The Virginia gazette (Williamsburg [Va.]), 1773-10-07 00:00:00

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Conjectures on the Consequences of the WAR between the TURKS and RUSSIANS.
THE great and continual Successes of the Russians against the Turks, since the breaking up of the Congress, is a sufficient Reason to apprehend that the Russians will go a considerable Way this Campaign towards the Conquest of Constantinople, and that the Turkish Empire in Europe is drawing apace towards a Conclusion; especially if the House of Austria should, as it seems very probable it will, take a Part in the War this Summer, by attacking, and endeavouring to regain, those Provinces on the Side of Belgrade which formerly belonged to the Austrian Family, and were taken from them by the Turks. The numerous Body of Forces which the Emperor of Germany hath now drawn together, on the Confines of those Provinces, plainly indicate he has some Intention of that Nature, and which are very probably taken in Consequence of some Treaty or Agreement with the Russian Empress; and if that should be the Case, it will be hardly possible for the Turks to make any long or considerable Resistance. The only Event which can, morally speaking, preserve the Turkish Empire in Europe any longer from falling, is some Quarrel or Disagreement between the three great confederate Powers, about the Partition of Poland; for if they should continue to agree and act in Concord, nothing, according to human Probability, could prolong the Fate, and put off the Fall, of the Ottoman Empire. It is said, indeed, that the Turks have long had a Prophecy among them that their Empire would be destroyed, and put an End to about this Time, by the Russians; but from whence they had such a Prediction, we have not heard. However, let them have it from whence they may, it seems very likely to be soon fulfilled, and to the Completion of which the Belief of it may have contributed by sinking the Spirits of the Turkish Soldiers.
From the Coast of SYRIA, May 15.
ACCORDING to the last Letters from Cairo, People are persuaded that Halil Pacha, their new Governour, who was arrived at Damietta, had it in Charge to change the Form of Government, and a Revolution was expected there. Be that as it will, the Victory obtained over Ali Bey has at once pacified Egypt, and will probably procure the same Advantage to Syria. To complete their Happiness, the Caravan from Mecca, which is said to be very rich, and which Ali Bey intended to have attacked, arrived the 3d Instant at Cairo.
CADIZ, June 11. It is said that the Emperor of Morocco has been employed for some Time past in appeasing the Troubles which reign among the southern Arabs. The Shepherds of the Province of Sherma, and those of Ben Seva (the Country of the Descendants of Seva) having had a violent Quarrel with each other about the Right of watering their Cattle at a certain River, and the Inhabitants of the two Provinces having joined in the Quarrel, the two Parties met the 9th of last Month, in a large Plain, in Number about 15,000; the Battle was very warm, and 1400 Men were killed, besides a great Number wounded. The Arabians of Ben Seva had, in some Measure, the Advantage; but as they are Wanderers, and live in Tents after the Manner of the ancient Scythians, we are assured that they are retired with their Herds, which is all their Riches, to the Frontiers of the Desert Zachara, where they are not subject to the Emperor of Morocco.
HAMBURG, July 16. Private Letters, of good Credit, received from Berlin, advise that an Accommodation between the King of Prussia and the Town of Dantzick is on the Point of being concluded.
Banks of the VISTULA, July 6. We learn that the Town of Dantzick will very soon exchange the Protection of the King of Poland for that of his Prussian Majesty, who will possess in this Town the same Prerogative as the Polish Crown had, for a Tax of 300,000 Crowns the Town of Dantzick is to pay to his Prussian Majesty.
July 7. We are assured that the Russian grand Army had passed the Danube.
LONDON, July 20.
A LETTER from Constantinople, dated June 9th, says: "Daguestangi Ali Pacha having received Advice that a Body of Russian Troops was passing the Danube, two Leagues above Giurgewo, upon a Bridge of Boats, marched in great Haste towards the Russians, and attacked them with so much Impetuosity that the whole Corps was entirely defeated, and endeavoured to reimburse after a considerable Loss, having 600 taken Prisoners, among whom was the Brother of Prince Repnin. Several of the Russian Boats were sunk, and it is likewise assured that the Turkish Artillery did great Execution among some other Russian Troops who were planted to protect the Retreat of their own People. The Grand Vizier was very lavish in recompensing the Conquerors."
They write from Dantzick that the Report circulated of an approaching Revolution in Courland is no longer thought of, the Empress of Russia having consented to the Proposal that the reigning Duke should intermarry with some Princess of Germany; and it is said that he has made Choice of the Princess Christina, eldest Sister to the Queen of Great Britain.
A Letter from New York, dated June 1st, says: "We have had an Instance of female Heroism not to be equalled by either ancient or modern History. Mr. H——, who paid his Addresses to Miss T—— for a considerable Time, suddenly withdrew himself, and took several indecent Liberties with that Lady's Character. A third Person (Enemy to both Parties) counterfeited the Gentleman's Hand, and sent her an obscene and scurrilous Letter. The injured and endangered Fair, fully satisfied that her apostate Lover was the Author, sent for him, and on his coming took him into her Dressing Room and locked the Door. "I have sent for you, Sir (said Miss T——) to punish your Insolence and Cruelty. The World, no Doubt, will censure me, and call my Conduct Madness; you will be acquitted, and I shall be condemned. But you, Sir, have wantonly robbed me of my Reputation, and I hold Life without it unsupportable." Upon which she presented him with the Letter, and opening a Drawer took out a Brace of Pistols, and insisted on his taking one. In vain Mr. H—— protested his Innocence; he swore he was an entire Stranger to the Letter until that very Moment, and wished to discover the Author. All this was considered as Hypocrisy, as Cowardice added to the blackest Villainy, and she continued in her Resolution. Accordingly he accepted of a Pistol, and retired to the opposite Corner; she fired and missed him, and he discharged his Pistol through the Ceiling. He again protested his Innocence. "Hold Sir (said she) and immediately produced another Brace; and, as before, insisted upon his taking one. It was vain to refuse, and once more they retreated. She fired, and shot him through the Elbow; and he again discharged his Pistol in the Ceiling. "Now, Sir (says she) you are at Liberty to retire. I have redeemed my Character only in Part. I seriously advise you never to injure the Reputation of a Woman; for the Loss of it must, if she has any Sense of Shame, be followed with a Loss of Life." Upon which she retired, and shot herself."
July 22. It is now confidently reported, in several Parts of Germany, that the Empress Queen proposes to imitate her illustrious and renowned Predecessor Charles V. and retire into a Convent, in Order to spend the Remainder of her Days in Tranquillity and Retirement. Other Motives, however, besides those of Religion, are assigned for this very extraordinary Resolution.
A Letter from Paris says: "It is whispered that the Island of Corsica, with all its Domains, is going to be delivered over to the Prince of Monaco,
who is lately arrived here, it is said, for that Purpose. All his Highness's Lands on the Continent are, on this Occasion, to be transferred to France.
Three Men of War of the Line are now under sailing Orders to reinforce Admiral Dennis's Fleet in the Mediterranean, two at Plymouth, and one at Portsmouth.
Letters received here from Carthagena, in the Spanish West Indies, relate that the Revolution of the Natives of Chili, and the southern Provinces of Peru, was entirely completed in the Month of December last; that the Spaniards were totally driven out of the Country, and a Descendant of the ancient Incas placed on the Throne of those extensive Territories.
Advice is received that the French Consul at Goa, in the East Indies, with his Wife, Family, and Servants, have been massacred by the Inhabitants. The English and Dutch Settlements on the same Coast are under very great Apprehensions of a Visit from them, on which Account the strictest military Discipline is observed.
July 23. Some Despatches were received on Wednesday from the Court of Madrid, said to be particularly relative to the expected War between the Spaniards and the States of Barbary; and immediately after they had been perused Summons were issued for a Privy Council to meet, for the Purpose of taking them under Consideration.
A Plan has lately been presented to his Majesty, by Lord Sandwich, to engage Sailors to enter into the Navy in Case of any Emergency in future, which has met with Approbation.
July 24. On Thursday last the Privy Council adjourned the Report of the Lords of Trade and Plantations upon the Conduct of an American Governour till Thursday next, at one o'Clock in the Forenoon. The Hearing was attended by a respectable and crowded Audience; among them many of the principal Gentry from all the American Provinces, and from the West India Islands, were present. The Counsel on the other Side will be heard on Thursday. An Appeal upon a Report of this Nature was never before argued, and it was termed a very coarse and strange Performance by the Counsel against it, and otherwise much abused. This being a Cause of much publick Expectation, for more than eighteen Months past, the Lords are detained in Town a Week longer, and a Decision will be concluded upon before the usual Summer Recess.
Letters by the Fox East Indiaman bring an Account, that the French have got at the Mauritius a very considerable Fleet of Men of War ready to put to Sea; that they are building several strong Forts and Batteries, the Materials for which they carried with them from Europe.
The following very extraordinary Intelligence is copied from the Hague Gazette arrived this Day, and is in that Paper dated London, July 13th. "The Great Mogul having, it is said, resolved to quit the Reins of Government, has appointed Colonel Morrison his Ambassador to our Court, in Order to treat with his Britannick Majesty concerning his Abdication, and the Cession of the whole Empire of Indostan to the British Crown. This Ambassador, who is just arrived here from Delhi, is vested with full Powers to transact this important Business; and the Empress, his Master, has assigned him three Lacks of Rupees (37,500 l.) to support his Embassy with Dignity. The Success of this Negotiation will increase the annual Revenue of Britain to twenty Millions. This unexpected Affair, whether true or false, has already produced the good Effect to suspend the Act of Regulations (for the East India Company we suppose they mean) and the Departure of a Commander in Chief and of Judges for the Province of Bengal, because the Place of Commander in Chief will probably be supplied by a Viceroy, with a numerous Body of Civil and Military Officers; and, in Consequence, the East India Company will be confirmed in all their Rights and Privileges in India, in Order to induce them to give all the Assistance possible to the Minister, in the Government of so vast an Empire. This Intelligence has greatly raised India Stock, and has produced many Councils at St. James's, where all the Members have been summoned to attend for several Days, in Order to decide whether it will be for the Good of the Nation to embrace this great Offer. Colonel Morrison received last Week, by the Way of Land, the final Instructions from his Court for proceeding in this Business. It remains only to be added, that our East India Company have received from several foreign Ministers the most flattering Proposals for engaging with them in carrying on the Commerce of Asia. We are assured that these Offers have been rejected, the Company being of Opinion that they will not stand in Need of any foreign Assistance." Our Readers may make what Comments they please upon this most extraordinary Paragraph—and Lie.
It is said that the Place of Field Marshal of his Majesty's Forces, vacant by the Death of Lord Tyrone, will not be filled up immediately, but continue dormant for some Time.
Extract of a Letter from Vienna, June 29.
"Letters received the 26th ult. from Petersburg give the following Account of an Incurson made by the Don Cossacks, under Donzeiche Ombo, into the Territories of the Circassian and Koban Tartars, who are under the Dominion of the Grand Seignor. On the Beginning of May the above General, understanding that the War had again broke out between the Turks and the Russians, seized the Opportunity of revenging some Cruelties which the Koban and Circassian Tartars had during the last War committed in the Country of the Don Cossacks. In Consequence of this Resolution he summoned all the Hords, who are roving Tribes, as well as those who lived in small Towns or Villages; and collecting an Army of 60,000 Men, divided them into three Bodies, who were to cross the River Don at different Places, and were all to meet at Teuki, the Capital of Circassian Tartary. They immediately began their March; the main Body under the Command of Donzeiche Ombo, which consisted of 30,000 Men, marched within three Leagues of Asoph, and met with little Resistance in crossing the Don. However, they were frequently impeded in their March by flying Parties of the Koban Tartars; but at last they arrived within Sight of the Walls of Teuki, which were defended by Iron Cannon, and 3000 regular Turkish Troops. The other Detachment of the Cossack Army, amounting to 15,000 Men each, and commanded by the two Sons of the General Donzeiche Ombo, now arrived, and brought several Hundred Prisoners, together with a great Number of Cattle and Sheep. The several Parties were now joined in one Body, and it was resolved to attack the Town immediately, which Resolution was carried into Execution. The Cossacks were repeatedly beat, but at length prevailed, and they entered the Place in their usual Way, killing and destroying every Person they saw or met with, and put about 20,000 People to the Sword, amongst whom were 3000 Turks. The rest of the Inhabitants who did not fly were made Prisoners, and the Houses were most of them burnt to the Ground. They returned in a short Time to their own Country, with upwards of 40,000 Prisoners, Men, Women, and Children, and likewise 60,000 Head of Cattle, and near 200,000 Sheep."
Aboudaah, who has defeated Ali Bey, is the eldest Son of that Warrior; who, having long since discovered a very refractory Spirit, had fled from his Father, and joined the Turks.
Extract of a Letter from Madrid, June 12.
"The Measures which are now taking, and the Operations going forward in all the Ports, bespeak the Intention of the Spanish Ministry to carry on the renewed War against the Moors with the utmost Vigour. A Fleet is fitting out, and nearly finished, at Seville, which is to favour the Motions of the Spanish Army now on the African Coast, and afterwards is to attack the capital Port of Sallee. Great Numbers of the Military are daily shipping off from Cadiz and Seville, to reinforce the Spaniards at Oran; who, by the last Advices from thence, have retaken Tetuan, and formed an Intention, when the Reinforcements arrive, to attack the capital City of Mequinez."
NEW YORK, September 20.
ON the 3d Instant a farther and very strict Search was made for Printing Materials (concealed by Ford the Money Maker) in the Swamp where the Press was found; when, after much Diligence was exerted, a Set of Plates for printing the Currency of Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York, with a Quantity of Types and other Utensils for carrying on the counterfeiting Bills of each Province, were discovered and secured. In the Course of his Flight he put off some Jersey Bills, of his own Manufacture, amongst the Indians; who, being afterwards apprised that they were counterfeited, very cheerfully joined in the Pursuit of this most pernicious Artist.
Positive Accounts are received that Ford and King were at Fort Augusta, near Susquehannah, on the 29th of August; he was hovering in a Canoe in one of the Branches of that River, so that he is not very likely to escape.
We are assured that Benjamin Franklin, Esq; will embark in one of the early London Fall Ships, for this City, on his Way to Philadelphia.
The Seneca Indians have killed four Frenchmen, and robbed a Canoe of thirty Packs of Peltry, on Lake Ontario. Another Account, brought on Tuesday Evening, mentions that five Persons coming from Michillimackinack have been killed by the Indians, amongst whom was Captain Volckert Douw and Mr. McFarlane.
His Majesty's Ship Swan, Captain Ayscough, is expected to be stationed here, in the Room of the Lively; which is, with several other Men of War, ordered home from the American Station.
Extract of a Letter from Albany, September 11.
"On Tuesday last arrived Lieutenant Colonel Nesbitt, Captain England, and Captain Craig, who lately came over with the 74th Regiment from Ireland. These Gentlemen, who have very ample Fortunes in their own Country, are so well convinced of the Fertility of this, and the very great Probability of Estates here increasing in Value, that they are now on their Way to treat with the Indians to the northward of the Mohawk River, from whom they intend to purchase large Tracts of Land, which they mean to settle. This Circumstance must give great Pleasure to every Wellwisher to the Colonies, as it is not doubted but the settling of a few Gentlemen of Fortune among us would in a very few Years render this a flourishing Country."
Extract of a Letter from Perth Amboy, September 15.
"Monday last the Officers of his Majesty's 74th Regiment, now quartered here, who were at the taking of Quebec, in Memory of that Day gave an elegant Entertainment, to which they invited most of the principal Gentlemen of the City; and at Night the Barracks were illuminated, which made a very handsome Appearance. The Wives and Relations of most of the unhappy Money Makers, now under Sentence of Death, are here with the Governour, in Order to solicit him for a Reprieve. The Sight of so many unhappy People, wandering about the Streets, is really moving."
We hear from Morris Town, in New Jersey, that on Friday last David Reynolds was executed there for counterfeiting the Bills of Credit of that Province. Three others, who were to have suffered with Reynolds, are respired for one Month.
Extract of a Letter from London, July 7.
"If the Success of the Russian Arms should not meet with a very favourable Check, the City of Constantinople will in all Probability be in their Hands before the Winter, especially if the active Emperor should do, as it is shrewdly suspected he will, take a Part in the War this Summer, by aiming at a Recovery of those Territories on the Side of Belgrade which formerly belonged to the House of Austria, but had been wrested from it by the Turks. The Disposition of his Forces on that Side leads us to a Suspicion of his Hostile Intents; in this Case, good bye to the august Ottoman Empire. The Spaniards have their Hands full with the Moors in Africa, and the Defections in Chili will call for all the Strength they can well spare at such a Distance to reduce them again under their Yoke. These are fortunate Incidents for Old England, and for the Interests of her present Ministers, who would be firm enough in their Posts if they could agree among themselves, but the Bedford Connection will not be contented with the Share of Power they have hitherto enjoyed; grasping at the Whole, they will risk what they have got. A little Time will determine whether Lord Gower or Lord Rockingham is to be at the Head of the Treasury, for to keep out the former the King's Advisers seem much more disposed to accept of the latter, with his numerous Friends, who are far more eligible to his Majesty, as all the principal old Revolution Families will come into Administration if the Marquis should be preferred; a Circumstance, between you and I, that our good King is not indifferent about. He has declared himself to this Effect, and I do not know any Thing that would put his Majesty in better Humour. Mr. Cornwall refused the Chancellorship of the Exchequer; but he is to be Speaker in Norton's Room, who is to be Lord Chief Justice. We are apprehensive the French are still about to play us a Trick. Spry is sent out with a Fleet, and another Squadron is ready for the Admiralty's Orders. If the French go to Sea, it will be to embarrass the Russians, by which we shall commence a naval War; but more of this by the August Packet, when possibly I shall give you the Operations of Romanzow, in his nearer Approach to ancient Byzantium. What immense Treasures will the savage Scythians reveal in when they again sack that superb City."
The Boundary Line betwixt the Provinces of New York and New Jersey is finally fixed, by his Majesty in Council, agreeable to the Acts of the Legislature of the two Colonies passed for that Purpose.
We hear from New Jersey that the following melancholy Accident happened about three Weeks ago at the new Moravian Settlement, in Sussex County, in that Colony. A remarkable fine Child, about ten Months old, Son of Mr. Leinbeck, Storekeeper there, was dropped by a Boy into a Bucket of scalding Water, which was at the same Time over-set by the Boy; which threw the Water all over and under the Child, and scalded the Skin in the Parts most exposed in a terrible Manner, so that it came off in undressing. The distressed Parents committed it to the Care of a Woman in the House, who pretended to understand the Cure of Scalds; who immediately applied Salt to the scalded Parts, which threw the Child into Convulsions, and in less than an Hour put an End to its Life and Misery.
Wednesday Evening arrived here, in 23 Days from the Bay, the Snow Esther, Captain Dunn, bound to Boston, but put in here, being in Want of Provisions. He reports, that there are about twenty of the most desperate of the Negroes still in Arms; that five who were taken were executed in the following Manner, namely, one hanged, three burnt, and one gibetted alive. That their Plan (which was laid with such Art as to give it a Probability of Success) was to have murdered every white Person and their Adherents; but the full Execution of it was happily prevented by the Confession of one of the Conspirators, who had been taken. That since the Beginning of the Insurrection they had murdered about twenty white People. That a Man of War was arrived there from Jamaica, and they had sent for another to protect them. That they were in great Want of Provisions, and none to be had, the Trade being entirely at an End. No Logwood or Mahogany cut this Year, and what had been left of what was cut before washed away with the Floods. That in six Weeks upwards of forty Negroes had gone over to the Spaniards, who protected and refused to deliver them up; and twenty more, in one Gang, went off just before he left the Bay. That most of the white People were preparing to leave it, with their Negroes and Effects, some of them intending to settle in Georgia, being very apprehensive the Spaniards would come down upon them and make Reprisals for the Salvage of the Spanish Register Ship Thetis, which had been lost at the Bay some Time ago, as mentioned in the Papers.

JOHN that weeps, and JOHN that laughs. SOMETIMES in the Morning, when the Stomach is sick and the Head aches, perhaps from the Effect of nocturnal Revels, the one oppressed with Crudities, the other stung with Fumes, or ailing by Consent, more or less, according to the Irritation of the nervous System, then my Spirits dejected, and my Mind fraught with gloomy Imaginations, contemplates with Horror over the melancholy Picture of all the Ills poor Nature seems to groan under. I behold the Errors, the Pains, the Torments. Mankind is delivered up to; I consider with myself the Crimes, the wicked Acts, the Abominations, the Scourges of that impure Race the Devil keeps fast Hold of. I say to Mount Aetna, why all these Ravages, whence all these Torrents of Fire that issue out of thy Sides? I desire the Seas to make Restitution of all those mournful Shores which at any Time have disappeared under their angry Waves. I say to Tyrants, "Ye who have been a greater Nuisance to the World, ye who have troubled it more than the Rage of Waves, than the Flames of Volcanoes, ye whose ambitious Caprices have desolated it with War, and its Consequences, Plague, Pestilence, and Famine; in short, when in this wretched Abode, I attentively survey the calamitous Situation of every Being that sees the Light of Day, and that the supreme Law is for Suffering and for Death, alas! alas! I WEEP!"
But when at a delicious Repast, in Company with Friends, or congenial Spirits; in Converse with Ladies of sprightly Notions, elegant Taste, and smart yet unaffected Wit; when, I say, in the Midst of such a Circle of Refinement, my Palate courts the learned Luxury of Petronius; when my Eye smiles on the sparkling Beauties of good Wine, and my Heart is exhilarated by it into Newness of Life; when, far from Knaves and Fools, every Face is lighted up with Pleasure, and Songs, Catches, and Glees, graceful Repartees and Jests, have all their due Graces, all their engaging Charms, seasoning critically every Dith and Gals; when, without regretting my Years of Bloom, I whisper something soft into Celia's Ear, not in the Strain of the Inamorato's Raptures, but in the feeling Words of sincere Friendship, the only Tie that binds my Heart; Oh! then do I forget the Approaches of old Age, my Disposition is quite juvenile, I am happier than any King. Thousands! Thousands of Pleasures, warm and revive my Soul! Good luck! how then I LAUGH! I see, but I keep myself untainted from their Infection, all the Cabals and Parties that divide and agitate our London Politicians. I am vexed whenever I think that the Pursuit of different Interests must split the Nation into different Factions. It overwhelms me with Grief that infernal Hatred is exercised by forming national Distinctions: Here lurks the Poison that flows in to the Destruction of Society; here is the Source of infamous Calumny, and all the Perverseness of dark Scandal. I am ashamed to hear of the Effusion of human Blood between some northern Nations for Causes quite frivolous, yet their mutual Carnage is unpitied by the Sons of Liberty; they repute them worthy of their Fate, as being the Enslavers and Enemies of Mankind. How lamentable is the Condition of that wise and clement King, persecuted in his own Country, and not able to find Security in his Royal Residence! The Invasion of Property by Thieves and Robbers is an accrued Wickedness, and punished with Death; but the slaying and plundering of whole Nations is deemed glorious. Alas! how can Man give into so flagrant an Error in moral Rectitude! The Thought afflicts me, and I WEEP!
But, though not rich, while I have Bread and Liberty, while Old England's Constitution remains, and I have nothing to dread from the Usurpation of arbitrary Power, I am happy and contented; and, if at Leisure to amuse myself with Swift and Butler, I shake away the Spleen from my Ribs. I LAUGH, I LAUGH HEARTILY!
Such, I must confess, is the Round of human Life! There are Vicissitudes in all Things, Transitions from Joy to Sadness! I depend, in Spite of me, on five Senses. Man is made, I know, of a divine Mould; we shall hereafter be glorious Spirits. But, in this World, does not Man somehow participate of the Nature of a Machine? At Times, he is Saint or Devil, an Angel of Light, or a Fiend of Darkness. Nature flashes in Changes before our Eyes; and the most sad Heraclitus, when his Affairs have taken another Turn, becomes the merry Democritus.
The LIFE of MAN.
THERE is something ingenious in the ancient Fable of the first Man, who at first was destined to live at most but twenty Years; which were reducible to five, by making an Estimate of one Life with another. Man was highly irritated that his Days should be numbered out to him so scantily; and he had then in Company with him a Caterpillar, a Butterfly, a Peacock, a Fox, and a Monkey.
Prolong my Life, said he to Jupiter; I am of greater Value than all these Animals put together. It is but just that I and my Children should live a long Time, that we may be able to command over all Beasts. I may take your Request into Consideration, said Jupiter; but, if I do, I shall have but a certain Number of Days to divide among all the Beings to which I have granted Life. I cannot give you an Augmentation of Life without curtailing it in others; for do not imagine, because I am Jupiter, that therefore I am infinite and omnipotent. I am restricted to my Nature and Measure. Well then, I will grant you some Years more, by taking them away from these six Animals, of which you seem so jealous, on Condition that you shall have successively all their Manners of Being. Man shall be first a Caterpillar, by crawling as the Caterpillar does, in his Infancy. Till he is fifteen Years old, he shall have all the Levity and Volatility of the Butterfly; and in his Youth, the Vanity of a Peacock. In his Manhood, he must work and labour as much as the Horse. Towards fifty, he will have the Cunning of a Fox; and in his old Age he will be ugly and ridiculous, like the Monkey. This generally shall be Man's Destiny.
Remark still, that, notwithstanding Jupiter's Bounty, the Animal Man, if Matters are rightly stated, has at most but 22 or 23 Years to live; for, by taking Mankind in general, one Third must be deducted for the Time of Sleep, during which Man may be thought as dead. There remains much about fifteen Years; from these fifteen subtract at least eight for the Time of Childhood, which is, as has been said, the Threshold of Life. The neat Produce will be seven Years; of these seven Years, the Half at least is spent in Pains of all Sorts. Set down three Years and a Half for Work and Labour, for Disgust and Dissatisfaction; and how many will have no Life at all! What now can the poor Animal Man be proud of?
Anecdote of John (the Great) Duke of Argyle, &c. who was then Commanding Officer of the Regiment of Horse, afterwards Montague's, and reduced in George II. Reign to Horse Grenadiers, by the late Duke of Cumberland.
CAPTAIN HULL, one of that Corps, waiting one Morning on the Duke about Business, was shown into a large Room, where he found his Grace walking about pensively, and so lost in Thought that at first he took no Notice of Hull, but soon after turning his Eyes that Way, apologized for not seeing him sooner; to which Captain Hull answered, "he feared he had interrupted his Grace's Thoughts, about something of more Consequence than his Business;" (for the Duke was a real Patriot, virtuous, wise, and valiant). "Not to you and me, Hull, says the Duke. However, I will tell you what I was thinking of; I was considering what will be the Consequence, fifty Years hence, of the bad Education of six Parts out of seven of our young Nobility. They are brought up with a little superficial Learning, introduced early into Company, Pleasure, and Dissipation of all Sorts; then sent to travel, before they know any Thing of their own Country, or Mankind, and the Part they ought to act as Men. Abroad they are flattered, duped, and laughed at; and return home corrupted, both in Head and Heart. While they are thus employed, all the useful Sense, Learning, and Knowledge, will be possessed by the middling Class of People; who must, of Course, despise a luxurious, idle, gaming Nobility. And as Time and Accident will widen the Breach between them (unless Providence graciously interferes) Confusion in the End must follow; for the Idlers will be for arbitrary Power, that they may act the Tyrant over their Inferiours, not considering that by this Step they are Slaves themselves, and have given up the greatest Blessing in Life. But the Men of Learning and Science will lift under Liberty, knowing Men are by Nature equal, and that all Power is delegated from the People for their Protection and Security; and from hence Convulsions may arise, which scarce you or I will live to see."
The G A M E S T E R S.
A GENTLEMAN, after having travelled through different Parts of the Globe, returned at length to his own Country. His Friends, as usual in such Cases, flocked round him with eager Expressions of Welcome. "Bless me, how happy I am to see you (cried one and all of them) come, do tell us some of your Adventures." After relating to them a Number of miraculous Circumstances, "You know, Gentle-men (added he) what a prodigious Distance it is from this Country to that of the Hurons! Well, about twelve Hundred Leagues farther off, I met with a very strange Set of Men, who often sit round a Table the
whole Night, and even till the Morning is well advanced; but there is no Cloth laid for them, nor is there any Thing to gratify the Appetite. The Thunder might rattle over their Heads, two Armies might engage beside them, Heaven itself might threaten an instant Chaos, without making them stir, or in the least disturbing them; for they are both deaf and dumb. At Times, indeed, they are heard to utter inarticulate Sounds, Sounds which have no Connexion with each other, and very little Meaning; yet will they roll their Eyes at each other in the oddest Manner imaginable. Often have I looked at them with Wonder, for they never want Spectators, who are seemingly attracted to them by Curiosity; and believe me, my Friends, I shall never forget the horrid Countenances which I have observed among them upon such Occasions. Countenances on which were painted, by Turns, Despair, Rage, and now and then a malignant Joy tintured with Uneasiness. Sometimes they appear furious, as Bedlames; sometimes serious and gloomy, as the infernal Judges; and sometimes gasping with all the Anguish of a Criminal, as he is led to the Place of Execution." Heavens (exclaimed the Friends of our Traveller) what can be the Object of these unhappy Wretches? Are they Servants of the Publick? "No." "Then they are in Search of the Philosopher's Stone?" "No." "Of the perpetual Motion perhaps?" "No." "Oh! now we have it; they are sent thither in Order to repent of, and to atone for, their Crimes." "No; you are as much deceived, my Friends, as ever." "Good God! then they must be Madmen. Deaf, dumb, and insensible! What in the Name of Wonder can employ them?" "Why, Gaming."
WILLIAMSBURG, October 7.
CAPTAIN Turner, from Hull, on the 10th of August, in Latitude 41: 30, Longitude 36, spoke the Brig Hannah, from New York, bound to Lisbon, all well; and on the 16th, in Latitude 33, Longitude 39, with the Peleg, from New York, for Gibraltar, which had lost her lower Mast seventeen Days after she left Port.
The Tayloe, Oxivire, from London, is arrived in James River, with 130 Servants. The Neptune, White, was to sail a few Days after.
Advertisements.
WILLIAMSBURG, October 7, 1773.
ALL Persons indebted to the Partnership of Purdie & Dixon are hereby requested to make immediate Payment, as every Account which remains unsettled after the ensuing Court will be put into the Hands of an Attorney. Mr. William Russell will collect the Debts due to the said Partnership in York and James City Counties.
PURDIE & DIXON.
CUMBERLAND Town, October 2, 1773.
WHEREAS the PARTNERSHIP between Richard Adams and James Underwood was dissolved the 12th of April last, and since by the Death of Mr. Underwood it becomes absolutely necessary the Accounts should be settled in the most expeditious Manner, all Persons, therefore, who have any Demands against the said Concern, are desired to make them known, and those indebted to apply immediately to have their Accounts adjusted, and to make Payment, or give Bonds for the Balances, to the Subscriber, who will constantly attend at the said Place. (10) RICHARD ADAMS.
FOR SALE, at publick Vendue, all the GOODS in the Store kept by me in BLANDFORD; and as there can be no Credit given, they will be laid off in such Lots as will best suit the Purchasers. The Sale to begin the 25th Instant (October) and continue till all are sold. JOHN BLAND.
All Persons indebted to the said Store are desired to take Notice that if they do not discharge their Balances by that Time farther Indulgence shall not be given. J. B.
I INTEND to leave the Colony very soon. (II) VON FERSON.
NORTHAMPTON County, October 1, 1773.
I INTEND to leave the Colony for a few Months. (11) ADIEL MILBY.
To be SOLD, the 2d of November,
ALL the SLAVES of Colonel Archibald Gordon, of Pennsylvania, the TRACT of LAND whereon he now lives (which is exceedingly well calculated for making of Tobacco, and has the Reputation of being equal to any Tract in that County of the same Number of Acres) also other valuable Tracts in the same County. The above Estate will be sold, for ready Money, to satisfy a Debt due to Gordon and Ramsay, by Deed of Trust. ISAAC READ.
To be SOLD at Smithfield, pursuant to an Act of Assembly, on Thursday the 4th of November,
ABOUT 3000 Acres of well timbered level LAND in Isle of Wight County, belonging to Mr. James Burwell. It is laid off into eleven Lots, lies within eleven Miles of Smithfield, five of a large Merchant Mill, and exceeding fine Oysters and Fish are to be had within three. Any Person, who has Thoughts of purchasing, may know the Terms by applying to Mr. James Burwell, in York County.
(4) LEWIS BURWELL. DUDLEY DIGGES. THOMAS NELSON, Junior. NATHANIEL BURWELL.
RICHMOND, October 1, 1773.
THE HOUSES and LOTS in this Town lately occupied by Mr. Patrick Coutts, Merchant, are to be SOLD on very reasonable Terms, with long Credit, or will be LEASED for a Term of Years. For Particulars inquire of
JAMES CURRIE.
To be SOLD before the Raleigh, on Friday the 5th of November, in the Afternoon,
A VALUABLE MULATTO BOY, about eighteen Years old, and has been used to wait on a Gentleman, also a COOK WENCH, belonging to the Estate of the Reverend Josiah Johnson, deceased. Credit will be allowed till the 25th of April, Bond and Security being given to JOHN CAMM, JAMES CARTER, } Executors. (4)
MARYLAND, September 18, 1773.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in George Town, an indentured Servant Man named HUGH ROGERS, about 21 Years old, well set, and five Feet seven or eight Inches high, has light brown straight Hair, is very fond of Liquor, and when drunk is talkative and quarrelsome, but when sober is peaceable and of few Words, by Trade a Carpenter and Joiner, and can saw with the Whip Saw. He had on, when seen upon the Road, a Check Shirt, striped Silk Handkerchief, a blue Jacket, Check Trousers, single Channel Pumps, and a fine Hat about Half worn. He came to Alexandria near twelve Months ago, with Captain Goldclough from Dublin, and was sold by Dr. Savage. He went off with a Person called JOHN DONOHO, who has lived in George Town these four or five Months past, and had with him two Passes, one signed by Mr. Buchanan of Baltimore, wherein he calls himself John Quinn, the other signed by Mr. William Deakin of George Town, in which he calls himself John Donoho; and one of the Passes, it is supposed, Rogers will have, and change his Name agreeable to it. They have been seen upon the Road, when they said they were Sailors, and being sick the Ship had left them. Whoever secures said Servant, so that I get him again, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward, and if brought home FIVE POUNDS, besides what the Law allows, and reasonable Charges. THOMAS RIGDON.
N. B. All Masters of Vessels are forewarned from harbouring or carrying him off, at their Peril.
To the PRINTERS of the North American GAZETTES.
AS the following Subject is of Importance to many of your Readers, it is expected by the Writer that it shall be published in every Gazette in North America. He has desired it to be sent to all the Printers, directly; but if, through Mistake, it shall be omitted, it is expected they will publish it from other Papers which they may meet with.
The Island of Grenada, taken from the French last War, is undoubtedly the most valuable of the ceded Islands. It makes, in common Years, 25,000 Hogheads of Sugar, besides Rum, Coffee, Cacao, and Cotton; to double the Value, probably, of any one Island belonging to the English to windward of Jamaica. It has Occasion for every Article of Trade from North America, in common with the other Islands; the Trade of it, therefore, is an Object of Importance to North America.
This Island, happily situated for Climate, Soil, and the best Harbours in the West Indies, is subject to strong leeward Currents; so that if a Vessel goes into a leeward Harbour (unless she is a very good Sailer) it is very difficult for her to beat up to the windward Harbours. This Circumstance, together with another, namely, that very few North American Traders know any other Harbour but that of St. George's, has been a Loss of many Thousand Pounds to those Traders, and the Planters.
The Harbour of St. George's is indeed an exceeding good one, and easily found by those who are unacquainted with the Island; because it lies to leeward, and the Town of St. George's is too large an Object to be mistaken. These Advantages, together with the Town's being the Seat of Government, have made it the general Rendezvous of Shipping; but, unfortunately, it is not in the Town of St. George's, nor in its Neighbourhood, that the North American Commodities are chiefly consumed. The great Consumption is to windward, and the Traders have generally put it out of their own Power to deal with the Consumers, by falling to leeward; or, if they happen to have fast sailing Vessels, fit to beat to windward, they are unacquainted with the Planters, or with the Manner the Trade of the Island is conducted. In short, they know no other Method but dealing with the Merchants in St. George's; and there is of real Lots between the Traders and Consumers seldom less than fifty, and sometimes a Hundred per Cent. If this was divided between the Trader and Consumer, the former would frequently make a good Voyage where he makes a bad one, and the latter would be supplied with his Articles of Consumption at an easier rate.
Your Readers in the mercantile Way will be astonished to hear of a Difference of fifty or a Hundred per Cent. between the Prices paid by the Merchant in St. George's and that paid by the Consumers, but they will wonder less when they are informed that the current Freights from St. George's to the windward Part of the Island are 40 s. a Thousand for Lumber of all Kinds, 15 s. a Hoghead for all Sorts of Goods, 7 s. 6 d. a Tierce, and 4 s. 6 d. a Barrel; and thus, when the Planter sends his Produce to pay for those Goods, he must pay 15 s. a Hoghead Freight for every Hoghead of Rum or Sugar he sends. The Merchants must also have great Profits, because the Expense of living in St. George's is perhaps greater than in any other Part of the World. It is not uncommon to pay 500 l. a Year Rent for a House and Store, and other Things in Proportion; and when Merchants have very small Capitals, as is generally the Case in that Town, a moderate Profit will not afford the Expense. The Writer of this affirms that it is a common Thing to pay 12 l. a Thousand for Lumber, which only costs the Merchant 7 l., and this frequently remitted in Time to pay the North American Trader.
These Considerations have induced the Writer to recommend to the North American Traders to this Island to make themselves well acquainted with the windward Harbours in it. They will generally be sure of a quicker Sale, a better Price, and better Pay, by dealing with the Planters, than with the Merchants; and if they should be disappointed in a Sale, they are at no Loss, because they can get to St. George's in three Hours, or go to another Island, or any Harbour to leeward, as they shall think proper. The Writer may take another Opportunity to describe the Harbours of La Baye, Crécie, Requin, Petit Bacque, and Caliviny, all Harbours to windward of St. George's, where Vessels may enter directly from the main Sea and lie safe. He shall confine himself at present to give such a Description of Megrine Harbour, called by Governor Melville and his Council St. David's, as will enable any good Seaman, that never was in the Island, to come in safely.
The Harbour of Megrine (perhaps the best Harbour in the West Indies) lies on the south Side of the Island of Grenada, near the Centre of the Island, almost north and south, and has exceeding good Anchorage for Vessels of any Burthen. There is no foul Ground in it, or any Thing to be guarded against but a Rock which lies close under the Weather Point; but no prudent Man would venture so near the Shore, and it breaks at low Water. As to the Lee Reef, it is almost dry, and the Water breaks high upon it. Any Vessel may therefore sail boldly in, with a Certainty that nothing can hurt her but what may be seen. It is safest, however, to keep well to the Weather Shore, for Fear of the Wind heading the Vessel coming in. You may anchor in four or five Fathoms Water. It is impossible to mistake the Harbour, when you know that the southern Shore of the Island is exceeding bold; for Vessels may come safely along Shore, within a Mile of the Land. But, to prevent all Mistakes, a Sloop's Mast is put up as a Signal upon the Point of Megrine, and this Point makes the Weather Side of the Harbour. The Village of Megrine is on the Point, to be seen behind the Mast. There are almost always square rigged Vessels lying in the Harbour, from the Month of January to the 26th of July; and those Vessels find their Way there from England with no other Pilot than this Description, whereas the North American Vessels have not yet been able to find their Way into it. Some may suggest, that it is trifling to retail a Cargo to Planters; but they will observe, that there live in the Neighbourhood of that Harbour Planters whose Estates are inferior to none in the West Indies. There are the Estates of Requin, La Sagisse, Bacolet, Bacque, and Caliviny, in that Neighbourhood; all of which require several Cargoes of Lumber, for their own Consumption, every Year. There are, besides, many other Estates of less Note; and the Author of this Letter can assure the Traders, that it is the firm Resolution of the Gentlemen to give every Encouragement to Traders dealing with them immediately, and coming to the out Harbours, as they are fully sensible of the Expense of dealing in St. George's, from its distant Situation, and the Combinations and Management of Town Agents.
If Vessels calling at Megrine should not happen to dispose of their Cargoes to their Liking there, the Supercargoes may be informed of the Prices to leeward, or at St. George's, and whether it would be worth going there; in which Case they may easily get a Pilot, and be at any Place to leeward in a few Hours. They will even deal to more Advantage with the Merchants and Town Agents in St. George's when it is known that their Vessels are in the Heart of the Country, where the Consumption lies.
These Considerations have persuaded the Writer of this Letter that every Merchant in North America trading to Grenada, or who has any Prospect of trading there, will keep a Copy of it, as he may find it of more Advantage than is even here expressed. All who read the Letter may be fully assured that the Author has no other View than the mutual Benefit of the Trader and the Planter. He has no Desire to hurt the Merchants of St. George's; but he, and the respectable Planters in Grenada, under whose Sanction and by whose Approbation he writes, are extremely desirous that no unfair Advantage should be taken either of themselves or of the North American Trader.
GRENADA, August 1, 1773.
RUN away from the subscriber about the 1st of September, in the upper End of King William, two new Negro Men, of the Ibo Country, named CHARLES and FRANK, who have been in the Province about twelve Months, and it is supposed cannot tell their Master's Name. Charles is a large Fellow, with his Country Marks in his Face, and has lost or broke off one or two of his fore Teeth, which he says was done by a Cow in his Country. Frank is a smaller Fellow, well set, and has sharp Teeth. They carried with them a Dutch Blanket, had each a coarse Hat, and other usual Summer Clothes. Whoever delivers both or either of them to me, or secures them and gives me Notice thereof, shall be well rewarded for their Trouble, besides what the Law allows. JOSEPH HILLYARD.
COMMITTED to James City Prison, the 6th of October, a Negro Fellow named ABRAHAM, about five Feet ten Inches high, pitted with the Smallpox, and has on a blue Coat, and Osnaburg Shirt and Trousers. He says he belongs to Mr. James Pride, of James City County. The Owner is desired to pay Charges, and take him away. JOHN CONNELLY, Jailer.
COMMITTED to Buckingham County Jail, the 20th of August, a Negro Man named JACK, who either knows not or will not tell his Master's Name. The Owner is desired to pay Charges, and take him away. (II) ARCHELAUS AUSTON, Jailer.

COMMITTED to Nansemond County Jail, the 13th of August, a SMALL NEW NEGRO WOMAN, who appears to be young, is much troubled with Fits, and does not know her Master's Name. The Owner is desired to pay Charges, and take her away. (2||) WILLIAM WHITFIELD, Jailor.
TAKEN up, in Mecklenburg, a likely BAY MARE about 4 Feet 10 Inches high, 4 Years old, her hind Feet white, but has no Brand perceivable. Posted, and appraised to 12l. ACHILLES JEFFRIES.
TAKEN up, in Buckingham, a BLACK HORSE about 5 Years old, 4 Feet 7 or 8 Inches high, has a Star in his Forehead, with a hanging Mane and Switch Tail. Posted, and appraised to 10l. JOHN BATES.
TAKEN up, in Mecklenburg, a LIGHT GRAY MARE about 4 Feet and a Half high, with a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, and branded on the near Shoulder P. Posted, and appraised to 3l. (||) THOMAS COX.
ON serious Consideration of the present State of our Practice in the General Court, we find it can no longer be continued on the same Terms. The Fees allowed by Law, if regularly paid, would barely compensate our incessant Labours, reimburse our Expenses, and the Losses incurred by Neglect of our private Affairs; yet even these Rewards, confessedly moderate, are withheld from us, in a great Proportion, by the unworthy Part of our Clients. Some Regulation, therefore, is become absolutely requisite to establish Terms more equal between the Client and his Counsel. To effect this, we have come to the following Resolution, for the invariable Observation of which we mutually plight our Honour to each other: "That after the 10th Day of October next we will not give an Opinion on any Case stated to us but on Payment of the whole Fee, nor prosecute or defend any Suit or Motion unless the Tax, and one Half the Fee, be previously advanced, excepting those Cases only where we choose to act gratis;" and we hope no Person whatever will think of applying to us in any other Way. To prevent Disappointment, however, in Case this should be done, we think it proper to give this farther Warning, that no such Application, either verbal or by Way of Letter, will be answered or attended to in the smallest Degree. We should feel much Concern if a Thought could be entertained that the worthy Part of our Clients could disapprove this Measure. Their Conduct has been such as calls for our Acknowledgments, and might merit Exemption from this Strictness, were such Exemption practicable; but they will readily perceive this would defeat the Purpose, and that no Distinction of Persons can by any Means be attempted. We hope, therefore, from their Friendship, a cheerful Concurrence in this our Plan, since the Requisition is such only as their Punctuality would of itself prevent.
JOHN RANDOLPH. EDMUND PENDLETON. JAMES MERCER. THOMAS JEFFERSON. PATRICK HENRY, Junior. GUSTAVUS SCOTT. The Subscriber by no Means disapproves of the above Resolution; but as he has long determined to quit his Practice as an Attorney, and practise only as a Counsel in such Causes as are ready for Trial, he has declined signing the above, as he shall not engage in any Cause for the future but such in which he shall previously receive an adequate Satisfaction for his Trouble, which they may be assured will not be less than the legal Fees. THOMPSON MASON.
CAROLINE, September 21, 1773. ANY Person wanting an Assistant, in the Management of a COUNTY COURT CLERK's Office, may hear of a young Man, properly qualified for that Purpose, by addressing a Purpose, by addressing a Line to Mr. William Nelson, Clerk of Caroline County Court.
NOTICE is hereby given that the Com- missioners appointed by the Courts of King and Queen and King William Counties, to LET the CLEARING of MATTAPONI RIVER, from Todd's Bridge downwards as far as may be thought necessary, will attend for that Purpose at Aylett's Warehouse, on Wednesday the 13th of this Instant (October) at ten o'Clock. (2)
W O O L L E N S. JUST IMPORTED in the Kingston Packet, Joseph Turner Master, a few Bales of WOOLLENS, consisting of low priced BROAD-CLOTHS, DUFFILS, FRIEZES, with suitable Trimmings; a few Bales of DUTCH BLANKETS, also a Quantity of SEINE TWINE; which I will sell on reasonable Terms, for ready Money or short Credit. (tf) JOSHUA STORRS.
IN Pursuance of a Decree of the Worshipful Court of York, will be exposed to SALE on the 18th of October, in the Town of York, the HOUSE and LOT that were the Property of George Chaplin, late of the said Place. Six Months Credit will be allowed, upon Bond and approved Security being given to the Subscriber. (2) JAMES ANDERSON.
NORFOLK, September 28, 1773. WE have lately imported a Quantity of EUROPEAN GOODS, in small assorted Packages, which we will sell at a low Advance, for Cash or short Credit; namely, KENDAL COTTONS, SADDLERY, IRISH LINENS, OSNABRUGS, low priced HATS, CHECKS, stamped COTTONS, SUITS OF CLOTHES with TRIMMINGS, RUSSIA LINEN, DUFFILS, &c. We have also for Sale, a Quantity of Cadiz and Lamatta SALT, GINGER, PIMENTA, and choice Lisbon WINE in Quarter Casks. (tf) GREENWOOD, RITSON, & MARSH.
To be SOLD on the Premises, the 15th of December, a VALUABLE Tract of TOBACCO LAND, in Albemarle County, containing about 2300 Acres, Part of it excellent low Grounds, through which runs Buck Mountain Creek. There are upon it an Overseer's House, a new Tobacco House, and Apple and Peach Orchards. Any Person inclined to purchase the Whole, or any Part thereof, may know the Terms on the Day of Sale, which will be advantageous, as long Credit will be allowed, the Purchaser giving Bond and approved Security. At the same Time and Place will also be sold the Stock of CATTLE, HOGS, HORSES, CORN, FODDER, PLANTATION UTENSILS, &c. Twelve Months Credit will be allowed for all Sums above 25 Shillings. (8) JOHN GARLICK. SAMUEL GARLICK.
To be SOLD, and entered upon the 1st of January, a TRACT of LAND on Dan River, Halifax County, containing 1758 Acres. There is a considerable Quantity of rich low Grounds suitable for Tobacco and Grain, good new Houses and Barns, and many Conveniencies needless to describe, as it is presumed no Person will purchase without viewing the Premises. Should the Purchasers agree to divide the Land, it will be agreeable to the Seller. The Time of Payment will be made easy. For Terms apply to Mr. John Baird, in Prince George, to whom Bond and Security is to be given, or to the Subscriber, on the Premises, who will show them. Mrs. Perrin's Dover is laid on this Land. (6) WILLIAM WADE.
N. B. All Persons indebted to the Estate of Hampton Wade, deceased, need not expect any longer Indulgence.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, on Wednesday the 11th of November, at Albemarle Courthouse, 23 likely VIRGINIA born NEGROES. Credit will be allowed to the 1st of October 1774, on giving Bond and Security, to carry Interest from the Date if not punctually paid. (6) GEORGE MERIWETHER.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, the 27th of this Instant (October)
FIVE Hundred Acres of choice LOW GROUNDS, on Ware River, in Gloucester County, near 200 of which are in Wood. There are no Houses on the Land, but a Dwellinghouse with two Chimnies, and underpinned with Brick, a Quarter twenty Feet by forty, and a large Loft well floored, that will hold 300 Barrels of Corn, will be lent for a reasonable Time. The Subscriber will be glad to see any Gentleman inclined to purchase, to whom he will show the Land. Twelve Months Credit will be allowed, on giving Bond and Security; and if the Money is not paid on the Day it becomes due, Interest from the Date of the Bond will be demanded. FRANCIS WILLIS, Junior.
FOR SALE, and to be entered on at Christmas, the LANDS that were the Property of the late Mr. Joseph Morton, in James City County, on Chickahominy River. For Terms apply to Mr. James Hubbard, in Williamsburg, or to the Subscriber, in Westmoreland. (tf) DANIEL M'CARTEY.
BUCKINGHAM, September 20, 1773. To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, at two Years Credit, before the Raleigh Tavern in Williamsburg, on the 20th of October, 490 Acres of LAND in York County, and about five Miles from Williamsburg. JOHN BATES.
To be SOLD, on Thursday the 11th of November, at Lunenburg Courthouse,
A TRACT of LAND upon Nottoway River, in Lunenburg County, containing 518 Acres, by an old Survey. It will be sold for the Benefit of Mr. William Jennings, and may be seen by applying to Mr. William Cross, near the Premises. Credit will be given till August 9th, 1775, on giving Bond and Security to CARY SELDEN. (2||) MILES KING.
To be SOLD by publick Auction, on Thursday the 28th of October, upon the Premises,
A TRACT of LAND in Culpeper, containing 700 Acres, the Property of Captain William Payne. It lies on Hazel River, near Captain John Brown's, who will show the Land to any Person intending to purchase. Bond and Security will be required, and the Time of Credit made known at the Sale. (2) RICHARD MITCHELL.
L A N D for S A L E. THE valuable unimproved Moiety of the Tract on which Mr. John Thompson, Junior, now lives, lying on the north Side of Warwick Swamp, in Prince George, containing 792 Acres, about 200 of which are good low Grounds, and has a large Quantity of fine Oak, Poplar, Gum, and Pine Timber thereon. Also sixty Acres of high Land, adjoining the former. Credit will be allowed the Purchaser for one, two, or three Years, as will best suit him; and the Terms may be known by applying to Mr. Nathaniel Harrison of Sussex, near the Premises, or of the Subscriber in York Town. WILLIAM GOOSLEY.
WARWICK, September 25, 1773. I HAVE for Sale, at a low Advance, a Quantity of well assorted SHOES, in Casks, from 30 l. to 50 l. Sterling Value. For Terms inquire of JOHN LEITCH.
A Purse of SEVENTY POUNDS, to be run for on Sbacko Hill, in the Town of Richmond, the second Thursday in November (being the first Day of the Fair of the said Town) by any Horse, Mare, or Gelding, that never won or started for a Purse or Course Match of 10l. Value. Any Person that offers to enter a Horse, Mare, &c. is to prove, by the Oath of two creditable Persons, that the said Horse, &c. offered to be entered, never won or started for any Purse or Course Match of the said Value of 10l. To run two Mile Heats, and the Horse that gains the two first Heats to win the Purse. All Horses 14 Hands high to carry 140 lbs. Weight, and all Horses, &c. under that Size, to be allowed 14 lbs. for the first Inch, and 7 lbs. for every Inch after. All Horses above 14 Hands are to carry 7 lbs. Weight for every Inch they are above 14 Hands, over the 140 lbs. A Subscriber to pay 20 s. Entrance, and a Non-subscriber 5 l. The Horses, &c. to be entered with, and measured by, JAMES GUNN, in Richmond Town, the Day before running. To be ready to start by one o'Clock. The Entrance Money for the second best Horse. PETTIPOOL MASSEY.
STRAYED or STOLEN from the Subscriber in Wake County, North Carolina, on the 5th of June last, a BAY MARE about 4 Feet 8 Inches high, with a Star in her Forehead, one of her hind Feet white, has some Saddle Spots, trots and paces well, branded on the near Shoulder PP, and on the near Buttock M; also a BAY FILLY, a Year old, which has one hind Foot white, and is branded as the Mare. Likewise a BLACK MARE with a Star in her Forehead, about 4 Feet 6 Inches high, a natural Pacer, mixed all over with some white Hairs, especially her Head, which is almost gray, branded on the near Shoulder PP, and on the near Buttock WM in a Piece. Whoever brings the said Strays to Mr. John Hodges, in Henrico County, Virginia, near Westham, shall for the Mares have 30 s. Reward, and for the Filly 20 s. Reward. (2||) PETTIPOOL MASSEY.
YORK, September 27, 1773. STRAYED from this Town, about a Month ago, a large RED or BRINDLED COW, marked with a Slit and Nick in each Ear, gave Milk at the Time of straying, and is supposed to be somewhere between this and Jamestown Ferry. Whoever will give Information of her, so that she may be had on sending for, shall receive TEN SHILLINGS, or TWENTY SHILLINGS shall be paid to the Person who brings her home. WILLIAM GOOSLEY.
RUN away from the Subscriber in Surry County, near Cabin Point, two Negroes. One is a Wench, named AMY, of a very black Complexion, about 27 Years old, middle sized, well made, and has a mild soft Way of speaking. I have heard that she has been Part of the Time since her Elopement at Portsmouth, where she hired herself, and passed for a free Woman, by the Name of Sukey Jones. The other is a Fellow, African born, named BACCHUS, about 19 Years of Age, and speaks somewhat broken; he escaped from my Overseer, as he was conveying him down from Chesterfield Jail. He has been branded in his Hand; but the Brand, as I am informed, is scarcely perceivable. During his former Elopement he passed as a free Negro, and has been employed as such. Whoever apprehends the said Runaways, and conveys them to me, or secures them in any Jail so as I get them, shall have 20 s. Reward for each, if taken 25 Miles from home, and if at a greater Distance 40 s. for each; if out of the Colony 5 l. besides all reasonable Expenses. As I have some Reason to believe they will endeavour to get out of the Colony, particularly to Britain, where they imagine they will be free (a Notion now too prevalent among the Negroes, greatly to the Vexation and Prejudice of their Masters) I hereby forewarn Masters of Vessels from carrying them off at their Peril, and all Persons from harbouring or employing them. JOHN AUSTIN FINNIE.
RUN away from the Subscriber in Botetourt County, in the Forks of James River, a Servant Man named JOHN MOSS, about five Feet seven or eight Inches high, well set, of a swarthy Complexion, and brown Hair tied behind. He had on a Claret coloured Broadcloth Coat, black Stuff Breeches with Drawers, a Tow Shirt, black Stockings, gray Leggings, and has with him a Razor. Whoever takes up the said Servant, and secures him so that I get him again, shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward if taken in this County, and FORTY SHILLINGS if out of it, besides what the Law directs, WILLIAM FOSTER.
RUN away from the Sloop Lark, John Lindsay Master, on the Night of the 23th of August last, an indentured Servant Man named JOHN ROSS; he was born in the Highlands of Scotland, is about eighteen Years old, has red Hair hanging about his Shoulders, is freckled in the Face, about five Feet eight or nine Inches high, and slim made. He had on, and took with him, a Kersey double breasted new Jacket, with white Metal Buttons on each Side, a Pair of Osnaburg Trousers, Check Shirt, Felt Hat, an under Jacket of spotted Cotton, Osnaburg Frock, and Dutch Blanket. He made his Escape in the Sloop's Flat, and landed at Hardy's Ferry. Whoever secures said Servant, and delivers him to Robert Kennan, Merchant at Cabin Point, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward. JOHN LINDSAY.
COMMITTED to York County Prison, a Negro Man named JAMES, belonging to Mr. John Purvis, Junior, of Mecklenburg. His Master is desired to fetch him away, and pay Charges. (4) WILLIAM MITCHELL.
COMMITTED to York County Prison, an African Negro Man, who says his Name is HARRY, about five Feet four Inches and a Half high, stout made, and has on an Irish Stuff Jacket, and Cotton Breeches with a black Pair under them. He says he belongs to Mr. John Rogers of Baltimore, in Maryland. The Owner is desired to prove his Property, and pay Charges to (4) WILLIAM MITCHELL.
COMMITTED to the Jail of Chesterfield County, the 31st of August last, a Negro Man who says his Name is STEPNEY, and that he belongs to the Estate of Benjamin Baker, of Gloucester County; he is clothed as Field Negroes generally are, and appears to be about 50 Years of Age. The Owner is desired to pay Charges and fetch him away. JAMES BALL, Jailor.
COMMITTED to James City Prison, on the 28th of September, a Negro Man named JAMES, about five Feet ten Inches high, Part of his right Ear cut off, and says he belongs to Mr. John Armistead, of Mecklenburg. Also a Mulatto Man, named WILLIAM, of about the same Stature, with a short flat Nose, a Scar on his left Knee, and says that he belongs to William Penn, of Amherst. The Owners of the above Slaves are desired to take them away, and pay Charges. (tf) JOHN CONNELLY.
SUSSEX, September 16, 1773. AS the PARTNERSHIP of Glaister Hunnicutt, and Co. expires the 1st of October, they have appointed Peter Williams to collect and settle all Accounts due to that Concern. Those, therefore, indebted to the said Company, are desired to make speedy Payment to him. The Store will be continued under the Firm of Glaister Hunnicutt, who will be much obliged to all his old Friends for a Continuance of their Custom. GLAISTER HUNNICUTT, & Co.
NORFOLK, September 23, 1773. I HAVE lately received, upon Consignment from the Manufacturer, in Bales of about 23 l. Sterling Value, a large Parcel of KENDAL COTTONS; which I will dispose of on reasonable Terms, upon Credit till April. (6) JAMES INGRAM.
For SALE, the three following TENEMENTS in the City of Williamsburg, which formerly belonged to the Honourable Philip Ludwell, and are now held by William Lee, Esquire, of the City of London, in Right of his Lady; namely, the large wooden House, on the Back Street, next Door but one to Mr. Speaker's; the Brick House on the Main Street, where Mrs. Rind lives; and the House called the Blue Bell, below the Capitol, opposite to the Playhouse, and in which Mr. Branner formerly lived, together with all the Lots and their Appurtenances. The Terms may be known of the Subscribers. If these Tenements should not, in the mean Time, be disposed of, they will be offered at publick Sale, before Mr. Southall's Door, on Friday the 29th of October, at four o'Clock in the Afternoon. (5) RICHARD HENRY LEE. FRANCIS L. LEE. RO: C. NICHOLAS.
AS Mess. Glaister Hunnicutt and Company have thought proper to appoint me to collect and settle all Accounts due to them after the 1st of October, and the Books must be closed as soon as possible, I request all Persons indebted to them to come and settle their Accounts, and give Bond, otherwise no Indulgence can be given. I shall duly attend every Wednesday and Friday at the said Store, in Order to settle, and on no other Days. PETER WILLIAMS. N. B. I shall attend the County Courts of Sussex and Prince George.
NORFOLK, September 22, 1773. FOR CHARTER to Liverpool, the Ship NANCY, James Dysart Master, Burthen about 300 Hogheads of Tobacco. For Terms apply to JOHN LAWRENCE, & Co. (4) Who have for Sale ANTIGUA, BARBADOS, and JAMAICA RUM, BARBADOS and JAMAICA SPIRIT, MUSCOVADO SUGAR, MOLOSSES, COFFEE, GINGER, PIMENTA, MOULD CANDLES, fine SALT in Sacks, MADEIRA and TENERIF WINES, &c.
WESTMORELAND, September 10, 1773. THE PARTNERSHIP of James Ballantine and Company, Merchants in Glasgow, is now at an End, and the Books for that Concern closed. We therefore beg that those indebted for Dealings with us will speedily make Payment, or settle their Accounts, by Bond, with Mr. John Middleton, who is appointed Collector for the said Concern. We hope this will be the more duly attended to, as very great Indulgence has been already given. Those who neglect to comply with this Request must expect to have Suits brought against them immediately. The Stores under our Management will be carried on, to the usual Extent, for Mess. John Ballantine and Company. (||) HUGH HAMILTON. THOMAS BLANE.
Pursuant to the last Will and Testament of Mr. Robert Pitt, late of New Kent, deceased, will be SOLD to the highest Bidder, on the Premises, the 20th of October,
THE PLANTATION whereon the said Robert Pitt lately lived, two Miles above the Long Bridge, ten from good Warehouses on York and James Rivers, fourteen from Newcastle, eighteen from Richmond, and eight from Mr. Holt's Forge; it contains about 500 Acres of level Land, 200 of which are excellent low Lands, proper for Wheat, Tobacco, or Meadow. Great Part of the Remainder is fine Tobacco, the rest very good Corn Land, and the uncultivated Ground abounds with large White and Red Oaks, Cypress, and Ash; and there is a good Situation for a Mill, with a pretty good Stream of Water. The Buildings consist of a handsome and commodious Dwellinghouse with all necessary Offices, an Overseer's House, and several large Barns and Tobacco Houses framed and shingled with Cypress. It is now in good Order for Cropping, as there is a large Opening under good Fences, and the Ground fresh. The Houses have been built within a few Years, and are now in good Repair, it being the Plantation purchased by Mr. Pitt of Mr. Peter Russell. At the same Time and Place will be sold about twelve likely SLAVES (consisting of Men, Women, and Children) Horses, Cattle, Hogs, Sheep, a Parcel of very good Household and Kitchen Furniture, a good Collection of Law and other Books, Wheat, Corn, Fodder, Plantation Utensils, and all other the personal Estate of the said Robert Pitt. The Time of Payment will be agreed on at the Sale, by THE EXECUTORS. (2||) All Persons indebted to the Estate of Mr. Robert Pitt are desired to make Payment, and all who have just Demands against it are desired to make them known at the above Day of Sale.

POETS CORNER. ON PREACHING.
IN God's most holy House let me attend The gracious Preacher, dropping Manna down, The Bread of craving Souls. O fix me there, The heavenly Dew thick showering round my Tent;
To be SOLD on THURSDAY the 4th of NOVEMBER next, before the RALEIGH Tavern, to the highest Bidder,
THE exceeding fine Plantation and TRACT of LAND in Chesterfield County, at the Falls of James River, belonging to the Subscriber, which contains upwards of 2000 Acres, and, on Account of its Richness and Situation, is deservedly esteemed the most valuable in the Colony, nay equal to any in America.
For SALE, sundry Tracts of LAND, in Orange County, North Carolina, namely,
FIVE Hundred and thirteen Acres on Dan River, formerly the Property of George Lumpkin, has on it convenient Houses, good Orchards, and a good Quantity of fine low Grounds.
The above Lands are about 140 Miles from the Falls of Appomattox. For a more particular Description of them any Person, inclining to purchase, may be informed by applying to Mr. Roger Atkinson, or Mr. John Jones, at Petersburg.
Attorney in Fact for the Assignees of Younger, Wilkinson, & Co. FREDERICKSBURG, September 15, 1773.
To be SOLD, on Thursday the 14th of October, if fair, otherwise next fair Day, at Westbury, in Charles City,
ALL the PERSONAL ESTATE of LILTBURY COCKE, deceased, consisting of HORSES, CATTLE, SHEEP, and HOGS, also HOUSEHOLD and KITCHEN FURNITURE. Six Months Credit will be allowed, the Purchasers giving Bond, with approved Security, to REBECCA HUBBARD COCKE, Executrix.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, on Thursday the 4th of November, before the Raleigh Tavern, in Williamsburg,
A TRACT of LAND on Chickahominy River, in James City County, containing upwards of 650 Acres, just above Barret's Ferry, and about twelve Miles from Williamsburg. It is good for Grain or Tobacco, a fine Place for Stock, Fishing, and Fowling.
(6) GOODRICH BOUSH.
RUN away from Fredericksburg, a NEGRO MAN, named Caesar, belonging to the Estate of Mr. Philip Sowerby, deceased. He is a well made Fellow, about five Feet nine or ten Inches high, pitted with the Smallpox, and of a yellowish Cast, formerly belonged to Mr. Peter Mays, a notorious Runaway, and has often been outlawed.
(4) CHARLES YATES.
RUN away on the 28th of July, from the Subscriber, in Northampton County, North Carolina, James Ralley, an indentured Irish Servant, about 24 or 25 Years of Age, five Feet eight or ten Inches high, of a fair Complexion, much pitted with the Smallpox, a lively brisk Hand for Business, and had on, when he went away, a Snuff coloured Cloth Coat, Osnabrugs Shirt and Trousers.
(11) JAMES WOOD.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Gloucester County, on Tuesday the 16th of August, Robert Wood, a Weaver by Trade, about eighteen Years old, a well looking Lad, and his right Wrist has been broke, which makes it much larger than the other. He had on, and carried with him, a Coat and Breeches of Virginia brown Jeans, a double breasted striped Cotton Waistcoat, a Pair of Stockings of a mixed gray Colour, one Linen and one Cotton Shirt, and Brass Buckles in his Shoes.
(11) THOMAS ROBINS.
N. B. I forewarn all Persons from harbouring or carrying him out of the Colony. He is thought to be in Prince George County.
TAKEN up, in Isle of Wight, a pale black HORSE about thirteen Hands and a Half high, with a roached Mane and Bob Tail, paces and trots, but is very dull, branded on the near Buttock W. not very plain. Posted, and appraised to seven Pounds.
(11) JOHN MURFREY.
To be SOLD in Bertie County, North Carolina, ABOUT 2000 Acres of rich low Land, 5 or 600 Acres of it clear in the Middle; and as no River Water overflows it, it may be all laid dry by a four Feet Ditch, into a Branch that heads up into it; the Soil black and deep, on a Pipe Clay; the Timber tall and large.
(211) WILLIAM FREEMAN. MIDDLESEX, sc.
GAWIN CORBIN, Gentleman, a Justice of the Peace, and one of the Judges of the Court of the said County, to all Sheriffs, Mayors, Constables, and Headboroughs, within his Majesty's Colony and Dominion of Virginia, greeting: Whereas Caesar, alias James, alias Reuben, alias Harry, a light-coloured Negro Man Slave, middle sized, about forty Years old, lately a Prisoner in Custody of the Jail of the said County of Middlesex, and examined before a Justice of the said County for Felony, and by his Order sent by the Sheriff to Essex, where the Felony appears to him to be committed, to take his Trial, did, on the Way to Essex, escape from the said Sheriff, and is going at large: Therefore, in his Majesty's Name, I command you, and every of you, in your respective Counties, Cities, Towns, and Precincts, to seize and retake the said Caesar, alias James, alias Reuben, alias Harry, and him convey to the Prison in the County where he shall be retaken, and deliver to the Keeper thereof together with this Warrant; and I charge and command you the Sheriff, or Keeper of the said Prison, to receive into your Jail and Custody the Body of the said Negro Man Slave, who says that he belongs to the Estate of Philip Southwick, deceased, late of Fredericksburg, until he shall be discharged by due Course of Law.
GAWIN CORBIN. To be SOLD,
A VALUABLE TRACT of LAND on lower Bellenger's Creek, in Albemarle, ten Miles above the Byrd Ordinary, and sixty from Richmond, containing about 600 Acres, on which is a good Dwelling-house 32 by 16, with two outside Stone Chimneys, and good Apple and Peach Orchards. Through the Land runs a Stream of Water, on which was built a Grist Mill about nine Years ago, which, through the Carelessness and ill Conduct of the Tenants, is of little Use at present, but with a very small Expense may be made valuable to the Purchaser.
(11) CHRISTOPHER MACRAE. WILLIAMSBURG, September 15, 1773.
THE publick Hospital established by an Act of the General Assembly for the Reception of Idiots, Lunatics, and other Persons of unsound Minds, being now completed, Notice is hereby given that the Court of Directors will meet at the said Hospital, on Tuesday the 12th of October next, to receive all such Persons as may be sent thither according to the Directions of the said Act, and that the Court, for the same Purpose, and the better ordering the general Business of the Hospital, will meet on the same Day in every succeeding Week, till farther Notice.
(4) JACOB BRUCE, Clerk. APOLLO (a beautiful Bay, fifteen Hands two Inches high)
WILL stand at Newport, and cover Mares at FIVE POUNDS the Season. He was got by Fearnought, out of a bay Mare the Property of Colonel Nathaniel Harrison, on Potomac, which Mare was got by the Cullen Arabian, her Dam called Lady Thieb by Partner, her Grandam by Greyhound, her Great Grandam by Curvin's bay Barb, which Mare was the Dam of Sophonisba. This Pedigree of the Mare was signed by his Grace the Duke of Kingstoun.
On the 1st Instant (September, 1773) at Leeds, he beat with Ease Colonel Lloyd's bay Mare, Nancy Bywell, a four Miles Heat, ten Stone Weight. Good Pasturage will be found, and all Mares that require Feeding shall have Corn three Times a Week gratis. I request all Gentlemen, upon sending for their Mares, either to send me the Money or an Order on their Merchant, as the Price I gave for my Horse, and the Trouble and Expense I shall be at in keeping him as a Stud Horse, will not admit of my lying out of my Money.
ALEXANDER SPOTSWOOD. N. B. I will not be answerable for any MARES that may get away. WILLIAMSBURG, September 10, 1773.
COMMITTED to the publick Jail, from Cumberland, a Runaway Negro Man called TOM, five Feet ten Inches high, remarkably black, his Face much scarified with his Country Marks, both Ears bored, his right with four Holes and his left five, appears to be upwards of forty Years old, and cannot speak to be understood, had on a Crocus Shirt and Trousers. His Owner is desired to take him away and pay Charges.
(12) PETER PELHAM. 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
(15) THOMAS JEFFERSON. FRANCIS EPPES. HENRY SKIPWITH. AS I am desirous of discharging all the
DEBTS of the late Mr. William Drummond, in the speediest Manner, I purpose to sell the well known, beautiful, and conveniently situated Place called PORTO BELLO. Whoever is inclined to purchase, may know the Terms by applying to my Brother, John Tyler, who will frequently be in Williamsburg between this and Christmas. It may not be amiss to say that a third of the Purchase Money must be paid down on the Delivery of the above Place, which will be on New Year's Day. This is thought necessary, because there are many young Negroes, who, if exposed to Sale by Execution, will sell to a great Disadvantage; but I hope this rigorous Method will not be prosecuted by those who have it directly in their Power, as my Integrity is pledged to do ample and immediate Justice to every Creditor.
(15) RACHEL DRUMMOND. CHARLESTOWN, South Carolina, August 6, 1773.
STOLEN from my Plantation near Dorchester, on Sunday the 1st Day of this Instant (August) a large bay GELDING, bred to the Northward, above fifteen Hands high, had Shoes on his fore Feet and on his off hind Foot, the Hoof of which is greatly worn and he always goes lame, has a large Star in his Forehead, his two hind Feet are white, and he is more than eight Years old. This Horse is very remarkable, as he will seldom draw in a Carriage without another Horse drawing before him; he paces and trots, and is not branded. Also, a bay GELDING about fifteen Hands, trots very high, and is about eight Years old, may be easily known as a Colt of Skin's, and formerly belonged to Daniel Herry, Esquire, branded D.H. on the mounting Buttock, has a blind Star in his Forehead, both hind Feet white, and a Scar entirely round one of them. Likewise, a small bay GELDING of the English Breed, about thirteen Hands and a Half high, paces, trots, and canters very easy, but often trips, has a small Star in his Forehead, his near fore Foot and off hind Foot are white, is about seven Years old, and branded W.Z. on the mounting Shoulder. TEN DOLLARS Reward, besides all reasonable Charges, will be given for each of the above Geldings; and for Information of the Person or Persons who committed the Theft, so that he or they may be convicted thereof, a farther Reward of TEN GUINEAS will be paid, by applying to William Halfpenny, Overseer on the said Plantation, or to me in Charlestown.
(6) ALEXANDER WRIGHT. To be SOLD at Newcastle, on the 25th of October,
TWO FORTY HOGSHEADS FLATS, which have been running about eighteen Months; likewise five NEGRO MEN, who have been used chiefly to the crafting Business. Six Months Credit will be allowed, on giving Bond and Security to
(8) FRANCIS IRWIN, and the Executors of Mr. John Smith. WOOLLENS.
THE Subscriber has now upon Hand several Bales of coarse Woolens properly assorted for a Store, from 60 to 80 l. Sterling Value, also a large Quantity of COARSE CLOTHS and TRIMMINGS, in small Bales, from 3s. 6d. to 12s. Sterling a Yard, which he intends selling by the Bale, or retailing by the Piece. He expects more coarse Woolens, of all Sorts, in very soon. He sells at a low Advance, for Cash or short Credit. Any Person applying to him, at Mr. John Woodside's in Norfolk, or at the General Courts, may depend on being served to Satisfaction.
(11) JOHN STONEY. WHEREAS a young Man of the Name of WILLIAM TOPPING, who lived in Chowan County, North Carolina, some Time in the Month of January last set off from home on a Journey to Philadelphia, where he was soliciting the Recovery of an Estate, and has never since been heard of, his Friends anxiously request any Person who may know any Particulars concerning him to be kind enough to mention them in a Line directed to Mr. Topping at Edenton, and to convey the Letter by Post. He intended to go by Water from Norfolk to Baltimore, in Case he could not readily meet with an Opportunity of a Passage directly by Sea to Philadelphia. He was a short, thin, well looking Man, about thirty Years of Age, wore his own Hair, had on a Brick Dust coloured Coat and Waistcoat, with a light Surcoat, and was something remarkable for wanting two of his upper fore Teeth. He had with him about 50 l. North Carolina Currency, in Gold, many authenticated Proofs tending to establish his Title to some Lands in Pennsylvania, and several Letters and Packets for different Gentlemen in that Province. His Friends are thus particular in describing him only from a Fear that he has suffered some melancholy Accident, as they have not the least Suspicion of his Honesty; and they will consider themselves much obliged to all Persons who can give any Particulars of him, that will take the Trouble to communicate them as above directed.
(6) For SALE, immediately, altogether, or to any Number of Persons that will agree on a Division among themselves, TWELVE HUNDRED ACRES of LAND, in Sussex, one Mile below the Courthouse, and joining Nottoway River for about a Mile, which affords Plenty of Fish, and makes near 100 Acres of low Ground well stocked with Cypress and other Timber; in the Banks are Plenty of Shells very good for Lime. Great Part of the high Land is rich, on which there is a pretty Situation for a House, and sufficient cleared for ten or twelve Hands to cultivate Grain on. Mr. Clements, Mr. Hoomes, or Mr. Balfour, will show the Lands; and for Terms apply to David Rofs, Esquire, Merchant at Petersburg.
(15) J. SYME. For SALE, in the Town of Newcastle,
THREE LOTS on the main Street, whereon is a large and commodious Dwelling-House, Kitchen, Dairy, and Smokehouse, a Garden newly paled in, and every other Convenience for a Family; the Whole in very good Order. They were lately the Property of William Muir, of the said Town, and will be sold at the next October Hanover Court, by Virtue of a Deed of Trust from him to
(15) SAMUEL PEARSON. WILLIAM JOHNSON. CHARLES TINSLEY. NEWCASTLE, July 14, 1773.
THE Subscribers have on Hand between six and seven Hundred Pounds Sterling Worth of EUROPEAN and EAST INDIA GOODS, which they will dispose of at a low Advance, by Wholesale, and make the Terms of Payment convenient to the Purchaser. We request the Favour of all those indebted to us to come and settle their Accounts immediately, by Bond or Payment, otherwise they may be assured their Accounts will be put into an Attorney's Hands, without Respect to Persons.
(15) JOHNSON & TINSLEY. TO BE SOLD,
And may be entered on immediately, A VALUABLE Tract of LAND in Brunswick, containing about 1000 Acres, of which about 100 Acres are cleared. On the Plantation is an exceeding good Dwellinghouse, underpinned with Brick, with three Brick Chimneys, a Kitchen with a Brick Chimney, and all other Outhouses necessary for a Family and Cropping, all new built; also a very fine Apple and Peach Orchard. The Land lies within twelve Miles of Hicks's Ford, and joins the Road to Eaton's Ferry. A good Title will be made the Purchaser, and the Terms may be known by applying to the Subscriber, at Cabin Point.
(15) ADAM FLEMING. 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.
(15) THOMAS NELSON. THOMAS NELSON, Junior. HUGH NELSON. RO. C. NICHOLAS. TO BE SOLD,
ABOUT fourteen Thousand Acres of exceeding good LAND in the County of Pittsylvania. For Terms apply to Mr. Hugh Rose of Amherst, who will treat with any Person inclinable to purchase, and be empowered to make a legal Title.
CAROLINE, May 1, 1773. (15) THOMAS LOMAX.