The Virginia gazette (Williamsburg [Va.]), 1772-09-17 00:00:00

VIRGINIA GAZETTE.
With the freshest ADVICES,
FOREIGN and DOMESTICK.
IN CIVITATE LIBERA LINGUAM MENTEMQUE
LIBERAS ESSE DEBERE. Suet. in Tib. S. 28.
Printed by ALEX. PURDIE, and JOHN DIXON, at the POST OFFICE.
MEMOIRS of a late FAMOUS BANKER.
Mr. Fordyce is endowed with good natural Parts, which were improved by his Relation and Preceptor Doctor Blackwell, well known for his Writings in the Republick of Letters. He was bred a Hofer, at Aberdeen; but this being too confined a Scene for the Extent of his Abilities, he soon quitted it, and repaired to the Metropolis, the only Mart for Genius, where he first obtained Employment in the Capacity of an Out-Door Clerk to Mr. B—— the Banker.
This Success was fatal to Mr. Fordyce, for it induced him not only to speculate for still larger Sums in the Alley, but in many other Pursuits, particularly in Hops. The capricious Goddesses still favoured him, and he seemed so infatuated with her Kindness as to think she was entirely at his Command.
But the fatal Period now approached when all his Tinsel Glories vanished. The Affair of Falkland Island, which occasioned Stocks greatly to fluctuate, gave the most sensible Shock to his Finances; and to make up his speculative Differences, he was compelled to employ a very considerable Sum of the Company's Stock.
An Account of the Cause between Mr. Alderman TOWNSEND and Mr. HUNT, Collector of the Land Tax.
The Business was opened by Mr. Davenport, who informed the Jury that this was brought by Mr. Townsend against Mr. Hunt for detaining a large Quantity of Hay, amounting to the Value of one Hundred and thirty Pounds, belonging to Mr. Townsend, upon his refusing to pay his Assessment of the Land Tax.
Serjeant, it was his Opinion that it was not by Law competent, and inadmissible. In less than two Minutes after his Lordship had done speaking, the usual Question was put to the Jury by the proper Officer, when Answer was made, that they found for the Defendant; upon which the Officer proceeded to record the Verdict, when Mr. Reynolds, the under Sheriff, called out that one of the Jury was not of that Opinion.
If the present Parliament is not a legal Assembly, why do our Patriots continue to sit in it? Why do they bring in Bills, make Motions, call for Divisions, and give it all the Appearance of a lawful Representation of the People?
LONDON, July 2.
A TRAVELLER lately arrived from Poland gives this Account of that unhappy Country. The first five Miles from Warsaw the Country is cultivated, but all the rest of it, as far as Rava (including fifty five Miles) is one continued Desert.
Extract of a Letter from Copenhagen, June 16.
The Fate of the remaining State Prisoners is determined. The Colonel Falkenshiold is to lose all his Employments and Honours, and to be imprisoned for Life at Munkholm.
We learn from a Correspondent, at the west End of the Town, that a very extraordinary Requisition was made a short Time since to our Ministers, from a Quarter where they least expected it. The French Ambassador, waiting upon Lord Rochford, laid before him, in the strongest Terms, the critical Situation of Affairs in the eastern Part of Germany;
It is now generally thought that several English Merchants and Factors, of the first Eminence and Property, wearied out with the partial and unjust Treatment of the Portuguese Prime Minister, are preparing to quit the Dominions of his Most Faithful Majesty, and return home.
A Privy Council was held yesterday at the Cockpit, when the Petition of the Honourable Thomas Walpole, Samuel Wharton, Esquires, and others, for a Grant of a Tract of Country for a new Colony on the Banks of the Ohio, in North America, was again taken into Consideration, and finally reported upon, in Favour of the Petitioners.
Yesterday an Inventory of the Effects of two Banking Partners was taken at their House in the City, in Order to be sold by Auction, so that the Reports of the Commission of Bankruptcy being superseded is void of Foundation.
It is said that Lord North, in a Visit to the Bank, asked the Directors why they would not discount the Scotch Bills. One of them asked his Lordship to what Amount he thought they ought to discount. He replied, that at least they might venture at fifty or sixty Thousand Pounds.
The Day before Mr. Fordyce stopped Payment he called on a Banker, who is a Quaker, of whom he desired the Loan of twenty Thousand Pounds. On being refused, and going away dissatisfied, the latter called him back, and said, "Hark ye, Friend, two Dice have hurt many a One, but I promise thee four Dice shall never ruin me."
They write from Berlin that his Prussian Majesty has just agreed to a Treaty of defensive Alliance with the Empress of Russia, by which he engages to furnish her Imperial Majesty with a stipulated Number of Troops against her Enemies.
A Correspondent says, a strong Push is intended to be made for electing Mr. Wilkes to the Mayorality for next Year.
A Letter from Glasgow mentions that Doctor Wilson, Professor of Astronomy in that University, who in August had transmitted to Copenhagen a Latin Version of a Paper containing an accurate Account of his Observations of the solar Spots, and of the curious Discovery to which he was led in Consequence of them, has had the Honour of receiving a Letter from his Excellency the Danish Ambassador at this Court, acquainting him that the Royal Academy of Sciences at Copenhagen has adjudged to him the Prize Medal of last Year, for his Dissertation on that Subject.
On Sunday the 24th ult. died Mr. Samuel Fothergill, at Warrington, in Lancashire, an eminent Preacher among the Quakers, Brother of Doctor Samuel Fothergill, of this City.
There is now living at Ranoch in Perthshire, Scotland, one Archibald Grunnoch, Tenant to Sir Donald McLean, aged one Hundred and twelve Years, who, from his good Health, Memory, and Judgment, seems likely to live a considerable Time longer.
Extract of a Letter from Portsmouth, June 18.
The Ships now in Repair in this Yard are the Courageux of seventy four, the Preston of fifty, Valiant of seventy four, Britannia of a Hundred, Princess Royal of ninety, the Lion of sixty four, and the Berwick of seventy four Guns.
Extract of a Letter from Rome, June 18.
"My Design is to inform you of the Ceremony of a late Marriage, which was as great as that of a Prince indeed. The Chevalier, with Lord C——ll, and five Servants, left Rome incog. and went to Macerati, from whence Lord C——ll set out for Loreto, where he received the Princess, an amiable Lady of twenty Years of Age. He brought
her to Macerati, and stayed there till Easter Sunday Night, when they set out for the Palace of Count de Spada, whose Brother is in the Chevalier's Service, and the next Day arrived in Rome. Their Entry into Rome was as follows: First, four Courtiers, Chevalier's Post Chaise, then the Princess's Coach and six, followed by two other Post Chaises; the Chevalier and the Princess in their Coach, followed by two other Coaches and six, with their Attendants; then two Coaches and six, with the Cardinal's Attendants.
Besides the Gentleman who cut his Throat in Consequence of his Losses by a late Failure, we are informed that two others, who lost almost all by the same Means, were so disturbed in Mind that one of them absconded, and has not been since heard of; and that the other threw himself out of a two Pair of Stairs Window, and was so much hurt that he has lain speechless ever since.
The following are the Particulars of the Elopement of Robert Morris, Esquire, and his Ward. The young Lady, who is not quite fourteen Years of Age, was placed at a Boarding School at Chelsea, where Mr. Morris had frequent Opportunities of visiting her as her Guardian, and from whence he frequently attended her to publick Places, after obtaining Leave of her Governess, who for a long Time entertained no Suspicion of his Intentions.
It is reported that the Court of France have offered the Prince of Brunswick a Pension of four Hundred Thousand Livres per Annum, to enter into their Service as Field Marshal.
EDINBURGH, June 10. It is with Pleasure we inform the Publick, upon the best Authority, that the Account of a barbarous Murder contained in our Paper of Saturday last is entirely without Foundation.
QUEBEC, August 6.
ON Saturday last Michael Due, a Canadian, was at the Supreme Court tried and convicted of the wilful Murder of Mr. Tobias Ienhout, Merchant at Detroit, on the 2d Day of September 1770; and on Monday last he was sent off, under a strong Guard, for Montreal, where he is to be executed.
August 13. On Friday the 11th Instant, about two in the Afternoon, a Fire broke out in the Seminary at Quebec, which burnt about the fifth Part of it. It began in the Roof, but by what Means is not certainly known.
NEW YORK, August 24.
CAPTAIN Bogart, from Surinam, informs us that a short Time before he failed from thence the wild Negroes cut off two Plantations, and killed two white Men on one of them; and that it was much feared, unless Succours soon arrived there from Holland, great Damage would be done.
August 31. Captain Springer, from Tenerif, on his Voyage touched at Fyal, where he was obliged to pay a heavy Duty for all the Cargo he had on Board, notwithstanding he had not the least Intention to dispose of any Part thereof.
Saturday Evening last Major Etherington arrived here from Detroit and Niagara, with six Companies of the second Battalion of his Majesty's sixtieth or Royal American Regiment, and we hear a Detachment from the first Battalion of the same Regiment sets out from hence for New Jersey in a few Days.
PHILADELPHIA, August 26.
CAPTAIN Burchmore, from Grenada, informs us that on the 2d Instant, off St. Eustatia, he met with a violent Gale of Wind, or rather Hurricane, which lasted about eight Hours; but as the Wind blew off Shore, he imagines the Vessels in the Harbour received no Damage thereby, though several of them put out to Sea.
By Captain Mulkowney, from Halifax, we learn that his Majesty's 64th Regiment was embarked, and failed from that Place for Boston about seventeen Days ago.

WILLIAMSBURG, September 17. THE Peggy, Gumbie, from Philadelphia, and the America, Latier, from Madeira, are arrived in James River. [Deaths.] Mr. JOHN TAYLOR, Merchant, of Norfolk Borough; a Gentleman who was greatly esteemed, consequently much regretted.
Mess. PURDIE & DIXON, In Answer to your Norfolk Query, please to insert the following Lines. THE King cannot, by general Words in a Statute, be deprived of any Part of his Prerogative, Right, Title, or Interest; but to divest him of any Privilege with which either common or Statute Law has clothed him, it is absolutely necessary that the subsequent Statute should, by particular Words, be extended to him. Forfeitures and Fines for Crimes and Misdemeanors, being originally a Part of the King's Revenue, due to him by Prerogative, and given to him by many Acts of Parliament establishing those Fines and Forfeitures, the Act of Assembly relative to Involvers, being a general Law, cannot extend to the King, nor, by any legal Reasoning whatever, made to bind him. Thus the Bankrupt Laws, somewhat similar to our Involvent Act, do not bind the King. Fines being therefore a Punishment, and not merely a Debt, cannot come within the Meaning of the Act of Assembly relative to Involvers; and it is clear that any Magistrate acting under Colour of this Law, in the present Case, would assume a Power vested in the King alone, that of remitting Punishments inflicted by Law upon Offenders, and the Jailor acting under their Warrant of Discharge would be guilty of suffering an Escape. Upon the same Principle it is that a Sheriff, or Jailor, usurps a Branch of the Royal Prerogative by granting the Liberty of the Prisoner Bounds to a Person in Execution for non Payment of a Fine inflicted as a Punishment for a Riot, as Part of the Punishment is thereby remitted; and it is a certain Consequence of all Fines, that, until Payment of them, the Body is subject to close Confinement. But one Reason more why the Magistrates of Norfolk cannot, in the present Case, either mitigate the Punishment or discharge the Prisoner, is this, that an inferior Jurisdiction cannot, in any Degree, counteract the Decrees of a superior; and therefore, as the Prisoner is in Execution by Virtue of a Writ issuing out of the General Court, it would be contrary to all Law to suppose that an inferior Court could invalidate the Decrees of that Court. I AM YOUR AND THE September 1, 1772. PUBLICK'S HUMBLE SERVANT, INCOGNITO.
Advertisements. A Catalogue of BOOKS, STATIONARY, &c. to be sold at the Post Office, Williamsburg.
F O L I O S. BEAWES's Lex Mercatoria. —Burkitt on the New Testament.—Jacob's Law Dictionary.—Lord Hardwicke's Cases.—Bishop Lightfoot's Works.—L'Estrange's Josephus.
Q U A R T O S. Bougainville's Voyage round the World.—Cambridge's Account of the War in India.—England's Bloody Tribunal.—Heister's Surgery.—History of Westminster Abbey.—Lediard's History of the Germans.—Life of Lord Herbert.—Swan's Designs in Carpentry.—Simion's Apollonii Pergaei Locorum Planorum.—Fifth Volume of Mrs. Macaulay's History of England.
O C T A V O S. Astruc's Midwifery.—Baretti's Introduction to the most useful European Languages.—Buchanan's History of Scotland.—Benner's Christian Oratory.—Baretti's Travels, through England, Portugal, Spain, and France.—Bradley on Gardening.—Present State of the British Empire in Europe, America, Africa, and Asia.—Boswell's Travels through Louisiana.—Book of Martyrs.—Beattie on Truth.—Broughton on Futurity.—Brookes's Practice of Physick.—Buccaneers of America.—Callander's Voyages to the Terra Australis, or Southern Hemisphere.—Churchill's Sermons.—Cellini's History of Himself, and of the Time he lived in.—Ditton on the Resurrection.—Dictionary of the Bible.—Emerson's Fluxions.—Select Essays from the Encyclopedia.—Edinburgh Dispensatory.—Ferguson's Tables and Tracts.—Do. His Astronomy.—Do. On Electricity.—Farr's Inquiry into Animal Motion.—Family Companion for Health.—Fraser's History of the famous Kouli Khan.—Gordon's Accomplish'd Cook.—Goldsmith's Roman History.—Do. His History of England.—Guthrie's Geographical Grammar.—Do. his Epistles to Atticus.—Young Gentleman and Lady instructed.—History of George III.—Hammond's History of the Bible.—Hill's Family Herbal.—Howell's Letters.—Harris's Life of Oliver Cromwell.—History of Greenland.—Helsham's Lectures in Natural Philosophy.—History of California.—Hume's Essays.—Do. His History of England.—Harris on the Diseases of Infants.—History of Paraguay.—Hutchesson on the Passions.—Do. Of Beauty and Virtue.—Hurd's Dialogues, Moral and Political.—History of Magna Charta.—James's Dispensatory.—Ledran's Observations and Operations.—Love's Surveying.—Manning on Female Diseases.—Mair's Book-Keeping.—Martin's Philosophical Grammar.—London Medical Observations.—Milne's Surgery.—Macbride's Essays.—Miller's Gardener's Calendar.—Nelson's Festivals and Fasts, &c.—Noble's Elements of Perspective.—Omer on Horses.—Penn's No Cross No Crown.—Pierre Viaud's Shipwreck and Adventures.—Moore's Practical Navigator.—Potter's Mathematicks.—Paschal's Thoughts on Religion, &c.—Priestly on Perspective.—Pilgrim's Progress.—Price on Annuities.—Ray's Travels, through Germany, Italy, and France.—The Religious Philosopher.—Rowning's Philosophy.—Romaine's Sermons.—Rouppé on the Diseases of Seamen.—Revival of Shakespeare's Text.—Secker's Sermons.—Do. His Lectures on the Catechism.—Stockdale's Antiquities of Greece.—Simpson's Algebra.—Do. His Geometry.—Stewart's Tracts, Physical and Mathematical.—Stackhouse's History of the Bible.—History of the Spanish Settlements in America.—Mrs. Stewart's Meditations.—Switzer on Gardening.—Sherlock on Death.—Seed's Sermons.—Sharp's Surgery.—Do. His Arguments in Defence of Christianity.—Montesquieu's Spirit of Laws.—Tillotson's Advice to the People, with Respect to Health.—Taylor's Holy Living and Dying.—Universal English Dictionary.—Van Swieten's Abridgement.—Whitfield's Sermons.—Watt's Principles of Astronomy and Geography.—Do. His Philosophical Essays.—Do. Logick.—Do. Sermons.—Whyte's Casks in Surgery.—Whaley's Poems.—Walch's History of the Popes.—Wilson's Surveying.—Gilbert's Law of Evidence.—Every Man his own Lawyer.—The Biographical Dictionary.
D U O D E C I M O S.
Adventures of a Jesuit.—Ambrose's War with Devils.—Adventures of an Atom.—Addison's Works.—Armstrong on the Diseases of Infants.—The Apocrypha.—Third and fourth Volumes of The Bank Note.—Boyce's Pantheon.—Baxter's Saint's Everlasting Rest.—Bartlett's Farriery.—Bracken's Farriery.—Lord Bolingbroke's Works.—Beveridge's Thoughts on Religion.—Madam Boccage's Letters.—Betsky: Or, the Caprices of Fortune.—Voltaire's History of Charles XII.—Adventures of Robinson Crusoe.—History of Charles Wentworth.—History of Miss Charlotte Manners.—Clarissa Harlowe.—Young's Centaur not fabulous.—The Classical Dictionary.—Constantia: Or, the distressed Friend.—Collections of Poems, by eminent Hands.—Compendium of Geography.—Chambers's Geography.—Young's Night Thoughts.—History of Mr. Cecil and Miss Gray.—The Contract: Or, the History of Miss Welldone and Miss Mosely.—Devil upon Two Sticks.—Duty of Man's Works.—Don Quixote.—Doddridge's Sermons.—Doddley's Poems.—Adventures of David Simple.—Essays on Song Writing, with a Collection of choice Songs.—History of Emily Montague.—The English Connoisseur, containing an Account of whatever is curious in Painting, Sculpture, &c. in the Palaces and Seats of the Nobility and Gentry.—Fatal Friendship. By a Lady.—Rousseau's Eloisa.—History of Eliza Muirhead.—The False Step: Or, the History of Miss Brudenell.—President Forbes's Works.—Fielding's Works, complete.—Fordyce's Art of Preaching.—Fairy Tales, by the Countess D'Anois.—The Apparition, or Female Cavalier.—The Guardian.—Adventures of Gil Blas.—Gerhard's Meditations.—Amusements of the German Spa, by Doctor Limbourg.—Gould's Account of English Ants.—History of England, in a Series of Letters from a Nobleman to his Son.—Humphrey Clinker, by Smollett.—Hervey's Meditations and Contemplations.—Harriot: Or, the Innocent Adulterers.—The Historical Companion, being an Introduction to the political History of all Nations.—Woolaston's Life and History of a Pilgrim.—Joseph Andrews.—Instructions for a young Lady, in every Sphere and Period of Life.—Vernon's History of the Knights of Malta.—Dryden's Fables.—The Prediction: Or, the History of Miss Lucy Maxwell.—Life of John Bunce, Esquire.—The Maid of Quality: Or, the History of Miss Lucy Layton.—The new Clarissa: Or, the History of Miss Melmont.—Marmontel's moral Tales.—The Modern Couple: Or, the History of Mr. and Mrs. Davers.—Memoirs, containing the Lives of several Ladies of Great Britain. By the Author of John Bunce.—Poyle's Collection of choice and safe Remedies, very useful in Families, and fitted for the Service of Country People.—Life and Adventures of
Madame de la Sarre.—Moore's Fables for the Female Sex.—Milton's Works.—Maffon's Collection, in Prose and Verse, for the Use of Schools.—Edinburgh Medical Essays.—Martin's Universal Gazetteer.—New Manual of Devotions.—The Old Maid: Or, the History of Miss Ravensworth.—Blacklock's Poems.—The Pleasing Instructor.—Kimber's Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland.—Pliny's Epistles.—Pope's Works, complete.—Peruvian Tales.—Lewis's Patriot King.—Plutarch's Select Lives.—Parnell's Poems.—Mrs. Rowe's Letters.—Rowe's Lucan.—Rochefoucauld's Maxims.—Reeves's History of London.—Do. His History of the World.—Rollin's Ancient History.—The Rambler.—The Scotchman: Or, The World as it goes.—Secret History of Whitehall.—Solyman and Almena.—Yorick's Sentimental Journey.—Sermons to Asses.—Shakespeare's Works.—Swift's Works, complete.—The Spectator.—Montesquieu's Spirit of Laws.—Tom Jones: Or, the History of a Foundling.—Tillotson on Health.—The School, being a Series of Letters between a young Lady and her Mother.—The Fault was all his own.—The Favourite, a moral Tale.—Tristram Shandy, complete.—The Turkish Spy.—The Triumvirate: Or, Memoirs of Andrews, Bevil, and Carew.—Tom Fool, his History.—Test of Filial Duty.—The Partisan, or the Art of making War in Detachment.—Vertot's Revolutions of the Roman Republick.—Voltaire's Familiar Letters.—Do. His Works complete.—Warden's Collection for the Use of Schools.—The World by Mr. Fitzadam.—Watts's Poems.—Do. His Scripture History.—Waller's Works.—Yorick's Sermons, complete.—The Younger Sister: Or, The History of Miss Somersett.—Hoyle's Games.—The Economy of Human Life.—Cole's Fables.—Blackwell's Sacred Classics.—The Masque, Merry Companion, and Cheerful Companion, Song Books.—The New Week's Preparation.—Entick's Spelling Dictionary.—Harvey's Sermons.—Gordon's Young Man's Companion.—Boston's Fourfold State.—Willison's Afflicted Man's Companion.—The Court Calendar for 1772.—Holden's Essay on Musick.—Fisher's Young Man's Companion.—Hill's, Mair's, Fenning's, Pardon's, Wingate's, and Cocker's Arithmetick.—Sir Isaac Newton's Universal Arithmetick.—Wyld's Practical Surveyor.—The Mariner's Compass rectified.—Erskine's Gospel Sonnets.—Richardson's Elop's Fables.—Townsend's Royal Farrier.—The Unfortunate Mother's Advice to her absent Daughters.—Bracken's Pocket Farrier.—Mrs. Rowe's Devout Exercises of the Heart.—Shower's Reflections on Time and Eternity.—Lord Halifax's Advice to a Daughter.—Willison's Balm of Gilead.—Memoirs of the Countess de Barre, the French King's Mistress.—Watts's Psalms and Hymns.—Russell's Seven Sermons.—The Attorney's Pocket Book.—The Family Prayer Book.—Telemache, and Gil Blas, in French.—Boyer's and Palaret's French Grammars.—Chambers's French and English Fables.—D'Aubichon's French Exercise Book.—Byron's Voyage to Patagonia, in his Majesty's Ship Dolphin.—Letters to the Ladies, on the Preservation of Health and Beauty.—Dialogues on the Conduct of Human Life.—Walpole's Life of Richard III.—The Good Samaritan, or complete English Physician.—Creebillon's Night and Moment, a Dialogue.—Cadogan on the Gout, and Falconer's Observations on Doctor Cadogan.—Sir James Jay on the Gout.—The Life, Adventures, Intrigues, and Amours, of Jemmy Twitcher.—Observations on the Buildings and Improvements of London.—The Carpenter's Companion.—The Joiner and Cabinet Maker's Pocket Director.—Regulations for the Prussian Infantry.—Young's Merchant, a Poem on the British Trade and Navigation.—Smith's Pastors.—The Concubine, a Poem.—The Prostitute, a Poem.—Doctor Langhorne's Fables of Flora.—The Art of Confectionary, or the Method of preserving all Sorts of Fruit, dry and liquid.—Berkeley, Bishop of Cloyne, his miscellaneous Tracts.—The Grecian Daughter, a Tragedy.—An Hour before Marriage, a Farce.—A Variety of small History Books, and other pretty Books for Children.—Church Bibles and Prayer Books.—School Bibles and Testaments.—Large and small Prayer Books, in different Bindings.—A great Variety of GREEK and LATIN SCHOOL BOOKS.
M U S I C K. Stamitz's Orchestra Trios. Fisher's favourite Minuet. Brewster's Vauxhall and Grotto Songs. The Cunning Man, a musical Entertainment. Abel's favourite Overtures. Pasquali's Thorough Bass made easy. Burgess Senior's Lessons for the Harpsichord. Corelli's Solos. Stamitz, Barbella, Reinards, and Florio's Duets. Gasparini's Trios. Instrumental Parts to Stamitz's Concertos. Schwindl, Lates Junior, Riciter, Campioni, Pasquali, Just, Pugiani, and Bezozzi's Sonatas. Instructions for the Common and German Flute. Violins, Screw and common Bows, Bridges, and Strings. Ivory and other German Flutes, some of a new Construction.
S T A T I O N A R Y. Paper of all Sorts and Sizes. Blank Books, ruled and unruled, of all Sizes. Best Dutch and common Quills. Black and Red Wax and Wafers. Shining Sand. Fine Japan Ink, and Inkpowder. Red Ink, and Powder. Pounce, and Pounce Boxes. Ivory Folders. Slates and Pencils. Black Lead Pencils, and Silver and polished Steel Pencil Cases. Pewter Inkstands. Edinburgh Inkpots. Afs Skin and Ivory Memorandum Books. Reading Glasses. Temple Spectacles. Martin's best Visuals. Red Tape, broad and narrow. Cases of Mathematical Instruments. Playing Cards. Messuage Cards. Folio Paper Cases. A complete Set of elegant MAPS, framed in Mahogany, with Spring Rollers. A large and very fine Pair of GLOBES. A THEODOLITE, Spirit Level, Protractor, and Chain, with a complete Set of Surveying Instruments.
P A T E N T M E D I C I N E S. Daffey's Elixir, Betton's British Oil, Bateman's Pectoral Drops, Hooper's Female Pills. Swinifen's Electary for the Stone and Gravel. Pike's Ointment for the Itch. Radcliffe's famous purging Elixir. Frances's female strengthening Elixir. Stoughton's Bitters. Turlington's Balsam.
Just Published, THE VIRGINIA ALMANACK for the Year 1773, calculated according to Art, and referred to the Horizon of every One's Understanding, but more especially those who have got a Bit to spare to buy an Almanack; wherein the Reader may see (if he have any Eyes, and be neither drunk nor asleep) many very remarkable Things, worthy his Observation.
BY the Death of the late Mr. Starke several of his Clients, who have Suits depending in the Courts of York and Hufings, are without any Person to attend their Causes. Lest some of them should go undefended, and others have their Suits dismissed for Want of Prosecution, they are desired, without Loss of Time, to employ some Person to attend their Business. The Attorneys of those Courts will readily lend their Assistance to finish his Causes.
HANOVER, September 10, 1772. THE COMMISSIONERS appointed by the County Court of Hanover to receive and state the Claims against the Estate of James Blackwell give Notice that they will meet, for that Purpose, at Hanover Town, on Tuesday the 29th of this Month. (1)
FREDERICKSBURG, September 8, 1772. HUNTERS and TALIAFERRO beg Leave to acquaint the Publick that they have opened Store in this Place, at Hunter's Ferry Landings, and in Falmouth, at Number 72, on the main Street, where the greatest Assortment of European Goods will be sold, on much more reasonable Terms, than any hitherto imported. (4)
NORFOLK, September 8, 1772. THE Subscriber informs his Customers, and others, that he has a Quantity of IVORY on Hand, and will turn BILLIARD BALLS of all Sizes, at ten Shillings a Pair, and smoothes old Ones at five Shillings. They may depend upon being served with Care and Despatch, by the Subscriber, in Church Street. HARDRESS WALLER.
NORFOLK, September 17, 1772. I FOREWARN every Person from taking John Lewthwaite out of the Colony, or harbouring him, at their Peril. ELDRON FISHER.
NOREOLK, August 10, 1772. THE Partnership between George Wilson, Junior, and Mary Wilson, Widow of the deceased John Wilson, having been dissolved the 3d of June last, the said Mary Wilson begs Leave to inform the Publick that she will carry on the Shoemaking Business, in all its Branches, in Church Street, where the strictest Punctuality will be given to all Orders from Ladies and Gentlemen who may be pleased to favour her with their Custom. MARY WILSON. (1)
SEVERAL Casks of NAILS, and some other Articles, damaged in the Elizabeth, Captain Bressi, will be sold for the Benefit of the Ensurers, at Edward Stabler's Store, in Peterburg, on Wednesday the 30th of this Instant, September. (2)
GLOUCESTER, September 16, 1772. I INTEND for ENGLAND immediately. (1) JOSEPH DAVENPORT.
To be LET on Charter, to any Part of Europe, THE Brig MOLLY, Mackey Reed Master, Burthen two Hundred and fifty Hogheads of Tobacco, or seven Thousand Bushels of Grain, and only fifteen Months old. For Terms apply to the Subscriber, in Norfolk. JOHN GREENWOOD.
Who has for Sale Isle of May Salt, Barbades and Grenada Rum, Sugar, Molasses, a few Quarter Casks of Lisbon Wine five Years old, and Rhode Island Rum. To be SOLD, ABOUT two Hundred Hogheads of TOBACCO, on Rappahannock River. For Terms inquire of the Subscriber, in Port Royal. (2) ROBERT GILCHRIST.
To be SOLD at Vendue, on Wednesday the 30th of this Instant (September) on the Premises, THE TANYARD, HOUSES, LAND, &c. belonging to the Estate of Thomas Thompson, deceased, all in good Repair for carrying on the Business, lying on the Fork of the Road leading from Norfolk to Princess Anne, and to Tanner's Creek, about Half a Mile out of the Borough of Norfolk; also three likely NEGRO FELLOWS, who have been used to work at the Tanning Business, and one of them a tolerable good Currier; likewise a FIFTY POUND SHARE in the TOWN POINT COMPANY WHARF. Credit will be allowed the Purchasers until December next, on giving Bond and Security. (2) JOHN LAWRENCE, } Executors. MATTHEW PHRIPP, }
To be SOLD at Charles City Courthouse, on Wed- nesday the 7th of October, being Court Day, pursuant to the last Will and Testament of Littlebury Hardyman, deceased, SUNDRY Tracts of LAND, purchased by the said Decedent of the Estate of Mr. William Kenyon, to wit: A Watermill, with four Acres of Land adjoining; one Tract of a Hundred and thirty six Acres; one Ditto of two Hundred and ninety eight Acres, called Fontaine's; one of three Hundred and thirty four Acres, called Rich's; one of a Hundred and forty eight Acres, White Oak Swamp; one of four Hundred and thirty four Acres, Meadows Plantation; one of four Hundred Acres, adjoining Ballard's; and one of two Hundred and ninety six Acres, adjoining Brereton's. For ready Money, or short Credit, as shall be agreed on at the Day of Sale. WILLIAM GREEN MUNFORD, Executor.
On Thursday the 15th of October will be SOLD, on the Premises, for ready Money, by the Sheriff of Frederick, pursuant to a Decree of the County Court of Frederick, at the Suit of Richard and Peter Footman, and others, against Jacob Hite, THAT valuable Tract of LAND in Berkeley (late Frederick) where the said Jacob Hite lives, containing one Thousand nine Hundred and fifty two Acres; also three Tracts of LAND joining the same, one of which contains four Hundred and fifty seven Acres, another two Hundred and nine Acres, and the other five Hundred. At the same Time and Place will be sold, for ready Money, pursuant to the above mentioned Decree, twenty seven valuable SLAVES, the Property of the said Jacob Hite, by THOMAS RUTHERFORD, Sheriff.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, at Mr. Thomas Craufurd's Store, in Brunswick, on Thursday the 22d of October, by Virtue of a Deed of Trust from Lemuel Lanier, late of the said County, to the Subscriber, THE LAND whereon the said Lemuel formerly lived, lying on Hick's Creek, near Pennington's Ford, adjoining the Lands of Ravencroft's Estate and James Hicks, Junior, and containing about a Hundred and sixty Acres, greatest Part of which is good Tobacco Land; there is on the said Plantation a good Dwellinghouse, and other Outbuildings, and a Gristmill; it is in tolerable Order for Cropping, and may be entered upon as soon as the present Crop is finished. Also six likely Virginia born NEGROES, consisting of Men, Women, and Children. Credit for Part of the Money will be allowed the Purchasers, on giving Bond and Security to (5) ROBERT TURNBULL.
To be SOLD by publick Auction, on Monday the 5th of October, at TODD's Warehouse, in KING and QUEEN, THE Remains of the Store formerly kept at that Place by Mr. Robinson Daingerfield, amounting to about four Hundred and fifty Pounds Sterling, together with several Pieces of Household Furniture. Six Months Credit will be allowed for all Sums above twenty five Shillings, on giving Bond and approved Security to ROBERT M'CANDLISH.
YORK Town, September 25, 1772. STRAYED from the Subscriber, a Day or two ago, a sorrel HORSE about fifteen Hands high, with a hanging Mane and short Tail, and much galled on his Breast by a Harness. Also a MARE about fourteen Hands high, with a plaited Mane, and some White in her Face. They were purchased at Hanover Courthouse the last Court Day, and are supposed to have gone directly back. Whoever secures them, and will give Notice so that they may be sent for, shall have THIRTY SHILLINGS Reward. W. GOOSLEY.
TAKEN up by the Subscriber, at one of Mr. David Roff's Quarters, on Staunton River, in the County of Pittsylvania, a gray MARE about eight or nine Years old, four Feet four Inches high, paces slow, and branded on the near Shoulder WP in a Piece. Posted, and appraised to five Pounds ten Shillings. GEORGE HERNDON.
TAKEN up by the Subscriber, at one of Mr. David Roff's Quarters, in the County of Pittsylvania, a dark bay MARE about eight or nine Years old, four Feet seven or eight Inches high, trots, and branded on the near Shoulder R. Posted, and appraised to eight Pounds. GEORGE HERNDON.
TAKEN up, in King William, a dark bay HORSE about four Feet seven Inches high, has a long roached Mane and Bob Tail, and branded on the off Buttock A. Posted, and appraised to twelve Pounds. WILLIAM THOMPSON.
TAKEN up, in Westmoreland, a likely blooded bay MARE with a dark Mane and Tail, about fourteen Hands high, and judged to be seven Years old; she is neither docked nor branded, has a Scar on each Hip Bone, the one on the off Side the largest, a Scar on each Thigh, and some Saddle Spots. Posted, and appraised to fifteen Pounds. PHILIP SMITH.
TAKEN up, in Chesterfield, a sorrel MARE about six Years old, four Feet six or seven Inches high, with a Switch Tail and hanging Mane, a Star in her Forehead, and branded on the near Buttock A. Posted, and appraised to five Pounds. ABRAHAM BURTON.
TAKEN up, in Berkeley, a small bay MARE about four Years old, twelve Hands high, trots, and is branded on the near Buttock O. Posted, and appraised to five Pounds. ROBERT ALDRIDGE.
TAKEN up, in Henrico, a yellow bay HORSE about seven Years old, four Feet seven Inches high, with a Star in his Forehead, a Bob Tail and bushy Mane, branded on the near Shoulder O L, and on the off Buttock G. Posted, and appraised to twelve Pounds. PETER CLARKE.

TAKEN up , in Berkeley , a roan HORSE about fourteen Hands and a Half high, between eight and nine Years old, and branded on the near Buttock with a large Blotch. Posted, and appraised to six Pounds. SAMUEL OLDHAM.
TAKEN up , in Amelia , the following Cattle, namely: A brindled STEER, marked with a Crop and Overkeel in the left Ear, and a Hole in the right; a brindled COW, marked with a Crop in the left Ear, and a Hole in the right; a Cow CALF not marked; and a red COW marked with a Crop and two Slits in each Ear, as well as can be discerned. Posted, and appraised to seven Pounds ten Shillings. WILLIAM JONES.
TAKEN up , at Colonel Burwell's Plantation on Buffalo Creek , a black MARE about four Feet three or four Inches high, branded on the near Buttock S. Posted, and appraised to three Pounds fifteen Shillings. MARTIN STURMAN.
TAKEN up , at Colonel Burwell's Plantation on Buffalo Creek , a sorrel MARE about four Feet five Inches high, branded on the near Shoulder, and on the near Buttock with a small Stirrup Iron. Posted, and appraised to thirty five Shillings. MARTIN STURMAN.
THE Subscribers having , for these eight Years past, been Factors for Messieurs Weare and Company, have now declined the same, and desire all Persons indebted at the Stores kept by them to come and pay off their respective Balances; and those who cannot must give their Bonds, as there is a Necessity for an immediate Settlement of the Concern. The Stores will be continued by us, upon our own Accounts, to their usual Extent, and the same Indulgence given to good Customers as has been before. BURNLEY & BRAIKENRIDGE. N. B. We have a Quantity of Goods to dispose of in the Wholesale Way.
MISSIEURS Robert and Robert Bogle and Scott , of London, Merchants and Partners, on the 29th of June last executed a Deed of Assignment of all the said Company's Debts and Effects in Virginia to Edward Payne , Esquire, Governor of the Bank of England, and Rene Payne of London, Merchant, in Trust, that an equitable Division may be made of the said Debts and Effects amongst all the Creditors of the said Company; and on the same Day the said Edward Payne and Rene Payne , and the said Company, executed a Power of Attorney to the Subscribers, empowering us, jointly and severally, to receive and transmit the said Debts and Effects: Notice is therefore given to the several Debtors to the said Company that Attendance will be given by the Subscribers, or one of them, at Williamsburg , from the 20th of October to the End of the General Court. No Indulgence can be given after. JOHN TAYLOR. ARCHIBALD RITCHIE. N. B. The Assignment and Power of Attorney are recorded in Richmond County , for the Satisfaction of those concerned.
H A M M O N D's Specifick Pill and Antimonial Essence. To the P U B L I C K. The following recent, and very remarkable CURES, fully evince their great Efficacy: GOUT and SCURVY CASE. To Doctor H A M M O N D.
SIR, August 24, 1771. THE good Effects I have found from your Medicines oblige me to make this open Declaration, for the Good of Mankind. That others afflicted may know where to apply for such inestimable Medicines, desire this to be published. — Mr. John Couper , Excise Officer, was long troubled with a Complication of Disorders, occasioned by Heat and Colds, so that he could not stir Hand or Foot without a Crutch; and after he had consulted the Faculty in Bath above three Months, without any Benefit, he applied to Doctor Hammond , on Kingstown , Bristol , and by taking a few Boxes of his Specifick Pills and Bottles of Antimonial Essence, is now restored to perfect Health; which any One may be satisfied of by applying to the said John Couper , at the Excise Office on the Key, Bristol , or Pill in Somerset . A most extraordinary Cure of the LEPROSY, by the Use of Hammond's Specifick Pill . To Doctor H A M M O N D.
SIR, As it is our Duty not only to commend, but also to recommend, Medicines we ourselves have found Benefit by, it is our cheerful Request that this most miserable Case may be universally known, for the Relief of the Distressed, and in Justice to the Author's incomparable Specifick Pill. Mrs. Tillidge , Wife of Mr. Tillidge , was grievously tormented above six Years with the Leprosy on her Arms and Hands, quite to her Finger Ends, covered with Blotches, most of which turned to Sores, especially her Fingers were obliged to be plastered constantly, to prevent their growing together, the Violence of the Humour was so great, daily increasing farther; and having had the best Advice, and took great Quantities of the most famed Medicines without the least Benefit, in the greatest Despair, and as the last Resort, happily applied to Doctor Hammond for his Specifick Pill, which alone, by God's Blessing, hath made her Skin quite clear, and restored her to perfect Health above three Months; the Truth of which the candid Inquirer shall be satisfied of, with the greatest Pleasure, by your humble Servants, Peter Street, Bristol. JOHN & ANNE TILLIDGE. September 25, 1771.
These, with many remarkable Cures, effected by the mild Specifick Pill at home, were all continually inserted in the Newspapers. Sixty Pills in each Box, Price seven Shillings and Sixpence Sterling. In Cachexy, Inappetency, Indigestion, Flatulency, and Costiveness, it is of excellent Virtue, and should be used in every Family at the Spring and Fall of the Year, to purify the Blood, and prevent bad Disorders. The STRONG SPECIFICK PILL is an infallible Cure for the Yaws in every Stage, even the most inveterate; also for the Remains of the VENEREAL DISEASE, by bad Cure, or frequently contracted, both these Disorders will be entirely eradicated, even where Salivation fails, by the Use of this Medicine. Likewise it will speedily remove a recent Contraction of the last mentioned Complaint. Sixty Pills in each Box, Price twelve Shillings and Sixpence Sterling; a great Quantity thereof hath been sold in the West Indies seven Years and it has absolutely cured the Yaws, &c. which the Surgeons themselves declare.
Also his new invented ANTIMONIAL ESSENCE, a certain, safe, and pleasant Remedy for the Gout, Rheumatism, Dropsy, Pleurisy, Asthma, Sitches in the Side, inflammatory and nervous Fevers, Lowness of Spirits, Headaches, &c. also the Disorders incident to the female Sex. It cures the most violent inflammatory Fever in a few Hours, though attended with Convulsions, light-headedness, and the worst Symptoms; but taken in the Beginning of a Fever, every dangerous Symptom is presently removed, generally without Confinement or Hindrance of Business.
Those dubious of its Excellency, by applying at the Place of Sale, may be referred to an original Copy of a Letter from a Gentleman to the Author, setting forth the amazing Success in a most extraordinary Case, and which particularly declares he looks upon the Antimonial Essence to be a very noble Medicine, and strongly recommends it in his Neighbourhood. Another Gentleman testifies that three Bottles of it brought a Woman out of Bed where she was confined a long Time with the Rheumatism, and could not stir either Hand or Foot. Another Person was cured of a slow nervous Fever, which had wasted him almost to Death, only by taking one Bottle of this Essence, when the best Advice in other Medicines had failed. And farther, a Lad about eleven Years of Age, who was afflicted ever since he was born with Falling Fits, is most happily restored to Health by Half a Bottle of this Medicine, several Months, and has not had one Fit since. Another calls the Specifick Pill a blessed Medicine, and says it saved her Husband's Life in curing him of a Disorder of eighteen Years standing; when every Thing else had failed. A Treatise containing many most remarkable Cures delivered gratis.
N. B. Each Medicine is folded with printed Bills and Directions, signed by the Author, THO: HAMMOND, M. M. Bristol . — They will never lose their Virtue, nor suffer by Damps or Moisture. The Antimonial Essence is in square Bottles, each containing sixty Doses, Price six Shillings and Sixpence Sterling. * * The above Medicines are to be sold by Captain William Wood , of the Brickdale , at Hobbs's Place , and by him only.
THIS is to forewarn all Persons from crossing through my Corn Field, at their Peril. THOMAS DIGGES. YORK, September 9, 1772.
HAVING a very large Assortment of Euro- pean and other GOODS on Hand, many of which were imported from London , &c. this Summer, I would willingly lump off the Whole, or in Parcels, at a very low Advance, for Cash, Tobacco, Bills of Exchange, or at a short Credit, with Security. In the mean Time I will sell them in smaller Parcels, or by Retail, at fifty per Cent. Advance on first Sterling Cost (by real Invoice) for ready Money, or Tobacco. (4) GEORGE MITCHELL. FREDERICKSBURG, September 1, 1772.
I INTEND to leave the Colony soon. JOHN LEWTHWAITE. NORFOLK, August 31, 1772.
AS I intend to leave this Place soon, I request all who are indebted to me, either by Bond or open Account, to be expeditious in discharging the same. Those who fail to comply with this Request need expect no farther Indulgence. All who have Demands against me are desired to make them known, that they may be immediately satisfied. JOHN SMITH. NORFOLK, September 1, 1772.
IMPORTED, in the Lumm and Loyd, Captain Necks, and to be sold very cheap by the Subscriber, who has just opened a Druggist and Apothecary's Shop in the upper End of Richmond.
A LARGE and complete Assortment of DRUGS and MEDICINES. Also white and brown Sugar Candy; Barley Sugar; best and common Raisins; Almonds; Figs; Orange Chips; Citron; candied Ginger and Eringo; Mace; Cloves; Cinnamon; Nutmegs; Allspice; Ginger; Pepper; Spanish Licorice; Pearl Barley; Sago; Salop; Vermacelli; Harthorn Shavings; Isinglass; Saltpetre; best Sallad Oil; Gold and Silver Leaf; Dutch Metal; Spirit and Oil of Turpentine; Eau de Luce; Smelling Bottles; Essence of Bergamot; Ditto of Lemons; Copperas; Brimstone; Alum; Bluestone; Potash; Verdigris; Vermilion; Tow; Lint; Ivory and Pewter Syringes; Crucibles; black Lead Pots; Jesuits Drops; Bateman's Drops; Stoughton's Elixir; Freeman's and Godfrey's Cordials; Anderson's and Lochey's Pills; Peppermint Balsam of Honey; Anodyne Necklaces; Greenough's Tincture for the Teeth and Gums; Blackie's Lixivium for the Stone and Gravel; Norris's Drops; Squire's Elixir; James's Fever Powders; Capers; Olives; Walnuts; Anchovies, &c. JOHN POWELL.
A GOOD Person, that understands dressing of Hair, making Wigs and Tettes, &c. will meet with good Encouragement from the Gentlemen and Ladies in the Town of Hampton . Any Person who is complainant, sober, and a good Tradesman, may make above a Hundred Pounds a Year. Such a One is immediately wanted. GLOUCESTER, August 30, 1772.
WHEREAS my Wife Sarab hath voluntarily separated herself from me, I do hereby forewarn all and every Person or Persons from harbouring her, or having any Dealings with her, as I will not pay any Debt or Debts that she may contract. RICHARD PRINGLE. 2||
To be RENTED, for any Number of Years not exceeding five,
THE ORDINARY at Goodland Courthouse , with the Outhouses, Garden, Pastures, and Orchards, belonging thereto. This Place is so well known that I shall decline a Description of it. Any Person inclining to rent may be informed of the usual Profits, and other Particulars, by applying to Mr. Robert Coleman , the present Tenant. The Houses are in good Repair, and Possession may be had on the 25th of October. I will attend at the Place on Monday the 21st of this Instant (September) to agree with a Tenant. None need apply but such as are able to keep good Entertainment. — I will also rent, at the same Time, a Plantation in that Neighbourhood, on Bewarradams , now in the Occupation of Mr. Gerard Morgan , which Land is very good, especially for Tobacco and Wheat. DAVID ROSS. 2
For SALE, ENFIELD, in Halifax County, North Carolina , containing about a Thousand Acres of Land, on which are good Peach and Apple Orchards, a large commodious Brick Dwellinghouse with four Rooms on a Floor, and other good Houses. The Storehouses are at present rented to Mr. Alexander Telfair for eighteen Pounds a Year. Part of the said Tract may be made a fine Meadow. Any Person inclining to purchase may know the Terms by applying to Colonel John Bradford , adjoining the said Plantation, Allen Jones of York , or to the Subscriber. (T) MATTHEW JONES.
To be LET on Charter to any Part of Europe, THE Ship BETSEY, Henry Young Master , Burthen about four Hundred Hogheads, or ten Thousand Bushels. For Terms apply to BOLDEN, LAWRENCE, & Co. * * Who have for Sale a Quantity of very fine IRISH BEEF in Barrels, and LIVERPOOL SALT in Sacks. NORFOLK, September 2, 1772.
To be SOLD, and entered on the 1st of January next, A TRACT OF LAND in Halifax County , containing one Thousand seven Hundred and fifty eight Acres, a considerable Quantity of which is rich low Grounds, is good for Tobacco and Grain, with good new Houses and Barns. It is needful for me to give any Description of this Tract, as no Person will purchase without seeing the Ground and Conveniences; and should the Purchasers be desirable to divide the Land, it will be agreeable to the Seller. The Times of Payment will be made very easy, three yearly Payments, the first twelve Months after Possession. For Terms apply to Mr. John Baird , Merchant in Princes George , to whom Bond and Security is to be given, or to the Subscriber, on the Premises, who will show the Land. Mrs. Perrin's Dower in this Land is laid off. WILLIAM WADE.
TWENTY POUNDS REWARD. STOLEN from the Race Field near Hillsborough, North Carolina , a gray HORSE about sixteen Hands high, with a black Mane and Tail, has drawn in a Carriage, trots very well, branded on the Buttock T C, is of the Crawford Breed, and very likely. Also stolen, from the same Place, a gray MARE about fifteen Hands high, with a black Mane and Tail, trots and paces, is also of the Crawford Breed, and a good Match for the Horse. Whoever delivers them to William Hooper at Wilmington , whose Property they are, to George Mylne , Esquire, at Croft Creek , Mr. Thomas Clark at Hillsborough , to Benjamin McCulloch , Esquire, at Halifax , Samuel Johnson , Esquire, at Edenton , or to Patrick Gordon , Esquire, at Newbern , shall have the above Reward, or TEN POUNDS for either of them, and a reasonable Reward if he prosecutes the Thief to Conviction. N. B. The Horse was lately bought of Duncan Lamont , Esquire, of Edgcumbe , and the Mare of Mr. Marshall of Butts .
TWENTY POUNDS to kill, or THREE POUNDS to take, ISAAC , an outlawed Mulatto Fellow, belonging to the Estate of the late Colonel Richard Johnson . His Height is about five Feet nine or ten Inches, wears his own Hair, which is remarkably black, and curls well. He is a well disposed Fellow, rather plausible and insinuating when sober, and when in Liquor, which he is very subject to, is stubborn, and inclined to be impudent. He absconded from this Place about the 20th of July last, and is supposed to be harboured by Colonel John Snell's Negroes, near this Place, among whom he has a Wife, or by his Brother, John Kenney , a Mulatto Slave belonging to Mr. Thomas Johnson of Louisa . He carried with him a Variety of Clothes, and claims a Property in a likely gray Mare about four Feet two or three Inches high, which he probably will make Use of to convey him from one Refuge to another. (T) W. JOHNSON.
THIS is to certify to the Publick that Mr.  Nathaniel Stevenson and myself were in Partnership in the Wig-making and Hair-dressing Business in this Borough, but finding it does not answer my Purpose, at any Rate, to continue any longer, I desire the said Stevenson will return and settle with me, as I am determined not to be answerable for any farther Debts but such as I may contract myself. WILLIAM GOODCHILD. NORFOLK, August 1, 1772.
RUN away from the Subscriber, near San- dee River Church, the 20th of July last, two Negroes, one a Fellow, about twenty Years old, can speak some English , and appears sensible; he is middle sized, and well made, has a good Countenance, one of his Hands is remarkable, occasioned either by Fire or some Marks made while in Africa ; he carried with him two new Blankets, a new Hat, an Osnaburg Shirt, Check Breeches, and several other Things. The other is a Woman, about sixteen Years old, spare made, good Features, but cannot speak any English ; I believe she was dressed in Osnaburgs, is the Fellow's Wife, and imagine she is entirely governed by him. I bought them of Mr. Hugh McMeikin a short Time past, before which they were kept some Time in Petersburg , where perhaps they may endeavour to conceal themselves. I will give FIVE POUNDS to any Person that contrives them to me, or FIFTY SHILLINGS for such Intelligence as I may get them again. WILLIAM WATT.
RUN away from Petersburg, four or five Weeks ago, a Negro Man named JACK, a stout, black Fellow, with reddish Eyes, thick Lips, and an ill natured Countenance; he is artful when sober, but very apt to get drunk, is about thirty Years of Age, and believe he was born in the West Indies , from whence he is just come. He had on, when he went away, a new Felt Hat, a Sailor's Canvas Frock and Trousers, a long Coat of white Osnaburgs, and long Trousers of the same. He is a pretty good Sailor, and understands Something of the Ship Carpenter's Business. We imagine he has hired himself on Board some Vessel, and will attempt to escape to the West Indies , under the Character of a Freeman. We will give a Reward of THREE POUNDS to any Person that will deliver him to us at Norfolk , or Petersburg . EILBECK, ROSS, & Co.
COMMITTED to York Prison, on the 4th Instant (September) two African Negro Men who cannot, or will not, tell their Owner's Name. One of them has his Country Marks on his Forehead, Temples, Neck, and breast, and has Holes in his Ears; he is five Feet eight Inches and a Half high, of a pellowish Complexion, has on a Check Shirt, a blue Cloth short Jacket, and short brown Linen Breeches. The other has Holes in his Ears, is five Feet ten Inches high, and very black; he also wears a Check Shirt, a blue Cloth short Jacket, and short brown Linen Breeches. The Owner is desired to prove his Property, and pay Charges to (T) WILLIAM MITCHELL.
To be SOLD for ready Money, at Urbanna, on Monday the 28th Instant (September)
TWO Negro Men belonging to the Estate of Mr. Joseph Prichard , deceased, one of which is an exceeding good Waterman, and well acquainted with the Bay, and all the Rivers in Virginia . A good Title will be made by the Executors. (2)
To be SOLD at Caroline Courthouse, on Tuesday the 13th of October, if fair, otherwise next fair Day,
FIFTY choice blooded HORSES , being the whole Stud of the late Colonel John Baylor . Credit will be allowed the Purchasers till the first of April, giving Bond and Security to JOHN ARMISTEAD, NATHANIEL BURWELL, } Executors. 4
THE Visitors and Governors of the College intending to make an additional Building to the College, have directed us, who are appointed a Committee for that Purpose, to procure an exact Estimate of the Expense thereof, to be laid before them at their next Meeting. Notice is therefore given, to all Persons willing to undertake this Work, that a Plan thereof is lodged with Mr. Matthew Davenport , who will be ready at all Times to show the same, and to whom they are desired to send their Estimates and Proposals, sealed up, on or before the first Day of October next. DUNMORE. PEYTON RANDOLPH. RO. C. NICHOLAS. LEWIS BURWELL. JOHN BLAIR.
NOW in the Possession of the Subscriber, a BALE marked I D, No. 1, landed by some Vessel through Milner's , among Goods for Messieurs Logan, Gilmer, and Company . It contains Plaid Hose, Russia Drab, and Tablecloths, which, if not claimed before the third Thursday in this Month (as the Goods are damaging) will be sold at publick Vendue for the Benefit of the Proprietors on that Day, by JAMES ARCHDEACON. * * Who has for Sale WEST INDIA RUM, and a few Hogheads of exceeding good JAMAICA SPIRITS. MILNER's, September 1, 1772.
THE Subscriber intends leaving the Colony directly. The Business carried on by Buchanan and Cunison will be conducted in future by Mr. Archibald Cunison , to the usual Extent. ARCHIBALD BUCHANAN. WESTMORELAND, August 16, 1772.
WE the Subscribers, Trustees for Gilbert Campbell, Esquire, beg that his Creditors may meet at the next October Court for Richmond County , as at that Time there will certainly be a Dividend made of his Effects in our Hands among those entitled to it. Those who are at a Distance are desired to appoint some Person to act for them, if it is inconvenient for them to attend. We the more earnestly desire the above Meeting, as some Disputes have lately arisen concerning the Deed of Trust. WILLIAM FLOOD. HUGH HAMILTON.
ON Wednesday the 23d Instant (September) will be let to the lowest Bidder, at Manchester Glebe , in Chesterfield , the Building of a Mansion and other necessary Houses. Plans of the different Houses will be ready, and the several Payments for the Execution of the Work will be made known at the Time of letting; and it will be expected that the Undertakers shall give Bond, with approved Security, for the Performance of the same. THOMAS WORSHAM, } Churchwardens. EDWARD MOSELEY, }
For SALE, A TRACT OF LAND in the Forks of Hanover County , known by the Name of BULL HILL, containing about seven Hundred Acres of exceeding good high and low Grounds. The Situation is high, beautiful, and healthy, with a very good Dwellinghouse that has four Rooms on a Floor, and all necessary Outhouses, Apple and Peach Orchards, and cleared Ground sufficient to work fifteen or twenty Hands, now under a good Fence. It lies about ten Miles above Hanover Courthouse , on Pamunkey River . The Terms may be known by applying to the Subscriber, on the Premises. HENRY GILBERT.
To be SOLD by Auction, on Monday the 28th Instant (September) at Williams's Warehouse, in KING WILLIAM, THE Remains of Mr. Philip Whitehead Claiborne's STORE GOODS , amounting to about four Hundred Pounds, which are good in Kind, and many of them suitable for the Fall Season. Credit will be allowed for all Sums above twenty five Shillings until the 10th of August next, on giving Bond, with approved Security. I will sell a good Bargain to any Person that would purchase the Whole, any Time before the Day of Sale. GEORGE BROOKE. (4)

POETS CORNER.
THE CHERRY.
IT WAS passing by a Country fair, A Cherry mounted high in Air...
GENERAL POST OFFICE, New York, November 11, 1772.
NOTICE is hereby given, that on Account of the new Regulation of the Post from Canada...
To be SOLD in Fredericksburg, on Monday the 21st of this Instant (September) being Fair Day...
Just IMPORTED from LONDON, in the LUNN & LLOYD, Captain NECKS, and to be sold at the lowest Rates...
To be SOLD, on Thursday the 1st of October next, at the late Dwellinghouse of Captain Benjamin Cocke...
To be SOLD, EIGHT Hundred Acres of LAND in Albemarle, lying on the north Side of the Rivanna River...
To be SOLD, A TRACT of LAND, containing a Hundred and eighty three Acres, in the County of Nelson...
WILLIAMSBURG, September 3, 1772. COMMITTED to James City Prison, on Monday the 31st of last Month...
RUN away from the Subscriber, a Negro Fellow named FRANK, about five Feet six or seven Inches high...
RICHMOND Town, August 26, 1772. CARPENTERS, JOINERS, SAWERS, BRICKLAYERS, and a Man who understands driving a Waggon...
TEN POUNDS REWARD. RUN away, on the 18th of August, from the Subscriber, in Effex, near Habb's Hole, a Negro Man named LUKE, alias JACK...
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Lancaster, about six Weeks ago, a Negro Man named CHARLES, a very black, thick, well made Fellow...
TWENTY SHILLINGS REWARD. STRAYED, or STOLEN, from the Subscriber about the 4th Instant (August) a bay HORSE about four Feet six Inches high...
RUN away from the Subscriber, the 1st of June last, a Negro Man named NED, about five Feet nine Inches high...
TAKEN up, in Fauquier, in the Year 1768, a young brindled STEER, marked with an Underkeel and Slit in the right Ear...
TAKEN up, in Chesterfield, a fleabitten MARE about four Feet seven Inches high...
IF HUGH AITKEN (or AIKEN) Son of William Aitken, of Learne, in the County of Antrim, and Kingdom of Ireland...
VIRGINIA, sc. At a GENERAL COURT held at the CAPITOL, MAY 7, 1772. John Bourdoin, and Isaac Smith, Merchants, surviving Partners of Littleton Eyre...
All Persons having any Claims against the Estate of John Smith, deceased, are desired to lay them before the Gentlemen appointed by the Decree...
STOLEN the 17th of July, from the Subscriber, in Fredericksburg, a likely strong bright bay HORSE, about fourteen Hands and a Half high...
THREE POUNDS REWARD. RUN away, on the 8th of July last, from the Subscriber's Plantation near Frederick Zimmerman's Ordinary...
To be SOLD, FOURTEEN Hundred Acres of exceeding good TOBACCO LAND in Stafford County, on the Branches of Aquia and Potomack Runs...
To be SOLD on the Premises, on Friday the 4th of December next, TWO Hundred and sixty three Acres of LAND in Amherst County...
THE Subscriber having provided convenient Warehouses for the Reception of Goods, purposes selling on Commission...
As I have removed, for some Years, into Lunenburg, I propose selling all my Tract of LAND on Turkey Creek...
DINWIDDIE, June 13, 1772. STOLEN from the Subscriber, on Friday Night the 12th Instant, a bay HORSE about four Feet seven Inches high...
For SALE, THE following Tracts of LAND, in Pittsylvania, namely, four Hundred Acres on Banister River...
To be LET on LEASE, A VERY large and commodious HOUSE in the Town of Petersburg, built for a Tavern...