rank who dances on publick Occasions at St. James's.
Letters from Corsica say that his Most Christian Majesty has granted Permission to the Jews to build them Synagogues in Corsica, where great Numbers continue to arrive from Italy, Spain, and Portugal.
Yesterday Count de Guignes and the Spanish Ambassador had a long Conference together at the Count's House in Great George Street, Westminster, soon after which a Courier was despatched to Paris.
It is confidently said that the French Ambassador has declared his Intention of complying with the celebrated Britain's Desire of confronting his Excellency in Regard to the late Fire in Portsmouth Dockyard.
It is talked that the Duties on Cotton Wool imported will be discontinued, and that an additional Duty of three Shillings a Piece will be laid on all French Cambricks and Lawns exported to the Plantations.
January 23. By a private Letter from Paris there is Advice that the Illness of the French King was supposed to have been occasioned by some Poison being conveyed into a Glass of Wine; for his Majesty, soon after drinking of it, felt shooting Pains all over his Body, but Something being given him immediately to expel it, he is now in a fair Way of Recovery. The Letter also says, that a certain Priest, Confessor to a forsaken Mistress, is strongly suspected of being guilty of this wicked Attempt, he having absconded.
It is reported a Scheme is under Consideration for laying a Tax upon Saddle Horses, Playhouses, and other Places of publick Amusement.

About three Years ago one Warehouse in Spitalfields kept forty Looms employed on Brocade Work, but now keeps only three, owing to the smuggling hither of French Silks.
Thursday last a French Rider, on his Journey from Dover to London, was seized, and upwards of a Hundred and fifty Patterns of contraband French Silks and Brocades were found upon him, which were lodged in the Customhouse.
January 25. Mr. Sawbridge gave Notice on Wednesday, in the House of Commons, that he intended to make a Motion, on the 25th of February next, for shortening the Duration of Parliaments. He also moved that there might be a Call of the House on the aforesaid Day, and that the non-attending Members should be committed to the Custody of the Sergeant at Arms, which Motion was agreed to.
January 28. Our Correspondent at Prague, the capital City of the Kingdom of Bohemia, informs us that so great has been the Scarcity of Bread Corn throughout that whole State that the poorer Sort of People, for several Months past, have been compelled to live without Bread; and so great is the Famine there, at present, that neither Cat nor Dog is to be found alive in any Part of that Kingdom, the City of Prague excepted; the Whole of those two distinct Species of Animals having supplied the Place of other animal Food for several Weeks.
We hear that a Plan is under Consideration for building a Number of Corn Magazines in different Parts of the Metropolis, to be kept constantly full of Grain, and sold to the Inhabitants at a reasonable Price.
The Number of Subjects drained yearly from England by the East India Company being a Loss to the Nation, it is said that Measures will be taken to make them recruit their Army with Foreigners, &c.
February 3. The Alterations lately made in the commercial and political State of Denmark, though generally understood to be very salutary, and for the Advantage of the Subjects, were made a Handle of by the Queen Mother, and her Party, to represent them as Innovations. This Dowager Lady has also long viewed the Queen Consort with a jealous Eye, as a Person who has entirely diminished that Power which she formerly enjoyed. The Queen Consort, young, gay, affable, and obliging, gained all sensible Hearts by her Affability to please; and it is no Wonder that such a Person should give Occasion for Censure, to those who were already disposed to find Fault. It happened to favour the Dowager's Designs that the Queen had a particular Friendship for the King's Physician, a German, pretty far advanced in Years, a Man eminent in his Profession, and of an excellent Understanding. The Insinuations respecting this Intimacy (however improbable, and ill founded) were of the worst Kind. Here the Conspirators were determined to fix their Mark, and impose upon the credulous Multitude, who are always too ready to believe the worst of their Superiors.
Extract of a Letter from a Dutch Merchant in Copenhagen to his Friend in London, January 19.
"At a masked Ball, the King and Queen being present, Colonel Scheffer, Colonel of the Guard, went up to the Count —, late Physician, and then favourite Minister, and told him he was in Arrest. Count Rantzaw, General and Commander in Chief, confirmed it; and he was instantly carried away. Then Count Rantzaw spoke to the King, and advised him, that, for the Safety of the Queen, and to save her from the Resentment of the Guards and People, he would sign an Order for her Confinement, with which Request the King complied. Rantzaw then secured the Queen, and she was conveyed away, in her Masquerade Habit, to a Castle at a Distance. The King was then conducted into an inner Apartment, the Markers, Musicians, &c. being kept in by the Sentinels, who guarded the Masquerade. Upon a Signal given, the greater Part of the Company threw off their Masquerade Dresses, and appeared armed, declaring for the Guards, &c. At the same Time the Burghers, Sailors, and Soldiers not on Duty, surrounded the House, and with loud Shouts cried out for good Government, and Justice against the Queen and some others, and insisted that the King should appear. To pacify them, Count Rantzaw brought him to the Window. The People then peremptorily demanded that they should be governed by the old Laws; that all the new Edicts should be revoked, and the late Imposts taken off; that the Queen, and Advisers of the new Regulations, should be punished; that the Guards should be restored to their Rank, and the Queen Dowager be declared Regent."
"His Majesty promised to comply with these several Requests. That respecting the Regency and the Guards was instantly executed, on which they seized the Favourites and Advisers of the Measures complained of, most of whom were present at the Masquerade; the rest of the Company were then released from the Restraint to which many of them were obliged unwillingly to submit."
"The Queen, by many, is thought innocent of any Incontinency, and that all the Reports propagated against her Virtue are no more than political Lies, raised by a Party to carry on a Revolution. What is done with the King, Queen, and other Prisoners, is not yet known; but it is supposed that he will be obliged to resign his Crown in Favour of his Half Brother, and that the States will then declare his Children illegitimate, previous to which that some of the Prisoners will be racked, until they confess what will be necessary for the plausible Completion of the Design of the Faction."
"It is also conjectured that Count Rantzaw will restore the Danes to their ancient Liberty, and that this Design hath been pursuing for some Years past by the Faction. It is expected that the Effects of all English Subjects will be seized, as a Security, lest the Court of England shall give Orders, out of Resentment, for the Seizure of ours in that Kingdom. In fine, the French Councils have at length prevailed."
Extract of a Letter from Copenhagen.
"Every considerate Man, who remembers the two atrocious Attempts of the Danish Dowager to cut off the Prince Royal in his Father's Lifetime, and has traced, with observant Eye, her minutest Actions from that Period, to her now having so artfully procured herself to be chosen Regent, at this very convenient Crisis for her dark Purposes, is fully convinced that the treacherous Conspiracy broke out here has been long hatching and fomenting under her intriguing Machination, and the more especially as the great Improbability in the base Aspersions thrown on the Honour of the reigning Queen clearly manifest them the Subornations of this ambitious Stepmother apparently calculated to cover her treasonable (perhaps fatal) Designs in Favour of her own Offspring."
"Whatever Colour may have been put upon the Insurrection just now raised in Denmark, the true Cause, it is more than probable, will at last be found to have been the Ambition either of the Queen Dowager, supported by the Machinations of a discarded Minister, or of a discontented Nobility, anxious to recover that despotic Power which their Ancestors exercised over both the King and Commons in that Country till towards the latter End of the last Century. The Youth and Inexperience of the present King, and an artful Management of the native Prejudices of the Danes, have afforded a very favourable Opportunity for these Designs; and it cannot but occur to the Memory of every Person, who has at all attended to the Course of publick Intelligence, what Pains have been taken to prepare the Minds of Foreigners for some singular Event, by the many Hints and Anecdotes of the King and Queen of Denmark inserted in our own and in the foreign Prints for more than a Twelvemonth past, and which were of such a Nature that they never could have been received as Reports circulated among the Inhabitants, nor had they even been true, could have found their Way into foreign Countries, but to answer the Views of treacherous and designing Persons."
"The Report of a Fleet being intended to be sent to the Baltic, to second the Representations of Mr. Gunning on Behalf of the King and Queen of Denmark, gains Ground, and seems to be received with general Applause. A Zeal for the Person and Family of his King is as much the Characteristic of an Englishman as a Zeal for his own Liberty; and a generous Exertion of it at this Time, to rescue the Brother in Law and Sister of our present Sovereign from Oppression and Captivity, might operate more powerfully on his Heart than Petitions and Remonstrances."
"The Physician who was suspected of being too much in the Queen's Favour is Doctor Struensee, a Holsteiner by Birth."
"It is whispered that the Revolution at Copenhagen has been effected by the Intrigues of the Queen Dowager, Julia Maria, of Brunswick Wolfenbuttle, Mother in Law of the present King; she is said to be a very artful and ambitious Woman, and has formed a Design of getting the Regency into her own Hands, and afterwards of placing her own Son on the Throne. In this View, she is secretly aided and assisted by the Grand Treasurer, the Baron de —, who accompanied the King of Denmark to England. He is a Person of the meanest Extraction, was formerly a Merchant's Clerk at Hamburg, and afterwards a Commissary during the late War. This Man is remarkable for Subtlety and Intrigue, and bears a mortal Aversion to the English Nation. It is also said that the Whole is fomented and carried on by Means of French Gold and Countels."
"We hear that Sir Edward Hawke will command the Fleet which will be sent to Copenhagen, and that an Express was on Sunday sent to him to come to Town immediately."
February 2. Lord North, we hear, has declared an Opinion that another Year of Peace will enable Government to pay off three Millions of the national Debt.
"An ingenious American Gentleman, to preserve Ships from Lightning, has lately made several Experiments at Sea with Conductors of Copper Wire Chains, the Thickness of a small Quill, the upper and lower Links
of which terminate in small Points; this Chain is fixed to the main top gallant Mast, runs off the Showers into the Water, and conducts the Lightning in such a Manner that it prevents a Stroke that might destroy a Ship. A Demonstration of the Efficacy of this Machine was lately seen by Captain Wynn, on the Coast of Florida; and in the Windward Passage by Captain Paul Surman, who a short Time since arrived from Jamaica."
An amazing Number of German Protestants are now impatiently waiting on the Rhine to embark for the Mississippi, the Moment a civil Establishment is instituted there by the English Ministry for the Protection of Settlers.
We hear that it was agreed at the Privy Council held last Saturday to send a Yacht to Copenhagen, on Board of which is to embark a Nobleman of Distinction, who is to be nominated by his Majesty, to demand of the Senate that the Queen of Denmark may be restored to her Liberty and sent home; also that a Fleet of Men of War is immediately to follow the Yacht, which, in Case the Demand is not complied with, is to bombard the Place.
A Report has transpired that some late Transactions at a certain northern Court were owing to the internal Machinations of the French Ambassador there, where it seems he has raised a Frenchified Party to conspire against the Honour and (it is feared) the Life of the Queen, for opposing the French Interest, and espousing that of this her native Country, and forming a Party for that Purpose.
A Letter from York, dated December 10th, says: "Last Friday Night, at an Auction of Hardware in a Shop in Concy Street in this City (the Cellar under which had been for many Years as a Smith's Forge) the Company being very numerous, and the Auctioneer in the Height of his Office, crying out A-going, just a-going for twenty Pence , the Joint that supported the Floor instantly gave Way, when the Audience, with Auctioneer, Counter, Hardware, &c. made a precipitate Descent into the Regions of honest Vulcan. The Confusion that was occasioned, by the tumbling together of near three-score People in a Fall of ten Feet, may easier be imagined than described; notwithstanding which a few broken Shins, scratched and sooty Faces, and the Loss of Hats, Wigs, &c. were the only Injuries sustained. The Whole was a most providential Escape."
GLOUCESTER, January 6. There are two Ladies, now living, in different Parts of this Kingdom, who are both Relicks of the same Gentleman; of whom it is remarkable, that one has no Legs, and the other no Use of those she has. The first, who is the lawful Wife, as being the first married, convinced of the Innocence of her Companion in Widowhood, has settled a handsome Annuity upon her, on which she subsists as comfortably as one can do that has kept her Bed for fourteen Years. The Son of the first mentioned Lady has a considerable Estate in this Country.
GLASGOW, December 26. It is with Pleasure we can inform the Publick that our Manufacturers here have, with the greatest Attention, Pains, and Expense, happily succeeded in bringing the Cambric Manufactory to the highest Perfection; the Cambric now made here being esteemed, by good Judges, to be equal, if not superior, in Quality, to the best foreign Cambric ever imported.
We hear from Lang Loan that the Monkland Canal is now navigable for several Miles, and that different People in that Neighbourhood have already supplied themselves with Coals at a cheaper Rate than usual, by Means of this new Navigation.
Extract of a Letter from Mauchlin, January 2.
"Yesterday the following melancholy Accident happened in this Parish. Some Boys who attended a School in this Neighbourhood, having got Leave to play, as is usual on Newyear's Day, went to divert themselves upon Loch Brown, which was not quite frozen over, when a Boy about fourteen Years of Age, Hugh Wallace (Son of Hugh Wallace, Farmer in Bargour) dropped into the Water, which at that Place was seven Feet deep. The other Boys that were near him, finding the Ice giving Way, ran back; but his Brother, a Boy about twelve Years of Age, immediately flew to his Assistance, threw himself down upon the Ice in Order to catch Hold of his Brother, who was then swimming above the Water; but alas! the Ice gave Way, and they both unfortunately shared the same Fate. Soon after two Men attempted to get out their Corps, by fixing a Rope to a large Plank of Wood laid over the Ice; which breaking, they both tumbled into the Water, and would likewise have perished, had not the one saved his Life by swimming, and the other, by laying Hold of the Rope, got ashore, though much cut with the Ice. The Boys Corps could not be got out till next Morning, when a small Boat was brought over from Barskimming, the Seat of the Right Honourable Lord Justice Clerk. They were both interred in one Grave, in Mauchlin Churchyard, on Saturday last. Thus two fine Boys unhappily perished, to the great Grief and Affliction of their disconsolate Parents, whose Situation on this mournful Occasion may be easier felt than expressed."
A N E C D O T E.
DURING the Administration of Sir Robert Walpole, a Scotch Colonel, who had assisted Government very frequently in some northern Elections, was greatly caressed by this able Statesman, and repeatedly desired, when any Office became vacant, that he would immediately apply for it. This was an Advice which the Colonel held too agreeable to neglect. He therefore applied for Place to Place, as it fell, but was constantly told, with a Tone of great Concern, that it was that Moment unfortunately disposed of; however, that he should certainly have the very next which dropped. The Archbishop of Canterbury at length dying, the Colonel repaired to Downing Street, and requested an Audience of the Minister. This being granted, Sir Robert (says he) the Archbishop of Canterbury is dead, and you promised me positively the first Place which dropped. I did so, my dear Friend (returned the Knight) but I meant the next Place which was fit for you. Remember you are a military Man, and the See of Canterbury requires an Ecclesiastick. Ha! ha! you Archbishop of Canterbury! excuse me, my dear Friend, I must laugh a little, faith I must. Laugh as much as you please, Sir Robert (retorted the Colonel) so you give me the See; you have made Judges of Jockies, Privy Counsellors of Pawnders, and may make an Archbishop of a Soldier, especially as the last, you know, is an Employment always executed by a Deputy. Sir Robert, finding the Scotchman was not to be shaken off, made him a Gentleman of the Bedchamber; and he retired, perfectly satisfied, with five Hundred Pounds a Year.
From the CONTEMPLATIVE MAN: Or, the History of CHRISTOPHER CRAB, Esquire, just published.
Mr. Crab's Return to North Wales altered to a Journey to London, which occasioned some Family Disputes.
MR. Crab had determined to set out for North Wales the next Morning, but Mrs. Crab had determined far otherwise. She had resolved, when she left home, not to return without visiting that dear delightful Place London; and throwing her right Hand carelessly upon the left, said, in a wheedling Tone of Voice, My Dear, what if we were to set out for London to-morrow Morning, instead of going back into the Country? Zounds! Madam, Mr. Crab— Down dropped his Pipe (like the Urinal from the Hands of Abel Druggler in the Alchymist) and all his ideal Joys vanished in a Whiff.
"Zounds! Madam, says Mr. Crab, what the Plague do you mean? Do you think I am made of Money? This Jaunt has cost me a pretty Penny already. I say, go to London, truly! Nay, my Dear, answered Mrs. Crab, I only thought, as you had never seen the great Metropolis, and was now within a Day's Journey of it, that you would be sorry afterwards you had not taken this Opportunity, which was my only Reason for putting you in Mind of it. Why, replied Mr. Crab, what is to be seen there but Men, Women, and Houses? It is true, Sir, says the Son, Men, Women, and Houses, are common enough every Where, but not such as are to be met with in London: For the Women of Rank have two Heads, one above another, with only one Face; and the Men of Fashion, or rather the fashionable Men, are all Face, without any Head at all. Those Parts, which in other People are the Receptacles for the Brains, &c. are Nothing but Paper Machines plastered over with perfumed Powder and Pomatum. I assure you, Sir, my Account is not exaggerated, like the Portraits of wild Beasts, by Way of exciting your Curiosity to see them; these, and many other Originals, would far exceed any Description I can give of them. But whether you will think it worth your While to go fifty Miles out of your Way, to have ocular Demonstration, must be left to your own Consideration. My Brother the Captain, and myself, having been at London, can have no other Inducement for going thither again but the Pleasure of bearing you Company. Ay, ay, says the Captain, that same London is a curious Place. There is always some general Topic for Controversation; some new Author, devoted by his Property to be dissected, or some new Play, happily protected by a Peer, to be applauded. The Maypole is up all the Year through, and the People daily dance round it."
"This seeming Indifference which the Captain and Mr. Christopher showed about going to London, operated upon Mr. Crab as they expected. He sat musing for some Minutes, divided between his Avarice and his Caprice. At length the latter prevailed. Methinks, says he, I should like to have a Peep at those Paper sculled Fellows that my Son talks of."
What do you say to it, Madam (to Mrs. Crab) Why, my Dear, says Mrs. Crab, it depends entirely upon your own Inclination; I beg to be left out of the Question. You know the Expense will be — D—n the Expenses, says Mr. Crab, angrily; I am resolved to go. And go they did."
PHILADELPHIA, April 6.
ON Thursday Night last there fell a considerable Quantity of Snow, so that in many Places it was above six Inches Deep the next Morning; but the Weather, on Saturday and yesterday, was so moderate that the Whole of it was entirely melted.
Extract of a Letter from the same Gentleman at the Illinois, dated at Kaskaskia, January 17, 1772.
"On the 17th of July last I went out to your Plantation, to see if your Harvest was gathered in, according to my Agreement with the Frenchman I had hired for that Purpose. A few Minutes after I entered the House eight Kickapoo Indians, who had seen me riding through the Grande Prairie, followed me into the House; and, as I had no Means to defend myself, they immediately made me Prisoner. From thence they conducted me through the Prairies to Wiotonon (their Town, near the Head of the Wabache River) where we arrived the ninth Day of a most fatiguing March. They rode me Horse by Turns, but would never allow me the same Indulgence. On our Arrival at the Town they stripped and painted me black, as is usual with the Savages when they intend to burn their Prisoners. The next Day they lighted a Fire, bound and laid me before it, and were proceeding to exercise the most cruel Tortures on me when some French Traders from Detroit, touched with Compassion, interceded for my Life; which, after two Days Confutation, the Savages agreed to allow, on the Payment of a very great Ransom, which, with my Expenses to return here, &c. will cost about three Hundred Pounds. The 3d of August I left Wiotonon, and arrived here the 15th, from a miserable and distressing Tour, which was worse than Death to undergo."
"Since we have had Possession of the Illinois Country, the above Nation of Indians, with their Adherents, have taken seven English Men and one Woman Prisoners, scalped one Soldier of the 18th Regiment alive, killed and scalped upwards of thirty Englishmen from the Age of eighteen to thirty Years, and robbed English Merchants Boats and Stores to the Value of ten Thousand Pounds; yet no Measures are taken on to chastise their Perfidy."
WILLIAMSBURG, April 23.
THE Ocean, Ewing, Speirs, Lusk, and Peter, Lang, from Glasgow, the George, Coats, from London, and Crobie, Wilson, from Liverpool, are arrived in James River; the Juno, McCunn, from Glasgow, in York River; and the Matty, Fox, from London, in Rappahannock.
On Thursday and Friday last the following Criminals were brought to their Trials at the General Court. Mary Bolding, from Prince William, for Theft: Guilty. Francis Harris, from Prince William, for Burglary: Acquitted. Bridget Rogers, from Augusta, for Grand Larceny: Guilty. Mary Alderman, from Augusta, for Grand Larceny: Acquitted. Richard Thompson, from Fauquier, for Horse Stealing: Guilty. Joseph Nicks, from Mecklenburg, for House Burning: Laid over until June Court. Peter Goffigon, from Norfolk, for Negro Stealing: Guilty. James Conner, from Frederick, for Maiming: Guilty. John Hollingsworth, from Charlotte, for Robbery: Acquitted. John Hywarden, from Prince William, for Grand Larceny: Guilty.
On Tuesday next, being the 28th Instant, A COMEDY (NEVER PERFORMED THERE) WRITTEN BY ARTHUR MURPHY, Esquire, called the WAY TO KEEP HIM.
To which will be added, The ORACLE. SINGING by Mrs. STAMPER.
It may not be improper to give Notice that the Theatre in Williamsburg will be closed at the End of the April Court, the American Company's Engagements calling them to the Northward, from whence, it is probable, they will not return for several Years.
Advertisements.
NEWPORT Parish, Isle of Wight, April 22, 1772.
BORROWED, or taken from the Library of Mr. Milner, late Rector of this Parish, seventy or eighty Volumes, among which are, in DUODECIMO, first and second Volumes of Hume's Essays , second and eighth of Pope's Works , first of the Tour through Britain , first of Hildrop's Works , second and third of Young's Poems , second of Evans's Sermons , and the seventh of the Spectator ; also, in OCTAVO, the first and second Volumes of Reading's Sermons , first of Martin's System , first of Leland's View of Deistical Writers , first of the Polygraphick Dictionary , first, second, and third of the Athenian Oracle , second of Spelman's Expedition of Cyrus , and several Volumes of the Critical Review . Mr. Milner's Books lay for some Time in the Cellar of Mr. Tankard in Norfolk, and many of them were taken out there, which it is expected are in the Possession of some of the Inhabitants of that City. Those who have them are requested to return them to Mr. Daniel Barnard, Merchant in Norfolk, or to the Subscriber, who has purchased them. H. JOHN BURGES.
WILLIAMSBURG, April 23, 1772.
MATTHEW HOLT begs Leave to acquaint the Publick, and his Friends in particular, that he has opened a Store, on the south Side of the Capitol, next Door to Mrs. Asfough's, where both dry Goods and West India Commodities may be had upon very reasonable Terms for Cash, or short Credit. He would be very much obliged to those who are indebted to him to pay off their Accounts, &c. this April Court , as Indulgence cannot be granted any longer.
To be SOLD, a very likely Fellow named YORK , who is a good Butcher; also a likely Fellow named CESAR , who understands Ditching, Gardening, and all Kinds of Plantation Business. For Terms apply as above.
THE Subscriber begs Leave to inform the
Publick that he has rented, and is now in Possession of, the Ordinary at Charles City Courthouse ; where he hopes to be properly provided for the Accommodation of Gentlemen, and their Horses, by the Height of the present April Court . JAMES EPPES.
CAROLINE, April 20, 1772.
THE noted Horse FEARNOUGHT, now in high Order, will cover this Spring, on the former Terms, and at the same Place.
Just imported from LONDON, and selling by the Subscriber,
A LARGE Assortment of MILLINERY , and other GOODS , consisting of the neatest Hats, Cloaks, Bonnets, Terefas, and Whisks, Caps, Hoods, and Fillets, worked Linen, white Satin and Lustrine Stomachers and Knots, Italian Flowers, Sashes and quilted Puddings for Children, black and white Silk Aprons, white and coloured Satin and Sarcenet quilted Coats, Patent Net Hoods, flowered Patent Aprons and Pieces for Ruffles and Handkerchiefs, equal in Beauty to joining Lace, fine white and black Silk and Worsted Breeches Patterns, Breast Flowers, Muffin, Cambric, Gauze, and Catguts, white and coloured Satin, Queen's Silk and Stuff Shoes, white and coloured Silk Hose, ribbed Thread and Cotton Do. Gloves and Glove Stringa, Silk Mits at 4s. a Pair, new fashioned Hair Collars, Boys trimmed Satin Caps, Ladies newest fashioned riding Hats bound and trimmed with Turbans and Feathers, new Musick, both Dances and Songs, Gentlemen's fine Beaver Hats, thin Bone and Packthread Stays, fine Night Caps, French Beads and Bugles, Stone, Silver, Pinchbeck, and gilt Buckles, set Combs, plain Do. of all Sorts, Stone and Gold Brooches, Stone and other Pins, Marcassite Lockets, Silver bowed Scissors, Silver Teaspoons, Tea Tongs, Pap Boats and Spunge Eggs, Etwee Cakes and Pocket Books, Traveling Shaving Cakes and Shaving Powder, Silver Screws and Shoe Claspers, Fruit Knives, Pocket Rules, Gold and Silver Handbands, Canes and very neat Riding Whips, Toys for Children, Bead and Marcassite Earrings, Paste Do. with and without Drops, plaited Shoe Buckles, bordered and spotted Gauze Handkerchiefs, Hair Nets and Powder Bags, Watch Papers, Fillagge Trinkets, Inkpots, Fiddle Strings, with many other Articles too numerous to mention. C. RATHBELL.

Just arrived, and to be SOLD by ROBERT MACGILL, Bookseller, during the present General Court, at the House of Mr. William Rind, in Williamsburg,
A SMALL Collection of BOOKS, consisting of HISTORY, ENTERTAINMENT, NEW NOVELS, SONG BOOKS, some LAW BOOKS, and a few DIVINITY BOOKS; likewise a neat Assortment of Ladies and Gentlemen's Morocco POCKET BOOKS, with or without Instruments; also a Variety of MERCHANTS ACCOUNT BOOKS.
N. B. Printed Catalogues, with the Prices annexed, may be had gratis.
DR. KEYSER's famous PILLS are to be had, with full Directions for their Use in all Cafes, at JOHN M. GALT's Shop, near the Capitol, in Williamsburg,
WHO takes the Liberty to give the Publick some Particulars relating to them, that such Persons as are suffering under any Degree of a certain DISEASE may be encouraged to use the Means for their Recovery, which have hitherto been successful beyond all the other Inventions of human Subtlety.
The Preparation has been discovered only eleven Years. The Patient is most effectually cured without any Inconvenience to himself, or being exposed to the Shame and Confusion of his Disorder being known to the nicest Observer. When he is condemned to a torturing Salivation, he finds himself blessed in a Reprieve by substituting this Medicine; and it has ever been found a certain Cure after the noisome and excruciating Torments of filthy Salivations have failed.
His Majesty ordered the most rigid and nicest Examinations, by twenty seven of the principal Physicians and Surgeons, to be made, not only immediately upon the Persons having been treated with the Medicine, but even for the Space of two Years afterwards, to see if the Cures of all the numerous Patients were durable; when, to the eternal Honour of Doctor Keyser, there was not found a single Instance of Failure. This occasioned the King to establish an Hospital, where these Pills alone are administered, and from whence seven Thousand Soldiers have been dismissed since the 20th of April, 1763, perfectly restored to Health. His Majesty, in Reward for such important Services to Mankind, has settled an Annuity of seven Hundred and fifty Pounds upon the ingenious Inventor.
The happy Effects of Keyser's Pills have been often proved in white Swellings, Asthma, Suppressions of Urine, in the Palsy, Apoplexies, Sciaticks, in the Green Sickness, and more especially in the Yaws.
The Cures are attested by the Duke of Bedford, and Lord Ligonier, in England; and the Dukes of Nivernais, Choiseul, and Praslin, in France.
WE certify, to all whom it may concern, that since the Establishment of our Hospital, in the Year of our Lord 1759, for the Use of the Soldiers of the French Guards, it appears, by the Registers of the said Hospital, that Mr. Keyser's Medicine has already cured five Hundred and fifty eight Soldiers, who (by the Accounts of our Physicians and Surgeon Majors) were afflicted with the most severe and inveterate Disorders, many of which were unconquerable by repeated Salivations and other Methods, without our having lost a single Man; whereas, before Mr. Keyser's new discovered Remedy, we generally lost near Half the Number of those who were treated for this Disorder by the best Methods then in Use: That we caused the strictest and repeated Examinations to be made of the Cures performed; and having no other Motive but that of Humanity in the Preservation of Men's Lives, we thought it, therefore, our Duty to give particular Attention to this Object, in Consequence of which we have supported it with our warmest Protection, &c.
We certify, moreover, that, in Consideration of the continual Success of this Remedy, examined and acknowledged, it has pleased his Majesty to purchase the Secret, and to grant a Pension of ten Thousand Livres a Year to Mr. Keyser, which is notoriouss to all Paris, as also an exclusive Privilege of making and vending his Medicine during his Life; that Mr. Keyser's Remedy is adopted, and made Use of by Order of the Government, in all the military Hospitals of the Kingdom, from whence we daily receive Letters filled with the greatest Encouragements on its superior Virtues.
We have, therefore, signed the present Certificate with our own Hands, sealed with the Seal of our Arms, and counter-signed by our own Signatures, the 20th of April 1763.
BEDFORD. LIGONIER. Marshal Duke of BIRON. Duke of CHOISEUL. Duke of PRASLIN. Duke of NIVERNARS.
(Signed)
And underneath by their respective Secretaries, with the Seals of their Arms annexed.
They are sold in Boxes, with printed Directions for taking them, at two Dollars and a Half and five Dollars each.
This Medicine is sold for Mr. James Rivington of New York, the only Person appointed by Doctor Keyser to send them in America.
To be SOLD on the Premises, to the highest Bidder, on Monday the 4th of May, if fair, otherwise next fair Day,
A TRACT of LAND lying in Fauquier County, containing by Estimation seventeen Hundred Acres, commonly known by the Name of The Cobler's Tract. Six Months Credit will be allowed, the Purchaser giving an Execution Bond, with approved Security, to
THOMAS TURNER. N. B. THE LAND will be sold altogether, or in Parcels, as may best suit the Purchasers. Five per Cent. Discount for ready Money.
For SALE, A TRACT of LAND in Bedford, above the Courthouse, containing two Hundred and ten Acres, the Timber upon which is red Oak, Hickory, and Poplar. There is a small Plantation upon it, with a Dwelling-house, hundry Outhouses, and other Improvements. Any Person inclined to purchase may know the Terms by applying to Mr. Alexander Stewart, at Rocky Ridge, or to the Subscriber, living near the Premises.
JOHN CLEMENT. To be LEASED, for a Term of Years, and entered upon immediately,
A TRACT of LAND, containing one Hundred and fifty three Acres pleasantly situated, opposite to the Borough of Norfolk, called Windmill Point, on which are two BRICK WINDMILLS completely fitted for grinding, with a large BAKEHOUSE which contains four Ovens and three Bolting Mills, all under one Roof, and a large GRANARY sufficient to contain four or five Thousand Bushels of Wheat; also several NEGROES, among whom are Millers, Bakers, a Cooper, and a Wench; likewise a commodious DWELLINGHOUSE, with four Rooms on a Floor, and all necessary Outhouses belonging thereto. Any Gentleman inclining to take a Lease of the above Place may know the Terms by applying to me, on the Premises.
ROBERT TUCKER. N. B. The Subscriber would be glad to undertake the manufacturing of any Quantity of Wheat, or Seconds, on reasonable Terms, not exceeding fifteen Thousand Bushels.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, on six Months Credit, at Chesterfield Courthouse, on Friday the 2d of October next,
TWO Thousand Acres of LAND on Swift Creek. It is exceeding good for Grain, very well timbered, and will be sold altogether, or in Parcels, as may best suit the Purchasers. It is five Miles from Petersburg, and about the same Distance from Osborne's Warehouse. Any Person inclined to purchase may see the Land, any Time before the Day of Sale, by applying to John Randolph, Executor of Henry Randolph, deceased.
RUN away from the Subscriber, at Rocky Ridge, on Friday the 17th Instant (April) an indentured Servant Lad named JAMES PATTESON, about five Feet four or five Inches high, well set, with yellow Hair, and a fair Complexion; he had on, when he went away, a blue Waistcoat and Breeches, Shoes, and gray Stockings, but no Buckles. The same Night he ran away he went on Board the Betty, Captain Ramsay (the Ship he was imported in) and stole from thence sundry Wearing Apparel, which it is probable he will make use of. They were a blue Waistcoat lined with white Flannel, a Pair of striped Canvass Trousers, and two striped Holland Shirts marked C. M. All Masters of Vessels are forewarned, at their Peril, from harbouring or carrying him out of the Colony; and I hereby offer a Reward of FORTY SHILLINGS if he is secured in any Jail so that I may get him again, or delivered to Mr. William Russell, at Rocky Ridge, or to me in Charles City County, near the Long Bridge.
ALEXANDER GORDON.
To be SOLD, on the Premises, to the highest Bidder, on Wednesday the 29th of July,
SEVENTEEN Hundred Acres of LAND, formerly the Property of Mr. Nathaniel Edwards, Junior, deceased, lying on the South Side of Meherrin River, in the County of Brunswick, great Part of which is good for Tobacco. Six Months Credit will be allowed, the Purchaser giving Bond, with approved Security.
WILLIAM EDWARDS.
For CHARTER to any Port in BRITAIN, THE Brigantine BETTY, now on the Stocks at Alexandria, Burthen about three Hundred and twenty Hogheads, and will be launched on or about the 15th of May. For Terms apply to Mr. William Templeman in Fredericksburg, or to me in Alexandria.
WILLIAM WOOD.
EIGHT POUNDS REWARD.
RUN away, on Monday the 6th Instant (April) from my Plantation in Culpeper, near Frederick Zimmerman's Ordinary, an English Convict Servant Man named JOHN BOOKER, born in Yorkshire, about thirty three Years old, five Feet six Inches high, with a narrow Visage, ruddy Countenance, a little pitted with the Smallpox, and dark Hair unied; he speaks broad, is fond of Liquor, and talkative, has been near two Years in the Country, and is an excellent Ditcher. His Clothes consisted of a Frieze Frock, almost new, not lined, with Metal Buttons, cut in the Fashion, with a Button and Strap to the Hip, Breeches of the same, but more worn, an old black Jacket, new Felt Hat, Yarn Stockings, and Country Shoes tied with Strings, the Heels and Soles thick nailed. Also went off, at the same Time, with the above, another English Convict, belonging to Mr. William Allan, adjoining my Plantation, named THOMAS DRYBROW, a tall stout Fellow, with a full swarthy Face, which appears to be swelled or bloated, and wears his own thick fancy curled Hair; he had on, and took with him, two Osnaburg Shirts, a Pair of old brown Rolls Trousers, old Leather Breeches, a coarse Kersey Fly Coat with Metal Buttons, the Body lined with Plaid, an old blue Jacket without Sleeves, good Shoes, an old Felt Hat, and Country made white Yarn Stockings, much worn. It is probable they may change Clothes with each other. The above Reward shall be paid to any Person who will deliver the said Servants to Mr. Edward Stevens, Merchant at Culpeper Courthouse, the Overseer at my Plantation, or to me in Fredericksburg. FOUR POUNDS will be given if they are secured in any Jail, so that we may get them again, or in Proportion for either of them.
JAMES DUNCANSON.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Essex,
about seven Miles below Tappahannock, upon Rappahannock River, some Time last August, a very likely Negro Man named JOE, about twenty three Years of Age, a very tall slim Fellow, with little or no Beard, yellow Complexion, thick Lips, a fulky Look, and a Bending in his Knees; his Variety of Clothes makes it needless to mention any Particulars. He has been used to going by Water some Time past, in a Sloop belonging to Mr. Archibald McCall, but was hired to Doctor Ewen Clements last Year, who employed him to work upon his Plantation, and Sometimes to go up and down the River in a Flat to Fredericksburg, and was in his Service when he went off. As he is an artful cunning Fellow, I expect he will attempt to pass for a Freeman, and get on Board a Vessel. All Masters are therefore hereby forewarned from harbouring or carrying him out of the Colony. Whoever brings him to me, or secures him in any of his Majesty's Jails so that I may get him again, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward if he is taken in the Colony, and THREE POUNDS, besides what the Law allows, if he is taken out thereof.
WILLIAM GATEWOOD.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Prince
Edward, on the 19th of June last, a Mulatto Man named TOBY, about twenty two Years of Age, of the middle Stature, thin made, with gray Eyes, white coloured Hair, little or no Beard, stoops in his Shoulders, and is of a brisk Motion; there is a Difference in his Thumbs, but of which I do not remember; he has a small Scar in his Face, and was brought up to the Planter's Business. I expect he will endeavour to pass for a Freeman, if not a white Man. TEN POUNDS Reward will be given if he is taken in Carolina, and FIVE POUNDS, besides what the Law allows, if he is taken in Virginia.
BENJAMIN WIMBISH.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Din-
widdie, on Tuesday the 14th Instant (April) a Negro named BOB, about twenty three Years of Age, five Feet ten or eleven Inches high, by Trade a Blacksmith, very dark and thin visaged. Whoever apprehends the said Slave, and brings him to me, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward, if he is taken in Virginia, and THREE POUNDS if taken in Carolina, besides what the Law allows.
ROBERT WALKER.
RUN away from Richmond Town, on the
19th Instant (April) a Servant Man named PETER FISKIN, a Scotchman, and a Tailor by Trade, well set, with long black Hair; he had on a brown Cloth Coat, red Waistcoat, and black Breeches, and took with him a French gray Suit, &c. Whoever delivers him to me, or secures him so that I may get him again, shall have THREE POUNDS Reward.
JOHN ORR.
TAKEN up, in Mecklenburg, a black
HORSE about four Feet and a Half high, and branded on the near Buttock 4. Posted, and appraised to eight Pounds.
REUBEN MORGAN.
TAKEN up, in Charlotte, the following Strays, namely, a small
black MARE with a long Bob Tail, a white Spot on her near Flank, some Saddle Spots, is branded on the off Shoulder SI, and had on a Bell. A forrel HORSE COLT about a Year old, neither cut, dockt, nor branded. Posted, and appraised to five Pounds. A bay COLT about two Years old, with a large Star in his Forehead, his two near Feet white, neither dockt nor branded. Posted, and appraised to four Pounds.
JAMES HUNT.
TAKEN up, in Amelia, a yellow bay MARE about four Feet eight
Inches high, six or seven Years old, with a long bushy Tail and roached Mane, two Saddle Spots on each Side of her Back, paces naturally, and branded on the near Buttock NW. Posted, and appraised to ten Pounds.
AMBROSE CUMPTON.
THE AMERICAN EDITION of
the first and second Volumes of Judge BLACKSTONE'S COMMENTARIES on the Laws of England is just arrived, from Philadelphia, at Mr. William Rind's, and at Messrs. Purdie and Dixon's, in Williamsburg, for the Convenience of the Gentlemen of Virginia who are animated with the Wish of seeing native Fabrications flourish in America, by the humble Attempts of their most respectful Servant,
ROBERT BELL.
A few Sets of the American Edition of ROBERTSON'S celebrated HISTORY of CHARLES V. complete, in three Volumes Octavo, at the small Price of three Dollars, may be had as above.
MONDAY the 30th of MARCH, 12th Geo. III. 1772.
ORDERED, that Mr. TREASURER do
cause the Names of all the Sheriffs who have failed to collect and account for the publick Taxes, together with the Balances due from them respectively, to be published in the VIRGINIA GAZETTE, at such Times as he shall think proper, before the 10th Day of November next.
By the House of BURGESSES. GEORGE WYTHE, C. H. B.
TREASURY OFFICE, April 14, 1772.
ALL those COLLECTORS who continue in
Arrear to the Treasury may be assured that I shall pay implicit
Obedience to the above Order, besides taking all other necessary Steps to enforce the most speedy Payments.
RO. C. NICHOLAS, Treasurer.
WILLIAMSBURG, April 14, 1772.
THE Gentlemen appointed to manage the late Governor's Affairs, in this Country, desire the Favour of all those indebted to his Lordship's Estate to make immediate Payments, that they may be enabled to close their Accounts, and remit the full Balance to his Lordship's Executors.
THE Subscriber has Goods in Packages for
Sale, at a low Advance for ready Money, or short Credit; also the Remains of a Store, which he will dispose of at a low Advance, and give one, two, or three Years Credit. Both Invoice and Inventory may be seen by applying to me at Cabin Point, or at the next Meeting of the Merchants in Williamsburg.
WALTER PETER. N. B. I have several Pipes of Tenrije WINE which I will sell cheap, on Credit.
Wanted immediately,
A PERSON to attend in a Store who will be constant and affiduous, understands Accounts, and can write a good Hand. Also a Youth about fourteen or fifteen Years of Age, who can read well, and write tolerably. Inquire at the Post Office.
KING & QUEEN, March 31, 1772.
WHEREAS my Apprentice, Christopher
Lewis, has absented himself from my Service, I therefore forewarn all Persons from employing or entertaining him under any Pretence whatever.
THOMAS HILL.
THE convenient, well built Brick House,
on the main Street, in Fredericksburg (formerly advertised) being still unsold, with two Lots, or Half Acres of Ground, adjoining, to one with a Water Lot, on deep Water, and a back Lot at a small Distance, will be offered for Sale, on Tuesday the 26th of May, being the second Day of the Fair.
JOHN DIXON.
SWAN'S POINT FERRY, April 2, 1772.
HAVING undertaken the Charge of the
ORDINARY, and FERRY, at this Place, I take this Method to present my Compliments to the Publick, and inform them that I will immediately furnish every Necessary for keeping the said Ordinary in as handsome a Manner as I possibly can; and, as the April General Court is now approaching, hope it will not be amiss to assure all Persons who may travel to and from Williamsburg, by way of the Ferry at this Place, that I will use every Endeavour to give the fullest Satisfaction, nor shall any Pains be wanting to give the utmost Despatch to Passengers, crossing at the said Ferry. Gentlemen who may have Reason for sending their Servants without Money for Ferriage, will please to furnish them with a Note.
THOMAS FENNER. N. B. All Persons indebted to me, by Bond, or otherwise, are desired to make immediate Payment.
NABOB, a complete DRAY HORSE,
STANDS at Marlborough (the Seat of the late John Mercer, Esquire, deceased) till the 21st Day of June, when he will return to Colonel Mercer's lower Quarter, on Shenandoah, for the Use of that Neighbourhood. It is presumed Nothing more need be said in Favour of NABOB than that Colonel Mercer, while at London, imported him for his own Use. He is at Marlborough purely for the Benefit of that Estate, but any Person inclining to avail himself of so convenient an Opportunity of getting his Breed, may do so at the Rate of two Pistoles the Season, or two Dollars the Leap; the Cash must be sent with the Mares. Excellent Pasturage, and the best Care (though not to be answerable for Loss) will be found till Harvest.
THE noted Horle PARTNER, now the
Property of the Subscriber, will stand this Season, at my House, in Goodland, and will cover at five Pounds each Mare, and on no other Terms. Good Pasturage, and the greatest Care taken of the Mares.
THOMAS M. RANDOLPH.
Twenty Pounds Reward.
CARRIED off by a certain Lynde Valentine, who failed from Pungoteague the 27th of last Month, an Apprentice named JAMES WATERS, about nineteen Years old, has been bred to the Sea, was born in Scotland, wears his own Hair, which is thin and short, he is well set, but rather under the middle Size. Also a Negro Man Slave named ISAAC, the Property of Mrs. Catherine Justice, and hired to me; he is about twenty four Years old, of a yellowish Complexion, well made, of the middle Stature, and his Hair is intermixed with Wool. This Lynde Valentine, by an Extract from the Customhouse Books, appears to be Master and Owner of the Sloop Sally which was built in Massachusetts in 1767; she is square sterned, Burthen, according to Register, thirty Tons, registered in Rhode Island the 19th of May, 1767, and cleared out at Port Ancon the 19th of March, 1772, for Antigua. Her Cargo is as follows, namely, two Hundred Bushels of Corn, ten Thousand five Hundred Feet of Scantling, seven Thousand two Hundred Hogheads Staves, one Thousand Hoghead Heading, four Thousand five Hundred Hoops, and one Thousand Feet of Plank. It is supposed he will make for some Dutch or Danish Port, particularly Santa Cruz, and there offer the Negro for Sale. His Sloop has a new Mainstay, which is the only new Sail she has, a patched Squaresail, Boot-topped with Lime, and a new Topmast, which is remarkably short; her Name is painted in Capital Letters on her Stern. I will give the above Reward if the Negro and Servant be properly secured, so that I may get them again, and on Conviction of the Thief; or TEN POUNDS, besides reasonable Charges, on Delivery of the Negro only.
EDWARD KER. ACCOMACK, April 4, 1772.
STRAYED from the Subscriber, in Amelia,
on the 23d of August last, a dark bay MARE about four Feet six or seven Inches high, with a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, goes well, is branded on the near Buttock O, has some Saddle Spots, a white Place on one Side of her Neck, and has been galled by wearing a Yoke. I suppose her to be some where on James River, in the lower End of Cumberland, or the upper End of Chesterfield, and probably will take the straight Course for the upper End of King and Queen, where she was bred, and has been once taken up, between Misses and Jude's Ferries. Whoever brings the said Mare to me, near Mr. Tabb's West Creek Store, or gives me such Intelligence as will enable me to get her again, shall be well rewarded.
JOHN HUNDLEY, Senior.
SURRY, April 1, 1772.
SOME Time in the Year 1762 I gave my
Bond to Henry Collier, for eight Pounds, which I have long since paid. The Publick is desired not to take an Assignment of the said Bond as I have a sufficient Receipt for its being paid.
THOMAS GRANTHEM.
RUN away from the Subscriber, on the 1st
of March, a small black Fellow named MICHAEL, formerly the Property of Samuel Abney, of James City County, near Williamsburg; he is a sensible, smooth-tongued Fellow, and had on, when he went away, a Cotton Jacket and Breeches, Osnaburg Shirt, and Shoes and Stockings. I imagine he is lurking about Williamsburg. Whoever brings him to New Kent Courthouse, or to me in King William, shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward, besides what the Law allows.
JOHN WARREN.
TAKEN up, in Frederick, a small bright
bay MARE about thirteen Hands high, fifteen Years old, with a Star in her Forehead, a Snip on her Nose, and branded on the near Buttock W. Posted, and appraised to four Pounds ten Shilling.
WILLIAM COCHRAN.
SHOOTER'S HILL, April 6, 1772.
I OBSERVE that Mr. William Cowen, of
King William, has advertised, in Mr. Rind's Gazette, sixteen Hundred Acres of Land, in New Kent County, for Sale, which he undertakes to make a Title to, as an Executor to Captain William Langborn. Part of the Land being mortgaged by my Father, Mr. John Smith, to the said Executor; but, from his Description, and the Quantity, I find he has undertaken to include about six Hundred Acres which I heir from my Mother, and therefore think it necessary to inform the Publick that no Conveyance of his will make a proper Title.
AUGUSTINE SMITH.
THE Remainder of Mr. Harry Beverley's
LAND, in the County of Orange, will be sold, at the Courthouse of the said County, on Thursday the 23d Instant (April) being Court Day.

POETS CORNER.
To the PRINTER of the PENNSYLVANIA PACKET. As the following Verses are applicable to the Season, by giving them a Place in your Paper you will oblige your constant Reader.
On the present APRIL. POETS in vain have had the opening Spring, In tender Accents wou'd the blooming Maid, In vain have taught the April Birds to sing, Their Flight through Fields in verdant Hue array'd.
COUNCIL CHAMBER, April 1, 1772.
THE several County Court Clerks are desired to take Notice that it is a standing Regulation, at the Council Board, not to grant any new Commission of the Peace upon the Recommendation of any Court, unless the Clerk certify therewith what Justices were present when such Recommendation was made, and also send a List of all the Magistrates named in the Commission, distinguishing such as are acting Justices from such as have refused to qualify, or do not act.
TWO Bales of German OSNABRUGS, and two Bales of German ROLLS, damaged in the Mary, Captain Fox, will be sold, for the Benefit of the Insurers, at Warwick, on Saturday the 25th Instant (April) Six Months Credit will be given. JOHN LEITCH.
To be SOLD, at PASQUOTANK Courthouse (North Carolina) on the 10th of June next, to the highest Bidder, at publick Vendue, the following Tracts of LAND:
BETWEEN three and four Hundred Acres on the north Side of Pasquotank River, about three Miles below the Courthouse, with three small Houses thereon; it is exceedingly well timbered, chiefly high Land, Part of which is cleared, an agreeable Situation, and commands an extensive Prospect.
WILLIAM HOLLIDAY, and Co. COACHMAKERS, From LONG-ACRE, LONDON. BEC. Leave to inform the Publick that they have opened a Shop, in the Street leading to the Capitol Landing, next Door to Mr. Stephens, Harness Maker, where those Gentlemen who choose to favour them with their Custom may be supplied with PHILATONS, DOUBLE and SINGLE CHAIRS, made in the neatest and gentlest Manner, and at the most reasonable Rates; also Carriages neatly repaired, with the utmost Expedition. They will undertake all Kinds of JOINERS and CARPENTERS WORK, and HOUSE PAINTING in general. WILLIAMSBURG, April 9, 1772.
WILLIAMSBURG, April 9, 1772. STOLEN out of my Stable, on Friday the 2d Instant (April) a light gray MARE, fourteen Hands high, remarkably gaunt and long, but I believe is neither docked nor branded. Whoever brings her to me shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward, and FIVE POUNDS on Conviction of the Thief. JOHN TYLER.
STRAYED, or STOLEN, from the Subscriber, about the first of November last, a large dark bay HORSE, with a Star in his Forehead, two white hind Feet, and a small black Spot about the Middle of his Neck, on the near Side. Whoever brings him to me, at Fredericksburg, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward. ALEXANDER BLAIR.
TAKEN up, in Orange, a dark bay HORSE with some White in his Forehead, is Hip-shot, has a Bob Tail, branded on the near Buttock D, and had on a pretty good Bell. Potted, and appraised to thirty five Shillings. CHARLES SMITH.
TAKEN up, in Orange, a bay HORSE about four Feet seven or eight Inches high, between seven and eight Years old, and branded on the near Shoulder V. Potted, and appraised to ten Pounds. JOHN HARVEY.
TAKEN up, in Orange, a sorrel HORSE about four Feet five or six Inches high, with a Blaze Face, branded on the near Buttock H, and Something resembling the Bottom of a Stirrup Iron; he had a Bell fastened on with a large Leather Collar and Buckle. Potted, and appraised to six Pounds. ANTHONY FOSTER.
NORFOLK, March 27, 1772.
THE Subscriber, Executrix to the Estate of her late Husband, Matthew Rothery, deceased, hereby requests all those who have any Demands against the Deceased to bring in their Accounts, properly attested; and those who are indebted to the said Estate, or to Rothery and Mehen, are earnestly entreated to an immediate Compliance of their Contracts, and Payment of their respective Dues, at the April General Court. There will be sold, at Vendue, on Tuesday the 12th of May, for ready Money, the Ship MOLLY, with all her Materials, consisting of Sails, Rigging, Anchors, Cables, &c. belonging to the said Estate; also a Hundred Pound Share in the Town Point Company Wharf. There will also be sold, a few Months hence, two Thousand three Hundred and fifty Acres of LAND, lying up the Southern Branch, Part of which has a Quantity of choice Timber on it, with a Grist Mill, new in Repair, which rents for sixty Pounds a Year, and a convenient Place to erect a Saw Mill. A large Flat can come within a few Yards of the Mill. Any Person inclined to purchase may know the Terms by applying to the Subscriber, who has for Sale, or to hire, several valuable SLAVES, among whom are two that have been used to work in a Blacksmith's Shop. MARY ROTHERY, Executrix.
THE Ship INDUSTRY, now lying at City Point, bound for London, will take Tobacco on Liberty of Consignment. She is a fine Ship, and has good Accommodations for Passengers. Orders will be received by Messrs. Eilbeck, Rife, and Company, at Norfolk, Petersburg, and Richmond, or by the Subscriber on Board, who will also attend the neighbouring County Courts. As near Half the Cargo is engaged, she will soon be loaded. JAMES LOWES.
HALLSFIELD (PRINCE GEORGE) March 20, 1772.
THE high blooded bay Horse MERRY TOM, in great Perfection, stands at my House to cover Mares at fifteen Shillings a Leap, forty Shillings the Season, or three Pounds ten Shillings to ensure the Mare with Foal. His Colts are strong, beautiful, and active. I have Pasturage for Mares gratis, but will not be answerable should they be stole, or get away, though great Care shall be taken to prevent it. Nothing of that Kind has hitherto happened. JOHN BAIRD.
PRINCE EDWARD, March 10, 1772.
ALL Persons who have any Demands against me, on Account of the Estate of Robert Walton, deceased, late of Cumberland County, are hereby requested to make them known by the last Day of August next, as on that Day I purpose to sell, to the highest Bidder, at my House, sundry back LANDS belonging to the said Estate, in Order to satisfy all Demands that may then appear against it, and that my Executorship may be finally closed and discharged. GEORGE WALTON, Executor.
THE Weather setting in very bad on the third Day of the Sale of Mr. Benjamin Gwynn's Estate (before advertised by his Trustees) prevented the Whole from being sold, this is to give Notice that on the fourth Monday in May next, being Fair Day, will be sold, in Fredericksburg, on Credit till the 25th of April 1773, between twenty and thirty SLAVES, a Tract of LAND, containing two Thousand Acres, near Lewis's Bridge, which will be sold altogether, or in Parcels as can be agreed on at the Sale; also a Tract, containing sixteen Hundred Acres, adjoining Recovery Furnace Tract, a BRIG about one Hundred Tons Burthen, several WAGGONS, CARTS, and their GEER, sundry BEDS and other HOUSEHOLD and KITCHEN FURNITURE, as well as all the BOOKS, and every Thing else belonging to the Estate of the said Gwynn. Five per Cent. Discount will be allowed for ready Money, and all Bonds not discharged at the Time they become due to bear Interest from their Dates. JOEN TAYLOR, FRANCIS THORNTON, } Trustees. WILLIAM FITZHUGH, }
For SALE. THE following Tracts of LAND, in Pittsylvania, namely, four Hundred Acres on Banister River, seven Hundred and seventy on Beaver Creek, three Hundred and forty five on Burch's Creek, three Hundred and eighty on Leatherwood, and four Hundred on Snow Creek. These Lands were formerly the Property of Mr. Samuel Gordon, deceased. The Price, and Time of Payment, may be known by applying to me in Petersburg. JERMAN BAKER.
STRAYED, or STOLEN, from the Subscriber, some Time in December last, a bright bay HORSE about four Feet seven or eight Inches high, eight or nine Years old, paces very little, trots and gallops, has a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, and is branded on the near Buttock CL in a Piece. As I understand he was bred by Charles Lewis, at Buck Island, Albemarle County, he may have made that Way. Whoever delivers him to Andrew Chinn, in Richmond Town, or to the Subscriber, in Amherst, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward, and FIVE POUNDS on Conviction of the Thief. THOMAS LUMPKIN.
To be SOLD, or RENTED for a Term of Years, and entered upon the 1st of March,
ACOMMODIOUS well built STORE in the Town of Petersburg, adjoining the Tobacco Warehouse, three Stories high, with a good Room fronting the Main Street, four good Rooms with Fireplaces, and a Granary, with a Cellar that will hold sixty Hogheads; also a Warehouse forty Feet by twenty, built last Year, Stable, and Kitchen that is also new. The Lot is well enclosed, and the Whole is in good Repair. For Terms apply to Richard Lamb, on the Premises, or to the Subscriber, in Norfolk. JOHN GREENWOOD.
JAMES HALDANE, COPPER SMITH and BRASS FOUNDER from Philadelphia, in Church Street, near the Church, Norfolk,
MAKES and sells all Sorts of COPPER and BRASS WORK, namely, Stills, Brewing Coppers, Sugar Boilers, Fullers and Hatters Coppers, Capuchin Plate Warmers, Tea Kitchens, all Sorts of Ship, Fish, and Wash Kettles, Stew Pans, Dutch Ovens, Tea Kettles, Saucepans, Coffee and Chocolate Pots, Brass Mill Work, Furniture for Coach and Chair Harness, Fenders, Andirons, Candlesticks, Cocks, &c. at the most reasonable Rates. Also tins and mends all Sorts of old Copper and Brass Kitchen Work, and gives the best Prices for old Copper, Brass, Pewter, or Lead.
All Orders from the Country will be punctually attended to. N. B. He deals for Cash, or Country Produce. Those who have old Brass, Copper, Pewter, or Lead, to dispose of, are desired to apply to Mr. Joseph Kidd, in Williamsburg, or to Mr. Nixon, in Hampton, who will receive it for me, and pay them the Value; they will likewise receive old Work to be repaired.
Six Thousand three Hundred Acres of LAND to be sold at Frederick Town, on Thursday the 28th of May next.
BY Virtue of an Act of Assembly of the Province of Maryland, empowering the Executors of Colonel Thomas Calvert to grant Deeds to Mr. John Semple, his Heirs or Assigns, for a certain Tract of LAND called Maryland, in Frederick County, and Province aforesaid, containing six Thousand three Hundred Acres, we the Subscribers, being Assigns of the said Semple, and having received from the Executors of Colonel Calvert sufficient Deeds for the Land aforesaid, do hereby undertake to dispose of the same, at the Time and Place above mentioned. It is laid off in Lots, in the most advantageous Manner, so that only one of them will make one, two, or three good Settlements, as will appear by the Plat, a Copy of which may be seen at the Coffeehouses of Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Annapolis, in the Hands of Cumberland Wilson at Dunfries, Adam Stewart at George Town, and Charles Beatty at Frederick Town, who will direct those desirous of seeing the Land to a Person acquainted with the Boundaries, on or near the Premises, who will show them the same; but as we intend to meet on the Spot ourselves, a few Days before the Sale, in Order to run the Lines, &c. those inclined to purchase will have an Opportunity of viewing it with us, by attending from Monday the 23th of May till the 28th, being the Day of Sale.
This Land is very suitable for Planting or Farming, being well watered and timbered, no Settlement having ever been made on it, and is a very good Soil. It lies along the Banks of Potomack River, adjoining it for a considerable Way, near to Harper's Ferry, the main Road from which to Fredericks Town (a very flourishing, populous Place) runs through it, from which Place it is only distant about nine Miles, from George Town, the Seaport of the County, forty five Miles, and from Baltimore about sixty five, at each of which Places a constant and ready Market may be found for all Kinds of Produce.
Its Situation on Potomack River must be of considerable Advantage to it, and in Time may add immensely to its Value, when the Navigation is opened, which may be done, without any great Difficulty, for a considerable Distance, there being at present a tolerable Navigation both below and above it lying near the Shenandoa Falls, from whence, up to Fort Cumberland, a Hundred and ten Miles, Battoes now frequently pass, and downwards, to the Seneca Falls, twenty five Miles, which is within twenty Miles of George Town.
It will be sold in separate Lots, or altogether, for Sterling or current Money, as may best suit the Purchasers; one Third to be paid down at the Sale, another Third payable in twelve Months, and the other in two Years, on giving Bond and Security, with Interest till paid. A most undoubted Title will be made the Purchasers. ADAM STEWART. THOMAS MONTGOMERIE. CUMBERLAND WILSON.
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GOOCHLAND, January 13, 1772.
RUN away from the Subscriber, some Time ago, a likely Negro Man named SUBA, talks but indifferent English, and squints pretty much. He ran away twice before, was once apprehended at Hobbs's Hole, and another Time at Effex Courthouse, and is now supposed either to be in that Part of the Country or lurking about Mattax Warehouse, as he once lived there with Mr. Archibald Price. I will give FIVE POUNDS for taking him up, and SIXPENCE a Mile for conveying him to me from the Place where he may be apprehended; and in Case it should be inconvenient to bring him to me, I will give the above Reward for securing him in the Jail of the County where he is taken. JOHN BOLLING.
WARRASQUEAK Bay, November 18, 1771.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Isle of Wight, a Negro named JACK, about five and thirty Years of Age, five Feet ten Inches high, a slim, clean made, talkative, artful, and very fancy Fellow. Also a Negro Woman named VENUS, thirty two Years old, five Feet four Inches high, stout made, very smooth tongued, and has been five Years accustomed to the House. They worked in the Dismal Swamp about two Years, under Mr. John Washington, and carried with them several different Kinds of Apparel. Whoever delivers the said Negroes to me, or secures them so that I may get them, shall have a Reward of FORTY SHILLINGS for each. NATHANIEL BURWELL.
WILLIAMSBURG, December 19, 1771.
WHEREAS the Revenues of the College, unless more Care and Exactness be used in the Collection of them, cannot continue equal to the Expenses; and whereas a considerable Amount is due to the College, which arises from small Sums easy to be paid by each individual Debtor, all Persons concerned are therefore desired to take Notice of the following Regulations, passed at a late Meeting of the President and Masters:
If any Person who owes Money to the College on Bond does not either pay off all the Interest, that is or shall be due, on or before the 10th of May next, or in the mean Time give a new Bond, with approved Security, for the whole Debt, both Principal and Interest, his Bond shall be put into a Lawyer's Hand on the said 10th of May, with Orders to bring Suit, and obtain Satisfaction for it as speedily as the Forms of Law will permit. If, after the said 10th of May, the Interest due on any Bond be not regularly paid, at the Expiration of each Year, the Bond shall be put in Suit without farther Notice or Delay. A salutary Order of the Visitors and Governors, directing every Boarder, on his Admission into the College, to pay for six Months Board in Advance, is evaded and rendered nugatory if the like Sum be not paid per Advance by every Boarder at the End of each Half Year. All, therefore, who are in Arrears for Board, are required to discharge them by the said 10th of May. On Failure, the Boarder shall be dismissed from the College until the Accounts against him be discharged, or recovered by Suit. And after the 10th of May next, if Payment for Board in Advance, as above mentioned, be neglected, the Boarder shall not be suffered to continue in the College for more than one Month after such Neglect, but shall, in that Time, be sent away with his Account, and shall not be received again till it be discharged.
All Surveyors who have not settled with the Burfar of the College, for all their publick and private Surveys since the General Court in April last, are required to settle with him before the 10th of May next, under the Penalty of being superseded, and having their Bonds sued. If among these Surveyors there be any from whom Nothing is due to the College, it is demanded of them, under the same Penalty, to transmit to the Burfar attested Declarations of their being Nothing due from them to the College. And, after the 10th of May next, if any Surveyor shall omit sending attested Accounts or Declarations (as above specified) annually, he shall be superseded, and have his Bond sued.
That this Advertisement may not be treated with that Contempt which several Notices of the like Kind have met with, and that no Body may hereafter plead Want of due Information concerning the Premises, this Advertisement is to be printed weekly in the Gazette until the 10th of May next ensuing. By Order of the President and Masters. ROBERT MILLER, Burfar.
To be LET on LEASE,
A VERY large and commodious HOUSE in the Town of Petersburg, built for a Tavern, and well fitted for that Business; it is two Stories high, has a Number of very convenient Lodging Rooms, and large and small Rooms for the Entertainment of Guests. Any Person qualified for the Business of a Tavern Keeper, with a proper Capital, may find this as advantageous a Situation as any on the Continent. Apply to the Subscriber, who lives on the Premises. THOMAS EGLETON.
For SALE,
THE LAND whereon I live, in Middlesex, containing about two Thousand two Hundred Acres, in good Order for Cropping, with Orchards and Buildings equal to any in the Colony; also fifteen Hundred Acres on the River Pianketank, in the County of Gloucester, with a Mill, and good Orchards. The Stocks, which are very large, may be had with the Lands. Any Person inclined to purchase may know the Terms by applying to AUGUSTINE SMITH.
ALL Persons may be supplied with this PAPER at 12s. 6d. a Year, and have ADVERTISEMENTS (of a moderate Length) inserted in it for 3s. the first Week, and 2s. each Week after. All Sorts of PRINTING WORK done at this Office in the neatest Manner, with Care and Expedition.