The Virginia gazette (Williamsburg [Va.]), 1773-02-04 00:00:00

VIRGINIA GAZETTE.
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To Mess. PURDIE & DIXON, GENTLEMEN,
I was with much Pleasure I observed, after the Forgeries of our Paper Currency were happily detected, the exceeding great Pains taken by most Gentlemen, assembled from different Corners of the Country, to make themselves thoroughly acquainted with the principal leading Marks which materially distinguish the counterfeit from the true Bills. They are fully guarded against Impositions upon themselves, and I am persuaded have carried with them every good Disposition to assist the People in all Parts with their best Opinions and Advice. What Measures may be taken to work a radical Cure of the Evil complained of, I presume not to determine; but, in the mean Time, till some better Expedient can be adopted, I take the Liberty of recommending it to all such as cannot safely rely upon their own Judgments to make all their Money Contracts payable either at the House of some judicious Gentleman in their Neighbourhood, or at the principal Towns where the Merchants chiefly reside, or in this City. I advise this, from a Persuasion that any of these Gentlemen will readily give their Opinions of such Money as may be tendered in Payment. For my own Part, I will most cheerfully examine any Notes that my Opinion may be desired of. I will do more: Such Persons as cannot conveniently come hither to receive their Money may send their Orders to me and I will receive it for them, payable to their Order in Writing, for the whole Amount; the Money shall be sealed up in separate Parcels, with the Owner's Names endorsed, and deposited in the Country's Iron Chest at the Treasury.
By pursuing some, or all of these Measures, I flatter myself that the Credit of our Paper Money may still be supported, whilst it is suffered to continue in Circulation. Let not the poor industrious Planter be tempted, by the chinking of a little Gold or Silver in his Ears, to part with the Fruits of his Labour at an under Rate; but rather let him be persuaded, that by pursuing one of these Methods, which will cost him but a little more Trouble than he has been used to, he may receive the full Worth of his Commodities in other Money, equal in Value, and perhaps more convenient to him. I by no Means propose myself as a general Receiver; the Services I offer are solely intended for such as doubt their own Judgments. Neither do I, as I am far from thinking myself infallible, intend to warrant the Money I may receive, either as to its Goodness, nor against any unavoidable Accidents. All I engage for is, to use the same Care and Attention as I would do were it my own. The only Recompense I desire, or will receive, shall arise solely from the Satisfaction and Pleasure I shall take in contributing every Thing in my Power towards relieving those who may be distressed by the Uneasiness and Perplexities they may be involved in. I am, Gentlemen,
Your most obedient Servant, R. C. NICHOLAS.
Williamsburg, Feb. 4, 1773.
The FOLLY of INTemperance, A genuine History.
Could young Men see with gouty-old Mens Eyes, They'd Health above all other Blessings prize.
NO Person can enjoy the Blessing of a good Constitution without being sensible of the inestimable Jewel he possesses, yet many prostitute their Health so shamefully, by seeking for Pleasure in the Paths of Excess, that it would induce one to think they had taken a Lease of Life, and might safely put Disease at Defiance.
I have often smiled at the Expression of a Publican, whose Company was greatly courted by his Customers on Account of his Oddities, which obliged him frequently to drink more than he was inclined to do, this made him declare that he was obliged to kill himself in Order to live. His Observation was verified in the Sequel, for by the Time he had acquired a competent Fortune he fell a Martyr to Arrack Punch, and the very best Madeira.
Intemperance may be considered as a Master of the Ceremonies, who artfully insinuates himself into your good Graces, fires your Passions, engages your Affections, and very politely hands you to that solemn Drawing Room the Grave.
Frederick Frankley was born to an affluent Fortune, and fully possessed every Bounty Nature could bestow.
He was amiable in his Person, engaging in his Manners, and seemed to be blessed with a Constitution that could afford no very pleasing Prospect to the medical Tribe, since it gave no Promise of having any Occasion to call in the Assistance of the Sons of Esculapius.
When he came of Age, being warm in his Passions, he was determined to indulge himself in every Pleasure that Sensation could prompt him to pursue, or Caprice excite him to enjoy: He accordingly was a constant Votary at the Temple of Bacchus, and frequently sacrificed at the Shrine of the Jolly God. To keep it up, was a Text he would feelingly expatiate upon; and, contrary to the Examples of most Preachers, he always practised as he preached, for he kept it up so often that bloody Noses, black Eyes, broken Shins, and Bruises all over his Body, may very often a severe Fever, were positive Testimonies of the Fervency of his Devotion to the tottering Deity.
I do not recollect to have heard that the Sun ever gave him any particular Offence; however, he very seldom chose to look him in the Face. But for this Want of Affection for the Sun he made up in an uncommon Fondness for the Moon, who was so obliging as frequently to light him home when his own Luminaries were almost in Eclipse; and many a Time hath the pale Goddess of Night lengthened the Shadow of our reeling Bacchanal upon the silent Pavement, when the whole Town, except the Hundreds of Drury, was sunk into the Arms of Morpheus, and temporary Oblivion.
Nor was Mr. Frankley insensible to the Charms of Beauty. No, Cupid transected a great Deal of Business with him, for seldom a Night passed but he fell desperately in Love; and many Times have Lucy Cooper, Fanny Hill, and other Ladies of Dispositions equally benignant, kindly taken upon them the Office of Physicians, and humanely cured him of that Disorder which enters at the Eyes and furiously proceeds to the Seats of Sensation.
Nay, he had an ingenious Method of indulging himself with artificial Ecstasies, and enjoying the greatest Beauties by Proxy, for if he met with a Lady who had got Platonick Notions in her Head, and was consequently conscientiously virtuous and obstinately prudent, he never thought of Hanging or Drowning, but immediately repaired to some of those Females who profess universal Benevolence, and in their Arms, with the Assistance of Imagination, rapturously enjoyed the absent coy one.
Indeed Reason would now and then take the Liberty to intrude upon his vacant Hours, and inform him that Inebriety, late Hours, Dissipation, and continual Debauchery, would bring on a premature old Age, and greatly tend to shorten the Time of his mortal Existence. To this sage Advice he constantly answered, that his Constitution was too good to be impaired by the trifling Pleasures in which he indulged himself; that he did not only breathe, but enjoyed Life; that as Life was but a Span, he would fill it to his own Satisfaction. He would then very obligingly entertain Madam Reason with a Song; beginning,
"With Women and Wine I'll defy every Care, For Life without these is a Bubble of Air."
Reason finding her Arguments in vain, thought proper to withdraw, and never obliged him any more with her Admonitions.
If any of his Friends attempted to prove logically, or rationally, that hard Drinking and late Hours were pernicious to Health, he would very bluntly answer them in the Words of Churchill,
"Wound up at twelve at Noon, your Clock goes right; Mine better goes, wound up at twelve at Night."
The shaking Hand, the aching Head, and nauseating Stomach, all warned him in vain; the Lassitude of the Morning was lost in the Conviviality of the Evening; and Debilitation stared him in the Face, without any Effect.
Mr. Frankley was in the Cafe of Sovereigns, who depend upon Ministers that flatter the Passions of their Masters in Order to betray their Interest. Thus Mr. Frankley depended upon Constitution, and fancied it would never deceive him; but the Age of thirty three opened his Eyes, and he found himself a young Man with every Sense impaired, and his whole Frame emaciated.
He was fond of Singing, but the Weakness of his Lungs prevented him from gratifying his Vanity in displaying his harmonious Talents.
He was fond of speaking upon any Subject that was started in Company, but an obstinate Asthma denied
him the Pleasure of haranguing; for the tickling Rheum frequently broke in upon the finest turned Period, and when his Arguments would have flashed Conviction upon the Auditors, the Cause has been given against him by the Intervention of an unfortunate Cough.
He had a Passion for Musick, but through his Intemperance an habitual Deafness had attacked him, so that the finest Composition of Handel no longer soothed his anxious Breast.
His Eyes suffered a severe Defluxion just before the Exhibition of Paintings by the Society of Artists. This he considered as a very great Misfortune, for he was esteemed a great Connoisseur. No Appeal was ever made from his Decision; but now it was impossible for him to descend upon Disposition and Attitude, to criticise the Drapery, to regulate the Features of the Face, or mellow the Colours to a proper Modification and Consistency.
Our worn out Rake had another Misfortune: He happened to fall desperately in Love with an amiable young Lady, not according to his common Mode of loving, but sentimentally; the Lady politely received his Addresses, and by the Assistance of Friends a Match was concluded on. Just before the Ceremony, a Ball was given on the Nuptials of a Friend. Mr. Frankley could not refuse to accompany his Mistress, and to give her his Hand in the Dance; but, unluckily for him, he was on the very Morning of that Day attacked by a Fit of the Gout. His Pride would not permit him to confess his recent Affliction, and he hobbled a Minuet so ungracefully that he became the Ridicule of the whole Company. This Laugh at his Expense touched the Sensibility of his Mistress so much, that, not having any real Affection for him, she broke off the Match, declaring she would never be wedded to such an awkward Thing.
The Rheumatism paying him a Visit soon after, he determined to call in a Physician to his Assistance. The learned Pulse Feeler gravely told him that he was very bad; a Truth that he was too well acquainted with, before that Gentleman made his Appearance. However, the learned Mender of decayed Constitutions, secundam artem, sagaciously applied his Cane to his Nose, to assist his profound Meditations; and in about five Minutes, starting from his Reverie, he hastily scribbled a Prescription, in Consequence of which Mr. Frankley swallowed six very disagreeable Draughts, without receiving any Benefit in the Disorder with which he was afflicted, which was of too obstinate a Nature to be easily routed, and seemed determined to keep its Ground with Resolution. In this Situation, a sharp Contest ensued between the allied Sons of Medicine, the Physician and Apothecary on one Part, and a Complication of Disorders on the other; when the Seat of War, Mr. Frankley's emaciated Carcase, suffered greatly in the Skirmish, he having too late discovered that Physicians, like Tinkers, generally mar more than they mend.
The Blunders of Physicians were indeed insupportable; for if he employed them to cure one Disorder they were sure to make a desperate Attack upon another, agreeable to the Words of Pomfret,
"The blundering Sloane, Missing the Gout, hath often hit the Stone; The Patient does the happy Error find, He works a Cure, but not the Cure design'd."
Mr. Frankley having once thought of Matrimony, could not divert himself from the Idea; he accordingly married to gratify his Inclination, and his Spouse finding that she was wedded to Disease, and bound in Duty to be a Nurse during his Life, consoled herself with some Amusements which excited the Jealousy of her Husband, who too late found he had married when through his Excesses he was incapable of being a Husband. He at length fell a Victim to the Effects of his juvenile Intemperance and domestick Vexation, and died an extreme old Man at the Age of thirty six.
A DREAM. By VOLTAIRE.
ON February 18, 1763, the Sun being in the Sign Pisces, I was translated to Heaven, as all my Friends very well know. I neither rode on Mahomet's Mare, nor yet in the Chariot of Elijah; I was neither carried on the Elephant of Sommonocodon of the Siamese, nor on the Horse of Saint George the Patron of England, nor yet on Saint Anthony's Pig. I must own that I went I do not know how.
I was, you may easily suppose, astonished; but, what you will not so easily suppose, I was a Spectator of the general Judgment. The Judges (and I hope

You will not be offended whilst I name them) were the principal Benefactors of Mankind, Confucius, Solon, Socrates, Titus, Antoninus, Epictetus, all glorious Men; who, having taught and practiced the Virtues that God enjoins, seemed to have a natural Right to pronounce his Decrees.
I shall not take Notice on what Kind of Thrones they were seated, nor how many Millions of celestial Beings prostrated themselves before the immortal Architect of the World, nor what Multitudes of Inhabitants of their respective Globes appeared before the Judges. I shall only attend to some particular Circumstances, which struck me at that Time.
I observed that every dead Person, who pleaded his Cause, had in Attendance all the Witnesses of his Actions. For Instance, when the Cardinal of Lorraine boasted that he made the Council of Trent adopt some of his Opinions, and demanded eternal Life as the Reward of his Orthodoxy, twenty Courtisans immediately appeared round him, bearing on their Foreheads the Number of their Appointments with him; all those too who were concerned with him in the infamous League were at Hand, all the Accomplices of his wicked Life.
Close by Cardinal Lorraine sat John Calvin, who boasted, in his gross Language, that "he had given the Papal Idol a Griper in the Guts. I have written (said he) against Painting and Sculpture, I have made it plainly appear that the Works of Taste and Art are good for nothing, and I have proved that it is a devilish Thing indeed to dance a Minuet. Drive out this same damned Cardinal, and place me next to St. Paul."
Immediately, as he was speaking, a Funeral Pile appeared in Flames. A dreadful Spectre darted from the Midst of the Fire, with the most hideous Shrieks. "Monster (it cried) execrable Monster, tremble! behold that Servetus whom you robbed of his Life by the most horrid Tortures, merely because he had disputed with you concerning the Mode in which three Persons could form one Substance." The Judge, upon this, ordered that Cardinal Lorraine should be thrown into the bottomless Pit, but that Calvin should be reserved for some severer Punishment.
I beheld a Number of Fakeers, Takapains, Bonzes, Black, white, and gray Friars, who all imagined that to pay their Court to the Supreme Being it would be necessary to sing and whip themselves, or to go naked. When these Wretches appeared, I heard a dreadful Voice, crying, "What Good have you done to Mankind?" This Voice was followed by a solemn Silence, no one daring to answer.
At last I heard the awful Sentence of the Supreme Judge of the Universe pronounced: "Be it known to the Inhabitants of the Millions of Worlds we have been pleased to create, that we shall never judge them by their Opinions, but by their Actions; for such is our Justice."
This was the first Time I had seen such an Edict. All those I had read on that Grain of Sand which we inhabit generally ended with, Such is our Pleasure.
The Commerce, Haste, from Glasgow, is arrived in James River. We have received a Paper by her of November the 26th, from which we have collected the following Articles.
V I E N N A, October 26.
THE distinguished Honour which Sir William Hamilton, the British Minister to the Court of Naples, meets with from our Court since his Arrival here, is very remarkable. The Day before yesterday the said Minister, with his Lady, had the great Honour of being invited to dine with both their Imperial Majesties, to which he and his Lady were escorted in the State Coach and six by Prince Didrickstein. After Dinner Lady Hamilton played a Solo upon the Harpsichord, accompanied with the Voice of the Princess Archduchess, in the Presence of his Imperial Majesty (who accompanied this Harmony) and the greatest Part of the Nobility. It is said that Sir William is recalled, being appointed Ambassador to the Court of Versailles.
L O N D O N, November 16.
THIS Morning two Messengers were despatched from the Secretaries of States Office, one to Paris and the other to Madrid. It is said that they carry Instructions to our Ambassadors to represent to each Court the Injury done to his Britannic Majesty's Subjects by their Men of War (the French at Newfoundland, and the Spaniards at Jamaica) and that it was expected immediate Satisfaction should be made to the injured Parties.
Advice is received that the King of Sweden has ordered Alms to be strongly fortified, and two Forts to be built at the Entrance of the Port, in each of which are to be placed twenty Pieces of Cannon, to prevent any Enemies Ships sailing in; and that great Preparations for War are making all over Sweden.
Letters from the Visula, dated October 24th, mention that the Representations of the Magistrates of Dantzick, and the foreign Consuls there, have had no Effect; and the Prussians continue to exact the new Rates, from all Ships sailing from thence to the Baltic.
On the 12th Instant, at Night, upwards of two Hundred Sail of Ships, which have been lying in the Downs for their three Weeks pass, all failed. The Night being fine Moonlight, and the Wind at North, and as the Wind still keeps in that Corner, it is hoped they will all get clear of the Channel.
The French Court, it is said, besides the Cartel forming between it and us, with Respect to Wine and Hardware, has proposed to take our Manchester Goods, provided we receive the Cambricks of France; and it is generally thought that the Proposal will meet with the Approbation of our Ministry.
They write from Naples that a Nun belonging to the Convent of St. Rocca, in that Kingdom, declares herself to be the Archangel Michael. What is the most extraordinary, she embarrasses the Clergy greatly, having found many Believers, who, in Consequence of their Faith, seek after Relicks with great Avidity.
M. de Voltaire's Fancy seems still as gay and vigorous as ever. He has just published an Epistle, in the Heratian Style, in which he entertains the World with a Description of his private Life and Amusements. This elegant Piece is universally admired.
The Friends of the City of London are in great Pain for the Safety of its Peace and true Interests under the present Magistracy, because the Courts of Aldermen, Common Council, &c. instead of meeting for the good Administration of the City, assemble only to debate their own petty Quarrels. These private Altercations, which ought to be carried on in Taverns rather than in Guildhall, swallow up to great a Part of the Aldermen's Time and Attention that the City's Business must, without Remedy, be neglected.
His Majesty appeared in the Drawing Room on Thursday last, in a Waistcoat worked by the Queen. The Ground is white Satin, embroidered with Violets and their Leaves, and Heart's Ease; the Button Holes nearly finished with Gold.
What Good can be expected of the Courts of Aldermen and Common Council when they are actuated solely by two such malicious and restless Spirits as Wilkes and Horace? Were the Aldermen as holy as Saints, and as silent as Quakers, these two Demons of Dissension would set them together by the Ears—or by the Horns.
We are told that it will be proposed, the approaching Session of Parliament, to reduce the Value of the Guinea to twenty Shillings, as an effectual Step to prevent the present Scarcity of Money by Exportation.
They write from Peterburg that several Persons of Distinction have been lately seized by Order of the Empress, and confined, on what Account is not known.
A Correspondent says: "It is thought throughout the City that every publick Business at Guildhall, during the present Mayoralty, will be greatly obstructed and embarrassed by a popular Alderman and his Adherents; partly in Spite to the Lord Mayor, and partly with a View of continuing himself the chief Topic of publick Conversation this Year, that he may take the Chair with eclat the next."
This Day Mr. Serjeant Glynn was elected Recorder of this City, by a Majority of one only.
November 19. By a recent Letter from Constantinople we are informed that the Grand Seigneur had sent Messengers to his main Camp in Poland, with Orders for several of his Troops to file off in several Divisions towards Asia, to oppose the Successes of Ali Bey and his Adherents. This Letter adds, that this Circumstance is considered as a certain Mark of an approaching Peace between the Turks and Russians, as the Sultan would never lessen the Force of his grand Army without a certain Assurance of that salutary Measure taking Place.
The Parliament is expected to be much more numerous at the Beginning of the approaching Session than it usually is, on Account of the great Importance of the Business they are to begin upon. Several Members have arrived already in Town.
It is certain that the following Subjects will be thoroughly canvassed in the Course of the approaching Session of Parliament: The State of the British Coinage, the high Price of Provisions, the internal national Credit, and the State of the great Company upon whose Account the Session commences so early.
Yesterday a Courier arrived at Lord Rochford's Office from Paris, and immediately a Whisper circulated through the District of St. James's Palace that a Revolution had actually taken Place in the Kingdom of France.
A Report prevailed yesterday that a Revolution has happened lately in France; but a Letter from Paris, dated November 6th, says: "We are under great Apprehensions here with Respect to the Affairs of the Prince of Conti. A Revolution was certainly intended, and some very great Characters at the Bottom of it. The Cabal has great Power, but we do not care to speak our Minds openly, the Police taking Cognizance of the slightest Expressions relating to political Affairs. For Example, a young Englishman, the other Day, at a Coffeehouse in St. Germain's, expressing his Surprise that a Man so old as the Grand Monarch could prove acceptable to so fine a Woman as Madam Barric, he was sent for the next Morning to the Lieutenant of the Police, who, after rebuking him in very severe Terms for his Insolence, directed him to leave France in forty eight Hours, under Pain of being sent to the Bastille."
They write from Paris that very frequent Councils have been lately held at Court, and that a Day scarce passes without Couriers going to and from thence to Madrid and Lisbon.
The early Meeting of Parliament is solely owing to the East India Affairs. It is supposed that Government will take the civil and military Department into its own Power, leaving the trading Part only to the Company, by which Method it will have a fine Opportunity of bestowing very considerable and lucrative Places upon the younger Sons of the Nobility. The Differences on the Continent are no Concern of the Ministry, who are resolved to keep clear of a War; to support which we must sacrifice Blood and Treasure, and not receive in Return any national Emolument, or the least Increase of Power.
The Turn of Affairs now entirely rests upon the Continuation of the present Ministry in France. The Commotion raised in every Breach, upon the Confinement of the Prince de Conti, is dreadful by the Community. The lascivious Ease and Indolence of the King, abandoned and duped by the Artifice and Intrigue of a Courtezan, renders his Name odious in the Ear of every gallant Frenchman. If Choiseul ever takes the Lead of the Ministry again, France will unite with Spain, and a sudden Attack upon the Territories of Great Britain will be vigorous and powerful.
Advices from Cork say that four French Transports, which were lading with Provisions for the West Indies, had been ordered to be unloaded by Order from Government, and to leave the Irish Ports immediately.
Extract of a Letter from Hamburg. "Letters from Zell, of the 30th Instant, mention that the British Minister at the Court of Vienna, Sir Robert Keith, Baronet, arrived there the 31st of last Month, to visit her Majesty the Queen Matilda; and the first of this Month his Excellency received a Courier from the Court of London, to stay there until he should receive another Courier."
We are credibly informed that the southern Potentates of Europe have declared their Intentions of preserving entire both the State and Independence of Poland.
It is currently reported, at the west End of the Town, that the Emperor and the King of Prussia have entered into a Treaty, of which the Empress of Russia is Guarante, for adjusting certain dormant Claims of several Members of the Germanick Body. If this Report be true, it is imagined that such a Measure would inevitably produce an universal War throughout Europe.
It is reported that our Court will, in a spirited Manner, resent the Insults lately offered by the piratical States of Barbary to the English Nation.
We are assured that several Memorials, relative to Articles of Commerce, have lately been received from the Court of Portugal, but have been paid very little Attention to by our Ministry.
Very large Quantities of Gunpowder have been bought here lately, and shipped for the Continent, which has raised the Price of that Commodity forty per Cent.
They write from Dantzick that a great Riot happened there when the King of Prussia's Excise Officers attempted to publish the new Regulations established by their Master. Some of these Officers were killed, and several others very ill used by the Populace; but it is feared the Town will suffer for this rash Behaviour.
Advice is said to be received from Holland that the Imperial City of Frankfort on the Lower Rhine is likely, from the Division among its Inhabitants, to fall into the Hands of his Prussian Majesty, in the same Manner as that of Dantzick.
It is said that the Publication of the Duke of Gloucester's Marriage has prevented his being appointed Generalissimo of his Majesty's Forces.
The Consumption of Beef and Mutton, on a moderate Computation, for the Winter six Months, at great Tables, Taverns, &c. throughout London, for Soups only, is said to amount to twenty Thousand Sheep at nine Stone each, and two Thousand Oxen at ninety Stone each; which would victual upwards of ten Thousand Persons more for that Time, dressed in a plain Way, than if converted into Soup. If this was considered, Numbers, we should think, would refrain, at a Time so scarce as the present, from a Dish so extravagant.
The kept Woman who gave a Guinea for two Roses is not to be compared to another Cleopatra, who had six Dozen of Pigeons roasted for her Supper, that she might have the Rumps, and then divided the Bodies between two favourite Greyhounds.
November 21. We are credibly informed that a Bill will be brought into Parliament, next Session, to compel Assignees to make final Dividends in a limited Time of the Effects of Bankrupts.
A Gang of Rogues, who have long infested Portsmouth and its Neighbourhood, is at last discovered, and proves to be mostly Apprentices in the Dockyard, some of whom are not above sixteen Years old; fifteen of them are secured, and Search is making after five who escaped.
Tuesday Evening hanged himself, at a Friend's House at Stoke Newington, a Gentleman who was Assistant to his Majesty's Warehouse Keeper of the Customs, and possessed of a Fortune of thirty Thousand Pounds.
EDINBURGH, November 20. Yesterday Joseph Banks, Esquire, Doctor Solander, and Doctor Lind, set out for London. In visiting the Western Islands of Scotland they went ashore at the Island of Staffa, which is reckoned one of the greatest natural Curiosities in the World. This Island is about three Miles in Circumference, is surrounded by a Row of massy Pillars of different Shapes, such as Pentagons, Octagons, &c. they are about fifty five Feet high, and near five Feet in Diameter, supporting a solid Rock of a Mile in Length, and about sixty Feet high above the Pillars. There is a Cave in this Island which the Natives call the Cave of Fingal; its Length is three Hundred and seventy one Feet, about a Hundred and fifteen Feet in Height, and fifty one Feet wide; the whole Sides are solid Rock, and the Bottom is covered with Water twelve Feet deep. The Giant's Causeway in Ireland, or Stonehenge in England, are but Trifles when compared to this Island, elegant Drawings of which were taken on the Spot.
We hear that Mr. Banks, Doctor Solander, and Doctor Lind, are to make another Voyage round the World next Year. The last Voyage to the South Seas is now publishing, under the Inspection of Doctor Hawkesworth.
WILLIAMSBURG, February 4.
WE hear his Excellency the Governor has directed Expires to be sent to the several Members of his Majesty's Council, requiring their Attendance next Saturday at the Council Chamber, in Order, it is generally believed, to consult with that Honourable Board upon the Expediency of calling together the General Assembly, that they may have an Opportunity of taking under their immediate Consideration the present alarming State of our Paper Currency; both of the late Emulsions having lately been discovered to be very ingeniously counterfeited, and it is thought have circulated for a considerable Time past, highly injurious to the Trade and interest of the Country, and of every Individual. Upon their Meeting, there is little Doubt but some effectual Method will be fallen upon to restore the publick Credit, as well as to discover, and bring to condign Punishment, those who have been instrumental in giving it so severe a Shock.
The Mercantile Body, we are well assured, have it much at Heart to contribute every Thing in their Power for the publick Interest, and will use their best Endeavours in discovering the Circulators of this baneful Traffic.
[Deaths.] Captain SERVANT JONES, of Warwick County; he was a good Magistrate, an impartial Inspector of Tobacco, and in all his Transactions approved himself a worthy Member of Society.
Mr. ARCHIBALD BUCHANAN, of King William County, in the Bloom of Youth. Praises are unnecessary here; for all his Acquaintances were sufficiently sensible of his Worth, and deplore their Loss.
Colonel JOHN WILSON, who has long served his Country as a Burgess for Augusta County, in the seventy second Year of his Age. It may with Truth be said, that a Man of plainer and more native Worth can no Where be found; and the following Lines of Mr. Pope were hardly, if ever, better applied than in Respect to him:
A Wit's a Feather, and a Chief's a Rod, An honest Man's the noblest Work of God. Miss NELLY BLAIR, in her fourteenth Year, a very promising young Lady, and Daughter of John Blair, Esquire, of this City. As fall the Leaves before the eastern Gale, As dies the Verdure at cold Winter's Breath, As touch'd by Frost in Spring the fresh Flowers fail, So droops young Beauty at th' Approach of Death.
To Mess. PURDIE & DIXON.
GENTLEMEN, I have taken the Pains to calculate the Times of the Changes, &c. of the Moon for the Year 1773, and have given you at one View the Difference between my Computation and the Customer's, in his New Year's Gift. I am at a Loss to account for the Differences between us, in some Months, when we agree so nearly in others; and I cannot discover to what Meridian he has adapted his Times. I have subtracted five Hours and six Minutes from the Times of the New and Full Moons calculated for the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, which reduces the Times to the Meridian of Williamsburg. I am your humble Servant, ANOTHER CUSTOMER, January 20, 1773.
The FULLS and CHANGES of the MOON for 1773.
JANUARY. Full the 8th, at 19 Minutes after 4 in the Afternoon; Difference 11 Minutes later. New the 22d, at 13 Minutes after 4 in the Afternoon; Difference 17 Minutes later. FEBRUARY. Full the 7th, at 4 Minutes after 6 in the Morning; Difference 4 Hours and 58 Minutes sooner. New the 21st, at 23 Minutes after 7 in the Morning; Difference 22 Minutes later. MARCH. Full the 8th, at 49 Minutes after 5 in the Afternoon; Difference 37 Minutes later. New the 22d at 16 Minutes after 12 at Night; Difference 7 Hours and 41 Minutes later. APRIL. Full the 7th, at 40 Minutes after 3 in the Morning; Difference one Minute sooner. New the 21st, at 25 Minutes after 5 in the Afternoon; Difference 5 Minutes sooner. MAY. Full the 6th, at 56 Minutes after 11 in the Morning; Difference 17 Minutes sooner. New the 21st, at 37 Minutes after 9 in the Morning; Difference 15 Minutes sooner. JUNE. Full the 4th, at 11 Minutes after 7 in the Afternoon; Difference 14 Minutes sooner. New the 19th, at 2 Minutes after 12 at Night; Difference 6 Hours and 1 Minute later. JULY. Full the 4th, at 31 Minutes after 2 in the Morning; Difference 59 Minutes sooner. New the 19th, at 41 Minutes after 12 at Noon; Difference 10 Hours and 49 Minutes sooner. AUGUST. Full the 2d, at 15 Minutes after 11 in the Morning; Difference 12 Minutes later. New the 17th, at 4 Minutes after 12 at Night; Difference 11 Hours and 21 Minutes later. Full the 31st, at 35 Minutes after 10 at Night; Difference 11 Hours and 58 Minutes later. SEPTEMBER. New the 16th, at 43 Minutes after 10 in the Morning; right. Full the 30th, at 4 Minutes after 1 in the Afternoon; Difference 9 Hours and 46 Minutes later. OCTOBER. New the 15th, at 54 Minutes after 8 at Night; Difference 19 Minutes sooner. Full the 30th, at 18 Minutes after 6 in the Morning; Difference 31 Minutes sooner. NOVEMBER. New the 14th, at 53 Minutes after 6 in the Morning; Difference 1 Hour and 25 Minutes sooner. Full the 28th, at 4 Minutes after 1 in the Morning; Difference 3 Hours and 58 Minutes later. DECEMBER. New the 13th, at 57 Minutes after 4 in the Afternoon; Difference 6 Minutes sooner. Full the 28th, at 56 Minutes after 7 in the Afternoon; Difference 7 Minutes later.
Answer to the Rebus in this Paper the Week before last.
M odesty's a Virtue that most adorns the fair Sex, A ttraction's the Power by which the Magnet effects, R ighteousness denotes a great Man to be fage, Y outh is the opposite State to old Age. G od is whom we ought above all to admire, R oes are the Dress of a Monarch in fullest Attire, Y outh is extoll'd for his Sweetness in Rhyme, M ilton's renown'd for Expressions sublime, E lizabeth's the Queen that old England did boast, S inging's the Bacchanal's Custom between every Toast.
Advertisements.
HALIFAX, NORTH CAROLINA, January 3, 1773.
THE Subscribers, acting Executors of the last Will and Testament of James Milner, Attorney at Law in this Province, lately deceased, being desirous of making a speedy a Settlement and Distribution of his Estate as possible, request the Favour of all those Persons who may have Claims on the said Estate to transmit a State thereof to us, as well authenticated as the Nature of such Claim will admit; all those who may be indebted thereto will avoid the Charges of Suit only by making speedy Payment. All Papers lodged in his Hands for Council or Suit will be carefully preserved, and delivered to the Order of the Clients to whom they respectively belong. JOSEPH MONTFORT. ANDREW MILLER.
WHEREAS I intend shortly to remove from the Place where I now live to Fincastle County, on the Western Waters, it is expected that all those Gentlemen who have Business to do with me will attend at the Raleigh Tavern in Williamsburg, where I shall be from the 15th of April next to the 25th of the said Month, in Order to have all those Accounts which are now unsettled properly adjusted. (T6) ISRAEL CHRISTIAN.
FREDERICKSBURG, February 2, 1773.
I INTEND to leave the Colony in a few Weeks. WILLIAM HESLOP.
PURSUANT to an Order of the Honourable
the General Court, we shall attend at the House of Captain George Weden, in Fredericksburg, on Monday the 15th of March, to state and report any Demand that shall be laid before us against John Campbell Esquire, of Newport, of which all his Creditors are to take Notice, and attend with proper Proofs for ascertaining their Demands. FIELDING LEWIS. CHARLES DICK. JOSEPH JONES. JOHN LEWIS.

AS the Store formerly kept at RICHMOND Town by Mr. Andrew Chalmers, for Messrs. William Cunningham and Company, of Glasgow, has been under my Management since the first of November last, I think it necessary to give this publick Information, that the said Concern will not think themselves obliged, from that Time, to answer any Contract, or Engagement, entered into by Mr. Chalmers as Manager for the Company at that Place.
WILLIAM HENDERSON.
WANTED IMMEDIATELY, ON CHARTER FOR PORT GLASGOW, A Vessel of about four Hundred Hogsheds Burthen. FOR TERMS APPLY TO JOHN HAMILTON and Company, IN NANSEMOND.
I INTEND to sell the following Tracts of LAND in Cumberland County, namely: The Land whereon I now live, which contains about fifteen Hundred Acres, with a good Dwelling-house and all convenient Outbuildings in good Repair, a Peach Orchard containing about eight Thousand fine young Trees of the best Fruit, an Apple Orchard containing about two Hundred and fifty fine young Trees, and almost every other Kind of Fruit Trees in a flourishing State; on the said Plantation are now about sixty Acres of Land in Timothy, and there is a well-accommodated Grist Mill on a constant Stream. Also a Tract about three Miles below the former, which lies near the Courthouse, and contains about nine Hundred Acres, whereon is an Apple Orchard, all convenient Houses for Cropping, and about a Hundred Acres of as good Meadow Land as any in the Colony, which may be overflowed, in a few Hours, by a Stream which runs through it, and about six Acres of it is sown with Timothy. A Tract of about six Hundred Acres, lying on both Sides of Willis's, of which there are about two Hundred Acres of low Grounds, a good Apple Orchard, and all convenient Houses for Cropping. A Tract of about two Hundred Acres on Muddy Creek, with a Plantation thereon. The above Land, except the last mentioned, lies as well, and is as suitable for the Culture of Corn, Tobacco, and Wheat, as any in this Part of the Country. I have also for Sale, on Dan River, near Din's Ferry, about fifteen Hundred Acres. For Terms apply to (b) JOHN MAYO.
HUNTINGTOUR, January 23, 1773.
I WILL sell twelve or fifteen Hundred Acres of rich LAND on each Side of Fifth Pond Creek, in the lower End of Fincastle, whereon are all necessary Houses for Cropping, with the Corn, Fodder, and Stock, on the said Land, and six valuable Virginia born SLAVES. If my Debtors had not unjustly kept me out of considerable Sums of Money for a long Time, I should have had no Occasion to have sold Land or Negroes to have paid my Debts. Land that I sold eleven Years ago I am not yet paid for, and for a Cargo of Goods which I intrusted a notorious Villain with several Years ago I have not received forty Pounds, and he refuses to let me see the Books, to copy them, or to settle with me. (6) ANTHONY WINSTON. N. B. The Land shall be laid off in Parcels, if not sold soon.
TO BE SOLD,
A VALUABLE Tract of LAND, containing about fifteen Hundred Acres, more or less, lying on the River Shenandoah, in Berkeley County (formerly Frederick) which is one of the most flourishing Counties in Virginia. The Land is exceeding good, well timbered, and adapted to the raising of all Kinds of Grain, as well as Tobacco, and has the Advantage of a very fine Stream of Water, on which is a Biometry with two Fires, a good Stone Merchant Mill with two Pair of Stones, a Saw Mill, a Distillery conveniently situated, a Smith's Shop, a Cooper's Shop, and many other Outbuildings. There are about a Hundred and fifty Acres of Land cleared, and about fifty Acres of Meadow may be made with a very small Expense, one Half of which may be watered any Day in the Year. A Stock of Cattle, Horses, and Hogs, some Household Furniture, and all Kinds of Utensils proper for carrying on the above different Branches of Business, will be sold with or without the Land. For further Particulars inquire of Mr. William Little, on the Premises. Credit will be allowed for Part of the Purchase Money, the Purchaser giving Bond, with Security if required. For Terms apply to the Honourable George William Fairfax, Esquire, Carlyle and Dalton in Alexandria, or Preson Bewdall in Norfolk. (Tf)
To be SOLD, on Tuesday the 16th Instant (February) pursuant to the last Will and Testament of Captain Servant Jones, deceased, in Warwick County, ALL his personal Estate, consisting of NEGROES, STOCKS of different Kinds, &c. for which twelve Months Credit will be allowed, on giving Bond, with approved Security, to the Executors. (2)
ELIZABETH CITY, January 29, 1773.
RUN away from the Subscriber, about the 20th of last Month, a likely well set Fellow named JAMES, about five Feet six Inches high, twenty two Years of Age, full faced, and has a remarkable Scar over his left Eye; he had on, when he went away, a Cotton Jacket and blue Breeches, which I expect he will change. Since my former Advertisement he was taken up and committed to Gloucester Prison, out of which he made his Escape. Whoever secures him in any Jail, or brings him to me, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward, and all Expenses paid. I will give FIVE POUNDS Reward if he is taken out of the Colony, and hereby forewarn all Masters of Vessels from carrying him out thereof. (2||) WILLIAM LATIMER.
RICHMOND Town, February 1, 1773.
RUN away from the Subscriber, yesterday Morning, a Convict Servant named WILLIAM GRAY, nineteen Years of Age, five Feet seven Inches and a Half high, gray eyed, and has Mouse coloured Hair; he had on, when he went away, a blue Cloth Jacket and black Breeches. Whoever brings him to me shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward. PATRICK COUTTS.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Fauquier, on the 29th of December last, a likely Virginia born Mulatto Boy named CHARLES, who I understand calls himself Charles Hulet, and says he is a Freeman; he is about nineteen Years old, five Feet four or five Inches high, had on, when he went away, a Virginia Cloth Coat and Waistcoat mixed with black and white Yarn and Cotton, lined with blue Shalloon, and trimmed with plain white Metal Buttons worked with Blue, a Pair of Negro Cotton Breeches dyed of a pale Blue, with Half of each Waistband white, a Pair of said Hose, and a blue Duffel great Coat. He has been taken up in Maryland, and made his Escape from Mr. Jacob Pofey, from whom he took a bright bay Horse, with a new small Saddle and Bridle; both the Horse's hind Feet and one fore Foot are white, has a Blaze Face, and is branded on the near Buttock C D. Whoever conveys the said Boy to me shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward, and if he is taken out of the Colony TEN POUNDS. (Tf) JOHN CHURCHILL.
STRAYED, or STOLEN, from York Town, a SORREL HORSE about twelve Hands high, about twelve Years old, has a small Star in his Forehead, one of his hind Feet white as high as the Knee, the other as high as the Footlock, and is branded on the near Buttock, but I cannot remember what it is. Whoever brings him to the Vineyard, near Williamsburg, or lets me know where he is, so as I get him, shall have FIFTEEN SHILLINGS Reward. ANDREW ESTAVE.
IT is with infinite Concern that I find there is immediate Occasion to caution the Publick against several very ingenious and therefore the more dangerous Forgeries of many of the FIVE POUND BILLS emitted in November 1769 and July 1771.
From the peculiar Sort of Paper, on which these Notes were impressed, the many different Devices and Checks with which they were guarded, it was hoped that they would have baffled the Attempts of the most crafty and designing to counterfeit them. Suspicions it seems have been for some Time entertained in the upper Parts of the Country, but it is only within these few Days that the Forgeries of the Emission of 1771, and not till this Morning those of 1769, have been detected and fixed upon with Certainty. Let it be remarked, that, in the genuine good Bills of both Emissions, the Ornaments, by some called the Entablature, by others the Feathers, which are raised and partly turned over the Mens Heads in the Coats of Arms, are different, as the original Devices are; the one is much broader than the other; the Point of the Halbert or Spear held by each of the Men in his left Hand runs up so high as to touch the broad Entablature, but in the Arms with the narrow Entablature the Point of the Halbert falls considerably below it, so that this Difference alone does not prove any of the Bills to be forged, as it is common to both Sorts. The five Pound Bills of both Emissions hitherto discovered to have been counterfeited have all the Coats of Arms with the broad Entablature or Feather, which with all the other Devices and Types very nearly resemble those of the genuine Bills. Some of the most apparent striking Differences in those dated 1771 are these: In the good Bills the T W in the white Water Letters under the Signers Names appear plainly, when held up to the Light, to be wrought in the Texture of the Paper itself; these Letters appear to sink equally both on the Faces and Backs of the Bills, and are equally transparent, whereas in the forged Bills they appear to sink into the Paper only on the Face of them, as if done with a Stamp, after the Paper was made, and appear a little raised on the Backs of the Bills. In the good Bills, the first double Stroke of the W wrought in the Paper to the left Hand is wider where it joins the middle Stroke than it is at the Top; but in the Counterfeits these double Strokes are at equal Distances, and nearer each other. The Tops and Bottoms of the T and W stand exactly square and even with each other in the good Bills, but in the forged the right Hand Corner of the Top of the T is generally raised above the Top of the W and sinks a little to the left Hand. The Bars or white Water Strokes, observable in all Writing Paper, which runs down from the Tops to the Bottoms of these Bills, are a little more than the tenth Part of an Inch wider from each other in the good than they are in the forged Bills. The Counterfeits of 1769 appear to have been made on a different Paper; they all have the broad Entablature or Feather; the Bars or white Water Strokes above described in these are near a Quarter of an Inch wider than in the true Bills. Nearly the same Remarks may be made on these in Respect to the T W as on the same Letters in the other Emission, both as to the double Strokes of the W and the Situation of both I etts in Relation to each other; but it is very observable that the left Corner of the W comes very near to the Bars or white Strokes running down the Bill in the Counterfeits, but in the genuine Bills the same Corner is at a greater Distance from the Bar or Water Stroke.
There are several other remarkable Differences in both Emissions, which cannot so well be described in Writing, but which many Gentlemen in different Parts of the Country are made well acquainted with.
I cannot too earnestly again recommend it to all Holders of the Paper Money not to suffer any Thing to be pasted on the Backs of the Bills; such as are pasted will not be received at the Treasury.
R. C. NICHOLAS, Treasurer.
STRAYED, or STOLEN, out of my Pasture, near Littlepage's Bridge, in Caroline County, on the 11th of January, a sorrel MARE near fourteen Hands high, with a Blaze in her Face, some Saddle Spots, her hind Legs white up to her Knees, a white Spot on each Flank, a Half roached Mane, trimmed Tail, paces slow, trots hard, long bodied, and branded Z, but scarcely perceivable. Whoever brings her to me shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward, besides a reasonable Allowance if taken up above fifty Miles from my House; or, if stolen, FIVE POUNDS on Conviction of the Thief. DUNCAN GRAHAM.
STRAYED, or STOLEN, from the Subscriber, at Mr. Wayles's, in Charles City, some Time in November last, a dark bay MARE about four Feet nine or ten Inches high, and branded on the near Buttock. Whoever delivers her to me shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward. FRANCIS EPPES.
COMMITTED to the Jail of Bedford, some Time in November last, a middling sized Negro Man who calls himself FRANK, and says he belongs to one Edward Jones of North Carolina; he had with him a black Mare with a bald Face, an old Gun, and a Pocket Book with several Papers in it. The Owner is desired to apply for him to the Sheriff of the said County.
TAKEN up, in Louisa, a black HORSE about twelve or thirteen Years old, about four Feet four Inches high, has some Saddle Spots, and a remarkable small white Spot in his Forehead, his Mane appears as if it had been roached, and is about Half grown out, has a Switch Tail, trots and gallops, and branded on the near Buttock H. Posted, and appraised to eight Pounds. Also a bright bay GELDING about four Feet six Inches high, between two and three Years old, with a Star in his Forehead, a hanging Mane and long Tail, and branded on the near Buttock M S. Posted, and appraised to fifteen Pounds. SAMUEL PARIS.
TAKEN up, in Norfolk County, a red and white COW, six Years old, with an Underflope in the left Ear. Posted, and appraised to thirty seven Shillings. JAMES LAMBERT.
TAKEN up, in Chesterfield, a black MARE with a Star in her Forehead, a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, shod before, and branded on the near Buttock D R D. Posted, and appraised to four Pounds ten Shillings. (||) ROBERT GOODE.
IT is hereby again notified, that no Letters which come directed to Benjamin Waller, Thomas Everard, or the Clerk of the Secretary's Office, concerning the Business of that Office, unless the Postage is paid, will be taken up.
Delaware Lottery, For the SALE of LANDS Belonging to the Earl of STERLING.
THE Publick may be assured that this Lottery will be drawn by the 20th of May next, and till then no Money will be required for Tickets, which may be had by applying to the Subscriber, in Williamsburg. JAMES COCKE.
ALL Persons indebted to the Estate of Mr. James Winston, late of Hanover, deceased, are desired to make immediate Payment, and those who have any Demands against the same are requested to make them known to JOHN WINSTON, Junior, Executor.
GLOUCESTER County, January 22, 1773.
THE Subscriber begs Leave to inform the Publick that he hath made a small Trial on the WHEAT MACHINE before mentioned, and, from its Operation, he can assure them it will fully answer his former Advertisement. JOHN HOBDAY.
WHEREAS my Father (John Thompson) gave the Publick Notice through the Channel of Mr. Purdie's Papers, that a Negro Fellow named Charles, now in my Possession, was none of my Property, and that I had no Right to make Sale of him, I think proper, in my Turn, to assure those it may concern that I can prove the said Fellow to be mine by a Marriage Contract, though my Father has since claimed him, on what Account or Pretence I am certain he can give no plausible Reason. I should not have troubled the Publick with this, only to prevent People from thinking me intimidated by my Father's Menaces, and giving that Gentleman the useless Trouble of claiming my whole Estate by the same Right he has done the Fellow, who is, and has for several Years been, the sole Property of (2) JOHN THOMPSON, Junior.
RICHMOND County, January 25, 1773.
AS I intend for England soon, I desire all those who are indebted to me to make speedy Payment, and such as have Demands against me are desired to bring in their Accounts. MOORE FAUNTLEROY.
PORTSMOUTH, January 27, 1773.
THE Subscriber, who has taken the Ferry at this Place, will keep good Entertainment for Men and Horses; and send Expresses, at a Minute's Warning, to any Part of the Country. NICHOLAS POWELL.
NORFOLK, January 25, 1773.
THE Subscriber intends for the West Indies soon, and to return in a few Months. ROBERT TAYLOR.
NORFOLK, January 23, 1773.
THOSE indebted to the Estate of William Templeman, late of Fredericksburg, are desired to pay their respective Sums to Mr. John Meads, who is properly authorised to receive the same, and give Discharges. Any just Claim against the Estate will be paid by applying to him. (||) RICHARD TEMPLEMAN, Executor.
ALL Persons who have any Demands against the Estate of Major Travers Tarpley, late of the County of Richmond, deceased, are desired to send their Accounts, properly proved, to the Subscribers, on or before the last of April next. As we then intend to settle our Accounts with that Estate, we shall not think ourselves liable for any Debts that shall be demanded after that Time. (2||) JOHN BELFIELD. RICHARD MITCHELL.
To be SOLD by publick Auction, on the Premises, on Thursday the 25th of February,
A TRACT of LAND pleasantly situated on Mattaponi River, in King and Queen County, containing six Hundred and fifty Acres, more or less, whereon is a genteel two Story Brick House, and convenient Brick Offices in good Repair, a large Warehouse sixty Feet by twenty four, with a Brick Cellar the Length of the House, and within thirty Yards of a Wharf where a Vessel of a Hundred Tons may load. Half the Purchase Money to be paid on the 25th of October next, and the Residue on the 25th of April 1774, the Purchaser giving Bond, with approved Security, to (||) JOHN MEREDITH.
N. B. There is belonging to the above mentioned Tract one Hundred Acres of Marsh, on the other Side of the River, which will be sold with the Land. Also, at the same Time and Place, will be sold, all my Stock of Horses, Cattle, Hogs, &c. together with my Household and Kitchen Furniture. The Payments for the Furniture to be made in twelve Months.
To be SOLD, in the Town of Newcastle, on Tuesday the 16th of February, to the highest Bidder,
THE Remainder of Mr. Joseph Thropp's Store, consisting of European GOODS to the Amount of five Hundred and eleven Pounds eleven Shillings and seven Pence, at first Cost; also sundry Currency GOODS and STORE FURNITURE, too tedious to mention. The Time of Payment to be agreed on at the Sale. JOHN SYME. JAMES OVERTON, Junior.
STOLEN from Gosport, about ten Days ago, a Negro Man named TANGO, a well made, thick, short Fellow, Guinea born, speaks scarcely to be understood, has resided many Years in this Place, is a simple good natured Fellow, about twenty five Years of Age, and never ran away before. If he is taken near Gosport, and there delivered, I will give twenty Shillings Reward, and a reasonable Satisfaction if at any Distance. ANDREW SPROWLE.
STOLEN from my Plantation in Goochland, on Lickinghole Creek, about the 18th of October last, a black Horse about four Feet nine or ten Inches high, eight or nine Years old, his hind Feet white to the Footlocks, or rather above, and pointed out pretty much when rode, had a Crack in one of his fore Hoofs, shod before, and branded on the near Buttock C. I suspect one Thomas Evans, a small Man, and much pockpitted, who I understand lived as Miller for one Bird Pruitt, either in Bedford, Pennsylvania, or Halifax, last Summer. Whoever brings the said Horse to me, or gives such Intelligence that I may get him again, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward. WILLIAM MICHELL.
Three Pounds Reward.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Amherst, a young Mulatto Fellow named TOM, six Feet high, with a large Scar on one of his Ankles, which appears swelled, and another on one of the Fingers of his right Hand; he had on, when he went away, a Jeans Coat and Waistcoat, and a Check Shirt and Trousers; he has been used to the Sea, and speaks French. All Masters of Vessels are hereby forewarned from harbouring or carrying him out of the Colony. I will give the above Reward to any Person who will secure him, and give me Information thereof. (||) EDMUND WILCOX.
RUN away from the Sloop Betsey, at Hobb's Hole, on Friday the 16th Instant (January) SAMUEL TUDOR, a Convict, and an Englishman, about twenty Years old, five Feet six Inches high, has black Hair and Eyes, a down Look, and his left Thigh has been branded, which causes him to limp a little; he had on a Bear-skin Jacket and Breeches, and new Shoes and Stockings. Whoever will deliver him to Mr. Thomas Hodge at Leeds Town, Mr. Gavin Lawton at Falmouth, or to me on Board the said Sloop, or secures him in any Jail, and gives me Notice thereof, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward, and reasonable Expenses. (4) EDWARD MASSY.
RUN away from Captain McKillop's Brig, lately stranded on Egg Island, about fifty IRISH CONVICTS, many of which are said to have landed in Gloucester County. Whoever apprehends the said Servants, and will bring them to me in York Town, shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward for each, and be allowed all reasonable Expenses. THOMAS LILLY.

POETS CORNER. DOMESTICK HAPPINESS.
HOME! thou only Seat of every Joy, The Heart can relish, or the Judgment taste; Estrang'd from thee, the Soul finds no Employ, Nor feels the present, nor enjoys the past.
COMMITTED to Smithfield Jail, a Negro Man who says his Name is BOATSWAIN, speaks bad English, and by what I can learn of him he says he came across Gran preater to be sold, but made his Escape.
TAKEN up, on the south Side of Roanoke, at the Mouth of Grafty Creek, a dark bay MARE about four Feet six Inches high, branded on the near Buttock B, has several Saddle Spots, paces very well, and has on a small Bell.
TAKEN up, in Cumberland, a dark bay MARE about four Feet six Inches high, six Years old, shed before, and branded on the near Buttock B; also a likely MARE COLT about two Years old, neither docked nor branded.
TAKEN up, in Hanover, two SHOATS, marked with a Crop and Underkel in the right Ear, and a Half Crop in the left, one of them is spotted with Black and White, and the other of a snotty Colour, are both Sows, and appear to be about a Year old.
TAKEN up, in Southampton, a bay HORSE about four Feet six Inches high, all his Feet white, a Blaze in his Face, and branded on the near Buttock I S.
RUN away from the Subscriber, about the 16th of November last, a new Negro Fellow near six Feet high, about twenty five Years old, with a down Look, a small talk Street on the Top of his Head, had on common Negro Clothing, and went away without his Shoes.
GEORGE LAFONG, Hair Cutter and Dresser, Williamsburg, returns his humble Thanks to such Ladies and Gentlemen as have been pleased to honour him with their Commands, and begs Leave to inform the Ladies and Gentlemen in general that he has engaged a Man from London who dresses in the newest and most elegant Taste.
WANTED, A SOBER Man who is capable of teaching READING, WRITING, and CIPHERING. Such a One may be informed where he can meet with good Encouragement by applying at the Post Office, Williamsburg.
COMMITTED to York Prison, on the 8th Instant (January) a Negro Man named JACK, who says he belongs to Captain Robert Walker of Charles City; he is five Feet six or seven Inches high, has a lump over his left Eye, which he keeps Half shut, and has the Letters R W branded on his left Cheek.
TO BE SOLD, THE HOUSES and LOT adjoining me, wherein I formerly lived; for which twelve Months Credit will be allowed the Purchaser, on giving approved Security to WILLIAM PASTEUR. WILLIAMSBURG, January 21, 1773.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in King William, a middle aged Convict Servant Woman named MARY DAVIS, about made, with a swarthy Complexion, much pitted with the Smallpox, has black Hair, always talks as if she had a bad Cold, and it is supposed will change her Name; she had on a dark Camlet Gown, a black Hat, and a red Silk Handkerchief about her Neck.
WILLIAMSBURG, January 20, 1773.
STOLEN from the Subscriber, about the 4th or 5th Instant, two Horses, one of them a large Bay, with a Bob Tail and roached Mane, a natural Pacer, branded on the Buttock B, and is about ten or twelve Years old; the other is a young bay Horse, four Years old this Spring, branded on the left Buttock B, and has a hanging Mane and Switch Tail.
PETERSBURG, January 7, 1773.
SOME Time ago Mr. John Ashton advertised some Negroes for Sale, as Part of the Estate of Mr. John Monroe, deceased, since which I am informed a considerable Number of them belongs to the Estate of Colonel Andrew Monroe, deceased.
All Persons indebted to Sir Lyonel Lyde, Baronet, and Company, are desired to make immediate Payment; and as great Indulgence has been given, Suits will be brought against all those who do not discharge their Accounts at the next April General Court.
TAKEN up, in Dinwiddie, two HOGS, a Barrow and a spayed Sow; the Barrow is marked with a Swallow Fork in each Ear, and a Nick in the left; the Sow with a Swallow Fork in each Ear.
TAKEN up, in James City, a white Boar Shoat marked with a Crop in the left and an Underkel in the right Ear.
TAKEN up, in Charlotte, a STEER with a white Face, some White on his Back and under his Belly, his Sides brindled, marked with a Crop in each Ear, and a Silt in the left, and appears to be three Years old last Spring.
THE Subscriber will sell, on reasonable Terms, his LAND and HOUSES whereon he now lives, known by the Name of HOOD'S, in Prince George, on James River.
WHEREAS the Partnership of Bolden, Lawrence, and Company, expired the 1st of this Instant, this is therefore to request all Persons who are indebted to them to pay off their Accounts immediately, or settle their Balances by Bonds; and those to whom they are indebted may apply to us and receive Payment.
AS I intend for London the ensuing Summer, all Persons who have had any Dealings with me, at the Store of Russell and Lee in Dumfries, are desired to come and settle their respective Accounts on or before the 1st of April next.
CAPTAIN John Johnston, of the Lord Camden, being lost in his Passage to London in 1770, with all his Books and Papers, by that Accident his Executors know not of whom to demand Payment of his Debts, and therefore request all Gentlemen indebted to him that they will be pleased to make the same known to Mr. Joseph Lane of Westmoreland, or to the Subscriber, who is empowered to receive his Debts.
TO BE SOLD, THAT valuable Tract of LAND called MOOCOCK'S ISLAND, lying within a Mile of the Mouth of Chickahominy River, one Mile from James River, a Quarter of a Mile from Barret's Ferry, and within ten of Williamsburg.
Three Hundred Pounds Reward.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in St. Stephen's Parish, South Carolina, about fifteen Months since, two Negro Fellows and a Wench, namely: WILL, GEORGE, and SYLVIA.
THOMAS WEST, an Overseer, about twenty five Years of Age, five Feet seven Inches high, very slim, of a swarthy Complexion, who lived at the Subscriber's Plantation about three Years, and just about the Time the said three Negroes ran away left him, it is generally thought carried them into North Carolina, Virginia, or Maryland, and may offer them for Sale.
I HEREBY give Notice that against the 1st of March next the Business now under my Management will be put into the Hands of Mr. John Davis, who has full Power to settle and collect the Debts due to Messrs. Murdoch, Donald, and Company, contracted at the Stores kept at Boscawen's by Mr. William Donald, and at this Place by me.
FOR SALE, in the Town of NEWCASTLE, A LARGE two Story DWELLINGHOUSE, with three commodious Rooms on a Floor, each with a Fireplace.
RUN away from the Subscriber, at Petersburg, about the Middle of September last, a very likely Negro Man named PHILL, about twenty Years of Age, of a yellow Complexion, and about five Feet nine Inches high, proportionably made.
I will give THREE POUNDS Reward to any Person who will deliver said Slave to me, or to Mr. Hugh McMakin at Portsmouth, and FORTY SHILLINGS to secure him in any Jail, and give Notice thereof.
FOR SALE, FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY ONE ACRES OF LAND, IN HALIFAX COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. The said Land lies about six Miles above Halifax Town, is well-wooded and watered, the Soil good for Corn, Wheat, &c. and affords as good Range, for Stock of all Kinds, as any Land in the County.
TWENTY POUNDS REWARD FOR apprehending JOHN HUTCHINSON, who ran away last Night from the Subscriber, in Lancaster. He is a Blacksmith by Trade, a likely stout Man, about five Feet ten or eleven Inches high, wore his own short dark Hair, and is a Tarbittman, which may be easily known by his Dialect.
A VENDUE, For the SALE of MERCHANDISE, &c. is held by JOHN HART, In PHILADELPHIA, at the Corner of South and Front Streets.
For SALE, A VALUABLE TRACT of LAND lying on both Sides of Hunting Creek, in Halifax County, containing five Hundred Acres, the Soil of which is exceeding good for Tobacco and Corn.
To be SOLD, FOURTEEN Hundred Acres of exceeding good TOBACCO LAND in Stafford County, on the Branches of Aquia and Potomack Runs, extremely well timbered and watered, twelve Miles from Falmouth, and ten from Aquia.
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