The Virginia gazette (Williamsburg [Va.]), 1771-05-23 00:00:00

Mr SPEAKER, I HAVE listened, with the utmost Attention, to the Gentlemen who, on this Occasion, contend for the Omnipotence of the House; but I cannot say their Arguments have wrought my Conversion. Had not more weighty Arguments been applied to them, I violently suspect that they would have been still Infidels. In Order to justify the Enforce of the Record entered in the Lord Mayor's Book, they have produced Instances in which the House has stopped the Course of Justice. But is this a rational Apology? Because the House has acted formerly in an arbitrary and despotick Manner, are we to copy their Example, and to set up the Standard of Tyranny? Precedents can never be a sufficient Sanction to what, in the Nature of Things, is illegal and unconstitutional. No Man of Sense ever quotes the Decisions of Antiquity, but as Circumstances exculpatory or corroborative of what he has previously showed to be contrary or conformable to Reason. Were not this the Case, what would become of our dearest Rights? Precedents for the Violation of all our Liberties may be found in your Journals; and indeed the Journals are so discordant and contradictory that you need never be at a Loss for Precedents, whatever Side of the Question you embrace. They may be twisted and twined, like a Nose of Wax. Let us not then hear of Precedents in deciding a plain constitutional Question, whose Solution must be obvious to the meanest Capacity. If Precedents had any decisive Authority, what could have been more legal than General Warrants? They were countenanced by a Series of undisputed Precedents, not only before but since the Revolution. Yet, what was their Fate? When they came to be questioned, and were discovered not to be founded on any positive Law, they were set aside; since they were, both in Principle and in Practice, incompatible with a free Government.
Nor is this wonderful, when we consider that when positive Laws are repealed when it is found that they are prejudicial to the State. Salus Populi suprema Lex esto , was long the Maxim of the Roman Commonwealth; and I could wish that it were more attended to in this House. Were it the Standard of our Conduct, there would have been less Occasion for this Day's Debate. The Nation, and its Representatives, would not stand in diametrical Opposition; nor would the City of London find it necessary to set the Commons at Defiance. Unfortunately for this Country, too many of us are more assiduous to please female Caprice than to satisfy their Constituents. Instead of endeavouring to deserve well of the Publick, they strive to deserve well of one Woman, who has, during the present Reign, governed this Nation.
[Here several Members cried out, name her! name her!] Why then, if I must name her, her Name is Augusta, Princess Dowager of Wales. [Here he was called to Order, but he proceeded.] Sir, I am not in a Humour to retract, or eat my Words. That Infamy I leave to the ministerial Gentry. I am not yet courtly enough to say, and unfast, the same Thing in a Breath. Were I such a crouching Spaniel, I should plead the Cause of Liberty with a very bad Grace. I do aver that for these ten Years past we have been governed by one Woman, and that the Woman is the Princess Dowager of Wales. If you doubt what I advance, appoint a Committee for inquiring into her Conduct, and I dare say that you will find my Assertion to be a Fact. It is not that I have any Aversion to Petticoat Government. My Objection is only to bad Government. I care not who is in leading Strings. Let national Affairs be properly managed, and I am satisfied. But, while the Rights of the People in general are invaded, while the particular Privileges of London are violated, while the Course of Justice is violently obstructed, and while successive Acts of Despotism render the People impatient of their Chain, and ripe for Resistance, I cannot help warning you of your Danger, and pointing out the proper Remedy for present and future Evils. If you do not punish great Criminals, the People, it is to be feared, will take the Execution of the Laws into their own Hands. Such a Conduct you would find more honourable, and in the End more safe, than to persecute, as you do, the Defenders of the Law and the Constitution. The City Magistrates will be all over the Empire considered, and justly considered, as Martyrs to Liberty; and they may raise a Flame which will only terminate in your Destruction. Recollect the Alarm occasioned by the Imprisonment of the seven Bishops. Do you imagine Men will now struggle less eagerly for their Rights than at the Revolution? Believe me, the Nation is not yet so tame or pusillanimous. It will as little suffer you to become the passive Instruments of Tyranny as the bigotted James. Let Despotism assume what Names or Appearances it pleases, let it be called a Star Chamber or a House of Commons, a King or a Parliament, the People will make a Defence suitable to the Nature of the Attack.
The Sovereign formerly claimed the Power of suspending the Laws, and of issuing Proclamations superior to Statutes, and even to Magna Charta. The People resisted. You now claim the same Power of suspending the Laws, and of passing Votes paramount in Authority to the most sacred and fundamental Constitutions of the Realm. You swallow up every Thing in the Gulf of your Privileges. How can you imagine that the People should not resist? They resisted, on the same Principle, in the Reign of Charles the second; they resisted, on the same Principle, in the Reign of Queen Anne. What was the Consequence? A Dissolution of the tyrannical Bodies, that dared to be guilty of such Outrages. I hope no worse Consequence will attend your present Encroachments. That Event, which you dread as the greatest of Evils, is fervently prayed for by every honest Man, by every Friend to England; and, indeed, it is a Consumption devotedly to be wished for.
March 30. In the publick Papers, of Tuesday se'nnight, the Publick were informed, "that upon the spirited Answer given by Lord Rochford to the Ministers of the Family Compact, in a Conversation relating to Falkland Island, those Ministers had thought proper, a few Days after, to explain what had passed as their own private Act, for which they had received no Orders from their respective Courts." The Publick may be assured that the latter Circumstance is utterly false, though it is a Fact that in the Conference alluded to the Ministers of the Family Compact did urge the fixing an Epoch for the Evacuation of Falkland Island, and the Discussion of the prior Right. It is likewise a Fact that his Lordship absolutely refused to treat upon either of those Points, and that in Consequence the Ministers of the Family Compact advised their respective Courts immediately of our Refusal. The Answer from the Court of Spain may be expected about the 4th of next Month; that from France came last Monday, by Express to our Secretary of State. The Ministers of the Family Compact received one from their Courts last Wednesday Afternoon, the Purport of which was, "that the King of France had declared to Lord Harcourt, that in Regard to the unexpected Differences at present subsisting between Spain and the British Court, he would wait for, and act in Conjunction with, the Determination of the Court of Madrid." It is well known what Answer will be given by Spain, as the Ambassador has already hinted it to our Ministers, who, much to their Credit, are making every necessary Preparation for War, though at present in a Manner as secret as possible, so as not to alarm the Nation; but it may be depended upon that a large Fleet of the Line will rendezvous at Spithead, and be ready to sail by the 12th of next Month to oppose the joining of the French and Spanish Fleets, which we have certain Advice intend to attack Gibraltar. In a few Words, War is inevitable; and a new Premier, of Resolution, must be had to conduct it.
We hear that the Spital Sermons next Week will be preached in the Royal Chapel at the Tower, the Lord Mayor having taken Lodgings there for the Benefit of his Consecration; and likewise that the Ball will be in the grand Armory, which it is imagined will be thronged by every Friend to the City Franchises.
Invitations will be sent to Lord North, Lord Sandwich, Jeremiah Dyson, Charles Fox, the Princess Dowager of Wales, &c. whose Company there will add much to the expected Fertility.
The Duel lately fought in the East Indies, between Captain Court, of the Princess of Wales Indian, and Major Seres, of the Land Service, was occasioned by some Altercation at a Ball, from whence they immediately withdrew, and engaged; wherein Captain Court received a Ball, which entered at the Elbow, and shattered his right Arm so much that he was obliged to undergo an immediate Amputation; but he is so well recovered as to be on his Passage to England.
Sir William Meredith, in attempting to rescue Lord North, lost his Hat; which, being taken by the Mob for Lord North's, was torn into small Pieces, and sold for Sixpence and one Shilling each.
On Wednesday, as Lord North was rising his Hand on his Chariot Door, and endeavouring to get out of it, one of the Mob gave him a severe Blow across his Fingers with a large Stick.
Several ministerial Members were assembled yesterday at the Windows of the Parliament Tavern, and during the Affront offered to Lord North some of them shook Sticks out at the Windows, and threatened to be revenged on the Mob.
Wednesday, about five o'Clock, a great Personage sent a Messenger to the House of Commons to inquire how Lord North was.
A Member of the Bill of Rights was expressing his Indignation the other Day, against Charles Fox, for calling the Citizens of London the Rabble. No Matter, says another, as he could not call us Vermin, and accuse us of Rapine and the Plunder of unaccounted Millions; nor, if he looks back to our Grandfather, cries a third, can he say that our Family ever wore any Livery but that of the City.
Yesterday three of the principal Leaders in the rioting were securing in one of the Avenues leading to the House of Commons, but the Mob broke in and released them.
It is strange, says a Gentleman the other Day in a Coffeehouse, that so many of our Representatives should be fond of calling their Constituents Dregs of the People, the Scum of the Earth, and the Rabble, as it is paying but an ill Compliment to themselves, and risking their Seat at a new Election. This, says another, in the Opinion of the Minister's Tools, is one of the most valuable Privileges of Parliament; and for this Purpose are they so anxious that what they say should be kept within Doors, as the making it publick will be a Check to this invaluable Freedom of Speech. As our Kings, for the Sake of our Religion, always marry with the Daughters of Protestant Powers, they should, says a Correspondent, for the Sake of our Liberty, always marry with the Daughters of a free People.
It is to be lamented that a certain great Lady has such Influence in the Cabinet, as her Principles are as destructive to Liberty as if she had been born in Scotland.
The Consternation the Publick has been thrown into, by the Commitment of Mr. Oliver, is not to be described. Among the lower Order of People, the Opinion is that his limited Circumstances have rendered him the Mark for dowagerical Wrath, for, say they, Mr. Beckford's Person would have been secure under the same Transgression; whilst the more informed and judicious Part of the Community tremble for the Result of a Contest, which, whatever Way determined, must infallibly wound the Vitals of the Constitution.
No Period, perhaps, observes a Correspondent, was ever more replete with formidable Events than the present; for should Administration relax their newly assumed Rigour, or should the People retain their Firmness in resisting, what but the most alarming Evils can ensue!
Policies were opened in the City the first of this Month, to receive one Hundred Pounds for the Payment of a Thousand, if War should be declared within twelve Months; since which, the Face of foreign Affairs has so much changed that three Hundred and fifty Pounds are now given upon the same Risk.
Mr. Kinghorn (a Scotchman) Serjeant Major of the third Regiment of Guards, is appointed Gentleman Jailer of the Tower.
In the Debate on Monday last, Mr. Thomas Townsend showed the scandalous Conduct of Administration in punishing Printers and Publishers for a few harmless Paragraphs, while they were rewarding a Man for libelling the best Characters in the Nation with one of the most valuable Crown Livings. S——, he said, the Writer of the Letters signed Anti-Sejanus, Old Sly-Boots, Canna, Panurge, &c. was promoted by Administration to a Living worth least eight Hundred a Year.
We hear the new Way made of going into the House of Commons, to distinguish it from the old, is to be called the Luttrell Passage .
PHILADELPHIA, May 6.
YESTERDAY Morning sailed from Chester the Ship Britannia, Captain Falconer, for London, with whom went Passengers the Honourable John Penn, Esquire, Governor of this Province, and his Lady, and John Allen, Esquire.
A few Days ago the Society of Friends waited on his Honour the Governor, to condole with him and with him a good Voyage; and the Corporation, College, first and second Presbyterian Congregations, and the united Congregations of Christ Church and St. Peter's in this City, presented him polite and affectionate Addresses.
By the Departure of his Honour Governor Penn the Government of this Province devolves on the Honourable James Hamilton, Esquire.
NEW BERN, April 26.
ON Wednesday last his Excellency the Governor, attended by several of the Members of his Majesty's Council, and the principal Gentlemen of the Town, marched from this Place, at the Head of near three Hundred Men, a Train of Artillery, and a Number of Baggage Waggons, for the Settlements of the Regulators, in the Heart of which his Excellency will soon be encamped at the Head of two Thousand Men, which are collected from the several Counties of this Province, and now in full March for Orange County; the dangerous and precarious Situation of the Province, in having such a Number of deluded and interested Men armed in the Heart of it, making it absolutely necessary to oppose them with a Force that may at once be decisive, and restore Peace and Tranquillity to that Part of the Province.
The very short Time in which such a Number of Men has been enlisted, the Cheerfulness, Spirit, and Alacrity, with which they marched, and the great Emulation among Gentlemen of the first Rank and Fortune in the Province to attend the Campaign, bids fair, under divine Providence, to quell this dangerous Insurrection, and return to their Allegiance a Body of Men, who, under Colour of redressing nominal Grievances, have had Nothing more in View than overturning the civil Government of this Province, and reducing it to a State of Anarchy and Confusion.
His Excellency our Governor is now appointed to the respectable Station of Governor of New York, and, did he consult his Ease and Interest, would be preparing to repair thither with all imaginable Speed and Convenience; instead of which we see him at the Head of the provincial Troops of this Province undergoing a tedious and painful March of near two Hundred Miles, exposed to all the Perils of War, and sacrificing his Health, and domestick Felicity, to the internal Peace and good Government of this Province. Such a Conduct can be actuated only by a true Regard for the Honour and Service of his Royal Master, and the Ease and Happiness of the People of a Colony committed to his Government.
WILLIAMSBURG, May 23.
THE Liberty, Outram, Pit, Punderforn, Brilliant, Peterion, and Lion, Goosey, from London, are arrived in York River. Captain Peterson had only six Weeks Passage, but brings no later Intelligence than what we had by Captain Barron. It was expected that Alderman Townsend would be sent to bear the Lord Mayor and Alderman Oliver Company in the Tower, for having, in the House of Commons, attributed the late Disturbances to the Princess Dowager of Wales.
[Marriage.] Doctor JAMES BLAIR, of this City, to Miss KITTY EUSTACE, a young Lady from New York.
PETER THORNTON, Esquire, of Northumberland, to Miss SALLY THROCKMORTON, of Gloucester.
As we propose, at the End of the Year, to discontinue the Post between this and Halifax in North Carolina, our Subscribers that Way barely defraying the Expense, besides the Difficulty in collecting them, we thought it necessary to signify our Intention thus early, that, should any Gentlemen in Sussex, Brunswick, or North Carolina, incline to take our Gazette after that Time, they may have the Opportunity of getting them from Petersburg, where the Rider will still go.
Advertisements.
Just IMPORTED from London, Glasgow, and Bristol, and to be SOLD by the Subscribers, in Norfolk, on the most reasonable Terms, either by Wholesale or Retail.
A LARGE Assortment of EUROPEAN GOODS, suitable to the Season. We have also on Hand a considerable Quantity of the last Year's Crop of West India RUM, NEW do. MUSCOVADO SUGAR, MADEIRA and TENERIF WINES; which we will sell cheap, for Cash, or short Credit. LOGAN, GILMOUR, and Company.
NEWCASTLE, May 16, 1771.
THE Subscribers have about seven or eight Hundred Pounds Sterling worth of portable GOODS, which they are willing to dispose of at a low Advance, payable in twelve Months. SAMUEL PEARSON. DAVID COCHRAN.
WANTED.
A BILLIARD TABLE CLOTH of the best Quality. Whoever has such a One to dispose of, by sending the Price and Place to Messrs. Purdie & Dixon's Office, may hear of a ready Money Purchaser, especially if the Cloth can be contrived to the Post Office in a Month after an Answer to the Notice.
William Attwood
BEGS Leave to inform the Gentlemen of Williamsburg that he teaches the French HORN, HAUTBOY, and German FLUTE; and has, for that Purpose, rented a Room near the College. Gentlemen who are desirous to learn any of those Instruments (should they think it inconvenient to attend) will be waited upon at such Times as they shall please to appoint.
To the PUPILICK.
IT having been industriously propagated, by some ill disposed Persons, that our Settlement with Don Manuel de Estrada (relative to our nation, has not been conducted by us upon the Principles of Honour and Generosity; and as such Insinuations may prevail to the Prejudice of our Reputation, we judge it incumbent on us to lay a State of the Matter before the impartial Publick, as settled by John Randolph, Esquire, a Friend to the Parties concerned, which State was first fully explained to Don Manuel by his own Interpreter, in Mr. Randolph's Presence, and is as follows.
MEMORANDUM. Don Manuel de Estrada, James Campbell and Company, and John and Thomas Gilchrist, have agreed to a Computation, on the following Terms, namely:
Table with 2 columns: Description of Charges, Amount. Rows include: The Amount of the Loss and Charges to be estimated as follows. Virginia currency, 1050-0-0. Cost of the Vessel two Hundred and fifty Pounds, 250-0-0. Lawyers Fees, and Expenses, three Hundred Pounds, 300-0-0. One Month's Demurrage, one Hundred and eighty Dollars, 51-25-0. Total £. 1651-15-0. Don Manuel de Estrada his Half, eight Hundred and twenty five Pounds seventeen Shillings and Sixpence, 825-17-6. James Campbell and Company, and John and Thomas Gilchrist, the other Half, 825-17-6. Total £. 1651-15-0.
Don Manuel to be charged his Half the Loss in Account current; and after deducting that, and the Company's private Accounts against him, independent of the above Matter, the Balance due him to be paid, and mutual Releases to be executed, written in English.
TEST. John Randolph, as to Don Manuel and John and Thomas Gilchrist. YNORO MANUEL DE ESTRADA. JAMES CAMPBELL & Co. JOHN & THOMAS GILCHRIST. THOMAS BURKI.
Conformable to the above Agreement, Don Manuel's Account current was made out, and every Charge explained to him. He had no Objection to any Article in it, and the Balance of his Money was paid to him. A common Receipt was, with Difficulty, obtained; but he refused giving a Release, according to the Tenor of the Agreement. Upon this Refusal, and learning that he had avowed his Intention of reimbursing himself for all the Losses he sustained in this Country whenever he should find any of our Vessels in a Spanish Port; dreading likewise Spanish Litigations, and being advised his Receipt could not sufficiently protect us from it, we resolved to compel him to perform his Part of the Agreement, which we are informed will render us more secure of Justice in Spain, or give us a better Right, if refused us, to interest the British Court in our Protection. We paid eight Hundred and twenty five Pounds, seventeen Shillings and Sixpence, for no Consideration but the Hope we had of alleviating his Misfortunes, and of finally concluding a troublesome Affair. Have we not therefore a Right to expect that the Conditions on which we agreed to pay it should be performed? Mr. Attorney General, before a respectable publick Company, declared, at the Time of his concluding the Agreement for the Spaniard, he thought it just and equitable; that he was persuaded he was befriending him in concluding it; and that every Word was explained, every End and Consequence represented; and that he cheerfully consented to it; also that he thought it finally conclusive; and that it ought to be so, not only because consented to, but because equitable. Many Opinions have been conceived, and without Testimony. We have therefore given this publick State, and refer to any Man of Sense and Candour the Censure or Approbation of our Conduct. Whether he can be obliged or not to perform his Contract must be left to the Laws.
WILLIAMSBURG, May 16, 1771.
ON TUESDAY the 18th of JUNE, at four o'Clock in the Afternoon, will be sold at the Raleigh Tavern, the HOUSE and PIECE of GROUND thereto belonging, in the back Street, behind the said Tavern, where Nathaniel Waliboe, Esquire, deceased, lately lived; and the COFFEEHOUSE in the main Street, next the Capitol, where Mrs. Campbell lives. Six Months Credit will be allowed, the Purchasers giving Bond, with approved Security, to BENJAMIN WALLER, Executor. N. B. The Sale of the Wearing Apparel is stopped.
FOR LONDON.
THE Ship SAVANNAH LE MAR, which has excellent Accommodations for Passengers, and will sail in ten or twelve Days. Those who intend taking their Passage in the said Vessel may be treated with by applying to the Subscriber, in Petersburg. RICHARD HANSON.
JACOB DODD intends for ENGLAND soon.
VIRGINIA, &c.
At a GENERAL COURT held at the Capitol, May 7, 1771.
Thomas Blackmore, Dorsey Penticoft, Thomas Speake, James Lindsey, Nathaniel Barrett, and Thomas Wadlington, Plaintiffs, against James Fowler, of the Province of Pennsylvania, Edward Snickers, Thomas Culton, George Jump, Joseph Eldridge, William Elbourn, Stephen Johnson, David Abley, and Thomas Shepherd, Defendants.
THE Defendant James Fowler being beyond Sea, and not having entered his Appearance according to the Rule of this Court, on the Motion of the Plaintiffs, by their Counsel, it is ordered that the other Defendants, who have Effects of the said Fowler in their Hands, as is suggested, do no pay, convey away, or secrete such Effects, until the further Order or Decree of this Court concerning the same; but that they deliver up such Effects, or so much thereof as will be of Value sufficient to satisfy the Demand of the Plaintiffs, unto the said Plaintiffs, upon their giving Security to the Clerk of this Court for the Return of such Effects, in such Manner, and to such Persons as the Court shall hereafter adjudge. And it is farther ordered that the said Defendant (Fowler) do appear here on the first Day of the next Court, to answer the Plaintiffs Bill; and that a Copy of this Order be, within fifteen Days, inserted in the Virginia GAZETTE, for two Months successively, and published on some Lord's Day, immediately after divine Service, in the Church of the Parish of Frederick, in the County of Frederick; and be also posted up at the front Door of the Capitol, in the City of Williamsburg. BEN: WALLER.
GEORGE III. by the Grace of GOD, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c.
To the Sheriff of Norfolk County, greeting: We command you that you summon William Bradley, Thomas Newton, Neil Jamieson, Matthew Phipps, Goodrich Boush, and John Wilson, Trustees of the said William Bradley, to appear before our Justices of our General Court, in Chancery, at the Capitol in Williamsburg, on the first Day of the next Court, to answer a Bill in Chancery exhibited against them by John Prentis and Company; and this they shall in no Wise omit, under the Penalty of one Hundred Pounds each; and have then there this Writ. Witness William Nelson, Esquire, President of our Council, at Williamsburg, the 6th Day of May, in the eleventh Year of our Reign. BEN: WALLER.
RUN away from Alexandria, on the 6th of this Instant (May) at Night, an Irish Servant Man named THOMAS NOLAND, five Feet ten or eleven Inches high, between twenty four and twenty five Years of Age, is well set, has a remarkable clear Skin, but freckled, has red Hair, which he did not usually tie, and his Legs and Feet seem somewhat swelled; had on, when he went away, a dark Claret Coat and Waistcoat of good Cloth (the Backs of his Waistcoat were of some Kind of thin Stuff) reddish brown Breeches, brown Shirt and Trousers, new Virginia made Rackoon Hat, and took with him a Check Shirt, which was a little torn out of the Gathers at the Hand. He is a good Joiner, and writes tolerable well. Whoever apprehends the said Servant, and conveys him to me, or gives such Intelligence as I get him again, shall have TEN DOLLARS Reward. At the same Time, a well set Irish Servant Man named MICHAEL BLASHFORD ran away. RICHARD ARELL.

Just IMPORTED, by the Subscriber in Williamsburg, for Sale, A GOOD Assortment of TOOLS and MATERIALS for GOLD-SMITHS, JEWELLERS, and WATCHMAKERS. Orders from the Country will be as strictly complied with as if the Person was present. JAMES GEDDY.
TAKEN up, in Amelia, a dark bay MARE about four Feet six Inches high, with a dull Star in her Forehead, some Saddle Spots on her Back, lighter about her Nose and Hams than any other Part, has a Sprig Tail, and branded on the near Buttock, as well as can be made out, R. Potted, and appraised to six Pounds. JOHN BUTLER.
TAKEN up, in Brunswick, a red and white HEIFER, with a smooth Crop in the right Ear, and two Nicks in the left. Potted, and appraised to twenty five Shillings. WILLIAM MASSEY.
TAKEN up, in the Fork of Nottoway, a red and white COW, with a large Star in her Forehead, a Swallowfork in each Ear, an Underkeel in the left, and has a Calf with her. Potted, and appraised to forty Shillings. JAMES BURFORD.
TAKEN up, in Hanover, a dark gray HORSE COLT, about three Years old, docked, no perceivable Brand, about four Feet five Inches high, Half his Hoof is white striped with black. Potted, and appraised to seven Pounds. NATHANIEL THOMPSON.
TAKEN up, in Bedford, a gray HORSE, about four Feet three Inches high, branded on the off Buttock —, and has a Scar on his off Side about the Size of the Brand. Potted, and appraised to four Pounds ten Shillings. SAMUEL COLEMAN.
TAKEN up, in Mecklenburg, a black MARE, about four Feet six Inches high, with a Switch Tail, but not branded, and has on a small Bell. A black MARE COLT, two Years old this Spring, neither docked nor branded. A dun MARE, four Feet five Inches high, about three Years old, docked, and branded on the Shoulder I. Potted, and appraised, the first to five Pounds, the second to forty Shillings, and the third to six Pounds. JOHN FRALLS.
TAKEN up, in Botetourt, a MARE about twelve Hands and a Half high, about six Years old, paces and trots, docked, branded on the near Buttock I M, and had on a Bell. Potted, and appraised to two Pounds fifteen Shillings. JAMES SHARKEY.
TAKEN up, in Brunswick, a small bay HORSE, about four Feet four Inches high, branded on the near Buttock O I, with a Stroke through the O, one hind Foot white, and is about twelve Years old. Potted, and appraised to four Pounds. PATRICK HALL.
TAKEN up, in Caroline, an Iron gray MARE, about four Feet four Inches high, and branded on the near Buttock R B. Potted, and appraised to four Pounds ten Shillings. JOHN SCANDLAND.
TAKEN up, in Charlotte, a fleabitten gray MARE, about four Feet four Inches high, with a hanging Mane and Sprig Tail, had on a Bell, is branded on each Shoulder S, and on the near Buttock ML in a Piece. Potted, and appraised to three Pounds. SILVANUS STOKES.
TAKEN up, in Halifax, a bright bay HORSE, about four Feet five or six Inches high, has a Star and small Stroke down his Face, one hind Foot white, branded on the near Buttock O, a roached Mane and Bob Tail, and is about seven or eight Years old. Potted, and appraised to six Pounds. NIMROD FERGUSON.
TAKEN up, in Caroline, a small sorrel Horse, about five Years old, four Feet high, with a large Blaze in his Face, flaxen Mane and Tail, roached and bobbed, has some Saddle Spots, all his Feet white, but no perceivable Brand. MARTHA SULLINGER.
TAKEN up, in Mecklenburg, a gray HORSE about seven or eight Years old, four Feet three Inches high, branded on the near Buttock W, with a roached Mane and Switch Tail. Potted, and appraised to three Pounds ten Shillings. JOHN EILBO.
TAKEN up, in Cumberland, a brindled STEER with a white Face, about six Years old, marked with a Crop in the right Ear, and a Swallowfork, Underkeel, and Overkeel in the left; also a red HEIFER with a white Face, about four Years old, marked with a Swallowfork in the right Ear, and a Crop and Half Crop in the left. Potted, and appraised, the Steer to fifty Shillings, and the Heifer to forty Shillings. ARTHUR MOSELEY.
TAKEN up, in Chesterfield, five CATTLE, namely, a black COW, and red HEIFER with a white Face, marked with a Slit in the right Ear, and a Crop and two Slits in the left; also a black COW with a white Face, marked with a Crop and Slit in the right Ear (the said Cow had a Calf last Spring, which is now with her) likewise a red and white HEIFER, two Years old, with a white Face, marked with a Crop in each Ear. Potted, and appraised to five Pounds fifteen Shillings. ARCHIBALD JOHNSTONE.
TAKEN up, in Cumberland, a dark brindled STEER, about three Years old, marked with a Swallowfork and Underkeel in the right Ear, and a Crop and Underkeel in the left. Potted, and appraised to thirty Shillings. JAMES BRYANT, Junior.
TAKEN up, in Mecklenburg, a middle sized COW, somewhat brindled, with a white Spot in her Forehead, her Belly white, all her Legs white, marked with a Swallowfork in the right Ear, and a Nick under it, and has a Hole in the left. Potted, and appraised to thirty five Shillings. WILLIAM LAWRENCE.
TAKEN up, in Charlotte, a black MARE about four feet high, with a roached Mane, branded on the near Buttock with a Flesh Fork, and has some Saddle Spots on her Back. Potted, and appraised to three Pounds ten Shillings. RICHARD HANEY.
PUBLICK Notice is hereby given to those who may have Business to transact at the April and October General Courts, that one Hundred and sixty eight principal Merchants have subscribed an Agreement to meet punctually, for the future, on the 25th of the above Months, and that they expect all those who have any Business with them will meet regularly on these Days. The Agreement is lodged, and may be seen, at the Post Office.
To the worthy Members of the old Concern. WORTHY PARTNERS, I HAVE often intimated, as will appear from your own Recollection, my Desire of having a full Meeting of the Concern; but as I have been made to understand that Notification was not taken in the Sense I designed it should have been, and therefore has not produced the Effect intended, I find myself obliged to repeat my Solicitation for that Purpose. I therefore now propose, and request of you, that a Convention of the Concern may be held on the 23rd of September next, at six o'Clock in the Evening, in the usual Place; and that the express Intention of applying to you for this Convention may not possibly be misapprehended, by any Person whatsoever. I have judged proper here to mention that the Subject I shall then recommend to your most serious Consideration and Attention will be one that must appear of the highest Importance, namely, the Expediency of electing a proper Person to collect your Debts, as I can no longer act with this delegated Power. I beg Leave to add my most earnest Hopes and Wishes that we may all then meet well disposed to embrace such Sentiments, and enter upon such Resolutions, as shall be most becoming ourselves, and at the same Time give no just Occasion of Dissatisfaction or Uneasiness to the candid, the dispassionate, and unprejudiced Part of the Concern. I am, with true Regard, The usual Place, } Gentlemen, your affectionate Partner, May 14. 1771. } The COLLECTOR.
A SERMON, preached at Williamsburg, May 5th, 1771, for the Benefit of a Fund to support poor Widows of Clergymen in Virginia, by S. HENLEY, Professor of Moral Philosophy in William & Mary College, printed by Mr. W. RIND, and sold by him and Messrs. Purdie & Dixon, for the Charity. Price two Shillings and Sixpence.
MAY 16, 1771. THE American COMPANY of COMEDIANS will open the THEATRE in Fredericksburg the latter End of this Month, and perform every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, during their Residence there.
ANY Person who has the Half Acre Lot, No. 358, in the Honourable William Byrd's Lottery, and will dispose of it, may hear of a Purchaser on applying to the Printer.
IMPORTED in the Ship Watters, from London, last October, sixteen Half Barrels of GUNPOWDER, which were shipped without a Bill of Lading. The Owner is desired to apply to us in Norfolk. JOHN & JONATHAN EILBECK.
NORFOLK, May 10, 1771. ALL those indebted to the Estate of Mr. Henry Tucker, late of Halifax County, are desired to make immediate Payment, and those who have any Demands against the said Estate will be pleased to let them be known to NEIL JAMIESON, Administrator.
THE Possessor of Lot Number 173, in the Town of Manchester, will hear of a Purchaser by applying to Messrs. Purdie and Dixon.
Just IMPORTED, in the ANNE & MARY, Captain POWER, from LONDON.
A NEAT and genteel Assortment of GOODS suitable for the Season. Those Gentlemen and Ladies who have been so kind as to give her their Custom, she hopes, will still favour her with a Continuance of it; and as she is obliged to sell for ready Money, they may depend upon being supplied on the most reasonable Terms. SARAH PITT.
WHEREAS the Subscriber, some Years ago, became Security for his Brother, Matthias Nattall, of Gloucester County, for the Payment of fifty two Pounds eighteen Shillings, with Interest, and, in Order to indemnify me, he made over two Negroes (Charles and Pompey) since which he has removed the said Negroes out of the Colony, and has entered into an Agreement with one Bennet Wood, of Bute County, North Carolina, who has the said Negroes now in his Possession, I do hereby forewarn the said Wood, and all Persons whatever, from purchasing either of the said Negroes until I have received full Satisfaction for the above Debt, with Interest, which Sum I have been obliged to pay. THOMAS NATTALL.
FRANCIS RUSSWORM, BEGS Leave to acquaint the young Gentlemen in and about Williamsburg that he shall open School on Monday the 3rd of June, at Mr. Singleton's House, to teach the VIOLIN, GERMAN and COMMON FLUTES. His Terms may be known by inquiring at the Post Office, and where those Gentlemen who intend becoming Scholars will please to subscribe their Names. He will wait upon young Ladies at their own Homes, to teach them to dance a Minuet after the newest and most fashionable Method.
For SALE FOUR Hundred and fifty Acres of very good LAND, on Contentney Creek, in Edgecumbe County, whereon is a good Dwellinghouse, some Outhouses, a good Apple Orchard, and cleared Land enough to work six or eight Hands; also two Hundred Acres, lying on Duncibo Marsh, near Contentney Creek, in Dobbs County; three Hundred Acres in Northampton County, on Bear Swamp, within seven Miles of Roanoke River; each of the said Tracts of Land is very good Range for Stock. Likewise to be leased, for a Term of Years, nine Hundred and sixty Acres of exceeding good LAND, lying on Adkin River, at Fort Dobbs, in Roan County, about thirty Miles above Salisbury Town, which Land is not inferior to the best on Roanoke. Six Months Credit will be allowed the Purchasers, on giving Bond and Security. SAMUEL GRANBURY.
To be SOLD (pursuant to the last Will and Testament of Mr. Thomas Williams, deceased) to the highest Bidder, on Monday the 17th of June, at Dinwiddie Courthouse, being Court Day, if fair, otherwise at the July Court following.
THE LAND and PLANTATION, near Petersburg, whereon the said Williams lived, containing four Hundred and ten Acres, with sundry Improvements thereon; also two other Tracts adjoining the same, one containing four Hundred and forty four, and the other three Hundred and ninety three Acres; on each of them there is a great Quantity of fine Timber, of Pine more especially. Twelve Months Credit will be allowed for one Half the Purchase Money, and two Years for the other Half, on giving Bond and approved Security. At the same Time will also be sold another Tract of four Hundred Acres, in the said County of Dinwiddie, lying on or near Hatcher's Run, in the Neighbourhood of Mr. John Roberts, Charles Raper, &c. FRANCIS EPPES, THOMAS WILLIAMS, } Executors.
To be SOLD by the Subscriber, in Cumberland County, at private Sale.
THE LAND whereon he now lives, containing eight Hundred Acres, known by the Name of the Long Ordinary; the Situation is very pleasant and healthy, and is very valuable; the Improvements are all new, and done in the best Manner; the Ordinary is thirty six by twenty eight Feet, has four Rooms below and two above, with a Fireplace to each, and now rents for forty Pounds a Year. There is a good new Storehouse, and a convenient Room for a Merchant to live in. My own House is thirty two Feet square, with two Rooms below, a twelve Foot Passage, and four Rooms above, all other convenient Houses, valuable young Orchards, good Gardens, &c. and the Plantation in good Order to work ten Hands. The Purchaser may have Possession at Christmas. A great Bargain for ready Money, or short Credit. JOSEPH CALLAND.
On Saturday the 8th of June, at Shin Quarter, in Chesterfield County, will be SOLD
ABOUT forty valuable SLAVES, belonging to the Estate of the Honourable Peter Randolph, Esquire, deceased. Six Months Credit will be given by the Executors. ARCHIBALD CARY, RICHARD RANDOLPH, JOHN WAYLES.
By Decree of the Court of Vice Admiralty, will be SOLD at Dumfries, on Thursday the 6th of June,
THE Brigantine BRITANNIA, Burthen about a Hundred and fifty Tons, with all her RIGGING, TACKLE, APPAREL, and FURNITURE. JOHN TYLER, Marshal.
MAY 16, 1771. I intend to leave the Colony soon. JOHN WADMAN.
ITAKE this Method to acquaint the Publick, and my Customers in particular, that Messrs. James Campbell and Company have resigned the SHOE FACTORY in Favour of me, by which Means I carry on double the Trade I did formerly. Gentlemen who may please to favour me with their Orders for Negro Shoes, or others, are desired to send them soon, that I may be capable of supplying them better than it was in my Power last Fall, on Account of the Scarcity of Leather. Ladies and Gentlemen may depend on being supplied with as neat Shoes, either Leather or Calimanco, as any from London; as I have on Hand London, Philadelphia, and New York Calf Skins, red, green, and blue Morocco Leather, Calimancoes of all Colours, and of the best Kinds. Those who choose to favour him with their Custom shall be served on reasonable Terms, by applying to him at the Sign of the Boot and Shoe, in Norfolk. JOHN WILSON.
On SATURDAY the first of JUNE, will be SOLD at FREDERICKSBURG,
ABOUT two Thousand Acres of LAND, lying in Spotsylvania County, recovered by the Executors of the Honourable Peter Randolph, Esquire of Colonel Benjamin Grymes.
ARCHIBALD CARY, RICHARD RANDOLPH, JOHN WAYLES.
To be SOLD,
A VERY good Tract of LAND on Warrawouk Bay, James River, in Isle of Wight County, about ten Miles below Hop Island, containing above three Thousand five Hundred Acres, whereon are three Plantations cleared, and in good Order for Cropping, sufficient to work thirty five Hands. On the Manor Plantation is a handsome Brick House, sixty by twenty six, two Stories high, well finished and wainscotted, with two Brick Outhouses forty Feet by twenty, Barns, Stables, and every other necessary House, a handsome Garden, completely laid off, a Hundred and five Yards by seventy five. On the three Plantations there are at least seventeen Hundred Apple Trees, and a great Variety of other Fruits. Near the said Land is a Tract containing eighty five Acres, with a well accustomed Mill thereon, and as fine a Stream as any in the Colony. Any Person inclined to purchase the above Tracts of Land, or any Part thereof, may know the Terms by applying to the Subscriber, who lives on the Spot. To be sold also, an exceeding rich Tract of high Land, containing near a Thousand Acres, lying on Roanoke River, between Barnes's and Edwards's Farms, about fifteen Miles below Halifax Town, North Carolina, well watered and watered, is beautifully situated, and convenient to Church and Mill; a sufficient Quantity thereof is cleared to employ fifteen Hands, and is in good Order for Cropping. For Terms apply to Mr. Wylie Jones, North Carolina, or to the Subscribers. ROBERT BURWELL, NATHANIEL BURWELL.
To be SOLD, on Thursday the 6th of June, at the Dwellinghouse of the late Mr. Frederick Bryan, deceased, near Williamsburg,
ALL the HOUSEHOLD and KITCHEN FURNITURE of the said Bryan, two RIDING CHAIRS, a fine blooded COLT four Years old, &c. Twelve Months Credit will be allowed for all Sums above forty Shillings, on giving Bond, with approved Security, to the acting Executors. WILLIAM TREBELL, WILLIAM MOODY.
We once more request the Favour of those indebted to the said Estate by Bond to pay the interest due at Mr. Bryan's Decease to William Trebell, otherwise the Principals will be called for without farther Notice.
To be LET, and entered on immediately.
THE LOT whereon the Subscriber now lives, in Hanover Town, being very convenient, and pleasantly situated on the main Street, with a large Store, Granary, Stable, &c. in good Repair. The Terms may be known on Application to JOHN SMITH.
STOLEN out of Mr. MATTHEW MOODY's Stable, in Williamsburg, on the 11th of this Instant (May) a large sorrel HORSE with a blaze Face, about six Years old, has a switch Tail, and has been lame for some Time; it is not known whether he is branded or not. Whoever brings the said Horse to Mr. Moody, or to me in Gloucester Town, shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward. THOMAS COLEMAN.
COMMITTED to the Jail of Charles City County, on Wednesday the 8th Instant (May) a Negro Man who calls himself CHARLES, about nineteen or twenty Years of Age, has a remarkable Scar in his Forehead, and is about five Feet eight Inches high. He says he belongs to Mr. James Pride, of York County. The Owner is desired to take him away, and pay Charges. ALEXANDER GORDON, Jailer.
AMELIA, May 11, 1771.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in May last, a likely Negro Fellow named TOM, about six or seven and twenty Years of Age, five Feet six or seven Inches high, very well made, talks much, has a long Visage, and a down Look. He was formerly the Property of one Tompkins of Gloucester, and has, for twelve Months past, been often seen in and about the Plantations of Mr. James Hubbard, near Poplar Spring Church, in the said County. Whoever will apprehend and secure him in the above County Jail shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward; and, as he has been regularly outlawed, TEN POUNDS for his Head. JAMES HENDERSON.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Bedford County, on Great Falling River, an Irish Servant Man named MICHAEL KELLY, about five Feet five Inches high, with short black Hair, wears a cut brown Wig, a blue Broadcloth Coat, spotted Flannel Jacket, and a Pair of old patched Breeches. Also an Irish Servant Woman named MARGARET KELLY, Wife to the said Michael. She wore a blue Calimanco Gown and Petticoat. They both speak Irish, but neither of them are known to speak English. I will give FIVE POUNDS Reward on their being delivered to me, and FIFTY SHILLINGS if they are secured in any Jail in this Colony, upon Information of the same given to WILLIAM HAYTH.
RUN away from Hobb's Hole, on the 24th of March last, a white Servant Boy named WILLIAM COX, born in London, about seventeen Years of Age, five Feet five or six Inches high, stoops much, of a pale Complexion, and most villainous Countenance, was clothed in a Drab coloured Cloth upper Jacket with Metal Buttons, and lined with white Plaid, an under Jacket of blue Broadcloth much worn, with yellow Metal Buttons, a Pair of Thickset Breeches, Stockings and Shoes. He was seen, soon after he went off, at or near Mr. William Meredith's Plantation in King and Queen County, and very probably may be thereabouts yet. Whoever takes him up, and conveys him to me, at my Plantation near Hobb's Hole, shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward, besides what the Law allows. ANDREW CRAWFORD.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Hanover County, on Saturday the 27th of April, a Negro Man Slave named SABRIE, about twenty seven Years old, five Feet ten or eleven Inches high, has got no Beard, is remarkably black, reads English very well, and has a small Nick in the lower Part of one of his Ears, but do not remember which, had on a red Jacket, black Breeches, and a light coloured Frize Coat. He went off in March 1769, was taken up and put in Jail at Fredericksburg, and then had forged Indentures. As I expect he will attempt to escape out of the Colony, I hereby forewarn all Masters of Vessels from taking him on Board. Whoever brings him to me shall have, if taken in this Colony, FIVE POUNDS Reward; and if out of it, TEN POUNDS. JOHN PRIDDY.
HALIFAX, April 24, 1771.
RUN away from the Subscriber, about ten Days ago, a Mulatto Servant Man of a middle Stature, about twenty five years of Age, named BEN. Had on, and took with him when he went away, a blue Plains Waistcoat and Breeches, an Osnaburg Shirt, and Clothes that are commonly given to Field Negroes. He flatters in his Speech, and has a remarkable thick Beard. It is supposed he is gone towards King and Queen or King William Counties, or perhaps to Williamsburg, where he may probably petition the General Court for his Freedom, as he dropped some Expectations to that Purpose some Time before he went away. And as it is suspected that he may attempt to escape out of the Colony, I therefore caution all Masters of Vessels from being imposed upon by his passing for a free Person, which he may easily do from his Colour and Artfulness. I likewise forewarn all Persons from harbouring or entertaining the said Servant, as I am determined to prosecute any Offender with the utmost Rigour of the Law. Whoever will deliver the said Servant to me, or secure him in any Jail, so that I get him again, shall be gently rewarded, besides what the Law allows. THOMAS TUNSTALL.
N. B. It is imagined he took with him a young bay Mare about four feet seven Inches high, paces naturally, and very easy, and is branded on the near Buttock with a Dct. Whoever will deliver the said Mare to me shall have a Reward of TWENTY SHILLINGS.

POETS CORNER.
REFLECTIONS on TIME and AGE.
RELENTING Time! destroying Power!
Whom Stone and Brass obey, Who give't to every flying Hour To work some new Decay; Unheard, unheeded, and unfeen, 'Thy secret Saps prevail, And ruin Man, a nice Machine, By Nature form'd to fail.
My Change arrives; the Change I meet Before I thought it nigh: My Spring, my Years of Pleasure fleet, And all their Beauties die.
In Age I search, and only find A poor unfruitful Gain, Grave Wisdom stalking slow behind, Oppress'd with Loads of Pain.
My Ignorance could once beguile, And fancy'd Joys inspire; My Errors cherish'd Hope to smile On newly born Desire: But now Experience shows the Bliss For which I fondly sought, Not worth the long impatient Wish, And Ardour of the Thought.
My Youth met Fortune fair array'd, In all her Pomp she shone, And might, perhaps, have well essay'd To make her Gifts my own;
But when I saw the Blessings shower On some unworthy Mind, I left the Chace, and own'd the Power Was justly painted blind.
I pass'd the Glories which adorn The splendid Courts of Kings, And while the Persons mov'd my Scorn, I rose to scorn the Things.
My Manhood felt a vigorous Fire, By Love increas'd the more; But Years, with coming Years, conspire To break the Chains I wore.
Vainly the Time I have to roll In sad Reflection flies; Ye fondling Passions of my Soul! Ye sweet Deceits! arise.
I wisely change the Scene within, To Things that us'd to please; In Pain, Philosophy is Spleen, In Health, 'tis only Ease.
HIS Majesty's Postmaster General having
(for the better facilitating of Correspondence between Great Britain and America) been pleased to add a fifth Packet Boat to the Station between Falmouth and New York, Notice is hereby given that the Mail, for the future, will be closed, at the Post Office in New York, at twelve of the Clock at Night, on the first Tuesday in every Month, and despatched by a Packet, the next Day, for Falmouth.
By Command of the Deputy Postmaster General. ALEXANDER COLDEN, Secretary.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Mecklenburg County,
a Negro Fellow named CUFFY. He is about six Feet two Inches high, and had on, when he went away, a Cotton Jacket and Breeches, Osnaburg Shirt, and a Pair of Leather Gambadoes. It is supposed he is in the Neighbourhood of York or Norfolk. Whoever apprehends the said Slave, and will commit him to the Jail of the County in which he is taken, shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward, besides what the Law allows; if delivered to Captain Theodorick Munford, near Petersburg, FIFTY SHILLINGS; if to the Subscriber, FIVE POUNDS. The Fellow is outlawed.
ROBERT MUNFORD.
RUN away, a dark Mulatto Man named
BARNABY, about five Feet two Inches high. He is artful in his Answers, and has an Impediment in his Speech. Had on a Suit of dark coloured Russia Drab. Whoever will apprehend him, and have him committed to Jail, shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward.
AUGUSTINE SMITH.
RUN away from the Subscriber, some Time
in February last, a likely Negro Woman about thirty Years of Age, with a Lump on her Back, occasioned by some Accident when young, is about four Feet nine or ten Inches high, and of a yellow Complexion. I will give FORTY SHILLINGS Reward to any Person that will deliver her to me, near the Long Bridge.
WALTER BRADLEY.
N. B. The said Wench is supposed to be about Skirley.
WHEREAS the Copartnership between Messrs.
George Kippen, and Company, Merchants of Glasgow, was dissolved the first of last September, owing to the Death of some of the Partners, and Mr. William Mitchell was appointed to collect the Debts then due at their different Stores, those indebted, whose Accounts, Bonds, or other Specialties, are put into his Hands, are desired to pay him their respective Balances. The long Indulgence already given leaves no Room to expect any farther. The Stores are continued as formerly, by a new Company, under the old Firm.
JAMES LYLE.
I HEREBY give Notice to all Persons concerned in the Caveat Business,
that they attend at the Council Chamber on the Wednesday immediately after the second Tuesday in next Month. (By Order of the Council) JOHN BLAIR, Junior, C. C.
WHEREAS Mr. EDWARD VOSS, on or
about the 10th of January last, sold me two Negro Boys, to wit, David for forty five Pounds, and Ben for fifty Pounds, at which Time I granted my Bond to the said Voss for the Sum of ninety five Pounds, the Considerations aforesaid, payable the first Day of the next ensuing May, and having since fully paid the Consideration of forty five Pounds for David, and finding that I have been imposed on in the Sale of the other Negro Boy Ben, I do hereby caution all Persons from taking an Assignment of the said Bond.
GERARD BANKS.
Just IMPORTED, and to be SOLD cheap for ready Money, by the Subscriber, in Williamsburg,
A NEAT and ELEGANT ASSORTMENT of
PAPER HANGINGS,
of various Kinds, and of the newest Fashions, for Staircases, Rooms, and Ceilings; namely, embossed, Stucco, Chintz, striped, Mosaic, Damask, and common. Rooms papered in the neatest Manner, and on reasonable Terms. BENJAMIN BUCKTROUT.
THE genteel Contribution at HANOVER
Court last, for the Emolument of my Wife and Children, demands the greatest Acknowledgement. I do therefore very sincerely return my most grateful Thanks to my worthy Benefactors, and inform them that the Money raised was, by the Trustees, laid out in the Purchase of four of my Negroes, and settled on my Wife for her Life, and after her Death on our Children. HARRY TOMPKINS.
THE wet Weather last November having
stopped the Sale of the personal Estate of the late John Mercer, Esquire, the Remainder, consisting of HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE (except Beds, which are sold) about seven Hundred Ounces of fashionable PLATE, a genteel COACH, with HARNESS for six Horses, a CHARIOT, a great Collection of well chosen Books, &c. &c. will be sold at Marlinton, on Monday the 27th of this Month, if fair, otherwise next fair Day. Purchasers above five Pounds will be credited until the next Frederickburg September Fair, giving Bond, with Security, bearing Interest from the Day of Sale; the Interest to be abated if the Principal is paid by the Day when due.
The very beautiful Horse RANTER is yet unsold.—Five per Cent. Discount will be allowed for ready Money. Vessels will attend at Pashyanky, as at the last Sale.
ASOBER Man that has been used to Book-keeping,
who can come well recommended, and will engage for a Term of Years, may hear where he can get good Wages by applying to the Printer.
IF a Person named Dean (a Nephew of Abel
Dean, of Clifton, near Bristol) who was supposed to reside some Time ago near Williamsburg, be living, and will apply to the Subscriber, he will hear of Something greatly to his Advantage; or if he be dead, any Person who can inform when and where he died will oblige GEORGE BRAIKENRIDGE.
AS upwards of twelve Months are now ex-
pired since the Store kept in Essex County, by Mr. William Snodgrass, on Account of Messrs. John McCall and Company, Merchants in Glasgow, has been discontinued, those Persons indebted are desired to make immediate Payment to the Subscriber; for as many of the Debts have been several Years due, no longer Indulgence can be given. JAMES CAMPBELL.
LOST, on the 2d of April, a SILVER WATCH,
with a Cap over the inner Work, marked James Leckie, No. 133, and runs on Diamonds. A Reward of TWENTY SHILLINGS will be given to any One that brings it to the Post Office.
SOME Time last Fall a CARPET was left
at my House by some Negroes, the Size of it about eleven Feet by ten, which the Owner may have on proving his Property and paying for this Advertisement. JOHN BAUGH.
THE TALLOW CHANDLER'S Business
is carried on by the Subscriber, at the NORTH AMERICAN Coffee-house, in Church Street, where he makes and sells the best moulded CANDLES at ten Pence Halfpenny a Pound by the Box, and dipped Ones at ten Pence a Pound by the Box. All Masters of Vessels, and others who please to favour him with their Custom, may depend on his utmost Endeavours to give Satisfaction. Genteel LODGINGS, with good Stabling for Horses, on the most reasonable Terms. R. PEARSE.
AS I have mentioned my Expectations of
giving up James Campbell and Company's Business, I take this Method to acquaint our Friends that we have come to a farther Agreement, and that I shall continue to do their Business as usual. We have for Sale CORDAGE of all Kinds, LEATHER of all Kinds, West India GOODS of all Kinds, Continent RUM, REFINED SUGAR, and, in short, will always be glad to supply our Friends with any Goods they want at our Market. ALEXANDER LOVE.
To be SOLD by the Subscribers, at their Store in Norfolk,
upon the most reasonable Terms,
A LARGE and genteel Assortment of GOODS adapted to the Season, just opened. Likewise a Quantity of Irish and German Linens, British and German Osnaburgs, Rolls, Nails, Ironmongery and Hardware of all Kinds, Shoes, Saddles, Pewter, Haberdashery, checked Linens, Sail Canvas, Earthen and Glass Ware, Powder and Shot, Hats, &c. &c. put up in Packages for Wholesale; Scotch Herring, in Firkins and Half Barrels, Barley in Kegs, and a few Seines from twenty five to fifty fathoms. HECTOR M'ALESTER, & Co.
To be SOLD on Wednesday the 5th of June next, on the
Premises, for ready Money, or Merchants Notes payable at the June Oyer Court, by Virtue of a Deed of Trust from David George,
A VALUABLE Tract of TOBACCO LAND, in the County of Charlotte, lying on both Sides of Biglouse Creek, near Fugua's Ferry, containing five Hundred and twenty five Acres; there is a well accustomed Gristmill on the said Land, which is well supplied with a constant Stream of Water. FEILD & CALL.
COMMITTED to the Jail of Chesterfield
County, on the 19th of April, a Negro Man who says his Name is MINGO, and that he formerly belonged to George Rankin, of Suffolk County, but cannot or will not tell his present Owner's Name. He is a middle sized Fellow, well made, his Clothing a black Waistcoat, the two fore Skirts Plush, an old spotted Cotton Waistcoat, a Pair of yellow Thicket Breeches, and an Osnaburg Shirt. The Owner is desired to prove his Property, pay Charges, and take him away. JAMES BALL, Jailer.
ROBERT BELL,
BOOKSELLER,
At the late UNION LIBRARY, in THIRD Street,
PHILADELPHIA,
BEING encouraged by several Gentlemen of Eminence, in the different Provinces, to undertake the Reproduction of the following literary Works, in America, doth, by this Conveyance, give Notice that he hath now ready to be delivered, gratis, to all Gentlemen who choose to send for them, printed Proposals, with Specimens annexed, for reprinting, by Subscription.
HUME's elegant HISTORY of ENGLAND, in eight Volumes octavo.
BLACKSTONE's splendid COMMENTARIES on the LAWS of ENGLAND, in four Volumes Royal octavo, Page for Page with the London Edition.
ALSO FERGUSON's celebrated ESSAY on the HISTORY of CIVIL SOCIETY, in one Volume octavo.
N. B. Gentlemen who with Propriety to the Means for the Enlargement of the human Understanding in America will greatly contribute towards this beneficent Purpose by sending their Names and Residence, as intentional Purchasers of any of the fore-mentioned literary Works, to any of the Booksellers and Printers on this Continent. The sooner this Favour is granted the more expeditiously will the Works be forwarded, and the Obligation shall be gratefully remembered by the Publisher. ROBERT BELL.
Specimens of the above Works may be seen at the Post Office, Williamsburg.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Gloucester
County, the 1st of November last, a likely Virginia born Negro Woman named MILLY, about four Feet eight or ten Inches high, and has a large Scar on one of her Arms. She was formerly the Property of Mrs. Church of Middlesex, and is supposed to be lurking about there, or Mr. John Smith's Plantation in Lancaster. Any Person that will apprehend the said Negro, and deliver her to me, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward. PETER WIATT.
RUN away from the Subscriber, on the 18th
Instant, an outlandish Negro named MINGO. He had on a blue under Jacket, and a light brown One over it, has a fore Finger on his left Hand, and speaks but indifferent English. Whoever delivers the said Negro to me at Richmond, or to Mr. James Marsden at Norfolk, shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward, besides what the Law allows. JOHN BROOKE.
To be SOLD, on reasonable Terms,
HIS Majesty's PATENT, or Grant, for twenty Thousand Acres of LAND in West Florida. Any Person, or Persons, inclined to purchase may be informed of the Particulars by inquiring of Joseph Ogden, at the Sign of the Cross Keys, the Corner of Chestnut and Third Streets, Philadelphia.
AS twelve Months are nearly expired since
the Store kept at Todd's, on Account of Messrs. McCall and Elliot, of Glasgow, by the Subscriber, has been discontinued, it is expected that such Persons as are indebted there will be ready, upon Application, to discharge their respective Balances; and it may be depended upon that such as do not will be sued, as the Indulgence already given the Customers has been such that no farther can be allowed, or reasonably expected. I have about fourteen Hundred Pounds Sterling worth of GOODS, which I would sell cheap. ROBINSON DANGERFIELD.
To be SOLD at Fredericksburg, on Thursday the 20th of
June, being Spotsylvania Court Day,
THE DWELLINGHOUSE now possessed by me, with the Timber Yard adjoining, whereon are erected a Kitchen, Smokehouse, and every Convenience necessary for a Family; it is situated on the main Street in Fredericksburg, and may be easily converted into a Store. Credit will be given until October General Court for one Half the Money, and until April General Court for the other Half. THOMAS MILLER.
WANTED in NORBORNE Parish, Frederick County,
A SCHOOLMASTER well qualified to teach Writing and Arithmetic; if Latin also, the more agreeable, and the Salary enlarged. It will not be expected that he should teach more than fifteen or twenty Scholars. For farther Particulars inquire of the Printer of this Paper; or of J. Nourse at Piedmont, in the said County. None need apply but such as can have an undoubted Character for Diligence and Sobriety. N. B. It is thought a Dancing Master likewise would meet with Encouragement in the above County.
To be SOLD, on long Credit, the three following Tracts of
LAND, viz.
ONE Tract containing four Hundred Acres, lying in Spotsylvania County, on the Head of Bluff Run, about eighteen Miles from Fredericksburg. One other Tract lying in Amherst County, on Owen's Creek, containing four Hundred Acres; it is well timbered, and a good Soil for Tobacco and Indian Corn. One Tract lying in Pittsylvania County, on Sycamore Creek, near Captain Benjamin Clement's, containing two Hundred Acres; this is likewise good Tobacco Land. Any Person inclined to purchase either of the above Tracts of Land may know the Terms by applying to Mr. Charles Irving, Merchant in Albemarle County, or to the Subscriber in Richmond Town. The above Lands are the Property of John Loving, Senior, of Amherst County, but made over by a Deed of Trust to the Subscriber. Two Years Credit, or longer if required, will be given, on Bond and approved Security. WILLIAM MITCHELL.
For SALE, and may be entered on in NOVEMBER next,
THE LAND whereon I now live, containing two Hundred and seventy four Acres. It is exceeding good for Grain, Tobacco, &c. and lies so level that nine Tenths may be plowed with the greatest Ease. The Improvements on the same consist of a Plantation, in good Order, sufficient for working seven or eight Hands, the Whole lying to the Plow; an Ordinary House fifty four Feet long, finished off in a complete Manner, has three Rooms with Fireplaces below Stairs, besides lodging Rooms, and three Rooms above Stairs, one of which has a Fireplace; a House twenty Feet in Length, and sixteen in Width, with two Rooms below, and one above Stairs, wherein lives the Clerk of the County, and keeps the Office; two Kitchens, one of which is very valuable; a Dairy, Meat-house, Barn, fine strong Stables, Corn Houses, two fine Gardens, of the best sawed Framing and Pales; and, in short, every Convenience that is necessary for the Ordinary and Plantation Uses. There are also, on the same Plantation, two large standing Stores kept, of very considerable Trade; the Storehouses are large and commodious, the cheapest of which did not cost less than a Hundred and fifty Pounds; to each Storehouse belongs a House for the Residence of the Merchants, one of which cost upwards of a Hundred Pounds, the other upwards of seventy five; there also belongs to the Stores fine strong Stables, &c. There are two Tailors Shops, with Kitchens, and other Conveniences, belonging thereto; as also three Blacksmiths Shops, &c. The Rents of which, in the Whole, amount pretty considerably. Besides these two Stores on my Plantation, a third, of considerable Trade, is settled (for the Convenience of their Diets, &c. in the Ordinary) within, or about, three Hundred Yards from my Ordinary Door, on Land that does not belong to me. This Place is more commodiously situated, and better calculated for Trade, than perhaps any of the back Parts in this Colony at least, if not on the Continent. To every Dwellinghouse, Store, &c. &c. (Tailors and Blacksmiths Shops excepted) are good Brick Chimneys, the Houses underpinned with Bricks, and good Cellars, and all in good Repair. The Whole of the Buildings are placed uniform, in Lines and Squares, so as to resemble a Town. None of the Buildings have been built over eight Years, and almost all the valuable Buildings within five Years. The Situation is high, and remarkably healthy, commanding a delightful Prospect of the Mountains and Country round. It lies about eight Miles from Amherst Courthouse, on the main Carolina Road, which is greatly used by Travellers, and, together with the great Resort of Gentlemen to this Place, consumes as much Liquors as cost me annually three Hundred Pounds, besides Provisions for Men and Beasts. As Persons at a Distance inclining to purchase may better judge whether it would be worth their While to come and see the Place, I think it not amiss to inform them that I will take eight Hundred Pounds for the Place, and give a reasonable Time for Payment, which is many Hundred Pounds below the intrinsic Value of it.
I will also sell to the Purchaser (if required) most of the Furniture belonging to the Ordinary, at least ten good Feather Beds, with Furniture to the same; Walnut and Mahogany Tables, Chairs, &c. &c. GABRIEL PENN.
N. B. All the Merchants, Storekeepers, Clerk of the County, their Servants, &c. are boarded in the Ordinary, the Profits of which are pretty considerable to me.
RUN away from the Subscriber, at the Falls
of James River, the Middle of last Month, a Negro Man named DAVY, belonging to the Hon. William Byrd, Esquire, about thirty Years old, five Feet eight Inches high, and very stout made; he is of a yellow Complexion, has a down Look, and a Defect in some of his fore Teeth. He is supposed to be lurking about Hanover Town, Petersburg, or goes towards Carolina. Whoever will apprehend the said Fellow, and bring him to me, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward; and if taken out of the Colony, FIVE POUNDS. DAVID PATTESON.
ALL Persons may be supplied with this PAPER at 12s. 6d. a Year, and have ADVERTISEMENTS (of a moderate Length) inserted in it for 3s. the first Week, and 2s. each Week after, — * * All Sorts of PRINTING WORK done at this Office in the neatest Manner, with Care and Expedition.