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From the HIBERNIAN JOURNAL of July 19. LONDON, July 18, 1771. To his Excellency George Lord Viscount Townshend, Lord Lieutenant General and General Governor of IRELAND.
MY LORD, THE Distress of Ireland (and let it not surprise your Excellency) must soon excite the general Attention. The Disorder of England, like the Plague, is become infectious. Even the performing Quarantine will be found ineffectual to remove it. There is a certain Something peculiar in this Disease, that requires a very forcible Expedient; and it may be that the King's Evil, however stubborn in its Nature, may be considered as the more bearable and consolatory of the two. It requires no great Skill to penetrate into the Nature of this Disorder, and yet it is surprising how the Ministry affect to be innocent of the Cause (you, my Lord, excepted in the List) an Innocent indeed! It was easy to guess at their Affection, and your innocuous Disposition, when, like Vultures, they fed on the Vitals, the bestowing Powers of the Demi-Sovereign. They stripped you of your Plumage, and left you only the simple Reflection of a Shadow. I speak now, and I speak plainly, of your Impotence in Office; I wish you not to mistake me. The hungry Justice, the inferior Magistrate, will support their Dignity. They have a certain Right; they appoint, and they remove. The Constitution hath invested them with this Power; but no Constitution (I beg Pardon, no Minister) it seems, hath favoured you. The Wisdom of his Majesty's Counsellors, be assured, my Lord, was sufficient to fix their Favours nearer home. It is enough to assert the Consultation of the Earl of Bute (for where this Gentleman is consulted the Nation must suffer) and it will suffice to say, that through his Interest alone you became the Dupe of Power. The Ministry were anxious for the Event; it was impossible to deny them Satisfaction.
The Irish Nation have since beheld you in the Meridian of your Power. Like the true Emblem of a modern Courtier, you have shone with a false Light; and it is amazing with what avidity you have embraced the Measures of your honoured and beloved Patron. You was no longer the free Agent; previous to your Appointment, it was evident that all Power had been taken from you. The Hearts of the People, with your annual Income, were all you had to expect. Could you have kept the former, you might have been happy. But you was doomed to Disgrace. You immediately became inspired with the true courtly Principles of Despotism and Tyranny. In your new Station it was your Wish to be singular, and your Pride to be distinguished. Your Lust for Honour and Reputation (and it is very unfortunate) has, from its first Glimpse, been damped either by Cowardice or Interest. It is confessed you have some Abilities, and that those Abilities have been cramped by Corruption. How great the Fall of Merit! But it is more than probable that you were forced into Measures; and it may be urged, that Lord Townshend was the only Man who would accept the Title of General Governor on the Terms proposed. It may be so. But if that be granted, what Satisfaction, my Lord, could you expect? I argue now in a rational Manner. Even his Majesty might as reasonably be said to possess the Hearts and expect the Feet of the People, by following the Advice of his iniquitous Court, as you to derive, on such Terms, either Fame, Honour, or Popularity. But both the King and his good Representative (indeed I am sorry to observe it) are lost in the Labyrinth of ministerial Iniquity. The Weakness of the one naturally implies a Want of Strength in the other.
My Lord, it is scarcely possible that I should be mistaken in this Conjecture; at least if I do mistake, it is with a Degree of Credit; the Voice of the People in two Kingdoms join me. I designedly omit the northern Climate, and I am informed the Irish begin to see and understand the political Compass; they are sensible that the bankrupt State of their Treasury can only be equalled, by that of our own. The Mode of Administration here and there is the same. Oppression creeps in with every Measure. The Ghost of Power is the universal Phantom of State. Promises are as religiously broken by the Lord Lieutenant as they are by the Duke of Grafton, or, if you please, the King. But reiterated Insults seldom go unpunished; and though our Ministry imagine themselves safe at a Distance, yet you, my Lord, may feel the Vengeance of the People. Distress and Poverty have many Hands. A wise Man would move with peculiar Heed, and step forward with the greatest Caution. The Time is drawing near when some Minister must be offered up a publick Sacrifice; I advise you, my Lord, to beware. You have made yourself disagreeable to your dearest Friends, and I am in Doubt whether you are not the Judas of Ireland. You have eaten of the political Sop, betrayed your Sovereign, sacrificed your Dependents, and oppressed the People. Other Pens have delineated the particular home Transactions of your Excellency with more Precision than I am able, at this Distance. I only know the Mode of your Appointment, the Manner you have misrepresented the State of Affairs in Ireland, and the Situation you are in at this Moment; and believe me, my Lord, it is sufficiently critical. A Judgement in this Case is easily formed. When the King is misled by his Favourite, and the Favourite himself becomes unhappy, his Creatures must feel, if not for others, for themselves. It is as impossible for the first Minister of State to be tranquil and easy, with the Vengeance of a free People staring him in the Face, as it is for your Lordship to be convinced of your Error. I with Conviction may not come too late. It is notorious that the Men who were anxious for your Appointment were ever anxious for the Destruction of this Nation. It is of little Importance to the Publick who are originally the Men most active in the dirty Business, provided those Men are known who do the Mischief. Partiality will be out of the Case where a whole People try the Offence. A few may mistake; but when the general Eye is open, when the Balance is once tried, Justice must follow. Your worthy Secretary too, Sir George Macartney, no Doubt has his Feelings. Led into that Office by the same corrupt Influence with your Excellency, he remains the stedfast Slave of Power. But it is probable your Interests in Ireland may clash; the One may assume on the Ground of Title, the other on that of Power; the Secretary may be superior. But I speak this with Diffidence; I conjecture from mere Probability. He is the Son in Law of Lord Bute, your Excellency only his nominal Agent. There is some Difference; and, if we may reason on the Point, we must decide in Favour of the former. My Lord, it would be unpardonable in me, and inconsistent with a Man of my professed Principles, to be found guilty of Deception. Hitherto I have spoken with Freedom; and I wish, out of Compassion to your Excellency, to inform you of the Treachery of your professed Friends. The Truth may be unpalatable; to shun the Path of Infamy and Wretchedness may give you Pain; but I wish to inform and advise. Your Lordship is not the Man they wish to continue as chief Governor of Ireland. How unfortunate it is that the Wretched, whom they duped into a Compliance with their Measures, should thus be rewarded! But, indeed, my Lord, it is not foreign from their Design. You unhappily caught at the Bait; you swallowed the delicious flavoured Morcel, and now you must feel the Effect. To penetrate into the Design of our Ministry, on this Side of the Water, would be difficult; yet it is certain that another Slave, at least another Lord Lieutenant, is now wanting. Bad Men, when they would maintain a bad Cause, need great Assistance; and bad men their Cause be when, among all our wicked, needy, prostituted Juncto, not one of them will accept the Prize on your Terms!
How your Excellency will maintain your Post, with Safety to yourself, in your present Situation, cannot be imagined. Will your Lordship face the Meeting of Parliament? Will you venture to ask the needful Supplies? In the midst of this Dilemma these must be raised; and yet
how great, how stubborn, is the Opposition? The Storm gathers Blackness as we approach. The great Offence committed against that Parliament, through your Side, will not be forgotten. Indeed, so melancholy is your Case, were it possible for me to pity you, after all your Delusion, could I forget your Crimes, and set aside the common Interest of my Fellow Subjects, here I could open my Heart, here I could bestow my Compassion. But you have opened with your Eyes open. Conviction spread itself through every safe and wicked Proposal, and you wilfully swam against the Stream. Your Excellency (and I may venture to engage it) will find the Irish not totally lost to Interest, Consequence, and Liberty, however little you may be supposed to have left them. The Sparks of Resentment will kindle, and it will be happy for you if they kindle not to your Destruction. Rouse then in Time from your Inactivity; and, while it is in your Power, resent the Usage you have so basely received. For once assume the Spirit of a Man, even if you have it not. Apologize for your past Conduct; and endeavour to remove the just Prejudices of the Irish against you, by frankly acknowledging your Errors. You will not have Time, in your present Capacity, to convince them by your Actions. Prepare for the Hour of the most severe Trial, should you be so unhappy as to meet an incensed Majority. I mention this, because it may probably be the Case. The Power of your adored Friends will decrease in Proportion to the Enormity of their Offences, and it will be political in you to be prepared. While others are endeavouring to prostitute their Talents to the worst of Purposes, while the first, and the most wicked Men in the State are racking their tortured Senses to deceive the King, be it your Business, my Lord, to retire and reform. No longer suffer yourself to be their Tool, but with a virtuous Fortitude resolve against every Measure distressing to the Subject; and, when once resolved, be firm. This will raise you in the Esteem of every Lover of his Country. The other must bring you to Disgrace, Infamy, and Destruction.
To the Conductors of the Hibernian Journal, Meath Street, Dublin. JUNIUS.
P I S A, July 13.
IT is said here that France has demanded of the Republick of Genoa forty eight Millions of Livres for the Conquest of Corsica. Others say that the Court of Spain will purchase the said Island, at the above Price.
ROME, July 15. The Holy See has received with great Joy an Account that the King of France has issued a Declaration by which he permits all Ecclesiastics who were banished his Kingdom since the Month of December 1765, on Account of refusing the Sacraments, to return and resume their former Functions. The Jesuits flatter themselves that the Destruction of their Order is still at a great Distance, or rather that it will never happen; and the Foundation of their Hopes is, that his Most Christian Majesty has given Orders to the Bishop of Toul that the celebrated House of Missions founded at Nancy by the late King Stanislaus, which was abandoned when the Arrests of the Parliament required that the Suppression of that Order in France should extend to Lorraine, be restored to eighteen Religious of their Order, who, in the Habit of secular Priests, are to administer the Revenues thereof, and resume the Exercise of their Missions.
VENICE, July 18. The deceased Spanish Minister, Count of Montelegra, died worth an amazing Sum of Money, namely, one Million of Ducats at Naples, seven Hundred Thousand Ducats in our Specie, the same Sum at Genoa, six Hundred Thousand Ducats in England, and Half a Million at Amsterdam; his costly Gold Table Service will be melted down, and made into Money. Besides a Daughter in America, he has several natural Children, who by his Will are all to be legitimated.
ANCONA, July 17. The Conquest of Corsica is said to have cost the French thirty Thousand Men, and nineteen Millions of Livres. Since Paolo left that Island it has cost them annually near four Millions of Livres; and its Revenues, exclusive of the Wood it yields for Shipping, amount but to one Million eight Hundred.
L O N D O N, August 13.
WE hear that Lord Chatham is determined to make a Motion, early in the next Session of Parliament, relative to the scandalous Neglect of the English Dominions on the River Mississippi, which, though ceded to us by Treaty, are in Fact possessed by Spain, though known to be of more Importance than a Thousand Falkland Islands, and worth about three Hundred Thousand Pounds to the Ministry. It will fail in all next Month, and will take Tobacco, with Liberty of Contingent, at eight Pounds Sterling a Tun. Those who incline to ship will be pleased to send their Orders to the Subscriber, at Peterburg.
THE Subscriber having given Bond to William Russell, Deputy Sheriff of York County, for the Delivery of JEMMY, a Negro Man Slave belonging to Pinkerton Eaton, of James City County, which said Negro was in Custody of the said Russell by Virtue of an Execution against the said Eaton's Estate; and whereas the said Negro has since made his Escape from me, I do hereby offer a Reward of FORTY SHILLINGS to any Person who will deliver the said Negro to William Russell, or myself, in Williamsburg. SAMUEL SPURR.
FREDERICKSBURG, October 10, 1771. I INTEND to leave the Colony in a few Weeks. DAVID BLAIR.
IMPORTED in the Christian, Captain James Brown, a M A T C A T T A C K, which is supposed to be a French Privateer, or to suffer Imprisonment in one of the Fortresses. Several other Games are also forbid, as Basset, Pharaoh, &c. and all Keepers of Coffehouses, Taverns, and Alehouses, are made liable to the same Penalties if they suffer those Games to be played in their Houses. Such is the amazing Increase in the Value of West India Estates, that a few Years frequently raise the Fee Simple to twenty Times its original Price. As a Proof of this, we are assured that a Plantation was sold about seven Years ago in Dominico for five Hundred Pounds; the Purchaser in two Years after sold for five Thousand Pounds; the new Buyer sold in three Years for fifteen Thousand Pounds; and the present Possessor is now preparing to dispose of it for thirty Thousand Pounds. The Empress Queen has issued an Ordinance, commanding that no Woman shall enter into a Convent before she has attained her twenty fourth Year; upon which the Ecclesiastics appealed to the Pope, who has written a Letter to her Imperial Majesty, desiring her not to overturn the ancient Custom, but to let every Person follow their own Inclination. The Empress hereupon wrote an Answer to his Holiness, that, as Sovereign in her own Dominions, she had a Right to do as she pleased, and that she should not revoke the Order.
Lord Cathcart, his Majesty's Ambassador at the Court of Peterburg, has, since his Residence there, been treated with great Respect by the Empress, who has bestowed upon his Excellency some signal Marks of Honour, which were never before known to be conferred on a Foreigner. Orders are sent to Ireland for a Slop to be put to the Exportation of Salt Provisions to the Ports of France or Spain, or the Islands in the West Indies belonging to those two Powers. A shocking Circumstance had very near happened last Sunday at a Methodist Meeting, commonly known by the Name of Madam Gin's, or the Old Meeting, in Snow's Fields, Southwark. A Person in Long
Lane having some Time past laboured under a gloomy State, occasioned, as is supposed, by too close Attendance on an illiterate Enthusiast, this Person, with his Wife and four Children, being at the same Meeting on Sunday last, and the Preacher taking his Text from the Hundred and thirty seventh Psalm, Verse the last, "Happy shall he be who taketh and dasheth thy little Ones against the Stones," the Person said out aloud, "Come, come, we have enough of that, proceed to Something else;" and presently after, the Preacher reciting the Text, the Person suddenly caught up one of the least of his Children, and had in all Probability dashed it against the Floor, had not a lusty Man providentially interfered, who, after having saved the Child, closed with and took the unhappy Father out of the Meeting.
Private Letters from France confirm the Report of a Rupture being very likely to ensue between the Courts of Vienna and France, and that another Change in their Ministry was likely to be the Consequence.
August 18. A Letter from Madrid, dated July 15th, says: "We shall have this Year, according to all Appearances, the finest and most plentiful Harvest, of every Sort of Grain, that we have had for many Years."
Letters from Venice, of the 13th ultimo, say: "We have in this Country the Prospect of a fine Harvest, and Letters from the neighbouring Countries give us the same Hopes."
According to Letters from the Hague, the late Resolutions of augmenting the Marine have been adopted, in Consequence of secret Intelligence received over Land from the East Indies.
Yesterday the Honourable Richard Penn kissed his Majesty's Hand on being appointed Governor of Pennsylvania, in North America.
To such an amazing Pitch is Duelling arrived, in Ireland, that last Week one Carr, a Cobler in the Corn Market, and one Kelly, a Barber, discharged a Cask of Pistols at each other. The Seconds charged with Powder only, or these Heroes might have destroyed each other. Surely Duelling must now be out of Fashion.
Colonel Baugh, and Sir David Lindsey, lately appointed Aids de Camp to his Majesty, are both Natives of Scotland, and cannot attribute their Promotion either to Money or Service, since the Aids de Camp are nominated discretionally by the Government.
The Earl of Chatham is, we hear, advised to visit Spa for the Recovery of his Health; in which Case it is thought he will see Berlin before his Return, where he is certain of the most honourable Reception from his Prussian Majesty.
Last Week, as Richard Sampler, a Thatcher, at Burton, near Christ Church, Hants, was getting suddenly out of the Chimney Corner, to prevent a Child that was near him from taking Hold of a Knife which lay on the Table, he unfortunately threw down a charged Fowling Piece, which shot his Wife dead on the Spot, who was big with Child.
By a Letter from Florence we learn that the Situation of the Pretender is truly deplorable. His finances are limited, almost to Poverty; and the Cardinal of York, being a Pigot of the first Enthusiasm, squanders his ecclesiastical Revenues upon the Trumperies of the Church, without administering much to the Wants of his Brother. Thus circumstanced the Pretender is little more than able to keep a Carriage, but on it, Carriage he is not allowed any Ensign armorial; and coming late into Florence, where he purposed staying a few Days, he had Orders to the City in four and twenty Hours. Nor was this all; the Master of the Hotel where he put up, having kept the best Apartment in his Honor, received a Command to let it immediately, and was threatened a publick Punishment if he treated him with any Instances of Distinction. The Pretender is exceedingly corpulent, owing to a total Disuse of Exercise; and his Face is remarkably carbuncled, from an excessive Indulgence of the Bottle, to which he constantly flies as a Refuge from Reflection.
General Weissman's Expedition beyond the Danube succeeded completely; he beat a Corps of five Thousands Turks near Tulcza, made one Hundred and sixty Prisoners, burnt thirty nine Vessels, and took eighteen Cannon.
Extract of a Letter from Llangeilen, in Denbighshire, North Wales, August 5.
"A few Days ago a young Lady and her Sweetheart were crossing over the Bridge which lies contiguous to this Town, when the Bridge gave Way, and they were both drowned. Their Names were Mr. Fends and Miss Riched, the former aged about twenty three, the latter about twenty one; both possessed of ample Fortunes, and on the Point of Marriage."
Translation of a Letter from Leghorn, dated July the 19th, to an Italian Merchant in London.
"Yesterday landed here, from three Sardinian Feluccas, a Deputation from the free Corsicans, of seven Persons, with their Attendants and Baggage, who set out at Sunrise this Morning for Florence, and are immediately to proceed for Vienna, with Proposals to the Emperor to guarantee their Treaty with the Grand Duke, whom they are ready immediately to declare King, and hereditary Sovereign of all Corsica, with an annual Tribute of eight Hundred Thousand Sequins, to be levied and collected in whatever Manner the General Assembly of the Deputies of the different Pieces shall think proper. The Corsicans engage to support a constant Body of regular Troops, of six Thousand Men, to be annually recruited from their Militia, which is to consist of the male Inhabitants of the whole Kingdom from the age of twenty to forty Years, to be supplied with Arms and Ammunition at the Expense of each Piece; that their Sovereign, the Grand Duke, shall maintain in Corsica nine Battalions of Infantry, three Troops of Hussars, a Corps of Artillery of three Hundred and sixty Men, with three Trains of light Artillery; and that this military Force shall be landed in Corsica within four Months after the signing the Treaty, which is acceded to even by all the Corsicans, now exposed to the Barbarity of the French Troops, of whom they are positive they have destroyed seven Thousand within the last nine Months. Many they have destroyed by poisoning the Wells and Rivulets that supply their Garrisons; their Marksmen constantly kill the French Officers; their Horses are always hamstringing during the Night, when they are at Grass; the Hay Ground is regularly burnt up by their Countrymen; their Bridges or Communications are no sooner finished than blown up; their new Roads are immediately rendered impassable by a small Kind of Mine, called a Fourcaise, in which Work the Corsican Peasants are very expert; for twenty of them can, in one Night, destroy what has employed a French Battalion six Weeks with infinite Labour. They now declare, from the late Examples of French Courage, in their glorious Victory over the French Army, they have not the least Dread of a Hundred French Battalions. Nothing but the savage Barbarity of the French in stabbing the Corsican Children, ravishing and then hanging their Women, putting their Countrymen first to the Torture, and butchering them upon the Rack (Marks of Inhumanity unknown in and unexperienced in any Age) are, they trust, a sufficient Apology with Mankind for using some Retaliation upon the unprovoked Butchers of their Infants, their Parents, their Wives, and themselves."
Extract of a Letter from a Gentleman at Ilminster, in Somersetshire, to his Friend in London, dated August 12.
"Notwithstanding the many Accounts we have to the contrary in the Newspapers, we cannot help giving Credit to the Testimony of our own Eyeshot, which informs us that the Lords North and Chatham are now, and have been some Time, in this Neighbourhood. You will imagine we cannot choose but smile when we read of a Man who has the Efficiency to sign his Name, and to challenge the Parties themselves to contradict it, with the assertion that the Minister visited Lord Rockingham in Groves or Dillington. Lord Chatham, so far from having had frequent Conference with the King at St. James's, has conferred with Nobody for these six

Weeks past but his Balliff and his Carpenter; and had been meditating the Downfall, not of Administration, but of an old Pigeon House, which obstructs his View of Sedgemoor.
"I believe you never saw his Lordship's House at Burton. It is certainly a very surprising Edifice, and perhaps furnishes One with no imperfect Idea of the Administration, which it might be supposed this great Man would form in Caledonia were allowed to direct the Coalition. Part of Sir William Pynsent's old House is standing in the Middle of the Structure, and this is composed of Materials quite different, both in Appearance and Reality, from those of the Building. Some of the Rooms are large and magnificent, whilst the rest are so extremely paltry and confined, and the Whole is so irregular, discordant, and confused, that it seems literally and truly a House divided against itself; and, in general, the People here apprehended that it cannot stand."
"Mr. Alderman Oliver has, for more than a Fortnight past, been on a Visit at Mr. Colin's, a few Miles from this Place, though I think it is said he treated the Officers of the third Regiment of Guards with Turtle on Tuesday last. I know not whether you have any Acquaintance with this Gentleman; but I am informed that he is a very amiable Man, and a pleasing Companion. They tell me (for, God be thanked, I know Nothing of Politics) that there is not one Gentleman in Opposition whose Conduct has been more cool, more consistent, or more resolute, than Mr. Oliver's. An Acquaintance of mine yesterday applied to him what Anthony says of Brutus:
"This was the noblest Roman of them all; All the Conspirators, save only he, Did what they did in Envy of great Cæsar: He only, in a general honest Thought, And common Good to all, made one of them. His Life was gentle, and the Elements So mixed in him that Nature might stand up And say to all the World, This was a Man."
"I know it is your Opinion that there has not been a Vastage of genuine Patriotism remaining in this Island for many Years, and therefore you will certainly think this Eulogium very extravagant. Quackery is the most dangerous Enemy of true Science, and the Principles and Behaviour of our modern Patriots are sufficient to make Men of Sense and Virtue ashamed of the Appellation. We ought to be thankful both to God and our Governors that we have at present no Occasion for patriotick Execution."
Secret Intelligence whispered to every Body yesterday.
JUNIUS is found out, and proves to be Lord Camden! If this should prove true, the Affection of Junius will be verified. And it was farther whispered, that the Printer is to be prosecuted for the last Junius. His Letter sent to Hume, and published, is said to be the Occasion of its being found out. The Courtiers, if they are wise, will not know who Junius is.
GLASGOW, August 29. It is with Pleasure we can inform the Publick that Mr. Golburn's Operations in deepening the River Clyde are now carrying on with the greatest Diligence, and Appearance of Success. There are now constantly above three Feet of Water at the Fords of Dumbuck and Nushet Isle, where there were not formerly above fourteen Inches at low Water; and it is expected that before the latter End of the Season these Fords will be rendered navigable, at all Times. We therefore hope that this necessary and laudable Undertaking will be attended with the desired Success, and prove of the utmost Utility and Advantage to the Trade of this City.
Lately was married at St. Margaret's Church, Westminster, Archibald Hamilton, Esquire, of the Isle of Man, to Miss Dinwiddie, Daughter of the late Governor of Virginia.
On the 14th Instant, died at Lochmaw, in Galloway, in the 84th Year of his Age, Sir Andrew Agnew of Lochmaw, Baronet, Lieutenant General of his Majesty's Forces, and Governor of Tinnoum Castle.
DUBLIN, August 10. Letters from the Country advise that there never was so happy a prospect of a fine Harvest, in most of the Corn Counties, especially of Wheat, which has filled greatly since the late Rains, and seem to require but a few warm Days to bring the Grain to Perfection. The Potatoes are also in a flourishing Condition.
ANNAPOLIS, October 17.
On Tuesday Night last the Storehouse of Mr. Jonathan Plowman, of Baltimore Town, Merchant, was blown up. It happened, as we are informed, by a Negro Fellow's going in to make up the Storekeeper's Bed in an upper Room, and having set down a Candle on or near two Barrels of Gunpowder, they took Fire. The Negro was blown to Pieces; the Storekeepers, who were below, were carried out of the House, but in what Manner they cannot give any Information. We are also informed by Captain Davis, from Liverpool, that a Snow belonging to this Province was on Shore on the Coast of Ireland.
WILLIAMSBURG, October 31.
LAST Friday being the Anniversary of our most gracious Sovereign's Accession to the Throne, his Excellency the Governor gave a Ball & elegant Entertainment at the Palace, to a numerous and splendid Company of Ladies and Gentlemen. The Raleigh Tavern likewise, by Direction of his Excellency, was opened for the Entertainment of such as might incline to spend the Evening there; Plenty of Liquor was given to the Populace; and the City was handsomely illuminated.
About eight o'Clock last Monday Night Mr. Charles Taliaferro of this City, Coach and Chairmaker, had the Misfortune to have an out Building of his consumed by Fire; owing, as is supposed, to a Spark from his Forge getting into the Fodder Loft, which, with the Stable, in which was a valuable Horse, were under one Roof, and all consumed together. A new Chariot, and a considerable Quantity of Timber, likewise underwent the same Fate.—Only one Engine belongs to this Metropolis, we have no Firemen, no Pumps (except one, which, though lately repaired, is out of Repair) and, in short, quite incapable of resisting any Conflagration that may happen, although so liable, from many Circumstances, to be visited with that dreadful Calamity.
Arrived in James River, the Bowman, Taylor, and Tibby, Boyd, from Glasgow; the Dick, Smith, from Liverpool; and Kitty, Collins, from Hull.
[DEATHS.] RICHARD BAKER , Esquire, Attorney at Law, and Clerk of Isle of Wight County; a Gentleman greatly respected by all who had the Pleasure of knowing him.
The Relations of BILLY ABSENCE are hereby notified that he made his Exit last Week in Gloucester.
To the CHURCH OF ENGLAND MAN
Illud oro; si meum, cum in omni vita, tum in dicendo, moderationem mihi desistamque cognoscis, ne me bodie, cum si si provocavit respondero, oblitus esse putetis mei. CICERO.
S I R, IT is not without a Preface of the Consequence that I engaged in the present Dispute. Inveotive hath too often supplied the Place of Reason to be neglected in a Cause where Arguments were so few. The first Stroke of my Pen provoked the Malice of my Opponents, and I was glad to indulge them with an Opportunity of venting it. Its Effect will be curious to an accurate Observer. The Heat of their Passions hath been registered in their Pieces, and their Pens have graduated the Thermometer of their Blood. Your Remarks, Sir, were made with the nicest Precision, and therefore deserve an attentive Review.
The Protesters, in general, have been charged, in your Thoughts , with declaring against the established Church. You assert, in particular, that Mr. Gwatkin and myself borrowed chiefly from Dissenters the Arguments we offered, and which have been confuted again and again; that these are equally conclusive against Episcopal Government, at all Times and in every Place; that we have turned Tail to the Church to which we solemnly promised Conformity and Obedience, are Impugners of Episcopal Government, and have turned our Backs on the Holy Communion. These are Accusations you would never have brought if there were not Proofs enough to support them. Nothing but Justice could have extorted them from you. Your Affection for the Offenders had almost concealed them; but, with a bleeding Heart, you, at last, yielded to Duty. When compared to yourself, the Dove, Sir, is savage. Great is your Merit in detecting Hypocrisy! You have, at length, brought it into Light; and, as Truth brightens on the Object, the Shadow it casts, in Proportion, grows darker.
That the Protesters have declared against the Establishment, you infer from their having been thanked by the House. The Vote, upon Examination, will verify the Charge, as it contains not a Word of the established Church. They were thanked for opposing an Innovation which, could it succeed, must bastardize the Church as at present established. This Assertion then is confirmed by irrefragable Evidence: Eris mihi magnus Apollo!
The Canons of Disputation are contained in your Paper; which, to polemical Writers, will be, henceforth, a Model. You, modestly, affirm what others would prove. That our Arguments have been purloined from Dissenters cannot be doubted, because you assert it. Curiosity, however, might wish to be satisfied with the Information to whom they originally belonged, as well as by whom they have been so often confuted.
How graceful are Affections in argumentative Writing. Were Reasons plenty as Blackberries, like Faustus , you never would give one.
Since, as you next affirm, our Arguments are equally conclusive against Episcopal Government in all Times and Places, would it not have been proper (I ask with Submission) that they should have here been recited? It must have cut your Antagonists to the Quick. But, you were too generous! The Truth of your Affirmation cannot be suspected; because, through the Whole of the Contest, I have argued in Defence of Episcopacy in England, as at present established, in Opposition to your Hobby-Horse of a primitive Bishop; a Hobby-Horse no less pregnant with Mischief to Virginia than the insidious Gift to Troy!
The Abilities of a Writer may be discovered by the Figures of his Style, with as much Certainty as Mercury by his Caduceus , or Jove by his Thunder . Of your's, Sir, Delicacy is the Symbol. What a happy Instance doth the next Sentence afford! The Protesters have turned Tail to that Church to which they solemnly promised Conformity and Obedience. This Charge is not less true than either of the preceding, for the Church of England Man knows that he cannot bring an Instance of stricter Compliance with the Obligations of Ordination than may be found in the Author of this Letter. Your Skill, as a Logician, I have already admired. Give me Leave, now, to show that the Praise was deserved. What Acuteness do we discover in the Syllogism by which you deduced the Conclusion which follows! The Protesters are Impugners of Episcopal Government. As you have not, formally , laid it down, permit me to trace the Operation of your Mind; and, if I am wrong, be kind enough to correct me. Whoever opposes an American Episcopate is an Impugner of Episcopal Government.
The Protesters have opposed an American Episcopate: Ergo, the Protesters are Impugners of Episcopal Government.
If any One should deny the major Proposition, you no Doubt would establish it in the following Manner: The Episcopate proposed resembles the English Episcopate, as much as a Monkey resembles a Man. But a Monkey and a Man are of an identical Species: Ergo, the American and English Episcopate differ not in Nature, but, in Name. If you will accept the Proposition I hold, I never will read another Lecture in Logic. Pity your Abilities should be lost to the Publick!
What Dexterity do you discover in your last Accusation,— those who turn their Backs on the H. C. Communion ? By not alleging it, directly, against the Protesters, you acquire to yourself a double Advantage. Where they are not known the Imputation may be credited, while you will escape the Imputation of Falsehood.
If there be any Merit in the preceding Remarks, it is entirely owing to you. A Critick is to his Original what a Satellite is to its Planet, and can shine only by reflecting its Light. You, in the Contest, have eclipsed your Competitors. I feel, for them, the Smart which arises from a conscious Inferiority. This, however, could not hinder me from doing you Justice. The great Ability you have discovered, in Defence of your Cause, entitles you to the Thanks of all its Wellwishers. You have forced even Falsehood itself to establish the Truth, and this is the Motive on which you have written.
Flectere, si nequeo, superos, Acheronta jubebo. To serve our Cause, if Heaven should prove uncivil, I'll humbly crave Assistance of the Devil.
But may I, before this Letter is concluded, be allowed to effuse a little more Christian Ink, and state the Obligations of Ordination in the established Church? The Statute of the thirteenth of Elizabeth requires that the Person to be ordained shall declare his Assent and Subscription to all the Articles of Religion which only concern the Confession of the FAITH and the DOCTRINE of the Sacraments, comprised, &c. By the Canon more is rendered necessary than the Statute requires; namely, Subscription to the King's Supremacy, the Approbation and Use of the Book of Common Prayer, and of ordering Bishops, Priests, and Deacons, and the Acknowledgment of the Articles of Religion. To this are added a Declaration of Conformity to the Liturgy of the Church of England, as it is now by Law established, to be made and subscribed before the Ordinary, and the Oaths of Supremacy, Allegiance, and canonical Obedience. What have these now to do with an American Episcopate? A Being not likely to exist but in Idea. As to your Charges, unless you prove to the Publick that I have either violated my Subscription, discarded the Liturgy of the Church of England, or perjured myself by the Breach of these Oaths, what will the World think you deserve? The Signature you have adopted will henceforth denominate the MOST ABANDONED VILLAIN, unless you can point out one MORE abandoned than YOURSELF. Nothing can equal your Malevolence but your Cowardice. You have much exceeded the COUNTRY MAN; even the COUNTRY GENTLEMAN cannot rival you. Mr. Cumms , in his own Person, was tolerably decent; but you all sculk in Darkness, to stab undetected. Your Hearts ach at the Thought of openly avowing what, behind the Mask, you assert with such bluffering Courage. Let this, however, be your Consolation, it will not disparage you in the Eyes of the Brotherhood. "This (as an excellent Writer hath long since observed) is one of the most cunning and common Touches of the ODIUM THEOLOGICUM. They who are at a Loss to answer the Objections raised against their Doctrines fall upon the PERSONS who propose the Objections. They brand them as so many false Brothers, who are in League with the Adversaries, and only retain the outward Profession of Orthodoxy, to enable them to do the greater Execution. The greatest Part fear Nothing more than the Orthodoxy of those they accuse. They would have the Person they have once accused apostatize in good Earnest, and are angry that he does not go over to the Enemies Party to make good their Assertions." I cannot forbear thinking, Sir, if, instead of objecting to your Scheme, I had proposed to go drink with you, you would have replied, like honest Ædituus to Panurge , "Now this is Something like a Tanfy, you begin to talk somewhat like; still speak in that Fashion, and I will secure you from being thought a HERETICK."
You call me an ungrateful Son, embittered by the Disappointment of Preference. Does not the Disappointment excuse the Ingratitude? But if I have been disappointed, it was without my own Knowledge; and had the Circumstance been true, it might not have affected me in the Manner you fondly imagine. As the Knowledge of my Character and Wishes may be of Service to you hereafter, you will find them contained in the following Lines:
Mr. PURDIE, THROUGH the Channel of your impartial Paper, be pleased to transmit to London my best Regards to JUNIUS AMERICANUS. Tell him I am penetrated with a Sense of his Merit, and have a proper Regard for the Character he displays with so much Honour to himself and Service to his Fellow Subjects.
He will readily do me the Honour to recollect my Person, and real Name, when he knows that I had the singular Happiness to be a Fellow Student with him in learning the Art of Pharmacy in an Apothecary's Shop in Edinburgh. His Acquaintances and mine, in that Part of the World, were very sensibly affected some Years ago with the melancholy Accounts that a Cane, which, by falling repeatedly and forcibly upon his Head, in a publick Coffee Room in Williamsburg, had occasioned violent Contusions, which some of the Faculty were apprehensive might, in their Consequences, prove injurious to what the French Anatomists call Le Point d'Honneur ; and Five being preferred as the best Application for obtaining a radical Cure of Herts of so dangerous a Tendency, his Friends in Virginia, as was reported in Scotland, had consented to the Operation; but poor JUNIUS AMERICANUS apprehending (and it was thought with Reason) that it could not be effectual in his Cafe without a little Lead and Gunpowder being mixed with the other Ingredients, the abominable Smell of which last Article he could never abide, very prudently left them to try the Effects of their Cure upon his Effigy, and fled himself to England, to look for Employment and for Bread. So far, says my Scotch Correspondent, went their last Accounts of him at Edinburgh.
Now, Sir, tell my old Shopmate, from me, that I cannot but applaud the Propriety of his Remarks republished in Mr. Rind's late Paper, respecting the Jurisdiction of the Court of Husting at Williamsburg, as the
Inconveniences attending it have perhaps been oftener experienced in his Family than in any other; and this Fact I the rather hint at, as it may serve, in some Degree, to apologize for his great Warmth, and the indecent Reflections he has thrown upon private Characters on both Sides the Atlantic, the meanest of which are of ten Times more intrinsic Worth in Community than JUNIUS AMERICANUS could ever boast of either in his political or Galenick Capacity. ANDROMACHUS.
A Receipt to make an ANABAPTIST PREACHER in two Days Time.
TAKE the Herbs of Hypocrisy and Ambition, of each one Handful, of the Spirit of Pride two Drams, of the Seed of Dissention and Discord one Ounce, of the Flower of Formality three Scruples, of the Roots of Stubbornness and Obstinate four Pounds; chop the Herbs, pound the Seeds, slice the Roots, and bruise them altogether in the Mortar of Vain-Glory, with the Petal of Contradiction, putting amongst them one Pint of the Spirit of Self-Conceitedness. When it is luke-warm let the dissenting Brother take two or three Spoonfuls of it, Morning and Evening, before Exercise; and whilst his Mouth is full of the Electuary he will make a wry Face, wink with his Eyes, and squeeze out some Tears of Dissimulation. Then let him speak as the Spirit of Giddiness gives him Utterance. This will make the Schismatick endeavour to maintain his Doctrine, wound the Church, delude the People, justify their Proceedings of Illusion, torment Rebellion, and call it by the Name of Liberty of Conscience.
Advertisements.
This may certify whom it shall or may concern, KNOW ye, that Andrew Sprowle of Gosport has administered on the Estate of Sprowle & Crooks of Norfolk, and has appointed Mr. John Schaw to collect the Debts of those Gentlemen. Williamsburg, October 30, 1771. ANDREW SPROWLE.
GOSPORT, October 25, 1771.
THE Gentlemen indebted to the Estate of Mess. Sprowle & Crooks, formerly of Norfolk, Merchants, are desired to pay Mr. John Schaw, and those they are indebted to are requested to give in their Accounts. Such as cannot immediately pay are required to grant Specialties, otherwise they may depend upon Actions being speedily entered against them, Mr. John Schaw being appointed by me to settle their Affairs. ANDREW SPROWLE.
ACCOMACK, October 12, 1771.
IMPORTED, last June, in the Thomas, Captain John Robertson, from Glasgow, a sheeted Box marked E K, No. 6, with a Crow's Foot between the Letters, which the Master neglected to deliver at Norfolk, agreeable to the Bill of Lading, and I suppose has landed it somewhere up James River. The Gentleman in whose Warehouse it may be lodged will much oblige me if he will send it to Gosport, to the Care of Andrew Sprowle, Esquire, who will pay the Expense. EDWARD KER.
NORFOLK, October 31, 1771.
THE Subscriber having provided convenient Warehouses for the Reception of Goods, purposes selling on Commission, either by private Sale or publick Vendue, and begs Leave to assure the Publick that his best Endeavours shall be used to dispose of any Goods given him for Sale to the most Advantage, and that they may except the greatest Punctuality in the Payment of the Proceeds, being determined to continue the Business no longer than he finds he can do so; and, in Order to enable him to do this, he hopes every Person purchasing at any of his Sales will be punctual in their Payments, without which he must labour under Difficulties in supporting his own Credit. He has also opened an ENSURANCE OFFICE; any Orders from the Country for Ensurance will be as punctually complied with as if the Persons were present, the greatest Care taken to have good People to the Policies, and that they shall be sent by the first safe Conveyance. Gentlemen who do not regularly attend the General Courts, and Courts of Oyer, are requested to forward the Premiums with their Orders, as it is customary here to pay them at signing the Policies; those who attend the Courts may pay the Premiums there. JAMES ARCHDEACON.
PRINCE EDWARD, October 25, 1771.
IN February 1765 I gave a Bond to Thomas Nabb, of New Kent, for upwards of two Hundred and fifty Pounds, payable the April following. I also gave a Bond (in which Colonel John Banister was Security) for upwards of a Hundred and thirty five Pounds, payable in August or September 1765; this last mentioned Bond was either payable to Colonel William Allen, of Surry County, or assigned to him. As both of these Bonds were punctually paid when they became due, and neither of them given up to me, all Persons are hereby forewarned from taking an Assignment of them. PETER JOHNSTON.
Just IMPORTED from London, in the Betsey, Captain Hatch, and to be SOLD cheap for ready Money, at Richmond Town, by ELIZA STRACHAN and Sifers.
A GENTEEEL Assortment of MILLINERY , and other Articles, viz. A Variety of fashionable Lustreings, Persians, Purple and white Calicoes, Humhums and Long Lawns, fine Book Muslin, Apron wide and common Ditto, striped and thick Muslin, plain Ditto, striped Book Muslin Handkerchiefs, Lawn and thick Ditto, worked Lawn Aprons, figured Gauze Ditto, full Suits of fashionable Blond Lace, plain Gauze Ditto, a great Variety of Caps and Fillets in the newest Taste, Blond and Italian Stomachers and Knots, Ladies Casing Handkerchiefs, laced and flowered, Mode, plain and figured Silk, and Plaiding Satin Cardinals, plain and trimmed Bonnets, Boys Satin Caps and Feathers, Russet and Silk Quilts, Mens best Didbury's Shoes and Pumps, Womens Satin and Calimanco Ditto, Mens Buckskin and Lamb Gloves, Womens best white Kid Gloves and Mits, coloured Lamb Ditto, black and white Ditto, Silk Ditto, Tabby and Tickling Stays, Mens and Womens fine Silk and Cotton Hose, raw Silk Ditto, genteel Wedding, Mourning, and other Fans, Marcaise and Pearl Pins, plain and Paste Tortoiseshell Combs, neat oval Stone Stock and Knee Buckles, plain Gold and Garnet Shirt Buckles, Stone Rings, best double gilt Stock, Shoe, and Knee Buckles, fine Penknives, Womens Scissors, Silver Thimbles, Morocco Pocket Books with Instruments complete, genteel Fancy bordered Pocket Handkerchiefs, plain and figured Gauze, white Silk, Netting Silk, Lace Ditto, a great Variety of Blond and Minionet Lace, Barcelona Handkerchiefs, black Gauze Ditto, single and double Sheeneal, fashionable Gown Trimmings, a great Variety of Ribands, India Pearl falling Necklaces and Earrings, Wax Pearl Ditto, Bloom Ditto, French Fancy Collars, Jet and common Necklaces, Egrets and Italian Nosegays, fine and coarse Cap Wire, Skeleton Ditto, Nuns Thread, best London Pins, Whitebapal Needles, Diaper and Holland Tape, dressed Dolls, and a great Variety of Toys, best Roman Fiddlestrings, &c. &c.
They make up all Kinds of Millinery; and as they hope always to have an early Supply of the newest Fashions in that Way, those Ladies who choose to favour them with Orders may depend on being served in the newest Taste, and most expeditious Manner.
Just IMPORTED from London, in the Neptune, Captain White, and to be SOLD cheap for Cash, or short Credit, at the Subscriber's Store near the Ferry, in York Town, a choice Assortment of EUROPEAN and EAST INDIA GOODS, consisting of
SUPERFINE , second, narrow, and Forest Cloths, German Sergets, Bearskins, Duffles, Bath Coating, Shalloons, and other Trimmings, black, blue, green, white, and other coloured Durants and Tammies, black and green Everlasting, Denim, Laeling, Sergenian and Princess Stuff, neat Stuff of different Kinds for Womens Gowns, Worsted Shags, Halfhicks, striped Duffles, Welsh Plains, scarlet, white, striped and flowered Flannels, striped Swankin for Saddle Cloths, Fearnough, Plaid, Yarn, and Worsted Hose, Mens and Womens black and white Silk Ditto, Ditto Cotton, white and brown Thread Ditto, Irish Linens of various Prices, white and brown Irish and Russia Sheetings, brown Holland, printed Lawn Handkerchiefs, Calicoes, Humhums, Muslin, Cambric, Lawn, Persians, Barcelona, Bandana, and Calgee Silk Handkerchiefs, Womens fashionable Bonnets of different Colours, Wax and Pearl Necklaces and Earrings, very fashionable Ribands, Nankins, neat China Bowls, Ditto enamelled Cups and Saucers, Ditto Mugs, double Flint Decanters with cut Stoppers, Tumblers and Wine Glasses, Queen's China Plates, Dishes, &c. Mens Shoes, Womens Calimanco and Leather Shoes and Pumps, Soap, Candles, Anchovies, Olives, Capers, best sweet Oil, Ship Chandlery, Cutlery, Haberdashery, Iron Ware of all Sorts, and a Variety of other Things too tedious to mention. ALLEN JONES.

As the Subscriber intends discontinuing his Ordinary at Port Royal, he would be very glad to rent or sell the Houses and Part of the Furniture. Any Person inclining to purchase or rent may be acquainted with the Terms on applying at Port Royal. He hopes this will serve as a sufficient Intimation to those Gentlemen that are indebted to him to pay off their Accounts, as he, from the long Indulgence already given, can lie no longer out of his Money.
WILLIAM F.C. N. B. Likewise to be hired, two or three Servants that have been used to the Ordinary.
AMHERST, October 31, 1771. THE Subscriber intends for Scotland in a few Weeks. THOMAS MITCHELL.
THERE was imported, in the Matty, Captain Fox, some Time since, a Cask of PEPPER, which he advertised, but no Owner has hitherto appeared to claim it. The said Cask is now lodged with me in Port Royal, and I find it is marked R. I. II, with a Crow's Foot between the Letters. The Owner may have it on paying the Charge of advertising. 2|| ROBERT GILCHRIST.
MARY HILL, PETERSBURG, has just imported from London, in the Nancy, Barron, a genteel Assortment of well chosen MERCERY, MILLINERY, and JEWELLERY, to be SOLD at a low Advance for ready Money, Merchants Notes, or Tobacco.
RICH white, blue, pink, and black flowered Satins, plain Ditto, white and changeable Lustrings, white and blue Sarcenet, wide and narrow Alamos, white and black Persians, white, black, and Buff coloured Silk Gloves and Mts, Kid and Lamb Ditto, Satin Cloaks, Jubilee and other Bonnets, Shades and Hats, superfine Satin Shoes of different Colours, Silver Stomachers and Sleeve Knots, Italian and Shepherds Ditto, a Variety of Caps, white and coloured Italian Breast Flowers, Plumes, Feathers, Egrets, Nofegays, French Flowers, Feathers for Ladies Hats, Boys Satin Caps and Feathers of different Colours, black Feathers for the Hair, Minionet and Blond Lace, single and double Edgings, a Variety of Trimmings for full Suits and Head Dresses, Didbury's Shoes, Silk, Worsted, and Cotton Hose, Wool Packs, figured and plain Gauze, Book Muslin, Parafinet, a Variety of Pearl and Wax Necklaces, mixed Ditto, Gauze Hoods, Fans flowered with Silver, common Ditto, Sewing Silk, Silk Laces, a Variety of Ribands, Mens fine Hats, Patehoes Knee and Neck Buckles, Paste Sprigs and Pins, Paste Earrings, plain Tortoiseshell and Horn Comb, Paste Ditto, Gold Hair Lockets, Silver Thimbles, Gold Basket Buttons, Watches, Keys and Chains for Ditto, Stone Sleeve Buttons, a neat Assortment of Country made Gold and Silver Work, &c. &c. &c.
For SALE. A TRACT of LAND in Brunswick County, containing five Hundred and thirty Acres, fit for Tobacco or Grain of any Kind, whereon is a large Dwellinghouse, a Kitchen, and other Outhouses, Barns, with Ground cleared for five or six Hands; it is convenient to Church and Mills. For Terms apply to the Subscriber, near Pennington's Ford, and Mr. Thomas Crawford's Store. 2|| JOSIAH SMITH.
For SALE. A TRACT of LAND lying on the main Branch of Newhope, in the County of Orange, North Carolina, containing seventeen Hundred Acres, with three Plantations thereon under good Fences, and good Apple and Peach Orchards on each Plantation; a considerable Part of the Land is rich low Grounds, and the high Land in general is also good; the Soil is very suitable for Tobacco, Hemp, &c. If a larger Quantity should be wanted, it may be had very convenient to the above mentioned Tract. Some Part of the Purchase Money will be expected ready down, and a reasonable Time of Payment will be allowed for the Remainder. Any Person inclining to purchase may know the Terms by applying to the Subscriber, on the Premises. 4|| SAMUEL PARKE.
On Thursday, the 14th of November, will be exposed to SALE, at publick Vendue.
THE personal Estate of the late Mr. JOHN WILSON, deceased, consisting of Household and Kitchen Furniture, a Quantity of Men and Womens Shoes made in the neatest Manner, a large Assortment of Negro Shoes, some Leather, a Variety of new Lats, and sundry other Shoemaker's Tools. All those who have any Demands against the Estate are desired to make them known, and those who are indebted to make speedy Payment, to Mr. Joseph Williamson, at the House of James Campbell and Company, with whom the Books are lodged, and who is empowered to receive the same by ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, } Administrators. GEORGE WILSON, Junior, }
N. B. The Shoemaker's Business, in all its Branches, is carried on by George Wilson, Junior, and Company, who hope to give Satisfaction to those who please to favour them with their Custom.
To be SOLD, on the 5th of December, on the Premises, pursuant to the last Will and Testament of Edward Booker, deceased.
A VALUABLE Tract of LAND in Halifax County, near Booker's Ferry, adjoining the south Side of Staunton River, whereon is a fine Plantation, and the low Ground equal to any in the Colony. One Hundred and fifty Pounds of the Purchase Money to be paid at the Day of Sale, and Credit allowed till the 10th of June next for the Remainder. Possession will be delivered on the Day of Sale, and a good Title made. JOHN ESDALE, Administrator.
To be SOLD, pursuant to a Decree of the County Court of Gloucester, on the 11th of November, if fair, otherwise next fair Day.
THIRTEEN likely Virginia born SLAVES belonging to the Estate of the Reverend Robert Yates, deceased. The Sale will be at the Plantation of Mrs. Mary Yates, within three Miles of Capokosick Ferry. Twelve Months Credit will be allowed the Purchaser, on giving Bond and Security to the Guardian. 2||
To be SOLD at Albemarle Courthouse, on Thursday the 12th of December.
ONE Hundred Virginia born SLAVES. Their Titles will be warranted, for which undoubted Security will be given if required. Five per Cent. Discount will be allowed for ready Money, and Credit till the first of May 1773, on giving Bond and approved Security, with Interest from the Day of Sale if the Money is not paid by the 10th of June 1773. The Publick may be assured that the said Slaves will be exposed to Sale at the above mentioned Time and Place, let the Weather be ever so bad. JOHN HAWKINS.
STRAYED, or STOLEN, from Colonel Cary's, in Chesterfield, the Beginning of this Instant (October) a light gray HORSE about five Years old, four Feet five or six Inches high, with a hanging Mane and Bob Tail, hipshot in the hind Thigh of the off Side, and no Brand perceivable. Whoever will bring him to the Subscriber, in Richmond, shall have TWENTY FIVE SHILLINGS Reward. ARCHIBALD M'KENDRICK.
MIDDLESEX, October 28, 1771.
RUN away from the Subscriber's Plantation in King William County, some Time last June, a Negro Man named HARRY, about forty five Years of Age, six Feet two Inches high, very well made. As he can write, it is probable he will endeavour to pass for a Freeman. Whoever will convey the said Slave to me shall have THREE POUNDS Reward. if the taker up chooses to purchase him, he shall have a great Bargain in him. EDMUND BERKELEY.
RUN away from Mr. Edmund Wilcox's Plantation, about two Miles above Ankerst Courthouse, an African Negro Fellow, who cannot speak English, about the middle Age, and pretty tall. Whoever will bring the said Negro to me at Mr. Gabriel Penn's, to Mr. Peter Davis in Albemarle, or contrives that the Subscriber may get him again, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward. THOMAS REID.
STRAYED, or STOLEN, from the Subscriber, at Port Royal, two bay HORSES; one of them is branded on one of his Buttocks with Something resembling a Pot Hook, a strong well made Horse, about seven or eight Years old, four Feet seven or eight Inches high, with a black Mane, and very thick bushy Tail, gallops and paces, straddles very much behind when he trots, and goes well in a Chair; the other is a brighter bay, about six or seven Years old, four Feet eight or nine Inches high, with a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, trots very fast, has great Spirit, with a small Star in his Forehead, which is hardly perceivable, and his right fore Hoof split up the fore Part. Whoever will bring the said Horses to me, in Port Royal, shall have FIFTY SHILLINGS Reward for each, and FIVE POUNDS for the Thief, with all reasonable Charges allowed. There has been a great many People from the back Parts with Horses for Sale, who, having sold their own, probably carried mine off in Order to dispose of them as their Property. If any Person can give me Information of the said Horses, they shall be handsomely rewarded. JAMES BOWIE, Junior.
PETERSBURG, October 15, 1771. STOLEN out of Mr. Ramsay's Pasture at Blandford, on Sunday Night the 13th Instant, a light gray HORSE about fourteen Hands and a Half high, Switch Tail and hanging Mane, trots and gallops, paces very indifferently, is much fleabitten about the Head, and was shod before. Whoever brings the said Horse to Mr. Andrew Johnston in Petersburg shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward, and on Conviction of the Thief FIVE POUNDS. (T) NEIL BUCHANAN, Senior.
FREDERICKSBURG, October 24, 1771. RUN away from the Subscriber, in April last, a dark Mulatto Woman named HANKEY, alias HAGAI SEXTON, between two and three and twenty Years of Age, about five Feet high, has long black curled Hair tied behind, remarkable bow Legs, and is very talkative; she had on, when she went away, a cross barred Pompadour Ground Stuff Gown, an Onaborn Shift and Petticoat, and an old dressed Gauze Cap. She was born in Caroline County, is well known about Port Royal, at which Place she has several Times been seen since her Elopement, and in July last was entertained at the Plantation of Mr. John Mccu in that County, but has since left that Place, and is supposed to be gone towards Williamsburg. Whoever brings her to me, or secures her in any Jail, and gives me such Intelligence that I may get her again, shall have THIRTY SHILLINGS Reward, and all reasonable Charges allowed. 4|| WILLIAM SMITH.
RUN away from the Subscriber, some Time in November last, a young Negro Man named NED, about five Feet ten Inches high, very stout made, has a great Share of Impudence, and has lost some of his Teeth. When he went off he carried with him such Clothing as labouring Slaves generally wear, and I think had a Sore on one of his Legs, which, if well, must show a large Scar. Whoever will give such Intelligence to me as I may get the said Slave shall be entitled to a Reward of FIVE POUNDS. ELIZABETH UNDERWOOD.
M. BRODIE, just arrived from LONDON MAKES and trims, in the newest Taste, Sacks and Coats, Gowns and Petticoats, all Sorts of Ladies Brunswick and Jesuit Dresses, Sultana Robes, Robedecores, &c. She served her Time, and was Successor, to the original Makers, at their Warehouse in Pall Mall; her Partner still continues to carry on the Business in London, by whose Assistance, and that of the Queen's Mantuamaker, she is every three Months to be supplied with the Fashions. This, added to great Diligence, and a strong Desire to please, she hopes will be a sufficient Recommendation to the Ladies to favour her with their Commands, which she will most thankfully acknowledge, by showing a punctual Observance to their Time and Orders. Ladies whom it may not suit to come to Town may be fitted by sending her a Pattern. She lodges, till a more convenient House can be got, at Mrs. Rabel's Store, where Mr. Asyough formerly lived, on the south Side of the Capitol, Williamsburg.
ALL Persons indebted to the deceased Colonel Francis Waring, of Essex County, are requested to pay immediately; and those who have any Demands against the Estate are desired to make them known to the Executors. N. B. A Tract of LAND in King & Queen County, containing by Estimation twelve Hundred Acres, is for Sale. For Terms apply to the said Executors.
To be SOLD, on Monday the 11th of November, at the late Dwellinghouse of Colonel James Quarles, in King William County, and on the Wednesday following, at his Plantation about four Miles above Aylett's Warehouse, in the said County. LL the personal Estate of said Quarles, consisting of a great Variety of Household and Kitchen Furniture, large Stocks of Horses, Cattle, Sheep, and Hogs, the Crops of Corn, Fodder, Wheat, Pease, and Cider, Plantation Utensils, and many other Articles; also will be sold, at the last mentioned Time and Place, the said last mentioned Plantation and Land thereunto belonging, containing six Hundred and nine Acres, with exceeding good Orchards, and the Plantation in good Order for Cropping. Twelve Months Credit will be allowed, the Purchasers giving Bond and Security; the Bonds to carry Interest from the Date, if not discharged as soon as they become due. All Persons having Demands against the said Estate are desired to make them known immediately, to WILLIAM AYLETT, } Executors. JOHN QUARLES, Junior, }
For LONDON. THE Snow NANCY, Richard Barron, lying in Appomattox River, Burthen about three Hundred and thirty Hogheads, will positively sail in all next Month, and will take Tobacco, with Liberty of Consignment, at eight Pounds Sterling a Tun. Those who incline to ship will be pleased to send their Orders to the Subscriber, at Petersburg. 2|| JOHN TABB.
THE Subscriber having given Bond to William Russell, Deputy Sheriff of York County, for the Delivery of JEMMY, a Negro Man Slave belonging to Pinketman Eaton, of James City County, which said Negro was in Custody of the said Russell by Virtue of an Execution against the said Eaton's Estate; and whereas the said Negro has since made his Escape from me, I do hereby offer a Reward of FORTY SHILLINGS to any Person who will deliver the said Negro to William Russell, or myself, in Williamsburg. SAMUEL SPURR.
FREDERICKSBURG, October 19, 1771. I INTEND to leave the Colony in a few Weeks. DAVID BLAIR.
IMPORTED in the Christian, Captain James Brown, a MATTED BUNDLE, which is supposed to be lodged somewhere on James River. It will be taken kind of any One who has it in Possession to send it to Norfolk, to the Care of Captain Oliffe, who now lies there. ||
Just IMPORTED in the NANCY, Captain BARRON, and to be SOLD on the most reasonable Terms, by the Subscriber, in Williamsburg.
A GENTEEL Assortment of MILLINERY, SILKS, and JEWELLERY. Fine Mechlin, Brussels, Minionet, Blond, and black Lace and Edgings, joining and double edged Ditto, cheap Thread Edgings for Trimmings, flowered, white, and coloured Satins, Brocades, plain, striped, and coloured Lustrings, black and white Satin Cloaks, black and white Satin Cloaks, white and coloured Satin Petticoats, a great Variety of set Necklaces, Earrings, Sprigs, Lockets, Buckles, and Combs, Paste, Shell, Marcassite, plain Tortoiseshell, and Horn Combs, a great Variety of fashionable Ribands, Caps, Fillets, Stomachers, and Fans, French, Pearl Wax, Pearl, Jet, Garnet, Coral, and Agate Necklaces, Earrings and Sprigs, fine Italian Flowers, Breast Dettos, Ladies and Gentlemen Silk and Leather Gloves of various Sorts, Gold Bands, Buttons, and Loops, striped and plain Muslins, Lawns, Cambricks, Long Lawns, bordered Muslin Handkerchiefs, plain and figured Gauze, Gauze Aprons, fine dark grounded Cottons, Hats and Bonnets, Satin Shoes, Mens Grosgrain's Ditto, Etwce Cates, Silver Thimbles, Ladies white Silk and Cotton Hose, Gentlemen white, black, and coloured ribbed and plain Ditto, Hair Rolls, Net Hoods, a great Variety of Tapes, a Piece of fine Cotton Bed Furniture, Chintz Colours, &c. &c. JANE CHARLTON.
Just IMPORTED in the NANCY, Captain BARRON and to be SOLD on reasonable Terms by the Subscriber, at the Shop lately occupied by Doctor Andrew Anderson, in Williamsburg.
A FRESH Assortment of MILLINERY. White Satin, plain and flowered Lustrings, Bate, Brussels, Minionet, and Edging Lace, Blond, black, and joining Ditto for Hoods, black, white, and blue Satin for Cloaks, Didbury's Satin Shoes, Ditto Shoes and Pumps for Gentlemen and Children, Paste Buckles, Paste, Marcassite, Garnet, Pearl, and Wax Necklaces, Earrings, Sprigs, Crosses and Lockets, blue, and white Satin Coats, Child Bed Linen, Baskets and Cushions, large Bags for Gentlemen at 7s. 6d. Rose Ditto at 3s. 9d. Mens, Womens, and Childrens white and coloured Gloves, black and white Silk Ditto for Ladies, Silk, Cotton, and Worsted Hose, Cane and Chip Hats, Childrens blue and black Caps, Hats and Feathers, Hair Rolls, coarse, fine, and Apron Book Muslin, Net Lace, Cambric and Lawn, Ivory Bodkins, Smelling Bottles cased with Ivory, Candle, Box, and Toothpick Snakes, some fine Chocolate, and a Variety of curious Toys, &c. &c. Fans neatly mounted, and Cloaks and Bonnets made by MARGARET HUNTER.
Just IMPORTED in the Chatham, Captain Anderson, and to be SOLD reasonable for ready Money, a large Assortment of DRUGS and MEDICINES, amongst which are the following Articles:
PERUVIAN Bark, Ipecacuanha, Jalap, Rhubarb, Manna, Senna, Cremor Tartar, Quicksilver, Russian and Hudson's Bay Castors, Saffron, Cochineal, Potash, Essence of Burgamot and Lemons, Magnesia Alba, Castor Oil, Semarouba, Cascarilla, Indian Pink, Borax, Calomel, Aquafortis, China and Sarsaparilla Roots, Spermaceci, Spanish Licorice, Verdigris, Copperas, Canadian Balsam, Balsams of Peru, Capivi, and Tolu, Glauber's, Epsom, and Lympington Salts, Ether, White Wax, Mercurius Calcinnatus, Black, White, and Red Lead, French Chalk, for taking Grease out of Silks and fine Cloths, Spa and Pyrmont Waters, Hartshorn Shavings, Icinglass, Vermacelli, Sago, Salop, Pearl Barley, Croats, Currants, fine candied Ginger, candied Bringo and Angelica, Almond Powder, Salspetre, Mace, Cloves, Cinnamon, Nutmegs, Allspice, Black, White, and Long Pepper, best Sallad Oil, Linseed Oil for Painting, Beaume de Vie, Capillare, Jesuits Drops, Anderson's, Hooper's, and Lockyer's Pills, Squire's, Belsack's, Daffy's, and Strongton's Elixirs, Freeman's and Godfrey's Cordials, Greenough's Tincture, British Oil, Bateman's Drops, Anodyne Necklaces, Eau de Luce, Elixir Bardana, Lavender and Hungary Waters, Orange Flower Water, Court Plaster, Lip Saive, Gold and Silver Leaf, Dutch Metal, best Lancets, fine Lint, Tow, Twine, Pill Boxes, White Skins, Vials, Gallipots, Clyster Pipes, Glass Funnels, Vial Corks, Ivory and Pewter Syringes, Prussian Blue, Vermilion, Logwood, &c. &c. JOHN MINSON GALT.
WILLIAMSBURG, October 24, 1771. STOLEN, or STRAYED, last Saturday, out of my Stable, a large bay Horse, the Property of Mr. John Howard; he has a Star in his Forehead, long and narrow, and is shod before. It is probable that he was rode off by some Negro, and turned loose. Whoever will give me Intelligence where he is, or bring him to me, shall have TEN SHILLINGS Reward. SAMUEL SPURR.
FREDERICKSBURG, September 28, 1771. RUN away from the Subscriber, this Morning, an indentured Servant named ANDREW NUGENT, a Native of Ireland, and a House Joiner by Trade; he speaks quick, is about five Feet nine Inches high, round shouldered, wears his Hair short and Sovenly, very distinctly pitted with the Smallpox, has a Scar on his Forehead representing the Letter Y, and a downy Beard. He lately sprained one of his Wrists, which is yet larger than the other, and was also bit by a Dog in one of his Legs, the Scars of which probably now appear. He was indifferently clothed, having sold most of what he had for Liquor, and abused those remaining in Drunkenness, a Vice he is much addicted to, but what he had was a Gentleman's cast off superfine brown Cloth Coat, bound, with a white Lining and yellow Basket Buttons, a Damask Waistcoat, brown Linen Trousers, and a twilled Milk and Cider coloured Country Cloth Coat, which he stole. Whoever will secure him in any Jail, and advise me of it, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward, besides what the Law allows. If he is taken out of the Country I will give FIVE POUNDS, besides what the Law allows, upon his Delivery to me. STEPHEN JOHNSTON.
N. B. I understand he was at Todd's Bridge about the 5th Instant, inquiring the Way to Newcastle, where he said he was going on some Business of Mr. Mercer's, his late Master. SURREY County, October 18, 1771. RUN away, from the Subscriber's Plantation in North Carolina, on Tar River, last May, a NEGRO MAN named Emmanuel, a spare made Fellow, of a yellowish Complexion, Virginia born, twenty odd Years of Age, speaks remarkable hoarse, and formerly belonged to Mr. Simon Hilliard of Elizabeth City. I suspect he is lurking about Williamsburg, as I heard of him there last August. Whoever apprehends the said Fellow and brings him to me, or secures him so that I get him again, shall have THIRTY SHILLINGS Reward. CHARLES REEKS.
To be SOLD at publick Sale, on the 11th of November next, if fair, otherwise next fair Day. FOUR Thousand Acres of LAND belonging to James Burwell, lying in the County of Isle of Wight, on James River, eleven Miles below Smithfield. It is very level, and extraordinary good for Grain and Stock, having firm Marshes belonging to it, and so convenient to Norfolk that whatever is made thereon may easily be carried there by Water. There is also a very fine Merchant Mill in the Neighbourhood thereof, the Proprietor of which will, no Doubt, readily take all the Wheat that can be made upon it. Oysters and Fish are to be had in Plenty, and extremely good. The Land will be laid off in Lots to suit Purchasers, and may be entered on the first of January next. Six Months Credit will be allowed from the Day of Entry, on Bond, with approved Security, being given to LEWIS BURWELL, } DUDLEY DIGGES, } THOMAS NELSON, Junior, } Trustees. RICHARD BAKER, } NATHANIEL BURWELL, }
TAKEN up, in Mecklenburg, a DARK BAY HORSE, with white Hairs in him, about four Feet four or five Inches high, a Blaze in his Face, his left hind Foot white, a roach Mane almost grown out, a Switch Tail, Saddle Spots on his Back before, a Bump on his Back behind made by a Saddle, he appears very lame in the right Hip, and is branded on the near Shoulder d: and on the off Buttock T. Posted, and appraised to six Pounds. 2|| ISAAC WATSON.
WILLIAMSBURG, October 17, 1771. JUST imported from London, in the Nep tune, Captain White, a large Assortment of EUROPEAN and INDIA GOODS; to be sold, on very reasonable Terms, at my Store in this City. ROBERT MILLER.
To be RENTED for one or two Years, and Possession taken the 1st of January next.
THE well accustomed TAVERN now occupied by Mrs. Ware, in the Town of Newcastle, with all convenient Houses requisite for the Purpose, an exceeding good Garden, and three other Lots adjoining. CHARLES TINSLEY.
PORTSMOUTH, October 10, 1771.
JUST imported by the Subscriber, and to be SOLD on reasonable Terms, both by Wholesale, at the usual Credit, and Retail, for Cash only, or on short Credit, an ASSORTMENT of GOODS suitable to the Season. He has also established a SHOE MANUFACTORY, under the Direction and in the Name of William Forsyth and Company, where will be made, at moderate Prices, BOOTS, and MENS, WOMENS, and CHILDRENS SHOES of all Kinds, in the neatest and best Manner, and of as good Materials as can be procured in Britain; for the Encouragement of which he begs Leave to solicit his Friends by themselves, and their Interest. JAMES INGRAM.

POETS CORNER. CONTENTS.
ATTEND, all ye Nymphs and ye Swains of the Green, For you I have royd the Plains round, Whole Months I've been prying, and now I have seen Where smiling Content's to be found. Come quickly with me, and I'll show you the Way, To the Spot where he chose his Retreat; You must fly from these Plains to be easy and gay, And near him must take up your Seat. I sought him 'mongst Crowds, and in each gaudy Place, But those were the Mansions of Care; In the Palace of Greatness unknown was his Face, Contentment had never been there. I hyd'm to Roots that invited to Joys, Hope tempted me thither to rove; But rude was their Wit, and their Pleasure was Noise, Though they beckon'd to Peace and to Love. At last, near a Brook, to a Cottage I stray'd, With a few simple Sheep on the Green; The Rose and the Woodbine their Sweetness display'd, Not Plenty, but Health, blest'd the Scene. Good Nature appear'd, and unlatch'd me the Door, Nor knew what my coming there meant; How great my Surprise! here my Search was all o'er, For he told me his Name was CONTENT.
HIS Majesty's Postmaster General having (for the better facilitating of Correspondence between Great Britain and America) been pleased to add a fifth Packet Boat to the Station between Falmouth and New York, Notice is hereby given that the Mail, for the future, will be closed, at the Post Office in New York, at twelve of the Clock at Night, on the first Tuesday in every Month, and despatched by a Packet, the next Day, for Falmouth. By Command of the Deputy Postmaster General. ALEXANDER COLDEN, Secretary.
THE Subscriber, intending to leave the Colony of Virginia next Spring, has come to a Resolution to sell by publick Auction the following Tracts of LAND, for ready Money, to the highest Bidders, before the Courthouse Door in Winchester, in the said Colony, on the first Tuesday in November, being the first Day of the Court, and continue the Sale during that and the succeeding Courts to be held there, and in Hampshire County, in the Town of Romney, until all are sold. Regular Attendance will be given, and any particular Tract will be immediately exposed to Sale at the Request of any Person there attending in Order to bid or purchase; and good Titles will be made, on paying the Purchase Money. The Quitrent of each Hundred Acres of the Land is but two Shillings Sterling a Year. As it would be too tedious to mention the different Qualities of these Tracts, therefore shall only describe their Situations and Quantities. Those inclinable to purchase have an agreeable Season of the Year to view, and purchase, if they choose, between this and the Time of Sale. Those in Frederick County are as follows.
1157 Acres on Sleepy Creek, reaching within two Miles of the Warm Springs, and eight Miles of the River Potomack.—516 on Back Creek, known by the Name of the Yellow Spring, within twelve Miles of the Warm Springs, and eight of Potomack.—357 within two Miles of Watkins's Ferry, on Potomack.—400 at Brack's Gap, within six Miles of the Warm Springs.—391 on Potomack River, within six Miles of the Warm Springs.—943 within four Miles of Jacob Hite's, Esquire, and two of his Merchant Mill.—203 within eight Miles of Winchester, and a Quarter of a Mile of George Bruce's Merchant Mill, and Half a Mile of that of Mr. Gibbs.—400 on Timber Ridge, within twenty Miles of Winchester.—647 on Isaac's Creek, within twelve of Winchester, and two of Jesse Pugh's Mill.—279 on Red Bud Run, adjoining Mr. Isaac Zane's Forge, within twelve Miles of Winchester.—51 adjoining the Lands of the Reverend John Hoge, and within three Miles of Winchester.—81 within Half a Mile of Captain Isaac Perkins's Mill, and a Mile and a Half of Winchester.—178 adjoining the Lands of Captain Robert Rutherford, within seven Miles of Winchester, and two of Jesse Pugh's Mill.—150 in Loudoun County, within twelve Miles of Leesburg, on the Road to Mr. Snickers's Ferry.
Those in Hampshire County. 1048 3/4 known by the Name of the Green Spring, within seven Miles of Romney, the County Town, and two Miles of Colonel Cresap's on Potomack.—668 in two Tracts, adjoining the Widow Creamer's on the fourth Branch of Potomack, six Miles from Romney.—400 joining the Land of Daniel Williams.—400 joining the Land of Jonathan Rogers, on Paterson's Creek.—332 joining the same.—400 joining Ditto.—400 joining Ditto.—458 joining Captain Hardin, on Paterson's Creek.—700 in two Surveys, joining the Land of Charles Dick, Esquire, on the said Creek.—396 on Row's Run, adjoining Garret Razener's.—400 on the fourth Fork of Paterson's Creek, adjoining the Land of Captain Job Welton.—1100 in three Surveys, on New Creek, adjoining the Lands of Captain William Ramsay.—976 on Luna's Creek, in three Surveys.—270 on Edwards's Run, near Great Cacapehon.—350 at the cross Roads on the north River of Great Cacapehon.—91 under the Nobby Mountain of the south Branch of Potomack.—400 adjoining the Lands of Doctor James Craig, on the North River.—400 adjoining the same.—400 on Little Cacapehon, near Stump Cabin Run.—400 at the Horse Shoe Bottom, on Great River.—425 at Stony Lick, on Little Cacapehon.—295 known by the Name of the Bear Wallows, adjoining to Lands of Mr. James French, on Little Cacapehon.—200 on Mill Run, near Wolf's Mill, on the north Branch of Potomack.—300 on New Creek.—418 adjoining Lord Fairfax's Manor, and the Lands of Peter Cacy.—600 of the new Purchase in Pennsylvania, on the Monongahela River, known formerly by the Names of Redstone and Fort Eyre, now by the Name of Society Hill, and lately rented out, for seven Years, at twenty five Pounds a Year.
Also will be sold by the Subscriber, at the same Time, on twelve Months Credit, six improved LOTS in the Town of Winchester, each containing Half an Acre, with five Acres of an out Lot to each in Lot, in the Common of the said Town, subject to a Quitrent of five Shillings Sterling only a Year, for ever. The out Lots are cleared, well fenced, and bear Timothy and Clover; but may be tilled, if the Owner chooses. BRYAN BRUN.
NEW KENT, March 20, 1771. WHEREAS my Son Hartwell Mucan hath, by his imprudent Conduct, spent all that he ever had any Right to, and reduced himself to such unhappy Circumstances that he is unable to discharge his just Debts; and notwithstanding this has been well known to the World for some Time past, and that I have also made it known that I would never pay any of his Debts, many People still let him have Things on Credit, expecting I will discharge his Debts, or leave him some Part of my Estate which they may seize upon after my Decease. I therefore give this publick Notice, to prevent any One from being deceived, or rather deceiving themselves, that I am determined never to give my said Son any Thing during my Life, nor to leave him any Thing by my Will. Given under my Hand, this 20th Day of March, 1771. WILLIAM MACON, Senior.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidders, on Friday the 15th of November, at the late Dwellinghouse of Robert Jones, late of Amelia County, deceased. FIFTEEN Virginia born SLAVES, consisting of Men, Women, Boys, and Girls; also all the personal Estate of the said Jones, HOUSEHOLD and KITCHEN FURNITURE, PLANTATION UTENSILS, HORSES, CATTLE, HOGS, and SHEEP. Credit will be allowed till the 25th of October 1772, on giving Bond and Security to JOHN SCOTT, Executor.
To be RENTED, And may be entered on immediately, THE LODGINGS where Doctor John D. Siquera now lives. Also to be sold, or rented, the DWELLINGHOUSE and LOTS in Palace Street, where Doctor William Carter lately lived. For Terms inquire of Mr. John Carter, Merchant in Williamsburg.
To be SOLD, on Wednesday the 20th of November, A LOT in the new Town of Petersburg, belonging to the Estate of Mr. Archibald Ferguson, deceased. The Time of Payment will be made known on the Day of Sale, by the Executors.
To be SOLD, on Monday the 18th of November, if fair, otherwise next fair Day, at the Plantation of Mr. John Russell, deceased, in King William County,
ALL the Estate of the said Russell, consisting of fourteen Virginia born SLAVES (one of which is a valuable young Carpenter) Stocks of all Kinds, the Crops of Corn, Fodder, Wheat, and Pease, a great Variety of Household and Kitchen Furniture, a nine Hoghead Flat, and many other Articles. Also about four Hundred Acres of LAND, beautifully situated on Mattaponi River, whereon is an exceeding good Dwellinghouse, all convenient Outhouses, Garden, &c. in good Repair, and valuable Apple and Peach Orchards. The Mortgagees and other Creditors are desired to attend the Sale, in Order to agree on the Time of Payments; and it is hoped they will make known their Demands (whether by Mortgage, Bill, Bond, or otherwise) immediately to WILLIAM AYLETT, } Administrators. JAMES RUSSELL, } All Persons indebted to the said Estate are requested to make immediate Payment to William Aylett, who is to collect the Debts. The Estate is so unhappily circumstanced that no Indulgence can be allowed.
STOLEN, or STRAYED, from Mr. Timberlake's Pasture, in Petersburg, some Time in June last, a bay MARE, got by Janus, about fourteen Hands high, eight or nine Years old, with a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, a small Star in her Forehead, some White on one of her fore Pasterns, and both hind Ones white, a small white Spot on her Withers, and a light Scar on her off hind Pastern, occasioned by a Kick. She was known to many People, some Time ago, as a Quarter Race Mare, by the Name of Nettie, and probably is with Foal, as she was covered this Spring by Colonel Baylor's Pearlnought. Whoever will bring her to Mr. Timberlake in Petersburg, or to me in Northampton County, North Carolina, shall have TEN POUNDS Virginia Currency if she proves with Foal, otherwise FIVE POUNDS. WILLIE JONES.
To be SOLD, at Fendley's Gap, Amherst County, on Friday the 15th of November, THREE Thousand five Hundred Acres of LAND, divided into several Plantations, in good Order for Cropping, with good Orchards, and all necessary Houses, together with the Plantation on which I now live, whereon is a good Dwellinghouse thirty six by twenty eight, with a Brick Cellar under the Whole, Brick Chimneys that have six Fire Places, and is convenient for a Tavern or Store, with Gardens, Orchards, all convenient Buildings, and about twenty Acres of good Meadow. Likewise, at the same Time and Place, will be sold forty Head of Cattle, the most Part Beef Cattle, fifty Head of Sheep, and some Horses. Part of the above to be sold for ready Money, and the Remainder on twelve Months Credit, or longer, if required, the Purchaser giving Bond and Security to HENRY KEY.
N. B. Any Person inclinable to purchase may see the Land by applying to the Subscriber.
HANOVER Town, October 12, 1771. STRAYED, or STOLEN, from the Subscriber, on the 25th of September, a sorrel HORSE about five Feet high, branded on the near Buttock R A, has a light hanging Mane, a Switch Tail, some White in his Face, two or three white Feet and Legs, has lately been shod before, to prevent his Hoofs from splitting, which they are much inclined to do, and paces and gallops. Whoever brings the said Horse to me shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward, and if the Thief is secured FIVE POUNDS. HARDIN BURNLEY.
RUN away from one of my Flats, when at the Falls of James River, about the 25th of August last, a likely Negro Fellow named PRINCE, about five Feet ten Inches high, very well proportioned, speaks fast and thick; he is a Spaniard, and greatly addicted to Liquor. He had on such Clothes as Watermen generally wear, and it is supposed he took the Road to Charles City, where he had a Wife and Children at Mr. Arvil's. He is an excellent Swimmer, and dives remarkably well. Whoever brings him to me at Warwick shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward, besides what the Law allows. ROBERT DONALD.
WILLIAMSBURG, October 15, 1771. COMMITTED to the publick Jail, from Gloucester Prison, a Negro Fellow who appears to be between forty and fifty Years of Age, about five Feet nine or ten Inches high, a thin Visage, has lost his left Eye, and is clothed in Negro Cotton. As he cannot speak a Word of English, he is incapable of telling either his own or Owner's Name. Also another Negro named SHARPER, a likely well made Fellow, who seems to be about twenty two Years of Age, speaks broken English, and either cannot or will not tell his Owner's Name, or from what Part of the Colony he came. Whoever has a just Claim to them are desired to take them away and pay Charges. PETER PELHAM, K. P. G.
COMMITTED to the Jail of Dinwiddie County, on the 8th of September, a Negro Fellow who cannot tell his Master's Name. He is well made, of the middle Size, marked down his Cheeks, and had on an Osnabrug Shirt, new Felt Hat, a Dutch Blanket, and Rolls Trousers. The Owner is desired to prove his Property and take him away. LEWIS LANIER, Jailer.
TAKEN up, in Prince Edward, a small bay MARE about four Feet three or four Inches high, Part of her left Ear cut off, with a Star in her Forehead, but no Brand perceivable. Posted, and appraised to three Pounds. JOHN CHILDERS, Senior.
NOW at my Plantation on Licking Hole Creek, in Goochland County, two red STEERS, between two and three Years old, one marked with a Crop in the right Ear, the other with a Swallowfork and Underkeel in the right Ear; also a black STEER about two or three Years old, marked with a Crop in each Ear. Any Person proving his Property may have them on applying to me, and paying the Expense of this Advertisement. VALENTINE WOOD.
TAKEN up, in Amherst, a red and white HEIFER about three Years old, and both Ears cropped. Posted, and appraised to forty Shillings. SHADRACH HARGIS.
TAKEN up, in Amherst, a brindled pied STEER marked in the left Ear with a Slit and an Underkeel in the right, and has a Bob Tail. Also a HEIFER and CALF, with a Slit in each Ear, an Underkeel in the right, and some White on her Face and Body. Posted, and appraised, the Steer to fifty Shillings, and the Heifer and Calf to thirty five Shillings. JAMES STEVENS.
WANTED immediately, A YOUNG MAN qualified for an ASSISTANT in a STORE, and who understands BOOK-KEEPING. Such a One, well recommended, may hear of good Encouragement by applying to Mr. RIND, Printer in Williamsburg.
To be RENTED, or SOLD, THE COALPITS in Chesterfield County, on Falling Creek, near Buckingham Road, adjoining those of Mr. Elysen, deceased. My only Reason for wanting to dispose of them is Want of Force, although I am confident any Person that has a sufficient Number of Hands might work them to very great Advantage; and I shall sell them cheap. JOHN RAILEY.
NORFOLK, September 11, 1771. I INTEND for England early in the Spring, and request all those who have any open Accounts on my Books to settle them. Bonds, or Cash, will be required from all indebted, and Payment made to those who have Balances in their Favour. I expect all Persons concerned will pay due Regard to this Advertisement, as all Accounts unsettled, after the first Day of January next, will be put in Suit. My Business here, after that Time, will be transferred by William Marsh and Richard Marshall. JOHN GREENWOOD.
To be SOLD by the Trustee of BENJAMIN GRYMES, Esquire, on Monday the 25th of November, if fair, otherwise the next fair Day, and continue till all is sold, at Benjamin Johnson's Ordinary in Fredericksburg, ABOUT two Hundred fine healthy SLAVES belonging to the Estate of the said Grymes, but very few old Ones amongst them; there are several good Furnace Men, Forgemens, Colliers, Carters, and Watermen, about sixty Draught Horses, and some good Oxen, with Cattle belonging to them; also several Waggon and Carts, a very good Brig between ninety and a Hundred Tons, and a Schooner of the same Burthen, both but a few Months from the Carpenter's Hands, whose Name is George Hill, and lives in Fredericksburg. He can inform any Gentleman who inclines to purchase what they are. About fifteen of the Slaves will be sold for ready Money, with some of the Horses, and Credit allowed for the rest of the Estate until the 25th of October 1772, the Purchasers giving Bond and Security to the Trustees, who will attend the Sale, and make them an undoubted Title. Merchants Notes will be taken as Security, five per Cent. Discount will be allowed for ready Money, and all Bonds that are not discharged at the Time they become due to bear Interest from the Day of Sale. ANTHONY THORNTON, Junior, Agent to the Trustees.
MECKLENBURG, September 3, 1771. RUN away from the Subscriber, this Day, an Apprentice Lad named EDWARD WILSON, a clear Mulatto, a Carpenter and Joiner by Trade. He is about eighteen Years of Age, about five Feet seven Inches high, has long black Hair, tied behind, much inclined to curl, has a Scar on the Top of his right Foot, which he got by the Stroke of an Adze, and as he walks his Ankle cracks remarkably. He had on when he went away a short Bath Coating Coat, a Sky blue Duroy Waistcoat, and Osnabrug Breeches; and he carried with him two Chock, two brown Sheetings, and one white Shirt, also a Pair of Check and a Pair of Osnabrug Trousers, with a brown Holland Waistcoat. Whoever delivers the said Apprentice to me, within two Miles of Mr. Lewis Parban's Store, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward, besides what the Law allows. PHILIP MALLORY.
He is supposed to be gone towards Hampton.
For SALE, or to be RENTED for a Term of Years, and entered upon immediately, THE capital Prize drawn in the Honourable William Byrd's Lottery, consisting of a DOUBLE FORGE and valuable GRISTMILL, with two Acres and a Half of LAND adjoining; also two Thousand Acres of exceeding good LAND, the farthest Part of which is not more than three Miles from the Works. The Land, &c. will be sold, or rented, with or without the Forge and Mill, and laid off in small Parcels to suit Purchasers. Long Credit (if required) will be allowed for greatest Part of the Money, Bond with approved Security being given. I would have no Objection to dispose of one Moiety of the Whole, or the Stream with or without the Land, to a suitable Partner. It is capable of great Improvement, being situated in the Heart of a fine Wheat Country; and, at a small Expense, the Forge may be converted into a good Merchant Mill, which would manufacture a Hundred Thousand Bushels in a Season, besides the Advantage arising from the Gristmill, which is worth, at least, two Hundred Pounds a Year. The Terms will be made agreeable; and the Land and Works may be viewed, at any Time, by applying to Mr. Richard Crump, Merchant at Rocky Ridge. HENRY MORSE.
The UTENSILS, and OLD IRON, belonging to the Forge, will be sold on reasonable Terms.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Lancaster, on the 24th of December last, a Negro Man named WILL, about five Feet eight or nine Inches high, between thirty and forty Years of Age, but looks older than what he really is. He has been at Work in Norfolk for some Time past, and went by the Name of William Moore, as a Freeman. He is a very good Hoster and Gardener; and what may detect him sooner, he is very fond of Liquor, and when drunk very quarrelsome and saucy. Whoever will secure him in any Jail, and give me Intelligence so that I may get him again, shall have FIVE POUNDS, and if brought to me FIFTEEN POUNDS, paid on the Delivery of the Negro. JOHN WORMELEY.
AS I intend to remove up the Country next Fall, I would sell my Plantation in King & Queen County, which consists of six Hundred and fifty five Acres of LAND, pleasantly situated on Mattaponi River, about six Miles above West Point, and has on it a very good neat convenient Brick House with two large Rooms, two Closets, and a Passage on a Floor, with good Cellars under it, two very pleasant Porticoes, one above and the other below Stairs, neatly finished, with Banisters and India Work, a very convenient Storehouse sixty Feet long, with two Floors and a Cellar, and all other Outhouses necessary, Garden, &c. in good Order. The Land is good for Corn, and with Manure will produce fine Tobacco. There is also belonging to the above mentioned Tract one Hundred Acres of Marsh, lying opposite, on the other Side the River, which is very convenient for getting Hay, &c. Any Person inclinable to purchase may be shown the same, and know the Terms, by applying to JOHN MEREDITH.
Who has also for Sale another Plantation in King & Queen County, just below West Point, known by the Name of Gough's Point, containing two Hundred Acres, adjoining the Land of Mr. Samuel Meredith, on which is a good Deal of Marsh that with little Expense might be made a valuable Meadow. The Land is well timbered, but no Improvements on it. I have also three LOTS in West Point for Sale, whereon is a neat little Dwellinghouse with two Rooms on a Floor, and an old Kitchen. The above mentioned Land will be sold together, or in separate Tracts, as may best suit the Purchasers.
To be SOLD, on long Credit, the three following Tracts of LAND, viz. ONE Tract containing four Hundred Acres, lying in Spotsylvania County, on the Head of Bluff Run, about eighteen Miles from Fredericksburg. One other Tract lying in Amherst County, on Owen's Creek, containing four Hundred Acres; it is well timbered, and a good Soil for Tobacco and Indian Corn. One Tract lying in Pittsylvania County, on Sycamore Creek, near Captain Benjamin Clement's, containing two Hundred Acres; this is likewise good Tobacco Land. Any Person inclinable to purchase either of the above Tracts of Land may know the Terms by applying to Mr. Charles Irving, Merchant in Albemarle County, or to the Subscriber in Richmond Town. The above Lands are the Property of John Loving, Senior, of Amherst County, but made over which he has a Deed of Trust to the Subscriber. Two Years Credit, or longer if required, will be given, on Bond and approved Security. WILLIAM MITCHELL.