The Virginia gazette (Williamsburg [Va.]), 1773-08-12 00:00:00

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ALGIERS, April 12.
Eighty Fugitives from the Fortress of Oran, sent back by the Bey who commands in the Province of Pomet, arrived here the 15th ult. from Mascara, the Capital of that Province, and are all reduced to Slavery. Nothing can restrain these Vagabonds when they have once entertained a Notion of leaving Oran; the cruel Alternative of being hanged, if they are seized, or reduced to Slavery within this City, without any Hopes of Ransom- when once they have entered our Walls, cannot stop them. We reckon we have actually here no less than fifteen Hundred of these Fugitives, the greatest Part of whom are Spaniards, and the rest of different Nations.
LONDON, May 31.
THE Committee appointed by the General Court of the East India Company to take the most effectual Measures for opposing a Bill now depending in Parliament, entitled "A Bill for establishing certain Regulations for the better Management of the Affairs of the East India Company, as well in India as in Europe," present their Compliments to Mr. Alderman Kirkman, and request the Favour he will be pleased to lay the enclosed Message (a Copy of which has been sent to the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor) before the Court of Common Council at their Meeting to-morrow.
To the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons, of the City of London, in Common Council assembled. THE Committee appointed by the General Court of the East India Company to take the most vigorous and effectual Measures for opposing a Bill now depending in Parliament, entitled "A Bill for establishing certain Regulations for the better Management of the Affairs of the East India Company, as well in India as in Europe," have unanimously thought it their Duty to apprize the City of London of the Attack made upon the Company's Charter Rights by the said Bill. This Bill (without Regard to the publick Faith, or to the valuable Consideration paid for the Franchises granted in the Company's several Charters) is calculated totally to alter the Constitution of the Company at home, and the Administration of its Presidencies abroad, in Order to subject all their Affairs, both at home and abroad, to the immediate Power and Influence of the Crown. This Bill, if it should pass into a Law, will, without Delinquency charged, or any specifick Ground of Forfeiture assigned, disfranchise above twelve Hundred Freemen of the Company, who are to be deprived of any Vote in the Management, directly or indirectly, of any Part of their own immediate Property. The Directors, who by the said Charter are elected annually, are to be taken from under the Control of their Constituents, and to be continued for a Term of Years. By the first of these Operations, the Proprietary being reduced to a very small Number, will be rendered more manageable for ministerial Purposes; and by the second, the Directors, no longer annually responsible to their Constituents; it is to be feared will become less attentive to their Trust, and more under the Direction of the Treasury, to whom they owe this Prolongation of their Power. The whole Government of the Settlements in India, which by its Charter belongs of Right to the Company, is by this Bill taken from them, and in Effect transferred to the Crown. A general Presidency is to be established over all their Affairs. The first Nomination of the President and his Counsellors is to be made in the House of Commons, and the future Vacancies are to be filled by the King. The Nomination of Judges for India is also vested in the Crown, although the Charter of Justice has given the Appointment of those who exercise Jurisdiction in India to the Company. Notwithstanding that the Company is thus deprived of its Franchise, in the Choice of its Servants, by an unparalleled Strain of Injustice and Oppression, it is compelled to pay such Salaries, as Ministers may think fit to direct, to Persons in whose Appointments, Approbation, or Removal, the Company is to have no Share. It is not necessary to explain to the City of London the Consequence of this Subversion of the Company's Charter, and the Subjection of all its great Concerns to the immediate Authority of the Crown, nor to state with what Facility those Principles, and those Powers, which are used to justify and to effect the Ruin of the Company's Independence, may be applied to destroy the Independence of the City of London itself, and of every other Corporate Body in the Kingdom. The Company have never been called to answer for any Abuse of the Franchises which are attempted thus violently to be taken away from them; much improper Invasive has been employed, but no specifick Accusation has been stated. If they were not certain that with Merits evident to the World they were able fully to refute the Calumnies of their Enemies, they would not think themselves worthy the Support of a Body representing the most illustrious City in the World, whose Concurrence in Opposition to this Bill they think it their Duty to request. The City of London have a common Cause in the Preservation of Charter Rights and Privileges, and a peculiar Interest in the Prosperity of the Company; which, having the Seat of its Operations fixed in this great Metropolis, has contributed in no mean Degree to its Opulence and Power. Whatever the Fate of this Application may be, they have the Satisfaction of knowing that they have not been wanting to guard against the Danger, and in Time to warn others against an Attempt which may be of the most fatal Consequence to the Commerce, the Laws, and the Liberties, of their Country.
East India House, 27 May 1773. Signed by H. C. BOULTON, Chairman of the Committee. To the Honourable the Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled, the humble Petition of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons, of the City of London, in Common Council assembled.
THAT this Court having taken into their most serious Consideration a Bill now depending in Parliament, entitled "A Bill for establishing certain Regulations for the better Management of the Affairs of the East India Company, as well in India as in Europe," are of Opinion that the said Bill is a direct and dangerous Attack on the Liberties of the People, and will, if passed into a Law, prove of the most fatal Consequences to the Security of Property in general, and particularly the Franchises of every Corporate Body in this Kingdom: First, by throwing such an Accession of Power into the Hands of the Crown; and secondly, by destroying, without any legal Proceeding, or any just Cause, the most sacred Rights of the Subject, purchased for a valuable Consideration, and sanctified by the most solemn Charters and Acts of Parliament. That this Court is the more alarmed by these Proceedings, as the Privileges the City of London enjoy stand on the same Security as those of the East India Company, which are thus attempted to be violated, and as the Bill has been brought into the House of Commons with a Degree of Secrecy incompatible with the Principles of the Constitution in Matters of such publick Concern.
Your Petitioners therefore humbly pray this Honourable House that the said Bill may not pass into a Law. Yesterday being Whitsunday, the same was observed at St. James's as a high Festival. The Knights Companions of the most Noble Orders of the Garter, Thistle, and Bath, appeared in the Collars of their respective Orders. At Noon their Majesties, preceded by the Heralds and Pursuivants at Arms, went to the Chapel Royal and heard a Sermon preached by the Reverend Dr. Kaye. After divine Service their Majesties received the Holy Communion from the Hands of the Lord Bishop of London, assisted by the Lord Bishop of Winchester. The other Ceremonies of the Day were observed as usual; the Sword of State was carried to and from Chapel by Lord Bristol.
There was no Court or Drawing Room yesterday at St. James's. As soon as the Chapel Royal was over, their Majesties set out for Kew.
On Saturday Evening her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester was safely delivered of a Princess at Gloucester House. The Event was immediately notified to His Grace of Canterbury, and all the great Officers of State; and a Messenger was despatched to Kew, to acquaint their Majesties therewith.
On Thursday the Right Honourable Lord Camden was at Court, previous to his going out of Town for the ensuing Summer, and on Saturday went with his Family to Chislehurst.
On Saturday last the House of Commons agreed to the Report of their Resolution of Friday on the Supply. viz. That 62001. be granted to his Majesty, to make good the like Sum issued in Pursuance of Addresses of this House. The Committee of Supply was ordered to sit again on this Day se'nnight, and agreed to the Report of their Resolution of the same Day, on Ways and Means, as follows: Resolved, that for raising 1,400,000 l. granted to his Majesty for the Purpose of relieving the East India Company, his Majesty be enabled to borrow the like Sum on Exchequer Bills, to be charged upon such Monies as shall by any Act of this Session be directed to be applied for paying Principal and Interest of the said Bills; and if such Monies shall not be sufficient to discharge the whole Principal, Interest, and Charges, of the said Bills, before the 6th of April, 1779, the same to be charged upon the first Aids granted in 1779; and such Bills, if not discharged with Interest before the 6th of April 1779, to be exchanged and received in such Manner as Exchequer Bills have usually been exchanged and received in Payment.
On the Division in the House of Commons on Friday Night, when the Question was put, "that the Qualification of a Voter at the India House should be fixed at 1000 l. Stock," the Numbers were, 179 for the Question, 65 against it. The future Qualification, therefore, if the Bill passes both Houses, will be the holding double the Stock which now qualifies.
A Correspondent observes, that there is not, perhaps, in the whole possible Sphere of infamous Breaches of publick Trust a Procedure more obnoxious to human Kind than that of an implicit Mutton-headed Parliament tamely following the Lead of a silly Court Bell weather, with his Driver's Bell about his Neck. Or is it not the Image of a Hen sitting upon rotten Eggs, which are not even of her own laying? Rather not ignoble enough to convey a just Idea of a Set of Representatives of a great People, so ill set to Work as gravely to bestow the Honours of a formal Discussion on such an egregious Accumulation of senseless Crudities as the East India Regulation Bill? A Bill so glaringly replete with Ignorance of the first Principles of Equity, of the very elementary Rudiments of Policy, that instead of tending to disembowel the present State of Things it is infinitely more likely to create a new and more confounded Chaos. Or does the Government think the India Affairs already not ill enough, in all Conscience, administered, that it can with them worse? Is there a single tolerable Reason assignable for imagining that any Set of Directors (especially if chosen without any pragmatical Intervention of the Court) could possibly acquit themselves less satisfactorily of the Management of the Company's Interest than what the ruling Cabal of Favour have all along done of the Nation's Affairs both at home and abroad? Or, in short, is it in Nature for a Direction to be constituted of Members more unequal to their Trust, more intrinsically worthless, than those of the choice Cabinet, with their Punch of the Puppet Show for their first Actor? Unfortunately for this Country, these special FRIENDS have made too good a Master believe that it is he that reigns, and not they; and that the Ideas he appears to have are not theirs, but his own: Just as they have made a Point of persuading the Parliament that the ostensible Minister is the real Minister, after having possibly prevailed on the poor Premier himself to believe, or at least to act, as if he believed that he was so.
A Well-wisher to the East India Company sees it, with Concern, in its present Crisis, brought into its Danger, by having applied to a perfidious Quack; who, knowing absolutely nothing of its Constitution or Disorder, has, by Prescriptions of his infernal Nostrums, made bad so much worse. As Things now stand, may the Fate of the Company not be that of a Patient, who, during a Consultation of Physicians on his Case, dies!
June 1. There is to be no Drawing Room on Thursday, on Account of his Majesty's Birth Day being observed on Friday, at St. James's.
A Correspondent says the Attack on the 500 l. Holders of the East India Stock, with the Intention to set aside their Votes, is only a Prologue to the deepest Stab about to be given to the Constitution that could be imagined by a bad Minister, or carried into Execution by a venal Parliament. The Plot of this Tragedy, says our Correspondent, is as follows: If the first Act (that is, disqualifying those Proprietors who are not in Possession of 1000 l. Stock from voting at the India House on any publick Occasion) goes off well, the second Act may be played next Session, which is to disqualify all the LITTLE FREEHOLDERS, in every County in England, from voting for Members at the ensuing Election, by which Means the Members will, in Effect, choose who shall be their Electors. Indifferent, therefore, as it may at first Sight appear, this Act to disqualify the East India Proprietors from voting will, at length, come home to every Elector; and when, too late, the 40 s. per Annum Freeholders shall complain of the Deprivation of their ancient Rights and Privileges, the Case of the East India Proprietors will be quoted as a Precedent, and they will be told that though many of those Persons Qualifications cost upwards of 1000 l. each, yet as an Act of Parliament deprived them of their Rights, the Freeholders of 40 s. per Annum have much less Reason to complain. Does it not then, concludes our Correspondent, behoove the Freeholders of every County in England to call a Meeting immediately, and give Instructions to their Members how to act in a Matter which concerns every Englishman so nearly?
It is hoped that the Meeting of the Proprietors of 500 l. India Stock, to be held this Evening, at seven, at the King's Arms, will be well attended; and that they will be assisted by the Advice of their Fellow Proprietors, though not immediately under the Predicament of being cut off from the Society, contrary to the publick Faith of Parliament, under which they purchased their Stock.
Letters from Venice, dated May 8th, advise that a Cabinet Courier from France arrived there that Day, having been only six Days and a Half on his Journey; and, after resting 24 Hours, is to set out on Board a Felucca for Spalatro, on his Way to Constantinople. It is generally thought he is going with Advice to the Grand Seignior, that the French had changed their Resolution of sending a Squadron to the Levant.
Letters from Warsaw, dated the 12th Instant, inform us, that on the 5th the King sent a Note to the Ministers of the three Powers, importing, "that as Justice demanded that their Courts should prove, in a clear and incontestible Manner, the Validity of their Pretensions to the Dominions of Poland, Choice should be made of some neutral Power to terminate their Differences, as a Mediator; otherwise the Republick could not enter into the Consideration of the Affair, without consulting such Powers as were Guarantees of their Treaties with the three Courts." This gave great Uneasiness to the Ministers, who said they were trifling with them, and gave the King and Senate only eight Days to terminate the Affair.
On Sunday, at a Church near Temple Bar, the Clergyman having asked the Name of a Child, which was to be christened, was told Sarah; but, being rather deaf, he named it Mary; after which the Clerk would willingly have registered the Name of Sarah, but was prevented by the Gossips.
A Gentleman, who had a Peep into Carlisle House, declares the great Stairs to be the most brilliant Illumination he ever saw, and the Tea Room made elegant beyond Description, with beautiful Embellishments
adapted to the Season. An immense Quantity of Flowers is used on this Occasion in Festoons, Garlands, and Wreaths, round the Pillars, Arches, and Windows. The Beauties are useful as well as ornamental; in short, the Whole displays a Degree of Taste and Magnificence unseen in any other Place of publick Amusement.
For the Convenience and Reception of Masks going to Soho, the Museum in Spring Gardens will this Evening, the 1st of June, be opened at Half past eight o'Clock, and the general Display be made at Half past nine. The Exhibition at eleven, and one, as usual.
June 2. Yesterday Morning a Courier arrived at the Prussian Ambassador's House in Hanover Square from Berlin, and in the Evening one of his Majesty's Messengers arrived at St. James's from the same Place.
It is given out that the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester were re-married on Friday last with the King's Consent, but it is improbable from many Circumstances. It is certain that of the first Marriage there is no authentic Testimony or Evidence; so that it is possible, notwithstanding the late Act to regulate the Marriages of the Royal Family, that the Succession to the Crown of England may be doubtful. The Clergyman who married them was Mr. Moreton. He was Rector of Knave'sock, in Essex, a Living given him by the late Lord Waldegrave. He is since dead. It is unnecessary to give all the idle Reports propagated on this Occasion, because a Matter of this Importance must be soon ascertained and settled. It cannot long remain in this doubtful State. Only two Facts we shall mention: When the Duke of Gloucester was in Italy, the Duke of Tuscany took Occasion to ask him if he was married; he answered, "Yes." And when he was so extremely ill as to be past all Hopes of Recovery, he declared to Colonel Rainstord, upon his sick Bed, "That he was married."
The Persons present at the Duchess of Gloucester's Delivery on Saturday Evening were, the Duke of Richmond, Duke of Dorset, Earl of Thanet, Lord Beauclerc, Lord George Germaine, Honourable B. Walsingham, Countess Dowager of Albemarle.
The infamous India Bill, which is now depending, is to be carried through both Houses with a high Hand. It is the Will. After which Lord North is to go out, and Mr. Jenkinson (Lord Bute's Clerk) is to be Chancellor of the Exchequer. This Man detested Lord Mansfield, in the House of Commons, when the Doctrines of that Judge, upon Libels, were most justly arraigned by Mr. Cornwall, Mr. Serjeant Glynn, &c. &c.
This Day the House of Lords will meet pursuant to their Adjournment of Saturday last, when it is expected the House will sit late on the farther Progress of the Committee on the Bill for regulating the Affairs of the East India Company, as well in India as in Europe.
A Correspondent hopes soon to see the Names of the Members who voted for abridging the 500 l. Stock Holders from voting for Directors, as also how many of them hold any of that Stock.
It is certain his Majesty is to go to Portsmouth in a few Weeks to review the Guardships there, and it is as certain that the Spaniards have not relaxed in the smallest Degree in their Preparations for War.
A Detachment of the Russians, consisting of 50,000 Men, has been defeated by the Turks, and 2000 slain and made Prisoners on the Banks of the Danube.
By a Letter just arrived from Jamaica, we learn that Intelligence has been received there from Hispaniola of a violent Earthquake, which has overthrown many of the Fortifications, and done other considerable Damage.
We have received Advice, from the Dutch Colonies in the West Indies, that Captain Danster, in a Schooner from New York, lost his Life there, as did several of his Men, by eating of a Fish called a Paracoter, having something in it of a poisonous Quality, but very good and delicate if properly dressed.
Not less than ten French Vessels were a few Days ago fishing for Mackerel off the Lizard.
Wednesday Afternoon the Jupiter, Captain Walker, bound for Nova Scotia, sailed from the Harbour of Sunderland into the Roads there, where she was to take on Board 150 Persons, who purpose settling in America.
A Gentleman, just returned from the lower Parts of Surry and Hampshire, acquaints us that the Farmers complain of the Grass being entirely rotten, owing to the heavy Rains which have of late laid the Country under Water.
On Friday last General Lambton set off for Farnham, where he reviewed the 68th Regiment of Foot, lately arrived from St. Vincent's, previous to their marching to Norwich, where they are to be quartered.
Sunday Morning early a Duel was fought in a Field near Deptford, between a Captain of a Merchant Ship in the River and his chief Mate, about some Wages due to the latter; when, after discharging their Pistols, and the Captain being slightly wounded in the Breast, the Affair was amicably adjusted, on a Promise of the Mate's receiving full Satisfaction for what was due to him.
It is said that within these few Days several Nymphs in the Neighbourhood of Covent Garden have been engaged to visit Pensacola, in West Florida, on high Encouragement, where it seems there is at present a great Want of the Sex.
On Thursday Morning last, about four o'Clock, a most remarkable Accident happened at a Place called the Birches, between Colebrooke Dale and Builders Bridge, where as much as ten Acres of a high Bank, that lay by the Severn, slipped quite across the River, and entirely stopped up the Channel, and turned the Course of the River over a Meadow that lay on the other Side. Where the River ran is now a high Bank, with twenty lofty Oaks standing upon it; and, where the Ground divided, a Chasm is left seven or eight Yards wide, and five or six Yards deep. As soon as the Bank had stopped the River, the Vessels below were all left dry at the Bottom of the Channel; but the Stream will soon cut itself a new Course, for on Friday it had made a Channel near 100 Yards in the Meadow. About 400 Yards from the River Bank stood a House where a Family dwelt. The Man got up about three o'Clock, and heard a rumbling Noise, and felt the Ground shake under him, on which he called up his Family. They perceived the Ground begin to move, but knew not which Way to turn; however, the People took to their Heels, and, just as they had got to an adjacent Wood, the Ground they had left separated from that on which they stood. The House is still standing, but the Barn that was near it was thrown down.
Early on Monday Morning John Jackson, a Corporal in the second Regiment of Foot Guards, was found dead with a Pistol by him, and dreadfully shot in the Belly; near him his Will, in which he pleaded for the Right every Man has to dispose of his own Life, and attributes his Fate to Disappointment in a Love Affair, which, he said, had broke his Heart.
LIVERPOOL, May 28. On the 3d of this Instant died at the New Hall, in Gawsworth, Cheshire, in a very advanced Age, Mr. Sam. Johnson, commonly called Lord Flame, a Person formerly well known in many of the adjoining Counties, as an excellent Comedian, a famous Dancing Master, a masterly Player on the Violin, an extraordinary Singer, the Author of a Play called Hurlo-Thrumbo, and others of more Eminence. He was a Man of singular Oddities, with sharp Flights of Wit, and a keen Satiyr, even to his best Friends. He for above thirty Years past lived in Retirement at the above Place, having very little Society with any of his Neighbours; kept only one Maid, whom he called Goose Eye, who lived with him thirty Years, even from her Childhood till a few Weeks before her Death, when she fell sick and died. He made a Vault in a Grove, about a Quarter of a Mile from Gawsworth Church, and had made Preparations for building a Tomb over her, she in her Sickness (by his Persuasion) having agreed to be so buried; but two of

her Brothers, coming to see her just before she died, frustrated his Design, and had her buried at Gawsforth Church. Mr. Johnson's Disappointment and Grief, for the Death of her who had so long been a faithful Servant to him, hastened his Dissolution, who, according to his own Desire, had Christian Burial at Gawsforth Church, on Wednesday the 5th Instant, and was afterwards removed to the Vault which he designed for his Maid.
GLOUCESTER, May 31. The Improvement of this Kingdom by the Cultivation of waste Lands, though not pursued with the vigour that might be wish'd, is becoming every Year more general. It is at length discovered that 100 Acres here will turn to better Account than a Million on the Banks of the Ohio or Mississippi. In the County of Chester they are now enclosing 2000 Acres of the Forest of Delamere, and extensive Tracts of waste Land near Ternhill, in Shropshire, are going to be taken in, the Soil of which is a deep Sand, and has hitherto lain as barren as a Desert. The following Instance, which we have from good Authority, may serve, instead of many Arguments, to prove how much may be made of the worst Land by the Encouragement of the Owner, and the Industry of the Occupier. Doctor Crew, a Gentleman who has a large Estate near Market Drayton, in Shropshire, gave to a Farmer a thirty Years Lease, Rent free, of 400 Acres of a barren sandy Waste, that had never been of the least Value, and 400l. towards the building a Farm House, upon Condition that he should bring the Land into Culture, and give it all possible Improvement. The Farmer has held it about seven Years; and, we are assured, he can now let the Whole at 12s. an Acre. This Improvement has been made chiefly by judicious marling, keeping the Land clean, and a proper Course of Crops. Marl is generally found under this sandy Soil, at about five Feet from the Surface.
A few Days ago one Wolfe, a Player at Exeter, passed through this City Post for Scotland, with Miss Wilcox, a young Lady of Exeter, possessed of 2000l. Fortune. In a few Hours after the Lovers were gone, two Gentlemen came in Pursuit of them; but the little God Cupid laid a Stone in their Way upon Woolridge, about four Miles from hence, which broke the Axletree of the Chaise, and retarded the Pursuers so long that the Lovers could not be overtaken.
The great Cock Match between the Gentlemen of Herefordshire and Radnorshire was ended last Thursday, when each Side won the same Number of Battles in the Main, but the Radnorshire get the long Main. The Cocks were so equal, and the Contest so uncertain, that on the 2d Day the Odds were two to one against Radnorshire; but after the Morning Fight, the next Day, the Odds turned against Herefordshire.
N E W Y O R K, July 26 T U E S D A Y the 20th Instant, Colonel Edmund Fanning, Secretary to his Excellency Governor Tryon, sailed for Newbern, in North Carolina.
Thursday last arrived at Brooklyn Ferry, on Long Island, in a Sloop from Albany, Sir William Johnson, Baronet. He that Night proceeded to the House of Mr. Dennis Dennis, at the Narrows; and will this Day set out on a Tour down the south Side of Long Island, and from thence to New London, for the Benefit of his Health.
A Gentleman who left Philadelphia last Thursday informs us that the Evening before a Man was committed to their Jail on Suspicion of being the Person that robbed Mr. Mifflin, near that City, last Saturday Evening.
Captain Charles Spranger, in 14 Days from St. Vincent's, says that Peace and Harmony seemed firmly established between the English Inhabitants and the Caribs, who continually brought in their Fish and other Articles to sell and exchange for such Goods as they wanted of the English. The Weather had been seasonable, and their Crops were likely to be good.
Yesterday arrived here Captain Stewart, in 8 Weeks from Gibraltar, and acquaints us that the Pallas Frigate put in their Day before he failed, the Captain of which reported that he had been at Toulon and Carthagena, where there was not the least Sign of any hostile Preparations, the French and Spanish Navy at both Places being laid up, and all Thoughts of a War over.
We hear that the Managers of the Theatre propose to entertain the Town this Week with Dr. Goldsmith's new Play called She Stoops to Conquer, or The Mistakes of a Night ; an excellent dramatick Piece, lately brought on the Stage under the Patronage of Dr. Samuel Johnson, Author of the Rambler, &c. This Play is intended to recover the expiring Art of writing true English Comedy; and the Author has not been disappointed in his Attempt, as appeared from the uncommon and well deserved Success it met with, and still continues to meet, from the judicious and crowded Audiences that constantly attended the Performance of it in the Royal Theatre.
N E W B E R N, July 2. O N Saturday last his Excellency the Governor returned to the Palace, in good Health, from a Tour through the northern Counties of this Province.
Last Week his Excellency the Governor received Instructions from his Majesty for shutting up the Land Office in this Province, and similar Orders are sent to all the Governors on the Continent. This political Manoeuvre causes much Speculation here, as it is certainly a Prelude to granting the Lands of this Province on higher Conditions than heretofore, the Burthen of which will be very great, as the vast Tracts of waste Lands already granted at four Shillings a Hundred are very sensibly felt by the Proprietors.
By authentick Advice from the War Office, of the 10th of April, Sir Nathaniel DUCKINGFIELD, Baronet, one of his Majesty's Honourable Council of this Province, is appointed Cornet to the Queen's Regiment of Dragoons.
By a Brig, just arrived Charles Town, we have Advice of a Guinea Man being lost going in at that Bar.
July 16. We are advised from Charles Town, that Admiral Montague is to succeed Admiral Rodney in the Command of the Fleet on the Jamaica Station, that Admiral Rodney succeeds Governor Tryon in the Government of New York, and that Governor Tryon succeeds General Gage in the chief Command of all the Forces in America.
July 23. A Court of Oyer and Terminer has lately been held at Salisbury, before the Honourable Richard Caswell, Esq; one of the Associate Justices of this Province, when several Persons were tried for Felonies, three of which were capitally convicted. The People of the interior Parts of this Province express much Satisfaction at these Courts being held among them, as the only Means, during the present Suspension of Courts of Justice, to protect them from that Licentiousness and Outrage which but too soon appeared after the shutting up our Courts of Law. The Marks of Esteem and Respect paid the worthy Judge, by all Persons in the back Country where these Courts are held, show the Uprightness of his Conduct, and their Approbation of his Appointment.
Advertisements.
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 Cross. 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 5, 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 Paterson. 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 wish'd, 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 Lawsuits. All Indulgence to his Estate will be as gratefully considered as if granted to Their very obedient humble Servant, 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.
WHEREAS a young Man of the Name of WILLIAM TOPPING , who lived in Chowan County, North Carolina, some Time in the Month of January last set off from home on a Journey to Philadelphia, where he was soliciting the Recovery of an Estate, and has never since been heard of, his Friends anxiously request any Person who may know any Particulars concerning him to be kind enough to mention them in a Line directed to Mr. Topping at Edenton, and to convey the Letter by Post. He intended to go by Water from Norfolk to Baltimore, in Case he could not readily meet with an Opportunity of a Passage directly by Sea to Philadelphia. He was a short, thin, well looking Man, about thirty Years of Age, wore his own Hair, had on a Brick Dust coloured Coat and Waistcoat, with a light Surtout, and was something remarkable for wanting two of his upper fore Teeth. He had with him about 50l. North Carolina Currency, in Gold, many authenticated Proofs tending to establish his Title to some Lands in Pennsylvania, and several Letters and Packets for different Gentlemen in that Province. His Friends are thus particular in describing him only from a Fear that he has suffered some melancholy Accident, as they have not the least Suspicion of his Honesty; and they will consider themselves much obliged to all Persons who can give any Particulars of him, that will take the Trouble to communicate them as above directed. (6)
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. (11) 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 by Farnough, Partner, and Nabb. 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 Postillion, and is remarkably healthy and sober.
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 Johannes, 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. (11) E. HAYWOOD.
PORTSMOUTH, August 10, 1773. I INTEND for Scotland in a few Weeks. (11) DAVID MELDRUM.
YORK Town, August 3, 1773. THE Subscriber has on Hand about 300l. 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, Affordity 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.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidders, for ready Money, on Thursday the 23d 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.
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 Norrway 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 Rofe, Esquire, Merchant at Petersburg. (4) 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 Grist 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, SEPARATELY or TOGETHER, TWO TRACTS of LAND. One lies in Albemarle County, on Hardawere 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 Lickingbottle Creek, near the Three Natched 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 Peytonsburg, 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. 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 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 Foote, 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 Poropank 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 Ensurers, 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.
ARCHDEACON & INGRAM, V. M.
To be LET, to the lowest Bidder,
THE BUILDING of a BRIDGE over Queen's Creek, near the Capitol 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.
WILLIAMSBURG, 7, August 10, 1773.
JOHN BLAIR, WILLIAM GRAVES, JOHN DIXON.
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 Chin. 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 Ne- gro Fellow called JEM, the Property of John Barton, 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 Osnabrug Shirt and Breeches, and a green Jacket without Sleeves. He is an artful cunning Fellow, and may probably forge a Pass; and as he was with his Master, about three Years ago, at Charlesstown, 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 Eliza- beth 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 intended Servants. THOMAS GLASS, a Ship Carpenter, 45 Years old, and has lost one of his Fingers; he wore a blue Coat and Jacket and Breeches, a round Dutch Cap, and carried with him a Chest of Tools. JOHN WHATMORE, a Hostle 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 Osnabrug 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. 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 4th 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 sly, and had on a very dark brown long skirted Coat. They all had on, and took with them, Osnabrug Shirts and Trousers, 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 EATON, 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 Jussia, 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. 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 speak a Word of English, and it is supposed belongs to Mr. Trent in Richmond Town. The Owner is desired to pay Charges, and fetch him away. 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. 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 undock 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. 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. Potted, and appraised to five Pounds. JAMES TELFORE.
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. Potted, 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. Potted, 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. Potted, and appraised to seven Pounds. MARTIN KING.
TAKEN up, in Dinwiddie, a BLACK HORSE about four Feet five Inches high, and branded on each Buttock with a Dot. Potted, and appraised to eight Pounds. 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. Potted, 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.
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, British and German Osnabrug, Tweeling, 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 Hoghead of Tobacco inspected at Page's Warehouse, and signed by Tinley 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. 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 Muir, of the said Town, and will be sold at the next October Hanover Court, by Virtue of a Deed of Trust from him to SAMUEL PEARSON. 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. HANOVER, } WILLIAM ANDERSON, Administrator. July 23, 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 Crier, 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's, 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 BETTY, 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, Jailer.
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 feebly, 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. Potted, 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. Potted, and appraised to seven Pounds ten Shillings. DRURY WOODSON.
TAKEN up, in Charlotte, a yellowish coloured COW with fawed 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. Potted, and appraised to forty five Shillings. EDWIN FARNED.
TAKEN up, in Chesterfield, two small STEERS, one a dark Brown, marked with a Swallowfork 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. Potted, 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 Settag on each Side of her Back, four Feet five or six Inches high, and branded on the near Buttock W. Potted, 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. Potted, 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. Potted, and appraised to seven Pounds. GEORGE TARRY.
PETERSBURG, July 20, 1773.
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.
A MEETING OF THE OHIO COMPANY IS DESIRED At Stafford Courthouse, on Friday the 27th of August, On Business of the utmost Importance. 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.
ALL Persons indebted to the Estate of William Thompson, deceased, of Portsmouth Town, in Norfolk County, either by Bond, Bill, or Book Account, are requested to make Payment; and those who have Claims against the said Estate are desired to make them known, properly adjusted, to JOHN THOMPSON, Administrator.

POETS CORNER.
The SICK MAN and the ANGEL.
IS there no Hope? the sick Man said. The silent Doctor shook his Head, And took his Leave with Signs of Sorrow, Despairing of his Fee to-morrow.
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.
BULL HILL, Hanover County, July 28, 1773.
I INTEND practising PHYSICK and SURGERY, in their various Branches, at this Place; and shall be much obliged to my Friends, and the Publick in general, for their Favors, who may rely upon my Diligence and due Attendance.
To be SOLD, on the 1st of January next,
A TRACT containing 666 Acres of good Tobacco and Grain LAND, in Goochland, whereon is a Plantation in good Order for Cropping, with a Dwellinghouse and all convenient Outhouses.
GEORGE BARCLAY, Executor of Mary Cole, deceased.
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.
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.
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
To be SOLD on the Premises, on Friday the 13th of AUGUST,
A TRACT of LAND in Essex, containing, by Estimation, five Hundred Acres, or thereabouts, being the Land whereon John Merritt lives, and conveyed by Thomas Gresham and the said Merritt to the Subscriber, of which the Publick have heretofore been advertised in the Virginia Gazette.
TO BE SOLD,
A VERY valuable PLANTATION on Roanoke River, in Mecklenburg County, containing 450 Acres, whereon is a very good new Dwellinghouse, with two Brick Chimneys and four Fireplaces, a new Kitchen with a Brick Chimney, a Meat House, Dairy, and all other Outhouses for Cropping, three very good Apple Orchards, two of them latter Fruit, which hangs till November, in all about four Hundred bearing Trees.
SAMUEL BUGG.
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 Potomac 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.
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Accomack, on the 26th of June last, a Negro Fellow named DANIEL, about sixteen Years of Age, of a yellowish Complexion, stoops in his Shoulders, has a down Look, one Side of his Face seems larger than the other, or is awry, and has many Scars on his Back or Breach.
CLEMENT PARKER.
STRAYED, or STOLEN, the 17th of this Instant (July) from the Glebe Pasture of St. Paul's Parish, Henrico County, a sorrel HORSE about 13 Hands and a Half high, with a hanging Mane and short Switch Tail, and branded with the Letter H on one of his Buttocks; he paces, trots, and gallops, and is a little skittish.
ALEXANDER BALMAIN.
WARWICK, July 12, 1773.
PUBLICK Notice is hereby given, that the Concern carried on under the Firm of James and Robert Donald and Company is to be dissolved at the 1st of September next, and that all the Debts due to their Stores kept on the south Side of James River will be collected by Mr. Patrick Hunter, to whom all Persons indebted are requested to make Payment, and to whom those who have Demands against the said Company are desired to apply, that they may be discharged.
ROBERT DONALD.
The Store at Warwick, at Elam's, in Chesterfield, and a Store in Prince Edward, will be continued (though to a smaller Extent) under the Firm of Robert Donald, Junior, and Company, and under my Management.
To be SOLD, at next Prince Edward August Court, A TRACT of LAND in the said County, where Miller Woodson formerly kept Store, containing about 300 Acres, on which is an exceeding good Storehouse, a Dwellinghouse, and other necessary Buildings.
PATRICK HUNTER.
FIFTEEN POUNDS REWARD.
RUN away from NEABSCO Furnace, two Convicts, and an indentured Servant, belonging to the Honourable John Tayloe, Esquire, viz. 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 disjointed when he was a Boy, which makes him trail his Leg when he walks.
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.
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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 Box Tail, is a little Cat-hamm'd, and I believe has a Brand, but it cannot be described. He was raised by James Worham, deceased, in Brunswick, near Eaton's Ferry.
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.
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.
THOMAS JEFFERSON. FRANCIS EPPES. HENRY SKIPWITH.
WHEREAS many of the Gentlemen who purchased Negroes of the Subscribers last Summer have hitherto made but very partial Payments, this is therefore to inform all those who are still indebted to us, that, unless they are punctual in discharging their Bonds and Notes at the ensuing Meeting of the Merchants, in Williamsburg, the same will be put in Suit immediately after, without any farther Notice, or Respect of Persons.
(5) JOHN LAWRENCE, WILLIAM CALL, & Co.
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.
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.
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 Amberst 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.
THOMAS PROSSER, NEIL CAMPBELL, WILLIAM PRESTON, } Trustees.
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, Chain House, &c. and the whole in very good Order. For Terms inquire of 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.
THOMAS NELSON. THOMAS NELSON, Junior. HUGH NELSON. RO. C. NICHOLAS.
TO BE SOLD,
ABOUT fourteen Thousand Acres of exceeding good LAND in the County of Pittsylvania. For Terms apply to Mr. Hugh Rose of Amherst, who will treat with any Person inclinable to purchase, and be empowered to make a legal Title.
CAROLINE, May 7, 1773. THOMAS LOMAX.
TO BE SOLD,
A VALUABLE Tract of LAND, containing about sixteen Hundred Acres, more or less, lying on the River Shenando, in Berkley County (formerly Frederick) which is one of the most flourishing Counties in Virginia. The Land is exceeding good, well timbered, and adapted to the raising of all Kinds of Grain, as well as Tobacco, and has the Advantage of a very fine Stream of Water, on which is a Biomery with two Fires, a good Stone Merchant Mill with two Pair of Stones, a Saw Mill, and a Distillery conveniently situated, a Smith's Shop, a Cooper's Shop, and many other Outhouses.
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