The Virginia gazette (Williamsburg [Va.]), 1772-12-24 00:00:00

VIRGINIA GAZETTE.
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From the TURKISH and RUSSIAN Congress.
THE last Accounts from the Congress import that Osman Effendi, opposing a Pretension of the Count d'Orlow, said it would be much better to break off the Negotiation at once than to dispute about it, and that he should return in three Days to Constantinople; upon which Count d'Orlow ordered every Thing to be prepared for his Departure, and told him that all was ready; and that he might set out, if he chose it, the same Day. This Resolution made the Turkish Plenipotentiary alter his Tone, and they both have sent Couriers to their Courts for new Instructions concerning the contested Points.
It has been asserted that the Articles of Peace between Turkey and Russia had been signed, but this was premature. The Affairs treated on at the Congress are carried on in the French Language. The Turkish Plenipotentiary, who had been in France, speaks that Language fluently. The Place where the Conferences are held is divided in the Middle; the Turks are on one Side, and the Russians on the other; the Mediators do not assist at the Conferences, and are only called in when the Negotiators cannot agree. The inferior Ministers of the Embassy on both Sides are in separate Apartments, and are sent for when any Article is to be reduced into Writing.
From the Frontiers of POLAND, September 13. The King of Prussia has taken Possession of the District of Great Poland, situated between the Drague and the Neize, as well as of all the Country of Prussia and Pomerania on both Sides the Vistula, which the Crown of Poland has hitherto held under the Name of Polish Prussia, except the Cities of Thorn and Danzick, and, in a Manifesto just published on the Occasion, his Prussian Majesty says he hopes the Republic of Poland, after having maturely considered the Circumstances therein set forth, and weighed the Validity of his Claims, will behave herself towards him on this Subject in an amicable Manner. The States and Inhabitants of these Countries are enjoined, by the said Manifesto , to submit to his Prussian Majesty's Dominion, to regard him as their King and lawful Sovereign, to demean themselves towards him as faithful and obedient Subjects, and to consider themselves as entirely released from all Subjection to the Crown of Poland; promising, on his Side, to protect and maintain them in their Rights and Possessions, both civil and ecclesiastical, and especially those of the Roman Catholic Faith in the free Exercise of their Religion.
HAMBURG, September 19. Letters from Warsaw assure us that on the 14th of this Month the Prussians, Russians, and Austrians, took Possession of the different Parts of that Kingdom assigned to their respective Sovereigns.
LONDON, October 1.
BY Advices from Madrid we are informed that the Court has come to a Resolution of suffering the Imposts laid upon Tobacco from England brought into Spain to be taken off.
Extract of a Letter from Warsaw, September 3.
"The Troubles of this unfortunate Kingdom seem to have engrossed the Attention of all Europe; and our unhappy, but amiable King, deserves, and I believe has, the Pity of every humane Breast. Ever surrounded with Enemies, he has behaved with the greatest Intrepidity; and though the united Tyranny of Russia, Germany, and Prussia, now oppresses him, I trust he will shortly rise superior, and restore himself to his own Rights. Every honest Pole wishes to free his Country from those foreign Invaders, and even the Confederates will join in the general Cause of Liberty. Can any Man who loves his Country, his King, or himself, bear to see his native Land diminished, his Sovereign reduced to a private Character, and himself subject to a tyrannous Jurisdiction? No! the Cause will animate us; and I hope to see Poland in a more prosperous State than it has yet ever been."
Extract of a Letter from Stockholm, September 12. "His Majesty is now every Day employed in reconciling the divided Parties of the States, and an Ordinance is published for that Purpose. The States, in full Assembly, have addressed the King, expressing their Thanks for the new Regulations lately made by his Majesty's Order."
The Accounts received from Stockholm inform us that every Thing is quiet there, and the new Form of Government seems firmly established.
Among other Objects of Importance which the new Ambassador, Lord Stormont, has in Charge at the Court of Versailles, is an Agreement on our Part to lower the Duty on French Wines, provided France, on her Part, do take our Hardware; a Treaty which has been long talked of, and is supposed to be very advantageous to both Kingdoms.
Since the foregoing Circumstance has transpired, the Portuguese Minister has, we hear, sent several Despatches to his Court, as the Lisbon Trade must be materially affected should the intended Plan between Great Britain and France be carried into Execution.
From Petersburg we have Advice that on the Receipt of the News of the great Change which had happened in the Government of Sweden, the Empress of Russia immediately gave Orders for fitting out eight Ships of the Line and twenty four Gallies.
Some Letters from Lisbon mention that one of the Judges who pronounced Sentence upon the Conspirators against the Life of his Portuguese Majesty was massacred in his own House the 4th Ultimo, together with his Wife, Children, and three Servants.
Lord Sandwich has, we hear, proposed an Increase of twenty Ships of the Line to the Cabinet; but the Expense being objected to, his Lordship observed that it was an Act of downright Prudence to purchase not only a permanent Peace, but a certain Superiority over the united Strength of Europe.
The same Nobleman has, we hear, advised the Reduction of our Land Forces, but upon a Principle truly laudable, which is to convert one-Half of them in all Times of Peace into Seamen. Our Strength being chiefly naval, a standing Force is more necessary for the Sea than for Land. Our Land Troops, instead of being an unconstitutional Burthen, will actually become, what they ought to be, a real Bulwark to the Kingdom.
Old Macdonald, who died lately at the Age of one Hundred and eighteen, at Madrut in Croatia, was Father to the brave Officer of that Name who in 1702, in the War about the Spanish Succession, made Prisoner at Cremona the Marshal de Villeroi, who offered him on the Spot ten Thousand Louisdors, and a Regiment, if he would release him. Young Macdonald was then but a Captain, and the Offer, though made by a Person who was sufficiently able to keep his Word, and which would have tempted many, did not in the least stagger that honest and faithful Officer, who refused it. Such Greatness of Soul so well established his Reputation, that his Father, interrogated by his Friends, how he managed to look so fresh and well in old Age, used commonly to reply, that the Remembrance of the Disinterestedness and Fidelity of his Son contributed greatly to prolong his Days.
The People of Boston lay great Stress on their Charters derived from the Crown, as if a British Parliament had not a legal Right to annul all Charters prejudicial to the Interests of England. If the King's Acts are to bind this Nation, the Pope may lay a Claim with as much Propriety to the Crown of England, for it was solemnly surrendered to him by our John, and received again as the gracious Donative only of the Papacy.
The Boston Patriots are again amusing themselves in fomenting a Quarrel with the Mother Country; the Crown has, it seems, lately made its Governours judiciously independent on the American Assemblies. This has greatly nettled the Fabii and Decii of the Massachusetts Bay; they insist that the King's maintaining the Governour's Establishment is an Inversion of their Constitution, and they have spiritedly voted the English Ministers who gave that Advice little less than Traitors to the Crown and Enemies to the People.
Advices are received from the Continent that four Regiments of Prussian Troops have invested the Imperial City of Frankfort on the Lower Rhine.
Letters from Italy mention that there is the strongest Reason to expect Hostilities will be commenced by his Catholic Majesty the Moment he hears of the King of Sardinia's Death, which is hourly expected with the eagerest Impatience to be heard at Madrid.
The same Letters add, that the Court of Naples is busied in Preparations for War. They not only press Men, to complete the old Regiments, but also to establish new Ones.
Extract of a Letter from Vienna, September 14.
"Orders have been issued from our Court for the Head Officers of the Army in Poland to provide Quarters for the next Winter Season. The Soldiers are to be quartered in the Houses, in each House two Rooms are to be allowed for the Family, and the rest of the Rooms for the Soldiers; the Houses are to be properly cleaned, to prevent any Distempers or Contagion. The City of Landcron, which is now in Possession of our Troops, is to be one of the chief Fortresses in the Imperial Part of Poland, for which Purpose a Thousand working People are employed every Day to fortify it; which Number of working Men the Inhabitants are obliged to pay at the Rate of seven Kreutzers (threepence Halfpenny) a Day, and two Pounds of Bread are allowed a Head from the Magazine. This City is about eight German Miles from Cracow, has a very strong fortified Castle upon the Hill, and will serve for a very good Fortress upon the Front of these new Imperial Dominions."
"Our wise Monarch, the Emperor, having looked into the increasing of the Members of each Order of the Clergy, and finding that the Ecclesiastical Estates are hardly able to support them, by which Means the Subjects are daily oppressed in an unsupportable Manner, ordered that, for the future, no Candidate should be admitted into holy Orders under the Age of thirty five Years. His Holiness the Pope is highly affronted at this Ordinance, as the Emperor issued it without advising or consulting with his Holiness."
A Letter from Copenhagen, dated September 15th, says: "The Adjutant General, Count Schmettau, has been despatched suddenly for the Court of Berlin; he set out from this City this Morning at the Opening of the Gates. Captain Meyer, with the Command of eight hundred Men, set out this Morning about eight o'Clock for Friedrichsberg in Order to appease the Revolt, and to preserve the Powder Magazines there."
Extract of a Letter from Stockholm, September 1.
"This Day Colonel Sprengporten arrived with the Troops from Finland. The King honoured him directly with the Order of the Sword; and as his Majesty was investing him with the yellow Riband, said, Voila un Cordon bien meritè ."
Letters from the Lower Elbe, dated September 22d, say: "The Change that has happened in the Swedish Form of Government seems to displease two neighbouring Powers, who refuse to acknowledge this Change, having guaranteed the ancient Form of Government. Time will clear up this Matter."
We learn, from a Correspondent at Hamburg, that on Sunday Evening the 20th of September Mr. Morris was again set upon by an armed Russian, near the Baron Schimmelman's Woods; in which Encounter Mr. Morris defended himself very manfully, and, after several Wounds had passed on both Sides, got the better of the Villain, and has since delivered him into the Hands of Justice, Mr. Morris happening fortunately to be attended by one of his Servants.
October 6. It is said that a very considerable naval Force will, towards the End of next Month, depart for America, after which it is to cruise on the Banks of Newfoundland, and to the southward, as far as the Gulf of Florida.
They write from Brest that on the 18th Ultimo seven Sail of the Line, all with Troops on Board, sailed out of the Harbour for Martinico.
On Monday last the Clerks of the Exchequer waited at the Office some Time expecting to receive two Hundred Thousand Pounds from the India Company for Government, being Half a Year's Payment as by Agreement; but the Treasury at length sent them Word to go home, as the Payment was postponed at the Request of the Directors.
They write from Stockholm that a Body of the Guards, which had penetrated into Scandinavia, had been repulsed, and obliged to retire with some Loss.
The Lords Lyttleton, Temple, and Camden, have been observed to have courted each others Company lately with uncommon Assiduity. Their Lordships, particularly the two former, have often very long Conferences together.
Lord Mansfield has interceded very strongly with a great Personage in Favour of the Dukes of Gloucester and Cumberland, and his Lordship's Endeavours to reconcile the family Differences now subsisting have been seconded by several Persons of great Influence with his Majesty.

It is said that Application has been made to a great Personage that no English Subjects may be permitted to join the Colony to be settled on the Mississippi.
Extract of a Letter from Algiers, August 6.
A most remarkable Escape of some Christian Prisoners has lately been effected here, which will undoubtedly cause those that have not had that good Fortune to be treated with the utmost Rigour. On the Morning of the 27th of July the Dey was informed that all the Christian Slaves had escaped over Night in a Galley; this News soon raised him, and upon Inquiry it was found to be a preconceived Plan. About ten at Night seventy four Slaves, who had found Means to escape from their Masters, met in a large Square near the Gate which opens to the Harbour, and, being well armed, they soon forced the Guard to submit: and to prevent their raising the City, confined them all in the Powder Magazine. They then proceeded to the lower Part of the Harbour, where they embarked on Board a large rowing Polacre, that was left there for the Purpose; and the Tide ebbing out, they fell gently down with it and passed both the Forts. As soon as this was known, three large Gallies were ordered out after them, but to no Purpose: they returned in three Days, with the News of seeing the Polacre sail into Barcelona, where they durst not go to attack her."
Advises are received from Scilly that no less than fourteen Vessels were lost within Sight of St. Mary's, on Wednesday and Thursday last, during the late Storm.
A Letter was received yesterday from Kingsbridge, which gives a dismal Account of the total Loss of the Chanteloupe, Captain Michael Tobin, from Grenada, in the dreadful Storm on Thursday Night last. She was drove ashore a few Miles distant from Plymouth, and every Soul on Board perished, except Mr. White the second Mate; no Papers have been saved. Mr. Flynn and his Wife, and several principal Persons of the Island, were Passengers on Board the Ship; this Gentleman long struggled in the Storm, and the vital Spark was scarcely fled when the Body was thrown on the Strand. A Dog belonging to the Captain came on Shore alive.
By Letters just received from Hamburg we learn that his Prussian Majesty is forming large Magazines in different Parts of his Dominions, and that the Court of Saxony is augmenting its Troops.
October 7. It is reported that Lord Howe will shortly be appointed to the Command of a Squadron of Observation to be stationed on the Coasts of France and Spain.
We hear that a certain illustrious Heir apparent was in Disgrace a few Days ago, for wishing, as he declared he did from his Heart, that Wilkes might be Mayor.
By Advises from Berlin we learn that the Prussians are indefatigable in building Fortresses, and putting Garrisons, in every Place of Consequence in Polish Prussia.
The 2d Ultimo arrived at Plymouth eight Transports from the Downs, to take on Board the 6th Regiment, bound for the West Indies.
It is reported that Captain Walter Nugent, a near Relation of Lord Clive's, was killed in a Duel a few Days since in Ireland.
October 8. The Contents of the Budget for the ensuing Year are expected to give the greatest Satisfaction, as we hear Lord North is assisted in forming it by some of the first Personages in the Kingdom.
A Number of Persons of Rank and Fortune are now making Application to Government for Grants of Lands near the Mississippi.
An Ambassador Extraordinary is soon expected here from Warsaw, where some important Negotiations are said to be on the Carpet for supporting the political Balance in the North of Europe.
October 9. The Reason why the Parliament is to meet earlier the approaching Season than usual is that the Affairs of the East India Company, which are now almost at an entire Stop, may be discussed without Loss of Time.
Lord North now enjoys the greatest Honours any Commander ever possessed in this Kingdom, as he is a Knight of the Garter, Chancellor of the first University in the World, and Minister of State.
It is remarkable that Lord Chatham, Lord Dartmouth, Lord Shelburne, and Lord North, were all educated at the little College of Trinity, in the University of Oxford.
It is much expected that Lord Camden will be soon appointed to some important Office in the Administration, for he has lately been honoured with two Visits from Lord North.
A Gentleman lately arrived from France says that during the Time he was at St. Malo's no less than twelve Vessels arrived there with Flower from North America.
October 10. It is plainly enough to be seen that a most vigorous War threatens Europe, from the North to the South, by which the States of Holland find themselves highly embarrassed.
There are Letters from Gibraltar, by his Majesty's Ship the Scorpion, which give an Account that a very strong Fleet of Spanish Men of War was arrived there, and that they had landed within Sight of the Garrison five Thousand Soldiers, and that it was apprehended they had some Design upon that Place.
Yesterday the Reverend Doctor Fothergill, Provost of Queen's College, Oxford, was installed Vice Chancellor of that University.
On Friday last a Journeyman Tailor began to walk, for a large Wager, one Thousand Miles; which he is to perform at only one Mile an Hour, on a Spot of Ground marked out for the Purpose near Tyburn Turnpike.
October 13. The Earl of Bute, we are told from very good Authority, is now on a Visit to Lord Camden at his Seat at Chislehurst, in Kent, where he has been for some Days.
All the latest Advises from Spain agree that all the Spanish Settlements in the South Seas are putting into a State of Defence, with all possible Despatch.
Advice is received that the King of Prussia has taken Possession of Cracow, and placed a Garrison of five Thousand Men there, to defend it for the King of Poland against his rebellious Subjects; but the same Advises say, it is apprehended he has other Designs in View.
Bets were on Thursday last laid by a great Man, at the Smyrna, that our Assistance, either by Land or Sea, would be demanded by four different Powers on the Continent.
Mr. Wilkes, it is said, has been promised no less than three Sets of Horses, by three Noblemen, for his State Coach, should he be chosen Lord Mayor. Those intended for him by Lord Temple are supposed to be the most valuable, being purchased for the immense Sum of two Hundred and forty Pounds.
When a great Personage heard of Lord Temple's intended Generosity to Mr. Wilkes, he smiled, and said, "Poor Temple! is his Party so weak that he is reduced to the Necessity of drawing in Supporters with Horses?"
Extract of a Letter from Hamburg, October 5.
"We have just received Advice in this City, from Copenhagen, that the Queen Dowager is just delivered of another political Scheme, to advance her Son Frederick to the Throne; she has got it propagated that the King is insane, therefore very improper to trust him with the Reins of Government any longer, and wants her Son Frederick to be appointed Regent till the King is restored to his Senses. However, we farther learn, that, at the King's own Desire, he is to be examined with Regard to his Insanity, and I doubt not but it will prove groundless; and I think he cannot better show it than by banishing her and her Son out of the Kingdom, which is the only Way of restoring Peace and Tranquillity to that unhappy Country."
October 14. A Correspondent observes, that the ambitious Views of the King of Prussia seem to indicate that a general War is not at any very great Distance, except the Powers of Europe become tame Spectators while this petty Monarch dismembers the great and once flourishing Kingdom of Poland. He wishes, for the Peace of Europe, that this common Disturber of Mankind may be most heartily humbled; and expects that the Powers of Europe, at present to be deserted by all the Powers of Europe, the Dominions of this haughty Prince may become the Subject of Partition amongst the contending Parties, which will be the only Means of securing to Europe the Sweets of a lasting Peace.
Something more than common takes up the Attention of the great People at the west End of the Town, as at this Time all the Officers of State seem in Commotion.
We are informed that the Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer has actually resigned, and that though it was expected he would be succeeded by Mr. Baron Smythe, yet we are now told the Attorney General will succeed him; and that Mr. Wedderburne will be appointed Attorney General.
It is the general Opinion of all the Discerning, that Poland cannot be dismembered without a continental War.
A violent Storm happened about the 25th of September, and a Number of Vessels were lost, on the Coast of England; among which is a large Ship of three Hundred Tons Burthen, Name unknown, supposed to be laden with Corn or Flower, bound from Baltimore, in America, to Dublin. She was seen to drive on the Banks of Arklow, with many People on Board; and a few Minutes after disappeared, and all perished.
In the Papers of September there are many Pieces in Vindication of the Character of Lord Hillsborough, against the Abuses that have been cast upon him since his Resignation. "It is proved by Facts, not Party Clamour, that every Charge, hitherto advanced against his Lordship, was vague, was idle, ill founded, or absurd. Then in Office, we may suppose Envy, and a Desire of supplanting his Lordship, might be the principal Motives for thus bespattering him; but after Resignation, after acting with a Consistency seldom to be met with amongst Ministers, after retiring sooner than depart in the smallest Tittle from Patriotism, Rectitude, and Honour, after this, there is Cruelty beyond Expression, in any Writer, to attack a Nobleman whose Mind is Virtue in human Form." Thus writes an Advocate for Lord Hillsborough.
Extract of a Letter from Smyrna, August 21.
"This Day a terrible Fire broke out here, and continued burning all the next Day. Three Thousand Houses, which made three Parts of the City, were destroyed; from three to four Thousand Shops, sixteen Mosques, twelve Caravanserai, seven Bagnios, nine Synagogues, and eight publick Markets, have been all consumed; a large Quantity of Corn, two Thousand Sacks of Rice, and one Hundred and fifty Bales of Coffee, have been lost in the Conflagration.
The whole Loss is computed at twenty Millions of Dollars. It did not affect the English Quarter." Extract of a Letter from a Merchant at Dantzick, September 19.
"The King of Prussia took Possession of this unhappy Province the 15th Instant. The Prussians, at the same Time (to convince us of the King's Sincerity in declaring this a free Town) took Possession of the Harbour, and do not permit any Ship to come in or go out without paying a new Duty to them; they have even Orders to compel any Ships to pay it that should refuse, and in Consequence of these Orders they yesterday stopped an English Ship which refused to submit to such Imposition, and this Day a Dutch Ship on the same Account. If your Court, and the other Powers of Europe, do not interfere immediately and effectually, this Town will be forced to give up to the King of Prussia."
October 15. Many Wagers are now laid that the Court will use their Prerogative of a Negative, should the Court of Aldermen choose Mr. Wilkes Lord Mayor.
On the 28th of September Mess. Wilkes and Bull addressed the Livery of the City of London, on the Expiration of their Sheriffs. The next Day, being Michaelmas, came on the Election of a Lord Mayor for the ensuing Year. A Poll was demanded for Aldermen Hallifax and Shakespeare, together with Aldermen Wilkes and Townsend. The Poll was continued to the 6th of October, when the Numbers were, for Mr. Wilkes, two Thousand three Hundred and one; Townsend, two Thousand two Hundred and seventy eight; Hallifax, two Thousand one Hundred and twenty six; Shakespeare, nineteen Hundred and twelve. During the Polling there were many Altercations between the Parties, which are too numerous to reprint here. On the 7th of October a Scrutiny was demanded by Aldermen Hallifax and Shakespeare against Aldermen Wilkes and Townsend; upon which Alderman Wilkes (and a Gentleman in Alderman Townsend's Name, who was out of Town the Whole of the Time) demanded a Scrutiny on their Parts. The Declaration will not be made till the 18th of November. The Reason given for demanding a Scrutiny is that there are upwards of three Hundred bad Votes on the Side of Mess. Wilkes and Townsend, and not above one Hundred on the other Side.
The SPEECH of Mr. Alderman WILKES to the LIVERY at GUILDHALL.
"Gentlemen, and Brother Liverymen, I WANT Powers to express the deep Sense I have of the distinguished Honour you have done me by a Majority of your free Suffrages. I find you are now, on the most frivolous Pretexts, to be harassed by a Party, but I know the Event will only confirm the Justice of the Poll, and demonstrate the Fairness and Honour of the Proceedings of my Friends during the whole Election."
"The present Sheriffs, Gentlemen, in the Course of this Election, have maintained a Firmness and Impartiality which are the most pleasing Omens of a patriotick Conduct for the whole Year of their Sheriffs."
"During the present Contest a remarkable Paper has been published relative to the Liberty of the Press, one of the great Bulwarks of all our Liberties. I find it authenticated by one of our own Body, a Freeman in Paternoster Row, Mr. Thomas Evans. In that Paper we are told that Colonel Burgoyne, Chairman of the select Committee of the House of Commons for inquiring into East India Affairs, came into this City and threatened the Printer, in Consequence of his having published their Minutes, that if he did not give up the Person, or Persons, who favoured him with the Proceedings of that Committee, the House of Commons would proceed against him with the utmost Severity. I rejoice, Gentlemen, that the honest Printer has not been frightened by so insolent and illegal a Menace; and I here declare, that he, and every other Fellow Citizen, shall have the most spirited legal Support from me, both for his own private Protection and Security, and for the effectual Punishment of every Violator of the Laws of our Country, and the Franchises of our City. While God continues me Health to do my Duty among you, the Powers with which you have armed me shall be exerted against every Attempt of Violence and Injustice, even from the highest usurped Authority. Our Right, as Constituents, to be fully informed of the Proceedings of our Representatives in Parliament, has been clearly demonstrated; but the Force of Truth is not likely to prevail against Men lost to all Sense of Shame, even so atrociously wicked, beyond the Example of the most barbarous Nations and Times, as to corrupt the great Fountain of publick Justice, by erasing a judicial Record, till that Hour held almost sacred in every civilized Country. I congratulate you, Gentlemen, that you possess several excellent Magistrates, who, in a good Cause, have the Fortitude to meet the Rage of a Senate composed chiefly of Hirelings and Slaves. I fear, however, that your present Mayor will neither merit, nor even wish, this Praise; for it would be very new, and wonderful indeed, if such a Man should risk the smallest personal Advantage, or Convenience, for you or the Publick. But, as we have among us Magistrates of Ability, Firmness, and Intrepidity, real and warm Friends of the People, I am persuaded that our Liberties and Franchises are safe against every hostile

Attack. The Event must be happy; the Defeat of Despotism, the Victory of the Constitution.
"I can never, Gentlemen, sufficiently acknowledge the Honour you have done me by the unanimous Resolution of your entire Approbation of my Conduct during my past Sheriffalty. Permit me likewise, on this Occasion, thus publicly to return Thanks to my late Colleague. Through the whole Course of the last Year he has given repeated Proofs of his steady Attachment to the Cause of Liberty, and to the Duties of his Office. He has shared with me in the various Fatigues and Difficulties inseparable from our late Charge. I have regularly experienced from him the most obliging Readiness to lessen the Weight of whatever was painful or oppressive, and to co-operate in every Measure for the common Welfare and the good of this Capital. Your private Feelings, Gentlemen, will, I am sure, justify me in this publick Tribute of the Gratitude I owe to so worthy a Friend, and excellent Magistrate, as Mr. Alderman Bull."
It is a Truth, beyond Contradiction, that there remained upwards of four Hundred staunch Wilkites who had not polled at the End of the Poll. By this it is plain, to a Demonstration, that the popular Cause gains Ground Daily.
ST. JAMES's, October 9. His Majesty has appointed the Right Honourable Simon Earl of Harcourt Lieutenant-General and General Governor of his Majesty's Kingdom of Ireland, and the Right Honourable Lord Viscount Stormont (now at the Court of Vienna) to be his Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Court of Versailles.
GLASGOW, October 8. Last Thursday Evening arrived here from London, on a Tour through this Country, his Excellency the Count de Guignes, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary from the Court of France, accompanied by the Earl of Dumfries and Lord Elliot. Next Morning his Excellency viewed the City, and upon his Return from the University, attended by the Professors, he was received at the Cross by the Military under Arms, the Major and Officers saluting him as he passed the Change, from whence the Magistrates conducted him in the politest Manner to the Town Hall, where his Excellency was presented with the Freedom of the City, and most elegantly entertained; after which he set out for Inverness, the Seat of his Grace the Duke of Argyle. We hear the Count likewise intends to visit his Grace the Duke of Athol, and then goes to Dublin, the Seat of the Right Honourable the Earl of Kinnoul; from whence it is said he proposes to set out for Edinburgh, on his Return. His Excellency seemed much pleased with the Appearance of the Town, and gave twenty Guineas to the Military here, and ten Guineas to the Dragoons at Hamilton, as he passed through that Place. At the above Entertainment, some Baskets of fine Fruits from Mr. Galsford's Garden, consisting of Peaches, Nectarines, &c. and some exceeding fine Wines, upwards of thirty Years old, were particularly remarked, and much commended.
NEW YORK, December 7.
CAPTAIN Prince, from Cayenne, touched at Barbados, and left that Island the 27th of October, and acquaints us that the Day before Captain Steel arrived there in a Ship from Philadelphia, after a Passage of fifty six Days, having in Latitude 27 met with a terrible Gale of Wind, in which he lost his Mainmast and Boat, and had Part of his Cargo damaged. That the Slaves in a French Brig belonging to Martinico, from Africa, had killed the Crew on the Passage, took Possession of the Vessel, were cruising to Windward of the Islands, and had fired upon several Ships, &c. that had arrived in the West Indies; and that two Sloops were gone in Search of her. That a Ship belonging to Liverpool, with three Hundred and fifty Slaves on Board, was lately brought into Barbados, by another Guineaman, after a warm Engagement of four Hours, the Slaves having killed all the Whites on Board but one little Boy.
WILLIAMSBURG, December 25.
THE Prince George, Sampson, from Bristol, is arrived in James River; but, as she had a long Passage, brings no late Advices.
Advertisements.
On Monday the 25th of January next (being Middlesex Court Day) will be sold to the highest Bidder,
A TRACT of very fine LAND, containing six Hundred and twenty four Acres, agreeably situated on the River Pianketank, and convenient to Church, Mill, and Warehouse. Twelve Months Credit will be allowed, the Purchaser giving Bond, with approved Security; which is to carry Interest from the Date, if not punctually discharged. (2||) CHURCHILL & WILLIAM JONES.
To be SOLD, at the late Dwelling-House of Colonel John Fleming, deceased, in Cumberland County, on Thursday the 21st of January next, if fair, otherwise next fair Day,
ABOUT fifty choice SLAVES, among whom there is a good Blacksmith, and several other valuable Tradesmen. Also Stocks of HORSES, CATTLE, and SHEEP, a large Quantity of CORN and FODDER, PLANTATION UTENSILS, and several other useful Articles. Twelve Months Credit will be allowed, the Purchasers giving Bond and Security to the Executor.
N. B. The Bonds are to carry Interest from the Date if not discharged when due. An exceeding fine Plantation to be rented at any Time before the Sale.
RICHMOND, December 25, 1772.
I INTEND for ENGLAND soon. JOHN ELAM, Junior.
To be SOLD,
TRACT of LAND in Prince Edward, containing six Hundred Acres, lying near Spring Creek; it is all Woodland, and the Soil well calculated for Tobacco or Grain. The Terms may be known by applying to ANDREW MACKENZIE.
To be RENTED,
THE STORE, COUNTING ROOM, and large WAREHOUSE, with many Divisions in it, wherein Mr. William M'Whann formerly kept Store. For Terms apply to me, in Blandford. JOHN BAIRD.
On Tuesday the 29th of this Instant (December) will be HIRED, at King William Courthouse,
ABOUT fifty NEGROES belonging to Mr. Philip Johnson, consisting of Men, Women, and Boys. All Persons who hired the said Slaves for the last Year are desired to send them to the said Place, on the Day above mentioned, well clothed. It is expected that the Money due for the Hire will be punctually paid to the Trustees, to prevent Suits, which will be ordered against those who fail to make immediate Payment.
COMMITTED to York Prison, a Negro Man named JACK, who says that he belongs to Captain Robert Walker of Charles City; he is five Feet seven or eight Inches high, has a Lump over his left Eye, and keeps it Half shut. He has on a blue Half-thicks Coat with white Metal Buttons, an Osnaburg Shirt and Trousers, and Virginia made Stockings and Shoes. The Owner is desired to fetch him away, and pay Charges to WILLIAM MITCHELL.
CHESTERFIELD, December 15, 1772.
RUN away from the Subscriber, on Sunday the 22nd of November, a new Negro Fellow of small Stature, and pitted with the Smallpox; he calls himself BONNA, and says he came from a Place of that Name in the Ibo Country, in Africa, where he served in the Capacity of a Canoe Man; his Clothing is a new Felt Hat, new Cotton Waistcoat and Breeches, and new Shoes and Stockings; his Stockings were knit, and spotted black and white. Whoever secures him so that I get him shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward, besides what the Law allows. (2||) RICHARD BOOKER.
STOLEN out of the Subscriber's Pasture the 22nd of October last, a BAY HORSE about four Feet and a Half high, with some white Hairs on his Withers, paces and trots, and branded on the near Buttock I P. Whoever delivers the said Horse to me, in the great Fork of Culpeper, or contrives me Word where I may get him, shall have THIRTY SHILLINGS Reward. JAMES POLLARD.
STOLEN from the Subscriber's Plantation, in Essex County, on the 10th or 12th of November last, a likely BAY MARE about four Feet six or seven Inches high, very forward with Foal, has a Star in her Forehead, and on her Back, about six or seven Inches from her Ears, she has a white Streak which was occasioned by the Cut of a Rope, a dark hanging Mane and Switch Tail, white hind Legs, and is branded on the near Buttock R G. Also a SUTTY coloured GRAY HORSE, four Years old last Spring, about four Feet six or seven Inches high, with a dark hanging Mane and Switch Tail, cannot recollect that he is branded, but if he is it is R W on one of his Buttocks. Whoever will deliver the said Horse and Mare to the Subscriber shall have FIVE POUNDS Reward for both, or FIFTY SHILLINGS for either of them; and TWENTY POUNDS upon Conviction of the Thief, if a white Man. ROBERT P. WARING.
TAKEN up, in Chesterfield, a dark bay HORSE about ten or twelve Years old, four Feet eight or nine Inches high, with a Blaze Face, white hind Legs, paces, trots, and gallops. Potted, and appraised to twelve Pounds. FRANCIS GOODE.
TAKEN up, a BLACK MARE about four Years old, four Feet three Inches high, a Star in her Forehead, not docked, branded on the off Shoulder and Buttock ||. Potted, and appraised to five Pounds. ABRAM PAYN.
TAKEN up, in Bedford, a middle sized BLACK HORSE about ten Years old, has some Saddle Spots, and one of his Hips a little lower than the other, no Brand perceivable. Potted, and appraised to four Pounds. GEORGE CALDWELL.
TAKEN up, in Albemarle, a BRIGHT BAY MARE about four Feet seven Inches high, ten Years old, paces, trots, and gallops, had on a large Bell, and branded on the near Buttock C C in a Piece, and F F, the one above the other. Potted and appraised to six Pounds. (||) JESSE MOORE.
TREASURY OFFICE, December 16, 1772.
I CANNOT sufficiently express my Astonishment that so little Punctuality was observed by many Collectors of the Duties and Taxes, as well as others indebted to the Treasury, in the Payments they ought to have made at the last General Court and the late Meeting of the Merchants. I know it has been insinuated by some that I am inclined to be over rigorous, but let all such consider how very essential it is to the Honour of this great Country that the Credit of its publick Treasury should be effectually maintained, and let them inform me how I am to answer the Demands of the publick Creditors, and be prepared to exchange the Treasury Notes, unless the Duties and Taxes imposed for these Purposes are regularly collected and paid.
When I had the Honour of being first appointed to this Office it is very well known how Matters stood; many Collectors, largely indebted, were dead, and I found many innocent Securities unhappily involved in the greatest Difficulties. Under these Circumstances I judged it most advisable to reduce Things to Order by Degrees, having Regard to the ultimate Security of the Publick. By pursuing this Method I am convinced much has been saved, and I am sure it will be found that very few, if any, Debts will be lost which were not desperate before I had any Thing to do with them. But Indulgencies of every Kind must now be at an End, and my Duty compels me to acquaint all concerned that I shall hold myself indispensably obliged, without Respect of Persons, to put the Laws into the strictest Execution against all such as continue in Arrear after the 25th of January next, when another general Meeting of the Merchants is expected; and that I shall, in future, after the End of every General Court, think it necessary to publish an exact List of every Defaulters. I desire the several Clerks to send me the proper Lists and Copies of the Collectors Bonds given from Time to Time, that I may be prepared to enforce a Performance of the Conditions of them. I must also request the several High Sheriffs to make up their Accounts for their whole Counties at once; and, to avoid the Confusion that may be introduced into the Office by the Remissions of many Under Sheriffs, as well as other Collectors, I declare, once for all, that I will receive no partial Payments.
Finding that such Part of the Fund as was expected to arise from Ordinary Licenses is likely to be diminished, and it having been represented to me that this is owing to many Ordinary Keepers failing to renew their Licenses regularly, I must beg it as a Favour of the Gentlemen Deputy Attorneys to give some Attention to this Business, and I will, on Demand, pay all Fees that may arise in such Prosecutions as they may think necessary to engage in, where they cannot be had of the Delinquents. (6) RO. C. NICHOLAS, Treasurer.
IF one Doctor Mariner, and his Son James Mariner who went from Bristol about the Year 1758 to Virginia, are living, they may hear of Something to their Advantage by applying at the Post Office in Williamsburg.
I have just come to Hand A large SUPPLY of Doctor NORRIS's ANTIMONIAL DROPS, Which are to be SOLD at my Shop, IN WILLIAMSBURG. WILLIAM PASTEUR.
SUSSEX, December 3, 1772.
FOR as much as (by Means no Way justifiable) my Son John Thompson, of Prince George County, hath got from me the Possession of my Negro Man Charles, and, as I am informed, hath delivered him to Mr. Jerman Baker to make Sale of on his Account, for which he can have no Pretence of Right or Title, the said Negro being now, and always has been from his Birth, my absolute Property, I therefore, to prevent all Imppositions upon the Unwary and Innocent, do give this publick Notice, of which I hope my Son, and Mr. Baker in particular, will attend to. JOHN THOMPSON.
SIX valuable SLAVES will be sold for ready Money, to the highest Bidders, on the first Wednesday in January next, at Charles City Courthouse, to satisfy the Creditors of Richard Riddell, deceased. (2||)
For SALE, upon very reasonable Terms,
THE following Tracts of LAND, namely: That pleasantly situated Seat on James River, in Prince George County, called MAYCOX, opposite to Wehaver. This Place, I presume, is so generally known that a more particular Description of it would be unnecessary. Also a Tract of a Hundred Acres, in the same County, commonly called the MILL QUARTER, about seven Miles from Maycox; the Soil is good for Indian Corn. A Tract on Blackwater, containing a Thousand Acres, lying in Prince George County also, about twelve Miles from Blandford, with very good Soil for Indian Corn and Wheat. Another Tract, containing about thirteen Hundred Acres, lying partly in Prince George, and partly in Dinwiddie, one Mile from Peterburg, and two from Blandford; the Soil is exceeding good for Wheat and Indian Corn. The two last mentioned Tracts are in good Order for Cropping with five or six Hards. Also a Tenement of twenty five Acres, adjoining the Town of Peterburg, whereon is a Dwellinghouse, Kitchen, and all other necessary Outbuildings, several Lumber Houses, and about four Acres of Meadow Ground enclosed for Pasturage, which may be greatly improved at a small Expense. This Place is well calculated for a Gentleman in Trade, having a very good Landing, lies within a Hundred Yards of Robert Bolling's Tobacco Warehouses, and on both Sides of the main Road leading to all the Warehouses on Appomattox River. The two first mentioned Tracts may be entered upon the first Day of January 1773; the others cannot be delivered till the first Day of January 1774, unless the Purchasers will take the Negroes, Stocks, &c. thereon at their Value. Any Person inclined to purchase either of the above mentioned Tracts is desired to apply to the Subscriber, in Peterburg. On Friday the 15th of January next, if fair, otherwise next fair Day, will be sold to the highest Bidder, at the Subscriber's Plantation on Sappony Creek, in Dinwiddie County, about twenty very likely NEGROES, consisting of Men, Women, Boys, and Girls, chiefly Virginia-born. Twelve Months Credit will be allowed, the Purchasers giving Bond and good Security, and, if not punctually discharged, to carry Interest from the Date. BOLLING STARK, Attorney for George M'Murdo and John Ravenel.
To be RENTED, and entered upon the first of MARCH next, THE HOUSES and LOTS nigh the College at present occupied by Mr. Cuthbert Hubbard; which have all Conveniencies for publick or private Life. For Terms inquire of (Tf) ROBERT ANDERSON.
To be SOLD at Hanover Courthouse, on the 4th of February next, if fair, otherwise next fair Day,
ABOUT twelve choice Virginia born SLAVES. Credit will be allowed the Purchasers till the 1st of May next, on giving Bond and good Security. If the Money arising from the Sale is not paid on the Day it becomes due, Interest is to be paid from the Date of the Bond. (4||)
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, on Monday the 4th of January next, at the late Dwellinghouse of James Price, deceased,
ALL the personal Estate of the said Deceased, consisting of HOUSEHOLD and KITCHEN FURNITURE, STOCKS of various Kinds, CORN, FODDER, PLANTATION UTENSILS, and sundry other Things too tedious to mention; also a complete Set of HOUSE JOINERS and CABINET MAKERS TOOLS. Six Months Credit will be allowed for all Sums above twenty five Shillings. All Persons who are indebted to the said Deceased are desired to make immediate Payment, and all who have any Demands against the same are requested to bring them in by the Day of Sale, as all that are not brought in within three Months Time will be deemed generously given to the Estate. (2||) RANDOLPH PRICE, Executor.
To be RENTED, and entered on immediately, for the Remainder of my Term, being four Years from the first of January next,
THE large BRICK HOUSE on the main Street, in Williamsburg, together with the WOODEN STORE and other Improvements thereunto belonging. The whole Rent I am under Obligation to pay to Doctor Carter is sixty Pounds a Year, and the above mentioned Store rents for fifteen Pounds. RICHARD DAVIS.
COMMITTED to Surry County Jail, on Sunday the 13th Instant (December) a very likely Negro Fellow about forty Years of Age, who calls himself LEWY, says he belongs to Hansford Row of Gloucester, and that he lived in Brunswick, under Reuben Martin. He is luff, and well made, about five Feet seven or eight Inches high, and rather of a yellowish Complexion, has on a good Felt Hat, Osnaburg Shirt, an old brown Coat, blue Breeches, Negro Cotton Waistcoat, and good Shoes and Buckles; he has also with him new Osnaburgs for two Shirts which are not quite made, one white Linen Shirt, a good Osnaburg Coat, white Russia Drill with Thread and Buttons enough for a Pair of Breeches, which are not quite made, a Pair of old Crimson Shag Breeches, a Pair of blue Worsted Stockings, a Pair of white Yarn ditto tooled with mixed Yarn, and an old blue Virginia Cloth Waistcoat faced with brown or Snuff coloured Shalloon. The Owner is desired to prove his Property, pay Charges, and take him away. DRURY WARREN, Jailer.
NEWCASTLE, December 9, 1772.
THIS is to give Notice that no Assignment, or Assignments, of Bonds or Notes, given by Mr. Joseph Thropp, late of this Colony, to Mr. Thomas Simjen, of Hanover Town, bearing Date some Time in September last, and endorsed by me, will be good, as I do not think myself liable for the Payment of any Part thereof. All Persons indebted to Joseph Thropp, and Joseph and John Thropp, are desired to take Notice that Payment is to be made to Colonel John Syms, who is properly empowered to receive the same. JAMES OVERTON, Junior.

POETS CORNER. Or CONVERSATION.
SOCIAL Conversation is a Pleasure Much esteem'd by Men of Parts, It unlocks all Wisdom's Treasure, And improves the noblest Hearts.
GENERAL POST OFFICE, New York, November 1, 1772.
NOTICE is hereby given, that on Account of the new Regulation of the Post from Canada, which is to arrive every Tuesday Evening at this Office, and the weekly Post from the Eastward and Southward arriving every Wednesday, the Mail going from hence by the Packets will, for the future, be closed at twelve o'Clock at Night, on the first Wednesday in every Month (being the same Time it closes at the General Post Office in London for America) and a Packet despatched therewith the next Day for Falmouth.
STRAYED, or STOLEN, last Thursday Night, the 1st Instant (December) a bay MARE fourteen Hands and a half high, well made, with a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, a Blaze Face, and a Mixture of white Hairs on her Rump, paces a little, and trots and gallops very well. Whoever delivers her to me, in Williamsburg, shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward. JOHN SAUNDERS.
ALI. Persons having Demands against the Estate of Sarah McAndrew, deceased, are desired to apply for Payment before the last Day of January next, as I purpose settling the Estate at that Time, JACOB BRUCE, Executor.
DECEMBER 9, 1772.
BERKLEY is now clear of the SMALLPOX, and the Publick may be assured there is no Danger of any Infection remaining, as every necessary Care has been taken to cleanse the People and Houses. BENJAMIN HARRISON.
AS I have just opened T A V E R N at Hanover Town, in the House lately occupied by my Father (Thomas Tinsley) and intend keeping as good, or the best Entertainment in the Colony, I shall be much obliged to those who will favour me with their Custom, as they may depend on being generally entertained by Their most obedient Servant, CRUTCHFIELD TINSLEY.
W A N T E D.
A PERSON about forty Years old, and past the Vanities of Life, who is judicious, accurate, and acquainted with the most intricate Accounts. If he could be of Service in teaching a Child or two, he would be the more acceptable; good Wages will be given. Inquire at the Post Office in Williamsburg.
WANTED IMMEDIATELY,
A JOURNEYMAN BARBER who understands HAIR DRESSING. Such a One will meet with good Encouragement by applying to me, in Williamsburg. GEORGE LAFONG.
JUST arrived, the Trimley, Captain Page, with about seventy choice healthy SERVANTS, among whom are many Tradesmen, namely, Tailors, Weavers, Masons, a Tailor-Chandler, Shoemakers, Carpenters, Gardeners, a Baker, a Book-keeper, a Schoolmaster, a Mantua Maker, with many Farmers and Labourers. The Sale will commence at Leeds Town, on Monday the 21st of this Instant December. A reasonable Credit will be allowed, on giving Bond, with approved Security, to JAMES MILLS, & Co.
F O R S A L E.
TWO LOTS in the Town of Portsmouth, lying on the south End of Crawford Street, and bounded by the southern Branch of Elizabeth River, and South Street. These two Lots contain two Hundred and twenty six Feet Front on Crawford Street, and so down to the River. On the Water Part are three large and one small Warehouse, and a Dwelling-House with four Rooms on the lower Floor. The south Warehouse stands on the Extremity of the Lots, and is within sixty Feet of Ship Water, but has no Pen yet built. The middle Warehouse stands about the same Distance, and has a good Wharf in Front of it running into Ship Water. The northerly Warehouse, which is also built on South Street, and the Extremity of the Lots, stands about the same Distance from Ship Water, and has a good Wharf, run to far that a middle sized Ship may lie so near as to make a Bridge of her Spars. The small Warehouse stands above this, and on South Street, on the east Side of a thirty Feet Street running through the Middle of these Lots, as well as those of Mr. John Gilchrist, as a Water Street. The Dwelling-House stands with its Front to Water Street, and the End to South Street. These Lots, with the Improvements, Scales, Weights, Boats, &c. now occupied by Love, Mitchell, and Company, will be sold on the Premises on Friday the first of January (if fair, otherwise next fair Day) at publick Vendue, either in Thirds or altogether as may best suit the Purchasers. If sold in Thirds, the Money to be paid in October next; if altogether, one Half in October, and the other Half in April 1774. Bond and Security will be required, and a good Title made, by JAMES GLASSFORD. HUGH M'MEIKIN. LOVE, MITCHELL, & Company. N. B. The Premises will be shown by any of us, to any Person inclined to purchase, at any Time before the Sale.
JAYLETT's Warehouse, December 3, 1772.
IMPORTED in the Mercury, Captain William Scott, from Glasgow, this Fall, a CASK of CUTLERY
marked M S Number 7, which is not yet come to Hand. It will be deemed a Favour of any Person who knows where said Cask has been landed to inform me thereof. There was a Cask of Copperas from said Ship landed here, which does not belong to me. JAMES GOVAN.
To be SOLD,
A TRACT of LAND lying in the upper End of Wilmington County, containing about seven Hundred Acres, upon which is a good Dwelling-House, and all other necessary Houses for Cropping. It will be sold altogether, or in Parcels, as may suit the Purchasers. For Terms apply to Major William Berryman, or the Subscriber on the Premises. Possession will be given immediately, or as may be agreed on. BENJAMIN BERRYMAN.
TO BE SOLD,
A VALUABLE Tract of LAND, containing about seven or eight Hundred Acres, in Granville County, North Carolina, about four Miles from Harrisburg, well known by the Name of Knight's Folly, and lies on the Fork of two main Roads that lead to the back Country. Any Person may know the Terms by applying to Robert Reed, Merchant in Harrisburg, who will show the Land; to William Park, Merchant in Bute, or Patrick Ramsay in Blandford. If not sold before May, it will be set up to the highest Bidder on the second Day of Granville May Court.
For SALE, in the Town of NEWCASTLE,
A LARGE two Story DWELLINGHOUSE, with three commodious Rooms on a Floor, each with a Fireplace. It is exceedingly well calculated for a Tavern, and is pleasantly situated near the River. The Terms may be known of the Subscriber, near the Premises. (tf) W. JOHNSON.
To be SOLD at Charlottesville, on Thursday the 14th of January next (being Albemarle Court Day) if fair, otherwise next fair Day,
SIXTEEN likely Virginia born SLAVES, being Part of the late Colonel Richard Johnson's Estate, consisting of Men, Women, Boys, and Girls. Credit will be allowed till the 25th of October next, the Purchasers giving Bond, with approved Security. Those Bonds which may remain unpaid any Time exceeding one Month after they become due to carry Interest from the Date.
RUN away from the Subscriber, at Petersburg, about the Middle of September last, a very likely Negro Man named PHILIP, about twenty Years of Age, of a yellow Complexion, and about five Feet nine Inches high, proportionably made. He is a Native of Africa, but speaks broken English, having been some Years in the West Indies, and has lost two Joints off two of his Fingers on his right Hand. Had on, when he went away, an Osanburg Shirt, an old Virginia Cloth Waistcoat, with a new Negro Cotton Jacket over it, and a Pair of old Check Trousers. As he has been used to the Sea, he will probably endeavour to get on Board some Ship and make his Escape out of the Colony; all Masters of Vessels are therefore forewarned from harbouring or carrying him off, at their Peril. I will give THREE POUNDS Reward to any Person who will deliver said Slave to me, or to Mr. Hugh McMeikin at Portsmouth, and FORTY SHILLINGS to secure him in any Jail, and give Notice thereof. (tf) THOMAS GORDON.
CHESTERFIELD, December 9, 1772.
RUN away from the Subscriber, about the Middle of June last, a Negro Man about twenty Years old, has a remarkable Lump, or Knot, on the Outside of his right Foot. I will give FIVE POUNDS to any Person that will bring him to me, or TWENTY SHILLINGS for securing him in any Jail of this Colony, and giving me Notice. PHILIP TURPIN.
TAKEN up, in Goochland, a fleabitten gray HORSE about seven or eight Years old, four Feet nine or ten Inches high, with several remarkable black Spots on him, a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, paces naturally, but has no Brand perceivable. Posted, and appraised to twenty Pounds. (tf) AUGUSTINE WEBBER.
TAKEN up, in Charles City, a likely red STEER about four or five Years old, marked with a smooth Crop in the left Ear, and a Silt in the right, with remarkable long Horns. Posted, and appraised to forty Shillings. THOMAS BRADLEY.
TAKEN up, in Louisa, a large red COW, marked with an Under-Keel in the right Ear, and a Crop and Silt in the left, had on a Bell, and a wooden Collar. Posted, and appraised to fifty Shillings. (tf) JOHN DICKEN.
FREDERICKSBURG, December 1, 1772.
HAVING still a very large Assortment of European and other Goods (suited to both Fall and Spring Seasons) on Hand, I would willingly lump of the Whole, or in Parcels afforded at a very low Advance for Cash, Tobacco, Bills of Exchange, or at a short Credit, with Security. Mean Time I will sell them in smaller Parcels, or by Retail, at fifty per Cent. Advance on the first Sterling Cost (by real Invoice) for ready Money, or Tobacco. Among the above is a full Assortment of Striped Duffles, of various Prices, Blankets and Rugs of almost all Kinds and Prices, also Coverlids, &c. GEORGE MITCHELL.
N. B. I must earnestly request all those whose Bonds and Accounts are due to make speedy Payment, and save me from the disagreeable Necessity I am under of putting to immediate Diligence all Bonds and Accounts, over due, that are not paid this Fall, or very early next Spring, and that without Respect of Persons. The Gentlemen, and others indebted, paying a particular Attention to this, will very greatly oblige G. M.
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. There is a remarkable fine Apple Orchard on the Place, a good Dwelling-House, and sundry Outhouses. For Terms apply to Mr. William Hendrie, who lives near the Premises, or to. (roll) JAMES AULD.
THE Subscriber has for Sale about seven Thousand Acres of LAND, four Thousand of which lie in the County of Buckingham, known by the Name of the Buckingham Tract, and is all very valuable high Land; the other Tract, which lies on both Sides of Willis's Creek, in the Counties of Buckingham and Cumberland, contains upwards of four Hundred Acres of exceeding rich low Ground, and very good high Land, with Tobacco Houses, and others, sufficient for twenty Hands. It will be sold in Lots, or altogether, as may be agreed on, and will be shown by Mr. Cary Harrison, at the Fork of Willis's Creek. For Terms apply to (8) ARCHIBALD CARY.
KEYSER'S PILLS,
FOR EFFECTUALLY REMOVING EVERY APPEARANCE OF A CERTAIN FASHIONABLE DISTEMPER, and curing Infections of more than seven Years Continuance.
MANY Gentlemen, who have been long tormented, without the least Prospect of getting rid of the French Malady, have lately tried this Medicine, and been perfectly recovered by it. Any Person desirous of being made more particularly acquainted, than can be decently communicated in an Advertisement, with the astonishing Recovery, even of Infants at the Breast, who had been born with horrible Degrees of the Infection, by applying where they are sold, will meet with the greatest Encouragement to try a Method the easiest and safest, and so secret that the Patient may be cured without any Person about him, Servant or others, harbouring the least Suspicion of poor Pill Garlick's lamentable Circumstances.
None need to dread being condemned to a painful Salivation, be his Symptoms ever so shocking, for it cures when that and every other Resource have failed; and it cures too without Pain, Confinement, or blasting a fair Reputation. Indeed, the only unfavourable Tendency in Doctor Keyser's Pills is, they recover the Patient without chastising, and thereby give him a Patent to sin again.
Great Effects have been very lately produced by them in the Rheumatism; several, whose Knees, Shoulders, Elbows, and other Joints, have been increased to treble the usual Size, unable to walk, denied the Comforts of Life, with total Loss of Appetite, and altogether deprived of Sleep at Night, have, after several Years Affliction, been restored to the most comfortable Enjoyment of every Faculty.
They are sold, in Boxes of five Dollars, and two Dollars and a Half, at John Minson Gale's Shop in Williamsburg.
F O R S A L E,
ABOUT eleven Hundred Acres of LAND in Orange County, thirty Miles from Fredericksburg, on the Road to the Courthouse. For Particulars inquire of Captain Reuben Daniel, who is empowered to treat for the same. The Land may be laid off in Parcels, as best suits, twelve Months allowed the Purchasers, and an indisputable Title will be made. (tf) GEORGE DANIEL.
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 Yorkshirman, which may be easily known by his Dialect, is much given to Drink, and in which he is apt to be very noisy. He took with him a brown Duroy Coat lined with white Durance or Tammy; also a brown Water Dog with a white Face, which I expect is still with him, as he was a great Favourite. A short Time before he ran off he broke open the House of Mr. Anthony M'Quade, and stole about forty Pounds. The above Reward will be paid to any Person who delivers the said Runaway and Cash, or TEN POUNDS for him alone, and FIVE POUNDS to have him secured in any Jail within this Colony. NOVEMBER 4, 1772. (tf) THOMAS POLLARD.
To be SOLD, on the 1st of January next,
THE HOUSE in which Mr. Thomas Eggleton lives, in the Town of Petersburg, exceedingly well contrived and situated for a Tavern. The Payments will be made easy to a Purchaser. (5) JERMAN BAKER.
A V E N D U E,
For the SALE of MERCHANDISE, &c. is held by JOHN HART, In PHILADELPHIA, at the Corner of South and Front Streets. Those that please to favour him with their Custom may depend on his best Endeavours to render satisfactory Sales. (12)
KING GEORGE, November 12, 1772.
AS I intend for Britain next Spring, I would be glad to dispose of the Plantation whereon I now live, containing about four Hundred Acres of LAND, whereon are several valuable Peach and Apple Orchards. The House is large and commodious, with all necessary Outhouses, and commands a most agreeable Prospect of both Potomack and Rappahannock Rivers. For Terms apply to the Subscriber, on the Premises, within two Miles of Leeds. (tf) THOMAS OSWALD.
WARWICK, October 25, 1772.
AS the Store formerly kept by Alexander Stewart at Rocky Ridge, for James and Robert Donald, and Company, is now broke up, and the Debts put into my Hands to collect, all those indebted for Dealings there are desired to pay off their Accounts immediately, or settle their Balances by Bond; and those who have any Demands against the Store are desired to apply to me for Payment. (tf) PATRICK HUNTER.
Who has for Sale a TRACT of LAND lying on the Forks of Roanoke, in Mecklenburg County, containing about six Hundred Acres, on which is an exceeding good Dwelling-House, Storehouse, and other necessary Buildings, as also several valuable Improvements. As the Land lies within sixteen Miles of the Courthouse, and eighty from Petersburg, it would answer any Person very well who intends keeping a back Store.
WARWICK, November 1, 1772.
THE Subscriber has for Sale about five Thousand Acres of LAND lying in different Parts of Pittsylvania County, and mostly upon Smith's River, the Soil of which is well calculated either for making Tobacco or Hemp. The Terms may be known by applying to John Rowland, who lives near the Land, and will show it to any Person inclining to purchase. (tf) PATRICK HUNTER.
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. There is a small Plantation cleared on the Land, which has been tended but a few Years, and two Tobacco Houses, an Overseer's House, and Negro Quarter almost new. Any Person inclined to purchase may apply to Colonel Paul Carrington, in Charlotte, who will show the Land, and is fully empowered to dispose of it. (tf)
To be LET on CHARTER, to any Part of Europe,
THE Ship NEPTUNE, Archibald White Master, Burthen about four Hundred Hogheads. For Terms apply to JOHN LAWRENCE, NORFOLK, (tf) JOHN GREENWOOD. September 24.
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. One Half the Land rents for thirty Pounds a Year; there is a small Plantation on the other Part the Land, and a Mill near the Plantation, if not privately sold, will be set up at twelve Hundred Pounds, on the 10th of October next. Also eleven Hundred Acres of Land on Rocky Run, in Fauquier County, the Rents of which amount to four Thousand one Hundred and thirty Pounds of Tobacco; either in Lots, or altogether, as may suit the Purchasers. An indisputable Title will be made to the Land, by the Trustees of Charles Carter. tf