The Virginia gazette (Williamsburg [Va.]), 1773-04-08 00:00:00

VIRGINIA
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CONSTANTINOPLE, December 3.
THE French Consul who resides at the Dardanelles having embraced Mahometanism, the Chevalier de St. Priest, Ambassador from his Most Christian Majesty, sent the Sieur Ruffin, Interpreter of the same Nation, to take Care of the Affairs of the Consulate.
The total Defeat of the Squadron commanded by the Bashaw of Scutari, by the Russian Fleet, does not seem to alter the pacifick Dispositions of the Porte; on the contrary, the Court not only lays the Fault on the Bashaw who equipped the Squadron without having received any Orders, but has also sent a Capigi to the Morea to strangle the Bashaw's Son, who commanded that Squadron.
LONDON, January 16.
PUBLICK Credit never stood in this Nation on so precarious a Footing as at this Time. The publick Credit of any Country will ever correspond, in a great Measure, with the private Credit of the individual Persons in it. Credit is the Life of Commerce. By the many large Bankruptcies which have lately happened, both at home and abroad, our Trade and Commerce have received such a severe Check as hath occasioned a Stagnation in them. Men know not whom to trust; and in Consequence of this Fear, and doubtful Suspense, a Multitude of our Artificers and Manufacturers are destitute of Employment, and in Course starving for Want of the Necessaries of Life. Their unhappy Circumstances should be timely considered by those in Power, for such general Distresses of the People often create very untoward Consequences to those in superior Stations. They who guide the Reins of Government should consider the Cause of such frequent Bankruptcies, and take proper Measures for remedying it. The true and undoubted Cause of such frequent Failures, both foreign and domestick, we will take upon us to mention, but shall leave the Care of it to those whose Business and Duty it is. The Parents and Nurses of Trade and Commerce are Industry, Care, and Frugality, without which it is impossible they should prosper and flourish. But this is an Age of Luxury, Corruption, Extravagance, and Dissipation; all which are incompatible with and militate against Trade and Commerce, and must, in the End, totally destroy them. How far our Government hath itself been instrumental in promoting in this Nation those Enemies to our commercial Interests, let those in Power consider, and, for their own Sakes, amend; for should Luxury, Corruption, Extravagance, and Dissipation, be suffered to proceed in this Kingdom, Bankruptcies would, of Course, increase to such a Degree as would soon destroy all Credit, Trade, and Commerce, and the Departure of them would unavoidably bring on a Dissolution of Government also.
Extract of a Letter from Paris, December 18.
The following Extract of a Letter, said to be written by the King of Prussia to Mr d'Alembert, is handed about here.
"During these different Agitations, I hear that the Pope is preparing to destroy the Jesuits; but what will astonish you is, that the General of the Ignatians has deputed an Ambassador to me, to demand my Protection in Favour of his Society. I answered him, that when Lewis XV. reformed the Regiment of Fitzjames, I did not intercede for that Corps; and that the Pope was Master to make what Reform he thought proper in his own Dominions, without the Hereticks interfering about the Matter."
The projected Union with Ireland is become the Subject of much Conference of late. The following is said to be the Plan upon which the Outlines of this great national Revolution are to be founded: Each County in that Kingdom (of which there are thirty two) are to send one Representative to the English Parliament; out of the Body of the Lords, forty eight. The Shadow of a Parliament is, however, to be supported there, under the Appellation of the Great Council of the Nation, which is to be formed by the Representatives of the Boroughs, each Borough deputing one Member; their Power not to apply farther than the interior Policy of the Kingdom; the Courts of Law to remain the same as usual, with all their Officers.
Extract of a Letter from Edinburgh, January 8.
"Subscriptions are opened here and at Glasgow for relieving the Distresses of Numbers of People now out of Employment."
"On Wednesday arrived Mr. and Mrs. Yates. They are to have seven Hundred Guineas for performing at the Theatre here till the End of April."
Extract of a Letter from Copenhagen, January 2.
"I have the Pleasure to acquaint you that the Face of Affairs is greatly changed, for the better, since I wrote to you last. The King, by Advice of his Council, has assumed the Reins of Government, and forbid the Queen Dowager and Prince Frederick, her Son, from concerning themselves any more with State Affairs, on Pain of being sent out of the Kingdom."
"By the Letters by Wednesday's Mail from Holland, it appears there are no less than twenty two Houses at Amsterdam which have stopped Payment. Credit is so low in Holland, at present, that Coffee, which before was looked upon as Gold, is now so fallen that no Man will lend 50 l. upon 500 l. Worth of it."
"The King of Prussia, on a late Marriage, we are informed, from good Authority, has made the Princess a Present of Jewels, set in Paris, to the Value of 20,000 l. in which the Taste of the Jeweller is wonderfully displayed: On the Stomacher particularly, which describes the Temple of Hymen; underneath, Quis separabit? "
"It is a general Remark that Italy, though no larger than Great Britain, has twice the Number of its Inhabitants, at least twelve Millions of People. If so, what can it be ascribed to? Why to our Emigration undoubtedly, to people our Colonies. With the East Indies, and North America, poor England will become a Desert, like Spain; whilst Foreigners, perhaps, may come and enjoy the Produce of our Lands."
"The Lady brought over by a young Earl, lately returned from his Travels, is reckoned of the most perfect Beauty, the most accomplished Breeding, and greatest Wit, that Italy has produced for a Century past. At the Instant that the British Nobleman prevailed upon her to throw herself into his Arms, not less than three rival Princes were contending for her. The Terms of her coming to this Country were these: 10,000 l. Sterling paid down, 2000 l. a Year to be paid quarterly, and the farther Sum of 10, of 10,000 l. to be paid her if ever she shall be desirous of returning to her own Country. For the Performance of this last Article, the enamoured Nobleman has given full Security."
Extract of a Letter from Paris, January 4.
"His Majesty, on receiving the Submission of the two Dukes (Orleans and Chartres, Father and Son) assured the Marquis de Pons St. Maurice, first Gentleman of the Chamber to the former, of his entire Satisfaction with their late Conduct, and what real Pleasure it gave him to see two near Relations, whom he highly esteemed, return to a due Sense of their Duty and Affection. They both went to Versailles on the 29th of last Month, and were received by his Majesty with every possible Mark of Distinction which might be justly expected to be paid to Persons of their Importance in the State. An Event so singular throughout, and so unexpected, would occasion many Conjectures at any other Season; but it has been foreseen, for some Weeks past, and many other great Changes are daily expected to succeed this Reconciliation of the two Princes of the Blood, there being now no Doubt but the Prince of Conti will soon follow their Example. In fine, the most able Politicians here look upon these Events as the certain Forerunner of a War."
January 18. From Vienna we learn that a Manifesto, containing twelve Pages, has been lately printed there at the Imperial Press, by the Empress's Direction, which contains the Proofs of his Right to the several Provinces now occupied by his Troops in the Kingdom of Poland.
Extract of a Letter from Rome, December 9.
"We have this Moment learned that the Plan which his Holiness drew up relative to the Jesuits has met with invincible Obstacles at the Court of Madrid. The Pope proposed to reduce that Body into little and distinct Societies, subject to the Bishops of Places where they were appointed to reside; but to this his Catholic Majesty answered, that "his Holiness had promised him, in a very particular Manner, the total Extinction of the Jesuits; that he relied upon his Promise; and that if he did not perform it, he (his Catholic Majesty) should be obliged to take Measures to force him to it." Here the Matter still rests, but it must be now determined one Way or other."
Extract of a Letter from Edinburgh, January 12.
"We learn from Dundee, that the Gentlemen and Farmers in the Carse of Gowrie, hearing that the Rioters at Dundee had threatened to carry off their Grain, they, on the 6th Instant, collected about 3000 of their Tenants and Servants, in Order to obstruct their Intention, and defend their Property. The Mob did not rise that Night; some Days afterwards they attempted to carry off Grain from Milnfield, where sixteen of them were seized, and brought to Perth."
January 19. Yesterday being the Day appointed for celebrating her Majesty's Birthday, the Morning was ushered in by Ringing of Bells, and at one o'Clock the Park and Tower Guns were fired. There was a numerous Court at St. James's, to pay their Compliments to their Majesties on the Occasion, and the Evening concluded with a grand Ball; but neither the Dukes of Gloucester or Cumberland were present.
Yesterday there was a Variety of rich Dresses at Court, and but very few of foreign Manufacture.
Yesterday the Prince of Wales was at Court, and left St. James's before two o'Clock.
The Mansion House was illuminated last Night with upwards of 400 Glass Lamps.
The Clerks in the Secretary of State's Office for the American Department have received Orders to give due Attendance in Order to prepare the Papers relative to America for the House of Commons.
It is reported that the State of publick Credit is at present under the Consideration of the Ministry, and that some salutary Regulations, particularly relating to commercial Failures, will very shortly be the Subject of Discussion in an august Assembly.
By yesterday's Mails from Holland we learn that the Princes of Anhalt Dessau, Anhalt Bernberg, and Anhalt Zerbst, have agreed to furnish the King of Prussia with a Body of 500 Men each, who are to repair immediately to Halle. These Advices add, that the Dantzickers have made a Demand on a foreign Power for some Troops to reinforce their Garrisons.
At a Meeting of some monied Men in the City, on Friday last, it was resolved, in Order to support the Credit of a great House, to subscribe 5000 l. each, which twenty of them agreed to, and subscribed that Sum accordingly.
January 20. The Powers who have parcelled out the Territories of Poland are, it is said, going to quarrel about the Division of the Bear's Skin; and should Hostilities commence between them, the Flames of War, instead of being extinguished, would probably spread over the greatest Part of Europe, and England, as well as France, be involved therein. Our Ministry will, if possible, avoid it, and keep the Kingdom from being engaged in any foreign War, as it may obstruct the full Execution of their arbitrary Plan of Government at home; but if subsisting Treaties are observed and regarded, it will be impossible for them to prevent the Nation's being a Party in it.
Extract of a Letter from Madrid, December 26.
"The Ships, Troops, &c. that are intended for South America, are now nearly in Readiness to proceed on their destined Voyage, and the greatest Expectations are formed of their successfully restoring the Tranquillity of the American Provinces, as the Command is, we hear, to be bestowed on Don Juan Antonio del Castro, a near Relation to the Duke de Lofado, a brave experienced Officer, well acquainted with the Countries where he is going, and with the Nature and Temper of their Inhabitants. As the Spanish Ministry seem to have a very sanguine Opinion of him, they have conferred a discretionary Power on him, sensible of the many Difficulties which must retard a General in America who is answerable to any Persons there for his Conduct."
The Emperor of Germany has issued Orders for forty Thousand Recruits to be raised, as soon as possible.
The Prussian Officers who have been recruiting at Ratisbon are ordered to join their respective Regiments immediately.
They write from Amsterdam, that by the indefatigable Attention and Support of the principal Merchants of that City Credit is nearly restored to its former Channel.
The great Encouragement given to the Manufactures of Spitalfields at St. James's on Monday, where scarcely any but the Foreigners appeared dressed in foreign Fabrications, was, we hear, owing to repeated Declarations made by their Majesties, that they should not think the Appearance of any Person a Compliment to them who, in the minutest Article of Dress, forgot what was due to the Merits of British Artificers.
We hear that the Princess Amelia has given 500 l. for the Relief of the poor Weavers in Spitalfields.
The Court at St. James's on Monday, it being celebrated as her Majesty's Birthday, was very numerous and brilliant. All the foreign Ministers were present, and the Nobility in general appeared in Dresses of the Manufacture of this Kingdom. Their Majesties came into the Ball Room before nine o'Clock, and the Ball began very soon after with a Minuet by the Duke of Devonshire and Duchess of Marlborough. Many Minuets were danced, and only two Country Dances, in the second their Majesties and Attendance retired, which put an End to the Ball at eleven o'Clock. Lord North stood on the right of the King's Chair the whole Evening, and quitted the Room immediately after their Majesties retired.
His Majesty was dressed in a Suit of blue Velvet and Silver. The Queen's Dress was white Satin trimmed with Ermine.
Extract of a Letter from Warsaw, December 29.
"By Virtue of the Treaty concluded between Russia and the Crimea, the Court of Peterburg has caused 200 Pieces of Cannon to be cast for the Commerce of the Subjects in the Black Sea."
"The Austrians cause the new Ordinances they published in the Provinces they occupy in this Kingdom to be very rigorously observed, and they have appointed the first of May next for the Inhabitants to pay Homage to the House of Austria."
"They write from Dantzick that the Propositions made to that City on the Part of the King of Prussia were rejected, and immediately after the Cannon were planted upon the Ramparts."
"Letters from Spain advise that they are recruiting the Troops all over that Kingdom, and fitting out Men of War; particularly 17 at Cartahena, and seven at Ferrol. The same Letters say that Orders are sent to all the Naval Officers to repair immediately to those two Places, and all the General Officers in Catalonia were likewise ordered to rendezvous the first of this Month."
"A Letter from Hamburg says: "The Austrian Troops have taken Possession of the Towns of Brody and St. Stanislaus, which will in a Manner make the Austrians Masters of the interior Commerce of Poland, the former of those Places being most advantageously situated for the Purpose; and it is even asserted, that they are already employed in the necessary Arrangements towards furnishing the Salt for that Kingdom."
Extract of a Letter from Amsterdam, January 15.
"A Plan has been proposed, and approved of by the Magistrates of this City, to prevent for the future such fatal Failures as have happened lately, which are computed to amount to 11,000,000 of Guilders. The Scheme proposed is to establish a Fund of 3,000,000, from which all Persons may be supplied with the Sums they want at a moderate Interest upon proper Security. The privileged Callers of this City exerted their utmost Endeavours to render this Scheme abortive, but the publick Good has happily prevailed against all the Interest of those Mercenaries."
"From Rome we learn that his Holiness has stopped the annual Pension of 800 Crowns which his Predecessor granted to the Jesuits expelled from Portugal. This his Holiness has signified by an Order sent to the Roman Treasurer, dated the 12th of December."
Extract of a Letter from the Hague, January 15.
"The Letters from Dantzick can scarcely express the Distraction the Inhabitants are in on Account of the Behaviour of the King of Prussia. They are in perpetual Fear of that Monarch's blocking up or besieging of the City, in Order to compel and force them to comply with his Terms; and their Situation is the more deplorable, because they have no Prospect of Assistance."
"A Pamphlet has lately appeared here, entitled Observations of the Declaration of the Courts of Vienna, Peterburg, and Berlin, concerning the Partition of Poland. The Author has taken such Liberties with the Character of the King of Prussia that his Minister at the Hague has obtained a Suppression of the Sale of his Work."
"Our Letters from Copenhagen talk much of a Reconciliation being in great Forwardness between the King of Denmark and Queen Caroline Matilda, through the Mediation of the Kings of Great Britain and Prussia. Frequent Couriers pass between these Courts upon this Occasion, and it is said that an English Nobleman of the first Rank is expected at Copenhagen in a short Time, to put the finishing Stroke to this Affair."
January 22. A capital House in the City is preparing to ship over Goods on Commission for Dominica, in the West Indies, to the Amount of near 30,000 l.
Extract of a Letter from Lisbon, January 1.
"We have just received the agreeable Advice that the Disturbances which lately happened at some of the Portuguese Settlements on the Coast of Africa, particularly at Arverri, Moçador, and Arebo, are now entirely settled, through the Bravery and Conduct of the Portuguese Commander at Benin, who, with about 700 Europeans (most of them Irregulars) and about 8000 friendly Negroes, gave Battle to an Army of between 30 and 40,000 Negroes under the Command of the King of Whidah, a Negro Prince, and obtained a complete Victory, since which Peace has been effectually re-established."
Extract of a Letter from Peterburg, January 5.
"We have now the pleasing Intelligence to convey to you that we have almost a Certainty of the pacifick Ending of all Differences between Russia and the Porte. Within these few Days a Turkish Courier of some Dignity, attended by a Guard of 20 Spahis, arrived here, with an Assurance from the Grand Signior, and the Divan, that they have acceded to all the Proposals of the Empress of Russia, and flattered themselves that the Armistice would meet with no more Obstructions, but he happily concluded on both Sides. This was immediately made publick, and received with great Rejoicings."
Saturday last a Pair of Diamond Shoe Buckles, valued at 1800 Guineas, were carried home by a Jeweller in the City to a Lady of Quality at the west End of the Town, with which her Ladyship appeared last Monday Night at the Ball Room at St. James's.
Extract of a Letter from Altona, January 8.
"There is now in our Jail an Englishman, who, being settled here, and married to a Printer's Daughter, set up a Newspaper, in which, after the Manner of his own Countrymen, making a little too free with State Affairs, he is likely soon to be sent out of the World a Head too short. His Process is going on, which with us is the same as his Condemnation. The most favourable End it can have is, that he will be condemned for Life to work with the other chained Slaves upon some of the Fortifications; yet his whole Crime is copying, verbatim , and that in English too, an Account of the Revolution at Copenhagen, which appeared in most of the London Papers."
"It is a Certainty that Queen Matilda of Denmark has written some very pressing Letters to the King her Brother, and lately sent a particular Express to the Queen to request that she may be permitted to fix her perpetual Residence in her native Country; and we are assured that the Permission is at last obtained, but that it is not yet settled at which of the Palaces she shall reside, though Kensington is the Place, it is said, in Contemplation."
"Queen Matilda takes such Pains to render her Residence at Zell pleasing to the People, that every Day produces some popular humane Act or others. Among many Instances of her Beneficence, her Majesty, on hearing the Distresses of a reduced Officer, who had a Wife and six helpless Children to support, on what would scarcely feed but an indifferent Person in England, especially in London, sent for the unhappy Gentleman, humanely relieved his Family's Wants, and allows them a weekly Stipend till she can provide for him, which her Majesty graciously promised to do, as soon as Opportunity permitted."
"By a Letter from a Gentleman in Dublin to his Friend in London, it appears that Lord Harcourt, from the Uniformity of his Manners, his Compliance to their Modes, and at the same Time preserving a Respect to his own Dignity, his universal Politeness to all without giving Disgust, by attaching himself to the Minions of his Predecessor, or any Particulars, and his peculiar Attention to the Poor at this melancholy Season, renders him truly amiable, and promise him an easy and happy Reign in that Kingdom, at least whilst the People keep in the same Mind. New Brooms sweep very clean in that Country."
"Different Accounts from Spain inform that there never was known greater Expedition made in the several Seaports of that Kingdom, in building and fitting out Ships of War, than at present. Their Marine is more numerous, and in better Order, than it has been for the last sixty Years past. What all these Preparations are made for, our Ministry no Doubt well knows; which must be the Reason of our fitting out a Fleet of sixteen Sale of the Line, to be commanded by Admiral Pye, this Spring, and intended for the Mediterranean, instead of the East Indies, which has been given out."
"A very eminent Banker, discoursing the other Day with a Gentleman on the present State of Affairs in the City, advanced, that to his Knowledge, if Mr. Fordyce could have held it for three Months longer, he would have been worth at least Half a Million of Money; and that if Mr. Fordyce had had the Precaution to have called a Meeting of the principal Bankers, and laid his Affairs before them, they would have inevitably seen it their Interest to support him at all Events, even though they should have made him a bona fide Present of the whole Sum so subscribed."
"A Lady, the Wife of a Man of very considerable Fortune in the Neighbourhood of Berkeley Square, was on Monday Evening last surprised in a very indecent familiar Situation with her Husband's Brother. The injured Party was out of Town, but the Butler was sent Express for him. The Brother is decamped, and the Lady still remains in the House, but the Husband has not yet seen her."
"It being known that many capital Houses are in Possession of undoubted good Bills, and are exceedingly distressed in not being able, in the present general Alarm, to get them discounted, a Meeting of some of the first monied Men in the City was this Day held, in Order to raise the Sum of 100,000 l. for the Purpose of discounting the good Bills of such Houses."

as shall appear, on an Inspection of their Accounts, to be in an undoubted prosperous Situation. It is certain that this publick spirited Plan will meet with Success, beyond its original Intention; and it promises the fairest, of any Thing yet proposed, to stop the Progress of that fatal Distress now universally reigning in the commercial World.
When the twenty Gentlemen met to consider of Means to support the Credit of a great House in the City, the Books of the House were laid before the Meeting, and it appeared that the Principal had a Balance in his Favour of 132,000 l. and that within these five Years he had been possessed of a clear Capital of upwards of 400,000 l. of which near 200,000 l. had been lost by several speculative Transactions, particularly in the Articles of Alum, Hemp, Indigo, and Black Teas. One of the Gentlemen who subscribed his Name for 5000 l. wrote against it in these Words (which now stand on the Subscription Paper) For the publick Good, not for the Service of the Man himself.
By a Letter from a respectable Correspondent at one of our Universities, we are informed that a Gentleman who has got over Euclid's Pens Axiom , and famous for his Astronomical Knowledge , one that never omits a fine Moonlight Night without finding out a new Star in the Heavens , has at length discovered one on the terrestrial Globe, superior in Brilliance to any one he has yet discovered above, in the Disquisition of whose Beauty he dedicates all his Hours. This Luminous is to be seen at any Time between eight in the Morning and twelve at Night, not quite a Degree from the University. He styles her the Venus of the Earth , though she deigns to illuminate a Cottage ; and it is conjectured by this Time he is admitted her Mars , as he ever was a Lover of Conjunction .
The Princess of —, a Favourite of the late Emperor of Germany, a Lady well known for a lively penetrating Understanding, being lately asked her Opinion of the People of the different Nations she had conversed with, declared, that the French were lively, but too inconstant to be liked; the Italians were Life in every Part, but all for Self; the Germans were mere Camels, fit only to carry Burthens; and the Irish would destroy themselves, only to gratify their own Pride and Vanity.
Lady Glynn, it is said, takes the Death of Sir Richard so much to Heart that it is with Difficulty she is prevailed on to take what is requisite for the Support of Nature; what little Sleep she has is by the Assistance of Opiates, and she never stirs out of her Chamber.
An Extract of a Letter from Vienna mentions the Death of General O'Donnel, an Irish Gentleman, who was not only a brave Officer, but one of the handsomest and most elegant Cavaliers of the Age. His Person and Address were so distinguishably elegant that her Imperial Majesty made no Scruple to declare she could not see him without feeling such an uncommon Regard for him that his Presence gave her rather Uneasiness; for which Reason she gave him a very distant though lucrative Government, where he finished his Days.
It is amazing (a Gentleman said to Foote, the other Day, in a large and mixed Company) that you can lose the Aristophanes in the Character of Pancas ; when Foote as readily made Answer, that it was upon the same Motive that he quitted the virtuous Patriot for the flamboyant Courtier , namely, for Money to support his Extravagance.
January 23. A Letter from Paris says: "The last Letters from Rome mention the total Abolition of the Jesuits Society having been finally resolved on to take Place immediately."
An Extract of a Letter from Glasgow says: "The Troubles in Scotland are likely to prove as troublesome to the Government as the Insurgents in Ireland. Provisions of all Kinds are so scarce, Trade so dead, and the Circulation of Cash so very low, that the Distresses of the Manufacturers are almost beyond Description."
January 25. A Letter from Larnaca, in Cyprus, dated October 18th, says: "The Grand Seigneur has given Orders to Ismail Aga, Governor of this Island, to put all the Places in a proper State of Defence, in Order to prevent being surprised by the Enemy."
Extract of a Letter from a Merchant at Amsterdam, received by last Mail. "Our Magistrates have just now given a Proof of their wise Foresight, in allowing provisionally the Sum of two Millions of Guilders (about 180,000 l.) taken out of the City Treasury, to be advanced on Goods or good Bills, to such Persons as may be in immediate Want of Money, at a moderate Interest, which will be applied to the Use of the Poor of all Religions. The Administration and Direction of this useful Plan is entrusted to the Management of six Commissioners, and the principal Merchants have agreed to indemnify the City for any Loss that may accrue."
Friday Night, as a Gentleman was going through Lincoln's Inn, a Fellow seized him by the Collar and dragged him into a Corner, and presenting a Pistol robbed him of his Money, Watch, and Great Coat. On the Gentleman's begging he would not take his Great Coat, alleging it was cold, the Robber replied, for that very Reason I have the more Occasion for it. The Fellow was not under the least Timidity, but while he was pulling off the Coat repeated the Words in the Beggar's Opera, A Lawyer's an honest Employment, so is mine ; and then walked gently off, humming the Tune of Through all the Employments of Life, &c.
January 26. The 19th Instant a violent Storm of Wind happened at Edinburgh, when Part of the Roof of a House in Gosford's Close was beat in by the Fall of a Stack of Chimneys. Miss Rigg, Sifter to Mr. Rigg, and Mr. and Mrs. Moffat, whose Apartments were in that Quarter, were buried in the Ruins.
Mr. Cox, in his Museum, has introduced a Variety of curious Fishes, Birds, Beasts, and Reptiles, of Gold, Jewellery, &c. In one Piece of exquisite Workmanship, a Bullfinch and a Goldfinch sing a Duet, and then a Solo each. In another, Lizards are pursued by Snakes; and in another, Crocodiles lie waiting for Pearls, which they swallow with much apparent Avidity. Among the prodigious Number of surprising Curiosities in the Museum, there is a Pine Apple which opens and discovers a Bird with six young Ones; this Bird goes round alternately from one to the other of the Young, dropping a Pearl in the Mouth of each, with a very pleasing Appearance of maternal Anxiety.
January 27. We hear that the present Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, a little after his entering into that Office, publicly declared to several of the Minority Leaders in that Kingdom that an Union with England was neither directly, nor indirectly, an Object of his Commission. This frank Declaration, on a Point they so much dreaded, has opened a Prospect of his becoming very popular.
A Letter from Greenock, dated January 21st, giving an Account of the Damage of the Storm there on Wednesday last, mentions that the Juno Brigantine, Captain Paton, came in about four o'Clock in the Morning, and when Daylight appeared several Wrecks were observed on the Bank. About three o'Clock in the Afternoon a Boat and five Hands went off, and found the Vessel lying on one Side, and five Corpses near each other, one of which was then warm. All were brought on Shore, and every Method used to recover Life, but to no Purpose. One of these five was Captain Paton, in whose Pocket Papers were found, which show this Vessel to be the Juno, from Cape Fear, loaded with naval Stores; the Bills of Loading are dated December 15th. The Vessel now lies on one Side, almost under Water; and as the Weather still continues bad, nothing can be done for the Preservation of Vessel or Cargo.
There is now living near Cemmes, in Montgomeryshire, one Gabriel Humphreys, a poor Farmer upwards of sixty Years of Age, who married about two Years ago, and had within eighteen Months from his Day of Marriage five Children; two Boys and one Girl the first Birth, and two Boys the last, all born alive.
January 28. A Letter from Paris, dated January the 15th, says: "The States of Brittany have granted a Pension of 300 Livres to an old Man, named John Causeur, who has just attained the 130th Year of his Age."
Extract of a Letter from Paris, January 15. "A Calculation is at length made of the Loss occasioned by the late Fire in the Hotel Dieu. It appears that the fifth Part of the Whole has been demolished, which will require, in Order to repair it, a very considerable Sum. Towards this the King has given 12,000 Livres, the Dauphin 6,000, the Farmers General 12,000; besides which several Noblemen and Gentlemen have given large Contributions."
"The King has issued an Edict, by which he appoints ten Officers for the Purpose of inspecting Affairs relating to Commerce and Credit, and of making new Regulations in Arrests and Imprisonments for civil Debts."
January 29. Yesterday there was one of the greatest Levies at Lord North's that has been known at the Treasury since the Year 1734, during the Administration of Sir Robert Walpole, on the Occasion of his gaining a great Majority in the House of Commons, after the then general Election.
This Evening the State Apartments at St. James's will open from seven till ten, for the Reception and Entertainment of the Nobility and Gentry to drink Caudle.
The Duke of Athol moved for an Address to his Majesty yesterday in the House of Lords, on the happy Delivery of the Queen; which was agreed to, and the Lords, with white Staves, ordered to present it.
Yesterday a Motion was made in the House of Commons, by Richard Symons, Esquire, to address his Majesty, and congratulate him on the happy Event of the Birth of a Prince; which was agreed to, and an Address was read, which will be presented accordingly.
Extract of a Letter from the Hague, January 19. "According to the latest Accounts from Bucharest, the Negotiations for Peace promise the most happy Consequences. It is confirmed that
the Turks have consented to the Independence of the Crimea, and the free Navigation of the Black Sea; and the Russian Plenipotentiaries have proposed to the Turks to extend this Navigation to the English and Dutch, but no Answer has yet been made to this Proposal."
"Letters from the Lower Elbe advise, that it was not owing to the King of Prussia alone that the Congress at Fockzany was broke up; but that the Court of Vienna had likewise a Hand in it, and that the Grand Seigneur first saw through their Schemes, and discovered them to the Court of Petersburg. The Report that prevailed some Time ago, that the King of Prussia was in Treaty with the Duke of Mecklenburg Schwerin to exchange the Dutchy of Cleves for that of Mecklenburg, is true; and a Negotiation for this Purpose is now carrying on between them, but it is conducted with great Secrecy."
We are assured, by several Letters of good Authority, that the Spirit which rose in America in the Year 1765, and which was with so much Difficulty allayed, is again revived, and seems to threaten the worst Consequences.
A Letter from Genoa says, "Letters received here from Madrid advise, that a Report having gained Ground there that there were in Spain many Jesuits in Disguise, a strict Inquisition was immediately set on Foot, in Consequence of which they soon discovered and arrested fifteen of these Holy Fathers at Madrid, and five at Pampeluna, besides several others at divers other Places. They were conducted to Prison, amidst the Acclamations of the Multitude."
The Week before last the Earl of Chatham received, in his Retirement at Burton Pynsent, a Packet from the King of Prussia, but whether on publick or private Affairs is not known. His Prussian Majesty has long done the British Cincinnatus the Honour of corresponding with him; and, we are told, has, on many important Occasions, condescended to ask the Advice of that truly great Man.
In a Letter from Constantinople, we are informed that the Conditions agreed to by the Porte with Russia, previous to the Peace, are kept a profound Secret there; for should they transpire, as they are rather a Dishonour to the Blood of Ottoman, it is supposed the whole Seraglio would be soon in Flames, and Detestation spread around on the Heads even of the Innocent.
It is very currently reported, at the west End of the Town, that his Imperial Majesty will honour this Kingdom with his Presence some Time in May next. A House, it is farther said, is taken for him; but his Majesty, at the same Time, will take on him only the Title of Count, and be more incog. than the King of Denmark was. His graceful Address, it is confessed by all that have seen him, requires not the Name of Diadem, nor any Pomp, to give it Lustre.
The superbest Childbed Linen ever made in this Kingdom is now completing at a Milliner's in Bond Street for the Dutchess of Gloucester, against her Royal Highness's lying in.
The Number of the King's Children is now the very same with that of his Royal Father when he died, namely, nine.
Another Lady of high Rank (a Dutchess) has been caught tripping within these few Days. It is at present kept very private, for certain Reasons, but will shortly cut a Figure in the Annals of Doctors Commons.
A young Officer reduced, and by all Accounts his Halfpay disposed of besides, came in Company, very lately, to London, in a northern Stage, with an old Dowager not far from sixty; and on the Road made a Shift to so insinuate himself into the Affections of the Lady that she was kind enough to give him her Hand in two Days after their Arrival in Town, and with it above 12,000 l. in the Funds, besides a real Estate of 250 l. a Year. What a lucky Transition for a young Gentleman, without Friends or Money!
As the Bill for Permission to our Colonies to borrow Money from Foreigners is in a fair Way of being passed, the Question arises, who are those Foreigners that can so readily accommodate us? The Spaniards and Portugueze are the Miners of Europe, and therefore most able; but how far they may be willing to furnish those, who may one Day be their Enemies, with the Means of being more powerful than they are at present, is not hard to guess. The Dutch then must be the Mortgagees, and will be as ready to foreclose the Mortgage; but there, it is said, will be such a provisional Clause that the English in general will have the Preference of Redemption.
At present there is a visible Sympathy, with Respect to Hours, between the Senate House and our Courts of Law; they break up early, and much about the same Time. The one has got the better of Opposition by the Recitude of its Councils, so Business glides on unmolested; whilst the others, from the Want of Cash (not the Spirit of Litigation) are not, as formerly, so frequently appealed to.
As the Ensurances on Chances in the Lottery is reckoned by the Minister the greatest Impostion on Earth, the Ensurers having such monstrous Advantages over the unwary and unthinking People, a Clause will be inserted in the Lottery Act which will make the first Offence in this Way whipping, and the second Transportation.
A commercial Gentleman publicly declared, in a Coffeehouse near the Change, but last Week, that he was certain there is at present as much, if not more Money, in England, than it ever yet possessed; but it was dispersed into so many Hands, owing to Speculation in Trade, and also People living beyond their Capital, that a large Sum could hardly be found now in any one Man's Possession.
Extract of a Letter from Glasgow, January 23. "On Wednesday Morning came on the most violent Hurricane, accompanied with Hail and Lightning, that has happened in this Country since the memorable 13th of January 1739. It blew excessive hard from the south west, from two o'Clock until about Half an Hour after five, during which Time considerable Damage has been done both in Town and Country, many Chimney Heads beat down, the Spires carried off from some of the Steeples, Trees torn up by the Roots, several Houses unroofed, and others entirely blown down. What is most remarkable, the Country People who live near the Lakes in the Mearns carried home yesterday several Loads of fine Trouts and Perch, which had been forced out of the Lakes during the Storm."
"A Boat at the Broomillou parted her Cable, and sunk; a House at Pinnielton, two or about Anderston, several at Camlachie, and some in the Gorbals, were blown down; several Stacks of Corn and Hay in the Neighbourhood are scattered and destroyed. The Confusion and Consternation occasioned by it were universal, but luckily we hear of no Lives being lost."
The Glasgow Merchants have engaged twelve Ships to be employed this Year in the Greenland Whale Fishery.
On Wednesday Evening, at a private Exhibition, Lord G. and the Honourable Mr. W. whose Skill in Card-playing is well known at Bath, Southampton, &c. engaged in a Party at Whist with the celebrated Mr. Wildman and Lady G. when, after playing several Games, Mr. Wildman, and his Partner Lady G. always won, although they gave the above Noblemen nine Points of the Game; and, during the whole Time, Mr. Wildman neither shuffled, cut, or dealt the Cards, but was always willing to exchange his own Cards for those of the opposite Party, if desired.
Extract of a Letter from Portsmouth, December 6.
"On Wednesday Night last as Mrs. Lewis, who keeps a Publick House, the Sign of the Battle of Minden, at Hilsea near Portsmouth, was going to Bed, she discovered the Feet of a Man under the Bed. Her Maid and Children lay in the same Room. One of the Children cried for Beer, which proved a very lucky Circumstance for her. Alarmed as it must be supposed she was, she had the Presence of Mind to pretend not to take any Notice at what she saw, but fondly desired the Child to lie still, and she would draw her some Beer. She immediately went down Stairs, slipped out of Doors, went over to a Farm House opposite, and after alarming them acquainted them with the Circumstance. The Farmer, and three of his Men, arming themselves, went over with her, and found a Man under the Bed with a Razor open in his Hand; they presently secured him, and the next Morning carried him before a Justice of Peace, who committed him to Winchester Jail. Thus providentially did this Woman, and three innocent Children, escape from being all murdered. What is remarkable, the Woman's Husband was shot about five Years ago two Miles from Portsmouth, as he was going home, by one Williams, who was executed for the Murder, and is hanging in Chains on South Sea Common."
A Patent has passed the Seal, to Leonard Thompson, Esquire, for twenty Years of the Office for registering the Consent of all Persons who shall go to any of the Colonies as Covenant Servants, commanding all Justices of the Peace, Customhouse Officers, or Waiters, in any of the Ports, to prevent any Person going without their free Consent having been first registered in the above Office, from whence they must produce a Certificate.
On CREDIT in general.
CREDIT is carried to such a Pitch in this Country as to enable the lowest Character to do a great Deal of Mischief; but the greatest Misfortune, in this Case, that can possibly attend Commerce, and of the utmost Consequence to the fair Trader, is the Opportunity which Credit gives the artful and designing Man to enrich himself at the Expense of another.
In short, long Credit has a general bad Tendency. All Men will naturally deal above their Capitals while there is such an Opening. It is impossible to check that ambitious Principle; and the Desire of increasing their Profits by enlarging their Returns, which this gives them the Opportunity of doing, will of Course make them stretch every Nerve to obtain a Fortune in a Hurry. But, alas! this very Circumstance has been the Ruin of Thousands; and generally produces the greatest Part of those Bankruptcies which are now so numerous, that it is a high Time, if possible, to put Trade upon a proper Footing, or it will soon be a Pet, instead of an Advantage, to the Community.
Innumerable are the Disadvantages attending long Credit, whatever may be its Conveniences. It certainly has had the Honour of reducing Trade and Commerce to a hazardous perplexing Employment, to have robbed Industry of the sure Reward of her Labour, to have introduced Adventurers, Cheats, Gamblers, Sharps, and a numerous Set of the most sorry Knaves that ever infested a Country.
Some useful HINTS.
THE Constitution of this Country, from the Efficiency of our Manners, and the Luxury of our Way of living, seems not to rest on a permanent Foundation. True Nobility now consists in splendid Titles, gay Equipages, and princely Palaces. These Vanities engross the Attention of the Great, and from them they court Applause. Expensive Furniture, elegant Repasts, and rich Apparel, are the Ambition of the middle Class of People; from these childish Baubles, they seek to acquire Respect and Esteem from the Vulgar.
The honest Pride of Virtue, the disinterested Love for our Country, a pure Zeal for our Religion, are upon the Decline. To be irreligious reflects no Disgrace; the Villain blushes not, and the publick Good is absorbed in Selfishness. Industry and Competency cannot answer the excessive Demands of Pleasure and Luxury, nor satisfy the Wants which they continually create. From the Happinefs of our Situation, we are in no Danger from the Attack of an open Adversary. Our Ruin, whenever it shall happen, will be from our Follies and Vanities, which, unless seasonably checked, will soon become formidable, and render us willing and contented Subjects either to foreign or native Despotism.
WILLIAMSBURG, April 8.
OUR last Advices from London say that the Ocean, Ewing, Hanbury, Esten, Virginia, Howard Esten, Anne and Mary, Power, and the Randolph, McNabb, were to leave that Port towards the End of February; therefore they may be soon expected.
The Fanny, M'Larty, from Potowmack River, bound to Glasgow, on the 31st ult. in a violent Gale of Wind, was forced ashore opposite to the Mouth of Potowmack, and had the Misfortune to lose all her Rigging, Masts, Anchors, and Cables. She is since got off again, and has put into Norfolk to rest.
The Rogers, Benson, from London, is arrived in Rappahannock River.
Mr. PAUL CARRINGTON is re-elected a Burgess for Charlotte County, he having lately vacated his Seat by purchasing a Clerkship; and Mr. JOHN BOWDOIN is chosen for Northampton, in the Room of Severn Eyre, Esquire, deceased.
[Deaths.] Miss LUCY WORMELEY, second Daughter of Ralph Wormeley, Esquire.
Reverend JOSIAH JOHNSON, Rector of Bruton Parish, and Master of the Grammar School in William and Mary College; a Gentleman who had a most benevolent Heart, and was an excellent Scholar.
Colonel HENRY SCARBROOK, of Warwick, in the 73rd Year of his Age; who was a Magistrate for that County upwards of thirty Years, a Gentleman steady in Friendship, an affectionate Husband, a tender Parent, and an indulgent Master.
NANSEMOND, April 1. Lately died in this County, in the Flower of her Age, Miss BETSEY WILKINSON; who, to let Justice hold the Scales, was possessed of so many innate Virtues, and exemplary Qualities, as must adorn as well as serve for a Pattern to the fair Sex. In short, Nature seemed to have formed her adequate to the very Words so inimitably descriptive, "Heaven was in her Eye, Grace in all her Steps, in every Gesture Dignity and Love."
HALIFAX, March 21, 1773.
I PRESUME, by what I have within these few Days learned, that Mr. Miller's Motive for publishing a Vindication of the late Mr. Milner's Character was a Discovery he had made of the Person whom he thought to be the Propagator of that malicious Report so very injurious to the Deceased. Here I must take the Liberty to correct him, and be allowed to affirm that he has placed a foul Aspersion on the Character of an innocent Person. Whether it was owing to his misunderstanding his Information, or whether it was a wilful Mistake, I am at some Loss to conjecture, though both are equally detestable. If the first was the Case, every Person, I am sure, will agree with me (except the Tattler) that no Event should be related after another Person, especially where the Character was concerned, without first making himself properly acquainted with the Matter and its Circumstances. In this, Mr. Miller, to my Knowledge, has been very deficient. If the latter was the Case (but I can scarcely judge so meanly of Mankind) it was an uncommon, but a very malicious and cruel Way of showing his Resentment to a Person against whom he was prejudiced. Sure no Person, but one of the most depraved Mind, could make Use of such a Method to injure an innocent Person. That he received an Information of that Nature from a Gentleman of Veracity, and from Virginia, is perfectly true; but it seems he did not choose to inquire whether there was only one or more Persons of the same Name. It happened that there were two, one an Inhabitant of Carolina, the other of Virginia. Now Mr. Miller, for Reasons before hinted, pitched on the one that was most convenient to him, when in Fact it can be proved, in the clearest Manner, that this Person has never conversed with the Gentleman of whom Mr. Miller received his Information; nor has he, since the Death of Mr. Milner, seen him, nay for some considerable Time before: So it is inconsistent that there should be the least Manner of Truth in what he privately reports.
Neither do I apprehend that Mr. Milner's Character needed a Panegyric from him; for to have attempted to set it in a fairer Light was vain and presumptuous, and he thereby lost his Time, and gained nothing but Disgrace: That Gentleman having established so good, so universal a Character, both in this Province and Virginia, that none of his Acquaintance, of any Distinction, would have credited so improbable and foul a Report.
AN INHABITANT OF HALIFAX.
Advertisements.
WILLIAMSBURG, APRIL 7, 1773.
THE Subscribers, being empowered by a late Act of Assembly to contract for the building an Addition to the House appropriated to the Use of the Keeper of the publick Jail, are ready to receive the Proposals of such Undertakers as may incline to engage in the Work. The Addition is to be of Brick, thirty one Feet in Length, and of the same Height and Width as the present House.
(2) RO. C. NICHOLAS. JOHN BLAIR. JOHN TAZEWELL.
I PURCHASED of Robert Tunstall his undivided Part of the Land surveyed for the Officers and Soldiers late of the Virginia Regiment, on the River Olis, and the Branches of the same, which the said Tunstall had in Right, as a Sergeant in the said Regiment, and is one of those mentioned in a Patent that has since been obtained for the said Land. And whereas I have sold the said undivided Right of Land to Mr. Robert Rutherford, this is to caution all Persons against making a Purchase from the said Robert Tunstall, or any claiming under him.
JOHN CREAGH.
THE great COCK MATCH between John Edloe of Charles City, and Frederick Rains of Prince George, will be fought on Thursday the 27th Instant (April) at Avery's Ordinary, in Prince George.
THE Sale of Captain James Walker's Land, advertised to have been sold on Thursday the 25th of March last, was prevented by the Day's proving so rainy. It will now certainly be exposed for Sale, to the highest Bidder, for ready Money, at Dinwiddie Courthouse, on Monday the 10th Instant (April) being Court Day.
(2 11 ) ROBERT WALKER, } Trustees. GRAY BRIGGS, }

THE Badness of the Weather preventing the Sale of James Parham's Land and Negroes, advertised to have been sold at the last Brunswick Court, the same will now be exposed to Sale, to the highest Bidders, for ready Money, at Brunswick Courthouse, on Monday the 26th Instant ( April ).
P. RAMSAY, } Trustees. N. RAINES, }
CHARLOTTE, March 29, 1773.
THE Subscriber having purchased from
Captain Thomas Fleurey , of Prince Edward , a Tract of Land, for which he gave his Bond payable in June next; but as he has since found that the said Fleurey deceived him, in showing him, for his own Land, great Part of another Man's, he hereby gives publick Notice that he shall neither pay the Bond nor take the Land, and desires that no Person will take an Assignment of his Bond.
(2ll)
JOHN PETTUS.
It is with Concern that I find the Publick
I have been entertained with a Circumstance, which, if true, might have affected me in the greatest Manner, to wit, my having received Money of the late Emission from Mr. Paschal Greenhill (a Gentleman unfortunately accused) knowing the same to be bad. I find too that the ill-natured and Uncandid have with amazing Avidity propagated this Report, with Circumstances too that did not attend it, which I can only attribute to the Malignity of their Hearts; for the Man of Humanity and Liberalty of Sentiment will not advance a Circumstance that may injure or destroy that which he is sensible every worthy Man holds in the highest Esteem, to wit, his Reputation, unless sufficiently warranted for so doing, and only in that Case when he might expect an Advantage would result to the Publick therefrom. But the bad Man, conscious of the Depravity of his own wretched, ruined, and abandoned Reputation, with Eagerness catches at every vague uncertain Circumstance that in the smallest Measure (as he may think) would tend to pull down, injure, or ruin the Character of those that he with Mortification and Envy finds standing in a more exalted and respectable Situation than his own, which he has, from his Mal-practices, involved in Villainy and Darknes. It will give the good Man Pleasure, I know, and it is with ineffable Pleasure that I have it in my Power to inform him, that that false and villainous Report is contradicted by the Deposition of Mr. Greenhill , legally taken, and here inserted; to which I beg the Publick will direct their Attention. But methinks I hear the illiberal Wretch, partial only on the Side of Falsehood, and conscious he has already condemned me unheard, and without good Cause, with Malice sparkling in his Eyes, say, but had he not a large Quantity of the bad Money? Where got he that, and how came he by it? To which ill-natured and insinuating Interrogatory I shall only say, that true it is I had received a good Deal of the new Money; that the greater Part of what I had in my Possession at the Meeting of the Merchants in January last was condemned as counterfeit; that the following Depositions of Mr. Woo Jones and Mr. Davison show how I came by the greater Part of it; and that, exclusive of the Sum mentioned therein, I had received of a Gentleman forty Pounds, all in the new Money (which was also condemned) for Mr. Andrew McKenzie , a Merchant of Prince Edward ; and that Gentleman, whose Integrity and Veracity I am sure will not be doubted, will do me the Justice to say, if necessary, that the Gentleman of whom I had received it, on my being ready to swear to the Identity thereof (having carefully put it in a Paper apart from the rest of the Money I had) took it back again. And, if it will be of any Service to those vile Calumniators, I will confess, that, exclusive of the above mentioned Sums, I might have received and paid away, of the new Money, seventy, eighty, or a Hundred Pounds, as the Case might be, to different Persons with whom I had Connexions. But in this a rational or a just Argument (permit me to ask) of my having received and paid away that Quantity of Money knowing it to be bad? Surely such a Conclusion must lose its intended Force from that Face of ill-nature and Impropriety that it so manifestly wears; for these wanton Depoilers of Reputation know, or ought to have known before they had formed any such Opinion, that I, in the Course of the last Year, received and paid away (what of my own, and on Account of the Merchants and others) to the Amount of upwards of two Thousand Pounds, and undoubtedly the candid Publick will allow (whatever may be the Sentiments of the Knave or the Fool) that I might have collected twice the Quantity above mentioned, at a Time when, unhappy for this Colony, so much bad Money was in Circulation, and not have known the same to be bad, as most Individuals find (though late) that that masterly and baneful Imitation of our Paper Currency of the late Emission baffled, for a long Time, the Skill of many of the most eminent Judges we have amongst us.
I think too the Nature of my Situation makes it necessary to inform the Publick, that, on hearing I was one of the Persons informed against by Terry (an unhappy Culprit now in the publick Jail for passing the bad Money, knowing it to be bad) I rode down from Prince Edward , the County in which I reside, and applied to his Excellency the Governor in Order to know whether it was so, and in such Case that his Lordship might take such Steps as he should judge necessary to be taken for the Discovery of the Truth of such an Information. His Lordship was pleased to inform me, that he did not recollect that I was one of those against whom Terry had sworn; but that Mr. Attorney General had the Deposition in his Possession, and referred me to him. I in Consequence applied also to Mr. Attorney, who was kind enough to look over the Deposition; and after having done so, informed me that my Name was not amongst the List of those against whom Terry had sworn.
Thus much have I done on an Occasion which the Publick will acknowledge to be of the highest Importance to me, and I humbly trust that the candid will also acknowledge (and the Villain may now be cautious of saying the contrary) that I have done every Thing on this unhappy Occasion that a Man situated like myself could possibly do in Order to wipe off the Stigma on my Reputation which a tame Acquiescence under such a Report would undoubtedly have fixed.
I am the Publick's most obedient Servant, ROBERT LAWSON.
The DEPOSITION of Paschal Greenhill of PRINCE EDWARD County, of lawful Age.
THIS Deponent, having been first sworn on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God, deposeth and saith, that he, this Deponent, hath not paid Robert Lawson , on his own Account, any Sum of Money of the new Emission (however trifling the Sum) ever in his Life; nor did he ever deliver, or pay to him, any Money on Account of any Person whatsoever. This Deponent was asked whether he had ever told Moses Terry (a Criminal now supposed to be in the publick Jail) that he had ever paid him, the said Lawson , any Money of the late Emission, and that, on his suspecting the Goodness thereof, he, this Deponent, to prevent a Discovery, was obliged to confess the same was bad. To which Question this Deponent answered, No; and that if Terry had sworn to any such Thing, that it was inconsistent with Truth.
PASCHAL GREENHILL. Sworn to before me, a Magistrate for the County of Prince Edward , this 29th Day of March , 1773.
JOHN NASH, Junior.
The DEPOSITION of Miller Woodson, of lawful Age, he having been first sworn on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God.
THIS Deponent saith, that he paid unto Mr. Robert Lawson , Attorney at Law, on his Way down to the Meeting of the Merchants in January last, the Sum of fifty Pounds, all in the new Money, of the late Emission, which Money this Deponent received as good Money, and paid it to him, the said Lawson , as such; and farther, this Deponent saith that the said Lawson stands charged on his Books for the same.
MILLER WOODSON.
Sworn to before me, one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the County of Amelia , this 31st Day of March , 1773.
WOOD JONES.
The DEPOSITION of George Davison, of lawful Age, having been first sworn on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God.
THIS Deponent, who acts as Deputy Sheriff in the County of Prince Edward , saith, that on settling several Executions with Mr. Robert Lawson , Attorney at Law, he, this Deponent, was accountable to him for the Sum of forty nine Pounds ten Shillings, which Sum this Deponent paid him, the said Lawson , in the Money of the last Emission, on his Way down to the January Meeting of the Merchants, which Money the said Lawson received of him as good, and is very certain he had no Reason to believe the contrary, and which Money this Deponent also received as
good, and that he had no Reason to believe, or even to doubt, the contrary, until Mr. Lawson returned from the Meeting of the Merchants, and that then he, this Deponent, was informed by him that the Money paid to Mr. Lawson was condemned by several of the Merchants as counterfeit, and asked this Deponent to take it back again, as he was ready to swear to the Identity of it; on which, as this Deponent implicitly confided in the Truth of what Mr. Lawson had asserted, he took the same back, which said Money this Deponent, on his Oath, saith he received as good Money.
Sworn to before me, a Magistrate for the County aforesaid, this 31st Day of March , 1773.
WOOD JONES.
THE Publick have heard, and no Doubt
with Concern, that Mr. Paschal Greenhill , a Representative for Prince Edward County, is one of those against whom Terry (now in the publick Jail) had sworn. I know the Gentleman thus unfortunately accused; indeed I know him intimately as a Friend, and, as I even now think, a worthy Man, and of fair Character. It therefore gives me great Concern to find that a too hasty Belief has been given to such Information, by those unacquainted with Mr. Greenhill . Indeed, let them consider where this Report originated. Let them also seriously consider, that, as it is his Fate to-day, it may be theirs to-morrow; for the Villain (for so he is at best) who has thus sworn that Mr. Greenhill has been concerned in passing the counterfeit Money of this Colony, knowing the same to be bad, may swear it upon any Man (and I hope with as much Justice) who unfortunately has a Face that he, Terry (unluckily for the Person) has once seen, and may be displeased with: I say, with as much Justice I hoped; for as I have made strict and impartial Inquiry into Mr. Greenhill's Conduct on this Occasion, and finding that he has never paid any of this Sort of Money to any Person as I can learn—I say, as this is, I think, and I hope it will ever appear to be the Case, I must think him as innocent as those who have been over-busy in propagating a Belief to the contrary. Let such illiberal Persons consider that these Reflections are levelled against a Man whose Reputation, as heretofore, has not in the smallest Degree been impeached. Let it be observed, that every such Reflection wounds the domestic Peace and Tranquillity of a Family which has hitherto calmly and serenely trod the Paths of Peace and Virtue. Let the illiberal Man also consider, that as there is even a Possibility of Mr. Greenhill's innocence, that when he is thus so freely and inconsiderately dealing out his ill-natured Reflections he exposes his Folly and Malignity to the Censure and Reprehension of the good Man, who will always adopt this wise Maxim, that the Presumption is that a Man is honest until the contrary appears beyond the Possibility of a Doubt. I know that various Reports are now circulated in Order to show that Terry is right; but where do they originate? And, may I ask, what are the Circumstances that give them Existence? Why, I fancy the Case is this: I hear a Circumstance, which, if true, might tend, in some Measure, to show the Possibility of Mr. Greenhill's Guilt, and take Care to embellish it before I part with it; but, if the Loss of Life was to be the Consequence, I could not find out from whence it first came. But the Accounts, vague and uncertain as they certainly are, notwithstanding the Arguments of the Unjust in Order to ground the Publick in a Suspicion which at best I think had a very slender Rise, are unsupported by any one probable Circumstance.
He is condemned for not coming to the Assembly. The publick Cry seems to be, why did he not come there if he was innocent, as a Representative of his County? I know he fully intended to have come down when the Assembly was first convened, and after he had heard of Terry's Information; but when he heard his Lordship's Warrant was out to apprehend him, as a Felon, he chose to decline his first Resolution, and adopted a second one, to wait until he had his Examination, which, as was constitutional, he expected in his County Court; and then, as he did not fear but what he could, and should, make his Innocence appear, he intended to come down, and thereby prevent any ungenerous Person from a Reflection that he had come down as a Law Maker, and that a Warrant was out to apprehend him as a Violator of the Laws of his Country. And, to prevent his Excellency the Governor from determining any Thing to Mr. Greenhill's Disadvantage from the above Circumstance, Mr. Greenhill wrote to his Lordship, and assigned the above Reason for such his Conduct; which, by many, is badly construed. Then, added to this, a very formidable Circumstance rose up to stare Mr. Greenhill in the Face, and show, beyond the Possibility of Cavil, his Guilt. Pray what was that? Why, that, on hearing that he was informed against, he had advertised his Intention to leave the Colony, in Order, as it was said, to give a colourable Pretext to his Flight, and thereby prevent that Examination which his Guilt, for the Good of the Publick, had made absolutely necessary. But well do I know that Mr. Greenhill had formed an Intention of going to Rhode Island (for that was the destined Place) in Order to receive a considerable Patrimony which devolved on him by the Death of his late worthy Father, as Heir at Law, and on which Occasion Mr. Waller will recollect he has been often consulted, at a Time when Mr. Greenhill could not know or divine that a Person would start up, and, in Order to screen himself from that condign Punishment which he was conscious he deserved, inform against others. And, indeed, will not this short Reflection show that a Culprit, about privately to evade the Punishment the Laws intended, by Flight, would scarcely make this his Intention publick? To these Circumstances the Publick will be so good as to attend, as also to the Depositions inserted as below; and let me conclude with expressing my Hope that they will attend at least to show that there is a Possibility of Mr. Greenhill's Innocence. If so, the Publick will be pleased to suspend any farther Opinion of Mr. Greenhill's Guilt until he can have what every Friend to the Constitution of this Country ought to with him, a constitutional Examination. I am to the Gentleman who is unhappily accused, and to Justice, A FRIEND.
The DEPOSITION of GEORGE DAVISON, LEWEL-LIN JONES, and ROBERT LAWSON, all of lawful Age, who were first sworn upon the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God.
THESE Deponents were told by Mr. Paschal Greenhill that he had heard that a certain Moses Terry , now in the publick Jail for passing the bad Money of the late Emission, had sworn that he, the said Greenhill , had paid the said several Deponents, at several different Times, large Sums of Money of the late Emission, as he, the said Greenhill , had told him the said Terry ; and now asked these Deponents severally to say whether it was the Case, to which Question they answered, positively, No. They were then asked whether they had ever seen Mr. Greenhill in Possession of any Money of the late Emission, counterfeit or otherwise, to which Question they also answered in the Negative.
GEORGE DAVISON.
LEWELLIN JONES.
ROBERT LAWSON.
Sworn to before me, one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the County of Amelia , this 31st Day of March , 1773.
WOOD JONES.
MILLER WOODSON, of lawful Age, being first sworn on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God, deposeth and saith, that being informed that Moses Terry , now in the publick Jail at Williamsburg , had accused Mr. Paschal Greenhill of Prince Edward with paying him considerable Sums of the late Emission of Paper Money, knowing it to be counterfeit, the Question being asked this Deponent whether it was the Case, he answered in the Negative. This Deponent farther answereth and saith, that he never in his Lifetime remembers receiving more than fifty three Pounds Cash of Mr. Greenhill at different Times, which he believes entirely consisted in the old Emission, or Specie, as no Money he, the Deponent, ever received of him had been disputed, and that it has been some Time since he received the above Sum of Mr. Greenhill . This Deponent farther saith, that he has had Dealings with Mr. Greenhill in the mercantile Way to the Amount of several Hundred Pounds; and that, exclusive of the above Sum, he received Payments in Tobacco, Bonds, and Accounts, due to Mr. Greenhill from others, and assigned to this Deponent.
MILLER WOODSON.
Sworn to before me, this 31st Day of March , 1773.
WOOD JONES.
AMELIA, April 1, 1773.
I AM informed that Moses Terry , from Halifax , and now in the publick Jail on Suspicion of having passed the bad Money of the late Emission, has informed his Excellency the Governor that Mr. Paschal Greenhill had told him, the said Terry , that he had passed to me Money of the late Emission. I do hereby certify (and would at any Time swear to the Truth thereof) that I never, in all my Life, received one Penny of Mr. Greenhill , in the above mentioned Kind of Money, nor do I know that Mr. Greenhill ever had any thereof. To which Certificate I readily subscribe, in the Presence of CLAIBORNE WHITEHEAD LAWSON, and JAMES FORSTER.
DANIEL JONES.
PRINCE EDWARD, March 17, 1773.
AS I have been publickly mentioned among the Number of Persons accused of counterfeiting and passing the Treasury Notes of this Colony, it is necessary the Publick should have some better Testimony of my Innocence than can be circulated by those few who are acquainted with the Circumstances attending that Accusation. For that Purpose I shall wait on two Justices of Prince Edward County, at the House of Colonel John Nash , Senior, the 25th of next Month, where all Persons who can give Evidence, or any Information tending to promote the Suspicion or confirm the Charge, are desired to attend, in Order to fix it in a legal Manner, or let the Reproach fall on the Heads of the atrocious Villains who could suggest it. This Method, disagreeable as it is, my Profession and extensive Acquaintance require me to take. And that my Justification may be as publick as the Voice of Calumny, which gave Wings to the Report, I am determined to take every Advantage the Law will put in my Power against such illiberal and malicious Slanderers as may in future presume to propagate any such unjust Insinuations to my Prejudice, especially those who seem to have no other Motive than to bring down every good Character to a Level with the Malignity and Corruption of their own Hearts. It is expected that all Officers of Justice, who may have received any Informations against me, will think it their Duty to transmit them, with their proper Vouchers, for which Purpose I have previously addressed his Lordship.
MILLER WOODSON.
CABIN POINT, March 30, 1773.
I INTEND to leave the Colony, and to
DANIEL MONTGOMERIE.
AS I shall have the most pressing Call for
Money, at the Meeting of the Merchants this Month and June next, I hereby inform all Persons that are indebted to me for Negroes, as well those that I have sold on Commission as on my Account, that Suits will be commenced, without Respect of Persons, immediately after the Cyer Court in June next. I shall take no Paper Money in Payment, but on Condition that it passes at the Treasury.
JOHN HAWKINS.
MANCHESTER, March 20, 1773.
LEFT with me to be sold, a large, elegant, and fine toned SPINNET; also a small Collection of BOOKS, among which are Ainsworth's Dictionary , and Translations of the greatest Part of Cicero's Works by Guthrie .
JAMES LYLE.
IMPORTED in the Speirs , Captain Lusk , from Glasgow , last Spring, a Bale of Osnabrugs marked W Crowsfoot R, No. 2. Whoever has such Bale in his Custody is desired to make it known to
CUMING, WARWICK, and Co.
To be SOLD, at Wood's Mill , in Stafford County , on the 10th of June next,
SEVEN Hundred Acres of LAND on the fourth Side of Potowomack Run, now under Leaves, and pays twenty five Pounds annual Rent. Credit will be allowed till April 1774, and Bond and Security will be required, by
CHARLES CARTER.
To be SOLD, THE HIGH BLOODED IMPORTED HORSE ARISTOTLE,
A FINE Bay, fifteen Hands three Inches High. The Colts got by this Horse are equal to any in the Colony. If he is not sold in fifteen Days, he will stand at Berkley , and cover at twelve Shillings and Sixpence the Leap, or fifty Shillings the Season.
BENJAMIN HARRISON.
For SALE,
A TRACT of LAND in Princess Anne County , containing, by Estimation, two Hundred and fifty four Acres and three Quarters, whereon is a good new Dwelling-House, with two Rooms on the first Floor, a large Passage, three Rooms above, and all convenient Outbuildings. There is a remarkable fine Orchard on it, the Land is capable of great Improvement, and it is situated on a Creek where is great Plenty of Fish, both Summer and Winter. Whoever inclines to purchase the above will be shown the same, and may know the Terms, by applying to the Subscriber, on the Premises.
ROBERT WILLIAMSON.
SEVERINUS DURFEY, TAILOR, WILLIAMSBURG,
BEGS Leave to inform his Friends and Customers, and the Publick in general, that he has removed to the House lately occupied by Mrs. Catherine Blaikley , nearly opposite to John Blair , Esquire's, and next Door to Mr. Charles Taliaferro's , where he hopes for a Continuance of their Favours, as they may depend on their Work being done in the best Manner.
He has both WEST INDIA and DRY GOODS of most Sorts to sell on reasonable Terms, for ready Money.
N. B. He will be much obliged to all who are indebted to him more than twelve Months, by Bond, Note, or open Account, to pay off their Balances, as he cannot possibly give any longer Indulgence.
THE BEAUTIFUL HIGH BLOODED HORSE REGULUS,
LATE the Property of his Excellency Lord Dunmore , stands at the Falls Plantation, in Chesterfield County , and will cover Mares this Spring at twenty Shillings the Leap, or three Pounds the Season. Exceeding good Pasturage for Mares, and the greatest Care shall be taken of them; but I will not be liable for any that may be stolen, or stray away.
DAVID PATTESON.
THE BEAUTIFUL BAY HORSE MERRY TOM
STANDS at Captain Edward Wade's , in Halifax County . He is in high Perfection, and will cover Mares at fifteen Shillings a Leap, forty Shillings the Season, or three Pounds ten Shillings Enfranchise. His Colts are beautiful, strong, and active. Good Pasturage gratis.
JOHN BAIRD.
COMMITTED to the County Jail of Norfolk , on the 15th of March last, a Negro Man Slave, who says he belongs to one Mr. Henry Young of Charles City , and calls himself by the Name of DICK ; he is a short Fellow, and speaks plain English . The Owner may have him on paying the Expenses.
SAMUEL PORTLOCK, Jailer.
JUST arrived from Limerick ; and now lying at City Point , the Ship Tenny , Captain Welch , with about Seventy SERVANTS, amongst whom are sundry Men whose Time of Servitude may be redeemed on the Payment of their Passage, and such Clothes, &c. as the Captain has furnished them with, provided Application be made in a short Time.
EILBECK, ROSS, & Co.
GLOUCESTER, April 1, 1773.
I HAVE a BRIG that will sail in three Weeks for Madeira , and shall be much obliged to any Gentlemen who may want Wines from thence to favour me with their Commands.
JOHN PERRIN.
THE Remainder of Mr. Harry Beverley's LAND, in the County of Orange , will be exposed to Sale, by publick Auction, at the Courthouse of the said County, on Thursday the 22nd of this Instant ( April ) being Court Day, by the Trustees.
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***** POETS CORNER. ***** EPITAPH on a DOG.
R EADER, if thou can'st read at all, thou'st find Here lies the fairest of the speechless Kind; Descended from an ancient noble Race, Of Ladies Lapdogs, in their Ladies Grace. Miss Abigail (for that's the Lady's Name) From Nature's Hand receiv'd a comely Frame; Long Hair, bright Eyes, a short and dimpled Nose, With all that Nature on a Dog bestows. Her acting Principle (think what you please on) At least was next to, if it was not, Reason! Whether her Soul belong'd to Man or Beast, Let others, with Pythagoras, contest. This I'll affirm, were all dumb Brutes like her, To most that talk the Silent I'd prefer. Was she, because she never spoke, a Brute? How many would appear less such, if mute! Brute as she was, her Manners yet were such As to most Men would be a warm Reproach; No Truist she e'er betray'd, no Friend forgot, Nor fawn'd on Persons if she lik'd them not. Choice made her Life twelve Moons, twice told, a Maid; Obedience made her Change that State, and wed. Then, Phenix like, she yields her latest Breath, To make Way for her second Self by Death. Who would not weep the Fate of Abigail, Who, for her Species Sake, thus greatly fell.
***** WANTED, On CHARTER for LONDON, A VESSEL OF ABOUT Eighteen Hundred or two Thousand Barrels BURTHEN. FOR TERMS Apply to Mr. JOHN GILCHRIST in Norfolk, Or to the Subscribers, in Suffolk. GIBSON, GRANBERY, & Co. (5)
WANTED immediately, on CHARTER for PORT GLASGOW, A VESSEL between three and five Hundred Hogf- heads Burthen. For Terms apply to the Sub- scribers, in Nansemund. JOHN HAMILTON, & Co.
TO BE SOLD, A VALUABLE Plantation known by the Name of the Beaverdam, containing twelve Hundred and forty Acres, chiefly good low Grounds, with a very extensive and fine Range for Cattle and Hogs. Also a Plantation well known by the Name of Boyd's Place, containing upwards of a Thousand Acres, with great Part fine low Grounds, and the rest good Corn Land; the Situation is the best for publick Business of any in this Part of the Country, and it commands an extensive Range on every Side. Likewise a Thousand and fifty Acres on Little River and Mountain Creek, in the lower End of Orange County, most of it as good Tobacco Land as any in this Province. For Particulars apply to William Yarbrough, Esquire, at Hillsborough, or Benjamin McCulloch, Esquire, of Halifax County. The Time of Payment will be allowed as may suit the Purchasers. (6) GRANVILLE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, March 26, 1773.
To be SOLD at publick Auction, in YORK County, below York Town, at the late Dwellinghouse of Mrs. Mary Reade, deceased, on Monday the 12th of April, if fair, otherwise next fair Day, A STOCK OF CATTLE, SHEEP, and HOGS, about six good FEATHER BEDS, other HOUSEHOLD and KITCHEN FUR- NITURE, a Quantity of BACON, CORN, and many other Things too tedious to mention. Also three Negroes to be hired for the present Year. Twelve Months Credit will be allowed for all Sums above twenty Shil- lings, on giving Bond and good Security. If the Money arising from the Sale is not paid on the Day it becomes due, Interest will be required from the Date of the Bonds. ANTHONY ROBINSON, Executor. *** At the same Time and Place will be exposed for Sale the Estate of the late Mr. Daniel Sweeney, deceased, for which the above Credit will be allowed. (2) ANTHONY ROBINSON, Administrator.
GRANVILLE, North Carolina, March 1, 1773. MY Wife, ELIZABETH JONES, having left me, and I imagine with an Intent to ruin me, this is to fore- warn all Persons from trusting her, or transacting any Business with her on my Account, as I will not pay any more Debts she may contract, nor will I allow her Receipts to be good; and I also forewarn all Persons from receiving any Orders in my Name, either for Money or Goods, or any Thing else of what Nature soever, for I will pay no such Orders. VINKLER JONES.
RUN away from Burwell's Ferry, about the 1st of February last, a Negro Boy named POMPEY, about eighteen Years old, five Feet three Inches high, remarkably black, and proportionably made; he is a Native of Africa, speaks English tolerably, stoops when he walks, and plays on the French Horn. He had on a dark coloured Duffel short Coat, Waistcoat, and Breeches, and I have been informed he went on Board a Country Craft up James River; he has been bred to the Sea, and may probably endeavour to get on Board a Ship, and make his Escape out of the Colony. All Masters of Vessels are fore- warned from harbouring or carrying him out of the Colony, at their Peril. I will give FIFTY SHILLINGS Reward, with reasonable Expenses, to any Person who will deliver him to me at Portsmouth, or THIRTY SHILLINGS to secure him in any Jail, and give me Notice thereof. (tf) JOHN GOODRICH, Junior.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Meck- lenburg, about three Weeks ago, an indentured Irish Servant Man named JOHN RILEY, about nineteen Years of Age, six Feet one Inch and a Half high, large made, very full faced, wears his own Hair, has sore Eyes, and is a little pitted with the Smallpox; he had on a dark Bearskin Coat with reddish coloured Basket Buttons, a red and white striped Flannel Wrapper, a Pair of white Kendal Cotton Boots, Country made Shoes double soled, with Strings, and a Pair of Country made yellow Buckskin Breeches. I am informed he has been lately seen in Prince Edward, that he had changed his Bearskin Coat for a Virginia Cloth one filled in with white and black Yarn Thread about the Edges, that he bought there a Couple of white Shirts, and a Wallet which appeared to be very full. I will give THREE PISTOLES Reward for taking him up and securing him in any of his Majesty's Jails in the Colony, and Sixpence a Mile for conveying him to me. (tf) THOMAS PARROT.
ANY Gentlemen who may have borrowed Books of any Kind from John Baylor, Esquire, not long since deceased, are particularly desired to return them, by the first and most convenient Opportunities, to the Subscriber. JOHN BAYLOR.
BURWELL'S FERRY, March 24, 1773. THE following GOODS are now in the Storehouse at this Place: Nine Pieces of Osnabrugs, two Casks, two Tierces, and one Hoghead, all marked M in a Diamond; two Hogheads without Mark or Number, supposed to belong to the same Person with the above mentioned Goods; two Crates, FT, No. 1 and 2; a Bale, HB, the H in a Heart over the B; a Trunk, No. 1; a Cheese, W in a Diamond; a large Cafe, H in a Diamond, No. 1; a Cafe, GIB; and a Bag of Ginger. The Owners may have them on paying the Ex- pense of this Advertisement, and the usual Storage. JUDITH COKE.
FOR CHARTER, THE new BRIG  Mentor, John Curwen Master, Burthen about a Hundred and eighty to two Hundred Hogheads of Tobacco, sheathed on the Stocks, and well calculated to take the Ground in a dry Harbour. For Terms apply to the Subscriber, in Norfolk. (tf) JOHN GREENWOOD. *** Who has for Sale LISBON WINE in Quarter Casks, BARBA- DO'S RUM and SPIRITS, GRENADA RUM, MU SCOVADO SUGAR, GINGER, PIMENTA, and a few Crates and Hogheads of EARTHEN WARE, well assorted.
Wanted immediately, on CHARTER for PORT GLASGOW, A VESSEL of about four Hundred Hogheads Bur- then. For Terms apply to the Subscribers, at Milner's Warehouse. (5) CUMING, WARWICK, & Co.
Wanted, on CHARTER for GLASGOW, A VESSEL of about three Hundred Hogheads of Tobacco Burthen. For Terms apply to Messrs. John Lawrence and Company, Merchants in Norfolk, or to me in Warwick.  JOHN LEITCH.
FEARNOUGH NOW stands at Newmarket, in Caroline County, at the Subscriber's Seat, and will cover at his usual Price, eight Pounds the Season, and ten Pounds Ensuance. Any Gentlemen who may send Mares shall have the greatest Care taken of them, in every Respect. JOHN BAYLOR.
FIVE POUNDS REWARD.
RUN away from the Subscriber, near Baltimore Town, Maryland, on the 10th of February last, an Irish indentured Servant Lad named PATRICK MALONE, about twenty Years of Age, five Feet five or six Inches high, well set, with short brown Hair, speaks quick, and a good Deal on the Brogue; he had on, when he went away, a Felt Hat, a Fearn- nough Jacket, Cotton Breeches, coarse Yarn Stock- ings, and Country Shoes; it is supposed he stole, and carried with him, a blue Coat trimmed with flat Metal Buttons, a blue Jacket and Country Cloth Breeches, a white Linen Shirt, and a Pair of white Yarn or Thread Stockings. Whoever secures him so that I may get him again shall have FIFTY SHIL- LINGS if he is taken in the County, and the above Reward if out of the Province, besides all reasonable Charges for bringing him home. (10) JAMES FRANKLIN.
TAKEN up, in Surry, a red and white STEER with the Ends of his Horns sawed off, marked with a Crop and Slit in the right Ear, and an Overkeel or Halfmoon in the left. Posted, and appraised to three Pounds two Shillings and Sixpence. (tf) WILLIAM RAE.
To be SOLD, on Wednesday the 5th of May next, ABOUT ten LOTS OF LAND, situated in the Borough of Norfolk, and on the main River, on one of which is erected a BRICK GRIST WINDMILL in good Repair. One Half the Purchase Money to be paid on the 23rd of July 1774, and the Remainder on the 23rd of July 1775, upon Bond, with good Security, carrying Interest. The Lands, &c. will be shown at any Time before the Day of Sale by applying to Mr. John Smith. (tf) THOMAS TALBOT. JOSEPH HUTCHINGS.
STRAYED, or STOLEN, from Roan, near Pohatan, in Chesterfield County, on the 2d of November last, two WORK HORSES, one of them a large light Gray, about four Feet ten or eleven Inches high, a natural Pacer, but do not recollect whether he had any Brand; the other is a middle sized dark Roan, branded on the near Shoulder TR in a Piece, and may be known by a remarkable Wart on his Breast. They had both hanging Manes, the Gray a Switch, and the Roan a pretty long Bob Tail. Whoever brings them to me shall have THREE POUNDS Reward, or THIRTY SHILLINGS for either; and if taken up at a Distance, all reasonable Charges paid. (5) CHARLES DUNCAN.
WILLIAMSBURG, March 11, 1773. COMMITTED to the publick Jail, from Orange County, a Negro Man named JEFFREY, five Feet six Inches high, about twenty two Years old, pretty black, has a pleasant Countenance, is bow-legged, marked O-E on the Breast, and such a Stranger to English that he cannot give any Account of either his Owner or the Place from whence he came. It is needless to describe his Dress, as that has undergone many Changes in the Country from whence he was brought. The Owner is desired to apply for him, and pay Charges. (6) PETER PELHAM.
WHEREAS I intend shortly to remove from the Place where I now live to Fincastle County, on the Western Waters, it is expected that all those Gentlemen who have Business to do with me will attend at the Raleigh Tavern in Williamsburg, where I shall be from the 15th of April next to the 25th of the said Month, in Order to have all those Accounts which are now unsettled properly ad- justed. (tf) ISRAEL CHRISTIAN.
FREDERICKSBURG, February 24, 1773. WHEREAS some of those indebted on the Books here have not paid due Regard to my Advertisement of the 1st of December last, I give them this last Notice, that all and every Account not paid off, or a good Part of it, before the 20th of April, or our May Fair at the farthest, or settled by Bond or other Specialty before that Time, will most certainly be put into the Hands of a Lawyer, with- out Respect of Persons. Unavoidable Reasons will oblige me to this, which I shall probably in Time acquaint them with. Those who may be put to Trouble and Expense cannot now blame me for Want of Notice. *** I have sold Part of the Goods now on Hand, but so as not to differt the Store, and have still a large Assortment on Hand, which I will sell by Wholesale or Retail, on the Terms formerly advertised. Any Per- son who will purchase the Whole shall have them on Terms which they themselves will say are very low and reasonable. (tf) GEORGE MITCHELL.
DOCTOR GRAHAM, OCULIST and AURIST, AT PHILADELPHIA, THUS publickly gives Notice that he purposed to be at Williamsburg about the Middle of April next, where those Persons whose Circum- stances or Situation have precluded them from the Benefit of applying for Assistance at Philadelphia may consult him in all Disorders of the Eye and its Appendages, and in every Species of Deafness, Hardness of Hearing, Ulcerations, Noise in the Ears, &c. Those Persons likewise who have been born deaf and dumb, or those who labour under any Impediment in their Speech, by applying personally, will probably be assisted. (tf)
FOR SALE, THE PLANTATION whereon the Subscriber lives, in King and Queen County, about a Mile and a Half from Todd's Warehouse, containing six Hundred and fifty seven Acres, in good Order for Cropping, having a large Peach and Apple Orchard thereon beginning to bear, a Quantity of low Grounds which may be made good Meadow with little Expense; the Dwellinghouse, Kitchen, and other Outhouses, have been built between four and five Years. Any Person inclinable to purchase may know the Terms by applying to (tf) R. DAINGERFIELD.
TO BE SOLD, A VALUABLE Tract of LAND, containing about sixteen Hundred Acres, more or less, lying on the River Shenando, in Berkley County (formerly Frederick ) which is one of the most flourishing Counties in Virginia. The Land is exceeding good, well timbered, and adapted to the raising of all Kinds of Grain, as well as Tobacco, and has the Ad- vantage of a very fine Stream of Water, on which is a Blomery with two Fires, a good Stone Merchant Mill with two Pair of Stones, a Saw Mill, a Distillery conveniently situated, a Smith's Shop, a Cooper's Shop, and many other Outhouses. There are about a Hundred and fifty Acres of Land cleared, and about fifty Acres of Meadow may be made with a very small Expense, one Half of which may be watered any Day in the Year. A Stock of Cattle, Horses, and Hogs, some Household Furniture, and all Kinds of Utensils proper for carrying on the above different Branches of Business, will be sold with or without the Land. For farther Particulars inquire of Mr. William Little, on the Premises. Credit will be allowed for Part of the Purchase Money, the Purchaser giving Bond, with Security if required. For Terms apply to the Honourable George William Fairfax, Esquire, Carlyle and Dalton in Alexandria, or Preston Bowdin in Norfolk. (Tf)
THE Subscriber will sell, on reasonable Terms, his LAND and HOUSES whereon he now lives, known by the Name of HOOD'S, in Prince George, on James River. As to its Situation, it is hardly worth While to say any Thing about it, though it is looked upon to be the most pleasant Place, and has the finest View, of any Seat on James River. I have just now finished a House upon it, in the best Manner, thirty three Feet by thirty, with two large Rooms and a large Passage below, and three Rooms above; there is also a Garden lately paled in with good Cypress Palings, with all necessary Outhouses, a very good Storehouse, sundry Lumber Houses, and a Set of very good Tobacco Warehouses. I think, with very little Trouble, there might be an Inspection erected there again, as it is the general Cry of the People for it; and as the Place is very well situated for carrying on both the Inland and West India Trade, any Person, with a pretty good Capital, may carry them on to a very great Extent. Whoever is inclinable to purchase may know the Terms by applying to Mr. William M c Whann, Merchant in Blandford, or to the Subscriber, on the Premises. (Tf) DAVID SCOTT.
For SALE, in the Town of NEWCASTLE, A LARGE two Story DWELLINGHOUSE, with three commodious Rooms on a Floor, each with a Fireplace. It is exceedingly well calculated for a Tavern, and is pleasantly situated near the River. The Terms may be known of the Subscriber, near the Premises. (Tf) W. JOHNSON.
RUN away from the Subscriber, at Peterf- burg, about the Middle of September last, a very likely Negro Man named PHILL, about twenty Years of Age, of a yellow Complexion, and about five Feet nine Inches high, proportionably made. He is a Native of Africa, but speaks broken English, having been some Years in the West Indies, and has lost two Joints off two of his Fingers on his right Hand. Had on, when he went away, an Osnaburg Shirt, an old Virginia Cloth Waistcoat, with a new Negro Cotton Jacket over it, and a Pair of old Check Trousers. As he has been used to the Sea, he will probably endeavour to get on Board some Ship and make his Escape out of the Colony; all Masters of Vessels are therefore forewarned from har- bouring or carrying him off, at their Peril. I will give THREE POUNDS Reward to any Person who will deliver said Slave to me, or to Mr. Hugh M c Mekin at Portsmouth, and FORTY SHILLINGS to secure him in any Jail, and give Notice thereof. (tf) THOMAS GORDON.
TWENTY POUNDS REWARD FOR apprehending JOHN HUTCHINSON, who ran away last Night from the Subscriber, in Lancaster. He is a Blacksmith by Trade, a likely stout Man, about five Feet ten or eleven Inches high, wore his own short dark Hair, and is a Yorkshireman, which may be easily known by his Dialect, is much given to Drink, and in which he is apt to be very noisy. He took with him a brown Duroy Coat lined with white Durant or Tammy; also a brown Water Dog with a white Face, which I expect is still with him, as he was a great Favourite. A short Time before he ran off he broke open the House of Mr. Anthony M c Quayle, and stole about forty Pounds. The above Reward will be paid to any Person who de- livers the said Runaway and Cain, or TEN POUNDS for him alone, and FIVE POUNDS to have him secured in any Jail within this Colony. NOVEMBER 4, 1772. (Tf) THOMAS POLLARD.
For SALE, A VALUABLE TRACT of LAND lying on both Sides of Hunting Creek, in Halifax County, containing five Hundred Acres, the Soil of which is exceeding good for Tobacco and Corn. There is a small Plantation cleared on the Land, which has been tended but a few Years, and two Tobacco Houses, an Overseer's House, and Negro Quarter almost new. Any Person inclinable to purchase may apply to Colonel Paul Carrington, in Charlotte, who will show the Land, and is fully empowered to dispose of it. (tf)