The Virginia gazette (Williamsburg [Va.]), 1773-08-19 00:00:00

VIRGINIA GAZETTE.
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WARSAW, May 15.
THE Division of this Kingdom, made by the three allied Powers, is at last ratified, contrary to the Expectation of the Polish Nation. The respective Claims of the three Powers have been acknowledged by the King, the Senators, and the Nuncios. Every Thing, however, was carried but by a trifling Majority. Fifty of the Nuncios were for the King, and 52 against him; and among the Senators there were twelve, and one out of the Ministry, which was the Lithuanian Vice Chancellor, who voted for the King. As yet there is scarce forming any Judgment with Regard to the new Form of Government which is to take Place in this Kingdom, but it is said the King will have very little to do with the Government; that 800 Polish Ducats a Day will be allowed him for his Table, and other Expenses of State. The Appointment of all civil and military Employments will depend upon a Council of State, appointed by the three Powers. The Republick are not to have more than 12,000 regular Troops in their Service; and each of the three Powers will send 5000 Men, to be supported by the Republick.
May 15. The following is an Account of all the Operations of the Russian Army since the Armistice: The 29th of March Major Bagdanow attacked eighty Turks near Turno, and killed thirteen Men. The 31st of the same Month Prince Gallitzin attacked a Corps of 500 Turkish Cavalry near Silistria, and killed forty of them. The Cossacks have taken a vast Quantity of Cattle, and burnt three Mills. The 1st of April Lieutenant Ferfen, with 300 Grenadiers, routed several Detachments of Turks in the Night, and attacked those who were intrenched near Husbat, on the Danube, and killed 100 Men, and among them one Emir Aga. The 2d of April, the Russians took several Turkish Vessels on the Danube. The 16th, General Potemkin beat a Corps of 2000 Turks, who had come to an Island in the Danube, opposite to Likarest, and killed 500 of them. The 20th, Major Jochemson took 39 Turkish Vessels near Giurgewo. The 26th and 27th, Colonel Kiltchka, with 600 Grenadiers, 400 Light Troops, and 1300 Cossacks, with six Pieces of Cannon, passed over the Danube, and beat a Detachment of 2000 Turks, made one Aga Prisoner, and took a Standard. The 28th, the same Colonel met a Basha with 2000 Men, 300 of whom he killed, made 53 Prisoners, and took six Standards. The same Day Major Lalasz, with two Regiments of Cossacks, overtook the Basha Czerkies, plundered his whole Army, and even took his Staff of Command. The 30th, 500 Tartars were attacked by the Cossacks, 300 of them killed, and thirty made Prisoners. The 1st of May, 300 Waggons with Turkish Families were taken as they were going towards the Danube. Colonel Bokelman has defeated a large Corps of Turks opposite Giurgewo, 1000 of whom were killed, and 38 made Prisoners; among the Prisoners who have been taken are one Aga of the Janizaries, one other Aga, and a Basha.
PETERSBURG, May 21. The Fleets of Russia are now in the most flourishing Situation; in Fact, they never were so respectable before. There are now at Revel 28 Sail of the Line, four of which are new 74 Gun Ships, and were built under the Direction of Sir Charles Knowles. Most of the other new Ships were built under the Orders of English Artists; and great Numbers of the Naval Officers are English, Scotch, or Irish. The Marine amounts to forty Sail of the Line at least, besides Frigates, &c.
HAGUE, May 11. Recent Advices from Bucharest, on the Authenticity of which we can depend, assure us that the Armistice is really and effectually broke up; that M. Orescow is on his Way to Petersburg from Jassy, and that Osman Effendi, the Turkish Minister, with his Attendants, have taken their Departure for Constantinople. The Empress and the Grand Seignor seem both determined to renew the War, with the utmost Vigour; the Preparations are nearly finished on both Sides, and it is expected that the Campaign will open in a very short Time.
May 18. Prince Gallitzin, the Russian Minister here, has received the following Advices: That Field Marshal Count de Romanzow, having detached Colonel Prince Gallitzin, and another Colonel, each with a small Body of Troops, to pass the Danube and reconnoitre, these Officers passed that River at different Places, and each attacked and put to Flight a Turkish Detachment, several of whom were killed, and more taken Prisoners; that Count Romanzow has quitted Jassy, and fixed his Head Quarters at Bucharest, where he is making the necessary Preparations to pass the Danube with his whole Army, so that we may expect soon to receive some important News from thence.
JASSY, April 20. The Russian General Romanzow, who has been very ill, and reported to have been dead, is now perfectly recovered. He has received Orders to recommence his Operations against the Turks, and to pass the Danube at the Head of his Army; but this circumspet Commander has represented to his Court that it was impossible for him to proceed at present, on Account of the great Drought that prevails in those Countries, where, if his Army advanced, it would be totally destitute of Forage.
HAMBURG, May 7. Our Letters from Poland are filled with Complaints of the Cruelties and Exactions of the King of Prussia. Since his Troops entered the Polish Territories they have carried off 12,000 Families, which are set down on the barren Heaths of Brandenburg, there to till the Ground in the most abject Slavery. On the 29th of October, 1771, he published an Edict, commanding every Person in the Polish Districts, under the severest Penalties, and even corporal Punishment, to take in Payment for Forage, Provision, Corn, Horses, &c. the Money offered by his Troops and his Commissaries. This Money was worth exactly one Third of its nominal Value. With this Money he bought up Corn, &c. not only to supply his Army two whole Years, but to stock Magazines in the Country itself, where the Inhabitants are now forced to come and re-purchase Corn for their daily Subsistence, at an advanced Price, and with good Money, his Commissaries refusing to take the same Money they have paid. At the lowest Calculation, he will gain, by this honest and masterly Manoeuvre, seven Millions of Rixdollars; which, at 3s. 6d. each, is 1,225,000 l. Having stripped the Country of Money and Provisions, he thought it an Act of Humanity to thin it still more of Inhabitants. He hit upon a new Contribution: Every Polish Town, or Village, as his Troops came, was obliged to furnish a certain Number of marriageable Girls, the Parents to give as a Portion, a Feather Bed, four Pillows, a Cow, two Hogs, and three Ducats in Gold. The little Town of Kerztrym, in Posenania, was obliged to furnish General Beling with fifty marriageable Girls, each with this Portion; and a Merchant who was lately at Stargard, a Town belonging to the King of Prussia, says he saw several Waggons filled with this new Kind of Recruits pass through that Town.
DANTZICK, April 27. The Prussian Resident has delivered the following Memorial to the Magistrates of this Place. "His Prussian Majesty having made the following three (Suburbs of Dantzig) "Royal Towns, Schiedlitz, Stolzenberz, and Sehlendam, cannot suffer "the Town of Dantzig to take Duties on the Merchandises which the "Inhabitants of those Towns buy of the Dantzigers. His Majesty "could demand a Restitution to be made of all the Duties paid by those "Inhabitants, since the first Establishment of the Excise; but, guided "by that Moderation which governs all his Actions, he limits his Demands "to the last twenty Years, in Consequence of which the Town of Dantzig is to pay him 50,000 Florins, being the Amount of the Duties "paid from 1753 to 1773, according to an exact Calculation made on "Oath by those Inhabitants."
CONSTANTINOPLE, April 2. Intelligence has been just received here from the Black Sea that the Russian Fleet is very numerous there,
and that they compel every Turkish Vessel they meet with to pay them a Kind of Tribute, or Custom, as they term it, for Liberty to sail in a Sea belonging to her Imperial Majesty of Russia; some Ships, which refused to pay, they have seized and confiscated. The Porte, in Consequence of these Advices, has given Orders for the Fleet of Ships and Gallies which now lie in the Harbour of Constantinople to sail immediately to the Black Sea, but whether they are to enter on Action is not yet known.
LONDON, May 29.
LORD Clive's Enemies have endeavoured to make the Publick believe that Sir William Meredith's favourite Nabob, Sujah Dowlah (who put to Death near 200 Englishmen in the Black Hole) was assassinated by his Lordship. All that is known of the Fate of that Tyrant stands recorded upon the Journals of the House of Commons of last Year, and is to the following Effect: "That Sujah Dowlah, after his Defeat at Plassey, fled and took Shelter in the House of a Fakier, whose Nose and Ears he had formerly cut off; that at Rajemahl, a small Distance from the Place where he took Refuge, lived a Brother of the new Nabob, Meer Jaffer, to whom the Fakier sent immediate Notice that Sujah Dowlah was in his House, and that he would detain him till he could be seized; that he was accordingly seized, carried from thence to the City, and immediately put to Death by Meerham, Meer Jaffer's Son, without his Father's Knowledge; that Lord Clive knew nothing of this Circumstance till the next Day, when Meer Jaffer made him acquainted with it, and apologized for the Act by saying that Sujah Dowlah had raised a Mutiny among the Soldiers."
It is very true that the Court of Versailles seems in Earnest in its last peaceable Declarations to the Court of Great Britain, but it is equally true that the Court of Madrid continues, in every Department of War, to augment its Force. Hence it is clear that we ought to be on our Guard, lest we should be lulled into Security by French Professions, till some important Blow is struck on the Side of Spain against us, which may cost us a few Millions of British Money, and no inconsiderable Portion of British Blood, to repair and revenge.
The last Letters from Warsaw agree that the King has lost all his Popularity; that his Duplicity, in publicly standing up for the Liberties of Poland while he was privately treating with the Ministers of Petersturg, Vienna, and Berlin (which for these six Months has been the Fact) and his late Accession to the Confederacy, and trampling, in Consequence, on the Privileges of the Diet, have occasioned such open Murmurs that the Monarch has been obliged to treble his usual Guard, to ensure the Safety of his Person.
It is now said there will be a Lottery this Year. The Scheme, we are told, is better calculated for the Ticket Holders than last Year, and there will not be so many large Prizes; which is more advantageous for the Adventurers, as they not only run away with the Bulk of the Treasure, but, on their early coming up, hinder the Tickets from going off, which must have been a Drug on the Hands of the Ticket Holders, had it not been for the Entrance of Tickets.
A penurious Rector of a good Benefice, near Bedford, insisted on having his Tithe in Kind, contrary to the Custom of the Parish, which rather disguised an old Farmer, who keeps a Quantity of Bees. The Farmer wrapped up one of his Hives in a Cloth, with the Bees, and took it to the Rector's House; and desired to speak with him, was introduced into his Study, and told the Rector he had ten Hives, and had brought him one in Kind, and then turns out the Bees on the Rector's Desk, and re-treated. The Bees, having no Respect for the Cloth, almost stung the Parson to Death before he could get Assistance.
There is Advice from the Continent, that the English and French are negotiating a Peace at this Time between the Russians and Turks, with all their Powers, notwithstanding the Appearance of Conferences for that Purpose being broke up. However the Empress of Russia may maintain her Armies, in her Enemies Dominions, matters very little, if she cannot recruit and keep them up. It is very well known, that though her Dominions are about 4000 Miles from east to west, and 1800 Miles from north to south, in Extent, they do not contain above seven Millions of Inhabitants; and out of these they never could muster 250,000 Men, in profound Peace, fit to bear Arms. If so, we may easily guess, from the Loss of Men by the Sword, Sickness, and Hardships, she must have sustained in the present War with the Porte, that the Empress is as desirous of a Peace as the Grand Seignor can possibly be, the Conclusion of which is daily expected.
Though the French, Russian, and British Ambassadors, are said to have received their Instructions to protest against and oppose the Tyranny of his Prussian Majesty with Respect to Dantzig, the French and British Ministers on this Occasion deal in Remonstrance only, which no doubt will have the same desired Effect on his Prussian Majesty as it had elsewhere.
May 22. Dr. Goldsmith last Week entertained all the Performers in his excellent Comedy, called She Stoops to conquer , at the Shakespeare; and amongst many of the Doctor's Friends there were the Lords Bellamont and Charlemont, Sir Joshua Reynolds, &c. &c. &c.
The Bets are so very considerable which Charles Fox and Mr. Folley have made for the ensuing Burford Races, that the Difference between their winning and losing is estimated at 35,000 l.
June 1. Letters from Warsaw, dated the 14th Instant, represent Things as drawing to a Crisis. The King, and the greatest Part of the Senators and Nuncios, refuse to agree to the Dismemberment of their Country, and 14,000 Prussians were advancing towards Warsaw, to force them to agree.
On Monday the 7th Instant his Majesty, accompanied by the Queen, Prince of Wales, and Bishop of Osnaburg, and attended by the Duchesses of Ancafter and Northumberland, and a vast Number of the Nobility, will set out to view the Terror of the Family Compact, fifteen Sail of the Line of Battle, completely appointed for Service, at a Minute's Warning. They are to be formed into three Divisions, the first with the Royal Standard hoisted, under the Command of Vice Admiral Pye, the second under Rear Admiral Spry, and the third under Vice Admiral Lord Edgcumbe. The Fleet will represent a Sea Fight, and it is expected his Majesty will make a large Promotion of Admirals.
Lord Clive, after making as resolute and animated a Defence as ever was known in the House of Commons, has won a complete Victory. He told the House, "that should they be disposed to take away his Fortune, he still had a small paternal Estate, 500 l. a Year, which they "could not touch; that he could retire into the Country, satisfied within "himself that he had done Justice to all Mankind;" and finished with saying, "he had but one Thing more to desire, which was, that when "ever that Honourable House came to decide upon his Honour, they "would not forget THEIR OWN."
The King of Prussia has issued two Ordinances in his newly acquired Dominions. The first forbids any Person, either in Town or Country, to dismiss any of their Men Servants without giving previous Notice to the Administrators or Commissaries of his Majesty; and the second contains Orders that the Governors of all Hospitals, as well as all Religious Bodies, of whatever Profession in Religion they may be, shall give an exact Account of their respective Incomes to the Chamber at Marienwerder, within a certain Time.
Extract of a Letter from Leghorn, May 2.
"We have just received Advice that six Russian Ships of the Line, and two Frigates, have passed through the Bosphorus, from the Black Sea, into the Aegean Sea, or Archipelago, notwithstanding all the Resistance that was made by the Turkish Ships of War, and the Gallies which could come up with them. The Batteries at the Dardanelles opened, and began to play upon the Russians, but the Guns were man-
naged so injudiciously that hardly one Shot took Place, and the Vessels sailed clear through the Strait."
We are well informed that the Court of France has made an Offer of Corsica to General Paoli, if Great Britain will advance them one Fourth of the Expenses they have been at in conquering that Island.
In the late Engagement which the French Frigate had with the two Russians in the Archipelago the former lost 44 Men, and was otherwise so roughly handled as to be obliged to run for Malta, in Order to refit.
Lord North has declared very positively his Resolution of resigning the Premiership, but will keep all his other Appointments, if permitted. He says he is tired of the exalted Character of first Minister; he will play that Part no longer. That the Managers have used him ill often; but on a late Occasion so palpably, that was he to continue longer in that mock Station, he must be the Ludibrium of Fools, and the Scorn of Knaves. In this Resolution his Lordship has the Voice of the whole Nation, and the sooner he puts it in Execution the better.
It is said that nothing but the customary Supplies will be demanded from the Parliament for the Service of the present Year, and that 1,300,000 l. of the national Debt has been paid off in the Course of the last Year.
NEW YORK, July 29.
ON Friday se'nnight was apprehended at his House in Hanover, Morris County, the well known Samuel Ford, who had been long suspected of counterfeiting the Paper Currency of New Jersey, with which he was accustomed to travel into Pennsylvania, Maryland, and other Provinces; and has for several Years passed the same to a very large Amount, as the lawful Emission of the Jersey Treasury. He went to Ireland six Years, and to England eighteen Months ago, some Time after the late Emission of the New York Currency, no Doubt with Views of procuring Dies, Stamps, Paper, and Prints, to imitate the true Bills in the most plausible Manner, and to carry on this pernicious Practice of plundering the Publick. He broke Jail on Saturday Night, being aided in his Escape by one John King, a Veteran in Villainy, and a Confederate with him in this Species of it.
By Letters from the Illinois we learn that the Spaniards have seized 4000 l. worth of Peltry belonging to one Ducharm, a Frenchman, who had been trading up the Misouy, a large River that discharges itself into the Mississippi, contrary to the Order of Government, as a Proclamation had been issued declaring it Death to have any Intercourse with the Indians of that Country; and they had committed some Outrages against the Spaniards. He defended his Property with great Bravery; but being wounded in the Attack in two Places, he made his Escape with an Indian.
We are assured that the Lords of the Admiralty keep a Frigate constantly cruising off Brest, another off Cadiz, and another off Toulon, which indicates no very slender Suspicions of the good Faith of the compacted Sovereigns.
We hear that several Persons having applied to Doctor Graham, Oculist and Aurist, who lately arrived in this City from Philadelphia, have received remarkable Benefit in Seeing and in Hearing; among many others, Mrs. Stilwell, next Door to the Methodist Meeting House, aged 68, who had been totally blind for some Years with a Cataract in each Eye, was restored to her Sight last Monday.
August 1. The following occasional PROLOGUE, by a Gentleman of King's College, to the TRAGEDY OF GEORGE BARNWELL, acted last Monday for the Benefit of the HOSPITAL, having been much applauded by a very numerous and polite Audience, who attended the Performance, cannot fail of giving Pleasure to many Readers of Sensibility, who had not an Opportunity of hearing it delivered from the Stage. The Audience take this Opportunity of returning their sincere Thanks to the ingenious AUTHOR, for the Readiness with which he undertook the Composition, upon a very short Warning; and to Mr. HALLAM, whose graceful and animated Delivery of it did ample Justice to the Poet. The Publick ought to be informed that almost all the Comedians, and Attendants upon the Theatre, very generously gave up their Perquisites upon that Occasion, by which Means a very liberal Gratuity is added to the Fund of this benevolent Institution.
WITH melting Breast the Wretch's Pang to feel,
His Cares to soften, or his Anguish heal, Wo into Peace by Pity to beguile, And make Dis ease, and Want, and Sorrow smile, Are Deeds which nobly mark the generous Mind, That swells with liberal Love to human Kind, That triumphs in each Joy to others known, As blissful Portions added to its own. Small though our Powers, we pant with honest Heart In Pity's Cause, to bear an humble Part; With Joy this Night devote to aid a Plan Whose Cause is Love, and Object Good to Man. Patrons of Charity! while Time endures, Be every Bliss of conscious Virtue yours. The hoary Father, snatch'd from Want and Pain, Oft to his Consort, and his youthful Train, Shall praise the Hands that rear'd his drooping Head, When every Friend, when every Hope was fled, That rais'd him, cold and naked, from the Ground, And pour'd the healing Balm in his Wound, With kindly Art detain'd his parting Breath, And back repel'd the threatening Dart of Death. The plaintive Widow, shedding Tears of Joy, As fondly watchful o'er her Dauling Boy, Her anxious Eyes with keen Discernment trace The Dawn of Health returning in his Face, Shall clasp him to her Arms, with Rapture new, And pour the Prayer of Gratitude for you; In you the long lost Characters shall blend Of Guardian, Brother, Father, Husband, Friend! And sure if Bliss in mortal Breasts can shine, That Bliss sincere, Humanity! is thine. Let base mistaken Avarice deplore Each Mite diminish'd from his useless Store; But tell the Wretch, that liberal Acts bestow Delights which Hearts like his can never know; Tell (for ye feel) that generous Love receives A double Portion of the Joys it gives, Beams o'er the Soul a Radiance pure and even, And antedates on Earth the Bliss of Heaven. This Night to Youth our moral Scene displays How false, how fatal, are the Wanton's Ways; Paints her alluring Snares, fallacious Wiles, And the black Ruin lurking in her Smiles; Bids them the first Approach of Vice to shun, And claims a Tear for Innocence undone. While Scenes like these employ our humble Stage, We fondly hope your Favour to engage: No Ribald Page shall here Admittance claim, Which Decency or Virtue brands with Shame; No artful Hint that wounds the Virgin's Ear, No Thought which Modesty must blush to hear. We ask no Patronage, disclaim Applause; But while we act and speak in Virtue's Cause, This is our Aim, and while we this pursue We ne'er can fail of Patronage from you.

WILLIAMSBURG, August 19. THIS Day died Mr. WILLIAM RIND, Printer to the Colony, after a tedious Illness. He was a Gentleman of a very amiable Character, being a tender Husband, a kind Parent, an indulgent Master, and a faithful Servant of the Publick.
Advertisements.
WILLIAMSBURG, August 19, 1773.
ALL those who became Purchasers at the Sale of the Estate of Joseph Scrivener , deceased, are hereby reminded that their Bonds will become due the 15th of next Month, and that such as fail discharging them punctually will immediately be sued, without Respect of Persons. Those likewise who are indebted thereto by open Account, or otherwise, will please to advert to the above Notice. THE EXECUTORS.
PRINCE GEORGE, August 1, 1773.
I INTEND to leave this Colony soon. ARCHIBALD LUNDIE.
DUMFRIES, August 16, 1773.
THE SNOW HIBERNIA, John Robertson Master, is now taking in TOBACCO at Quantico , Potowomack River , on Liberty of Consignment to London , at eight Pounds Sterling per Tun. All Persons, desirous of making Use of this Opportunity, are requested to forward their Orders as soon as possible to the Captain on Board, or to the Subscriber. WILLIAM SAVAGE.
HANOVER TOWN, AUGUST 5, 1773.
WENT away, on Tuesday Night last, FOUR-TEEN NEW NEGROES. Any Person bringing any of them shall be well rewarded by JOHN BURNLEY.
BY Decree of the Court of Vice Admiralty, on Friday the 27th of this Instant will be sold at Burwell's Ferry , for ready Money, the Sloop SALLY , with her Rigging, Tackle, and Apparel, 75 Hogheads of MOLOSSES , 35 Hogheads of SUGAR , and 38 Barrels of Coffee . JOHN TYLER, Marshal.
PETER HARDY, Coach and Chair Maker. BEGS Leave to inform the Publick he has opened Shop at the Brick House belonging to Colonel Cuthbert's Estate, near the Mad House, where he intends to carry on his Business in its various Branches, in the most elegant and best finished Taste, particular Care being had to the Goodness of the Work as well as the ornamental Part, viz. Carving, Gilding, Painting, and Japanning, all which different Branches he flatters himself to be well acquainted with, having endeavoured to obtain them by a long Course of Practice these several Years in Europe , and has the Pleasure to say he has given Satisfaction to all Gentlemen who have been pleased to honour him with their Custom in this Country. Also ELECTRICAL MACHINES of all Sorts, with Directions how to use them. Having lately provided himself with an extraordinary good Workman in the BRASS FOUNDRY Business (whose Knowledge in that Art he would venture to affirm is equal to any in America , if not superior) the Publick may be supplied with all Kinds of BRASS WORK upon the most reasonable Terms. For the better Execution of the various Branches of Business he is engaged in, he hopes Gentlemen will pay the Cash on Delivery of their Work, which will be gratefully acknowledged. Let Orders be ever so small, the greatest Attention will be paid to them. N. B. Two or three Journeymen, well acquainted with the COACH and CHAIR Business, will meet with good Encouragement, on proper Application; and he would take two reputable Lads, as Apprentices. The best Price given for OLD BRASS delivered in Williamsburg . WILLIAMSBURG, August 17, 1773.
For SALE,
A TRACT of LAND lying on the Waters of Gensy and Beaver Dam , in Goochland County , containing, by a late Survey, 510 Acres. The Soil is of the red Kind, produces fine Tobacco in its natural State, and is excellent for Wheat. There are a small Orchard, and suitable Houses for an Overseer and Negroes. About seventy Acres of the Land are cleared, and in good Order for Cropping. A farther Description would be useless, as it is presumed a Purchaser would incline to view the Premises, which will be shown by William Widdram , in whose Tenure the Land now is. For Terms apply to the Subscriber, at Four-Mile Creek . J. PLEASANTS.
To be RENTED by the Year, or for a Term of Years,
A TAVERN on the River Road from Richmond to Williamsburg , which was formerly occupied by Daniel Stone , and late in the Tenure of John Christian . The Dwellinghouse is commodious, having four Rooms below and two above Stairs. There are Outhouses, Garden, Pasture, and Land also, if required, sufficient to work two or three Hands. This Place would suit a Tradesman, particularly a Tailor, which is much wanted in the Neighbourhood, provided he could keep a good House. For Terms apply to the Subscriber. J. PLEASANTS.
To be SOLD, on Friday the 20th of August next, at the Plantation of Mr. John Sneed , deceased, the PLANTATION and TRACT of LAND containing 572 Acres. The Purchaser to give Bond, with good Security, to the Executors. The Time of Credit will be agreed on at the Day of Sale.
To be SOLD, on Friday the 17th of September, on the Premises, pursuant to an Act of Assembly,
A TRACT of Land in King and Queen County , containing about 1000 Acres, lying upon the Dragon Swamp , the Property of Mr. William Todd . The Land is very good, has all Conveniencies for Cropping, and enough of it cleared to work at least twelve Hands. It will be sold altogether, or in Parcels, as may best suit the Purchasers; to whom 12 Months Credit will be allowed, they giving Bond and approved Security to GEORGE BROOKE, GREGORY BAYLOR, WILLIAM LYNE, JOHN TAYLOR CORBIN, RICHARD TUNSTALL, Junior, } Trustees. N. B. Possession will be given on the 1st of January next.
For SALE,
THE following TRACTS of LAND in Buckingham County , viz. 3270 Acres on Sharp's Creek , about four Miles from the Mouth of Slate River , near 100 Acres cleared, about 200 bearing Apple Trees, a considerable Peach Orchard, and several other Kinds of Fruit. The Land lies very well, is good, and has as large a Range as any in the Colony. 307 Acres within Half a Mile of the Courthouse. 200 Acres on Payne's Creek . 328 Acres near Appomattox , adjoining the Lands of Messrs. James Walker and Joel Watkins , about thirty Acres cleared, and Orchards of sundry Sorts. At Cumberland Court, on Monday the 27th of September next, the following TRACTS of LAND in that County, TWO Hundred Acres adjoining Mr. John Jefferson , about forty cleared, and Orchards of several Kinds. 200 Acres on Buckingham Road , near two Miles below the Long Ordinary , about fifty cleared, and in good Order for Cropping. 800 Acres, on which are the Long Ordinary , and a great many valuable Improvements. With this may be had 300 Barrels of Corn, Stocks of all Kinds, and Household Furniture. Any of them may be entered upon in November next. One Third of the Purchase Money to be paid on making the Conveyance for the Land, and for the Remainder sufficient Time will be allowed for Payment, on having good Security. (5) JOSEPH CALLAND.
By Virtue of a Deed of Trust from Charles Cooper, deceased, will be exposed to SALE at Petersburg, on Thursday the 2d of September,
FOUR likely Virginia born SLAVES, namely, LUCY, BETTY, BOB, and FREDERICK . One of them is a very valuable young House Wench, big with Child; she is a good Sempstress, can wash, iron, cook, bake, and brew. Credit will be given till the 25th of October next, on giving Bond and Security to DINWIDDIE, August 10, 1773. DUNCAN ROSE.
WESTMORELAND, August 9, 1773.
ON Friday, the 6th Instant, escaped from  Vaulter's Ordinary , in Essex County , near Mico's , through the Connivance of Cornelius Slavin and his Wife, in whose Custody they were (for being handcuffed they could not have made their Escape if they had not been let loose on Purpose) two Runaway white Servant Men, whom Simmons Evrit was bringing from New London , in Bedford County , to their Master, Richard Lee , in Westmoreland County , namely, WILLIAM WALKER , alias SMITH , a Convict, and by Trade a Gardener; he is slim made, has white Teeth, which he shows when he speaks or laughs, short straight black Hair, blue Eyes, thin Visage, a coarse Voice and a Cough, and has a remarkable Swing in his Walk. THOMAS PUTTRELL , an indentured Servant, by Trade a Butcher, and understands Gardening and Farming; he is a trunchy well made Man, round faced, with a fair Complexion, Hazel Eyes, brown Hair, which curls in his Neck, white Teeth, which he shows when he speaks or grins, and talks quick. He had a Butcher's Steel with him. The above Servants are meanly clothed, unless they have a Wallet of Evrit's Clothes with them, which was in Slavin's Custody, is missing, and contained two Pair of Leather and Nankin Breeches, a Nankin Jacket, two Pair of white Thread and one Pair of black Worsted Stockings, a Glass Pocket Bottle, a white Hickory Stick, with a Dagger in it and a Pewter Ferret to it. When Evrit called at Slavin's in the Evening, in Order to induce him to stay all Night, Slavin told him the Smallpox and Flux were at Leeds and Hobb's Hole , and in almost every House on the Road between his Ordinary and those Places; and the next Morning he would not get his Horse for him, which obliging him to go after the Horse himself, in his Absence the Servants were allowed to make their Escape. Evrit also says Slavin called the Servants Fools for attempting to make their Escape by Land, and told them they should have gone off by Water to Norfolk , which makes it probable they will attempt to pass for Sailors. I will give a Reward of FIVE POUNDS for each of them, if they are secured in any Jail so that I get them, or are delivered to me in Westmoreland County . RICHARD LEE.
WILLIAMSBURG, August 18, 1773.
RUN away from the Subscriber, on Sunday the 8th Instant, during divine Service, an Apprentice Boy named William Bolton ; he is nineteen Years old, about five Feet six Inches high, clumsy made, with a very fair Countenance, light coloured Hair rather curly, has lost his upper fore Teeth, and is very apt to swear and lie. He had on and took with him a Pompadour Coat and Jacket, and an old white Cloth Jacket, a Pair of Osnaburg Trousers, one Osnaburg and one Linen Shirt, his Stockings and Shoes were old. He ran away once before, when a Handful of Shavings were offered as a Reward for any Person who would apprehend him. All Persons are forbid to harbour or employ him. JAMES GARDNER, Carpenter.
P. S. If Charles Winfree Chandler will return, in four Weeks from the Date of this Advertisement, he shall be kindly received; and if he does not return before the Expiration of that Time, any Person who secures him, so that I get him again, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward.
COMMITTED to the Jail of Isle of Wight
County, two Negro Men, who call themselves JUPITER and ISAAC , and say they belong to Mrs. Rebecca Nichols , of Brunswick County . One is an old Fellow, the other is young, and their Clothing is such as Country Negroes generally are clad in. The Owner is desired to pay Charges and fetch them away. JAMES TAYLOR, Jailer.
TWENTY SHILLINGS REWARD.
STRAYED, or STOLEN, from the Subscriber, living in York County , the 16th of last Month, a DARK BAY MARE 15 Hands high, about 9 or 10 Years old, with a small Star in her Forehead, one of her hind Feet white, paces slow, and branded on the near Buttock Y M. Whoever brings the said Mare to me shall have the above Reward. (2) WILLS DUNFORD.
TAKEN up, in Chesterfield, near the Falls of James River , an old black COW, marked with a Crop and Undeekel in each Ear, and has some White about her Face and Belly. Also an unmarked HEIFER much like the Cow, and a brinded YEARLING with a white Face, unmarked. Posted, and appraised to six Pounds five Shillings. (1) ROBERT GOODE.
THIS is to give Notice that the STORE
in Prince Edward , kept by Mr. Andrew McKenzie for Messrs. Alexander Speirs, John Bowman , and Co. will, on the 1st of September next, be placed under the Direction of Mr. James Crofts . As Mr. McKenzie will leave the Colony this Winter, it is desired that all Persons, who have Accounts upon said Books for Dealings with Mr. McKenzie or Mr. French , will immediately apply and have them settled, by Bond or other Specialty. Those who do not can expect no Indulgence: (4) JAMES FAIRLIE.
BLANDFORD, August 31, 1773.
AS the PARTNERSHIP of BOYD
and POYTHRESS expires the first of September next, it is requested those indebted to that Concern will be speedy in discharging their Balances. Those that are not in a Capacity of so doing will please to come and settle their Balances by Bond, or other Specialty, before next October General Court, it being necessary the Books should then be closed. The GOODS on Hand will be sold altogether, or in Parcels, at a low Advance.
PORTSMOUTH, July 20, 1773.
AS I no longer propose doing any Business
on my private Account, it is therefore requested that all Persons indebted to me do settle their Accounts, without Loss of Time, either by paying or giving Bonds for their respective Balances; and such as have any Demands against me are desired to make them immediately known, in Order that my Books may be closed. The Business is now continued under the Firm of John Goodrich and Co. and Orders complied with as usual. (6) JOHN GOODRICH.
NOW in Rocky Ridge Warehouse, a Hog-
head of TOBACCO No. 1090, Gross 1334, Tare 118, neat Weight 1216 , which was passed for William Cook Wakeland the 28th of February 1770, and the Note delivered to Charles Pattison . If it is not claimed, it will be sold, according to Law, by SCOTT & PANKEY.
BEING very desirous to give Satisfaction to
the Creditors of my Brother William Ruffin , deceased, in the Discharge of their Debts, I request them immediately to inform Major William Browne , Colonel Richard Taliaferro , Junior, Mr. John H. Cooke , or myself (all of whom are nominated Executors) with their several Demands, that proper Provision may be made for the Payment thereof. And as the tedious Indisposition of my Brother disabled him from a due Attention to his Affairs, for a considerable Time before his Death, whereby many of his Engagements were not kept with that Punctuality which he wished, and intended to observe, it is hoped his Creditors will so far consider his Situation as to excuse his seeming Remissness, and not burthen his Estate with unnecessary Costs of Law suits. All Indulgence to his Estate will be as gratefully considered as if granted to Their very obedient humble Servant, (6) JOHN RUFFIN, Junior.
MR. John M c Williams is hereby informed that there is a Letter in the Post Office at Williamsburg for him, which came from the Northward, and is from his Wife Anne M c Williams .
RICHMOND, August 3, 1773.
THE PARTNERSHIP of GALT and VALENTINE is dissolved, and as we cannot conveniently leave our Business, to wait on those indebted to us, we hereby request they will call on us, in Order to settle and pay off their Accounts, between this and the 10th of October next. All who fail to do so may depend on being sued immediately after that Time. JOHN VALENTINE. GABRIEL GALT.
SUPPOSED to be taken through Mistake, from Mr. John New's , on the last Court Day at Gloucester , a new Set of SINGLE CAUSE HARNESS mounted and studded with Brass. Any Person having the same, I shall be obliged to him to send it to Mr. John New's , when the old one left instead of the other will be returned. (1) JON. PUNDERSON.
AT Leeds Town, on the 1st Day of next
September (the Day of the Races) will be offered for Sale, for ready Money or Bills on London , an exceeding valuable and HIGH BLOODED MARE imported from London , for private Use, about five Years ago, together with four of her Descendants from Fearnought , Partner, and Nabob . Also a NEGRO COACHMAN about 27 Years of Age, who has been used to the Stable and Carriage from his Infancy, is complete in Size for Box and Possilhon, and is remarkably healthy and sober. (2)
NORTH CAROLINA, HALIFAX County, &c.
EGBERT HAYWOOD, Justice of the Peace for the County aforesaid, to all Sheriffs, Mayors, Constables, and Headboroughs, within his Majesty's Province of North Carolina , greeting: Whereas Littlebury West , of Chesterfield County , in the Colony of Virginia , was lately a Prisoner in the Custody of Lacey Simmons , Constable, being charged of extorting from one Isaac Taylor , of this County, ten Half Johannesses, three Doubloons, and eight or ten Guineas, whereof he is convicted, as this Day appears to me; and for as much as it has been duly proved before me that the aforesaid Littlebury West has escaped, and is gone at large, therefore, in his Majesty's Name, I command you, and every of you, in your respective Towns, Counties, Cities, and Precincts, to seize and retake the said Littlebury West , and him safely to convey to the publick Jail, 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 Littlebury West , and him there safely to keep until he shall be discharged by due Course of Law. Given under my Hand and Seal, this 22d Day of July , 1773. (1) E. HAYWOOD.
PORTSMOUTH, August 10, 1773.
I INTEND for Scotland in a few Weeks. (1) DAVID MELDRUM.
YORK Town, August 3, 1773.
THE Subscriber has on Hand about 3001. Sterling Worth of EUROPEAN GOODS , which he will dispose of at a low Advance, by Wholesale, and make the Terms of Payment convenient to the Purchaser. He requests the Favour of all those indebted to him to pay their Bonds and Accounts immediately, otherwise they will be put into the Hands of an Attorney, without Respect to Persons. THOMAS ARCHER.
PROPOSALS for PRINTING A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER, AT NORFOLK, ENTITLED THE NORFOLK GAZETTE, AND VIRGINIA ADVERTISER.
By WILLIAM DUNCAN.
SUBSCRIPTIONS will be taken in by the different GENTLEMEN intrusted with PROPOSALS.
To the PUBLICK.
THE Publisher hopes of them, that from his Attention to their Interest, by procuring the earliest Intelligence, his Method of Arrangement, Affidavit in endeavouring to insert nothing but what may be really useful as well as entertaining, the Work will be promoted and supported. He flatters himself, from their Candour in judging of such eventual Publications, that he shall be happy enough to merit a Share of their Approbation.
The Price of the Paper, and that for Advertisements, will be the same as those published in WILLIAMSBURG .
A Specimen of Paper, Size, and Arrangement, may be expected by some; but as the Publisher will not be in the Country for some Time, he does not purpose that any Thing of that Nature should be shown until he carries the Work into Execution.
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 . (1) J. SYME.
PETERSBURG, August 6, 1773.
FOR SALE, the HOUSE in this Town
wherein Mr. Hanson formerly kept Store, and in which Doctor Hall now resides. Also three Tracts of LAND, namely, One in Dinwiddie County , about 25 Miles from Petersburg , containing 700 Acres. Most of this Tract is exceeding good for Grain of all Kinds. The Remainder may be laid off to great Advantage in a Meadow. There are upon it a new Dwellinghouse, Kitchen, &c. The second in Halifax County , containing upwards of 2000 Acres of good Tobacco and Corn Land, on which I lately built a complete Grift Mill, &c.
The third Tract lies on the River Hyco , in Orange County, North Carolina , almost adjoining the Virginia Line , and contains about 300 Acres of as rich low Ground as any in the Colony.
The Times of Payment will be made agreeable to Purchasers.
ALEXANDER SHAW.
For SALE, three Thousand Acres of LAND, in Brunswick County, on Meherrin River.
PART of this Land is that valuable Plantation whereon my Father resided, and has as large a Body of as rich low Ground as any in the Colony. There are four or five Hundred Acres cleared, most of which are under good Fence, and in fine Order for Cropping. The Remainder is found very serviceable in Pasturage, which it yields in the greatest Perfection. The Improvements consist of an ancient Dwellinghouse, many convenient Outhouses, and several new and substantial Barns. A farther Description is unnecessary, as a Person, unacquainted with the Land, would no Doubt incline to see it before he bought. It may not, however, be improper to observe, that it may be divided into two advantageous Settlements, which would be found extremely valuable to Persons who resided on them. But my Residence out of the Colony makes me desirous of disposing of them, which I will do on very advantageous Terms to a Purchaser, allowing him Liberty to name the Time of Payment within five or seven Years, paying the annual Interest punctually. The Terms of Sale may be known on Application to my Brother, who lives adjoining the Lands, or to me in Newbern, North Carolina . (4) ISAAC EDWARDS.

To be SOLD to the highest Bidders, for ready Money, on Thursday the 23rd of September, at Pittsylvania Courthouse, being Court Day, SEVERAL valuable Virginia born SLAVES, and other PERSONAL ESTATE the Property of Lemuel Lanier, late of Brunswick County, by Virtue of a Deed of Trust from said Lanier to ROBERT TURNBULL.
To be SOLD, SEPARATELY or TOGETHER, TWO TRACTS OF LAND. One lies in Albemarle County, on Hardaway River, about five Miles from the great River, containing 370 Acres, 100 of which are the best Kind of low Grounds, and situated so as always to have the best Range for Stock of any Land between the Capes and Little Mountains. The other Tract lies in Goochland County, on Lickinghole Creek, near the Three Notched Road, and contains 700 Acres. The high Land is equal to any in these Parts, fine for Tobacco and Wheat, or any Kind of Grain or Meadow. About 200 Acres are cleared, now under good Fences, laid off in three Fields, and in fine Order to work about ten Hands to great Advantage. The Improvements are a good Dwellinghouse, Kitchen, Smokehouse, a Dairy, four good Tobacco Houses, with Negro Quarters, and other convenient Buildings. The Place is pleasantly situated, has fine Water, is as healthy as any Part of the Colony, and is convenient to Church or Providence Meetinghouse, and several Mills, besides one on the Land turned by a Spring Branch to grind for three or four Families the whole Year, and is not in the least unhealthy, as the Water may be ground off every Day. Credit will be given for Part of both Tracts. Any Person inclined to purchase may know the Terms by applying to the Subscriber, who will show the Land. GOOCHLAND, } (11) WILLIAM PRYOR. August 2, 1773. }
To be SOLD, in Buckingham County at Slate River Mountain, ABOUT one Thousand Acres of good HIGH LAND, with very good Improvements thereon, such as a Dwellinghouse, Barn, Tobacco House, Corn House, Stables, &c. Also 500 Acres in Amherst County, on the south Side of Berry's Mountain, adjoining the Lands of William Cabell, Junior. For Terms apply to Charles Irving in Albemarle, William Mitchell in Richmond, or to the Subscriber, in Buckingham, on the aforesaid Lands. (11) CHARLES PATTESON, Senior.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, for ready Money, at Peytonburg, on Tuesday the 14th of September by Virtue of a Deed of Trust from Luke Williams to the Subscriber, FOUR valuable SLAVES, four good FEATHER BEDS and FURNITURE, and his Stocks of HOGS, HORSES, CATTLE, and SHEEP. If the Slaves are not then sold, they will be exposed to Sale, on the same Terms, at Halifax Courthouse the Thursday following, being Court Day. (11) JOHN WIMBISH.
To be SOLD on the Premises, on Friday the 20th of August, THE TRACT OF LAND whereon Mr. John Sneed formerly lived and kept Ordinary, in Caroline County, containing 572 Acres. Possession to be delivered at Christmas next, and Credit to be allowed for the Purchase Money, which will be declared at the Day of Sale, on giving Bond and Security to (1) THE EXECUTORS. To be SOLD, in Buckingham County, on Walton's Fork, a Fork of Slate River, FOUR Hundred and sixty five Acres of LAND in good Order for Farming, with a good Dwellinghouse, a Barn forty by twenty, one Half planked with two Inch Plank, a fine Apple and Peach Orchard; and about 150 Acres of low Ground, which brings exceeding good Wheat or Indian Corn, convenient to Church and a very fine Mill. Whoever wants to purchase may know the Terms by applying to Colonel Samuel Jordan, or Mr. Charles Irving, in Albemarle. (11) JACOB LINDSAY.
TO BE SOLD, A TRACT OF LAND, in the lower End of King and Queen, containing about 400 Acres. It is level, and good for Corn, Tobacco, or Wheat. There are upon it a good Dwellinghouse, with two large Rooms and three Lodging Rooms below, two large Rooms and a long Closet above Stairs, a good Kitchen, Dairy, Smokehouse, three new Quarters, and two new Barns. Also another Tract, near a Mile from the aforesaid, lying on Poroponk Creek, containing about 500 Acres, well wooded with Hickory, Oak, Chestnut, Pine, and some Cedar. It has three good Landings, about 150 Acres of the best Marsh upon the Creek, exceeding good for Corn, Wheat, and Tobacco. Cattle and Hogs may be raised to great Advantage, and little Cost. There are on the Plantation an Overseer's House, Tobacco House, and Corn House, all new. Any Person inclined to purchase may know the Terms by applying to the Subscriber, on the Premises. CORNELIUS LIVINGSTON. N. B. About thirty Head of Cattle, a large Stock of Hogs, about 300 Barrels of Corn, and Fodder, at the same Place.
PORTSMOUTH, July 5, 1773. IMPORTED, and to be SOLD reasonably for Cash, by the Subscribers in Portsmouth, a Quantity of fine flavoured GRENADA PROOF RUM, and some best WEST INDIA COFFEE. Inquire at Captain Good's in Portsmouth. (11) JOHN HEFFERMAN, & Co.
NORFOLK, August 9, 1773. To be SOLD, for the Benefit of the Owners or Enforcers, on Saturday the 21st Instant, at publick Vendue, for ready Money, the HULL and MATERIALS of the SNOW JUNO, lately put into this Port, in Distress, from Turks Island, and condemned as unfit for Sea. (2) ARCHDEACON & INGRAM, V. M.
To be LET, to the lowest Bidder, THE BUILDING of a BRIDGE over Queen's Creek, near the Capital Landing. Those Persons who choose to undertake the Work are desired to meet the Subscribers, on Thursday the 2d Day of September next, at the House of Mr. Matthew Moody, Senior, near the said Landing. WILLIAM BLAIR, WILLIAM GRAVES, JOHN DIXON. Williamsburg, } August 10, 1773. }
NORFOLK BOROUGH, August 9, 1774. RUN away from the Subscriber, about three Months ago, a Negro Wench named BETTY, well known in this Town and Neighbourhood. She is remarkably talkative, and has a Mole with long Hair on her Cheek. I will give FORTY SHILLINGS to any Person who shall bring her home, or secure her in any Jail, and THREE POUNDS on Conviction of the Person or Persons who harbour her. JAMES ARCHDEACON. Who has for Sale WEST INDIA RUM, MUSCOVADO SUGAR, COFFEE, GINGER, and a few Puncheons of excellent old JAMAICA SPIRITS.
NORFOLK, August 12, 1773. RUN away, the 27th of June last, a Negro Fellow called JEM, the Property of John Burton, Esq; of the Island of Antigua. He is a well made likely Fellow, about 27 Years old, 5 Feet 8 or 9 Inches high, walks very erect, and has a Scar on one of his Hands; he talks French, can read and write, and dresses and shaves tolerably well. He usually wore an Osnaburg Shirt and Breeches, and a green Jacket without Sleeves. He is an artful cunning Fellow, and may probably charge a Pals; and as he was with his Master, about three Years ago, at Charles Town, he may perhaps endeavour to get there through North Carolina. A Reward of 5l. will be given to any Person who delivers him to Mr. Lewis Hansford, Merchant in Norfolk, or to the Subscribers. All Masters of Vessels are forewarned from employing, harbouring, or carrying him out of the Country. GILCHRIST & TAYLOR.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Elizabeth City County, ever since Christmas last, a likely Virginia born Negro Fellow named LEN, about twenty five Years old, five Feet two or three Inches high, and formerly lived in Williamsburg with Mr. Southall and Mr. Maupin. I suspect he is about York Town, Queen's Creek, or Williamsburg. Whoever takes up the said Fellow, and secures him so that I get him, shall have 3l. Reward, and if brought to me 4l. LOCKEY COLLIER.
RUN away from the Ship Chance, Captain Campbell, three indented Servants. THOMAS GLASS, a Ship Carpenter, 45 Years old, and has lost one of his Fingers; he wore a blue Coat and Jacket, Trowsers, a round Dutch Cap, and carried with him a Chest of Tools. JOHN WHATMORE, a House Joiner, about 21 Years old, and is a middle sized young looking Man; he had on a round Hat, a Pair of old brown Breeches, and an Osnaburg Shirt. JAMES EARLY, a Barber, who is a middle sized young Man. Whoever apprehends the said Runaways shall have 30 Dollars Reward, and in Proportion for each, upon delivering them to the Subscribers in Norfolk. (21) BROWN, GRIERSON, & Co. Who have for Sale JAMAICA RUM, SUGAR, MOLOSES, COFFEE, PIMENTA, and old MADEIRA WINE.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Sussex County, the 5th of July last, a Negro Man named QUOMONY, about twenty three Years of Age, five Feet nine or ten Inches high, very black, and well made. He had the Misfortune some Time ago to cut one of his Feet near the Joint of his great Toe, with an Axe, which occasions a large Scar, and was not well when he went away. He has two Lumps on his left Shoulder Blade, occasioned by a Whip, and one on his right Shoulder. As I am apprehensive that he will endeavour to get on Board some Vessel, and make his Escape out of the Colony, all Masters of Vessels are forewarned from entertaining or harbouring the said Runaway, at their Peril. To any Person that brings him home I will give 20s. if taken over 20 Miles, if 30 Miles 30s. and if farther, in Proportion to the Distance; but if it should not be convenient to bring him home, if he is secured in any Jail, and Intelligence given to me, I will reward the Taker up for his Trouble, besides what the Law allows. THOMAS PEEBLES.
THIRTY POUNDS REWARD. RUN away from the Subscribers, three Convict Servant Men. JOHN RICHARDSON, a House Carpenter and Joiner, 5 Feet 5 or 6 Inches high, about 28 Years old, of a light brown Complexion, speaks pretty quick, and had on a brown short Coat. JOSEPH REEVES, a Bricklayer and Plasterer, 5 Feet 8 or 9 Inches high, about 21 Years of Age, of a fair Complexion, and has been lately sick, which makes him look badly. RICHARD BENNETT, a jobbing Blacksmith, 5 Feet 2 or 3 Inches high, about eighteen Years old, is very pert, somewhat fly, and had on a very dark brown long skirted Coat. They all had on, and took with them, Osnaburg Shirts and Trowsers, some Check Shirts, and old and new Hats. It is supposed they are all gone for North Carolina, where it is supposed three other Servants, that ran away about the Middle of May last, went likewise. Their Names are, JOHN EASTON, a Ship Carpenter, 5 Feet 6 or 7 Inches high, about 25 Years old; he had on a blue Cloth Coat and Breeches, and a Silk Damask Waistcoat. WILLIAM STEEL, a Cabinet Maker, 5 Feet 6 or 7 Inches high, about 17 Years old, and of a fair Complexion; he had on a light coloured Cloth Coat and Breeches. ALICE WALKER, thick and stout made, of a red Complexion, and passes for John Eaton's Wife. They were imported last March into Rappahannock, in the Julia, from London, and are all English People. For the first three a Reward of 40s. will be given for each, if taken in Virginia; if in any other Province, 5l. For the last three, a Reward of 5l. will be allowed for each, on delivering them to us in Richmond Town, Falls of James River; or if secured in any Jail, so that we get them, 20s. for each of the first three, and 40s. a Piece for the other three. All Masters of Vessels are forewarned from harbouring, employing, or carrying them out of the Country, at their Peril. (4) SAMPSON & GEORGE MATTHEWS. RICHMOND, August 2, 1773.
COMMITTED to the Jail of Charles City County, a NEGRO MAN, with a large Scar under his left Ear, who cannot or does not choose to speak a Word of English, and it is supposed belongs to Mr. Trent of Richmond Town. The Owner is desired to pay Charges, and fetch him away. (11) JOHN GREGORY, Deputy Sheriff.
STRAYED from the subscriber's Pasture, in Elizabeth City, a BAY HORSE about 13 Hands and a Half high, with a Star in his Forehead, trots and gallops, and branded on the near Buttock R S. Whoever brings the said Horse to me shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward. (11) JOHN READE.
THREE POUNDS REWARD. STRAYED from the Subscriber, in Chesterfield, on the 24th of April last, a GRAY MARE about 4 Feet 7 Inches high, about 6 Years old, with a hanging Mane and undocked Tail, is badly gaited, branded on the near Buttock I F, was bred in the upper Part of North Carolina, and it is supposed has gone that Way. Whoever delivers the said Mare to me, near Verina Ferry, shall have the above Reward. (51) GEORGE WOODSON.
TAKEN up, in Augusta, a DARK BAY MARE about 13 Hands high, 6 or 7 Years old, has a small Star in her Forehead, a Lump on her hind Foot, is a Trotter, and branded on the near Shoulder and Buttock I S. Posted, and appraised to five Pounds. JAMES TELFORD.
TAKEN up, in Dinwiddie, a RED WORK OX, marked with a Crop and two Slits in the right Ear, and a Swallow Fork in the left. Posted, and appraised to four Pounds. CHARLES TURNBULL.
TAKEN up, in Augusta, a DARK BAY MARE about 12 Hands and a Half high, thirteen Years old, and branded like the Figure 9. Posted, and appraised to five Pounds. ROBERT YOUNG.
TAKEN up, in Bedford, a LIGHT BAY MARE four Feet four or five Inches high, 8 or 9 Years old, has some White in her Forehead, paces and trots, and branded on the off Buttock S S. Posted, and appraised to seven Pounds. (11) MARTIN KING.
TAKEN up, in Dinwiddie, a BLACK HORSE about four Feet five Inches high, and branded on each Buttock with a Dot. Posted, and appraised to eight Pounds. (11) JOHN WILLIAMSON.
TAKEN up, in Cumberland, a RED STEER marked with a Crop and two Slits in the left Ear, and a Half Crop (or Underkeel) in the right. Posted, and appraised to thirty Shillings. JOSEPH CALLAND.
NORTHUMBERLAND, July 29, 1773. PURSUANT to a Decree of the General Court, will be sold to the highest Bidder, on Wednesday the 15th of December next, if fair, otherwise next fair Day, on the Premises, a Tract of LAND, containing 180 Acres, situated on Wicomico River, in the aforesaid County; also one undivided fourth Part of four Hundred Acres of LAND on the said River, and nearly adjoining the first mentioned Tract. The Terms of Payment will be made known on the Day of Sale, by THOMAS REID. N. B. The Subscriber has also a few Bales of GERMAN OSNABRUGS and ROLLS to dispose of, on reasonable Terms; which may be known by applying to him, or to Mr. George Lorimer, in Urbanna.
RICHMOND, July 27, 1773. JUST imported from London, in the George, Captain Coats, a fresh Assortment of MEDICINES, namely, Elixir Bardana, Essence of Waterdock, Pectoral Balsam of Honey, best Sweet Oil, Spirits of Turpentine, and a large Quantity of assorted Vials, &c. which will be sold on the most reasonable Terms, by ROBERT BROWN. (4)
NORFOLK, July 24, 1773. THE Subscriber has lately received, on Consignment from the Manufacturer, in Bales of about twenty three Pounds Sterling Value each, a large Parcel of KENDAL COTTONS, which he will dispose of on reasonable Terms, payable next April. Any Person inclined to purchase will please to apply to him at the ensuing Meeting in Williamsburg, or afterwards by Orders addressed to him here. JAMES INGRAM. N. B. The Subscriber has also for sale Irish Linens and Sheetings, Tin Ware, English and German Osnaburgs, Twedling, and Hats; also red and white Wines, Rum, and Sugar.
FOUND on the 12th of last Month, in John Greenbow's Store, a Note for a Horsehead of Tobacco inspected at Page's Warehouse, and signed by Tinsey and Clarke. The Owner, upon proving his Property, and paying the Charge of this Advertisement, may have it of the Printer.
I HAVE for Sale, on easy Terms, 664 Acres of LAND lying on Little Roanoke River, in the County of Charlotte. It is the richest Part of a larger Tract formerly the Property of John Lidderdale, Esquire, of London, is level, and the Soil esteemed well adapted for the Culture of Tobacco. HENRY B. LIGHTFOOT.
PRINCE EDWARD, July 18, 1773. I HAVE for Sale 400 Acres of LAND, on Fork Creek, in Prince Edward County, on which stand a good Dwellinghouse and sundry other necessary Buildings. It is conveniently situated, within seven Miles of a Church, and not more than eight from the Courthouse. The Plantation is in good Order for Cropping, and the Land proved to be exceeding fine for producing Tobacco. The Terms I wish to sell it on are easy, and may be known of Mr. Henry B. Lightfoot, Merchant in Prince Edward, or the Subscriber, JAMES SCOTT.
FOR SALE, A TRACT OF LAND in the County of Dinwiddie, about six Miles from Petersburg, to which Place there is an exceeding good Road. The Land is level, and well timbered with Pine, Oak, and some Poplar, and contains about 600 Acres. Any Person inclined to purchase may know the Terms by applying to the Subscriber, in Williamsburg; who has for Sale a few Quarter Casks of exceeding good LISBON WINE, RED WINE, bottled or in Casks, WEST INDIA RUM, and a few Barrels of very good COFFEE, which he will sell very cheap for ready Money. JOHN FERGUSON.
FOR CHARTER, The Brig ABBY, JONAS HERBERT Master, Burthen about seven Thousand Bushels of Grain, Eighteen Months old, well fitted and found. For Terms apply to JOHN GREENWOOD, NORFOLK.
To be SOLD the 1st of SEPTEMBER, A PLANTATION containing about 300 Acres of Land, within four Miles of Norfolk, whereon is a good Brick Dwellinghouse, with other convenient Houses. Six Months Credit will be allowed for Half the Purchase Money, the other Half to be paid at the Day of Sale. It is convenient for building Vessels not more than 200 Tons. (11) JOHN IVY.
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 Mair, of the said Town, and will be sold at the next October Hanover Court, by Virtue of a Deed of Trust from him to SAMUEL PEARSON. (11) WILLIAM JOHNSON. CHARLES TINSLEY.
To be SOLD, on Wednesday the 1st of September, to the highest Bidder, on the Estate of Mr. Joseph Smith, deceased, ALL the Stock of HORSES, CATTLE, HOGS, SHEEP, &c. likewise the PLANTATION UTENSILS, HOUSEHOLD and KITCHEN FURNITURE, and sundry other Things belonging to the said Estate. Credit will be allowed for all Sums above twenty five Shillings, until the 1st of April next, on giving Bond and Security; which are to carry Interest from the Date, if not punctually paid. All Persons indebted to the above mentioned Estate are desired to make immediate Payment; and those who have Demands against the same are requested to send in their Accounts, properly authenticated, that Provision for discharging them may be immediately made. (4) HANOVER, } WILLIAM ANDERSON, Administrator. July 28, 1773 }
To be SOLD, for ready Money, on the 24th of this Inst. (August) at Surry Courthouse, being Court Day, SIX NEGROES, to wit: Two young Fellows, a Woman, and three Children, belonging to the Estate of George Cryer, in Order to satisfy a Decree of the County Court of Surry, obtained by John Wilkins, Gentleman, against the said Estate. WILLIAM BROWNE, Administrator.
RICHMOND County, July 26, 1773. RUN away from the Subscribers, in the Night of the 24th Instant, two Convict Servant Men, namely: JOHN HEADEN, a Blacksmith by Trade, about five Feet ten Inches high, of a fair Complexion, with brown Hair and thick Lips, has had a bad Sore on the Inside of his left Leg, which is not quite well, and his right Knee is much scarred; he had on a brown Kersey Jacket lined with white Plaid, and made in the Form of a Sailor's Jacket, two Pair of very dirty Leather Breeches. The other Gentleman is an Irishman, and a Joiner by Trade, a short thick Fellow, much pitted with the Smallpox, and has lost his left Eye; he has remarkable thick Legs, and black Hair cut short on the Top. About twelve Months ago he made an Elopement, and forged himself a Discharge, in which he changed his Name from Andrew Keeling to Morris Fitzgerald, and I make no Doubt will do the like again, as he is a good Hand at that Kind of Business. Whoever secures either of the said Fellows, so that we get them again, shall have FIVE POUNDS for the Smith, and THREE POUNDS for the Joiner. CHARLES MCCARTY. ROBERT DOWNMAN. N. B. As we are apprehensive they will endeavour to get on Board some Vessel, all Masters are hereby forewarned from receiving such Kind of Cattle.
PETERSBURG, July 24, 1773. RUN away from Mr. Thomas Banks's Store, in Mecklenburg County, in May last, a Negro Wench named JUBA, about twenty three Years of Age, five Feet two or three Inches high, and has a remarkable Scar on one of her Arms; she has been but lately imported into this Colony from St. Vincent, and speaks English very indistinctly. Whoever apprehends the said Slave, and secures her in Jail, or delivers her to Mr. Thomas Banks, Mr. James Ingram, Merchant, in Norfolk, or the Subscriber, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward. EMANUEL WALKER.
COMMITTED to the Jail of Isle of Wight, a Negro Woman who calls herself NANNY, otherwise BEITY, and says she belongs to one Mr. Ruffin of Southampton; she is an outlandish Negro, and speaks bad English. Also a yellow Lad of about 18 Years of Age, who says his Name is THOMAS HILL, and that he is a Freeman; if he is, it would be proper for any Friend of his to make it appear. Their Owners are desired to prove their Property, and pay Charges to JOHN TAYLOR, Jailor.

POETS CORNER.
The LOOKING GLASS, or PARENTAL FONDNESS. Paraphrased from the Fables of Phædrus.
As two small Children were at Play, In Mama's Dressing-Room they lay In View a Looking-Glass; The Lad was beautiful and fair, With rosy Cheeks and curling Hair, Quite the reverse the Lass.
COMMITTED to Warwick Jail, on the 20th of July, a Virginia born Negro Boy about eighteen Years of Age, five Feet five Inches high, is very sensible, says his Name is WILL, and that he belongs to Mr. John Speed of Mecklenburg; he has a Scar on the left Side of his Nose, has on a brown Linen Shirt and Trousers, striped Virginia Cloth Waistcoat, and a Felt Hat bound with yellow Ferret. His Owner is desired to take him away, and pay Charges to DIXON BROWN, Jailer.
TAKEN up, in Albemarle, a bay HORSE with a roached Mane, four or five Years old, four Feet four Inches high, paces slow, had a Bell on, shod before, and branded on the near Buttock P R. Posted, and appraised to five Pounds. WILLIAM TERRELL LEWIS.
TAKEN up, in Cumberland, a roan MARE four Feet five or six Inches high, had on a Bell, is a natural Pacer, with a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, a small Star in her Forehead, a few Saddle Spots, and branded on the near Buttock I C. Posted, and appraised to seven Pounds ten Shillings. DRURY WOODSON.
TAKEN up, in Charlotte, a yellowish coloured COW with sawed Horns, four Years old, marked with a Slit in each Ear, and a small Piece cut off the upper Side of one and under Side of the other Ear. Posted, and appraised to forty five Shillings. EDWIN FARNED.
TAKEN up, in Chesterfield, two small STEERS, one a dark Brown, marked with a Swallowork in the right Ear, and two Nicks in the left; the other a Brindled, marked with a Crop and two Slits in the right Ear, and a Nick in the under Side of the left. Posted, and appraised to forty five Shillings. WILLIAM SCOTT.
TAKEN up, in Stafford, a brindled COW with a white Face, four white Feet, and marked with a Crop and Overkeel in each Ear. CHARLES PORTER.
TAKEN up, in Lunenburg, a small white MARE which has had a Settist on each Side of her Back, four Feet five or six Inches high, and branded on the near Buttock W. Posted, and appraised to six Pounds. JACOBUS CHRISTOPHER.
TAKEN up, in King and Queen, a likely bay MARE with a long Mane and Switch Tail, a Star in her Forehead, her off hind Foot white, and branded on the near Buttock H. Posted, and appraised to eleven Pounds ten Shillings. HUMPHREY HILL.
TAKEN up, in Mecklenburg, a Chestnut sorrel HORSE about four Feet five or six Inches high, with a Snip on his Nose, and branded on the near Buttock MS. Posted, and appraised to seven Pounds. GEORGE TARRY.
WHEREAS Mr. Thomas How Ridgate, of the Province of Maryland, Merchant, has, by Deed bearing Date the 19th of May last, assigned over all his Goods and Effects, now in my Hands, to Messrs. John Rogers, Thomas Stone, and Philip Richard Fendall, in Trust, for the Satisfaction of his Creditors residing in Virginia, after answering such other Purposes as in the said Deed are set forth; and the said Trustees having given me full Power to act in their Behalf, according to the Tenour of the Deed, this is therefore to give Notice that the Deed aforesaid, together with the Release to be executed on the Part of the Creditors, are in my Possession: And I do hereby desire all Creditors aforesaid, who incline to accept the Terms proposed in the said Deed, to make their Claims known to me before the next October General Court. A State of the Affairs is now ready for their Inspection; and as my Instructions from the Trustees are to have the Business closed with the utmost Expedition, all Persons indebted for Dealings with me at this Place are requested to make immediate Payment. WILLIAM HARRISON.
N. B. I retail the Goods on Hand at 50 per Cent. for ready Cash, and will sell them in the lumping Way at a low Advance, on short Credit.
AS there has been a Report that I have sold my Tract of LAND on Turkey Creek, in Pennsylvania, I think it necessary to inform the Publick that I have sold but very little of it since my last Advertisement, and have yet left, of the old Survey, 5129 Acres, which I have laid off into ten different Tracts, namely: 1500 Acres, including the Plantation, lying on both Sides of the Creek; one of 1133 Acres, on the Creek also; 500 Acres on Sailor's Creek; one more of 500 Acres on Sailor's Creek and Turkey Creek, adjoining the last mentioned; 335 Acres on the Creek; 321 Acres on Sailor's Creek; 300 Acres on the Mill Branch; 265 Acres on the Camp Branch; 155 Acres on the Mill Branch and the Camp Branch; and 120 Acres on Aaron's Creek. Notwithstanding I have empowered William Turnbull, Hugh Innis, Robert Williams, and Arthur Hopkins, Gentlemen, to dispose of the above mentioned Lands, yet, as I am the best acquainted with them, I propose attending myself at Pennsylvania September Court, and for a few Days before, in Order to show the same (which lies very near the Courthouse) and treat with Persons inclined to purchase. I have 3 or 4000 Acres of Land more, lying contiguous to the above mentioned, in different Surveys and Entries, also several other Surveys and Entries in other Parts of the County, which I would sell; amongst which are 400 Acres at the Mouth of Turkey Creek, with a Mill on it, which is at present a little out of Repair, but in a fine Settlement for Custom, and on one of the most constant Streams in the Country. Part of the Land is extraordinary good for Tobacco, and I will sell it extremely cheap, even 20 per Cent. less than the real Value. GEORGE WASHINGTON.
A MEETING OF THE OHIO COMPANY IS DESIRED
At Stafford Courthouse, on Friday the 27th of August, On Business of the utmost Importance.
(58) G. MASON, Treasurer. N. B. In the first Publication of this Advertisement a Mistake was made in the Day of the Week appointed for the above Meeting: Friday (being the 27th of August) ought to have been inserted instead of Tuesday.
INOCULATION. THE Subscriber begs Leave to inform the Publick that he has opened a very convenient House, in a pleasant Situation, near New Brunswick, for the Reception of such Persons as propose taking the SMALL-POX by INOCULATION. The best Attendance will be given, and every Thing proper for their Accommodation shall be furnished, at the moderate Rate of about NINE DOLLARS in ordinary Cases.
Many are deterred from being inoculated on Account of sore Arms, Boils, and large Abscesses, often attending the common Method of treating the Disease, but more especially from the ill Effects of the too free and indiscriminate Use of Mercury, by which many (though they recover the Smallpox, yet the Constitution being injured) soon fall Victims to some other Malady, or lead a Life of Pain for many Years.
All these Inconveniences are avoided by a particular Method of preparing the Patient, the most efficacious, and the least detrimental to the Constitution (in many Instances without the Use of Mercury) by the Manner of conveying the Infection, and by the subsequent Treatment of the Disease, without the least Confinement; the Advantages of which, the Publick may be assured, have been fully demonstrated in the Treatment of between six and seven Hundred Patients under the Subscriber's Care, in the Space of two Years, without the Misfortune of losing one; nor has there happened the least Accident to any while under his Care.
N. B. Any Persons in the Colony of Virginia, inclining to be inoculated at said Place, may be accommodated with Passages by a regular and convenient Stage from Baltimore Town to New Brunswick, in New Jersey. (4) JOHN COCHRAN.
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. (tf) JOHNSON & TINSLEY.
MOUNT VERNON, July 15, 1773. THE Subscriber having obtained Patents for upwards of twenty Thousand Acres of Land on the Ohio and Great Kanawha (ten Thousand of which are situated on the Banks of the first mentioned River, between the Mouths of the two Kanawhas, and the Remainder on the Great Kanawha, or New River, from the Mouth, or near it, upwards, in one continued Survey) proposes to divide the same into any sized Tenements that may be desired, and lease them upon moderate Terms, allowing a reasonable Number of Years Rent free, provided, within the Space of two Years from next October, three Acres for every fifty contained in each Lot, and proportionably for a lesser Quantity, shall be cleared, fenced, and tilled; and that, by or before the Time limited for the Commencement of the first Rent, five Acres for every Hundred, and proportionably, as above, shall be enclosed and laid down in good Grass for Meadow; and, moreover, that at least fifty good Fruit Trees for every like Quantity of Land shall be planted on the Premises. Any Persons inclining to settle on these Lands may be more fully informed of the Terms by applying to the Subscriber, near Alexandria, or, in his Absence, to Mr. Lund Washington; and would do well in communicating their Intentions before the 1st of October next, in Order that a sufficient Number of Lots may be laid off to answer the Demand.
As these Lands are among the first which have been surveyed in the Part of the Country they lie in, it is almost needless to premise that none can exceed them in Luxuriance of Soil, or Convenience of Situation, all of them lying upon the Banks either of the Ohio or Kanawha, and abounding in fine Fish and Wildfowl of various Kinds, as also in most excellent Meadows, many of which (by the bountiful Hand of Nature) are, in their present State, almost fit for the Scythe. From every Part of these Lands Water Carriage is now had to Fort Pitt, by an easy Communication; and from Fort Pitt, up the Monongahela, to Redstone, Vessels of convenient Burthen may, and do pass continually; from whence, by Means of Cheat River, and other navigable Branches of the Monongahela, it is thought the Portage to Potomack may, and will, be reduced within the Compass of a few Miles, to the great Ease and Convenience of the Settlers in transporting the Produce of their Lands to Market. To which may be added, that as Patents have now actually passed the Seals for the several Tracts here offered to be leased, Settlers on them may cultivate and enjoy the Land in Peace and Safety, notwithstanding the unsettled Councils respecting a new Colony on the Ohio; and as no Right Money is to be paid for these Lands, and a Quitrent of two Shillings Sterling a Hundred, demandable some Years hence only, it is highly presumable that they will always be held upon a more desirable Footing than where both these are laid on with a very heavy Hand. And it may not be amiss farther to observe, that if the Scheme for establishing a new Government on the Ohio, in the Manner talked of, should ever be effected, these must be among the most valuable Lands in it, not only on Account of the Goodness of Soil, and the other Advantages above enumerated, but from their Contiguity to the Seat of Government, which more than probable will be fixed at the Mouth of the Great Kanawha. (4) GEORGE WASHINGTON.
FIFTEEN POUNDS REWARD.
RUN away from NEASCO Furnace, two Convicts, and an indent Servant, belonging to the Honourable John Tayloe, Esquire, vice JOSEPH LOVEDAY, from the West of England, about twenty three Years of Age, five Feet seven Inches high, of a ruddy Complexion, with sandy coloured Hair, a red Beard, a pretty smooth Face, very squeaking Voice, a large Scar on his Throat, and his Knee has been disjoined when he was a Boy, which makes him trail his Leg when he walks. He went off some Time last Fall, and was seen, I am lately told, about Mr. Zeen's Iron Works, in Frederick County; so that it is presumed he is still in that or some of the back Counties, and may be employed in the Farming or Team-driving Business, which he professed, but is very ignorant of both. He carried with him a blue Fearnought and a white Cotton Jacket, long Trousers dyed brown with Tan Bark, and in other Respects was clothed as Servants commonly are. The other Convict is named TYNIÉ ROACH, a Lad about twenty Years of Age, five Feet seven or eight Inches high, and ran away, last Month, from a Sloop of Colonel Tayloe's, then in Rappahannock; he is fair, though of a ruddy Complexion, somewhat pitted with the Smallpox, has a smooth insinuating Tongue, light coloured Hair, and has been a Sailor ever since he came in the Country, which is about four Years ago. He had on, and took with him, a new blue Fearnought Jacket with Horn Buttons, a blue double breasted Jacket with large Metal Buttons, a red Silk Handkerchief, a good many Onabrug Shirts which he stole from the Sloop's Crew, besides a white one he stole from the Master, a Pair of Leather Breeches, a new Felt Hat bound round with red Ferrer, and a Band of the same. The indent Servant is named JAMES M'LANE, a Scotchman, of the most unparallelled Ingratitude, and ran away, last Winter, from a Schooner in Potomack River, which I imprudently had made him Skipper of. He is a short well made Man, of a brown Complexion, with black Hair tied behind, and had a Variety of Clothes of his own which he carried with him, after feling his Bed Clothes, and those allowed him by his Master. He talks very much of his Feats in the last War, and of having been in most Parts of the World. Whoever secures the said Servants, or either of them, so that they may be had again, shall have the above Reward for each, and be paid all reasonable Charges. THOMAS LAWSON.
N. B. It is imagined that each of the above Servants have got forged Passes and Discharges with them. All Persons are forewarned from harbouring or concealing them, and Masters of Vessels from carrying them out of the Country, at their Peril. (6)
TO BE RENTED,
THE Plantation whereon Mr. William Clifton formerly lived, lately possessed by Mr. Samuel Johnson, and at present in the Tenure and Occupation of his Daughter. This Plantation, or Farm, is very pleasantly situated upon Potomack River, about five Miles below Alexandria, and contains about 200 Acres of cleared Land, very good for Grain of every Kind, or Tobacco, and has one of the largest and best Springs on this Side of the Blue Ridge, within twenty Yards of the Door. It has a Front upon the River of near a Mile and a Half, which affords several good Fishing Landings, one of which only, last Spring, rented, during the Shad and Herring Season, for twenty five Pounds. To this Place belongs a well accustomed Ferry, upon the most direct Road leading from Annapolis, through College, Dumfries, and Fredericksburg, to Williamsburg. On the Premises are a Dwellinghouse with two Brick Chimneys and seven Rooms, a Kitchen, Smokehouse, &c. &c. (4) GEORGE WASHINGTON.
STRAYED, or STOLEN, from the Subscriber, at Cabin Point, a DARK BAY HORSE about four Feet five or six Inches high, with a Star in his Forehead, a hanging Mane and long Bob Tail, is a little Cat-hamm'd, and I believe has a Brand, but it cannot be described. He was raised by James Wortham, deceased, in Brunswick, near Eaton's Ferry. Whoever brings him to me shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward. (tf) ARCHIBALD DUNLOP.
To be SOLD by Auction, at Prince George Courthouse, on Tuesday the 14th of SEPTEMBER, being Court Day,
A VALUABLE Tract of LAND on Warwick Swamp, in the said County, being the unimproved Moiety of the Tract on which Mr. John Thompson, Junior, now lives, containing about 792 Acres, and will be sold altogether, or divided, as may suit the Purchasers; also a small Piece joining the former, containing 60 Acres. Credit will be allowed till the 1st of January 1775, on giving Bond, with approved Security. These Lands were formerly in Dispute between Captain John Thompson and his Son John; but as they have both joined in a Conveyance to me, the Title is now indisputable. Any Person desirous to purchase may see the Land by applying to Mr. Nathaniel Harrison of Sussex, near the Premises. (8) W. GOOSLEY.
TO BE SOLD,
TWO Thousand five Hundred and twenty Acres of LAND in Cumberland, commonly known by the Name of SAINT JAMES's; one Thousand four Hundred and twenty Acres in the Counties of Goochland and Cumberland, on both Sides of James River, opposite to Elk Island; and one Thousand four Hundred and eighty Acres on Herring Creek, in Charles City County. The above Tracts of Land were of the Estate of the late John Wayles, deceased, devised to the Subscribers, and are now offered for Sale. Persons disposed to purchase may be informed of the Terms, on Application to any one of the Subscribers; and the Times of Payment will be made easy, on giving Bond and Security to THOMAS JEFFERSON. FRANCIS EPPES. HENRY SKIPWITH. (tf)
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 Hick'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. (tf) ADAM FLEMING.
WILLIAMSBURG, July 8, 1773.
COMMITTED to the publick Jail, from Prince George, a Negro Fellow named TOM, who either knows not or will not tell to whom he belongs. As there is Reason to believe he has not the Clothes on in which he made his Elopement, a Description of them is unnecessary. He is about five Feet eight Inches high, appears to be about twenty five Years of Age, of a pretty dark Complexion, with a Scar deeply impressed in his Forehead resembling a Hook, and, being a new Negro, cannot speak to be understood. The Owner is desired to pay Charges, and take him away. (12) PETER PELHAM.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, on Thursday the 26th of August, if fair, otherwise next fair Day,
A VERY valuable Tract of LAND on James River, in Amherst County, a few Miles below Doctor William Cabell's, containing about six Hundred Acres of high and low Grounds, running above a Mile on the River. It is about Half the Tract on which John Howard formerly lived, including the Dwellinghouse, &c. and a beautiful Situation to live on, with cleared low Grounds sufficient for a good Plantation, a remarkable natural Fish Pond, and a Fishery for white Shads. The Place is suitable for Wheat, as well as for Tobacco or Hemp. At the same Time will be sold, if a suitable Price should be offered, an Island adjacent, and the remaining Part of the afore mentioned Tract of Land, either separate or altogether. Part of the Purchase Money will be wanted at the Day of Sale, on the Premises, or in October next at farthest, and the Remainder will be made easy to the Buyer, by sundry Payments, as shall be then agreed on. THOMAS PROSSER, NEIL CAMPBELL, WILLIAM PRESTON, } Trustees. (8)
N. B. An undoubted Title; in Fee Simple, will be made by the Trustees, and, if required, I also myself will join in the Conveyance. JOHN HOWARD.
For SALE, or to be LEASED for a TERM of YEARS,
A LOT in the Town of Newcastle, conveniently situated on the main Street, whereon is a large commodious Storehouse thirty six Feet by twenty six, a Granary fifty Feet by thirty two, a Stable, Chair House, &c. and the whole in very good Order. For Terms inquire of (tf) SAMUEL PEARSON.
YORK Town, June 9, 1773.
THE Subscribers being very solicitous to comply with the Will of their Testator, the late Honourable William Nelson, desire that all Persons who were indebted to him will endeavour to make as speedy Payments as possible. Those who have Accounts open on his Books, and who cannot immediately discharge the Balances, are desired to give their Bonds. This Request is the more necessary, as most of the Legacies bequeathed by the Testator are to be paid in Sterling Money, and he has directed that his younger Sons Fortunes shall be placed out at Interest upon undoubted Securities, so soon as it can be done. Those who have any Demands are desired to make them immediately known. THOMAS NELSON. THOMAS NELSON, Junior. HUGH NELSON. RO. C. NICHOLAS. (tf)
TO BE SOLD,
ABOUT fourteen Thousand Acres of exceeding good LAND in the County of Pennsylvania. For Terms apply to Mr. Hugh Rose of Amherst, who will treat with any Person inclining to purchase, and be empowered to make a legal Title. CAROLINE, May 7, 1773. (tf) THOMAS LOMAX.