The Virginia gazette (Williamsburg [Va.]), 1774-06-02 00:00:00

VIRGINIA
GAZETTE.
With the freest ADVICES,
FOREIGN and DOMESTICK.
IN CIVITATE LIBERA LINGUAM MENTEMQUE
LIBERAS ESSE DEBERE. Suet. in Tib. S. 28.
Printed by ALEX. PURDIE, and JOHN DIXON, at the POST OFFICE.
On the Rise and Utility of NEWSPAPERS.
SOME fifty or sixty Years ago, when Turnpike Roads were not so general, and the Conveyance from Place to Place was far more difficult than at present, People were obliged to put up with many very great Inconveniences, and to confine their Wits within a narrow Compass. They had no Encouragement, and in some Cases scarcely a Possibility to extend their Connections; and contented themselves, therefore, with such immediate Necessaries as their little Neighbourhood afforded. They had not then any great Inclination for reading, nor were the polite Arts so generally attended to as they now are. Domestic Industry employed their Time, and left them little Leisure for other Amusements. Such was the State of our Forefathers, when the intestine Broils of the Kingdom raised their Attention, and called them from their Villages to assist their King and Country. The Youths, who had hitherto assisted their Fathers in the Cultivation of their Lands, now cheerfully enlisted under the Banner of their Sovereign, and boldly went to fight against their Enemies, who threatened such Depredations on their native Kingdom. Hence the Parents became anxious to know the State of these their young Adventurers; they caught with Eagerness the publick Papers, and read impatiently an Account of every Battle, while Fear foreboded that their Sons had fallen.
It is from this Era that we may date the Universality of Newspapers in this Kingdom. They were at first the Vehicles of political Information only, disclosing the Secrets of Ministerial Councils, and presaging to the publick a future War or Peace; but their Plan has since been materially altered and improved, and they are now become the Vehicles of general Information. From the Number of Hands into which they were distributed, it was soon discovered that these were the best and most convenient Channels for making known our own Necessities, or for offering a Supply for those of others. Travelling too became more easy by Degrees, and Distance no longer a Hindrance to their Circulation.
A Man needed only be at the Expense of a few Shillings for an Advertisement, and his Wits were immediately made known to many Thousands of Persons, in a shorter Space of Time than could be done by any other Method. If a Horse was stolen, a House broke open, or a Robbery committed, the Printers of Newspapers were instantly applied to; and such was their Success, in thus publishing the Villainy, that the Offender has often, by this Means only, been apprehended, and brought to the Punishment his Crime entitled him to. A Landlord, who wants to let an empty House, or a few Acres of his Land, has nothing now to do but to advertise, and he is soon provided with a Tenant; and the Man of enterprising Genius, who is deterred from following his Pursuits by Want of Money, advertises only good Security, and he is immediately supplied to the Extent of his Demands. In short, there is scarcely any Article in Life of which we stand in Need but what an Advertisement will more easily procure than any other Means we can devise. Men are now thoroughly sensible of this Advantage, and hence it is that Advertisements are so numerous in all our Newspapers. They form a considerable Part of their Contents, and to Men of Business are certainly the most valuable.
Politicks are now little more than a Farce; the Rage of Party has, in a great Measure, subdued; and Peace having fixed her Standard amongst us, we are no longer troubled with the long Accounts of Battles between contending Armies. Our Newspapers are now devoted to a more agreeable Purpose: They yield us a more amusing Variety of Matter, as they are either employed in the politer Services of Literature, or in establishing more extensive Connections amongst Mankind.
Persons of all Ages and Occupations agree in encouraging their Circulation. The old and feeble Git, whose Infirmities confine him from the busy World, is still desirous of seeing how Affairs go on, and therefore reads the News; while his huge, unwieldy Lady, whom even Prodigy of Bulk cannot restrain from fashionable Diversion, tells her Maid to bring the Morning Paper with the Tea, that she may see when the Pantheon opens. The City Miss, on her Party, has a World of Entertainment in reading the Newspaper. She there reads of Trips to Scotland with a Father's Footman, or a genteel Hair Dresser. She pities, from her Soul, the many Victims to neglected Love who have closed their miserable Lives by sudden Means, and rejoices to find that Rosamond's Pond is no longer in the Way to tempt them to destroy themselves. The Progress of Fashion too she traces in the Papers through its different Changes, and knows who appeared most brilliant at Court or Mansion House. The Merchant, by Means of the publick Papers, knows the Departure, Voyages, and Arrivals, of his Vessels; the Fluctuation of the Stocks is there also exactly mirrored, together with the State of our foreign Concerns. The Sportsman is presented with an Account of Newmarket and other Races; the Sales of Horses, and their various Pedigrees; and whatever else it may be his Interest to know. The Farmer sees the State of the Harvest through the Kingdom, the Average Price of Corn in every County, and reads of the various Improvements made in Husbandry; and the Tradesman has an endless Variety of Information, which at once both pleases and instructs him.
OMNIA VINCIT IMPUDENTIA,
Whoever gets M.E. needs never fear, He's learn'd, he's wise, and whatsoe'er He pleases. IMPUDENCE.
IF we look back to the Histories of former Ages, and carefully examine the most illustrious Actions we there find recorded, we shall soon be convinced that what Historians have dignified with the pompous Titles of great and glorious, and considered as the Exploits of rather Gods than Men, owe their sole Existence to the Influence of Impudence. The Dispute between Cæsar and Pompey, who considered the World as too limited for the Possession of two such Mortals, was not which was the most worthy, but which was the most impudent.
Impudence, like Sterling Gold, is frequently counterfeited, and used as a Veil to conceal the false Heart of a Coward. Under this Class are properly placed modern Duellists, who, to appear brave, or rather impudent, in the Eyes of the World, pretend to look with Indifference on their very Existence on every paltry Occasion. But such Compositions of Vanity and Folly are even beneath Censure.
When I mix in Company among the physical Tribe, nothing is more common to me than to hear this Exclamation, "How lucky is our Acquaintance, who, though originally a Plough Boy, after a few Years Service in the Shop of an eminent Chymist, by the mere Dint of Impudence, bears the pompous Title of M. D. and rolls about in his Chariot?"
If I attend any of the Courts at Westminster, to hear the Pleadings there, with what an Invincible Front do I find those Sons of Impudence maintain that Right is Wrong, Black White, and quote Coke and Littleton to support it!
Indeed, Sir, what is to be done in Love, or War, without Impudence? How many Armies have been defeated, how many Towns have been taken, merely through the Influence of my Patron! How many tender Virgins, who had long rejected the Addresses of sheepish Modesty, have surrendered on the first Attacks of mighty Impudence!
There is, indeed, one Class of Mankind, who must be totally excluded from any Connections with Impudence—the Clergy in general; and, permit me to add, the Bishops in particular, whose invincible Modesty permits them seldom to appear at Court, and still less frequently in the Pulpit!
E P I T A P H. To the Memory of
ALEXANDER WEDDERBURNE, Esquire.
HE was born in the City of Edinburgh, In North Britain. In Order fully to gratify his Lust for Wealth, Power, and Popularity, He pushed his Fortune in the METROPOLIS of the British Empire. His Abilities and Eloquence soon procured him A Seat in the HOUSE OF COMMONS, Where he embraced the Principles, And followed the Practices, of a Company Of STATE PROSTITUTES. Finding the Pleasures and Emoluments Of this House unequal to the Sacrifice he had made of his Virtue, He renounced their Society, and (How condescending is REAL Goodness!) He was received into the Society of The Friends of Liberty and his Country. But, alas! the Acclamations of Millions, Proclaiming his Reformation, And the Pleasures of accepted Contrition, Were not able to protect him from a SECOND SEDUCTION. He was led on from one Degree of Venality to another; Until he was at last prevailed upon To commit MURDER upon the Character Of an illustrious AMERICAN PATRIOT and PHILOSOPHER, And HIGH TREASON against BRITAIN AND HER COLONIES. TRAVELLER, While you tread HEAVILY upon his Dust, Remember the Pangs of a FIRST Fall from Virtue Are not to be compared with the Anguish Of a Heart awakened to the Guilt of a SECOND Defection. Also, that great Abilities and Eloquence are Not the Marks of a Favourite of Heaven, or They would not have been conferred upon THIS UNHAPPY CULPRIT. He was executed May 3d, 1774, in the CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, in the Presence of Many Thousand Spectators. He had no Friends to lament his Fate, For "Treachery would not trust him;" He had no Enemies to forgive, For he was below Contempt. Even the Eye of Pity (which sometimes Drops at the Expiation of Murder) Refused him this Tribute of Humanity.
E P I T A P H. To the Memory of
THOMAS HUTCHINSON, Esquire, Governor of the Province of MASSACHUSETTS BAY.
HE was descended from an ancient Race Of AMERICAN WORTHIES, And was educated in the Principles of Virtue and Religion. But, alas! what availed the Renown of His Ancestors, And the holy Precepts of his Parents! He remembered no more of the former, And practised no more of the latter, Than were sufficient to raise him to The first Offices and Honours of the Government. He was an Enemy to Virtue, Liberty, and his Country. Let Antiquity be dumb, nor Reproach with Obloquy her CATALINES, CALIGULAS, and NEROS, Since Mankind are here furnished With an Instance of Depravity which Includes with their Guilt the BASEST HYPOCRISY. American Traveller, Forbear to open his Sepulchre, and to avenge Upon his Ashes the INJURIES he did Thy COUNTRY. His private Virtues did not atone for His publick Vices. He was detected in an Attempt To "abridge the ENGLISH LIBERTIES," And to destroy the Charter of his Native Province. Let Posterity remember, with Gratitude, The illustrious DR. FRANKLIN (not Less successful in disarming POLITICAL Than natural Clouds of their Mischief) For his Discovery. Although this treacherous Governor Was defended by one of the most artful British Counsellors, yet he was Condemned, by a Jury of all the FREEMEN in Britain and America, To be hanged and burnt, May 3d, 1774, in the City of PHILADELPHIA, in the Presence of many Thousand Spectators; Who, while they exulted in his Punishment, Lamented that he could suffer but Once. To expiate the High Treason he Had committed against His COUNTRY.
B O S T O N, May 5.
Plan for establishing a NEW AMERICAN POST OFFICE. THE present American Post Office was first set up by a private Gentleman, in one of the southern Colonies; and the Ministry of Great Britain, finding that a Revenue might arise from it, procured an Act of Parliament, in the 9th Year of the Reign of Queen Anne, to en-
able them to take it into their own Hands. And succeeding Administrations have, ever since, taken upon them to regulate it; have committed the Management of it to whom they pleased; and availed themselves of its Income, now said to be at least good, Sterling per Annum, clear. By this Means, a Set of Officers, ministerial indeed in their Creation, Direction, and Dependence, are maintained in the Colonies; into whose Hands all the social, commercial, and political Intelligence of the Continent, is necessarily committed, which at this Time every one must consider as dangerous in the extreme. It is not only our Letters that are liable to be stopped and opened by a ministerial Mandate, and their Contents construed into treasonable Conspiracies, but our NEWSPAPERS, those necessary and important Affairs in Time of publick Danger, may be rendered of little Consequence, for Want of Circulation. Whenever it shall be thought proper to restrain the Liberty of the Press, or injure an Individual, how easily may it be effected! A Postmaster General may dismiss a Rider, and substitute his Hostiler in his Place, who may tax the Newspapers to a Prohibition; and when the Master is remonstrated to upon the Head, he may deny he has any Concern in the Matter, and tell the Printer he must make his Terms with the Post.
As, therefore, the Maintenance of this dangerous and unconstitutional Precedent of Taxation, without Consent; as the parting with very considerable Sums of our Money to support Officers, of whom it seems to be expected that they should be inimical to our Rights; as the great Danger of the Increase of such Interest, and its Connections, added to the Considerations above mentioned, must be alarming to a People thoroughly convinced of the fatal Tendency of this parliamentary Establishment, it is therefore proposed,
 I. That Subscriptions be opened for the Establishment and Maintenance of a Post Office, and for the necessary Defence of Post Officers and Riders employed in the same.  II. That the Subscribers, in each Colony, shall annually appoint a Committee from among themselves, consisting of seven Persons, whose Business it shall be to appoint Postmasters in all Places within their respective Provinces, where such Officers have hitherto been kept, or may hereafter be judged necessary; and to regulate the Postage of Letters and Packets, with the Terms on which Newspapers are to be carried, which Regulations shall be printed and set up in each respective Office.  III. That the Postmasters shall contract with, and take Bonds, with sufficient Sureties, of suitable Persons to perform the same Duties as heretofore been performed by Post Riders, subject to the Regulation and Control of the Committee.  IV. That the several Mails shall be under Lock and Key, and liable to the Inspection of no Person but the respective Postmasters to whom directed, who shall be under Oath for the faithful Discharge of the Trust reposed in them.  V. That a Postmaster General shall be annual chosen, by the written Votes of all the Provincial Committees, enclosed and sent to the Chairman of the New York Committee; who, on receiving all the Votes, and giving one Month's publick Notice in all the New York Papers of the Time and Place appointed for that Purpose, shall open them in Committee, in Presence of all such Subscribers as shall choose to attend, and declare the Choice, which Choice shall be immediately communicated to all the other Provincial Committees, by a Certificate under the Hand of the said Chairman!  VI. That the Postmaster General shall be empowered to demand and receive the Accounts from the several Postmasters throughout the Colonies connected with this Post Office, and shall adjust and liquidate the same, and by his Order transfer, in just Proportion, the Surpluses of one Office to make good the Deficiencies of another, if any such should appear; and, in Case of Deficiency upon the Whole, he shall have Power to draw for the same upon the several Committees, in Proportion to the Amount of the Subscriptions in their Departments; and, at the Year's End, transmit to the said Committees a fair and just Account of the whole Post Office under his Inspection.  VII. That the several Postmasters shall charge—per Cent. on all the Monies received into their respective Offices, for their Services, and also—per Cent. for the Use of the Postmaster General; which they shall remit to him quarterly with their Accounts.  VIII. That whatever Balances may remain in the Hands of the several Postmasters, after all the Charges are paid, shall, by Direction of the Subscribers in the Province or Provinces where such Postmasters reside, be appropriated to the Enlargement of the present Institution within their respective Province. 
In Order that the foregoing Plan may be carried into Execution, we the Subscribers do severally promise to pay the several Sums annexed to our Names, to the Chairman of the Committee to be appointed in Pursuance of said Plan, whenever, according to the Conditions thereof, they shall be called for by him, or his Successor in Office.
Extract of a Letter from New York, April 25. The unlucky Circumstance of a Servant of Mr. Stimson, the constitutional Post, from Baltimore to Philadelphia, absconding with a Sum of Money; by no Means discourages the Friends of the new Institution; who will, undoubtedly, should the Villain escape with his Booty, open a Subscription for the Indemnification of the Master, who is known to be a Man of Integrity."
We have the Pleasure of assuring the Publick, that the Subscription for establishing a new American Post Office was opened late on Saturday last, and hath been patronised by the first Gentlemen of Character and Fortune in the Town. The second Gentleman to whom it was presented generously engaged 50l. lawful Money, and many others have done as handsomely, in Proportion to their Circumstances. With this indubitable Evidence of the Disposition of the Bostonians, added to the noble Conduct of the patriotick Inhabitants of Portsmouth, Newbury, Newbury Port, Salem, &c. Mr. Goddard will set out on his Return homeward this Week, rejoicing in the great Success which hath attended his Endeavours to rescue the Channel of publick and private Intelligence from the horrid Fangs of ministerial Dependents.
In one of the latest Papers, our old Master the Postmasters General of Great Britain, &c. acquaint the World that they too are sometimes liable to Misfortunes, having recently lost a Bag containing 484 Letters, from on Board the Pallas, Captain Turner, thirty by a Ship from Maryland, and eight by one from Virginia. Another Account mentions, that a Mail, with several Bags of Letters, had been lately feloniously carried off. The Generals of the Post Office, however, are still determined to continue their Letter Trade, both in Britain and America, provided they meet with no greater Mischances than the foregoing.
ANECDOLE of JAMES the FIRST.
SOON after the Accession of King James to the Crown of England, in one of the Tours he made round his kingdom, he was entertained by the Earl of Scarborough at his Seat at Lumley Castle. A Right Reverend Bishop, a Relation of his Lordship, who was there on a Visit at the same Time, thinking, no Doubt, to possess his Majesty with a grand Idea of the Importance of the Family of his noble Relative, began to make his Majesty acquainted with a genealogical Detail of every Person who had existed in a long continued Line of his Lordship's Progenitors, and attempted to deduce the Origin of his Family from a Period to remote that it exceeded every Degree of Credibility. The King, whose Patience was at length quite exhausted, stopped short the Reverend Genealogist's Narration, by saying, "O Mon, go no farther; let me digest this Knowledge I have gained, for by my Saul I did na ken that Adam's Surname was Lumley."

Description of JUNE. THE Beginning of Summer, in the Month of June, seems to be the Term when Nature has attained her greatest Strength and Perfection. In Plants, indeed, Vegetation is debilitated, the Earth retaining not so much of the Degree of Moisture it had in May. But Vegetation is prodigious in young Animals; their Growth is sensible from one Day to another, from Evening to Morning. In Adults, there is less Fermentation; their Liquors flow in their Canals in a more tranquil Train. But their Muscles are more supple, elastic, and vigorous; and it is in this Month of the Year that Man enjoys most Health. The pleasing Verdure of May we still behold the Image, but it is chiefly in Orchards, Woodlands, and Forests, for the Shades of this Verdure are otherwise not so beautifully discriminated! The Meadows begin to whiten, or are partly cut down; the Corn Fields receive a Tinge of Yellow; the Number and Sprightliness of Colours diminish; we have not that Variety of Odours, not so many sweet Modulations in the Song of Birds; yet is June equally calculated to content Curiosity and Delight.
It is the genial Warmth of the Sun that forms this Disposition in the Earth's fruitful Bosom, and clothes it with new Graces and Beauties. To Beings innumerable it gives Birth; every Thing is in Motion, every Thing receives an Organization, every Thing feels its Existence. Matter is alive; even Sand and Mud seems to be animated. The Germs of Birds, of Fishes, of Reptiles, break at once out of their brittle Prisons. Here the nimble Fawn bounds and sports with the Lamb; there the young Coufer wantons in Prances, to try the Velocity of his Legs. On the opposite Sides of those Leaves, wavy about with the Wind, reside Tribes perhaps quite foreign to each other; the Cups of Flowers, each Fruit is inhabited; in the humble Tuft, Cities rise; and from the Waters of a Cloud, Drops, scarce perceptible, contain an Atom People, an invisible Multitude.
As a Wave disappears under a Wave following it, so one Being is replaced by the Being that produces it. Their Birth, powerful Goo! is when their fruitful Voice calls them forth in their Turn on the Stage of this World. Devoured by one another, or destroyed by the Vicissitude of Time, they have for some Instants served thy Designs!
But if the Heat of the Sun in June has given Life, has been profuse of it, to many new Beings the Earth abounds with, it augments, it tends to complete, and to ripen, the Treasures which a more temperate Air has caused to spring up. What an Aspect does it make Nature to assume! It does not make her Bloom so fair, it only changes her Dress. It has indeed stripped her of her variegated Robe; but plain with Grandeur, beautiful with Majesty, her Ornaments are converted into proud Opulence. Our good Things are her Beauty, her Graces are Plenty. Already, as above remarked, does the Eye in our Fields reckon fewer Colours. June has confined Flowers to the Parterre. I shall then no more seek after, round the Border of the Meadow, that Enamel, that Detail of Flowrers, which May had varied. Rather do I raise my Eyes upon immense Plains. From smiling Gardens, and cultivated Plants, I shall repair to some Hill, whence I can enjoy the noble Prospect of Woods and Fields, and an unbounded Expanse of standing Corn.
WILLIAMSBURG, June 2.
LAST Sunday Afternoon Letters were received by Express from B.oston, Philadelphia, and Annapolis in Maryland, testifying the Refinement of the different Places, and the Northern Provinces in general, against the late oppressive Act of the British Parliament which is intended so materially to injure the Port of Boston, and recommending an Union of Measures to their Southern Brethren, to induce the Ministry to abate in their rigorous and unconstitutional Designs against American Freedom, which they consider themselves equally entitled to with their Fellow Subjects in Britain. Immediately upon receiving the Letters, the Honourable Peyton Randolph, Esq; Moderator of the Committee of the late House of Representatives, thought it proper to convene all the Members that were then in Town; who, on considering those important Papers, came to a Resolution to call together the several other Members near this City, to whom Notice could be given. Twenty five of them accordingly met next Day at ten o'Clock, when it was unanimously agreed to refer the further Consideration of this Matter to the first Day of August next; at which Time it is expected there will be a very general Attendance of the late Members of the House of Burgess, and that a Non-Importation Agreement will be then entered into, as well as Resolutions to suspend, at some future Day, exporting any of our Commodities to Britain, should the present odious Measures, so inimical to the just Rights and Liberty of America, be pursued.
The Opinion of the Citizens of this Metropolis being desired on the Subject, they accordingly met at the Courthouse, at four o'Clock the same Day, when the Measures taken by the late Representatives were unanimously approved of.
Yesterday the Honourable the Speaker, and as many Members of the late Assembly as were in Town, with the Citizens of Williamsburg, assembled at the Courthouse and went in Procession to the Church, where an excellent Sermon, well adapted to the present unhappy Differences between Great Britain and her Colonies, was preached by the Reverend Mr. Price, Chaplain to the House of Burgess, agreeable to the late Order of that patriotic and very respectable Body.
By Advices from Fincastle, we learn that there has been a smart Skirmish, on the Branches of New River, between a Party of white People, who were out surveying Lands, and a Number of Indians, whom they fell in with, supposed to be Shawanese. Our People drove the Indians off, and killed eight of them, with the Loss of eight Men and a Boy of their own Party; among them the noted Captain John Altby, who, in the last War, brought the first Account of General Braddock's Defeat to this City, with amazing Expedition.
We likewise hear, that the Frontier Inhabitants are all in Motion at the alarming Behaviour of the Indians, and seem determined to drive from among them so cruel and treacherous an Enemy.
We have just received from a Gentleman in Norfolk, who intends carrying on a Virginia Manufactory of Cotton Stuffs, a few Sets of Musketo Curtains, as also a Specimen of Cloth for Mens Wear, which he undertakes to sell upon more reasonable Terms than if imported from Britain. As to the Manufactory of Flax and Wool, he is well acquainted with the whole Process thereof likewise; but thinks it will be some Time before he can bring it to Perfection, owing to our Want of Method, and the Dearness of Labour. He has a Journeyman well acquainted with the Weaving; and, if the Ladies would take the Trouble to raise Silk Worms, will undertake to furnish them with Gowns of his Manufacture, agreeable to any Pattern they may lend.
The Hanchy, Ellen, and London, Robertson, from London, are arrived in York River, and the Success, Cummins, from London, at Norfolk. On Wednesday last (the fatal 1st of June) the Dwelling-House, Kitchen, Comping House, and other Outbuildings, belonging to Mr. Thomas Hodges, Merchant in Leeds Town, were burnt to the Ground, with most of the Furniture, to a very considerable Value. He had the good Fortune, however, in this Dilemma, to save his Books and Papers.
Marriages. Captain ROBERT WALKER, of Charles City, late in the London Trade, to Miss SUSAN HARRISON, of Wakefield, in the County of Surrey.
Mr. JOHN PLEASANTS, of Henrico, to Miss PEGGY JORDAN, of Isle of Wight.
FRIDAY, June 3. This Day was executed, pursuant to her Sentence at the last General Court, Catharine Peppers, from Bedford, for Murder. She appeared to be very penitent, and perfectly resigned to her unhappy Fate.
Five o'Clock P. M. The Northern Post is just arrived with the following Advices, viz.
BOSTON, May 12.
IT is worthy of Remark, that nothing is said by the East India Company, or their Friends in England, of the Destruction of the Tea as being their Property, or any Damages accruing to them thereby. It is solely taken up by the British Parliament, and the Friends of the British Ministry, which plainly evinces that the introducing said Tea into America, upon that Plan, was a Scheme of the present Administration. It appears that the Drift of Administration, and their good Friends in England, is to divide the Union of the American Colonies, and that devoted Boston shall feel the unparallelled Tokens of their Displeasure. But let us not be dismayed, but resolve to yield our Lives and Fortunes before we will submit to the Iron Yoke of Tyranny; and let this sacred Truth be born in the Mind of EVERY AMERICAN, "BY UNITING WE STAND, BY DIVIDING WE FALL!"
NEW YORK, May 19.
ON Tuesday Evening an Express arrived in Town from Boston, on an Account that the Inhabitants of that Place had received, with the 10th Instant, by Captain Jenkins, the Act of Parliament for shutting up their Port. On Wednesday the Committees of Correspondence, for eight of the adjacent Towns, were summoned; and on Thursday they met at Faneuil Hall, and wrote circular Letters to the several Committees of Correspondence in the other Colonies. On Friday the Inhabitants of the Town of Boston met, and agreed to send Letters to every Town in the Massachusetts Government, and to every Colony on the Continent; acquainting them, that they were determined to stop all Exports and Imports to Great Britain and the West Indies. They chose other Committees, to confer with the Inhabitants of Salem, Marblehead, &c. to collect Subscriptions for the Employment of the Artificers, &c. and for effectually securing the Peace of the City. In short, the Inhabitants, who had assembled in great Numbers, were all united in a firm Resolution not to comply with the Act of Parliament. The Purport of their Letter to the Committees of Correspondence in this City and in Philadelphia is to acquaint them with their Resolutions, and to desire they may be supported by their hearty Concurrence in the Measures which have hitherto been concerted by them.
His Excellency General Gage, Commander in Chief of his Majesty's Forces in North America, and Governor of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, arrived and landed on Friday last, with Major Sheriff, at Castle William, where he was received by Mr. Hutchinson, who resigned the Government into General Gage's Hands; and on Saturday Noon a Council was held there.
The Inhabitants of Salem have declared that they will not sell, or let, a House or Lodgings to any Persons that may remove thither in Consequence of the passing of the Boston Port Act, they being determined to show their distressed Brethren in the capital City every possible Mark of their sincere Sympathy.
TO THE PUBLICK.
"An Advertisement having appeared in the Coffeehouse, in Consequence of the late extraordinary and very alarming Advices received from England, inviting the Merchants to meet at the House of Mr. Samuel Francis on Monday Evening last, in Order to consult on Measures proper to be pursued on the present critical and important Occasion, a very respectable and large Number of the Merchants and other Inhabitants did accordingly appear at the Time and Place appointed, and then and there nominated, for the Approbation of the Publick, a Committee of fifty Persons, fifteen to be a sufficient Number to do Business: That therefore no Formality may be wanting to constitute a Committee duly chosen, the Inhabitants of this City and County are requested to attend at the Coffeehouse, this Day, at one o'Clock, to approve of the Committee nominated as aforesaid, or to appoint such other Persons as in their Discretion and Wisdom may seem meet."
The Lady and Family of his Excellency General Gage, attended by Major Kemble, Adjutant General in North America, were to sail from London in the Ship Lady Gage, the Beginning of this Month.
Yesterday a Schooner, with a Detachment of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, failed for Boston; and this Day the rest of that Corps in this City, under the Command of Colonel Cleveland, are to proceed for the same Place.
On Monday last his Majesty's Royal Regiment of Welsh Fusileers was reviewed, by his Excellency General Haldimand; they made a very fine Appearance, and acquitted themselves to the perfect Satisfaction of a great Multitude of Spectators.
At a very general Meeting of the Inhabitants of this City, on Monday Evening last, a Body of fifty respectable Gentlemen were appointed by the publick Voice, to be a standing Committee for the important and salutary Purpose of keeping up a Correspondence with our Sister Colonies, and in Conjunction with them pursuing in the present important Crisis such judicious and constitutional Measures as should appear to be necessary for the Preservation of our just Rights, the Maintenance of the publick Peace, and the Support of that general Union, which, at this Time in particular, is so absolutely requisite to be preserved throughout the Continent.
At a Time like this, when the publick Good is concerned, the publick Good alone should be the Object of every Individual. It is therefore anxiously hoped, that at the general Meeting to be assembled this Day to declare the universal Assent to the Choice of the Body who made the Nomination, all partial Attachments and private Animosities will be laid aside, and the Choice be confirmed, without any sinister Opposition, from narrow and ungenerous Sentiments; as the Gentlemen appointed are of the Merchants, Men of Property, Probity, and Understanding, whose Zeal for the publick Good cannot be doubted, their own several private Interests being so intimately connected with that of the whole Community, and whose Situations, Connections, and Opportunities of an universal Knowledge of publick Circumstances, point them out as the proper Persons to hold so important a Trust.
Copy of a Letter from a Gentleman in London to his Friend in New York, dated April 5, 1774.
"I know not in what Language to speak my Concern and Indignation relative to the Boston Port Bill. He who may view it simply, as pointed at a Part of America, knows but little of the Temper and Designs of Administration; the Liberty of this Country seems to have expired in their Hands. You must summon all the Wisdom and Firmness of the united Continent of America to preserve yours. I know it to be the Design, and an indispensable Measure, to divide; you must therefore subdue every Prejudice, and bear with every Infirmity among yourselves, that, like a Bundle of tender Rods, you may not be separately broken to Pieces. If the other Provinces do not warmly and firmly support an Opposition to this horrid Attempt to ruin the Town of Boston, you must fall the easy Victims of Tyranny, and become the most abject Slaves upon Earth."
"Let me entreat you therefore to turn a deaf Ear to every Prejudice, and idle Report, against your suffering Fellow Subjects; forgive their Errors, and think of nothing but mutual Defence."
"There were a few of us who petitioned Parliament, which was all we could do. The Sheriffs of this City stand at the Head of the several Petitions; they behaved nobly and spirited on this Occasion, for they were first in proposing and active in the Execution of the Affair, being the first in Rank in the County of Middlesex, where the Petitions were signed. Their Example gave Weight and Dignity to the Proceedings."
"I do not hold myself answerable to give Reasons why those Gentlemen, who formerly spoke the Language of America, should have become so few in Number; but, for your Satisfaction, can assure you that Lord Chatham holds the same friendly Sentiments of you. When he is asked why he does not attend the House of Lords, he says, I have talked long enough to the Tapestry."
"The Times are growing dangerous, and I know they would be glad to have my Head; therefore you will excuse my not writing my Name. You know my Hand. Yours, &c."
* The House of Commons is lined with Tapestry.
PHILADELPHIA, May 23.
LAST Thursday Night arrived here an Express from Boston, by whom we learn that a Vessel with the Port Bill arrived there the 10th Instant, and that General Gage arrived on Friday the 13th, in the Lively Frigate; that Governor Hutchinson, conscious of his Guilt, had taken Sanctuary in Castle William, among the Tea Commissioners; and that on Friday the 13th the People of Boston had a Town Meeting, when they came into the following Vote.
At a Meeting of the Freeholders, and other Inhabitants of the Town of Boston, duly qualified, and legally assembled in publick Town Meeting, assembled at Faneuil Hall on Friday the 13th of May, 1774.
VOTED, that it is the Opinion of this Town, that if the other Colonies come into a joint Resolution to stop all Importation from Great Britain, and Exportations to Great Britain and every Part of the West Indies, till the Act for blocking up this Harbour be repealed, the same will prove the Salvation of North America and her Liberties. On the other Hand, if they continue their Exports and Imports, there is high Reason to fear that Fraud, Power, and the most odious Oppression, will rise triumphant over Right, Justice, social Happiness, and Freedom. And moreover, that this Vote be forthwith transmitted by the Moderator to all our Sister Colonies, in the Name and Behalf of this Town."
Friday Evening Expresses came to Boston, from General Gage, for the Council to meet him next Day at the Castle, where they accordingly went; but the Result was not known when the Expresses came away. By the Expresses arrived in this City, last Thursday Evening, from Boston, we have a Confirmation of the interesting and melancholy News that on the mere Representation of the late Governor Hutchinson, and other Persons inimical to the Inhabitants of that Place, and of all America, the Town of Boston had been tried and condemned by an Act of Parliament, without the said Town having been apprised of any Accusation brought against them, or permitted to hear the Evidence, if there be any, and to make their Defence. That on the 10th Instant they had received the Act whereby their Port is shut up, until, as it is said, it shall be made appear that the People are returned to such a due Obedience to the Laws that the Commerce with Great Britain may be safely carried on, and the King's Customs duly collected, and the King in Council shall adjudge the same to be true; which seems to be, in other Words, until they shall acknowledge and submit to the Claim of Parliament to tax them at Pleasure, and satisfy the Ministry that they have surrendered those Rights, and abandoned the Cause, for which they, and all America, have for ten Years past been contending. On Friday Evening the Letters from Boston were read, to a large Number of respectable Inhabitants convened at the City Tavern; who, we are informed, appointed a Committee to answer the Letters, and to express their Sympathy with their Brethren in Boston, whom they consider as suffering for the common Cause, to recommend to them Prudence, Firmness, and Moderation. And as the Dispute between Great Britain and the Colonies is now advanced to an alarming Crisis, we are farther informed, that the Gentlemen met desired the Committee to wait upon the Governor, and request him to call the Assembly. They likewise ordered Expresses to be immediately despatched, with the News, to the Southern Colonies. A Congress of Deputies from the several Colonies is thought to be absolutely necessary, to devise Means of restoring Harmony between Great Britain and the Colonies, and prevent Matters from coming to Extremities.
Extract of a Letter from an American Gentleman, now in London, dated April 6, 1774.
"I have been much taken up lately in Conferences and Meetings on American Affairs. As private Persons, Natives of America, a Number of us petitioned the Commons against the late extraordinary Bill; then the Lords, and then the King. Few had any Expectation of a favourable Answer; but as a Protest in Form against the Proceeding could not be admitted, the Import of such a Protest was couched under the only Form that could be received, that of a Petition. The Ohio Affair stands still, the present Rage against America making it improper to be moved; yet the Partners continue to think well of it, supposing the Government cannot go back, after the solemn Steps taken, and Agreement made."
On Saturday last arrived here, in 28 Days from Belfast, the Ship Prosperity, Captain McCulloch, with 450 Passengers on Board.
By Intelligence from Pittsburg, of the 1st Instant, we learn that about the 26th ult. as one Stephens, with two Indians (a Shawanese and a Delaware) were going down the Ohio in a Canoe (that had been a few Days before robbed by three Men and a Woman of the Cherokee Nation, after they had killed one white Man and wounded another) he discovered a Canoe with People near Whaling, coming up the River, which he suspected to be Indians, and strove to avoid them, by making towards the opposite Shore, when they were fired upon twice, and the two Indians in his Canoe killed; but he could not perceive who it was that fired, as the Enemy lay concealed in the Bushes. He then threw himself into the River, and observed the Canoe that was coming up to contain white Men; he made towards it, and found therein Colonel Michael Cresap, and some other Men, who pretended entire Ignorance of his Misfortune, although he, the said Stephens, declares, that, from several Circumstances, he suspects the Murder was committed by Persons in Confederacy with Cresap, as he heard him threaten to put every Indian to Death he should meet with on the River; and that if he could get a Number of Men together sufficient for the Undertaking, he was determined to mark a small Indian Village on Yellow Creek.
We also learn, that Major Macdonald of Virginia, on his Return to Pittsburg from the Big Runaway, gives Account that a Skirmish had happened between some Virginians and Indians, in which some were killed on both Sides, which had occasioned the Surveyors and Grantees of Land from that Colony to return; and that on his Way to Pittsburg, on the 27th of April, he stopped at the House of Colonel Cresap, near Whaling, where one Mahon came and informed that fourteen Indians, in five Canoes, had called at his House going down the River, and asked him for Provisions; which he refused, telling them that two of their Brethren, the Day before, had been killed by the white People, which these Indians said they heard nothing of before, and proceeded down the River. That, upon this News, Cresap collected fifteen Men, followed and overtook them at the Mouth of a small Creek where they had hauled up the Canoes, and were waiting with Expectation of being attacked, as a Consequence of what they had heard. That Cresap, spying the Canoes, fired among them, upon which a Skirmish ensued; and the Indians retired, after the Loss of one Man on each Side, and left in the Canoes sixteen Kegs of Rum, and some Saddles and Bridles.
Captain Crawford and Mr. Neville of Virginia, from Pittsburg, inform that about the 3d Instant, in their Way there, they met a Number of the Inhabitants moving off their Places, and with them a Party who produced several Indian Scalps, and said they got them as follows: "That a Number of Indians encamped at the Mouth of Yellow Creek, opposite to which two Men, named Greathouse and Baker, with some others, had assembled themselves, at a House belonging to the said Baker, and invited two Men and two Women of the Indians over the Creek to drink with them, when, after making them drunk, they killed and scalped them; and two more Indian Men then came over, who met with the like Fate. After which six of their Men came over, to seek their Friends; and on approaching the Bank where the white Men lay concealed, perceived them, and endeavoured to retreat back, but received a Fire from the Shore, which killed two Indians, who fell in the River; two fell dead in the Canoe, and a fifth was so badly wounded that he could hardly crawl up the Bank." Among the unfortunate Sufferers was an Indian Woman, Wife to a white Man, one of the Traders; and she had an Infant at her Breast, which these inhuman Butchers providentially spared, and took with them. Mr. Neville asked the Man who had the Infant if he was not near enough to have taken its Mother Prisoner, without killing her? He replied, that he was about six Feet from her when he shot her exactly in the Forehead, and cut the Hoppale with which the Child's Cradle hung at her Back; and he thought to have knocked out its Brains, but remorse prevented him, on seeing the Child fall with its Mother. This Party farther informed them, that after they had killed these Indians they ran off with their Families, and that they thought the whole Country was fled, as Cresap, who was the Perpetrator of the first Offence, was then also on his Way to Redstone.
The Delaware Lottery, for the College of New Jersey, &c. begins Drawing this Day, at Newcastle.
In Line 16th of the first Column of the third Page of our last Gazette, for constitutional Principle, read unconstitutional Principle. The Error passed in a Number of Papers before it was discovered, and only crept in through the unavoidable Hurry which Publishers of Newspapers are often exposed to.
Wanted Immediately, A DISCREET and capable Woman to officiate as Housekeeper in a Gentleman's Family. Such a Person, upon coming well recommended, will hear of good Encouragement by applying at the Post Office, Williamsburg.
To be SOLD at Urbanna, on Monday the 17th Instant, being Middlesex Court Day, if fair, otherwise next fair Day,
SEVERAL likely Virginia born SLAVES, to satisfy a Decree of Middlesex County Court, obtained by William Montague, against the Executrix of John Montague, deceased. A reasonable Credit will be allowed the Purchasers, on giving Bond with approved Security.

HANOVER, May 13, 1774.
THE Partnership of Burnley and Braiken- ridge being dissolved on the first of September last, we desire all Persons who have any Demands against us on that Account, or as Factors for Messrs. Ware and Co. to bring them in for Payment. Those indebted to us for Negroes, sold from the Ships Polly and Thomas in 1772, are hereby desired not to fail making Payment this Meeting, as no farther Indulgence can be given.
HARDIN BURNLEY.
GEORGE BRAIKENRIDGE.
N. B. We want a Ship on Charter, of about 300 Hogheads, for Britain.
THE Copartnership of Love, Mitchell, and Co. dissolved the first Instant (May) Mr. Love having then purchased our Shares, and taken the Whole upon himself.
JOHN MITCHELL. ROBERT MUTER.
PORTSMOUTH, May 16, 1774.
THOSE indebted to the Copartnership of Love, Mitchell, and Co. are hereby requested to be speedy in their Payments, that I may be enabled to discharge the Debts due by the Concern in Time. I continue the Business as usual, and will be glad to execute the Orders of my Friends for such Articles as are to be had at this Market.
ALEXANDER LOVE.
YORK TOWN, May 30, 1775.
I INTEND to leave the Colony immediately. (||) ROBERT IRWIN.
WILLIAMSBURG, June 2, 1774.
TEN NEGROES, among them three valuable House Wenches, will be sold before the Raleigh Tavern at publick Vendue, on Friday the 10th Instant, for ready Money. (1)
WILLIAM RAGSDALE having conveyed to me, by Deed of Trust, a Tract of Land in Pittsylvania County, containing 200 Acres, more or less, to secure the Payment of a considerable Sum of Money which I advanced for him, I do hereby forewarn any Person from purchasing the said Land, as I will not give up my Title.
JOHN WIMBISH.
WILLIAMSBURG, June 2, 1774.
ROBERT BRUCE, WATCH and Clock Maker, is removed from Mr. Craig's , at the Golden Ball , to the opposite Side of the Street, the House above Mr. Robert Anderson's ; where he intends carrying on his Business, and will be much obliged to those who may please to employ him. (||)
HAMPTON, June 1, 1774.
THE Subscriber having more Boats and Ferryman than he has Use for, since the last Regulation of the Ferry Law, will sell two LARGE BOATS, which are well fitted, sail fast, and have good Accommodations for Passengers; also two or three NEGRO MEN, well skilled in the Management of Boats. Twelve Months Credit will be allowed, if required, the Purchasers giving Bond and Security to
JOHN JONES.
To be SOLD, for ready Money, on Friday the 1st of July, if fair, otherwise next fair Day, by Virtue of a Deed of Trust from Thomas Adams, FIFTY FOUR ACRES of LAND about five Miles above King William Courthouse, whereon is a good Dwelling-House, Outhouses, and Garden, situated on a publick Road, and commonly called the Burnt Ordinary ; also 152 Acres nearly adjoining thereto, and 122 Acres adjoining the latter. The Whole is good level Grain Land. The Sale is to be at the first mentioned Place.
JOHN ROANE.
To be SOLD, pursuant to an Act of Assembly, on Monday the 1st of August, being Prince William Court Day.
THE Glebe Land of Dettingen Parish, in the said County, adjoining the Lands of the present Incumbent, the Reverend James Scott , situated on Quantico Run , about nine Miles from Dumfries , containing about 400 Acres; the Soil is fine for Wheat or Tobacco, and there may be made a considerable Quantity on the same.
HENRY LEE, } Churchwardens. LEWIS RENO, }
JUST PUBLISHED, And to be SOLD at the Post Office Williamsburg, Price 2s. 6d.
THE BERMUDIAN. A POEM.
By N. TUCKER, Esquire, of BERMUDA.
ALSO, PRICE 1s. 3d.
THE singular and very affecting Case of the Marquis D'AUBAREDE, humbly addressed to the PEOPLE of ENGLAND. This Gentleman, who is a Native of France, and allied to some of the first Families in that Kingdom, having, through the Interest of Madam Pompadour , been deprived of the Appointment intended for him in India , viz. to succeed General Lally , applied to the Spanish Court for the Government of Louisiana , with the Consent of his King. It had been promised to him while in France , before the Cession of it was made; and he was given to understand, by a Relation of his in the Spanish Service, that he might obtain it without any Difficulty. He accordingly had the Promise of the Government from the Spanish King, to whom he was introduced by the French Ambassador; but the Court of Spain failed in its Promises, even with remarkable Circumstances of Want of Probity, and nominated for Governor a Spaniard, Don Antonio Ulloa , who was afterwards driven from the Colony by the Inhabitants. His Resentment against Spain, for the Injuries he had received, put him upon concerting Measures with the Deputies of a valuable Spanish Colony, who had been ill received by the Court when they came to complain of Grievances; and he, having secured their Confidence and Approbation, laid before the British Ministry, in July 1766, a Plan for fixing, for ever, an exclusive Commerce with England, without Risk or Danger to that Crown, that would yield annually above fifteen Millions Sterling in Gold, Silver, and valuable Merchandises, together with an Advance Loan of twenty Millions Sterling at three per Cent. After his Scheme had been examined and debated on for nine Months, Mr. Maclean , Secretary to Lord Shelburne , informed the Marquis that what he had laid before the Ministry was approved of, and that he should be allowed in the Meanwhile, until the Affair was settled, an annual Pension of 500 Guineas. He was also given to understand, that it would be proper for him to send for his Wife and Children from France; which, though the Marquis deemed to be both difficult and dangerous in the uncertain State of his Affairs, yet he consented thereto, as he was informed they were to be considered as Hostages for his Fidelity. After the most cruel and unheard of Treatment from the British Ministry, who did not perform any of their Promises to him, he was thrown into the King's Bench Prison, in August 1771, for Debt, where he was confined six Months, and was afterwards removed to the Fleet, where he remained till October last; during all which Time he sought for every Redress in his Power without Success, and even presented a Petition to his Majesty at the Drawing Room in St. James's, who did not vouchsafe to read it, but ordered it to Lord Rockford's Office, from whence he has never as yet been able to obtain any Answer. In these unhappy Circumstances, he has thrown himself on the benevolent Publick, and has now no other Prospect, unless relieved by them, but perishing in the Face of the English Nation, with his ruined Family, and ending his Days in a loathsome Prison, for Debts which Necessity has forced him to contract for their Support.
WILLIAMSBURG, June 2, 1774.
AS the Partnership between the Subscribers will ex- pire at the End of this present Year, they most earnestly request the Favour of all Persons indebted to them to make immediate Payment, that they may be enabled to discharge the several Debts necessarily contracted in the Prosecution of their Business. They also desire that all those who have Accounts against the Partnership, or either of them distinctly, will immediately send them in, that Provision may be made for paying them off as speedily as possible.
ALEX: PURDIE. JOHN DIXON.
HANOVER TOWN, May 28, 1774.
I INTEND to leave the Colony immediately. JOHN GORDON.
For SALE,
THE noted and well accustomed TAVERN in James City County , about fifteen Miles from Williamsburg , on the main Road leading to New Kent Courthouse and Ruffin's Ferry , with about 500 ACRES of LAND in good Order for Cropping, having six Fields under good Fencing. The Time of Payment will be made very easy to a Purchaser, and the Land, &c. shown by applying to the Subscriber, on the Premises. (4) THOMAS DONCASTLE.
To be SOLD, by the Subscriber, at Francis Moreland's Tavern, in Cabin Point , on Wednesday the 30th of June,
THREE valuable TRACTS of LAND, in Surry County , within a Mile of Cabin Point Warehouses. One Tract contains 248 Acres, a good Dwelling-House underpinned with Brick, four Rooms below and two above, with two Brick Chimneys, and all other necessary Houses for a Plantation.—Another Tract of 110 Acres, with no Improvements.—The other Tract contains 128 Acres, with no Improvements. The two last Tracts join each other. There is a small Tract of Land for Sale which divides the other Tracts.—The Terms of Payment will be made known at the Day of Sale, by ARCHIBALD DUNLOP.
To be SOLD at Belvoir, the Seat of the Honourable George William Fairfax, Esq; in Fairfax County , on Monday the 15th of August next (pursuant to his Direction)
ALL his HOUSEHOLD and KITCHEN FURNITURE of every Kind, consisting of Beds and their Furniture, Tables, Chairs, and every other necessary Article, mostly new, and very elegant.—Ready Money will be expected from every Purchaser under 5l. and twelve Months Credit allowed those who exceed that Sum, upon their giving Bond and approved Security, to carry Interest from the Date, if the Money is not paid within forty Days after it becomes due. (6) FRANCIS WILLIS, Junior.
To be RENTED, from Year to Year, or for a Term of Years,
BELVOIR, the beautiful Seat of the Honourable George William Fair- fax, Esq; lying upon Potomack River in Fairfax County , about fourteen Miles below Alexandria . The Mansion House is of Brick, two Stories high, with four convenient Rooms and a large Passage on the lower Floor, five Rooms and a Passage on the second, and a Servants Hall and Cellars below, convenient Offices, Stables, and Coach House adjoining, as also a large and well furnished Garden, stored with a great Variety of valuable Fruits, in good Order. Appertaining to the Tract on which these Houses stand, and which contains near 2000 Acres (surrounded in a Manner by navigable Water) are several valuable Fisheries, and a good Deal of cleared Land in different Parts, which may be let altogether, or separately, as shall be found most convenient. The Terms may be known of Colonel Washington , who lives near the Premises, or of me in Berkeley County . (7f) FRANCIS WILLIS, Junior.
WILLIAMSBURG, June 2, 1774.
WHEREAS my Wife Rebekah Dunkerton, alias Martyr , has eloped from me and behaved herself in a very indecent Manner, I therefore forewarn all Persons from trusting her on my Account, as I will pay no Debts of her contracting after the Date hereof. TOMKINS MARTYR.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in March last, a Negro Man named HECTOR , about five Feet six Inches high, talks tolerably well, as he has been in the Country ever since he was eight Years old; had on a white Plains Jacket, striped Virginia Cloth Breeches, and Plaid Hose. He is supposed to be lurking about Mrs. Greenhill's Plantation, near the Butterwood Springs . Whoever delivers the said Negro to me, on Sappony , shall have 20s. Reward, besides what the Law allows. WILLIAM WITHERS.
RUN away from on Board the Jenny, lying at Broadway , on the 12th Instant (May) an intended Servant named JOHN STUART , by Trade a Tailor, about five Feet five Inches high, 30 or 35 Years of Age, black Hair, and remarkable red Eyes; had on, when he went away, a blue Surtout Coat, a Buff coloured Waistcoat, and a Pair of black Breeches. He is supposed to be making towards Williamsburg . Any Person who will take him up and contrive him to me, on Board the said Ship, or to Mr. William Robertson in Blandford , shall have 20s. Reward, besides what the Law allows. JOHN KIRKWOOD.
RUN away the 21st Instant, from the Sub- scriber, in Albemarle , on North River , near the Brokenback Church , a large well set Mulatto Woman Slave named BESS , but calls herself Betty Sanders , about 21 Years of Age, with a small Scar on one of her Arms; had on, and carried with her, a striped Country Cloth Waistcoat and Petticoat, white Cotton Shift and Bonnet, a red Handkerchief, a Pair of Mens turned Pumps, and a Pair of Thread Stockings, one of them Country knit. Whoever takes up the said Slave and delivers her to me, or secures her in any Jail so that I get her again, shall have 40s. Reward, besides what the Law allows. (||) JOHN ALLOWAY STRANGE.
N. B. It is supposed she went off with a white Man.
STRAYED, or STOLEN, from the Sub- scriber, a GRAY HORSE about four Feet eight Inches high, a short Bob Tail and Half his Mane cut off, a remarkable Wart over one of his Eyes about the Bigness of a Nutmeg, has a Roach Back, paces, trots, and gallops very well, but has no Brand as I remember. Whoever takes up the said Horse and delivers him to me in King William , or to George Turner , at Moses's Neck , on Rappahannock River , shall have 40s. Reward. REUBEN TURNER.
STRAYED, or STOLEN, from the Sub- scriber, in Henrico County , near Warwick , a DARK GRAY MARE about four Feet ten Inches high, four Years old this Spring, and branded on the near Buttock, but I am unacquainted with the Brand; she is galled on the Shoulders, occasioned by working in a Waggon, and has several Saddle Spots on her Withers, a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, and trots and gallops. As she was bred in Mecklenburg County , it is supposed she will make that Way. I will give 40s. Reward to any Person that will bring the said Mare to me, or to my Brother, Joseph Rowell , at the Long Ordinary in Petersburg , who will take the Mare and pay the Reward. PAN, GRAN, PARROBO, BOSEWELL.
TAKEN up, in Orange, a SORREL MARE with a Blaze Face, ten Years old, appears to have a Fistula coming, branded on the near Buttock O O, though very dull, and on the near Shoulder O. Possed, and appraised to 12 l. (||) DANIEL THORNTON.
STRAYED, or STOLEN, from the Sub- scribers Pasture, on Sappony , the 14th of March last, a BRIGHT BAY HORSE about four Feet six Inches high, from made, a Snip on his Nose, and branded on the near Buttock N; also a DARK BAY MARE about fourteen Hands high, a Star in her Forehead, a Black Lift down her Back and Rump, very thin made, and branded on the near Buttock I P. Who-ver gives me such Information as I may get either of them again, shall be handsomely rewarded; and, if stolen, 50s. for each, on Conviction of the Thief. I bought the Horse of Hugh Montgomery , of Saltbury and the Mare of Robert Murphy , of Tyler County , both of North Carolina . (2) CHARLES TURNBULL.
TAKEN up, in Port Royal, a RED HEIFER, about two Years old, marked with a Crop and Underkeel in the left Ear, and a Slit in the right. Also a RED PIED HEIFER, three Years old, not marked. Possed, and appraised to 3 l. (||) ELIZABETH BUCKNER.
TAKEN up, in Caroline, a YELLOW PIED HEIFER, three Years old, marked with a Crop in the right Ear, and a Swallow Fork in the left. (||) HEZEKIAH BRADLEY.
MAY 14, 1774.
A DIVIDEND of the Cash collected from the Estate of Mr. Robert Brent will be made, in Dumfries , by the Trustees, the first Monday in July; at which Time and Place it is requested the Creditors will have their Accounts, properly adjusted, that every Person's Proportion may be ascertained. (6)
YOUNG BAJAZET, a beautiful Moho- gany Bay Stallion, upwards of fifteen Hands high, and got by Bajazet , out of a Janus Mare bred by Berington Moore , Esq; of North Carolina , will be sold before the Raleigh Tavern, to the highest Bidder, on Monday the 13th of June, by the Subscriber, in whose Possession he was left by Joseph Faulks . (2) CUTHBERT HUBBARD.
AMHERST, May 1, 1774.
WE Intend to leave the Colony soon. (||) WILLIAM PENN. MOSES PENN.
OCCOQUAN FORGE, May 10, 1774.
I INTEND for Britain in a few Weeks. (4) JAMES LAWSON.
RUN away, from the Subscriber, in Sussex County, the 16th of February, a well set Negro Man of a yellowish Complexion, about five Feet two or three Inches high, and 22 Years of Age; had on, when he went away, an old Felt Hat, a Purple coloured Fearnought Jacket, a Waistcoat without Sleeves of Country Cloth, and something longer than his Jacket, a Virginia Cloth Shirt striped with Blue, Negro Cotton Breeches, a Pair of Cotton Boots, and a Pair of old Shoes. Most of his Clothes are new, his Hair nicely trimmed, as is customary for Waiting Boys, and, as he is yellow, he may attempt to impose on the Publick for a free Man. Whoever apprehends the said Slave, and conveys him to me, shall have 5l. Reward, if taken out of the Colony, and 40s. if in it. THOMAS HUSON.
TEN POUNDS Reward.
RUN away, from the Subscriber, in Botetourt, on the Night of the first Instant (May) two convict Servants, viz. JOHN JONES , a Shoemaker, born in Liverpool , but I believe can speak Welsh , of a yellow Complexion, brown Hair, a large Nose, and pitted with the Small-pox, about 36 Years of Age, five Feet eight Inches high, round Shouldered, thick made, stoops much in his Walk, and has a Scar on his right Leg, occasioned by a Wound when he followed the Sea; had on, and took with him, a light coloured Sailor's Jacket, Fearnought Breeches, two Shirts of Country made Linen, a Pair of Trousers, and Unabrugs to make another Pair. I also miss a new Pair of Buckskin Breeches, with John Stewart wrote on the Inside of the Waistband, which I suppose he has taken. ELIZABETH LEWELLIN , a Welsh Woman, about 25 Years of Age, five Feet six Inches high, black Hair, full faced, fresh and lusty, wants one of her fore Teeth, and has a very remarkable Scar on her Throat; had on, and took with her, a new Calico Gown that buttons before, black Calimanco Petticoat and Shoes, an old Pair of green coloured Stays, new striped Country made Linsey Bed Gown and Petticoat, and sundry other Clothes. She is smart and active, and capable of any Business, can read and write, and probably may forge a Pass. She has, as I am informed, a Sum of Money which she brought into the Country; and I imagine they will make for a Seaport, as the Man formerly followed the Sea. Whoever takes up and secures the said Servants, so that I get them again, shall have the above Reward, besides what the Law allows; and I forewarn all Masters of Vessels, and others, from carrying them off at their Peril. PATRICK LOCKHART.
MAY 19, 1774.
AGREEABLE to the Act of Assembly for clearing Rivers and Creeks, the Court of Cumberland have appointed Commissioners to agree with any Person, or Persons, willing to undertake the clearing of Willis's River in the said County. The Subscribers give Notice that they will attend at Horn Quarter Bridge , on the said River, on Thursday the 9th of June, to let, to the lowest Bidder, the said Work. Bond and Security will be required of the Undertaker, for the due Performance of the same.
GEORGE CARRINGTON. JOHN WOODSON. JOSEPH CALLAND. THOMAS TABB. ROBERT SMITH. JOSEPH CARRINGTON.
LOST between Colonel Burwell's Ferry and Williamsburg , an old SILK POCKET BOOK, having in it some Money, and Papers of no Use to any but the Owner Any Person finding the same shall have 10s. on delivering it to BENJAMIN ALLEN.
TAKEN up, in Brunswick, a BLACK HORSE about four Feet seven Inches high, eight Years old, a Star in his Forehead, a Snip on his Nose, three white Feet, paces, and has had Fistula. Possed, and appraised to 8 l. (||) WILLIAM WALL.
TAKEN up, in Amelia, a WHITE HORSE ten or twelve Years old, four Feet seven Inches high, a hanging Mane, the upper Side a little roached, and Switch Tail, paces, trots, and gallops. Possed, and appraised to 5 l. WILLIAM FITZGERALD.
TAKEN up, in Charlotte, a BLACK MARE COLT, about a Year old last Spring, four Feet high, a small Star in her Forehead, but neither dockt nor branded. Possed, and appraised to 40s. DAVID JAMES.
TAKEN up, in Halifax County, a RED and WHITE STEER about two Years old, marked with a Crop an Underkeel in the right Ear, and a Swallowfork in the left. Possed, and appraised to 20s. ROBERT WOODING.
TAKEN up, in Amherst, a DARK BAY MARE about four Feet seven or eight Inches high, eight or nine Years old, a Blaze in her Face, one hind Foot white, some Saddle Spots, and branded on the near Buttock N. Possed, and appraised to 10 l. ICHABOD CAMP.
TAKEN up, in Charlotte, a DARK IRON GRAY HORSE COLT about two Years old, three Feet ten Inches high, not dockt, and branded on the off Buttock I C. Possed, and appraised to 10s. THOMAS READ.

POETS CORNER. To the PRINTER.
PERMIT a giddy trifling Girl, For once to fill your Poet's Corner; She cares not though the Criticks snarl, Or Beaus and Macaronies scorn her.
Just imported, and to be sold for ready Money only, A NEAT Assortment of PAPER HANGINGS for Rooms, Staircases, &c. forty per Cent. cheaper than they have ever been sold in this Place.
To be SOLD, TWO valuable Tracts of LAND, one containing 500 and the other 351 Acres, adjoining each other, lying in Guilford and Surry Counties, North Carolina, upon Dan River; whereon are high, dry, and healthy Situations, a very good Place for drawing the Seine or setting Traps for Fish, convenient to Courthouse, Church, Meeting House, Mill, &c.
To be SOLD, agreeable to the Will of Joseph Tate, deceased, A TRACT of 400 Acres of LAND, near the Land of Mr. Adam Tate, most of which is low Ground and rich high Land; in short, it is very little inferior to any in the Province.
To be RENTED for a Term of Years, THE Plantation known by the Name of Mulberry Island, upon Dan River, near the aforesaid Lands. The Terms may be known by applying to the Subscriber, at Guilford Courthouse.
Just imported from London, and sold by the Subscriber, at her Store opposite the Raleigh in Williamsburg, on reasonable Terms, for ready Money only,
A WELL-chosen Assortment of the neatest Goods, consisting of fine Thread and Blond Lace, white Satin and Lustre, blue Satin and Sarcenet Petticoats, white Do. for Weddings, Satin and Queen Silk Shoes, Muffin, Gauze, Casquet, and Wire-worked Linen Rbands, plain and ribbed Silk, Cotton and Thread Stockings, small Do. for Children, Patent Net Aprons, equal in Beauty to Joining Lace, Silk Gloves and Mts., Rolls and Curls, Tambour Sword Knots, Boys Braver and Hussar Caps, Ladies Riding Hats, Feathers, and Whips, Children's Sashes and Stays, a large Quantity of Didbury's Shoes, Sheeneal, fine Chip and Cane Hats, Fars, Cloaks, Gauze Handkerchiefs, Purse, Bags and Puffs, Pearl for Work, Turquet, Punch, and Pap Ladies, Stone, Silver, Gilt, and Pinchbeck Buckles, both Shoe and Knee, Paste, Garnet, Gold, and Black Stock Do., India Plate Salt, Do. Snuffers and Snuff Pans, Silver Tea Spoons, Tea Trays, Salt Shovels, Do. Coral and Bells, Paste, Maigresse, Pearl, and Bead Necklaces and Earrings, Gold Wires, Silver bowed Scissors and Silver tipped Sheaths, Lancet Cases, Watch Chains and Keys, Combs, Pocket Knives, and Etwee Cafes, Freemason and other Brooches, Paste Spies and Pins, Tooth Brushes, fine Irish Wafers, Sword Canes and Pen Knives, black Bags and Rofes, black Pins, Stay Hooks, Thimbles, Silver Shoe Claps, Fruit Knives, Dolls and other Toys, with many other Articles too numerous to insert.
N. B. At the same Place may be had an exceeding fine SILVER WATCH, capped, and runs on Diamonds; also a beautiful GOLD WATCH, with Gold Hands, and an engraved Case.
ON the 13th Day of April last two Negro Slaves, by Name BOB and BRISTOL, ran away from my Plantation at Swan's Point, in Surry County. They were taken up in Williamsburg on the 26th of the same Month, and carried to John Cocks, residing in that City, who was induced, by the Plausibility of their Story, to give them a Pass, dated the Day they were apprehended; and from the particular Circumstances mentioned therein, it may be easily discovered, if they should ever show it, that they are Runaways.
COMMITTED to the Jail of Norfolk County, a Negro Fellow named SHARPER, formerly the Property of Mr. Matthew Prigg of this Borough, and sold to Captain Theodore Mansford, of Prince George County. The Owner is desired to take him away, and pay Charges.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Warwick County, in February last, three Negro Men, GEORGE, JOE, and ARCHER. GEORGE is a tall Fellow, black Complexion, very artful in Speech, and belongs to C. Blair, in Williamsburg.
TAKEN up, in Charlotte, a YELLOW BAY HORSE COLT a Year old last Spring, three Feet eleven Inches high, but neither docked nor branded. Posted, and appraised to 40s.
FOR SALE, A VERY valuable Tract of Land in King William County, on Mattapony River, a little above Frazer's Ferry, which was lately the Property of Mr. Roger Gregory, and contains about 800 Acres.
For SALE, by the Subscribers in NORFOLK, SINGLE and double refined London SUGAR, Madeira WINE of the London, New York, and Virginia Qualities; Jamaica and Barbados SPIRITS; Barbados and Leeward Island RUM; Muscovado SUGARS; Coffee, Ginger, Pimenta, Molasses, Liverpool bottled Beer, Cheese, Anchors, Sail Canvass, Irish LINENS in small Packages, &c.
NANSEMOND, April 20, 1774. WHEREAS the Concern of the Subscribers, by the Death of one of the Partners, is now dissolved, it is most earnestly requested of all those indebted to them, either in this Colony or North Carolina, to make immediate Settlement, by Payment or Specialty, as those who fail to comply need expect no Indulgence;
For CHARTER, THE Ship Caesar, William Wetberald, has made only one Voyage, Burthen 450 Hogheads, now lying at Norfolk. For Terms apply to the said Master, or
N. B. On Board said Ship is a Quantity of Whitehaven COAL, of the best Quality, which will be sold very cheap. Apply to Mr. Joseph Kidd, in Williamsburg.
To be let on CHARTER, to any Part of Europe, or the West Indies, THE Brigantine Hamilton, Burthen about 300 Hogheads, a new Vessel now on the Stocks, and will be ready to take on Board by the first of June.
For Terms, apply to me in Norfolk. ROBERT GRAY, & Co.
VIRGINIA, &c. At a General Court held at the CAPITOL the 23d of April, 1774.
George Riddell and Jaquelin Ambler, Plaintiffs, against Perkins, Buchanan, and Brown, late of London, Merchants, William Goshey, Thomas Adams, Sampson & George Martineau, Patrick Coates, Amos & James Ladd, William Arliss, Ryland Randolph, Major Wilcox, & Co. Thomas Stewart, James Watt, Meinerseth Smith, William Smith, Cartie Braxton, Corbin Griffin, Samuel Griffin, and William Griffin, Defendants.
THE Defendants, Perkins, Buchanan, and Brown, being beyond Sea, on the Motion of the Plaintiffs, by their Counsel, it is ordered that the other Defendants, who have Effects of the said Perkins, Buchanan, and Brown, in their Hands, as is suggested, do not pay the said Effects to the Defendant Goshey, or any other Person, nor convey away or secrete the same, until the further Order or Decree of this Court concerning such Effects; that the said Defendants, Perkins, Buchanan, and Brown, do appear here on the first Day of the next Court, to answer the Bill of the Plaintiffs; and that a Copy of this Order be, within fifteen Days, inserted in the Virginia Gazette for two Months successively, and published on some Lord's Day, immediately after divine Service, in the Church of the Parish of Henrico, in the County of Henrico, and be also posted up at the front Door of the Capitol, in the City of Williamsburg.
NORFOLK, April 21, 1774. NOTICE is hereby given, that a Number of Vessels will be wanted this Summer to bring about 6000 Tons of STONE from Mr. B. Locke's Quarry on Rappahannock, and land the same on Cape Henry, for the Lighthouse. Any Person, or Persons, inclined to engage in such Work, are desired to treat with Matthew Prigg, Paul Loyall, and Thomas Newton, Esqrs. The Directors of the Lighthouse will also be glad to purchase one or two FLAT BOT-TOMED VESSELS, from 80 to 120 Tons Burthen.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, at Goochland Courthouse, on Monday the 20th of June, being Court Day, A TRACT of rich well timbered Land lying opposite to Elk Island, in the said County, belonging to the Estate of Mr. John Smith, deceased, containing 2000 Acres, which will be put up in four separate Lots.
Likewise a Tract containing between 3 and 400 Acres, lying on both Sides the Little Bird Creek, near the Head thereof, in said County. Those Lands having been fully described in a former Advertisement, renders it unnecessary here. The Time of Payment will be made known on the Day of Sale, and Bonds with good Security required of the Purchasers, by
WILLIAM ANDERSON, Executor. The Purchasers at the different Sales of the Negroes and personal Estate of Joseph and John Smith, deceased, are desired to take Notice that their Bonds will, in a very short Time, become payable, and that no Indulgence can, or will, be allowed to any Person. I shall constantly attend at the County Courts of Henrico and Hanover, and the Meeting of Merchants in Williamsburg, in Order to receive Payment. Those who have open Accounts on the Books of John Smith, deceased, are once more requested to come and settle.
Five Pounds Reward. RUN away from my Plantation near this Place, last Night, two Servant Men, named GEORGE and JOHN ALLEN, very lately imported in the Justitia, consigned to Mr. Thomas Hodges at Leeds Town. GEORGE is a likely young Fellow about 25 Years of Age, five Feet ten or eleven Inches high, stoops much, and is remarkably round shouldered; had on, when he went away, a dark coloured Bearskin Jacket and Breeches, and a small round Hat with a black Riband and Buckle.
NEABSCO FURNACE, April 1, 1774. RUN away from the NeabSCO Furnace, on the 16th of last Month, a light coloured Mulatto Man named BILLY or WILL, the Property of the Honourable John Taylor, Esquire. When I tell the Publick that he is the same Boy, who, for many Years, used to wait on me in my Travels through this and the neighbouring Province, and, by his Perverseness, or rather Impudence, was well known to almost all my Acquaintances, there is the less Occasion for a particular Description of him.
ROCKY MILL, HANOVER County, April 14, 1774. RUN away from the Subscribers, on the 27th of March, two indentured Servant Men, namely, JOSEPH GOTTHARD, by Trade a Cooper, has a Scar over one of his Eyes and Ankles; had on a Drab coloured Frieze Jacket, with Metal Buttons, old Leather Breeches, a Half worn Hat, a Pair of Sale Hose, and a Pair of coarse Shoes. THOMAS JACKSON, by Trade a Coachman, about thirty Years of Age, of a ruddy Countenance, about five Feet eight Inches high, with light Hair; had on an old Hat, dark Broadcloth Coat much patched, an old Virginia Cloth blue twilled Jacket, with Pewter Buttons, without Sleeves, a Pair of very narrow Duck Trousers patched on each Knee with new Osnabrugs, a Pair of Country Shoes, and black Hose.
To be SOLD, together or in Parcels, THAT fertile and well timbered Tract of Land lying in Prince's Anne County, known by the Name of GIBBS'S WOODS, whereon are several Settlements, and whereof Jeremiah Tinker, Esq; Grandson of the late Governor Gibbs now stands seized, under the Deed of Gift of his Mother, the Daughter and Heiress of the said Governor Gibbs. Persons inclining to purchase may be informed of the Terms by applying to Mr. James Parker, Merchant in Norfolk, or to Edward Foy, in Williamsburg, who will give an undoubted Title.
FOR SALE, A TRACT of LAND in Amelia County, containing 500 Acres, about four Miles below the Courthouse, it is remarkable fine Land for Grain, and will bring good Tobacco. The Plantation is in good Order for Cropping, sufficient to work six or eight Hands, with all necessary Houses. Any Person inclined to purchase may depend on having a Bargain, and know the Terms by applying to
FOR SALE, A VALUABLE FARM of 1500 Acres, within sixteen Miles of Petersburg. The Terms may be known on Application to the Subscriber. HENRY SKIPWITH.
FOR SALE, ABOUT twelve Thousand Acres of exceeding rich TOBACCO LAND, in Amherst County, whereon are several Plantations and Improvements sufficient to work forty or fifty Hands. There is on the said Land for Sale a very valuable GRIST MILL, lately built, with a Stone Dam and a Pair of good Cologne Millstones, which Mill has for two Years past got upwards of 100 Barrels of Toll Corn, and is situated on a never failing Stream. The Land will be shown by William Wack, who lives at one of the Plantations, and the Prices of the Land made known by him. One or two Years Credit will be allowed, Interest being paid for the second Year, and also for the first, if the Money is not paid agreeable to Contract. The Land is to be laid off and surveyed by Colonel William Cabell, at the Expense of the Purchaser. Deeds will be made upon Bond and approved Security being given, either to Colonel William Cabell, or the Subscriber. Six per Cent. Discount will be allowed for ready Money, or good Merchants Notes. If any Person will choose to exchange Lands in the lower Part of the Country, on or near some navigable River, that are good, it is more than probable we should agree.
To be SOLD, SEPARATELY or TOGETHER, TWO TRACTS of LAND. One lies in Albemarle County, on the Rivanna River, about five Miles from the great River, containing 370 Acres, 100 of which are the best Kind of low Grounds, and situated so as always to have the best Range for Stock of any Land between the Capes and Little Mountains. The other Tract lies in Goochland County, on Lickinghole Creek, near the Three Notched Road, and contains 700 Acres. The high Land is equal to any in these Parts, fine for Tobacco and Wheat, or any Kind of Grain or Meadow. About 200 Acres are cleared, now under good Fences, laid off in three Fields, and in fine Order to work about ten Hands to great Advantage. The Improvements are a good Dwelling-house, Kitchen, Smokehouse, a Dairy, four good Tobacco Houses, with Negro Quarters, and other convenient Buildings, also a fine Apple and Peach Orchard. The Place is pleasantly situated, has fine Water, is as healthy as any Part of the Country, and is convenient to Church or Providence Meetinghouse, and several Mills, besides one on the Land turned by a Spring Branch to grind for three or four Families the whole Year, and is not in the least unhealthy, as the Water may be ground off every Day. Credit will be given for Part of both Tracts. Any Person inclined to purchase may know the Terms by applying to Mr. William Mitchell, Merchant in Richmond, or to the Subscriber, who will show the Land.
WILLIAM ANDERSON. GOOCHLAND, November 3, 1773.
ALL Persons may be supplied with this PAPER at 12/. 6d. a Year, and have ADVERTISEMENTS (of a moderate Length) inserted in it for 3/. the first Week, and 2/. each Week after. All Sorts of PRINTING WORK done at this Office in the neatest Manner, with Care and Expedition.