The Virginia gazette (Williamsburg [Va.]), 1772-12-03 00:00:00

VIRGINIA GAZETTE.
With the freshest ADVICES,
FOREIGN and DOMESTICK.
IN CIVITATE LIBERA LINGUAM MENTEMQUE
LIBERAS ESSE DEBERE. Suet. in Tib. S. 28
Printed by ALEX. PURDIE, and JOHN DIXON, at the POST OFFICE.
BOSTON, November 2.
NUMBER of the Inhabitants of this Town having presented Petitions to the Selectmen, to call a Meeting of the Freeholders, and other Inhabitants, to inquire into the Grounds of a Report, that Stipends are affixed, by Order of the Crown, to the Offices of the Judges of the Superior Court of Judicature of this Province, and deliberate, consult, and determine, what Measures are proper to be taken on so alarming an Occasion, a Warrant was issued accordingly, and a Meeting held on Wednesday at Faneuil Hall, when the Honourable John Hancock, Esquire, was chosen Moderator, and an Address voted to be presented to his Excellency the Governor, to inquire if his Excellency knew of such Orders. The Meeting then adjourned to Friday, and the Address to his Excellency is as follows:
May it please your Excellency, THE Freeholders and other Inhabitants of the Town of Boston, legally assembled in Faneuil Hall, beg Leave to acquaint your Excellency that a Report has prevailed, which they have Reason to apprehend is well grounded, that Stipends are affixed to the Offices of the Judges of the Superior Court of Judicature, &c. of this Province, whereby they are become independent of the Grants of the General Assembly for their Support, contrary to ancient and invariable Usage. This Report has spread an Alarm amongst all considerate Persons who have heard of it, in Town and Country; being viewed as tending rapidly to complete the System of their Slavery which originated in the House of Commons of Great Britain, assuming a Power and Authority to give and grant the Monies of the Colonists without their Consent, and against their repeated Remonstrances. And as the Judges hold their Places during Pleasure, this Establishment appears big with fatal Evils, so obvious that it is needlessly to trespass on your Excellency's Time in mentioning them. It is therefore the humble and earnest Request of the Town that your Excellency would be pleased to inform them whether you have received any such Advice relating to a Matter so deeply interesting to the Inhabitants of this Province, which gives you Assurance that such an Establishment has been or is likely to be made.
The next Day his Excellency was pleased to send the following Answer:
Gentlemen, IT is by no Means proper for me to lay before the Inhabitants of any Town whatsoever, in Consequence of their Votes and Proceedings in a Town Meeting, any Part of my Correspondence as Governor of the Province, or to acquaint them whether I have, or have not, received any Advices relating to the publick Affairs of the Government. This Reason alone, if your Address to me had been in other Respects unexceptionable, would have been sufficient to restrain me from complying with your Desire. I shall always be ready to gratify the Inhabitants of the Town of Boston, upon every regular Application to me, on any Business of publick Concernment to the Town, as far as I shall leave it in my Power consistent with Fidelity to the Trust which his Majesty has reposed in me.
After which the following Petition was voted to be presented to his Excellency, and a Committee chosen for that Purpose; the Meeting was then adjourned to this Day, three o'Clock in the Afternoon. The PETITION of the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of the Town of Boston, legally assembled by Adjournment in Faneuil Hall, on Friday October 30, 1772.
THAT your Petitioners are still greatly alarmed at the Report which has been prevalent of late, that Stipends are affixed to the Offices of the Judges of the Superior Court of Judicature of this Province, by Order of the Crown, for their Support. Such an Establishment is contrary not only to the plain and obvious Sense of the Charter of this Province, but also with some of the fundamental Principles of the common Law, to the Benefit of which all British Subjects, wherever dispersed throughout the British Empire, are indubitably entitled.
Such a Jealousy have the Subjects of England for their Rights, Liberties, and Privileges, and so tender a Regard has been shown to them by his Majesty, that, notwithstanding the Provision made at the Revolution that the Judges of the King's Superior Courts of Law there should hold their Commissions, not at Pleasure, but during good Behaviour; and since that Time, for their Support, his Majesty, among other the first Acts of his Reign, was graciously pleased to recommend it to Parliament, and an Act passed, that their Commissions should not cease at the Demise of the King, whereby every Thing possible in human Wisdom seems to have been done to establish an Impartiality in their Decisions, not only between Subject and Subject, but between the Crown and the Subject; of how much greater Importance must it be to preserve, from the least supposable Bias, the Judges of a Court, invested by the Laws of this Province (which have been approved of by Majesty) with Powers as fully and amply, to all Intents and Purposes whatsoever, as the Courts of King's Bench, Common Pleas, and Exchequer, within his Majesty's Kingdom of England have, or ought to have.
Your Excellency will allow your Petitioners, with due Submission, to repeat, that this Establishment appears to them pregnant with such fatal Evils as that the most distant Thought of its taking Effect fills their Minds with Dread and Horror.
These, Sir, are the Sentiments and Apprehensions of this Metropolis; expressed, however, with due Deference to the Sentiments of the Province, with which your Petitioners are anxiously solicitous of being made acquainted.
It is therefore their earnest and humble Request that your Excellency would be pleased to allow the General Assembly to meet at the Time to which it now stands prorogued; in Order that, in that constitutional Body, with whom it is to inquire into Grievances and redress them, the joint Wisdom of the Province may be employed in deliberating and determining on a Matter so important and alarming.
November 9. At the Adjournment of the Town Meeting last Monday Afternoon, the Committee appointed to present a Petition to his Excellency the Governor of the Province reported and laid before the Town the following Reply, which his Excellency had been pleased to deliver them in Writing:
GENTLEMEN, THE Royal Charter refers to the Governor full Power and Authority, from Time to Time, as he shall judge necessary, to adjourn, prorogue, and dissolve the General Assembly. In the Exercise of this Power, both as to Time and Place, I have always been governed by a Regard to his Majesty's Service and to the Interest of the Province. It did not appear to me necessary for those Purposes that the Assembly should meet at the Time to which it now stands prorogued, and before I was informed of your Address I had determined to prorogue it to a farther Time. The Reasons which you have advanced have not altered my Opinion. If, notwithstanding, in Compliance with your Petition, I should alter my Determination, and meet the Assembly, contrary to my own Judgment, at such Time as you judge necessary, I should, in Effect, yield to you the Exercise of that Part of the Prerogative, and should be unable to justify my Conduct to the King. There would, moreover, be Danger of encouraging the Inhabitants of the other Towns in the Province to assemble, from Time to Time, in Order to consider of the Necessity or Expediency of a Session of the General Assembly, or to debate and transact other Matters which the Law that authorises Towns to assemble does not make the Business of a Town Meeting.
This Reply having been read several Times, and duly considered, it was moved, and the Question accordingly put, whether the same be satisfactory to the Town, which passed in the negative; and thereupon resolved,
as the Opinion of the Inhabitants of this Town, that they have ever had, and ought to have, a Right to petition the King, or his Representative, for the Redress of such Grievances as they feel, or for preventing of such as they have Reason to apprehend, and to communicate their Sentiments to other Towns. It was then moved, that a Committee of Correspondence be appointed, to consist of twenty one Persons, to state the Rights of the Colonists, and of this Province in particular, as Men, as Christians, and as Subjects; to communicate and publish the same to the several Towns in this Province, and to the World, as the Sense of this Town, with the Infringements and Violations thereof that have been, or from Time to Time may be, made; also requesting, of each Town, a free Communication of their Sentiments on this Subject. And the Question being accordingly put, it passed in the affirmative. A Committee of twenty one Persons was then appointed for the Purposes aforesaid, of which the Honourable James Otis, Esquire, is Chairman; and they were desired to report to the Town as soon as may be.
ST. JOHN'S (ANTIGUA) October 7.
WE hear from St. Vincent's that on Monday Night last the Caribbs burnt the Works and Dwelling-House of Andrew Bruce, Esquire, and on the Wednesday following burnt the Dwelling-House and Offices of John Le Crow, Esquire. They also took a detached Party of the 32d Regiment, consisting of a Corporal and four Men, whom they killed. A scouting Party of Caribbs, some Time before this, had nearly fell in with and taken General Leyborne Prisoner.
On Thursday Morning last one of the Transports arrived at St. Vincent's with a Party of the 31st Regiment from St. Augustine, and the rest are hourly expected, so that a general Attack on these Desperadoes may be every Day looked for.
NEWPORT, November 2.
LAST Friday Afternoon we had a very severe Storm of Wind, Rain, Thunder, and Lightning; in the Midst of which several Vessels arrived, belonging to this and the neighbouring Colonies. Notwithstanding the Violence of the Gale rendered it impossible, with any Degree of Safety, for a Vessel to pay those mere Compliments to his Majesty's Ship stationed here which in a moderate Time might be expected, several Shot were fired from the Mercury at those Vessels, which were flying into this Harbour for an Asylum from the Storm, one of which Shot would inevitably have gone through a Sloop's Bottom, had it not been intercepted by a Rock, at the north End of Goat Island, which lay between the Ship and the Sloop. How Captain Keefer can justify such rash Proceedings, we are at a Loss to conceive: Of this we are morally certain, that, had not the Shot been providentially obstructed, the Sloop must have been sunk, and all the People perished; as it was not in his Power, at that Time, with all his Crew, to afford them any Assistance.
NEW YORK, November 5.
We hear from England that the ingenious Mrs. Wright, whose surprising Imitations of Nature, in wax Work, have been so much admired in America, by a diligent Application and Improvement in the same Employment, has recommended herself to the general Notice and Encouragement of Persons of the first Distinction in England, who have honoured her with peculiar Marks of their Favour; and as several eminent Personages, and even his Majesty himself, have condescended to sit several Times for her to take their Likenesses, it is probable she will enrich her Collection, and oblige her Friends in America, with a View of the most remarkable Persons of the present Age, among which will be the inimitable Garrick, whom she had begun. She has already completed, and sent over to her House in this City, where they may be seen, the most striking Likenesses of the celebrated Doctor Benjamin Franklin, of Philadelphia, now in London, and of Mrs. Catherine McCauley, so much admired for her great Learning, fine Writing, and amiable Character.
The Sloop Thomas, T. Roberts Master, belonging to Norfolk, in Virginia, bound to St. Vincent's, on the 28th of August, Latitude 21: 25, Longitude 59: 40, in a severe Gale, lost his Mast, Boom, Square-sail Yard, Mainstay, and the Rigging thereunto belonging, with Caboose, &c. In this deplorable Condition she lay ten Days, when, near the east End of Hispaniola, a French Ship, the Tortola, from France, bound to Cape François, Captain Frescarob, with great Humanity, took her in Tow, and conducted her safe into Cape François, with the Whole of her Cargo, where she arrived on the 17th of September.
A Gentleman in England writes his Friend here that the sending such great Quantities of Ship Timber in Rats to England will sink the Price of Ships there, and raise it in America.
A Letter from Detroit, of the 29th of September, says: "Yesterday Ishiwabami and Shawanese, two Ottowa Chiefs, with two young Men of their Nation, came in here from Saginaw Bay, and brought a Letter from one Beaulieu (a French Trader there) to Major Basset, our Commandant, informing him that Phineas Pond, an English Trader, with his two Bargemen, were murdered by the Chippawas, on their Way from Michilimackinack to this Place, near the River au Gré. Ishiwabami spoke to Minotawabe (one of the Murderers) and reproached him for his Behaviour, in seeking to disturb the Tranquillity of the Land, when all was Peace and Quietness; he answered, that Liquor was the Cause of it, they were drunk. Major Basset sent back the Messengers this Day, to tell the Chiefs, and principal People of the Nation, that he insists absolutely on their delivering up the Murderers, that he will not pardon them on any other Condition, and will put a Stop to their Trade, &c."
Captain Fullerton, in a Ship belonging to this Port, that sailed from St. Augustine with Troops for St. Vincent's, put into Bermuda the 27th of September, in a distressed Condition, having met with a Hurricane on the 12th of the same Month, in Latitude 27, Longitude 56, the Wind at north east, which was so violent that the Ship would not steer, but broached to, and lay on her Beam Ends for four Hours. The Hold shifted at the same Time, and such a Quantity of Water therein, that it washed against the lower Deck, which obliged Captain Fullerton to cut away his Mizzen Mast, when the Ship righted, and got before the Wind; and by the help of the Soldiers, with their Camp Kettles, they got the Vessel clear of Water in forty eight Hours hard Work, having most of their Provisions damaged, and so little fresh Water left that both Officers and Men were reduced to a Purser's Half Pint a Day.
PHILADELPHIA, November 11.
ON Saturday last Kayaoutha, the great Seneca Chief, returned to this City from Johnson Hall; where he has been on a Visit to Sir William Johnson, of the greatest Importance to the Colonies. The Entertainment he received, when last here, at seeing a few electrical Experiments, has so much engaged his Attention and Admiration, that, we are informed, his first Inquiry, at his Return, was, whether he could not have another Opportunity of seeing Thunder and Lightning produced by human Art; and we hear he is determined to attend Mr. Kinnerley's Lectures at the College, on Thursday and Friday Evenings next.
The Forts Chartres and Piu, by Orders from England, are destroyed, the Barracks levelled to the Ground, and abandoned by the Garrison, who are soon expected, as they are on their Way for this City. We are assured the Frontier Inhabitants of this Province have presented the Governor with a Petition on that Subject, who has referred them to General Gage, at New York; but we fear the Application will be without Success.
To Mess. PURDIE & DIXON.
GENTLEMEN, MUSING myself, a few Days ago, with some Newspapers (perhaps the Sweepings of the Coffeehouses at home) sent in by some town-merchant, I came across two or three Paragraphs, which I sent you for your Publication, as it is not impossible but they may be of Service to this as well as other Communities, who may not have paid a proper Attention to them, if they have seen them before. Old Mr. Gee, long ago, imputed the then observed slow Progress in the Improvement of the British Colonies to the Power given to every Gingerbread Baker, who could but pawl out that his Craft was in Danger, to defeat, by Proclamation, the most salutary Laws that any Colony Legislation could desire; and I must say that I think Virginia has long been experiencing that Obstruction to her Improvement, particularly in the Quarantine Laws, attempted for the Preservation of our own Lives and those of Slaves from infectious Disorders, by Means of some Inconvenience waged against them by the Convict and African Trade, those two glorious Importations of Corruption and Slavery to every civilized People. But here Reflection should be quiet; and let some happy Junius, in the Name of all his Majesty's liege People in America at least, pay a grateful Acknowledgment to the Lord Hillsborough for his Resignation (whether out of Dudgeon or not) of the American Department, and also to that Goodness of Heart which engaged the Earl of Dartmouth to accept of the same Charge; for although no Parallel can be drawn between the two Motives which governed, yet we may venture to promise ourselves that the Effect of such a Change will be a hearty Agreement in the Dispositions of the Mother Country and her Children. But I must think that it is much to be wished that we had not been quite so Penny-wise, as we have been in our late Policy, of keeping no Agent in our Service to represent our Situation to the British Court, now so favourably inclined to cherish the Liberties and Industry of the Colonies.
The Subject of these transcribed Paragraphs being the Prevention, by Fumigation, of the Infection of the Plague in Russia, who can doubt of the same good Effect with Respect to Diseases not so putrid, and therefore presumptively not so strong in their Infections; although, from Experience, they may have their Dangers when People are infected. In such a Cause, to be sure, we cannot hesitate, by our Corporation Engagements (which the Parliament, in its late despotic Rage, seemed inclined to reduce the whole American legislative Constitution to) to enforce the Practice of Fumigation among ourselves, that we may be guarded in our Healths, and grow strong to labour, &c. as we increase in Numbers; without spending any more of our Time in soliciting such a trifling Indulgence as the Leave to administer a new Cobweb Oaths, really not of so much Use to the Community as the Paper would be on which such Oaths are certified. The Ingredients which compose the Powder for this Fumigation seem not to be dear, and I should think that every Body might be preferably provided to repeat such Trials occasionally on his own Estate. Possibly, neither the Expense nor Trouble in doing it can equal what is required in Cases of Inoculation; and I much question, unless we could fancy it to be our Interest to prevent all future Births, whether it would not be of Advantage to make Use of this Method of Fumigation, even after we have inoculated whole Towns or Plantations, to remove the Infection which is generally found to continue for some Time after every Recovery.
From the WHITEHALL EVENING POST from the 16th to the 19th of May 1772.
PETERSBURG, March 27. The Commission at Moscow having, in the last Year, invented a Powder for Fumigation, which, from several lesser Experiments, had proved efficacious in preventing the Infection of the Plague, in Order more fully to ascertain its Virtue in that Respect, it was determined, towards the End of the Year, that ten Malefactors under Sentence of Death should, without undergoing any other Precautions than the Fumigation, be confined three Weeks in the Lazarette, be laid on the Beds and dressed in the Clothes which had been used by Persons sick, dying, and even dead of the Plague in the Hospital. The Experiment was accordingly tried, and none of the ten Malefactors were then infected, or have been since ill. The Fumigation Powder is prepared as follows:
POWDER of the first Strength. Take Leaves of Juniper, Juniper Berries pounded, Ears of Wheat, Guaiacum Wood pounded, of each six Pounds; common Saltpetre, pounded, eight Pounds; Sulphur, pounded, six Pounds; Smyrna Tar, or Myrrh, two Pounds. Mix all together; they will produce a Pood of the Powder, of the first Strength. A Pood is forty Pounds Russian, equal to near thirty six Pounds Averdupoise.
POWDER of the second Strength. Take Southernwood, cut in Pieces, four Pounds; Leaves of Juniper, cut small, four Pounds; Juniper Berries, pounded, three Pounds; common Saltpetre, pounded, four Pounds; Smyrna Tar, or Myrrh, a Pound and a Half. Mix all together; it produces Half a Pood, equal to eighteen Pounds Averdupoise.
ODORIFEROUS POWDER. Take the Root called Kalanus, cut in Pieces, three Pounds; Frankincense, grossly beat, one Pound; Storax pounded, and Rose Flowers, Half a Pound; yellow Amber, pounded, one Pound; Smyrna Tar, or Myrrh, one Pound; common Saltpetre, pounded, one Pound and a Half; Sulphur, a Quarter of a Pound. Mix all together; it produces nine Pounds three Quarters.
Note, if Guaiacum cannot be had, the Cones of Pines or Firs may be used in its Stead; and the common Tar of Pines instead of Smyrna Tar or Myrrh, and Mugwort in the Room of Southernwood.
LANDON CARTER.
A GENUINE ANECDOTE.
IT is pretty generally known that George I. held a firm Opinion that his Queen had proved false to his Bed, and that the Object of her Affections was Count Koningsmark. So strong y'd this Opinion work on the Monarch's Mind that he confined his Queen in a Castle of his own in Hanover, and was resolved never to own George II. for his Son; but his Friends represented to him, that it would not only bring Infamy on himself, but divert the Line of Succession from his Family. These Considerations were powerful, and he saw the Necessity of following such salutary Advice. Accordingly, in publick he was obliged to own the Prince for his Son; though in private, and to his most intimate Favourites, he sedately and constantly declared that he (the Prince) was not the Issue of his Loins. The Reason that he gave for maintaining an Opinion of his Queen's Infidelity was, that, having an Occasion to enter her Closet very late one Night, he found her asleep on a Sopha, and a Man's Hat, which he knew to belong to Count Koningsmark, lying by her; and as he thought that Circumstance to amount to a full Proof of her Inconstancy, he took the barbarous Resolution of confining her in the Castle where she died. Some Time after this, Doctor Headley, reflecting on the above Circumstance, worked up the Comedy of the Suspicious Husband, the principal Plot of which is the causeless Jealousy of Mr. Strickland, which the Author artfully confirms by introducing Ranger's Hat into Mrs. Strickland's Chamber; which, being found by Mr. Strickland, confirms his Suspicion, and he resolves to part with his Lady. This Play the Doctor dedicated to King George II. who was so highly pleased with it that he ordered a private Gratification of one Thousand Guineas, and some other Emoluments, to the Author; was present at the first Representation, and so charmed with Mr. Garrick's Performance of Ranger that he honoured the House with his Presence for several Nights during the Run of the Play.

A FEW Days ago a very extraordinary Occurrence happened here. A Finnlander brought a Ship Load of Wood to sell in this Capital. The Soldiers who were upon Guard at the Time this Ship arrived formed a Plan amongst themselves to cheat this poor Man of part or his small Wood; and, to carry it effectually into Execution, it was agreed that one of them should pick a Quarrel with the Finnish Finnlander, and from Words should, as quick as possible, fall to Blows with him. The Finnlander then pretended to be very sorry for having given the Soldier any Occasion to put himself into so terrible a Passion, and with fair Speech, and humble Voice, soothed and coaxed the Soldier until he got him within his Reach; when, slyly taking an Herb out of his Pouch, he rubbed it in a violent Manner all over the Jaws and Mouth of the Soldier, who, to the great Astonishment and Terror of his Brother Comrades, was instantly stricken dumb. This Event alarmed the whole Garrison, and the Head Officer then on Duty put the Finnlander and Soldier both under an Arrest. The Affair came before a civil Court of Judicature, and the Finnlander declared, that, in his own Defence, he had done Nothing more than made Use of an Herb, which, on briefly chafing the Lips of any Man with it, has the Power of depriving the Person so chafed of the Use of Speech. The Court, deeming this violent, though natural Mode of doing one's Self Justice, not strictly justifiable, were going to pass Sentence upon him; but the Finnlander begged he might be heard a few Words. This Request being granted, the honest Finnlander replied, that had he totally deprived the Soldier of his Use of Speech he would not pretend to justify his own Conduct; but as the Herb which he had made Use of occasioned only a temporary Deprivation of Speech, and the Power of that Herb might be counteracted in Half a Minute's Time, by the Application of another Herb which he had then in his Pouch, he hoped the Judges would release him, on Condition of his restoring the Soldier to the Use of his Speech. This Request being also granted, the Finnlander applied the antidotal Herb to the Soldier's Mouth, and the dumb Man instantly recovered his Speech. The Society of Arts and Sciences established at Stockholm, when they heard the surprising Power of these two Herbs, sent for the Finnlander, and offered him a Reward of two Hundred and fifty Dollars for the Discovery of them; but the Offer, it seems, was not accepted.
A Description of the LADIES of England. From M. Grouley's Tour to London, a Work just published.
WOULD the fair Sex be Gainers, if this Maxim were to be observed in England? That Sex is, in its present State, just such as one could wish it to be in Order to form the Felicity of Wedlock. The share which the Women have in the Seriousness and Melancholy of the Nation, by rejecting them sedentary, attaches them to their Husbands, to their Children, and the Care of their Houses. They frequently nurse their own Children themselves; and this Custom, which gains Ground every Day, is a new Tie of Affection to the Mothers.
This amiable Disposition makes most young Women of England, of the Catholic Persuasion, have an Inclination to the Convent. Those in whom this Inclination is strongest cross the Seas, and repair to the Nunneries in Flanders and France, into which they are received as Boarders, upon the Funds assigned in these States for the Support and Encouragement of new Converts to the Roman Catholic Religion. St. Omer's is the chief Town in Flanders for Establishments of this Nature. English Gentlemen who pass through this City on their Travels, or who are excited to go over to see any of their Relations among the Nuns, are usually received by these Ladies. They are readily admitted into the Cloisters, where they have an Opportunity of conversing with their Country Women and Relations, who avail themselves of these Conversations to attempt their Conversion. In England itself there are some Convents, which are made to pass upon the Publick for Boarding Schools; in these Places, Nuns are admitted to take the Vows. Those who have gone through this Ceremony, being dressed simply and modestly, live in Society, perform all the Exercises enjoined them by the Rules of their Order, and sometimes go abroad and visit their Families. I happened, one Day, to dine in the Country with one of these Ladies; in the Evening I waited upon her home, with Part of the Company, to her Convent, to which Father de la Valette had been Confessor during his Residence in England.
The English Women are by no Means indifferent to publick Affairs. Their interesting themselves in these gives a new Pleasure to social Life: The Husband always finds at home Somebody to whom he can open himself, and converse as long and as earnestly as he thinks proper upon the Subjects which he has most at Heart.
All Appearances of Intimacy between the two Sexes is dropped in publick, at those Meals where Persons belonging to different Families meet: The Women retire soon after the Cloth is taken away; the Wine is then put upon the Table, and the Guests begin to enter upon Conversation. The Ladies accompany the Mistress of the House to her Apartment, where they enter into a Chit-chat by themselves.
At the grand Assemblies, Play is the only Thing that unites both Sexes. If they meet only to chat and converse, the Women, generally speaking, place themselves near the Door, and leave the upper End of the Apartment, and all the Conversation, to the Men.
At an Assembly, thus composed of both Sexes, a Lady asked me whether I had had many Curiositys and Objects of Observation to visit in London. I made Answer, that there was still one of great Importance for me to know, and that me and her Company could give me all the Information I desired. This was, whether in England the Husband or the Wife governed the House? My Question being explained to all the Ladies present, they discussed it; amused themselves with it; and the Answer which they agreed should be returned to me was, that Husbands alone could resolve me. I then proposed it to the Husbands, who, with one Voice, declared that they hurt not decide.
The Perplexity discovered by those Gentlemen gave me the Solution I desired. In fact, the English Ladies and Wives, with the most mild and gentle Tone, and with an Air of Indifference, Coldness, and Languor, exercise a Power equally despotick over both Husbands and Lovers; a Power so much the more permanent as it is established and supported by a Complaisance and Su-missiveness from which they rarely depart.
This Complaisance, this Submission, and this Mildness, are happy Virtues of Constitution, which Nature has given them, to serve as a Sort of Mask to all that is most haughty, proud, and impetuous in the English Character.
To the Gifts of Nature add the Charms of Beauty, which is very common in England. With Regard to Graces, the English Women have those which accompany Beauty, and not those artificial Graces that cannot supply its Place; those transient Graces which are not the same to-day as yesterday, those Graces which are not so much in the Objects themselves as in the Eye of the Spectator.
So sensible are the English Ladies of their Beauty that they neglect their Dress, and are little solicitous about adorning their Persons. A Lady, when at home, generally wears a Dishabille suited to the Economy of her House. If she happens to make her Appearance in a Morning in St. James's Park, it is in a short Gown, a long white Apron, and a Hat; and she is attended by a Waiting Maid, dressed as elegantly as herself.
At publick Assemblies, Diamonds and Lace adorn the Sex, and then they make a distinguished Figure. The Care of dressing (that of dressing the Hair, above all) is observable only in a small Number of Ladies, who, thinking, no doubt, that they have Occasion for it, have Resolution enough to go through all the Operations of the Hair Dresser.
The Country Ladies, by these Ladies during great Part of the Year, and the Freedom which accompanies that Kind of Life, make them continue an agreeable Negligence in Dress, which never gives Disgust.
At the Trial of Lord Byron, I saw only a few Ladies dressed in the French Taste. All the rest decked in the finest Manner, with Brocades, Diamonds, and Lace, had no other Head Dress but a Riband tied to their Hair, over which they wore a flat Hat, adorned with a Variety of Ornaments.
It requires much Observation to be able to give a full Account of the great Effect produced by this Hat: It affords the Ladies who wear it a rich and roguish Air which the winged Hat gives to Mercury; it animates their Faces with a Degree of Vivacity which is not natural to them. In the Midst of these Hats, which filled Westminster Hall, the Heads of those Ladies who were dressed according to the French Fashion resembled uniformed Houses. No Rouge was laid upon their Faces; the Rouge, which the French Women have doubtless borrowed from the ancient Persians, has not yet crossed the Seas.
A good Shape is a most striking Article of English Beauty, and is almost inseparable from it; it is owing to the free and easy Manner with which the Bodies of Children of the present Generation have been formed, and the use made of Swaddling Clothes, or Constraints of any Sort. Instead of that Armour of Whale one still made Use of in France, to put a Force upon Nature, and which often quite spoils it, they use in England only a Sort of Whalebone Waistcoat, which just reaches to the Breast,
* The Author made his Tour in 1765.
and has no other Effect but that of keeping the Body in a slight Compression. Two Ribands, from the fore to the hind Part, keep it on, without bridling or putting any Restraint upon the shoulders. When in Dishabille, these Ribands generally falling upon the Arms, the upper Part of the Body, disengaged from all Venture and Ligature, receives and is benefited by the Overplus of Nourishment which the Compression of the lower Part distributes to it, whence results the Ease and Beauty of the Shape.
These Stays are, precisely, the Cestus which makes a Part of the Dress of the Grecian Goddesses and Virgins in ancient Monuments; this was the so much celebrated Girdle of Venus. The Needle Work with which this Cestus was, generally speaking, enriched, presented to the View all that Art could add to the most perfect and most seducing Production of Nature.
The Neck of an English Lady, being neither squeezed nor compressed in its Growth and Increase, enjoys all the Advantages of Liberty; but by Degrees she abuses it, and this Abuse is carried so much the farther, as it is, for the most Part, formed upon the Model of those of Picardy.
The English Ladies did not adopt that Dress which Catherine of Medici had introduced into France, in the Form of a Fishing Net. It completely enraptured the whole Body up to the Chin; the Neck itself was surrounded with a Ruff. This Dress soon became fashionable with the Women of Paris. This we learn from a Fact related by Father Niceron of Thomas Dempster: "That Writer (says Father Niceron) having married, about the Year 1610, a Woman of extraordinary Beauty, came to Paris with her. One Day, as he was walking with her through the Streets, they were surrounded with a Crowd, which was drawn together by the dazzling Beauty of the Lady, who, according to the Custom of her Country, displayed to the Eye one of the finest Bosoms in the Universe, and shoulders which in Whiteness vied with the driven Snow. The Crowd soon became so considerable that the married Couple were in Danger of being stifled, and would infallibly have been so if they had not quickly fled for Refuge to the nearest Houses."
Even during the Lifetime of Catherine of Medici the Ladies of Florence had entirely laid aside a Dress which was of little Advantage to them; their new Apparel was our present Court Habit. Queen Margaret had adopted it with Ruffness, and many of Medici found the Mode quite established.
In England, the Children of the other Sex enjoy from the Cradle the same Liberty; the People there do not distrust Nature with Regard to their Offspring; the completely answers the Confidence they place in her Care. They are for the most Part well shaped, and there are very few deformed or hump-backed Children to be seen in London. Struck with this extraordinary Circumstance, I examined the Thing more closely, and endeavoured to trace it out, but to no Purpose. When I happened to be walking in some remote Quarter of the Town, one or other of my Acquaintance, surprised to see me there, asked me what I was in Quest of: "A hump-backed Man, answered I, but I cannot find one."
ANECDOE.
NO Nation affixes so many Christian Names as the Spaniards. A poor Don Quixote, who had no other Company or Attendants but the wretched Juce upon which he was mounted, reached with much Difficulty a small Village in France, called Quinot, where there was but one little Inn. As it was Midnight when he arrived, he applied himself with great Noise and Diligence to the Gate. The Host, waking at last, looked out at the Window, and called "Who's there?" "Here is (answered the Spaniard) Don Sancho, Alphonso, Ramiro, Juan, Pedro, Carlos, Francisco, Domingo de Roxas, de Struniga, de las Fuentes." The Landlord, who knew he had but one empty Bed, told him briskly, "He had not Room for so much Company," and so returned to his Nest. In vain did the Spaniard bawl and argue; he was obliged to move two Leagues farther, for an Opportunity to go to Roost.
WILLIAMSBURG, December 3.
LAST Monday being the Feast of St. Andrew, which is the Time appointed by the Charter of this City for electing a Mayor, JAMES COAKLE, Esquire, was chosen into that Office for the ensuing Year. At the same Time Doctor JAMES BLAIR was made an Alderman (in the Room of George Wythe, Esquire, resigned) and Mr. JOHN DIXON one of the Common Council.
This Evening arrived here from the Northward, on a Visit to his Excellency the Governor, the Right Honourable the Earl of STIRLING.
Mr. FORSYCE, the Banker, arrived in London the 7th of September, and was to make his first Appearance before the Commissioners of Bankruptcy on the 12th of the same Month. His Return has raised the Spirits of many of his Creditors, as his Appearance to the Statute, by permitting his Residence in England, may afford his fertile Genius a future Opportunity of raising a Fortune, and paying all his Debts.
[Marriages.] NATHANIEL BURWELL, Esquire, of Merchant's Hundred, to Miss SUKKEY GRYMES, a Daughter of the Honourable Philip Grymes, deceased.
CHAMPION TRAVIS, Esquire, Representative for Jamestown, to Miss BETSEY BOUGH of Norfolk, Daughter of Mr. Samuel Bough, Clerk of that County and Borough.
[Deaths.] Colonel WILSON CART, in an advanced Age, at his Seat at Cealy's, near Hampton.
RICHMOND, November 25. Last Sunday Morning, about three o'Clock, the Jail of this County, wherein one John Watkins was confined on Suspicion of Felony, was set on Fire (as is supposed) by some of the Prisoner's Friends, and in a short Time reduced to Ashes: but the adjoining Houses, which were thought to be in the utmost Danger, were saved, by the Activity and good Management of the Inhabitants. The Prisoner has been under a Guard ever since, as well as one Moses Jones, who is thought to be concerned in burning the Prison.
SURRY County, December 1. This Day the Reverend BENJAMIN BLAGROVE was elected Rector of Southwark Parish, by a large Majority of the Vestry.
A Man of Worth, a Man of Truth; One only Crime he has, his Youth; And yet don't fear, he'll never hurt ye, He'll cool (my Word for't) e'er he's forty.
To oblige an old Customer, we are obliged to insert the following:
SUSSEX, July 22, 1772.
ON Sunday last was put up at St. Mark's Church, in Sussex, a Paper signifying that Mr. M c Roberts was to preach at Sappony Church, in Dinwiddie, on Tuesday the 21st of July, being the Day after Divine Court; and underneath, on the same Paper, in a very small Hand, the following Curiosity literally:
"Reader are you a Sin Sick soul or Not I do advise you to Go if the 1st you hear the Gospel preach if the 2d you'll be well warned of your danger which this useless tail heare may devcive you of so long thair more than Probable if we believe what God has wrote to us some of us before its done may be in hell (if you start at this) Dear frs Depend its the very trick of the Devil to Keep us secure till he lands us there."
* N. B. The Minister was to preach that Day on Infant Baptism, of which he had given Notice the Sunday before.
Advertisements.
FREDERICKSBURG, December 1, 1772.
HAVING it 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 Duffels, 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.
GOSPORT, December 1, 1772.
LITTLE or no Regard having been paid to the Advertisement inserted in this Paper last January, requiring all Persons indebted to the Estate of Mess r Spratle and Crooks, deceased, to make speedy Payment, this is to notify to all concerned, that, unless they discharge their respective Balances immediately, the Accounts will be put into the Hands of an Attorney, with Orders to commence Suits.
ANDREW SPROWLE, Administrator.
RICHMOND, December 1, 1772.
A PACKAGE of LETTERS directed to the Subscriber came by the Fanny, Captain Barran, which encloses Matters of considerable Consequence to him, and has by some Accident miscarried. He will be much obliged to any Person that will forward it to the Post Office at Williamsburg, or to Mr. John Smith in Hanover Town, who will pay any reasonable Expense for the Conveyance.
(1||) THOMAS SMITH.
I HEREBY give Notice that I shall attend, with Mr. Douglas, and such other Assistant Surveyors as it may be thought necessary to appoint, by the 15th of April, on the Oke, opposite to the Mouth of the Sine River, in Order to survey the Lands claimed under his Majesty's Proclamation, also any other Claims that I may be directed to survey; therefore recommend it to the Officers and Soldiers that do not personally attend their Surveys to appoint Agents to see it done, and receive their Lands.
THOMAS BULLITT, Surveyor.
LEFT for Sale at the Post Office in Williamsburg, some exceeding fine TURKEY RHUBARB, Price three Dollars a Pound; also a few very neat WATCHES, from seven to nineteen Guineas each.
PETERSBURG, December 1, 1772.
I WILL give the best Encouragement to one or two CABINET and CHAIR MAKERS, and pay them their Wages weekly if they desire it.
(2||) WILLIAM STAINBACK.
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 Kaysar's lamentable Circumstances.
None need to dread being condemned to a painful Salivation, be his Symptoms ever so shocking, for it cures when all other Remedies have failed; and it cures too without Pain, Confinement, or blaring a fair Reputation. Indeed, the only unfavourable Tendency in Doctor Kaysar'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 Galt's Shop in Williamsburg.
To be SOLD at publick Sale, on the Premises, on Tuesday the 15th of this Instant (December)
A BRICK DWELLING-HOUSE, with its APPURTENANCES, situated at the Corner of Church Street, in the Borough of Norfolk, at present in the Occupation of Mrs. Davis, very convenient for a Merchant, Tavern Keeper, or Tradesman. One Half the Purchase Money to be paid at executing the Conveyance, and the other Half on the 25th Day of April next, giving Bond and approved Security to JOHN COAKLEY.
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.
(10||) JAMES AULD.
To be HIRED for a Year, and delivered on New Year's Day,
FOUR Negro MEN, five young WOMEN, and a BOY. Also to be rented, for a Year, or Years, a Plantation in Prince George County called Harris's, containing about five Hundred Acres. For Terms apply to the Subscriber, in Williamsburg; who would dispose of, on reasonable Terms, her Thirds, or Dower, in the following TRACTS of LAND: Four Thousand one Hundred and fourteen Acres in one Tract, and four Hundred and thirty four Acres in another Tract, in Essex County, two Thousand one Hundred and forty five Acres in Lunenburg, a Thousand and ninety Acres in Mecklenburg, eight Hundred Acres in Orange, and four Hundred Acres in Pittsylvania, which Lands did belong to the Estate of the late James Blair, deceased; also her Dower in five Hundred Acres in Chesterfield County, now the Estate of Brett Randolph, deceased.
(||) ANNE BLAIR.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in New Kent, a Virginia born Negro Woman named BETTY, about twenty seven Years old, of a middle Stature, and has a Scar on her Breast occasioned by a Stroke from her Overseer; her Clothing Virginia Cloth, but probably may change her Dress. She is supposed to be lurking about Williamsburg. Whoever conveys the said Slave to me shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward, and THIRTY SHILLINGS to secure her so that I get her again.
FRANCIS TYREE, Senior.
COMMITTED to the Jail of Surry County, a Negro Man who says his Name is TOM, and that he belongs to Benjamin Clements of Sussex; he is five Feet seven or eight Inches high, appears to be of the Indian Breed, and is marked on each Cheek R. R. The Owner is desired to prove his Property, pay Charges, and fetch him away.
DRURY WARREN.
Mess r . PURDIE & DIXON,
GENTLEMEN, SUFFOLK, November 16, 1772.
I KEEP a Tavern in the Town of Suffolk, and have always behaved so as to give Satisfaction to my Customers. In the Month of September last the Reverend Patrick Luman came to my House, and stayed four Days, treating every Person that would condescend to drink with him, until his Account amounted to two Pounds fourteen Shillings and ten Pence current Money. When I demanded my Money, he refused Payment: I brought a Petition against him in this County Court; he employed an Attorney, and took Shelter under the Act of Assembly where no more Credit than twenty Shillings is to be given to any one Person. The Attorney, at the same Time, declared he acted by the particular Direction of his Client. I now desire of you, Gentlemen, to insert this in your Gazette, that thereby others in my Situation may know how to treat him, the said Mr. Luman, for the future; and you will oblige
Your humble Servant, WILLIAM DIXON.

NORFOLK, November 25, 1772.
As the Partnership of the Subscribers will expire on the first of January next, and they are solicitous that the Affairs of the Concern should be brought to a Speedy Conclusion, they expect that all Persons who are indebted to them will, without Fail, discharge their Accounts by that Time.
WILLIAM & JOHN BROWN.
** The Business, to its usual Extent, will be carried on under the Firm of Brown, Grierson, and Company; who have imported, by the last Ships from Britain, an Assortment of Goods suitable to the Season, which they will sell at a low Advance, for Cash, or short Credit.
MESSEURS Brown and Zuite of Liver- pool shipped, in the Jenny, Captain Kerr, in June last, two BOXES marked T H, which were to be delivered to Order. The Owner may have them by applying to Captain Kerr, at Broadway, paying the Freight, and the Charge of this Advertisement. EDWARD BRISBANE.
NORFOLK, November 26, 1772.
BEING under the Necessity of settling my Brother's Affairs as soon as possible, I desire all Persons indebted to James and John Taylor to discharge their Accounts on or before the 25th of April next; and those who have Demands against them, or John Taylor, deceased, may apply for Payment. (4) JAMES TAYLOR.
THE Subscriber, in York, has a Quantity of low priced IRISH LINENS, CHECK LINEN, HALF-THICKS, and COARSE CLOTHS, which he will sell by Wholesale at a very low Advance for ready Money, or on Credit till April next. (211) ROBERT ROBERTSON.
NORFOLK, November 25, 1772.
SUNDRY Packages of Goods imported in the Mary, Captain Resentree, having lost their Marks and Numbers by the Sea Damage, whoever have Goods undelivered are desired to apply to us. (11) WILLIAM & JOHN BROWN. ** Imported from London, in the Dawes, Captain Brown, three Carriages, a CHARIOT, PHETON, and single CHAIR, directed to Ralph Foulkner, Esquire, Virginia, who is desired to apply as above.
NANSEMOND, November 23, 1772.
WE hereby give Notice that (for the future) there will be no TOBACCO shipped from MILNER'S Warehouse without the Money due for shipping is paid at the Delivery of the Tobacco. (211) READE & GODWIN.
NORFOLK, November 24, 1772.
THE Subscriber, having convenient Stores for the Reception of Goods, still continues to receive and sell Goods at publick and private Sale, on Commission, and begs Leave to inform the Publick that the greatest Punctuality will be observed in Payment of the Proceeds, at any Junction. He also returns his Employers and Friends his most hearty Thanks for their Favours heretofore received, and hopes for a Continuance of them, so long as they find him punctual, which shall be his constant Endeavour to abide by. GEORGE KELLY, V. M.
FOR LIVERPOOL,
The Ship YORK, THOMAS FELL Master, Lying at NORFOLK,
Will take in TOBACCO, on Liberty of Consignment, At EIGHT POUNDS a TUN.
Apply to the said Master on Board, or to the Subscriber, In FREDERICKSBURG.
(11) JAMES WARD.
NOW loading for London, at Broadway, in Appomattox River, the Snow Prince George, Edward Boweman Master, and will take in Tobacco, with Liberty of Consignment, at seven Pounds ten Shillings Sterling a Tun. Any Gentlemen inclined to ship will please to send their Orders to Messieurs David Russell in Blandford, Thomas Gordon in Peterburg, James Mc Dowall in Richmond, James Belfour at Cabin Point, or the Subscribers, in Prince George. CHARLES GREGORY, & Co.
THE Part of Roger Dixon's Estate which was advertised to be sold on the 19th of next Month is still designed for Sale on that Day. After thankful acknowledgment of the Kindness of the Creditors, I have still to beg, that, as they see I have advertised the whole Estate for Sale, and intend to administer it with the strictest Justice, as far as the Law charges me, they will be satisfied with the Terms advertised; and as the Estate is at present, and after the Sale my Person and Estate, will lie at the Mercy of several Creditors, who have had Judgments, I shall take it kind of any who will not wait for the Time of Credit advertised that they will let me know it before the Sale, that I may make Provision by selling a Part for ready Money, which will be a great Detriment, not only to the Widow and Orphans, but likewise to some Creditors. The Consciences of the Debtors too, I hope, will stimulate them to make just and speedy Payment, when they reflect how much Distress they have brought on the Family of a Man who has been indulgent to them to Excess. V JOHN DIXON, Administrator.
THE Sale of Captain Henry Harrison's Estate (advertised to be on the 6th Instant) being prevented, on Saturday the 19th of December, if fair, otherwise next fair Day, will be sold to the highest Bidder all the Residue of the said Deceased's personal Estate, consisting of HORSES, CATTLE, SHEEP, and about a Hundred and fifty HOGS, twenty of which are merchandise, about two Hundred Barrels of CORN, and a large Quantity of FODDER. Credit will be allowed for all Sums above forty Shillings till the 1st of April 1773, on Bond, with approved Security, being given, to carry Interest from the Date if not paid punctually on the Day. There are several Tenements belonging to the said Estate which I will rent for a Term of Years, Bond, &c. being given.
I hope it is unnecessary to remind the Purchasers at the last Sale that no Indulgence can be given, and to request all to whom the said Estate is indebted will attend on the Day of Sale, that they may receive their respective Demands as far as the Assets in my Hands will go. (2) NATHANIEL HARRISON, Administrator.
ON the 24th of December will be SOLD a Tract of LAND on Bush River, before advertised; together with thirty SLAVES, CORN, STOCKS, and PLANTATION IMPLEMENTS. RYLAND RANDOLPH.
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.
FOR SALE,
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. (TI) GEORGE DANIEL.
TO BE SOLD,
A VESSEL on the Stocks, which may be launched in a little Time; her Keel is fifty two Feet, her Beam twenty one, and her Hold ten. Any Person inclined to purchase may have her finished in what Manner he pleases, and know the Terms by applying to Mr. William Cary at York, Messieurs Lucas and Dixon at East River, or the Subscriber, on the said River, in Gloucester County. (2) CHRISTOPHER CULLEY.
To be sold at Richmond Town, on Wednesday the 23rd of December, at publick Auction,
TWENTY VIRGINIA BORN SLAVES, mostly young Fellows, among whom is a good CARPENTER. The Time of Payment to be agreed on at the Sale. (4)
By Decree of King & Queen County Court will be sold to the highest Bidder, on Monday the 14th of December, being Court Day,
A TRACT of LAND containing about four Hundred Acres, whereon Benjamin Pynes now lieth, subject to the Dower of Mrs. Pynes if she survives him, lying near the lower Church in St. Stephen's Parish, in the aforesaid County, with convenient Buildings thereon. Three Months Credit will be allowed, the Purchaser giving Bond, with approved Security, to carry Interest from the Date if not punctually paid. (2) HUMPHREY HILL. EDWARD HILL.
To be SOLD, at the Plantation where Mr. Benjamin Robinson, Junior, formerly lived, near Robinson's Mill, in Caroline, on Monday the 21st of December,
A PARCEL of choice Virginia born SLAVES, and a large Quantity of CORN and FODDER, belonging to his Estate. Credit will be allowed till the 25th of April next, the Purchasers giving Bond, with approved Security, to the Administrators.
FIVE POUNDS REWARD
WILL be paid by the Subscriber for apprehending DICK, a light Mulatto Slave, by Trade a Shoemaker, and was lately the Property of James Walker. He is about thirty five Years of Age, well set, near five Feet ten Inches high, can read, and may attempt to pass for a Freeman; it is therefore necessary that all Captains of Vessels should be cautious of carrying him out of the Colony. It is supposed he is harboured about Brandon, or with the Indians on Pamunkey. Whoever delivers him to me, in Dinwiddie, shall have the above Reward. ROBERT WALKER.
RUN away, some Time last May, from a Sloop in Maryland, John Walls Master, at Menokin River, on the Eastern Shore, FRANCEWAY, a yellow lusty well set Fellow, born in the French West Indies, who is five Feet six or eight Inches high, has black straight Hair, a small Scar near one of his Eyes, and stamped with Blue on his Arms, between the Wrist and Elbow, with the Figure of an Anchor; he is apt to stammer, when spoke to harshly. He has been fourteen or fifteen Years in Bermuda, and speaks tolerable good English; Whoever brings the said Fellow to me, in Norfolk, or secures him in any Jail, shall have five Pounds Reward, besides what the Law allows, and all reasonable Expenses paid. WRIGHT WESTCOTT.
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 thick dark Hair, and is a Yorkshireman, 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 Duroy 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 McQuade, 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. (TY) THOMAS POLLARD.
To be SOLD, on the 1st of January next,
THE HOUSE in which Mr. Thomas Egleton lives, in the Town of Peterburg, exceedingly well contrived and situated for a Tavern. The Payments will be made easy to a Purchaser. (5) JERMAM BAKER.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Cumberland, about the 10th of October last, a Mulatto Man named JIM, who is a Slave, but pretends to have a Right to his Freedom. His Father was an Indian, of the Name of Chesire, and very likely will call himself JAMES CHESHIRE, or CHINK. He is a short well set Fellow, about twenty seven Years of Age, with long black Hair resembling an Indian's; and had on, or took with him, a Virginia Cloth Jacket without Sleeves, lined with Osnabrugs, the Outside striped in the Warp with Copperas dyed Cotton, and shot in with Cotton and Yarn; his other Clothing was such as Negroes commonly wear. When he went away I expected he was gone to the General Court to seek for his Freedom, and has been seen at Rocky Ridge, on his Way, as he said, to Williamsburg. Whoever brings him to me shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward if he is taken in the Colony, and FIVE POUNDS if out thereof, besides what the Law allows. PAUL MICHAUX.
OCTOBER 14, 1772.
RUN away from my Plantation, in BUTE County, North Carolina, about three Weeks ago, a Negro Wench named JOAN, whom I bought last Winter of Mr. Douglas Hamilton, at Halifax, and suppose she has made for some of the lower Counties in this Province or Virginia, as she had from below. She is about thirty Years of Age, stout, and well made, and has a smiling Countenance; she carried away a Rug, Blanket, and all her Wearing Apparel. Whoever will secure her, and acquaint me thereof, or bring her to me, shall be well rewarded for their Trouble, and paid Expenses. WILLIAM PARK.
STRAYED, or STOLEN, about the 26th of October, out of Mr. Richard Adams's Pasture at Richmond Town, a sorrel HORSE about fifteen Hands high, with a hanging Mane and short Tail, some White in his Face and about his hind Feet, paces, trots, and gallops well, and has been drove in a Chair, as may be seen by the Hair on his Breast being rubbed. Also a small bay MARE, with a hanging Mane inclined to fall on the left Side, some White in her Face, trots fast, and with great Spirit. Whoever delivers them to Mr. William Goffe at York Town, or to me in Richmond, shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward for each, and no Questions asked. THOMAS ADAMS.
TAKEN up, in Lunenburg, a dark roan MARE about four Feet five Inches high, and branded on the near Buttock G. Possed, and appraised to ten Pounds. (11) FRANCIS LANDRUM.
TAKEN up, on the Subscriber's Plantation near the Seven Islands, Buckingham, an old white HORSE about four Feet five or six Inches high, who has been docked, but has no Brand perceivable. Also a red pied STEER seven or eight Years old, marked in the right Ear with a smooth Crop, and a Nick in the left. Possed, and appraised, the Horse to four Pounds ten Shillings, and the Steer to five Pounds. ROBERT BOLLING, Junior.
TAKEN up, in Dinwiddie, a red OX marked with a Crop and two Slits in his right Ear, and a swallowfork in the left. CHARLES TURNBULL.
TAKEN up, in Dinwiddie, near Hardin's Mill, on Appomattox River, a red brindled STEER about three or four Years old, marked with a swallowfork in the right Ear, and a Hallmoon in the under Part of the left. Possed, and appraised to fifty Shillings. (11) NATHANIEL CROWDEN.
MIDDLESEX, November 18, 1772.
I HAVE in my Possession (which I am willing to dispose of) a Tract of LAND lying on Cub Run, in the County of Loudoun, containing (by Patent) one Thousand eight Hundred and seventy one Acres, conveniently situated to Church, is in the Neighbourhood of several very good Merchant Mills, and not more than twenty Miles distant from Navigation. Any Person inclined to purchase may be shown the Land by applying to any of the Gentlemen near it, or to one or two Persons living thereon. Such Credit as shall be most agreeable will be allowed the Purchaser, on giving Bond, with approved Security, bearing Interest from the Date thereof, to PHILIP L. GRYMES.
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)
FALMOUTH, November 12, 1772.
THE Debts due to Deker Thompson, and Company, soon after the Death of Mr. Thompson, were put into the Hands of Mr. William Templeman to collect, by Mr. Charles Yates (surviving Partner) and Mr. Thompson's Executors. Mr. Yates being now in England, and Mr. Templeman deceased, the said Executors have appointed Mr. John Meals to collect the Debts that yet remain due to the said Company, until Mr. Charles Yates shall supersede him. (11) ARTHUR MORSON. EDWARD MOOR.
ALL Persons indebted to the Estate of Mr. Robert Paterson, deceased, are requested to make immediate Payment, as no Indulgence can be given. Those having Claims are desired to make them known to Mr. Malcolm Barr of Hanover Town, whom I have properly authorised to transact that Business for me. NINIAN MENZIES, Administrator.
IMPORTED in the Brig Pompey, Captain Yeoman, from Hull, a Package of WEARING APPAREL, directed to Mr. John Brown, Schoolmaster at Mr. Richard Neale's, in Prince George's County, Maryland. He will be informed where the Package is by inquiring at Mr. Francis Toufe's, Anchor Smith in Norfolk, or at the Post Office, Williamsburg.
GLOUCESTER County, November 20, 1772.
THE Subscriber having invented a cheap and simple Machine for separating Wheat from the Straw, which will, with Ease, beat out a Hundred and twenty Bushels a Day, with three Horses, or in that Proportion with a greater or less Number, begs Leave to inform the Publick that he proposes to get some Gentlemen in every County to set on Foot a Subscription for raising such Sums as they may think the Invention of so useful a Machine deserves. And he now takes this Method, of requesting the Favour of all Lovers of useful Improvements to encourage and promote this; which he does assure them may be carried into Execution by any tolerable Carpenter, and the whole Expense, if purchased, will not exceed fifteen Pounds, and if made by Gentlemen's own Servants will not cost twenty Shillings. As soon as a sufficient Sum is subscribed, he will produce Models, and lodge them in different Parts of the Country. This he hopes to be encouraged to do by the April General Court next, that all the Subscribers may have Time to furnish themselves with the Machine before Harvest. He does not expect, or desire, to receive a Shilling of the Money subscribed till the October General Court following, nor even then unless it shall appear that his Machine deserves it. JOHN HOBDAY.
We the Subscribers have examined a Model of Mr. Hobday's Machine for beating out Wheat, and are of Opinion that it may be easily carried into Execution, and will fully answer the Purpose intended. THOMAS NELSON. DAVID JAMESON. JAQUILIN AMBLER. JOHN PAGE, Roswell.
ALL Persons having Demands against the Estate of Captain Theodorick Munford, deceased, are desired to make them known to the Executors, that they may be adjusted, and paid. ROBERT MUNFORD, THEODORICK BLAND, } Executors. JOHN BANISTER, }
W A N T E D,
A YOUNG Man capable of waiting in a Tavern; likewise a good COOK, either Man or Woman. Any such, that can come well recommended for their Honesty and Sobriety, may hear of a Place by applying to the Printers hereof. ** None else need to apply. (6)
WANTED IMMEDIATELY,
A VESSEL on CHARTER for the West Indies, about one or a Hundred and twenty Tons Burthen. ANNOVER County, JOHN BURNLEY. AHOVEMBER 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 Outbuildings, 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. (11) THOMAS OSWALD.
ABUT twenty likely SLAVES will be sold, for ready Money, on the 21st of December, at Dinwiddie Courthouse, it being Court Day; among whom is a fine COOPER, a BRICKLAYER, and some HOUSE SERVANTS.
For SALE,
A BILLIARD TABLE, quite new, allowed by every Gentleman that ever saw it to be as good as any on the Continent. It was built by the ingenious Mr. Richard Taylor of Norfolk, has a Cover to hoist and let down, with Sticks, Balls, &c. Any Person inclined to purchase may know the Terms by applying to the Subscriber, in Suffolk. SAMUEL SWANN.

POETS CORNER.
FROM THE ITALIAN OF TASSO.
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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...
Just IMPORTED from London, and to be SOLD at Johnson & Timiney's Store in Newcastle,
A LARGE and fresh Assortment of DRUGS and MEDICINES, namely, best Jesuits Bark, Turlington's Balsam, Crabs Eyes, Gum Gutta-percha, Saltpetre, Alum, Antimony, Brimstone, Juniper Berries...
For SALE, A PLANTATION in Tyrrel County, North Carolina, pleasantly situated on Alligator River, containing about three Hundred Acres of exceeding rich and well timbered Land...
For SALE immediately, altogether, or in Parcels, TWELVE Hundred Acres of LAND in Sussex, seven Miles below the Courthouse, joining Norrway River for about a Mile, which affords Plenty of Fish, and makes near a Hundred Acres of low Grounds...
On the third Thursday in December will be SOLD, at King William Courthouse, by publick Auction,
A VERY valuable Tract of LAND called Tuckerman's, lying a little below Rufkin's Ferry, on Pamunkey River. By a late Survey the high Land belonging to this Tract amounts to six Hundred and fifty Acres...
TO BE SOLD, TWO LOTS in the Town of Falmouth, which are very convenient for private Families, and may be easily made so to a Merchant or Ordinary Keeper...
To be SOLD on the Premises, to the highest Bidder, on Monday the 28th of December, MY ORDINARY in the Town of Blandford, with all the Improvements thereunto belonging, which are good, and not more than seven or eight Years old.
To be SOLD, in Surry County, on Chipox Creek, A NEW SCHOONER, now on the Stocks, Burthen three Thousand five Hundred Bushels to carry to Sea, with her Rigging and Sails almost fitted, and can be launched in ten Days.
To be LET to the lowest Bidder, on Tuesday the 22d of December,
THE Building of a BRIDGE over the Western Branch of Nansemond River, at Milner's Warehouse.
To be SOLD, pursuant to the last Will and Testament of Colonel Bowler Cocke, Junior, deceased,
A TRACT of LAND in Hanover County, about six Miles from Hanover Town, containing two Thousand six Hundred Acres. It will be laid off in Lots of about five Hundred Acres each, and sold at publick Auction, on Monday the 21st of December.
To be SOLD at Urbanna, on Monday the 28th of December (being Middlesex Court Day) if fair, otherwise next fair Day,
ALL the personal Estate of David Ker, Esquire, deceased, consisting of several valuable Virginia born SLAVES, a great Variety of HOUSEHOLD and KITCHEN FURNITURE, all new, many of the Packages not being opened, several HORSES, and a SINGLE CHAIR.
To be SOLD, on Saturday the 12th of December, by Virtue of a Decree of the Honourable the General Court,
TWO Tracts of LAND lying in the County of Orange, on the main Road to Swift Run Gap, about twelve Miles above the Courthouse, one containing three Hundred and seventy two Acres, the other fifty Acres...
To be SOLD on the Premises, on Monday the 14th of December, if fair, otherwise next fair Day,
A VERY valuable PLANTATION on Roanoke, in Mecklenburg County, about sixty five Miles from Peterfburg, known by the Name of Black's Ferry; about two Hundred and fifty Acres of which are remarkable fine low Grounds, and well adapted for growing good Tobacco...
To be SOLD at the Rocky Ridge, on Tuesday the 15th of December,
ALL that exceeding fine PLANTATION, and TRACT of LAND, belonging to the Subscriber, lying at the Falls of James River, in Chesterfield County, containing upwards of two Thousand Acres; which, on Account of its Richness and Situation, is deservedly esteemed the most valuable Plantation in this Colony, and equal to any in America.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Gooch- land, a Scotch Convict Servant named JAMES SMITH, about five Feet eight Inches high, with remarkable red Hair cut short round his Neck, had on a dark bluish gray coloured Coat, Waistcoat, and Breeches...
STRAYED, or rather appears to be stolen, from the Subscriber, about a Month ago, a sorrel Mare about fifteen Hands high, with a Star in her Forehead, a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, and seven Years old next Spring...
STRAYED or STOLEN from the Sub- scriber, out of Colonel Meriwether Smith's Pasture, the 14th of October last, a LIGHT GRAY MARE about fourteen Hands high, with a hanging Mane and thin Switch Tail, is a little scabiated, very slim and gaunt, has a black Spot on one of her Shoulders, occasioned by drawing in a Wagon, but no Brand as I know of, trots, gallops, and paces slow.
To be SOLD, A DOUBLE DECKED VESSEL, now on the Stocks, about one Hundred and thirty Tons Burthen, built by a very good Workman from Boston, out of the best Timber seasoned eighteen Months, she may be launched in a short Time.
COMMITTED to Surry County Jail, on the 8th Instant (November) three Negroes, namely, JOHN, EMMANUEL, ABB his Daughter, and JACK her Son. Emmanuel says he was born in Spain; he is much pitted with the Small-pox, about five Feet seven or eight Inches high, and about fifty Years of Age.
SUFFOLK, November 10, 1772. COMMITTED to the Jail of Nansemond, a very likely Negro Man who calls himself JAMES HENDERSON, says he is a Freeman, and that he was born in Northumberland. He in every Respect answers the Description of a Negro advertised by Mr. Thomas Gaskins of that County.
TAKEN up, in Fauquier, a DARK coloured GELDING thirteen Hands and a Half high, about eight Years old, branded on the near Shoulder T, and on the near Buttock H; he had on a Bell marked W H, fastened with a Leather Strap and common Buckle.
TAKEN up, in Buckingham, a BAY HORSE nine or ten Years old, a Star in his Forehead, a Snip on his Nose, three white Feet, had a Bell on fastened with a Leather Strap and common Buckle, paces pretty fast, branded on the near Shoulder H, and on the near Buttock T.
TAKEN up, in Hanover County, a BAY MARE about four Feet five or six Inches high, a small white Streak on her Forehead, and two small white Spots on the Inside of each Shoulder; adjoining her Breast, a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, no Brand perceivable, paces and trots. Posted, and appraised to eight Pounds.
TAKEN up, in Amherst, a RED STEER marked with a Crop and Overkeel in each Ear, about two Years old. The Owner may have him, proving his Property, by applying to Merdral Brown.
TAKEN up, last July, a small BRINDLE COW with a white Face, marked with a smooth Crop in each Ear, and a Slit in the left, appears to be very old. Posted, and appraised to twenty five Shillings.
TAKEN up, in Charlotte, a BLACK MARE about four Feet and an Inch high, has some Saddle Spots, and is Crest-fallen, branded on the near Shoulder, but I cannot make out what it is. The Owner may have her on proving his Property.
TAKEN up, in Fauquier, a BLACK STEER about seven Years old, marked with a Slit in each Ear. Posted, and appraised to three Pounds.
TAKEN up, in Orange, a DARK BRINDLE HEIFER unmarked, and has some white Spots about her Belly. The Owner may have her, proving his Property, by applying to John Brown.
TAKEN up, in Halifax, a DARK BAY MARE about four Feet five Inches high, six Years old, has a Nick in her Ear, and a Pollevil, branded on the near Buttock W, and on the near Shoulder L. Posted, and appraised to eight Pounds.
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.
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 Peterfburg, 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.
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 inclining to purchase may apply to Colonel Paul Carrington, in Charlotte, who will show the Land, and is fully empowered to dispose of it.
CHARLES CITY, October 20, 1772. RUN away, upwards of two Years ago, from Mr. Richard Holt (but now my Property) EDITH, a Negro Woman five Feet two or three Inches high, about forty Years of Age, full breasted, has remarkable black Lips; and two of her Toes on one Foot join together. FIVE POUNDS Reward will be given to any Person who delivers her to me, near the Long Bridge.
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 NORFOLK, JOHN LAWRENCE. September 24. JOHN GREENWOOD.
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.