The Virginia gazette (Williamsburg [Va.]), 1773-01-14 00:00:00

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It being generally agreed that Government is about to settle Colonies either on the MISSISSIPPI or the OHIO, the following Extract from a Work entitled Political Essays concerning the present State of the British Empire may serve to give our Readers some farther Idea of the Consequences of such Settlements.
UNDER this Head, it is, in the first Place, necessary to give the Reader an Idea of the fertile Tracts of Land on these Rivers, and that the more especially as I know of no clear and satisfactory Account of them yet published distinctly, nor any Where to be met with, without seeking through several Volumes for it; for which Reasons I shall extract from the most authentic Descriptions a succinct Account, as the Foundation of the ensuing Reasoning.
We will begin with the southward Country upon the Mississippi, and proceed northward. The Colony of West Florida extends from the Sea Coast of the Gulf of Mexico northward to the 31st Degree of Latitude, that is, pretty near as far as the low Country continues; for about a Quarter of a Degree farther, upon the River, is Manchac, where the high Lands begin. From the Sea Coast thither the whole Country is either a Marsh or Sand, so white as to be pernicious to the Eyesight, absolutely barren, and in Unwholesomeness the Sink of the Earth; but after you get to Manchac the Scene is totally different, and from thence to the Ohio, and up that River, far above Fort Pitt, the Lands are between one and two Hundred Feet higher than the Mississippi is in its greatest Floods.
The Soil on these high Lands is very good; it is a black light Mould, about three Feet deep on the Hills, or rising Grounds. This upper Earth lies upon a reddish Clay, very strong and stiff; the lowest Places between these Hills are of the same Nature, but there the black Earth is between five and six Feet deep. The Grass, growing in the Hollows, is of the Height of a Man. All these high Lands are generally Meadows, and Forests of tall Trees, with Grapes up to the Knee. The tall Forests are all Hickory, or all Oak, and many Walnut Trees; which spontaneous Productions (says another Writer) are ever a Sign of good Lands in the southern Parts of North America. These high Lands likewise produce Mulberry Trees, native Indigo, Tobacco, and Cotton. The Indigo yields more than in the French Islands. Without desiring (says another Writer) the Tobacco which is made in other Countries, we may affirm that which grows in the Country of the Natchez is even preferable to that of Virginia, or St. Domingo. And a third equally well acquainted with this Country, says the French in Louisiana made two or three Crops upon the same Ground, as easily as we made one. Even Rice thrives to great Profit there, without being planted in a Marsh or Swamp. Vines are so common, for five Hundred Leagues up the Mississippi, and on the Ohio, that whatever Way you walk you cannot proceed one Hundred Steps without meeting with one. Lastly, even the very Sides of the Hills are covered with Canes, which in our Colonies only grow in the deepest and richest Swamps. Consistent with these Accounts is the Report of the People sent from Virginia to view these Countries in 1742, who asserted they saw more good Land on the Mississippi and Ohio than was in all our Colonies. I have just run through these Circumstances, to show the Reader, by Way of Contrast, the Country we have colonized with what we have not, and characterized the one from the same Authority as the other. The Country, as far as the Bounds of West Florida extend, is one of the vilest and most unwholesome in the World, in which Circumstance the concurrent Testimony of all our Officers quartered there perfectly agrees; but almost as soon as you leave that Colony you enter one of the finest and healthiest in the Universe, and precisely such as we want.
Now the Remedy which I would in this Case humbly propose is an exceeding plain one, only to extend the Bounds of the Colony of West Florida to the high rich Lands above mentioned; nor would this be even settling any Country but what the French had begun to settle before, for a full Proof of which see Du Pratz. The Spot whereon the French Fort, Rosalie, was built, is the most proper Situation for a great Settlement on the Mississippi, as Ships may come up thither with the greatest Ease. As to the extent of West Florida, it might run up the Mississippi as far as the End of the 33rd Degree of north Latitude, and eastward two Degrees of Longitude from its western Boundaries; and by taking in so large a Country the Expense of Establishments would be no more than is now annually paid for the present West Florida, and there would be plenty of Country left nevertheless for the Indians. But that Tract, as it could not all be near wanting for many Years, need not at first be purchased of the Indians (where I mean the French had not bought before; for far to the north of West Florida they had, and consequently our Right to it by the Peace took Place) but by Degrees, as the Settlements extend.
The Tract of Country on the Ohio is, in every Respect, as excellent as that which we have described; or, if we attend to the Accounts of our own People who have traversed it, still better. A Part of this Country, lying on the Back of Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, was what our Colonies wanted so much to possess before the last War, for cultivating Tobacco, Hemp, Silk, and Flax; and we cannot suppose that would have been the Case if it had not been more proper for these Staples than their Lands at home.
Such are the Tracts of Country confirmed to Britain by the Peace of 1763, but which, by the most unaccountable Policy, she has chosen to make no Use of, at the very Time when she wants them to the utmost Necessity. Now the Proceeding which is at present requisite to prevent the ill Effects that are arising in our Colonies is to extend West Florida in the Manner I have proposed, and immediately to establish a new Colony on the Ohio, on the Back of Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia. Tobacco, Hemp, Iron, and such bulky Staples, would be sent from thence down the Ohio and Mississippi at a very small Expense, even fifty per Cent, less than is now paid to a Seaport from Buckingham, Charlotte, Augusta, Bedford, Halifax, Botetourt, and Pittsylvania Counties, in Virginia; and Cumberland, Bedford, Northampton, and Berks Counties, in Pennsylvania. Flower, Beef, and Pork, would be sent from the new Colony to West Florida, and from thence to East Florida, Jamaica, &c. much cheaper, sooner, and in better Order, than has ever been done from New York, New Jersey, or Philadelphia; and in Case of a future Spanish or French War, the Floridas could be immediately succoured by the Ohio Colony, or a great and speedy Aid could be afforded from thence for the Reduction of New Orleans, the Havannah, &c. And as to Silk, Flax, and such light and valuable Articles, they would be conveyed from the new Colony by a short and cheap Land Carriage to Fort Cumberland, and from thence by Water down the River Potomack to Alexandria. The Hemp and Iron from Russia are transported by a much longer, more expensive, and difficult inland Navigation, than that of the Ohio and Mississippi, with the Addition of a very considerable Land Carriage upon them. The Ohio, (says a very ingenious Writer) as the Winter Snows are thawed by the Warmth or Rains in the Spring, rises in vast Floods; in some Places exceeding twenty Feet in Height, but scarce any Where overflowing its high and upright Banks. These Floods continue of some Height for at least a Month or two, being guided in the Time by the late or early breaking up of the Winter. The Stream is then too rapid to be stemmed upwards by sailing or rowing, and too deep for setting, but excellently fitted for large Vessels going down; then Ships of one or two Hundred Tons may go from Fort Duquesne (now called Fort Pitt) to Sea with Safety. Hence, in Process of
Time, large Ships may be built on the Ohio, and sent off to Sea with the heavy Produce of the Country.
As to the Benefits of extending the Limits of West Florida, and forming a new Colony on the Ohio, very little here is requisite to be insisted upon a Point which all the preceding Pages so fully explain. In the present State of our old Ones, Manufactures are every Day taking the Place of Planting; and all for Want of such excellent Lands as are upon the Mississippi, and the Ohio. Our Tobacco Trade is upon the Decline, and will soon be annihilated; for the Lands in Virginia and Maryland having for one Hundred and fifty Years produced that exhausting Vegetable, are worn out, and daily converting into Corn Farms, from which no Benefit results to Britain. This great Want of fresh Lands in those Plantations was felt many Years ago, and the Inhabitants have doubled since. How much greater, therefore, must that Want be now? In the northern Colonies, likewise, the Inhabitants are drove to Manufactures, for Want of Land, to make Staple Commodities on. We are told, by one who knows their Country well, that two Hundred Thousand People, bred to the Culture of the Earth, are there out of Employment for Want of Land, and actually petitioned for the Territory of Sagadahock to settle in, which they would never have thought of, had the least Idea of a Colony on the Ohio been current.
The proposed Settlements on the Mississippi and Ohio would yield Hemp and Flax sufficient to supply all Europe, nay all the World. The Ships that might be built at Louisiana (says Du Pratz) would never be sufficient to employ all the Hemp which might be raised on the Ohio and Mississippi, did the Inhabitants cultivate as much of it as they well might. The inland Parts of America (says another) are well known to be fitted for the Production of Hemp, Flax, and Silk. Such Lands as are described on the Mississippi and Ohio (says a third) have a natural Moisture in them, which is the very Soil that both Hemp, Flax, and Indigo, delight in; and these are the three Commodities that the Nation wants from the Colonies. Upon such Lands Hemp and Flax may be made in Quantities, as a Staple Commodity to send to Britain; whereas on the poor Lands in our Colonies, and their small Plantations, they can only make a little for their own Use. The one would be the greatest Service, when the other is a Prejudice to the Nation. The Climate likewise is as fit for these Commodities. Here they might sow Hemp and Flax in Winter, which is the only proper Season for them in any Part of North America. This would afford Time for making another Crop in Summer, which should be Indigo. Now a Crop of Indigo, Hemp, and Flax, would be much more profitable than any Thing that America produces, whether on the Continent or the Islands. Every Labourer might cultivate two Acres or more in Hemp, and one or two in Indigo, the Produce of which would be worth from thirty to forty Pounds a Year. This would enable them to purchase Negroes, and to enlarge the British Plantations beyond what they are otherwise capable of. Such Plantations would be more profitable than even Sugar Colonies, and supply the Nation with more valuable and necessary Articles. A Hundred Thousand Labourers, which might be easily found in all our Colonies, would at this Rate, of twenty eight Pounds a Head, make two Millions a Year; but suppose they make only one Half of this, it is as much as all our Colonies in North America now produce. By these Means, the Nation might get the Trade both of Indigo, Hemp, and Flax, and supply all Europe with these Commodities, as we now do with Tobacco; which last these Lands are as fit to produce, and in much greater Plenty and Perfection, than any other Part of North America. And when our Tobacco Plantations are worn out, there are no Lands to supply their Place in all the British Dominions but those on the Mississippi and Ohio.
Seeing, therefore, that the proposed Enlargement of West Florida, and the Establishment of a new Colony on the Ohio, are not only so valuable in themselves, but so peculiarly necessary to the Nation at this Time, I would humbly propose that they be adopted; and if the Whole was even to be done at the Government's Expense, it ought not, considering the great Importance of the Measure, to be neglected. But no such Matter would be necessary, for the Numbers of People in those Colonies who are in Want of fresh Land are so great that the new Settlements, and especially that on the Ohio, would speedily be performed. There can be no greater Proof of this than the repeated Petitions from all Parts of those Colonies for Leave to penetrate into the back Country; and the many Thousand Families who have removed to, and settled on, the Waters of the Ohio, notwithstanding the Proclamation of October 1763.
Sketch of the present State of EUROPE, which may serve to assist our Readers in their Conjectures whether there are any Grounds for being apprehensive that a general War is approaching.
THE three Powers at present in Arms are Russia, Prussia, and the Emperor, each of them so formidable to the other, and so amply indemnified by their Share of the poor Kingdom of Poland and its Dependencies, that it is scarcely possible for them to have any Disagreement of Consequence whether the Negotiation at Fockzany should be renewed or not.
The King of Sweden is in Motion, but his Operations are confined at present to his own Country. Bremen and Verden might be a delicious Morfel to his Palate, and he may cast a longing Eye at Norway; but the same Cause that brought about the Revolution without Bloodshed makes it politic in him, at present, to preserve Peace abroad. If the Body of the People had been against him, it might have been his Interest to have amused them with a foreign War; but as the Nobility are his Opponents, he must have his People at home, to keep them in Order.
The mock War with the Algerines, and serious Fears about Norway, would be sufficient to occupy the Dane, even without that unhappy Fluctuation of Government he is at present subject to.
The Disposition of the Dutch is too well known to make it credible that they will commence War while there is a Possibility of preserving Peace; and at present there is nothing in the State of Europe that can give them any immediate Alarm, unless it is the King of Prussia being in Possession of Dantzick.
The miserable Derangement of the Finances of France, joined to other domestick Causes, has made that Kingdom as amicable to us as if she had never been our Rival. In her present Condition, she is almost an Ally.
Spain has turbulent Inclinations. She wishes to revenge upon us the Disgrace she acquired in the last War; but she has neither Courage nor Ability to attempt it alone, and she has beat up for Volunteers in vain. It has been hinted, that in Case of the King of Sardinia's Death she will revive some old Claims to Part of his Dominions; but as France can pretend at least as good a Right, this would be an ipso facto Breach of the Family Compact. The King of Sardinia is one of the ablest Monarchs of Europe; but it is neither his Interest nor his Inclination to create unnecessary Disturbances, and the present Scene of Action is too remote to affect him even in its Consequence. Every Man who knows the Character of this Prince laments that his State of Health should furnish an additional Reason for his Inactivity.
There remain only two crowned Heads that are interested, or fare of any Consequence, who have not been mentioned.
The King of Poland's Situation is too desperate to admit of Relief from the utmost Exertion of his Courage and Abilities, deserted as he is by those who are bound by every Tie to protect him.
The other Power, it is supposed, is pacifick from an invincible Determination. Part of his Dominions seem to be endangered by the great
Change in the political Balance of the Empire. The Interests of another Part are deeply affected by the newly usurped commercial Interest of the most ambitious Monarch in the World. Liberty is every Where oppressed, yet he still remains quiet; but it is hoped, by his greatest Friends, that his Love for Retirement and Peace will not be carried to too great Lengths.
WARSAW, October 12.
BY the late Partition in Poland, the King of Prussia will be possessed of a Country of nine Hundred square Leagues; Austria, of one of two Thousand seven Hundred; and Russia, of one of three Thousand four Hundred and forty; so that the whole Dismemberment amounts to seven Thousand and forty square Leagues. The most valuable are those seized by the Prussians and Austrians; that of the Russians, though near as much as the other two, is less valuable.
LONDON, November 3.
A CORRESPONDENT observes, that since Johnny Wilkes passed the Chair his Creditors are quite Chop-fallen and dejected, who but the other Day waited with Impatience to snatch the glorious golden Opportunity of paying his Lordship annual and unprecedented Compliments; and are so much chagrined at their Misfortune, that, at a numerous Meeting at the London Tavern, they agreed to wear deep Mourning on this melancholy Occasion.
Extract of a Letter from Constantinople, September 3.
"Adices have been just received here that a large Fleet of Russians, some of the Ships apparently of very great Force, have been seen in the Black Sea, off Trebizond; likewise that they had landed a great Number of Men between this Place and Amasia. This News has occasioned much Consternation, as every Person conjectures that it is designed against the Capital, therefore every necessary Preparation is taking to oppose their Design. A Body of thirty Thousand Janizaries, and eight Thousand Spahis, are ordered to march immediately into Natolia, to stop the March of the Russians before they reach Angari. Orders are also given to reinforce the Fleet, which is to proceed up the Black Sea with the utmost Despatch; and an Express is sent off to the Bassa of Kayseria, commanding him to take the Field with all the Troops under his Direction."
"Yesterday the Earl of Dartmouth had a Conference with his Majesty. The King of Prussia has a Demand of seven Hundred Thousand Pounds on Great Britain, and it is reported that he has lately declared that he expects immediate Payment."
"It is said that no certain Stipend has been yet settled upon the Queen of Denmark, but that the Sums necessary for her Support during her Retirement are drawn from the King's private Purse. It is farther reported, that a distinguished Nobleman will very soon set out for the Court of Copenhagen, with express Orders to insist on such an Allowance being formally settled upon her Majesty as will be requisite to support the Dignity of the King of Great Britain's Sifter."
"The Captains of the British Navy now on Half Pay have unanimously agreed to apply to Parliament for the Increase of that Pay, which at present is scarcely equal to the daily Wages of a common Mechanick, though their Rank is equal to that of a Colonel in the Foot Service; and in Order that such Increase of Pay may not be chargeable to the Nation, they have devised the following admirable Expedient, namely, to create an Augmentation Fund, each Captain proposes to give up and relinquish to Government one Share of all the Prizes and Captures made in Time of War, the Interest of which will probably be sufficient to answer all the Purposes of the increased Half Pay. This Proposal is in itself so just and reasonable that the Parliament, it is thought, will not raise any Objections against it."
"The Manila Ransom was again lately mentioned in the Cabinet, but the general Opinion was that at present it would not be expedient to prepare for exacting it from the Spanish Minister. Falkland Island, according to the Ministry themselves, was a most unimportant Object, yet they recovered it from the Spaniards at an immense Expense to the Nation. The Manila Ransom is allowed to be a capital Object, and yet it is not expedient to take any present Steps to obtain it from the Spanish Court, though the late Peace cannot finally take Effect until the Conditions are absolutely executed."
"The daily Conferences which the Dutch Minister has with Lord Suffolk, the Secretary of State for the northern Department, joined to the Diligence with which the United Provinces are increasing their Marine, wears a Complexion far from tranquil, and as strong an Indication as possible of a gathering Storm on the Continent."
"Letters from the Hague mention that Sir Joseph Yorke was preparing to set out for the Court of Berlin, to execute an important Commission received from this Court."
Extract of a Letter from Dublin, October 24.
"Last Week the British King, Captain Tobin, arrived at Bantry from St. Christopher's and has landed two French Sailors, with a Gentleman and his Wife, that were Passengers on Board a Merchantman bound to Bourdeaux from Cayenne in South America, whom he took up at Sea, about twenty Leagues from Cape Ushant. These unfortunate People lost their Ship by an accidental Fire that broke out in the Night, and with great Difficulty got into their Boat, intending to take in the Remainder of the Crew, who were few in Number, as soon as themselves were in Safety; but unhappily those between Decks, though often called, not answering, and being supposed already to be suffocated with the Flames, which began to issue from the Hatches, they made the best of their Way from the Wreck, which blew up in less than an Hour, and after passing three Days in this miserable State had the good Fortune to meet with the above Vessel."
Extract of a Letter from Thoulouze.
"On the 17th of September the Garonne, which had for more than a Month before been so low as to be unnavigable, was by six o'Clock in the Morning, from a Fall of Rain during the whole preceding Day, raised to its ordinary Height. At three the same Afternoon it overflowed its Banks with great Impetuosity, carrying away more than ten Thousand Loads of Timber, together with Rafts, Boats, Barks, Casks, &c. &c. The Religious went in Procession upon the new Bridge. The Swell continued until nine at Night, when they began to hope it was at the Height; but at ten o'Clock the Waters again rose so fast that the Inhabitants of the Isle of Tounis, of the Suburbs of St. Michael, the Port of Gauraud, and the Quarter of St. Cyprian, abandoned their Houses. No less than six Hundred Houses were demolished, and more than fifty Persons buried in their Ruins. Those unfortunate People who were not able to gain the Town took Refuge in the Church of St. Nicholas. The first President, Town Officers, and Citizens, exerted themselves to the utmost for the common Safety. The Cattle destined to supply the Butcheries were drowned, and in St. Nicholas Parish alone more than a Thousand Head were lost on this Occasion."
"Adices are received from Stockholm that an open Rupture is expected to take Place very shortly between that Court and the Danes."
Extract of a Letter from the Hague, October 22.
"If a Rupture should happen soon between Great Britain and Spain, the French will certainly join the latter, agreeable to the Family Compact. In that Case the Emperor has his Eye towards the Netherlands, who will be assisted by Prussia as well as England to recover back that Country by. In Case of Conquest, Dunkirk and Calais will be ceded to the English. These three great Powers, with the Assistance of the Dutch (for they had rather have the Emperor their Neighbour than the French) will afterwards unite all their Force to conquer Britain for the King of

Prussia, who will then become a maritime Power. The English, from his Manoeuvre of the Emperor, King of Prussia, and the Dutch, will have scarce any Thing else to do but to attack the Havannah with all her Force, and when reduced keep it in the Manner the keeps Gibraltar. The English will likewise have it in their Power to aid the Natives of Chili, who are a brave and valiant Nation, and are now revolting to throw off the Spanish Yoke, and thereby secure to themselves St. Jago, the Capital of Chili, and other Provinces in the South Seas; for without some Conquest in that Ocean Falkland's Island can be of no Use to the English, which, on the other Hand, were the English possessed of any strong Place, or Places, in the South Seas, Falkland's Island would then become a beneficial Watering Place for their Fleet. Thus will fall the Family Com- pact, the Bugbear that used to frighten you all on the other Side of the Water, never to disturb Great Britain more."
Though the Friends of Administration industriously give out that the Ministry did not interfere in the Election of Lord Mayor, we are assured that the Matter of an Opposition to the great Patriot was really agitated in Privy Council; but that the same was dropped upon the Reasoning of an old Scotch Lord, who strongly argued against such a Measure upon Account of the Insignificance of the Subject, for, says he, my Lord, I remember a coarse old Proverb of my Countrymen, "the main ye tramp in a Turd the braidier it graces."
Last Week was gathered out of John Atherton, Esquire's, Garden at Walton, near this Town, a Turnip the largest ever seen in this Neighbourhood; it weighed thirty four Pounds, and was thirty eight Inches in Circumference.
November 4. Administration intends, the next Session of Parliament, to introduce a Bill for the Enclosure of the Royal Forests, and other Waste, which have long been greatly injurious to this Kingdom.
The Earl of Sandwich has drawn up a State of the Navy, for the Inspection of Parliament; and has, it is said, a Plan for manning the Navy for the future without the odious Practice of pressing, which is not more repugnant to the Dictates of Humanity than to the Principles of the Constitution.
A poor Woman, who for upwards of ten Years has got her Livelihood by carrying Meat from the different Markets, has lately laid Claim to an Estate in Somersetshire worth five Hundred Pounds a Year. The Affair is soon to be heard in Westminster Hall, and the W. man's Title is so clear that it is almost certain the will not only be put into Possession of the Estate, but also that the greatest Part, if not the Whole of the Arrears, will be allowed her.
We hear that Mr. Townsend has ordered two Hundred Bows of blue and white Riband, with a broad Gold Fringe, at a Haberdasher's in Cheapside, to ornament his Horses next Monday; each Bow of Riband is to cost fifteen Shillings.
Letters from Paris mention that the French African Company have received Orders to make up their Accounts, for the Inspection of the Ministry; that Society being to be dissolved, and the Trade carried on by Government only.
The Lord Mayor elect has ordered the City State Coach to be finished in the most elegant Manner, by next Monday; it is to be lined with blue Velvet, the Coach Box the same, which is to be embroidered with Gold, in a very curious Manner.
A Correspondent informs us that a most brilliant Company is expected at Guildhall on Monday next, the Lord Mayor elect having received Cards from a great Number of the Nobility, &c. signifying their Compliance with his Invitations. Extraordinary Care has been taken, and no Expense spared, in the Preparations; and it is expected, in Point of Magnificence and Taste, it will exceed any Thing of the Kind ever known. A distinguished Nobleman has offered the Use of his grand Service of Plate, which will be sent to-morrow.
We are informed that the late Lady of the Reverend Doctor Wilson, who possessed a large independent Fortune in the Stocks, has left a very genteel Legacy to Mr. Alderman Wilkes.
By a Gentleman lately arrived in Town from Liege, in Germany, we are informed that Mr. Morris, late Secretary to the Bill of Rights, with the young Lady with whom he took a Tour, now his Wife, is in a privileged Place, in the Austrian Netherlands; and that Mr. Morris had written to a Gentleman in England who owed him a Hundred Pounds Cash lent, desiring he would pay him the said Sum, but that the Gentleman had absolutely refused to remit him any Thing.
The King has been pleased to appoint the Honourable Edward Hay Captain General and Governor in Chief of his Majesty's Island of Barbados, in America, in the Room of William Spry, Esquire, deceased.
The King has also been pleased to appoint Daniel Horsmanden, Esquire, Chief Justice of his Majesty's Province of New York, in America.
November 10. Friday the two new Serjeants, Sir James Eyre, and George Hill, Esquire, went through the ancient absurd Ceremony of walking across the Hall opposite the Court of Common Pleas, each with a Woman's Cap over his Wig, and tied under his Chin. After they had made their different Bows, and gone through another Ceremony, of having the Court Sticking Plaster put on their Wigs, they took their Seats, and the Whole concluded with fluk-g of Hands.
A Number of Wives in a certain County have Thoughts of petitioning Parliament to grant an Act for building a House for the Reception of such Men as have got good Wives and take up with other Women, greatly to the Detriment of their Fortunes and the Unhappiness of their Families, which is to be called the Vicious Mad House ; and all that are seized with that Phrensy (for so it may be called) are to be allowed a Part of their Estate for their Maintenance. One Half of what they consumed on their Misresses will be sufficient for their Subsistence, in a comfortable Way; the rest to be appropriated for their Families. Unless some such Scheme as this be put in Execution, no prudent Woman will ever think of marrying.
The Court of Berlin is, we hear, preparing a serious Exposition with our Ministry on the Conferences so frequently held with the Russian Ambassador; but surely Great Britain must be shamefully humbled indeed if she is to be catechized by her Pensioner, for speaking to whom she pigies on the Business of her own Empire.
The Report of a War on the Continent gains Ground; and though our Opinion is sometimes so shaken, by the Violence of strong Reports, that we give Credit to the Idea of a new Rupture in Europe, we are at the Bottom persuaded that the general Poverty of the various Princes is the best Guaranty of the general Pacification, and that until they recover from the Oppressions incurred by the late War they will not be apt to engage in any new one.
It is said that the northern Alexander, having now some Seaports in his Dominions, entertains a warm Idea of establishing a Marine, and has already signified his Intentions to engage naval Artificers from this Kingdom.
The Parliament meeting on the 26th, the Town is expected to be very full by the End of the Month; and the Opinion of the Members in general is, that the Session will be a very busy one. Last Year, notwithstanding the supposed Violence of Opposition, both Houses were actually sitted for Want of something to do, and usually rose before five, to the Astonishment of the whole Kingdom.
Mr. Sawbridge, Mr. Oliver, and Sir William Stephenon, are the only Aldermen expected to visit the Mansion House during the whole Majority of the next Year.
Little Harmony is this Year expected between the Sheriffs; one is devoted to Townsend, the other to Wilkes, and Fire and Water are scarcely more opposite Elements.
Several of the old Aldermen have, we hear, determined never again to wear their Gowns, though they are resolved not to resign them. One of these Gentlemen being asked what he would do with his, replied, they would make Clothes for his Coach Horses, as in the present degraded State of Magistracy they were only fit for Beasts of Burthen.
Thursday Night last the famous Duckhorse, so well known for upwards of forty Years last past to the Nobility and Gentry at Newmarket, and other publick Places of Resort, fell down dead in Covent Garden, where he was attending, as usual, with his Link, to call Coaches for the People coming out of the Playhouse. This famous Hero of the bruising Stage, in his Youth, used to divert the Company, before the Champion mounted, with boxing any One who chose to attack him, in Order to pass away the Time. He was so very hardy that he could bear a great Deal of Drubbing, and often beat a much bigger and stronger Boxer than himself; at least he had one of his Fyes totally beat out, and of late Years the poor Wretch was greatly reduced, so as to carry small Twigs and Walking Sticks about for a Livelihood, notwithstanding he was formerly so great a Favourite with the late Lord Windfor that he had him to sit for his Picture in Miniature, which he had set round with Diamonds, and gave it to a noble Earl of his Acquaintance.
This being the Anniversary of the Powder Plot, the same was observed as usual. The Lord Mayor, accompanied by the Aldermen Kennet and Roffiter went to St. Paul's, and heard a Sermon on the Occasion by the Reverend Mr. Kettledy, his Lordship's Chaplain.
KILKENNY, October 24. We are informed of a worthy Gentleman in the Country who has resolved not to shave his Beard until all his Debts are paid. Should this Fashion become general, we may soon expect to see Ireland become a Land of Philosophers.
By a Letter from Port Glasgow, dated October 31th, we learn that Accounts had been just received there from Sky that an epidemical Distemper had broke out in the Lewis Islands, which was thought to have been brought there by a Vessel from Dantzick; that the Coasts in Sky were all guarded, to prevent any Communication with the adjacent Islands. The Gentleman who sent these Accounts desired they might be made publick, lest there might be Danger from the Herring Busses or other Vessels which had rendezvoused there. The Captain of a Vessel from Sky acknowledges that there was an uncommon Death in the Lewis Islands, and that he did not choose to go much ashore. The Letter from Port Glasgow adds, that Care will be taken by the Revenue Officers not to admit any suspected Vessels into their Ports until they get farther Accounts of this melancholy Affair.
Lately died at Truro, in Cornwall, Mr. John Richardson, aged one Hundred and nine, who retained his Senses until within a few Days of his Death.
A N E C D O T E.
DURING the Time of the last War with France, the Regiment called the Irish Brigade, in that Service, either through Partiality in the French Commanders, or probably being thought better able to oppose English Force than any of their other Troops, were constantly employed on the most hazardous Occasions, and never so duly paid, or well clothed, as any other Regiment, which, having long caused Murmurs amongst the Men, was at length resented by their Officers, who, drawing up a short Account of the Nature of their Grievances, annexed a Petition thereto to receive their Pay and Clothes, and had it presented by one of their own Captains to the King; but this great Monarch, happening to be then in a very ill Humour, took scarce Time to read it when he flung it from him, and, with a Countenance sufficiently menacing to have intimidated at least a Squadron of Frenchmen, told the Officer that an Irish Regiment was more Trouble to him than all the rest of his Army put together: To which the Hibernian replied, with a Boldness peculiar to his Country, that he was sorry to hear it, but, in Recompence, begged Leave to remind him that that was a general Complaint amongst his Enemies also; which Answer at once so pleased and amazed his Majesty, that, after gazing some Time on the Man, in Admiration of his Audacity, he stooped, took up the Paper, signed and delivered it to him, observing at the same Time, with a Smile, he found it too true a Saying, "there was no resisting Irish Assurance."
ANECDOTES of ERASMUS.
ONE Tetzell, a Dominican, and a Retailer of Indulgencies, had picked up a vast Sum at Leipzig. A Gentleman of that City, who had no Veneration for such Superstitions, went to Tetzell and asked him if he could sell him an Indulgence before-hand for a Crime, which he would not specify, and which he intended to commit. Tetzell said yes, provided they could agree upon the Price. The Bargain was struck, the Money paid, and the Absolution delivered in due Form. Soon after this, the Gentleman knowing that Tetzell was going from Leipzig, well loaded with Cash, waylaid him, robbed him, and cudgelled him; and told him, at parting, that this was the Crime for which he had purchased an Absolution. George Duke of Saxony, a zealous Friend to the Court of Rome, hearing of this Robbery, was at first very angry; but being informed of the whole Story, he laughed heartily, and forgave the Criminal.
Bilibaldus Pirheimerus informed Erasmus of a comical Dispute which he had with a Mendicant Monk. This good Man being in a Company where Erasmus was highly commended, showed his Dissatisfaction by his Countenance and his Gestures; and being hard pushed to declare what he had to censure in Erasmus, he said that this Man, whom they affected to extol so much, was a notorious Eater of Fowls, and that he knew it to be true, not from the Testimony of others, but of his own Eyes. Did Erasmus buy them, or steal them, said Pirheimerus? He bought them, said the Monk. Why then, said Pirheimerus, there is a certain Fox who is a much greater Knave; for he comes into my Yard frequently, and takes away a Fowl without paying me. But is it then a Sin to eat Fowls? Most certainly, answered the Monk; it is the Sin of Gluttony, and it becomes the more heinous when it is committed and frequently repeated by Churchmen. Perhaps, said Pirheimerus, he eats them upon Fast Days. No, said the Monk, but we Ecclesiastics ought to abstain, upon all Days, from such Delicacies. Ah, my good Father, said Pirheimerus, it is not by eating dry Bread that you have got that huge Paunch of yours; and if all the Fowls which have got into it could lift up their Voice at once, and cackle in Concert, they would make Noise enough to drown the Drums and Trumpets of an Army.
It is commonly supposed that Erasmus quitted the monastick State, for this Reason above all, that he could not bear the Tyranny of an ignorant and insolent Superior, and such were usually the Heads of those Houses. They relate, on this Occasion, a Trick which Erasmus put upon his Superior, and upon a Monk of the Fraternity, whilst he was in the Monastery of Terquon. There was, it seems, a favourite Pear Tree in the Garden, and the Superior reserved the Fruit of it for his own eating. Erasmus, who in this Instance had it seems the same Taste with his Master, rose some Mornings before Break of Day to rob the Tree. The Superior observing that the Number of his Pears was greatly diminished, resolved to watch at his Chamber Window to discover the Delinquent. There was in the Convent a lame Monk. One Morning, as the Superior was upon the Watch, he perceived a Man in the Pear Tree, and, as it was full dusk, he intended to wait until he could discern the Robber; but he made some Noise, which was overheard by Erasmus, who, fearing to be discovered, made Haste to get down from the Tree, and returned back, limping all the Way. The Superior was now satisfied that he had found out the Thief; so he called his Monks together, and, after a Discourse upon the important Duty of canonical Obedience, he turned to the lame Friar and accused him of two heinous Crimes, of Robbery, and of Contempt for the Commands of his Superiors. In vain the poor Man insisted upon his Innocence; that only irritated his Master the more, who imposed a heavy Penance upon him, notwithstanding his Protestations.
ST. VINCENT, October 3.
ON Monday last, as a Party of the thirty second Regiment was marching to join the Troops encamped near Niambo River, they were attacked by the Caribs from amongst the Busses. A great many of the Savages were killed and wounded; of the King's Troops a Corporal and four Men were killed and wounded, and a Negro who attended them was likewise killed. It seems that a Frenchman, who was standing upon a Hill adjacent to the Place where the Engagement began, gave the Caribs the Signal when to fire; the Villain is since apprehended, was sent to Kingstown, and put on Board one of his Majesty's Ships of War. It is to be hoped he will meet with such Punishment as is adequate to his Defts.
Same Day the Caribs set Fire to and burnt down the Plantation of Mr. Bruce at Wachilabeau, and killed some of his Negroes.
One of the Caribs that delivered himself up last Week to his Excellency the General was found in Arms against his Majesty, and on Wednesday last was hanged at Callinquia.
Thursday Morning, about nine o'Clock, the Caribs burnt down the Plantation of Mons. Lacroix, and killed some of his Negroes. Immediately after that barbarous Transaction, they came to the next Estate (Mons. Pradie's) with an Intent to set it on Fire; but by the Vigilance of a Detachment of the southern Regiment of Militia, under the Command of Captain Glynn, they, after reconnoitring the Militia (who were waiting for an Engagement) thought proper to take themselves off to their lurking Places of Abode. Had it not been for the above Detachment being posted at Mons. Pradie's, not only his, but every Estate in the Valley of Ouarivaroo, would have been destroyed. In the Afternoon a Party of the Troop under the Command of Colonel Harry Alexander joined the Foot commanded by Captain John Kennedy, and marched to Lacroix's Estate; but none of the Savages appearing, they returned to their Post.
Same Day arrived at Callinquia, from North America, a Transport Ship with four Companies of the thirteenth Regiment, under the Command of Major Alexander McKenzie. The rest of the Transports, with the other Companies, are hourly expected.
It is reported that a Plantation adjacent to Mr. Kair's is wholly burnt by the Caribs. Much Damage has been done by the Savages to several Plantations in the Island, but we have not as yet been informed of the Particulars.
This Morning the Artillery was ordered to proceed to Niambo River, where the Caribs have made a strong Intrenchment on the other Side. The Troops and Artillery are expected to gain that important Post on Wednesday next.
His Excellency the General ordered a Transport Vessel for Grenada, in Order to bring here the Remainder of the seventieth Regiment.
Several Caribs, besides some Frenchmen in their Interest, have within these few Days been taken Prisoners by the different Detachments of his Majesty's Troops and Militia, and sent on Board one of his Majesty's Ships of War lying in Kingstown Bay.
PHILADELPHIA, December 26.
ON Thursday last departed this Life, in the fifty eighth Year of his Age, Mr. DAVID HALL, of this City, Printer; and we hear his Remains are to be interred to-morrow Afternoon in Christ Church Burying Ground. As a Citizen, he was greatly esteemed, in the Characters of an upright Man, and a Friend to the Poor. His Abilities in his Profession, his Prudence and Impartiality in the Conduct of the Press, the Accuracy of the Pennsylvania Gazette, and the good Intelligence with which it was always furnished, render his Death a publick Loss.
WILLIAMSBURG, January 14.
THE Walter, Hunter (via France) and Bowman, Taylor (via Liverpool) from Glasgow, are arrived in James River.
[Deaths.] Mr. ROBERT SEYMOUR, of Warwick County, in the sixty sixth Year of his Age. This Gentleman was nearly related to the noble Family of Somerset, and it was thought had no bad Title to the Dukedom.
Reverend CHARLES SMITH, Rector of Portsmouth Parish, Norfolk County.
A NEW YEAR'S GIFT.
Messrs. PURDIE & DIXON,
If through the Channel of your weekly Paper you give the following to the Publick, to prevent its being imposed on this Year, as it has for Years past by the Inattention of the Astronomer, you will greatly oblige
A CUSTOMER.
The FULLS and CHANGES of the MOON for 1773.
JANUARY. Full the 3th, at 30 Minutes after 4 in the Afternoon. New the 22d, at 30 Minutes after 4 in the Afternoon. FEBRUARY. Full the 7th, at 6 Minutes after 1 in the Morning. New the 21th, at 50 Minutes after 7 in the Morning. MARCH. Full the 8th, at 60 Minutes after 6 in the Afternoon. New the 23d, at 57 Minutes after 7 in the Morning. APRIL. Full the 7th, at 39 Minutes after 3 in the Morning. New the 21th, at 20 Minutes after 5 in the Afternoon. MAY. Full the 6th, at 39 Minutes after 11 in the Morning. New the 23th, at 22 Minutes after 9 in the Morning. JUNE. Full the 4th, at 57 Minutes after 6 in the Afternoon. New the 20th, at 3 Minutes after 6 in the Morning. JULY. Full the 4th, at 32 Minutes after 1 in the Morning. New the 19th, at 52 Minutes after 1 in the Morning. AUGUST. Full the 2d, at 27 Minutes after 11 in the Morning. New the 18th, at 25 Minutes after 11 in the Morning. SEPTEMBER. Full the 1st, at 33 Minutes after 10 in the Morning. New the 16th, at 43 Minutes after 10 in the Morning. Full the 30th, at 50 Minutes after 10 in the Afternoon. OCTOBER. New the 15th, at 35 Minutes after 3 in the Afternoon. Full the 30th, at 47 Minutes after 5 in the Morning. NOVEMBER. New the 14th, at 28 Minutes after 5 in the Morning. Full the 29th, at 2 Minutes after 5 in the Morning. DECEMBER. New the 13th, at 51 Minutes after 4 in the Afternoon. Full the 28th, at 3 Minutes after 8 in the Afternoon.
ACROSTICK.
M ost Ladies Beauty in the Face we find, I n you we find the Beauties of the Mind. L ilies contain'd in thy fair Face do strive, L eft the red Roses should more Beauty give. Y et Charms still greater in thine Eyes do dwell, D oing more Mischief than my Pen can tell. I f none all Beauties are so well combin'd, 'X cellent Taste, Eyes, Features, Shape, and Mind. O h Gods! how very happy must he be, N amed by yourself, to be blets'd with thee.
Those of our GAZETTE CUSTOMERS who have never paid a Farthing since the Commencement of our Partnership (very near seven Years) are hereby notified that they need expect no more of our Papers until they pay for what they have already had; and their Accounts, if not discharged between this and the ensuing April General Court, will be put into the Hands of an Attorney to bring Suit. Others have owed us a great Deal too long for BOOKS and STATIONARY, to a considerable Amount; who must expect the same Treatment, if they do not pay in a very short Time. The Printing Business being a very expensive One, and our Correspondents at home expecting punctual Remittances for what we order, will, we presume, sufficiently apologize for this Advertisement. We take this Opportunity of returning our very sincere Thanks to the larger and better Part of our Customers, as well as for the Favors of the Publick in general, to whose Punctuality and Encouragement our Business at this Day owes its Existence.
PURDIE & DIXON.
ADVERTISEMENTS coming to this Office from any other than those with whom we have Accounts, unless the NEEDFUL accompanies them, will be paid no Regard to.
Advertisements.
FOR SALE,
At the POST OFFICE in WILLIAMSBURG, DOCTOR KEYSER'S PILLS, so famous for the Cure of a certain Distemper, as well as of the Rheumatism, DOCTOR HILL'S celebrated Balsam of Honey, for Coughs and Consumptions, Asthma, Hoarseness, and all phisicky Complaints, PECTORAL LOZENGES of L'OURELLE, for Colds, Coughs, Catarrhs, and Shortness of Breath; and a sure Remedy for the Hooping Cough in Children, to whom they are particularly adapted, from their agreeable Taste and Flavour.—Also TURKEY RHUBARB, and sundry PATENT MEDICINES.
KING WILLIAM, January 7, 1773.
ALL Persons indebted to the Estate of Henry Gutbrey, deceased, are required to make immediate Payment; and those who have any Claims against it are desired to make them known directly, as we propose making up our Account of Administration in a short Time. ALEXANDER WHITE, ARCHIBALD GOVAN, Administrators.
NOREOLK, January 5, 1773.
WHEREAS the Partnership of Bolden, Lawrence, and Company, expired the 1st of this Instant, this is therefore to request all Persons who are indebted to them to pay off their Accounts immediately, or give their Balances by Bonds; and those to whom they are indebted may apply to us and receive Payment. The Business of the House will be continued, and carried on to its usual Extent, by (8) JOHN LAWRENCE, & Co.
VERINA, HENRICO County, January 9, 1772.
THERE is on this Plantation a new Negro Woman who was taken up about the 10th of November last, and had on a blue Waistcoat, a white Plains Petticoat, Ginnabrag Shift, and a Dutch Blanket wrapped round her. I cannot understand from her where she came from, or who is her Master. The Owner may have her on proving his Property, and paying Charges to (2||) STERLING THORNTON.
THE Subscriber will sell, on reasonable
Terms, his LAND and HOUSES whereon he now lives, known by the Name of HOOD'S, in Prince George, on James River. As to its Situation, it is hardly worth While to say any Thing about it, though it is looked upon to be the most pleasant Place, and has the finest View, of any Seat on James River. I have just now finished a House upon it, in the best Manner, thirty three Feet by thirty, with two large Rooms and a large Passage below, and three Rooms above; there is also a Garden lately laid in with good Cypress Palms, with all necessary Outhouses, a very good Storehouse, sundry Lumber Houses, and a Set of very good Tobacco Warehouses. I think, with very little Trouble, there might be an Inspection erected there again, as it is the general Cry of the People for it; and as the Place is very well situated for carrying on both the Inland and West India Trade, any Person, with a pretty good Capital, may carry them on to a very great Extent. Whoever is inclined to purchase may know the Terms by applying to Mr. William M'Wan, Merchant in Blandford, or to the Subscriber, on the Premises.
(T)
DAVID SCOTT.

WILLIAMSBURG, January 14, 1773.
A PARCEL of damaged BOOKS, imported from London in the Unity , Captain Gosling , will be sold for the Benefit of the Insurers, on Tuesday next, at three o'Clock after Noon, before the Post Office Door, to the highest Bidders. PURDIE & DIXON.
WILLIAMSBURG, January 14, 1773.
THE Subscriber begs Leave to inform the Publick, and his Friends in particular, that he is quite recovered from his late Illness, and removed to the House wherein the late Doctor Blair lived, where he performs all Operations upon the Teeth, Gums, and Sockets; eradicates the Scurvy, be it ever so bad; transplants natural Teeth from one Person to another, which will be as firm in the Jaw as if they originally grew there, without any Ligament; and makes and fixes artificial Teeth, from a single Tooth to a complete Set. JOHN BAKER.
N. B. His infallible Specifick, called DENTIFRICE , is quite free from any corrosive Preparation; it braces up and strengthens the Fibres, occasioning them to grow firm and close to the Teeth, and takes off all disagreeable Smells from the Teeth, which generally arise from scurbutick Gums and bad Teeth.
This Dentifrice will prevent a farther Defluxion, and put a Stop to other Disorders of the Teeth and Gums, and will both correct and change the Nature of the sharp scurbutick Salts and promote the due Circulation of the Fluids. It conceals the vitiated Juices, and renders a juvenile Fragrance to the Breath beyond Description. It also makes the Saliva pure and balsamick, and may be had, with proper Directions, at his House. Each Pot is sealed up with his Coat of Arms, to prevent Fraud.
AS the Weather prevented the Sale of the Negroes that were advertised to be sold last Court Day, belonging to the Estate of the late Mr. James Westwood , this is to inform the Publick that there will be sold several Virginia born SLAVES , for ready Money, on Thursday the 25th Instant ( January ) at the Courthouse in the Town of Hampton , being Court Day. (2||) ELIZABETH WESTWOOD, Executrix.
NORTH CAROLINA, January 1, 1773.
THE Subscriber will be in the Neighbour- hood of Salisbury during the Months of March, April, and May next, in Order to treat with such Gentlemen as may be inclined to purchase any of his Lands in this Province. What are now in his Hands are the Choice of several large Surveys, run as far back as the Year 1739, and are laid off in several Hundred Tracts, from two Hundred to a Thousand Acres. The Soil is remarkably suited to the Culture of Wheat and Tobacco, and is generally allowed to be equal in Goodness to any upon the Continent. The Time of Payment will be allowed as may be agreed on, and the Lands may be viewed, and farther Particulars known, by applying to Benjamin McCulloch , Esquire, of Halifax County , William Johnson and Michael Holt , Esquires, of Orange County , John Kimbrough , Esquire, of Guildford County , Thomas Frolick , Esquire, of Rowan County , Thomas Pels , Esquire, of Mecklenburg County , and Felix Kenan , Esquire, of Duplin County . HENRY E. MCCULLOCH.
PETERSBURG, January 7, 1773.
SOME Time ago Mr. John Ashton adver- tised some Negroes for Sale, as Part of the Estate of Mr. John Monroe , deceased, since which I am informed a considerable Number of them belong to the Estate of Colonel Andrew Monroe , deceased. This is to give Notice to all Persons that the whole Estate of the said Andrew Monroe , consisting of several Tracts of Land, forty Negroes, and their Increase, Stocks of Cattle, &c. are mortgaged to Sir Lyonel Lyde of London , for a very considerable Sum, which is recorded in the General Court; and as no Purchaser can have a Right to any Part of the mortgaged Effects until this Debt is discharged, I have taken this Method to inform the Publick that no Person may be deceived in making a Purchase of any Part of the said mortgaged Effects. (6) RICHARD HANSON, Attorney for Sir Lyonel Lyde .
All Persons indebted to Sir Lyonel Lyde , and Company, are desired to make immediate Payment; and as great Indulgence has been given, Suits will be brought against all those who do not discharge their Accounts at the next April General Court .
DUMFRIES, January 4, 1773.
AS I intend for London the ensuing Summer, all Persons who have had any Dealings with me, at the Store of Russell and Lee in Dumfries , are desired to come and settle their respective Accounts on or before the 1st of April next. It is also requested that those who are indebted to the said Concern will make immediate Payment, or give Bond with approved Security. Any Person or Persons having Claims against the said Concern are desired to bring them in, that they may be discharged. PHILIP RICHARD FRANCIS LEE.
N. B. I have on Hand about two Thousand Pounds Cost of GOODS, well assorted, and suitable to the different Seasons; which I will sell on the most reasonable Terms, by Wholesale or Retail, for ready Cash, Bills of Exchange, or Tobacco. (4)
DUMFRIES, January 4, 1773.
CAPTAIN John Johnston, of the Lord  Camden , being lost in his Passage to London in 1770, with all his Books and Papers, by that Accident his Executors know not of whom to demand Payment of his Debts, and therefore request all Gentlemen indebted to him that they will be pleased to make the same known to Mr. Joseph Lane of Westmoreland , or to the Subscriber, who is impowered to receive his Debts. (14) WILLIAM CARR.
QUEEN'S TOWN, MARYLAND, January 3, 1773.
Mess. PURDIE & DIXON, in your Gazette of the 26th of November last I observe an Advertisement of Alexander Wadsworth , charging me with conniving at a Fraud done by William Love , in obtaining an accepted Note of Gavin Lawton , payable to William Love and Company, for eight hundred Pounds. The Truth of the Matter is this: When I acted in Mr. Wadsworth 's Business, under a full Power, I became his Security to William Love and Company for four Hundred and six Pounds, payable the 1st of April last. This I did with much Reluctance, but was encouraged by Mr. Wadsworth on his telling me I had enough in my Hands to secure myself, and to pay that Sum out of the first Money of his that I could collect; but as I found myself under a Necessity of giving up his Business before I could collect Money to pay William Love , I gave him the Order on Gavin Lawton for Part, and for which I took his Receipt witnessed. Some Time after this Mr. Wadsworth paid William Love three Hundred and six Pounds in Part of the Debt I was Security for, and I wrote to Mr. Love to keep Mr. Lawton 's Note in his Hands till he received the remaining Balance of a Hundred Pounds from it, or Alexander Wadsworth , which I understand he has not yet done, and the Note still remains with him. I would not have presumed to trouble the Publick about this Matter, which I am sensible little concerns them, had not I understood that it was represented in Virginia tending to the Prejudice of my Character. If I was wrong in drawing this Order I am sorry for it, and with Truth assure the Publick that it proceeded from no other Motive than Self Preference. (1||) DAVID KERR.
WILLIAMSBURG, January 14, 1773.
THE Subscriber still continues to keep the TAVERN near the College, and flatters himself, as his House is well accommodated for the Reception of all Gentlemen who may be inclined to encourage him, that he has it in his Power to give the utmost Satisfaction. He is greatly obliged to those who have hitherto countenanced him, and hopes to merit a Continuance of their Favors. CUTHBERT HUBBARD.
N. B. I have a very good BILLIARD TABLE which I will dispose of on reasonable Terms. A CHAIR HARNESS was left in my Stable by some Person unknown, which the Owner may have on proving his Property.
CHESTERFIELD, January 7, 1772.
THOSE who purchased Negroes at the Sale of the Honourable William Byrd at Rocky Ridge , in December last, are requested to make immediate Payment. I shall attend the Meeting of the Merchants in Williamsburg on the 25th Instant, to receive the above Debts, and will put in Suit all Bonds that are not then discharged, without Respect to Persons. DAVID PATTESON.
YORK Town, January 13, 1773.
I HAVE a Vessel that will sail in ten Days for Madeira . Any Gentlemen on York River , or convenient to York Town , that intend ordering Wines from thence, I should be much obliged to them for their Letters. (2) WILLIAM REYNOLDS.
WANTED IMMEDIATELY, A JOURNEYMAN SADDLER who understands his Business. Such a One will meet with good Encouragement by applying to me, in Hanover Town . (2||) GABRIEL MADISON.
To be RENTED for one Year, or more, and may be entered on immediately,
THE Plantation on Rappahannock called LAYTON'S , with the FERRY, and all the LOTS unfold in the Town of Beaufort . The Land contains about a Hundred and fifty Acres, and on one Square of the Lots are all necessary Houses in good Repair for an Ordinary and Store. It is pleasantly situated on the River, near Leeds Town , and is well adapted for a Man in Business. Any Person inclining may know the Terms by applying to the Subscriber, near the Premises. (2||) JOHN RICHARDSON.
TO BE SOLD,
THAT valuable Tract of LAND called MOCKO'S ISLAND , lying within a Mile of the Mouth of Chickahominy River , one Mile from James River , a Quarter of a Mile from Barret's Ferry , and within ten of Williamsburg . It contains six Hundred Acres of the highest, driest, and richest Marsh in this Colony; and in its present State, during the Spring and Summer Months, it will afford Grazing for above a Thousand Head of Cattle. In the Marsh are three Islands; the easternmost, or Low Island , contains about one Hundred and fifty Acres of rich high Land, has two Springs upon it, a Barn, two Negro Quarters, and an Overseer's House; a Quarter of a Mile distant is Middle , or High Island , containing about forty Acres; Half a Mile distant lies Westermost Island , containing three or four Acres; all of which are so situated that the Banking in the Marsh is rendered very easy. The eastern and northern Parts of these Islands are divided from the main Land by a Gut of the River, no more than thirty Yards broad, and the southern and western Parts are divided by the main Body of Chickahominy , about three Hundred Yards broad; up this River is Navigation for twenty Miles for Vessels of four Thousand Buthels. The Branch dividing the Island from the main Land is esteemed the best Fowling and Fishing in the Colony. Opposite Low , or Great Island , there are on the Continent upwards of a Hundred Acres of well timbered Land, belonging to this Plantation, pleasantly situated, and overlooking the whole Island. This Part of the Plantation runs from the Branch across the main Road leading from the Ferry to Williamsburg , about Half a Mile; so that it is not above nine Miles from Town. Common Tides cover no Part of the Marsh; Spring Tides, with a continued north east Wind, cover the greatest Part of it; but the best Criterion of the Tide's overflowing it is taken from the remarkable great Gust in September 1769, which spread over great Part of America , and then there were only seven Inches Water in the said Marsh. Any Person purchasing this Island may have the Stocks and Utensils upon reasonable Terms. Also to be sold, by the Subscriber, four Hundred Acres of LAND, more or less, an old Patent of Tobacco, Wheat, and Corn Land, on which is a Plantation ready for Cropping, lying within one Mile of Westham , and seven Miles from Richmond Town , is well timbered, and not one Fourth of it cut down. (6) PATRICK COUTTS. RICHMOND Town, January 1, 1773.
To be SOLD, pursuant to a Decree of GLOUCESTER Court, on TUESDAY the 19th Instant (January) at Gloucester Courthouse, THIRTY choice Virginia born SLAVES , belonging to the Estate of John Scott , deceased. Twelve Months Credit will be allowed, on Bond and Security being given to (1) CHARLES M. THRUSTON.
HANOVER Town, January 10, 1772.
STRAYED, or STOLEN, from the Sub- scriber, a dark bay HORSE about four Feet six Inches high, branded on the near Buttock I S, one of his Legs at the Ham much larger than the other, and one of his Ears slit. Whoever brings him to me, or gives me such Intelligence as I may get him again, shall have THREE POUNDS Reward. WILLIAM OVERTON.
Three Hundred Pounds Reward.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in St. Stephen's Parish, South Carolina, about fifteen Months since, two Negro Fellows and a Wench, namely: WILL, GEORGE, and SYLVIA . Will is a Cooper and rough Carpenter, about twenty five Years of Age, five Feet eight Inches high, of a yellowish Complexion, slim made, a little knock-kneed, his Teeth filed, and has his Country Marks in his Face. George is about twenty Years of Age, five Feet five Inches high, of a dark Complexion, is very artful, and has been used to take Care of Horses. Sylvia is a likely young Wench, about five Feet five Inches high, of a yellowish Complexion, her Teeth filed, and has attended in a House. A Reward of ONE HUNDRED and FIFTY POUNDS Currency will be paid on Delivery of the above Negroes to the Warden of the Workhouse, or at his Plantation in the aforesaid Parish, near Murray's Ferry , or in Proportion for one, if taken in the Province.
THOMAS WEST , an Overseer, about twenty five Years of Age, five Feet seven Inches high, very slim, of a swarthy Complexion, who lived at the Subscriber's Plantation about three Years, and just about the Time the said three Negroes ran away left him, it is generally thought carried them into North Carolina, Virginia, or Maryland , and may offer them for Sale. All Persons are hereby cautioned not to purchase the said Negroes; and if purchased by any Person, they are hereby required to deliver them to the Proprietor, or they may depend on being prosecuted to the utmost Rigour of the Law. A Reward of THREE HUNDRED POUNDS Currency will be paid on Delivery of the Negroes, or in Proportion if taken out of the Province; and a farther Reward of ONE HUNDRED POUNDS will be given to whoever will give Information of their being carried out of the Province, or being harboured by a white Person, on Conviction of the Offender. (12) JOHN GAILLARD.
FIVE POUNDS REWARD.
RUN away last Night, the 4th Instant (January) from the Sub- scriber, a Negro Boy named JACK , about seventeen Years of Age, near five Feet high, and had on, when he went off, a new Suit of green Beaver Coating trimmed with Mohair Basket Buttons, the Jacket and Breeches with white Metal Ones, an old Felt Hat, Yarn Hose, and a Pair of stout imported Shoes. He was born in Antigua , and came in, about fifteen Months ago, to Mr. John Lawingston of Norfolk , to which Place it is probable he will make, or endeavour for a Passage to the West Indies , as he is pretty artful, and formerly went by Water. He speaks tolerable plain, is likely, remarkably black, and has a small Scar on his left Cheek. Whoever will bring him to me, near Petersburg , or to Mr. John Greenwood at Norfolk , shall have the above Reward. RICHARD LAMB.
ELIZABETH CITY, January 8, 1773.
RUN away from the Subscriber, about the 10th of last Month, a likely well set Fellow about five Feet six Inches high, full faced, about twenty two Years of Age, and had on, when he went away, a Cotton Jacket and blue Breeches, which I expect he will change. He was taken up by one Peter Frost , near Norfolk , and made his Escape from him, but has since been seen at Portsmouth . Whoever secures him in any Jail, or brings him to me, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward, or FIVE POUNDS if taken out of the Colony. All Masters of Vessels are forewarned from carrying him out of the Colony. (1||) WILLIAM LATIMER.
RUN away from the Subscriber, on the 26th of November last, a Negro Man named CESAR , about five Feet eight or nine Inches high, a well set yellow Fellow, all his upper fore Teeth are out, and one below, stands wide in the Knees, speaks hoarse, ran off from his Work in my Presence, and has Nothing on but common Negro Clothes. He was formerly the Property of Colonel Bernard Moore of King William , and, as he has been seen sundry Times in that County since he ran away, he may be lurking about some of Colonel Moore's Quarters, or concealed by Acquaintances. Whoever brings him to me, near Rocky Ridge , in Chesterfield County , shall have THREE POUNDS Reward. (2||) YOUNG SHORTT.
AS I have observed, in the publick Prints, that the Forge, with the Lands thereunto belonging, lying in King and Queen County , and formerly the Property of Colonel Bernard Moore of King William , are offered for Sale by Mess. Philip Edmondson and John Noffs , I think it incumbent upon me to notify to the Publick that the Premises stand charged to me on a Mortgage by Colonel Bernard Moore , to indemnify me from, or for the Payment of, a Hundred and seven Pounds Sterling, with Interest, and which Sum I am now engaged to satisfy. (2||) JOHN WEST.
COMMITTED to Cumberland County Jail, some Time ago, an outlandish Negro Man who cannot, or will not, tell his Master's Name; he is tall, spare made, with some of his Country Marks in his Face, and has been advertised within the said County according to Law. The Owner is desired to pay Charges, and take him away. JOSEPH CARRINGTON, Jailor.
WILLIAMSBURG, January 5, 1773.
MR. Patrick Henry, Junior, of Hanover, having been obliging enough to undertake to finish all such Causes of my Clients as remain undetermined in the General Court, I desire that they will be pleased to correspond with, and furnish him with proper Instructions.
As Mr. Henry is at a Distance from this Place, I will very gladly do any Thing in my Power towards expediting the Suits, forwarding Subpoenas, &c. between this Time and the succeeding General Court, when I shall deliver all Papers into his Hands, unless directed to the contrary. In most of the Suits still depending I have received a very inconsiderable Part of the Fees, and in many none at all; but if in any Case it should be thought that more has been paid me than my Services deserved, I shall be ready to refund it. RO. C. NICHOLAS.
FREDERICKSBURG, January 1, 1773.
THE short Notice of my Sale preventing the Attendance of Purchasers, I propose selling the same Slaves at the same Place ( Fredericksburg ) on the 3d of February , if fair, otherwise next fair Day. Credit will be allowed for one Half till the 1st Day of May , and for the other Half till the 1st of November next; the Purchasers to get the Engagement of some Merchant to undertake for Payment at the Time appointed. The few that attended the former Sale can testify that they never saw so many young and likely Slaves at one Sale. As I sell forty three, and twenty more are now appointed to be sold on the same Day, and as I shall have a Dozen to hire out, it is supposed any Person that wants may suit himself. Those that hire to give Bond and Security for the Payment of the Hire, and delivering up the Slaves at the Expiration of the Year. (4) JAMES MERCER.
KING & QUEEN, January 1, 1773.
I INTEND to leave the Colony immediately, for a few Months. I have for Sale a CHURCH ORGAN, which, for Elegance and Sweetness of Tone, is inferior to none on the Continent. The whole Case is polished Mahogany, the Pipes gilt, and the Imagery which adorns it striking, and as large as the Life. The Price is two Hundred Pounds, which is vastly under the prime Cost. The Payment will be made quite easy to the Purchaser. It now stands in Stratton Major Church . Apply to John Tayloe Corbin , Esquire, or the Subscriber. WILLIAM DUNLAP.
JANUARY 1, 1773.
THE Sale of Mr. Roger Dixon's Estate, after three Days, being interrupted by bad Weather, and another Day being appointed, on which Nobody met, Wednesday the 20th of this Instant, and the following Days, will be sold the Remainder of the said Estate, consisting of a Number of Lots in the Town of Fredericksburg , some of which have Improvements, near three Hundred Acres of LAND adjoining the Town, and a Tract of about three Hundred Acres, three Miles distant, payable the 15th of December next, with a Variety of good HOUSEHOLD and KITCHEN FURNITURE, and a few SLAVES , for which Credit will be allowed only until the 10th of June , upon Bond, with approved Security, being given to JOHN DIXON, Administrator.
HANOVER Town, January 1, 1773.
I HEREBY give Notice that against the 1st of March next the Business now under my Management will be put into the Hands of Mr. John Davis , who has full Power to settle and collect the Debts due to Mess. Murdoch, Donald, and Company , contracted at the Stores kept at Boswell's by Mr. William Donald , and at this Place by me. As many People have hitherto put off the Settlement of their Accounts, they cannot expect longer Indulgence, unless their Debts are ascertained; for which Purpose I will give constant Attendance here till the 1st of March , except the Time of the Merchants meeting in Williamsburg , and some of the adjoining County Court Days, which can be no Inconvenience to those who come to settle, as Mr. Davis , who is thoroughly acquainted with the Business, will then attend. The Debts due to Mess. Andrew Cochran, Robert Donald, and Company , will be collected by Mr. Richard Morris , as formerly. (3) JOHN JOHNSON.
IN Pursuance of a Decree of the County Court of Spotsylvania will be sold, at Concord Forge , in said County, on Monday the 25th of January , if fair, otherwise next fair Day, the Tract of LAND whereon the said Forge stands, containing nine Hundred Acres; also a Tract containing six Hundred Acres, about six Miles from the said Forge, whereon Thomas Poole formerly lived, both Tracts having good Houses on them; likewise twelve likely Virginia born SLAVES , together with all the HORSES, HOGS, HOUSEHOLD and KITCHEN FURNITURE, belonging to the said Poole , to satisfy a Debt to the Honourable John Tayloe , Esquire. Credit will be allowed the Purchasers for the Slaves and Stocks until the 25th of October next, on giving Bond and Security; the Bonds to bear Interest from the Date if not punctually paid, and the Credit for the Lands will be agreed on at the Day of Sale, by the Subscriber. ANTHONY THORNTON, Junior.
ACCOMACK, January 1, 1773.
A QUANTITY of damaged GOODS put into my Hands by Captain John Lawmont , of the Ship Phebe , from Glasgow , saved out of the said Ship, which was stranded on the 20th Instant, on the Sea Side of this County, will be sold for the Benefit of the Insurers, or Owners, on Monday the 18th Instant, and continue till all are sold, at the House of Mr. Calib Upshaw . They consist of various Kinds of WOOLLENS, Irish LINENS, German USNABRUGS, ROLLS, CLOAKS, HATS, CHEESE, and HABERDASHERY. (2) EDWARD KER. N. B. The HULL of the SHIP, with her MASTS and YARDS, will be sold on the 20th of January , at Paramore Beach .
SUNDRY damaged GOODS, consisting of NEGRO DUFFIL BLANKETS, a HAIR MATTRESS, and WOMENS KID GLOVES and MITS, imported in the Unity , Captain Gosling , from London , will be sold at publick Vendue, for the Benefit of the Insurers, at the St. George Tavern , in York Town , on Tuesday the 19th Instant ( January ) GEORGE RIDDELL.
For LEITH and ALLOA, The Brigantine CHARMING MALLY, NOW lying at Lawson's Bay , in Rappahannock , a prime Sailer, well found, and has excellent Accommodation for Passengers, having two Thirds of her Cargo ready to go on Board, and will be clear to sail by the 1st of February . Those who incline to go Passengers are desired to apply to Mr. David Blair , Merchant in Fredericksburg , Mr. James Lang , Merchant at Hobb's Hole , or the Subscriber. (2||) JOHN MILLER.
To be LET on CHARTER to any Part of EUROPE, The Brig ABBY , Yates Herbert Master, Burthen from seven to eight Thousand Buthels of Grain, has only two Voyages, not quite twelve Months off the Stocks, and is well fitted. For Terms apply to the Subscriber, in Norfolk . (TQ) JOHN GREENWOOD.

POETS CORNER.
ODE ON FORTUNE.
SOME hoist up Fortune to the Skies, Others debase her to a Bubble; Nor her Frowns nor Favours prize, Nor think the Changeling worth my Trouble. If at my Door she chance to light, I civilly my Guest receive; The Visit paid, I bid good Night, Nor murmur when she takes her Leave. Though prosperous Gales my Canvas crowd, Though smooth the Waves, serene the Sky, I trust not Calms, they Storms forbode, And speak th' approaching Tempest nigh. Then, Virtue, to the Helm repair, Thou, Innocence, shalt guide the Oar, Now rage ye Winds, Storms rend the Air, My Bark, thus mann'd, shall gain the Shore.
To be LET on CHARTER to any Part of EUROPE, THE Brig MOLLY, John Collins Master, Burthen about seven Thousand Bushels of Grain, and eighteen Months old. For Terms apply to the Subscriber, in Norfolk. (Tf) JOHN GREENWOOD.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, on the Premises, on Wednesday the 27th Instant (January) pursuant to a Decree of James City Court, THE HOUSES and LOTS, near the Capitol, belonging to the Estate of Christopher Ayough, deceased. Three Months Credit will be allowed the Purchaser, on giving Bond, with approved Security, to (Tf) JOHN BROWN, Sheriff.
To be SOLD at publick Auction, on the Premises, pursuant to the Will of Mrs. Frances Arnott, deceased, on Wednesday the 20th of January, THE PLANTATION and TRACT of LAND whereon Mrs. Arnott lately lived, lying on Black Creek, in New Kent, containing four Hundred Acres, whereon is a very good Dwelling-house, and several convenient Out-houses; the Situation is very agreeable, and convenient to Church, Court, and Mill; the Soil is good for Tobacco, Wheat, and Corn, and the Plantation in very good Order for Cropping. Twelve Months Credit will be allowed for one Half the Purchase Money, and eighteen Months Credit for the other Half, the Purchaser giving Bond, with good Security, to the Executors. (2) JOHN GREENWOOD.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, before Mr. Benjamin Johnston's Door in Fredericksburg, on Wednesday the 3d of February next, if fair, otherwise next fair Day, ABOUT twenty likely Virginia born SLAVES, one Half the Money for which is to be paid down, and twelve Months Credit allowed for the other Half, giving Bond and good Security, bearing Interest from the Date, provided the Bonds are not discharged when they become due. At the same Time and Place will be sold about four Hundred Acres of exceeding fine Tobacco and Grain LAND, at the South West Mountains in Orange, about four Miles below the Courthouse. The Terms for the LAND will be agreed on at the Day of Sale.
To be SOLD, or LET on CHARTER to the West Indies, Great Britain, or Ireland, THE Snow LANCASTER, Burthen five Thousand Bushels, or two Hundred and thirteen Hogsheads of Tobacco, now lying in Carolina. For Terms apply to the Subscribers, living on Curdman. (2f) HARVEY & DEANS.
RUN away from the Subscriber, on Sunday the 27th of December, an indentured Servant Lad named JAMES PATTERSON, about five Feet eight Inches high, a well set Fellow, of a fair Complexion, short brown Hair which curls very much, and had on, when he went away, a Buff coloured Jeans Coat, a blue Broadcloth Waistcoat, Buckskin Breeches, an Osnaburg Shirt, Virginia made Shoes, and a very good Hat, and took with him sundry other Clothes. He ran away last June, changed his Name, and got on Board a Ship in Order to make his Escape out of the Country, which may probably be his Intention now. I hereby forewarn all Masters or Owners of Vessels from harbouring or carrying him out of the Colony, at their Peril. Whoever secures him so that I may get him again shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward, or THREE POUNDS if delivered to me in Charles City. ALEXANDER GORDON.
TEN DOLLARS REWARD.
RUN away from the Subscriber, on the 25th of last Month (December) an Apprentice Boy named BENJAMIN HOPE BLASINCHAM, about seventeen Years old, of the middle Size, with a down Look, long black Hair tied behind, and has served about three Years to the Tailor's Business; he had on, when he went away, a light Duffil Coat about Half worn, with large yellow Metal Buttons on it, a striped Virginia Cloth Waistcoat, and a Pair of Virginia Jeans Breeches, of a greenish Colour, quite new. On the 26th of the same Month he stole from Mr. Willis Wills, of King and Queen County, a small bright bay MARE about four Feet two or three Inches high, trots and gallops well, and has a small dull Star in her Forehead, a Snip on her Nose, a few Saddle Spots, and had on a Saddle when stolen away. Whoever will deliver the said Apprentice, with the Mare and Saddle, to me in Gloucester County, near the Courthouse, shall have the above Reward, or for either of them FIVE DOLLARS. (2f) HENRY HALL.
WILLIAMSBURG, January 7, 1773.
RUN away, last Monday Night, a new Negro Boy about five Feet two or three Inches high, fifteen Years old, or thereabouts, very likely, and speaks but few Words of English; he had on, when he went away, a new brown Beakkin Jacket with large white Metal Buttons, old blue Breeches without Lining, Country knit brown Stockings, and a light Pair of Shoes with Straps. He was purchased last November of Mr. Adam Fleming, Merchant at Cabin Point, when in Williamsburg. Whoever secures him so that he may be had, or delivers him at the Post Office, shall be rewarded according to the Trouble they may be at.
STRAYED, or STOLEN, from the Subscriber, in Sussex, near the Chapel, on Rockton Swamp, the 16th of November, a gray Beakkin MARE about four Feet six or seven Inches high, six Years old, paces naturally, is Cat-hammed, has a hanging Mane and Tail, and had on a good Saddle and Bridle when lost. Whoever will bring the said Mare to me, or give me Intelligence where I may get her, shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward. (2) GEORGE LONG, Junior.
JOHN BRUCE, M. A.
WILL give very good Encouragement to a Person of irreproachable Morals, capable of assisting him to teach the GREEK, LATIN, and ENGLISH LANGUAGES. Such a Person's being acquainted with the different Branches of the MATHEMATICKS, and excelling in WRITING, will be an additional Recommendation. Application may be made to himself, at his own Room, over against the Church, Head of Cumberland Street, Norfolk.
JUST arrived, in the Unity, Captain Goosley, and to be sold at John Carter's Store, for ready Money, a Variety of fresh GARDEN SEEDS, namely, Early Golden Hotspur Peas, Early Charlton Peas, Lisdan's Dwarf Peas, Short Sugar Peas, Dwarf Marrow Peas, Long Pod Beans, Windsor Beans, Canterbury Dwarf Kidney Beans, Silver Skin Onion Seed, Carrot Seed, white round Turnip Seed, Salmon Radish Seed, Spinage, solid Celery, curled Parsley, curled Cress, Early Dwarf Sugar Loaf Cabbage, large Ditto, large English Ditto, best Colliflower Seed, purple and green Broccoli, white Cole Lettuce, Silesia Ditto, best Hyson Teas at eighteen, twenty, and twenty two Shillings and Sixpence a Pound, Bohea Tea at five Shillings, best Jar Raisins and Currants, white and brown Sugar Candy, and a Variety of Paper Hangings.
JONATHAN PROSSER, TAILOR, WILLIAMSBURG.
RETURNS Thanks to his Customers, and others from whom he has received Favours, and begs Leave to acquaint them that he continues his Business in all its Branches, which, from many Years Experience in London, he is bold to say he understands as well as any Man in Europe, and has given the greatest Satisfaction to all Gentlemen of Fashion and Dignity who have been pleased to employ him in Virginia. In Order to enable him the better to fulfil his Engagements, as well as to support his Family, he gives this publick Notice, that he is determined to work for none but such as choose to pay him upon the Delivery of their Clothes. The many bad Payments he has laboured under induces him to take this Method, on Account of which he has suffered by Lawsuits, as well as for Family Necessaries, which are almost innumerable, and demand immediate Cash. If any Gentlemen please to employ him upon these Terms they shall have their Business well executed, without any Disappointments; and those who are indebted to him are desired to make immediate Payment, to prevent Suits being commenced against them. I will pay twelve Shillings and Sixpence weekly to Journeymen who understand their Business well. JONATHAN PROSSER.
COBHAM, December 31, 1772.
AS the Time of Credit allowed at the Sales of the Estate of the deceased James R. Brady expired the 25th of this Month, and as the Creditors promise no longer Indulgence, Notice is hereby given to all Persons indebted on that, or any other Account, to make immediate Payment, otherwise they must expect to be called upon in a more rigorous Manner. The Gentlemen who purchased at the Sales in the Counties of Amelia and Cumberland are requested to discharge their Bonds before or at the next ensuing January Meeting of the Merchants in Williamsburg, where I will attend for that Purpose. The Creditors who have not already are now desired to make known their Claims, in Order to a Settlement. WILLIAM HAY.
PETERSBURG, December 15, 1772.
LANDED from on Board the Brilliant, Captain Bennet, from Glasgow, a Hundred and ten IRON POTS, ten SKILLETS, six Pair of EIRE DOGS, and three Faggots of STEEL, for which no Bills of Lading were granted. Any Person or Persons having a Property in these Articles are desired to apply to EDWARD BRISBANE
To be LET on CHARTER to any Part of Europe, THE Ship MERMAID, Joseph Yowart Master, Burthen about four Hundred Hogsheads. For Terms apply to the Subscriber, in Norfolk. (Tf) JOHN GREENWOOD. Who has for Sale a Quantity of small SALT, imported in the said Ship from Liverpool.
To be LET on CHARTER to any Port in GREAT BRITAIN, THE Brigantine RENFREW, about four Hundred Hogsheads Burthen, a new Vessel, Boston built, now lying at Norfolk. Apply to Mr. James Lyle, Merchant in Manchester, James River, or Mr. James Ingram, Merchant in Norfolk. (Tf)
To be SOLD by publick Auction, on the Premises, on Wednesday the 27th of January, pursuant to a Decree of the County Court of James City, THE HOUSES and LOT, on the main Street in the City of Williamsburg, where the late Mrs. Catherine Blaikley, deceased, lived, adjoining the Lots of Mr. Charles Taliaferro, and opposite those of John Blair, Esquire. Six Months Credit will be allowed the Purchaser, on giving Bond, with good Security, to THOMPSON SWANN.
WHEREAS Thomas Owen of Pittsylvania has my Bond for a Hundred and ten Pounds, in Consideration of a Tract of Land in Prince Edward, for which he can make no legal Right, I take this Method to inform the Publick not to take an Assignment of the same, as I will not pay it before a just Title is obtained. WILLIAM WOOTTON.
TREASURY OFFICE, December 16, 1772.
I CANNOT sufficiently express my Astonishment that so little Punctuality was observed by many Collectors of the Duties and Taxes, as well as others indebted to the Treasury, in the Payments they ought to have made at the last General Court and the late Meeting of the Merchants. I know it has been insinuated by some that I am inclined to be over rigorous, but let all such consider how very essential it is to the Honour of this great Country that the Credit of its publick Treasury should be effectually maintained, and let them inform me how I am to answer the Demands of the publick Creditors, and be prepared to exchange the Treasury Notes, unless the Duties and Taxes imposed for these Purposes are regularly collected and paid. When I had the Honour of being first appointed to this Office it is very well known how Matters stood; many Collectors, largely indebted, were dead, and I found many innocent Securities unhappily involved in the greatest Difficulties. Under these Circumstances I judged it most advisable to reduce Things to Order by Degrees, having Regard to the ultimate Security of the Publick. By pursuing this Method I am convinced much has been saved, and flatter myself it will be found that very few, if any, Debts will be lost which were not desperate before I had any Thing to do with them. But Indulgencies of every Kind must now be at an End, and my Duty compels me to acquaint all concerned that I shall hold myself indispensably obliged, without Respect of Persons, to put the Laws into the strictest Execution against all such as continue in Arrear after the 25th of January next, when another general Meeting of the Merchants is expected; and that I shall, in future, after the End of every General Court, think it necessary to publish an exact List of every Defaulters. I desire the several Clerks to send me the proper Lists and Copies of the Collectors Bonds given from Time to Time, that I may be prepared to enforce a Performance of the Conditions of them. I must also request the several High Sheriffs to make up their Accounts for their whole Counties at once; and, to avoid the Confusion that may be introduced into the Office by the Remissions of many Under Sheriffs, as well as other Collectors, I declare, once for all, that I will receive no partial Payments. Finding that such Part of the Fund as was expected to arise from Ordinary Licenses is likely to be diminished, and it having been represented to me that this is owing to many Ordinary Keepers failing to renew their Licenses regularly, I must beg it as a Favour of the Gentlemen Deputy Attorneys to give some Attention to this Business, and I will, on Demand, pay all Fees that may arise in such Prosecutions as they may think necessary to engage in, where they cannot be had of the Delinquents. (6) RO. C. NICHOLAS, Treasurer.
For SALE, in the Town of NEWCASTLE,
A LARGE two Story DWELLINGHOUSE, with three commodious Rooms on a Floor, each with a Fireplace. It is exceedingly well calculated for a Tavern, and is pleasantly situated near the River. The Terms may be known of the Subscriber, near the Premises. (Tf) W. JOHNSON.
RUN away from the Subscriber, at Peter- burg, about the Middle of September last, a very likely Negro Man named PHILL, about twenty Years of Age, of a yellow Complexion, and about five Feet nine Inches high, proportionably made. He is a Native of Africa, and speaks broken English, having been some Years in the West Indies, and has left two Joints off two of his Fingers on his right Hand. Had on, when he went away, an Osnaburg Shirt, an old Virginia Cloth Waistcoat, with a new Negro Cotton Jacket over it, and a Pair of old Check Trousers. As he has been used to the Sea, he will probably endeavour to get on Board some Ship and make his Escape out of the Colony; all Masters of Vessels are therefore forewarned from harbouring or carrying him off, at their Peril.
I will give THREE POUNDS Reward to any Person who will deliver said Slave to me, or to Mr. Hugh McMelin at Portsmouth, and FORTY SHILLINGS to secure him in any Jail, and give Notice thereof. (Tf) THOMAS GORDON.
THE Subscriber has for Sale about seven Thousand Acres of LAND, four Thousand of which lie in the County of Buckingham, known by the Name of the Buckingham Tract, and is all very valuable high Land; the other Tract, which lies on both Sides of Willis's Creek, in the Counties of Buckingham and Cumberland, contains upwards of four Hundred Acres of exceeding rich low Ground, and very good high Land, with Tobacco Houses, and others, sufficient for twenty Hands. It will be sold in Lots, or altogether, as may be agreed on, and will be shown by Mr. Cary Harrison, at the Fork of Willis's Creek. For Terms apply to (S) ARCHIBALD CARY.
For SALE, FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY ONE ACRES of LAND, IN HALIFAX COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA.
THE said Land lies about six Miles above Halifax Town, is well wooded and watered, the Soil good for Corn, Wheat, &c. and affords as good Range, for Stock of all Kinds, as any Land in the County. There is a remarkable fine Apple Orchard on the Place, a good Dwelling-House, and sundry Out-houses. For Terms apply to Mr. William Hendrie, who lives near the Premises, or to. (10f) JAMES AULD.
FOR SALE,
ABOUT eleven Hundred Acres of LAND in Orange County, thirty Miles from Fredericksburg, on the Road to the Courthouse. For Particulars inquire of Captain Reuben Daniel, who is empowered to treat for the same. The Land may be laid off in Parcels, as best suits, twelve Months allowed the Purchasers, and an indisputable Title will be made. (Tf) GEORGE DANIEL.
TWENTY POUNDS REWARD.
FOR apprehending JOHN HUTCHINSON, who ran away last Night from the Subscriber, in Lancaster. He is a Blacksmith by Trade, a likely stout Man, about five Feet ten or eleven Inches high, wore his own short dark Hair, and is a Yorksman, which may be easily known by his Dialect, is much given to Drink, and in which he is apt to be very noisy. He took with him a brown Duroy Coat lined with white Durant or Tammy; also a brown Water Dog with a white Face, which I expect is still with him, as he was a great Favourite. A short Time before he ran off he broke open the House of Mr. Anthony M c Quhae, and stole about forty Pounds. The above Reward will be paid to any Person who delivers the said Runaway and Cash, or TEN POUNDS for him alone, and FIVE POUNDS to have him secured in any Jail within this Colony. NOVEMBER 4, 1772. (Tf) THOMAS POLLARD.
A V E N D U E,
For the SALE of MERCHANDISE, &c. is held by JOHN HART, In PHILADELPHIA, at the Corner of South and Front Streets. Those that please to favour him with their Custom may depend on his best Endeavours to render satisfactory Sales. (12)
WARWICK, October 25, 1772.
AS the Store formerly kept by Alexander Stewart at Rocky Ridge, for James and Robert Donald, and Company, is now broke up, and the Debts put into my Hands to collect, all those indebted for Dealings there are desired to pay off their Accounts immediately, or settle their Balances by Bond; and those who have any Demands against the Store are desired to apply to me for Payment. (Tf) PATRICK HUNTER.
Who has for Sale a TRACT of LAND lying on the Forks of Roanoke, in Mecklenburg County, containing about six Hundred Acres, on which is an exceeding good Dwelling-House, Storehouse, and other necessary Buildings, as also several valuable Improvements. As the Land lies within fifteen Miles of the Courthouse, and eighty from Petersburg, it would answer any Person very well who intends keeping a back Store.
WARWICK, November 1, 1772.
THE Subscriber has for Sale about five Thousand Acres of LAND lying in different Parts of Pittsylvania County, and mostly upon Smith's River, the Soil of which is well calculated either for making Tobacco or Hemp. The Terms may be known by applying to John Rowland, who lives near the Land, and will show it to any Person inclining to purchase. (Tf) PATRICK HUNTER.
For SALE,
A VALUABLE TRACT of LAND lying on both Sides of Hunting Creek, in Halifax County, containing five Hundred Acres, the Soil of which is exceeding good for Tobacco and Corn. There is a small Plantation cleared on the Land, which has been tended but a few Years, and two Tobacco Houses, an Overseer's House, and Negro Quarter almost new. Any Person inclining to purchase may apply to Colonel Paul Carrington, in Charlotte, who will show the Land, and is fully empowered to dispose of it. (Tf)
To be SOLD,
FOURTEEN Hundred Acres of exceeding good TOBACCO LAND in Stafford County, on the Branches of Aquia and Potomack Runs, extremely well timbered and watered, twelve Miles from Falmouth, and ten from Aquia. One Half the Land rents for thirty Pounds a Year; there is a small Plantation on the other Part the Land, and a Mill near the Plantation, if not privately sold, will be set up at twelve Hundred Pounds, on the 10th of October next. Also eleven Hundred Acres of Land on Rocky Run, in Fauquier County, the Rents of which amount to four Thousand one Hundred and thirty Pounds of Tobacco; either in Lots, or altogether, as may suit the Purchasers. An indisputable Title will be made to the Land, by the Trustees of Charles Carter. Tf