The Virginia gazette (Williamsburg, Va.), 1773-08-05 00:00:00

VIRGINIA
GAZETTE.
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but influenced by NONE.
WARSAW, April 24.
THE precipitate departure of the Bishop of Cracow threw the inhabitants of this place into the greatest consternation. That prelate left billets for several great Personages, but with strict orders not to deliver them till the day after his departure. The ministers of the three powers have caused it to be reported, that at the time he affected outwardly an union with them he was secretly taking measures to make the Dietines break up ineffectually, and in the last interview he had with them they strongly reproached him for having acted such a double part; to whom he replied, that neither the confiscation of his goods, nor exile, nor a prison, should drive from him his regard for the welfare of his country, and that he would readily consent to be shut up at Kaluga, at Litzberg, or at Potsdam, if it would contribute to the re-establishment of the peace and good order of his country. His absenting himself, however, is much disapproved, as it is supposed it will aggravate the misfortunes of the Republic.
LONDON, May 18.
THE conduct of Lord North and the members of administration, in assenting with such readiness to the resolutions proposed by General Burgoyne, will go a prodigious way towards reinstating them in the favourable opinion of the people. It shews, that however they may have been betrayed into narrow, contracted, or selfish schemes, yet, when an object nearly affecting the honour of the British nation comes before them, party spirit yields to public duty, private affection to public justice. If our ministers proceed against the ASIATIC PLUNDERERS with that vigour the urgency of the case requires; if they force a restitution from those who have forced by extortion the property they enjoy from others, good men will applaud the deed, and the people will be louder in their praises than ever they were in their censures of those who now conduct the movements of the vast political machine of state.
If the Asiatic plunderers should be obliged to make restitution to the state, it will be very little punishment, says a correspondent, to the major part of those Gentlemen; for, as they sprang from nothing, reducing them to their original state of nothingness will be but common justice, and will serve to give them another opportunity of moving in the sphere for which nature designed them. Squire Gregory, for instance, now member for Maidstone, and worth about six hundred thousand pounds, was originally a common soldier; as he has an excellent constitution, what injury will it do him to resume the musquet? Mr. Sykes might follow his father's employment, and keep an alehouse by the side of some populous road. It short, by returning to their original occupations, they all might be serviceable to the state, and they would certainly cut better figures than they do at present; for when common soldiers let up for men of consequence, their very footmen despise them, and their conduct is a faire upon gentility.
It is said that Lord Clive has no manner of occasion for supporters, as one pole will be sufficient to elevate his Lordship to that place and dignity his actions have entitled him to.
A correspondent begs to know whether Mr. Bolts can inform the public what sort of a potion it was customary for a noble Nabob to prescribe, in order to remove those who stood in the way of his ambition to the land where all things are forgotten!
A correspondent observes that when the public talk of making Lord Clive restore the property he now ENJOYS they talk very idly. His Lordship possesses, indeed, vast riches, but he has enjoyed neither his wealth, nor his peace of mind, since Sujajah Dowla was dethroned, and Omichund died suddenly.
Tomorrow evening will be debated at the Crown Tavern, Bow Lane, the following questions: "Is not a standing army equally dangerous to the liberty of the subject, and the safety of the tyrant?" "Is flattery or open violence more dangerous to Princes?"
Lady C—n, who was lately detected in a disagreeable situation with the French ambassador at a masquerade, we hear, is gone raving mad, and is confined at his Lordship's country house.
We hear from Kightly that a piece of gold coin was lately found under a great rock (which was broken up at Brumfitt Crag, consisting of many cart loads, for making the bridge and aqueduct for the Leeds canal at Sillden) with a very fair impression of half a face surrounded with a laurel wreath, with this inscription round its outer edge, viz. TICLAVDCAESARAVGGERMPMTRP. Upon the reverse is the figure of justice sitting on a trevit, with this inscription: CONSTANTIA AUGUSTI.
May 22. Yesterday, agreeable to the order of the House, Richard Becher, William Brightwell Sumner, Charles Manningham, William M'Gwire, Esquires, and Captain Brereton, attended to deliver their respective evidences at the bar of the House. Mr. Becher was the first, and only evidence called in. He delivered his testimony with that perspicuity, and spoke to facts with that preciseness, that the House seemed perfectly satisfied as to the truth of those particulars which he was called upon to prove. Mr. Becher was examined three several times, and about eight o'clock was finally ordered to withdraw. Soon after he had with-
drawn, Lord Clive quitted the House. The debates then commenced, and continued with great warmth till ten o'clock, when General Burgoyne proposed the following resolution: "That the Right Honourable Robert Lord Clive, Baron of Plassey, in the kingdom of Ireland, in consequence of the powers vested in him in India, had received, at various times, PRESENTS of several lacks of rupees, amounting to the sum of two hundred and thirty four thousand pounds sterling, to the DISHONOUR and DETRIMENT of the state." Sir William Meredith warmly seconded this resolution, and spoke so as to gain the repeated applauses of the House. Hans Stanley proposed striking out the word "detrimental," and inserting the words, "to the evil example of others." This gave rise to fresh debates, and General Burgoyne again arose to defend the words of his resolution. He spoke with manly energy, and pleaded the cause of justice with the dignity of a senator, and the persuasive eloquence of an honest man. He was averse to giving up one tittle he contended for; and asserting his resolution to be founded on truth, he was in flexibly tenacious of her rights. Mr. Rose Fuller spoke like what he is, an old, honest, independent veteran of integrity. Lord North spoke much in favour of General Burgoyne. The House was left sitting at half after eleven o'clock, and the debates at that hour were expected to continue much longer upon the question whether Lord Clive received his presents "to the DETRIMENT of the State, or to the EVIL EXAMPLE of others," or whether the resolution should stand simply, "that he had received such and such presents." General Burgoyne declared, "that if his resolution passed he should propose one relative to the Noble Lord's JAGHIRE." Similar resolutions are expected to pass relative to Messrs. Sumner, Verelst, Leicester, and others.
The First Lord of the Admiralty has been down at Portsmouth to review the fleet, and, to the great joy of his CONVIVIAL friends, is returned safe to London. Though he was not expected, he found every thing in perfect order, nor was there in the whole fleet so much as a single rope out of its place. His Lordship was highly pleased at the alacrity and spirit which the men discovered in preparing the ships for their respective docks, where they are to lie snug and quiet, safe and secure, from storms and bullets, until another review is thought necessary, or again to amuse the people with a story of a war with France and Spain, of giving bounty money for the encouragement of seamen that are not wanted, and such incoherent nonsense; then the ships will be again put in commission, and then—what then—why then Lord Sandwich will hurry down to Portsmouth, and then—what then—why then he will hurry back again. O tempora! O mores!
The people of this country may justly say the House of Commons have "done those things which they ought not to have done, and have left undone those things which they ought to have done." They have resolved to seize on territories to which they have no LEGAL claim, and are for demanding RESTITUTION from a Noble Lord to gratify revenge, and gladden the hearts of the envious and the malignant; but they have not yet demanded of the grand defaulter of unaccounted millions what part of the public money is remaining in his hands, for fear it should incapacitate him, in future, from honouring a son's draughts for 30,000l. at a time, to pay off what courtiers and gamblers call DEBTS OF HONOUR.
Wednesday a Gentleman of rank received fifty guineas, at the Thatched House tavern, Pall Mall, on condition of paying one thousand if Lord Clive ever, by Parliamentary decree, should be obliged to refund any part of the treasure he obtained in the East Indies.
In case the refunding scheme should be carried against the Nabobs, we are informed a great Personage and his consort cannot in honour surrender up less than 80,000l. as by Lord Clive's influence presents to the value of 60,000l. were sent from Asia to the former, and jewels, &c. amounting to 25,000l. to the latter.
Letters just arrived from Rome declare, that Lord Teynney was dangerously ill of a putrid fever in that city.
There have been risings at Thoulouze and Montpelier on account of the scarcity of bread, but a regiment of dragoons was sent to quell the rioters. At Hieres was a general rising, owing to almost all the bakers being pressed to make biscuit for the fleet fitting out at Toulon; and nothing would appease them till some of the bakers were brought back again.
May 24. The town having been amused by the busy tongue of slander, in traducing and calumniating, in a most scandalous manner, the character of a respectable unhappy Lady, it is thought necessary, for the sake of truth and justice, to disabuse the public, and clear up a circumstance that nearly concerns that Lady. Her conduct at the Pantheon, which has been the subject of charge and suspicion, can be fully justified by the after named persons, of high rank and character, and in whose company she spent the whole night, viz the Dutchess of B—d, Lady C—v—y, and Mrs. F—z—y, and which justification ought to be not only a complete satisfaction to the public, but also a sufficient reason for the Lady's husband (from whom she has merited no censure, nor fears any reproach) to vindicate her honour, and justify her conduct, in every respect, to the whole world. The Lady has been forced
into a close confinement in the country, deprived of all communication from every person whatever, and the motive of this confinement is falsely imputed to her want of conduct at the Pantheon, &c. In order, therefore, to set this affair in a true light, an appeal is made to Mr. H—s, aurgeon of eminence and character in Piccadilly, and whose known probity has not permitted him to hide from that Lady a circumstance, which the only person immediately concerned wished to conceal from justice and the public. Such is the true state of that mystery of iniquity, and it is considered right to collect, on that respect, the true detail of this affair, and to satisfy, in the fullest manner, the public upon an event which appears more deserving a favourable and generous vindication than a ludicrous and severe censure.
Friday evening the new born son of the Earl of Dartmouth was baptised at his Lordship's house in St. James's Square. The sponsors were his Majesty by Lord Denbigh, as proxy, Lady Aylesford, and Lord North. A splendid entertainment was provided on the occasion.
May 29. Yesterday the sheriffs presented a petition from the corporation of London, setting forth the mischiefs with which the East India bill was pregnant, stating the pernicious tendency of several clauses contained therein, complaining in very spirited terms of the violation of charter, and suggesting the alarm it would give to every corporate body throughout the kingdom should the said bill pass into a law. The petition therefore prayed that the city might be heard by counsel AGAINST the bill, and it was ordered to lie upon the table. The House then proceeded to business, and took into consideration the petition from Messrs. Adams, relative to the disposal of their effects by a lottery; which meeting with great opposition from several of the members, who strongly insisted upon the absurdity of granting an indulgence to one or two persons, which must be denied to others, though equally well entitled by every claim of necessity or merit, the question being put, the House divided, when the majority appeared in favour of Messrs. Adams. Mr. Mansfield and Adair, the counsel appointed by the East India company to state their objections to the East India bill, were then called in. Mr. Mansfield spoke three quarters of an hour, Mr. Adair half an hour; when they were ordered to withdraw, and the debates commenced. Almost each sentence of the bill afforded a topic for censure, and it required the utmost stretch of the abilities of the minister and his adherents to defend their favourite tract of despotism from the objections urged with acrimony by every honest member in the House. Clause by clause was disputed, and each disputant tried his ingenuity at filling up the blanks. Mr. Dowdeswell arraigned, in the severest terms, almost the whole of the bill; he called it a "medley of inconstituencies, dictated by tyranny, yet bearing throughout each line the mark of ignorance."
Yesterday, after breaking up of the levee, their Majesties, with their retinue, set out from the Queen's palace for Kew, for the summer season.
Thursday night a council was held at Lord Mansfield's house in Bloomsbury Square, which did not break up till near 12 o'clock.
There used to be a day fixed for an end of hearing causes in the House of Peers, but the Lord Chancellor would not fix any this session, on account of the House sitting so late; by which means none of the causes will stand over to next session, there being only five more to be heard.
The Lady of the Right Honourable Lord Viscount Townshend, who was on Thursday presented at court, is daughter of — Montgomery, Esquire, a member in the Irish Parliament, and niece to the Lord advocate for Scotland; she is nineteen years of age, tall, and well shaped, and is reckoned one of the finest Ladies in Europe.
Another account says that the three Irish beauties who were on Thursday presented to their Majesties, at St. James's, are the daughters of William Montgomery Esq; member in the Irish Parliament for Ballynakill.
It is asserted that some dispatches were received at St. James's a few days ago from the court of Portugal, containing intelligence relative to the designs of two continental powers, of so interesting a nature as to occasion several councils and conferences among the Ministry; but the result of their deliberation is kept profoundly secret.
When the last dispatches left Minorca, not only Port St. Philip, but every other place of defence on the island, was in the very best posture to prevent hostile proceedings.
Extract of a letter from Danzick, May 12.
"The Prussian engineers, &c. which were sent here to repair the fortifications, have already begun their business, and are going on without the least obstruction from the Magistrates, though frequent petitions and complaints from the citizens have been preferred. The King of Prussia is generally esteemed the now sole Monarch of Danzick and its dependencies, and an implicit obedience is observed to all his commands. The suburbs of Rechat, Voorst, and Altat, are to be walled entirely round, and another wall with forts, &c. to enclose them and the whole city."
Yesterday came on to be tried, before Lord Chief Justice De Grey and a special jury at Westminster, a cause where in Sir Henry Ecklin, Baronet, was plaintiff, and a Gentleman and his wife were defendants. The case was as follows: Miss Q—n (now Mrs. H—) being in a nun-

ery in France for education, never having seen her parents during eight years, when a fire happening in the convent, the Ladies made their escape, in the best manner they could, to avoid the flames; and having a knowledge of Lady Ecklin, implored her protection, being then in Paris. Soon afterwards the Lady abbess sent a letter, desiring her to return; but Miss, tired of a monastic life, refused, declaring she would sooner beg her way to England, where her fortune was, than return to the monastery, where she should be confined for life. Lady Ecklin compassionated her distress; and having no clothes but those on her back, clothed her and brought her to England, maintained her nine months at home, then placed her at a boarding school at Chelsea, and paid nine months board for her there. She then married; and the husband refusing any satisfaction, this action was brought for her maintenance, &c. The plaintiff, notwithstanding the justness of his claim, was nonsuited, his Lordship declaring that the plaintiff, in order to recover, must prove a contract, and that the plaintiff having furnished Miss with these necessaries, without the consent of her parents, in the law Sir Henry and his Lady were looked upon only as trespassers, and could not maintain their action. They must therefore consult the doctrine of chances in Chancery lane, where we hope they will find EQUITY, notwithstanding the difficulty, expence, and delays, with which she is surrounded.
B O S T O N, July 1.
A correspondent has sent the following, viz. "Notwithstanding the art made use of to conceal the appointment of that pardoned murderer, the infamous and ever to be detested Ebenezer Richardson, this may certify that said Richardson lately employed a friend to bespeak a passage for him in a vessel bound from Salem to Philadelphia. The master enquiring who the intended passenger was, and being told it was one belonging to the customs, and no other than the notorious Richardson, he refused carrying him on any consideration.
It is said that on the late re-examination of Ansell Nickerson, on the report of money being found, suspected to be hidden by him, the pious christian who laid down the law to him, observed that Divine Providence seldom or never suffered atrocious offenders to escape unpunished: "Right, answered the culprit, your Excellency's private letters, are evidence in point of the justice of your observation!"
July 15. When the resolve for petitioning his Majesty to remove his Excellency the Governor, &c. passed the Honourable House of Representatives, the House did not vote by yeas and nays, but polled, when it appeared there were 85 for the resolve, and 28 against it; and we hear that the next day three of the 28 and some say seven, went over to the 85, which made the number 92 for, and 21 against the resolve. When the petition passed, it was voted by yeas and nays; the names have been published in some of the papers; there were 82 yeas and 12 nays.
N E W Y O R K, July 12.
On Tuesday night arrived one of the transports, which left Chatham on the 6th of May, having on board two companies of the fourth battalion of the Royal regiment of artillery, under the command of Colonel Cleveland, who landed at this city on Wednesday morning, with Captains Farrington, Le Moine, and Wood, Lieutenants Shand, Laye, Boscawen, and Shuttleworth, and Lieutenant Cleveland, son of the Colonel, who goes to join his regiment the 7th at Quebec.
Wednesday night the other Royal artillery ship the Eagle, Captain Noble, arrived here. In her came the following passengers, viz. Captains Johnton and Huddleston, Lieutenants Grant and Wilson.
July 15. Numbers of vessels, we hear, from Dublin, Londonderry, Belfast, Learns, Cork, and other ports, are daily expected to sail, full of passengers, for different parts of America. These emigrations, it is thought, have already drained the northern parts of Ireland of near a third part of its useful and industrious inhabitants; nearly all of them being protestants. Those left behind begin to be greatly alarmed.
On Sunday last sailed from Elizabeth Town, the New Jersey and Mississippi packet, Capt. Thomas Davison, with whom went upwards of 70 passengers, bound to the Mississippi, where they intend to settle at or near the Naches; a country so agreeable in its situation, appearance, and fertility, that the inhabitants from all quarters are continually flocking to it, and in all probability the lands there will shortly be settled, and a colony be formed and established.
Most of these people being well skilled in the linen manufacture, if proper encouragement is given them, will be an important acquisition to the British colonies.
Twenty nine boats from the back parts of Philadelphia, and the neighbouring colonies, lately arrived there down the river, full of people who came to settle at that place.
When the last advices from England came away the establishment of the new province on the Ohio was on the eve of taking place; it is to be called VANDALIA, and the only thing then remaining to be done, was the proprietors giving security to government for the payment of the civil establishment, estimated at about three thousand pounds sterling a year.
On Tuesday last his Excellency Governor Fryon, accompanied by Lord Drummond, the Honourable John Watts, Esquire, and Colonel Robertson, set out for Quebec. The boundary line betwixt that province and New York, it is hoped, will now be ultimately fixed.
July 22. The Harriot Packet, Capt. Oak, was to sail from Falmouth on the 12th of June, and it was very unlikely she should be detained, as all England, and indeed all Europe, was preparing for a new and destructive war; which, to do them justice, has not been in the least degree occasioned by the counsellors of our gracious Sovereign, as it is confessed on all hands that no administration was ever more disposed to preserve the tranquillity of mankind inviolate than the present, and the great credit they got by the vigour exerted in the two late terrific armame its of the British navy, presage the most prosperous events in favour of the fleet at this time, supposed to be thundering our just indignation against the united forces of the double vilaged Sovereigns of France and Spain.
Last Monday two companies of the first battalion of the Royal regiment of artillery embarked on board the transports, and fell down to the Watering Place, on their way
to Chatham barracks. They were commanded by Lieutenant Colonel James, the other officers were Capt. Stanfield, Lieutenants Houghton, Dylart, Douglass, and Cleveland; the Colonel's Lady and niece, with Dr. Fontenell, and Lieutenant Campbell of the engineers, went passengers. The affability and very agreeable deportment of the officers, and the excellent discipline and decorum of the men, during their long residence in this garrison, eminently recommended them to the urbanity and most friendly attention of all the inhabitants.
On Friday last was apprehended at his house at Hanover, in Morris county, the well known Samuel Ford, who had been long suspected of counterfeiting the paper currency of New Jersey, with which he was accustomed to travel into Pennsylvania, Maryland, and other provinces, and has for several years passed the same to a very large amount, as the lawful emission of the Jersey treasury. He went to Ireland six years, and to England eighteen months ago, some time after the late emission of the New York currency, no doubt with views of procuring dies, stamps, paper, and prints, to imitate the true bills in the most plausible manner, and to carry on this pernicious practice of plundering the public. He broke gaol on Saturday night, being aided in his escape by one John King, a veteran in villainy, and a confederate with him in this species of it. The sheriff at his wits end, on occasion of this unfortunate incident, has raised an hue and cry, published a description of their persons, and offered a reward of 50l. for apprehending Ford, and 25l. for the person of King.
P H I L A D E L P H I A, July 14.
Since our last arrived here and at New Castle the brig Agnes, Ewing, from Belfast, with 210 passengers; ship Needham, Chevers, from Newry, 500; ship Betty, McCutcheon, from Newry, 360; snow Penn, McCaddon, from Cork, 80; in all 1150.
Kelly, one of the men committed to our gaol, for counterfeiting Maryland eight dollar bills, died last week of a fever, and the other, we hear, is ill; so that it is probable he will escape the gallows as well as his comrade.
On Thursday evening last, between 9 and 10 o'clock, Mr. John Lukens of this city, on his way home, on the Germantown road, was stopped by two men, one of which seized his horse by the head, and the other springing into the chair in which he was riding, clapped a cocked pistol to his breast, and demanded a delivery of his cash, threatening, if he made the least resistance, to blow his brains out; but Mr. Lukens telling them he had no cash about him, the fellow made a blow at him with a club, which he received on his shoulders; they then searched him, but finding no cash, they demanded his watch, which he delivered them, and they went off. The maker of the watch's name is J. Snelling, London, No. 2277.
Captain Newbold, from Tobago, informs that on the 21st ult. they had a violent gale of wind at that island, which lasted about 6 hours. It began at N. E. but afterwards shifted to S. W. and caused such a prodigious high sea that the vessels were near foundering at their anchors. A ship from London, that arrived three days before, dragged her anchors, and was near going on shore; she struck the ground, by which means she sprung a leak, and had five feet water in her hold. A sloop belonging to the island, loaded with sugars, was drove ashore and lost, and a schooner was also drove ashore, but got off again. Great damage was likewise done to the plantations. On the 3d instant, in latitude 27, 55, longitude 66, 45, he spoke a schooner, Captain Russell, from Virginia for Hispaniola, out 14 days, all well.
Captain Wallace, who left Cadiz the 9th of June last, informs us that there was a great appearance of a very good harvest throughout Spain and Portugal. The Captains Sutton and Shrowdy are arrived at Cadiz from this port, and Captain Henderson, of this place, from Virginia.
July 19. On Saturday evening, about 8 o'clock, as Mr. John Mifflin, junior, was returning into town, he was stopped between Vine and Race Streets, on the Common leading to the Wissahickon road, by a man dressed in a white jacket without sleeves, striped trousers, and hat flopped before, who taking the reins of his chair in his hand, and enquiring how far to town, clapped a pistol to his breast, telling him to make no noise, or he would shoot him. He then demanded his money, which being delivered, he asked for his pocket book, but being told he had none, he put his hand on his breeches pocket, saying there was more money, which being coppers, he said he never took them; then making him lay on his conscience he would not mention it in less than two hours, shook him by the hand, and wished him a good night.
As Owen Jones, Esquire, was returning to town last night, about 8 o'clock, and within a hundred yards of the place where Mr. Mifflin was robbed, he was stopped by a fellow dressed in white jacket and breeches, and a small hat, who presented a pistol to his breast, and desired him to deliver his watch and pocket book immediately, or he would blow his brains out. Mr. Jones having no pocket book, delivered his watch, and proceeded home.
July 26. On the 15th instant arrived here one company of the Royal artillery, from England, via New York, under the command of Capt. Huddleston and Lieutenant Collins.
W I L L I A M S B U R G, August 5.
The Liberty, Necks, from London, the Lark, Kennedy, from Newfoundland, the James, Sinclair, from Nevis, and the Lydia, Cawley, from Philadelphia, are arrived in James river.
For L O N D O N,
THE ship LIBERTY, Robert Necks, master, burthen 400 hogheads, lying at SHIRLEY HUNDRED, on James river. She will take in tobacco, on liberty of consignment, at eight pounds sterling per ton. Those who will be so obliging as to favour him with their tobacco, it is hoped, will be kind enough to send their orders to James Cocke, Esquire, in Williamsburg, or on board the said ship. Capt. Necks will attend all convenient county courts. The said ship, according to charter, must sail by the last of September.
TAKEN up, in Caroline, a small forrel mare, about 4 feet 4 inches high, has a blaze face, all her feet white, and has a glass eye. Posted, and appraised to 5l. CHRISTOPHER BLACKBURN.
F O R S A L E,
A TRACT of LAND in the county of Dinwiddie, about six miles from Petersburg, to which place there is an exceeding good road. The land is level, and well timbered with pine, oak, and some poplar, and contains about 600 acres. Any person inclined to purchase may know the terms by applying to the subscriber, in Williamsburg. Who has for sale a small quantity of good LISBON and RED PORT WINE, WEST INDIA RUM, and a few casks of exceeding good COFFEE, which will be sold reasonable for ready money.
JOHN FERGUSSON.
MR. Harry Beverley's land in Orange not being sold at the day appointed in April last, the trustees propose to sell it at public auction, pursuant to the act of Assembly, on Thursday the 26th of August, at Orange courthouse, it being court day. There are about 3000 acres, which are laid off in six lots. The time of payment will be fixed on at the sale. Bond, with approved security, to bear interest from the date, if not punctually discharged when due, will be required of the purchasers.
To be SOLD, by public vendue, on Monday the 23d of August, at Curtis Creek IRON WORKS, in Ann Arundel county, Maryland.
TWO undivided third parts of about 7000 acres of land, lying in said county, on which are erected a good furnace, stone dwellinghouse, sundry outhouses, and a grist and sawmill. The land is well timbered, and the water navigable within a few yards of the furnace and mills, which are about seven miles distant from the town of Baltimore. Six months credit will be allowed the purchaser, giving bond, with security, if required.
SAMUEL DORSEY, junior, CHARLES RIDGELY, MICHAEL PUE, WILLIAM GOODWIN, WILLIAM BUCHANAN, junior.
PRINCE GEORGE, July 19, 1773.
ALL persons having any demands against the estate of Abraham Alfriend, deceased, are requested to bring in their accounts, within three months from the date hereof, to WILLIAM WILKINS, senior, Security for Benjamin Alfriend for the administration of his father's estate.
James Lyle, plaintiff, against George Philips, Edmund Jennings, James Callo-way, and Jeremiah Early, defendants, } In chancery, GEORGE the Third, by the grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. To the sheriff of Bedford county, greeting: We command you that you summon Edmund Jennings to appear before the Justices of our said county court in chancery, at the courthouse of our said county, on the fourth Monday in next month, to answer a bill in chancery, exhibited against him and others by James Lyle; and this he shall in no wise omit, under the penalty of 100l. and have then there this writ. Witness James Steptoe, clerk of our said court, at the courthouse aforesaid, the 27th day of July, in the 13th year of our reign.
ROBERT ALEXANDER, D. C.
GEORGE the Third, by the grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. To the sheriff of Bedford county, greeting: We command you that you summon Thomas James to appear before the Justices of our said county court of chancery on the fourth Monday in next month, to answer a bill in chancery, exhibited against him by James and Robert Donald and company; and this he shall in no wise omit, under the penalty of 100l. and have then there this writ. Witness James Steptoe, clerk of our said court, at the courthouse aforesaid, the 27th day of July, in the 13th year of our reign.
ROBERT ALEXANDER, D. C.
GEORGE the Third, by the grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. To the sheriff of Bedford county, greeting: We command you that you summon Robert Harper to appear before the Justices of our said county court of chancery on the fourth Monday in next month, to answer a bill in chancery, exhibited against him by James and Robert Donald and company; and this he shall in no wise omit, under the penalty of 100l. and have then there this writ. Witness James Steptoe, clerk of our said county court, at the courthouse aforesaid, the 27th day of July, in the 13th year of our reign.
ROBERT ALEXANDER, D. C.
WARWICK, July 12, 1773.
To be SOLD, at next Prince Edward August court, A TRACT of LAND in the said county, where Miller Woodson formerly kept store, containing about 300 acres, on which is an exceeding good storehouse, a dwellinghouse, and other necessary buildings. The terms will be known on the day of sale. I have also for sale the tract of land formerly advertised, where Archibald M'Nab kept store, and about ten acres in Chester town, known by the name of Booker's Point. Likewise two or three remarkable fine house servants, several articles of household furniture, and a quantity of dry goods, which I will sell on reasonable terms. PATRICK HUNTER.
RUN away from the subscriber, in Accomack, on the 26th of June last, a Negro fellow named DANIEL, about 16 years of age, of a yellowish complexion, stoops in the shoulders, has a down look, one side of his face seems larger than the other, or is awry, and has many scars on his back or butt end. I suspect he will endeavour to get on board some vessel, or make for Carolina; I therefore forewarn all masters of vessels from harbouring or entertaining him. Whoever apprehends him, if in the colony, shall receive FIFTY SHILLINGS, and if out of it FIVE POUNDS, besides reasonable charges allowed for sending him home. CLEMENT PARKER.
TAKEN up, in King and Queen, a likely bay mare, with a long mane and switch tail, a star in her forehead, her off hind foot white, branded, as appeared to me when taken up, TH; but the appraisers tell me it is J. Posted, and appraised to 11l. 10s.
HUMPHREY HILL.

HANOVER, June 17, 1773.
THE subscriber intends to leave the colony very soon, and desires that all persons who have any demands against him will apply for payment before the 1st of August next. The concerns in this colony of Messrs. Farell and Jones, of Bristol, merchants, will be left under the direction of Mr. John Winston, merchant in Hanover; to whom all persons indebted to the said Gentlemen, and who have declined their correspondence with them, are desired to pay their respective balances. It is hoped no one will compel him to the necessity of pursuing disagreeable methods to enforce payment, after the great indulgence that has been already given. THOMAS EVANS.
YORK town, June 9, 1773.
THE subscribers being very solicitous to comply with the will of their testator, the late Honourable William Nelson, desire that all persons who were indebted to him will endeavour to make as speedy payments as possible. Those who have accounts open on his books, and who cannot immediately discharge the balances, are desired to give their bonds. This request is the more necessary, as most of the legacies bequeathed by the testator are to be paid in sterling money, and he has directed that his younger sons' fortunes shall be placed out at interest upon undoubted securities, so soon as it can be done. Those who have any demands are desired to make them immediately known. THOMAS NELSON, THOMAS NELSON, jun. HUGH NELSON, RO. C. NICHOLAS.
CAROLINE, May 7, 1773.
TO BE SOLD.
ABOUT fourteen thousand acres of exceeding good LAND in the county of Pittsylvania. For terms apply to Mr. Hugh Rose, of Amherst, who will treat with any person inclined to purchase, and be empowered to make a legal title. THOMAS LOMAX.
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.
RUN away from the subscriber, living in Westmoreland, the 12th of August last, an Irish convict servant man named MATTHEW THARP, by trade a gardener, about 5 feet 5 inches high, well made, much pitted with the small-pox, has short dark hair, but generally wears a dark wig over it clubbed; had on, and took with him, a pair of leather breeches, light coloured cloth coat, old striped jacket, several white and oznabrigr shirts, one check ditto, an old brown holland coat, striped holland trousers much stained, shoes and stockings of many sorts, a hat almost new, with a band and buckle. This fellow was convicted last June Oyer court was a twelvemonth for horsestealing. Whoever will secure him in any of his Majesty's gaols, so that I get him, shall receive the above reward. I have been credibly informed that some time after the said Tharp escaped, he went down to Williamsburg, and applied to John Randolph, Esquire, for a pass, which he obtained. JOSEPH PIERCE.
TEN DOLLARS REWARD.
STOLEN from the subscriber, living at Gray's creek, in Surry county, on the 20th of June last, a sorrel mare, 3 years old, about 4 feet 7 inches high, with a roach mane and switch tail, has a blaze face, both hind feet white, trots and gallops, and branded on the near buttock O. Whoever secures the said mare so that I may get her again shall be well rewarded, according to the distance; and, on conviction of the thief, shall receive the above reward. RANDOLPH PRICE.
COMMITTED to the gaol of Prince George, the 17th of July, a Negro man who calls himself CHARLES, but cannot tell his master's name; he is about 5 feet 6 or 7 inches high, and appears to be about 30 years of age, with marks in his face, and has on an oznabrigr shirt, an oznabrigr waistcoat, cotton ditto, crocus trousers, and a pair of Virginia knit stockings. The owner is desired to pay charges, and take him away. HENRY BATTE.
COMMITTED to Sussex county gaol an outlandish Negro man, who cannot, or will not, tell his owner's name, and appears to have been in this country but a little time. He is about 25 years old, 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high, and has on the usual clothing of labouring Negroes. The owner is desired to pay charges, and take him away. JOHN BERRYMAN, Gaoler.
COMMITTED to Essex gaol a Negro man who calls himself SCOTT, and says he belongs to Paschal Greenhill, of Prince Edward. The owner is desired to prove his property, pay charges, and take him away. JAMES EMERSON, Gaoler.
TAKEN up, in Goochland, a small black mare, about 4 feet 3 inches high, trots altogether, and branded with something like a stirrup iron. Posted, and appraised to 5l. WILLIAM HARRISON.
TAKEN up, in Orange, a small dark bay horse, about 4 feet 6 inches high, with a half roach mane and long switch tail, branded on the near buttock X, and on the off shoulder NH in a piece, his near hind foot is split quite up to the hair, trots altogether, appears to be about 4 years old, and has some white hairs upon one side of his head. Posted, and appraised to 5l. STEPHEN J. K. SMITH, junior.
TAKEN up, in Orange, a dark bay horse, about 14 hands high, trots, has no perceivable brand, and appears to be about 10 years old. Posted, and appraised to 15l. FRANCIS MOORE, junior.
TAKEN up, in Lunenburg, a sorrel mare, about 4 feet 4 inches high, appears to be 10 years old, has a hanging mane and switch tail, and branded on both shoulders and buttocks D. Posted, and appraised to 4l. JAMES EASTHAM.
TAKEN up, in Caroline, a middle sized red steer, with a swallowfork in the right ear, and a swallowfork and underkeel in the left. Posted, and appraised to 1l. 10s. CARR M'GEHEE.
TAKEN up, in Brunswick, a large roan horse, 4 feet 10 or 11 inches high, has no perceivable brand, a star in his forehead, one hind foot white, and has been much scarred by work. Posted, and appraised to 10l. PETER JONES.
TAKEN up, in Isle of Wight, two sorrel horses; one of them is 14 hands high, paces slow, has had a filula, but is now well, a white star in his face, some white hairs be seen his fore thighs, is branded on the near buttock with something that cannot be made out, and on the off shoulder IC, but not plain. The other is 4 feet 5 inches high, trots, and appears to be about 5 years old, has on a large bell with a leather collar doubled, and is branded with something that cannot be made out. Posted, and appraised, the former to 1l. 15s. and the latter to 6l. 10s. ELEY JOHNSON.
TAKEN up, in Albemarle, a black horse, with some grey hairs upon him, and is about 4 feet high, has a blaze in his face, and a star in his left ear, had on an old bell, but has no perceivable brand. Posted, and appraised to 1l. THOMAS THORPE.
WOULD BE SOLD to any EMPLOYMENT. A YOUNG man capable of managing a CLERKS OFFICE, who will wait upon any person wanting a deputy in that business, on their application by letter to Mr. William Pollard, clerk of Hanover. He can be well recommended.
To be SOLD, on the premises, on Friday the 13th of August,
A TRACT OF LAND, lying in Essex county, containing about 500 acres, whereon Mr. John Merritt now lives. This land was conveyed by Thomas Gresham and the said Merritt to the subscriber (of which the public has heretofore been advertised in the Virginia Gazette) and has lately been recovered in the court of the aforesaid county. Six months credit will be allowed, on giving bond and good security to the subscriber, who undertakes to put the purchaser in possession. ARCHIBALD RITCHIE.
TAPPANNOCK, July 15, 1773.
I INTEND immediately for GLASGOW.
SARAH CRISP.
JUST ARRIVED in RAPPAPHANNOCK, The GOOD INTENT, Captain CLODD, WITH FORTY HEALTHY INDENTED
SERVANTS,
among whom are many TRADESMEN, particularly shoemakers, a cooper, a tailor, a carpenter and joiner, a blacksmith and farrier, some good clerks, a surgeon, several country labourers, some fine boys, many good sempstresses, mantua-makers, house women, &c. &c. The sale will commence at Leesburg on Tuesday the 3rd of August; and, if required, a reasonable credit will be allowed, on giving bond and approved security. T. HODGE.
A MEETING of the OHIO COMPANY is desired at Stafford courthouse on Friday the 27th of August next, on business of the utmost importance.
GEORGE MASON, Treasurer.
In the first publication of this advertisement the meeting is said to be on TUESDAY the 27th of August; but as the 27th of that month happens on a FRIDAY, I hope those concerned will be aware of the mistake. G. M.
DUMFRIES, July 12, 1773.
ALL persons indebted to Messrs. William Craufurd, Thomas Dunmore, and company, for dealings with Mr. Edward Conner, deceased, and Mr. William Craufurd at Alexandria, are desired to make immediate payment to the subscriber, who is properly empowered to receive and give acquittances for any sums of money due them. As a sufficient indulgence has already been given, it must be expected that I shall close those old accounts in the most expeditious manner. The books and papers are now with me at Dumfries; and to make it more convenient for those at a distance, I shall attend Fairfax court in the months of August and September, after which time suits will be ordered against every one indebted to the said company. I am also empowered to receive the debts due to Mr. William Craufurd, jun. for lumping parcels of goods sold by him. WILLIAM CARR.
JUST imported, in the London, Capt. Moses Robertson, from London, a cargo of well assorted GOODS, suited for the setting out a new store. They are to be disposed of, at a moderate credit, by the advertiser. Letters conveyed to Mr. James Mills at Urbanna, or to Mr. A. Ritchie at Hobb's Hole, will be attended to by JOHN MILLS.
FOR SALE.
Several valuable tracts of land, adjoining each other, or both sides of Chappawamick Run, in the counties of Stafford and Prince William, containing 2600 acres, being the seat whereon the subscriber formerly resided. These lands are situate four miles above Aquia warehouses, and four miles below the town of Dumfries, the soil of more than half of it exceeding good; there is on it as fine a mill seat as any in the colony, upon a large and never failing stream. There is a great appearance of iron ore, and a large quantity of white oak and pine timber, a tolerable commodious dwellinghouse, a great number of convenient outhouses, good orchards, and several tenements in order for cropping. There are also 200 acres of fine meadow ground, half of which was sowed in timothy last fall and this spring. A more particular description will be unnecessary, as it is presumed that any person inclined to purchase will view the premises; and the subscriber earnestly entreats all such to form their ideas of the value of this estate from their own observations, and not from any accounts they may receive from others, as there are some persons, who are thought good natured, worthy men, amuse themselves with decrying the property of their neighbours, even at the expence of truth, and under the mask of friendship to the person injured. And the subscriber is more particular in this caution, as he hath formerly received several severe injuries of that kind from one in that neighbourhood. The above lands are under the incumbrance of two mortgages; the one for a considerable sum, made by the subscriber himself, the other for an inconsiderable sum, made by the person of whom he purchased one of the small tracts, which mortgages are to be first paid out of the money arising from the sale. For terms apply to THOMSON MASON.
MOUNT VERNON, July 15, 1773.
THE subscriber having obtained patents for upwards of 20,000 acres of land on the Ohio and Great Kanawha (10,000 of which are situate on the banks of the first mentioned river, between the mouths of the two Kanawhas, and the remainder on the Great Kanawha, or New River from the mouth, or near it, upwards, in one contiguous tract, proposes to divide the same into any fixed number of lots, and lease them upon moderate terms, allowing a reasonable number of years rent free; provided that within the space of two years from next October three acres for every fifty contained in each lot, and proportionably for a smaller quantity, shall be cleared, fenced, and tilled, and that by or before the time limited for the commencement of the first rent, five acres for every hundred, and proportionably, as above, shall be enclosed, and laid down in good grass for meadow; and moreover, that at least 50 good fruit trees for every like quantity of land shall be planted on the premises. Any persons inclined to settle upon these lands may be more fully informed of the terms by applying to the subscriber, near Alexandria, or, in his absence, to Mr. Lund Washington, and would do well in communicating their intentions before the first of October next, in order that a sufficient number of lots may be laid off to answer the demand. As these lands are among the first which have been surveyed in the part of the country they lie in, it is almost needless to premise that none can exceed them in luxuriance of soil, or convenience of situation; all of it lying upon the banks either of the Ohio or Kanawha, and abounding in fine fish and wild fowl of various kinds; as also in most excellent meadows, many of which (by the bountiful hand of nature) are, in their present state, almost fit for the scythe. From every part of these lands water carriage is now had to Fort Pitt by an easy communication, and from Fort Pitt up the Monongahela to Redstone. Vessels of convenient burthen may, and do pass continually; from whence, by means of Cheat River, and other navigable branches of Monongahela, it is thought the portage to Potowomack may, and will be reduced within the compass of a few miles, to the great ease and convenience of the settlers, in transporting the produce of their lands to market. To which may be added, that as patents have now actually passed the seals for the several tracts here offered to be leased, settlers on them may cultivate and enjoy the land in peace and safety, notwithstanding the unsettled councils respecting a new colony on the Ohio; and as no right money is to be paid for these lands, and a quitrent of two shillings sterling a hundred, demandable some years hence only, it is highly presumable that they will always be held upon a more desirable footing than where both these are laid on with a very heavy hand. And it may not be amiss further to observe, that if the scheme for establishing a new government on the Ohio (so long talked of) should ever be effected, these must be among the most valuable lands in it; not only from the quality of the soil, and the other advantages above enumerated, but from their contiguity to the seat of government, which it is more than probable will be fixed at the mouth of the Great Kanawha. GEORGE WASHINGTON.
TO BE RENTED.
THE plantation whereon Mr. William Clifton formerly lived, late in the tenure of Mr. Samuel Johnson, and for this year under the occupation of his daughters. This plantation, or farm, is very pleasantly situated upon Potowomack river, about five miles below Alexandria, and contains about 200 acres of cleared land, very good for grain of every kind, and tobacco, as also one of the largest and best springs on this side the Blue Ridge, within 20 yards of the door. It has a front upon the river of near a mile and a half, which affords several good fishing landings, one of which only, last spring, rented, during the shad and herring season, for twenty five pounds. To this place belongs a well accustomed ferry, upon the most direct road leading from Annapolis through Colchester, Dumfries, and Fredericksburg, to Williamsburg. On the premises are a dwellinghouse with two brick chimneys, and seven rooms, a kitchen, smokehouse, &c. GEORGE WASHINGTON.
To be SOLD, to the highest bidder, on Thursday the 26th of August next, if fair, if not, the next fair day,
A VERY valuable TRACT OF LAND on James river, in Amherst county, a few miles below Doctor William Cabell's, containing about 600 acres of high and low grounds, and runs above a mile on the river, it being about half the tract on which John Howard formerly lived, including the dwellinghouse, &c. with a beautiful situation to live on, and cleared low grounds sufficient for a good plantation; there is also on it a remarkable natural fish-pond, and a fishery for white shads. The place is suitable for wheat, tobacco, or hemp,—At the same time will be sold, if a suitable price for them be offered, an island adjacent, and the remaining part of the before mentioned tract of land, either separate or altogether. Part of the purchase money will be wanted at the day of sale on the premises, or in October next, at farthest, and the remainder will be made easy to the buyer by fundry payments, as shall be then agreed on. An indisputable title will be made the purchaser. THOMAS PROSSER, NEIL CAMPBELL, WILLIAM PRESTON, } Trustees.
PURSUANT to a decree of the Honourable the General Court, at Dunmore courthouse, on the 4th Tuesday in August next, being court day, will be sold, to the highest bidder, for ready money, 250 acres of LAND, about two miles from Woodstock, adjoining the lands of Samuel Bailey, formerly the property of Captain Burr Harrison; also a tenement in said town, now in good repair, in possession of a tenant at will, together with a ten acre lot thereto belonging, as a common. These lands were mortgaged by Mr. Joseph Watson to Mr. Garrett Meade, of the city of Philadelphia, who has obtained a decree for a sale. The purchaser will have Mr. Meade's right under Mr. Watson, with a general warranty from Mr. Watson, conveyed at the sale by the THE SHERIFF OF DUNMORE.

R UN away from the subscriber, in Orange county, Virginia, the 20th instant (July) two convict servant men, viz. THOMAS PRUCE, an Englishman, about 5 feet 10 inches high, has red hair, and of a fair complexion; had on a blue striped fwan skin waistcoat, brown linen shirt and trousers, new felt hat, and a pair of common shoes. JAMES JONES, a Welchman, of a dark, swarthy complexion, near six feet high, and has black hair; took with him a brown Newmarket coat, a light close bodied ditto, and very dusty, some brown linen shirts and trousers, white thread stockings, new shoes, two worsted caps, and a good hat. Whoever apprehends the said fellows so that we may get them shall have FORTY SHILLINGS for each.
DANIEL SINGLETON, MENOAH SINGLETON.
THE subscriber having lately purchased a tract of land, in Chesterfield, of James Velt, of the county of Bedford, containing 313 acres, for the consideration of 140l. currency; 40l. of which paid in hand, and two bonds, executed the 2d instant, for 50l. each, payable in December and March, being the balance thereof: I hereby give this public notice, that I will not pay either of them, as I find myself deceived by Mr. Velt, who has sold lands he had not the least right to, and therefore forewarn all persons from taking an assignment of them.
THOMAS STRATTON.
GEORGE the Third, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, defender of the faith, &c. To the sheriff of Loudoun county, greeting: We command you that you summon Leonard Helm to appear before our Justices of our county court in chancery, at the courthouse of the said county, on the second Monday in June next, to answer a bill in chancery, exhibited against him by Leven Powell, Gentleman; and this he shall in no wise omit under the penalty of one hundred pounds; and have then, there this writ. Witness Charles Binns, clerk of our said court, at the courthouse aforesaid, the tenth day of May, in the thirteenth year of our reign, CHARLES BINNS.
CHARLES BINNS.
PURSUANT to a decree of the Honourable the General Court, at Hampshire courthouse, on the second Tuesday in September next, being court day, will be sold, to the highest bidder, for ready money, the following tracts of LAND in that county, to wit, 800 acres on the north branch of Potowmack, about 8 miles from Fort Cumberland; 400 acres on George Andis's mill run, adjoining Andis's land; both tracts being mortgaged by Mr. Joseph Watson to Mr. Garret Meade, of the city of Philadelphia, who has obtained a decree for a sale. The purchaser will have Mr. Meade's right under Mr. Watson, with a general warranty from Mr. Watson, conveyed at the sale by The SHERIFF of HAMPSHIRE.
SHERIFF of HAMPSHIRE.
THE brig LIGHTFOOT , Capt. DUNSLEY , will sail from London for York river about the 1st of October next; I shall be obliged to those Gentlemen, ordering goods out about that time, for their freight.
WILLIAM GOOSLEY.
FIFTEEN POUNDS REWARD.
 R UN away from Neabsco Furnace two convicts and an indentured servant belonging to the Honourable John Tayloe, Esquire, viz. JOSEPH LOVEDAY , from the west of England, about 23 years of age, 5 feet 7 inches high, of a ruddy complexion, with sandy coloured hair, a red beard, a pretty smooth face, very squeaking voice, a large scar on his throat, and his knee has been disjointed when he was a boy, which makes him trail his leg when he walks. He went off some time last fall, and was seen, I am lately told, about Mr. Zeen's iron works, in Frederick county; so that it is presumed he is still in that or some of the back counties, and may be employed in the farming or team driving business, which he professed, but is very ignorant of both. He carried with him a blue fearnought and a white cotton jacket, long trousers dyed brown with tan bark, and in other respects was clothed as servants commonly are. The other convict is named TYNIE ROACH , a lad about 20 years of age, 5 feet 7 or 8 inches high, and ran away last month from a sloop of Col. Tayloe's, then in Rappahannock; he is fair, though of a ruddy complexion, somewhat pitted with the smallpox, has a smooth insinuating tongue, light coloured hair, and has been a sailor ever since he came in the country, which is about 4 years ago. He had on, and took with him, a new blue fearnought jacket with horn buttons, a blue double breasted jacket with large metal buttons, a red silk handkerchief, a good many osnabrig shirts which he stole from the sloop's crew, besides a white one he stole from the master, a pair of leather breeches, a new felt hat bound round with red ferret, and a band of the same. The indentured servant is named JAMES M C LANE , a Scotchman, of the most unparallelled ingratitude, and ran away last winter from a schooner in Potowmack river, which I imprudently made him skipper of. He is a short well made man, of a brown complexion, with black hair tied behind, and had a variety of clothes of his own which he carried with him; he talks very much of his feats in the last war, and of having been in most parts of the world. Whoever secures the said servants, or either of them, so that they may be had again, shall have the above reward for each, and be paid all reasonable charges. 
THOMAS LAWSON.
*** It is imagined that each of the above servants have got forged passes and discharges with them. All persons are forewarned from harbouring or concealing them, and masters of vessels from carrying them out of the country, at their peril.
FAIRFAX, July 13, 1773.
THE subscriber has a neat assortment of EUROPEAN and INDIA GOODS, which he will lump off cheap for ready money, tobacco, credit, or bond, with interest from the date, and approved security.
GEORGE MASON.
WARWICK, July 12, 1873.
P UBLIC notice is hereby given that the concern carried on under the firm of James and Robert Donald and company is to be dissolved the 1st of September next, and that all the debts due to their stores on the south side of James river will be collected by Mr. Patrick Hunter, to whom all persons indebted are requested to make payment; and those who have any demands against the said company are desired to apply to him, that they may be discharged. The store at Warwick, at Elam's, in Chesterfield, and a store in Prince Edward, will be continued (though to a smaller extent) under the firm of Robert Donald, junior, and company, and under my management.
ROBERT DONALD.
To be SOLD, by auction, at Prince George courthouse on Tuesday the 14th of September, being court day,
 A VALUABLE TRACT of LAND , lying on Warwick Swamp, in said county, being the unimproved moiety of the tract on which Mr. John Thompson, jun. now lives, containing about 792 acres, and will be sold altogether, or in parcels, as may suit the purchasers; also a small piece, adjoining the former, containing 60 acres. Credit will be allowed till the 1st of January, 1775, on giving bond and approved security. These lands were formerly in dispute between Capt. John Thompson and his son John, but they have both joined in conveying them to me; so that the title is now indisputable. Any person desirous of purchasing may see the lands by applying to Mr. Nathaniel Harrison, of Suffolk, near the premises. 
WILLIAM GOOSLEY.
GEORGE the Third, by the grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. To the sheriff of York county, greeting: We command you that you summon George Chaplin to appear before our Justices of our court of our said county in chancery, at the courthouse of the said county, on the third Monday in August next, to answer a bill in chancery, exhibited against him by James Anderson; and this he shall in no wise omit, under the penalty of 100l. and have then there this writ. Witness Thomas Everard, clerk of our said court, the 20th day of July, and in the 13th year of our reign. THOMAS EVERARD.
THOMAS EVERARD.
I HEREBY inform the public that as soon as I can settle my affairs I intend to leave this country; and to enable myself to purchase elsewhere, resettle myself, and to prosecute the mercantile business with more ease, and to a greater extent than hitherto it hath been in my power, I propose selling the following lands, viz. Upon the line dividing the counties of Mecklenburg and Charlotte the noted tract known by the name of Finny Wood, containing 2357 acres. As the quality of this land is generally known, and has ever distinguished itself as being remarkably fine, it is unnecessary to say any thing about it in that particular. The improvements are very considerable, having every necessary building suitable for a planter or farmer, and I may venture to say they are in as good order as any in the colony; nor are the plantations in less order than the improvements, being cleared in the most regular form, under good fences, preserved as much as possible from running into gullies, and, by being constantly shifted into winter grain, are as capable of produce as ever. The crop now growing upon this land is tended by 28 hands, and promises to produce, should the weather be agreeable, 30 hogheads of tobacco, 1500 barrels of Indian corn, 3000 bushels of wheat, and 1000 gallons of peach brandy. I once sold 850 acres of this land for 2500l. but finding my bargain to be bad, I gave a consideration to be off; and have several times been offered 3l. an acre for great part of it, but being resolved never to divide it, I refused every such offer. My price for the whole tract has been fixed for some time at two guineas per acre, and which is adjudged by those acquainted with the land to be very reasonable. However, that I may be the sooner prepared to prosecute my schemes as aforesaid, I will take fifty shillings an acre, one half to be paid at the time a title is made, and the residue in twelve months after. A title shall be made at the next court after the bargain, and possession given at Christmas next.—In the county of Charlotte, about five miles from Finny Wood, a tract containing 2929 acres, improved with a plantation sufficient to work seven or eight hands, several small dwelling houses, two tobacco houses, and a corn crib; also a gristmill, which, with little expence, may be made very valuable, and a good apple and peach orchard. This tract affords a great quantity of very valuable creek low grounds, and a considerable quantity of very fine high land. My price for this land is a thousand pounds; and a right will be made, possession given, and payments made, in the same manner as for Finny Wood.—In Charlotte county also, and about
 above, into two rooms and a passage, five dormer and four sash windows on each side; there is a brick chimney at each end, which affords a fireplace to each room below stairs, and underpinned with brick. The whole (except a small matter of painting) is finished off in a genteel manner. There is also a store house, lumber house, ordinary house, kitchen, dairy, meat house, barns, cribs, stables, quarters, overseer's houses, school house, tailor's and blacksmith's shops, all new, and built in the best manner to answer their several purposes, and a plantation sufficient for 12 or 15 hands, formed with the greatest regularity to render the culture and tillage of it the most easy and convenient; it is under exceeding fine fences, and has adjoining it a large pasture well enclosed, two peach and three large apple orchards, with a variety of other fruit trees of the best kind, and chiefly grafted. The soil of this piece of land is very rich and strong, produces every thing that I have tried in it very well, but being of a stiff and thirsty nature, winter grain is most applicable to it, such as wheat, rye, and barley, and is more level than any I have ever seen in the back country. It is likewise situated in a very healthy spot, having exceeding good water, and being a high place, clear of any kind of swamps, or sunken grounds. I would recommend this piece of land either to a merchant or a farmer; for the latter none can answer better, being, as before mentioned, equal to any for winter grain, and will undoubtedly answer for the former, as it is fixed for that purpose in the center of the county, and in a thick settled neighbourhood of able people, has public roads leading to it from every quarter, and, what will yet make it more answerable to this purpose, it may be expected that all or chief of my friends and customers will become so to whoever may succeed me. My price for this land and settlement is 1500l. one third payable when the title is made, and a third yearly till the whole is paid. A title shall be made at the first court after the purchase, and possession given in November next.—In the town of Petersburg two lots or half acres of land, known by the numbers 41 and 42, in the plan of the town; they are situated on the main street, are the most beautiful lots in the whole place, and are improved with a very large and convenient dwelling house, that has three good rooms and a passage both above and below stairs, and a well built cellar of brick the full size of the house, a large and well calculated store and lumber house, kitchen, and dairy. My price for those two lots, or half acres, is 500l. payable, with interest, 12½l. annually, till the whole is paid. Possession and title shall be made and given the purchaser at any time. Any person inclinable to purchase any of the lands above mentioned may be shewn the same by applying to me any time between this and the last of August, as I shall during that time be constantly at home.—That I may be the sooner and better prepared to execute my intentions, I hereby give notice, that on the 10th day of September next I shall expose to public sale, for ready money, at my aforesaid dwelling house, the several estates hereafter mentioned, and which I hold by recorded deeds of trust, to secure me in the payment of large sums of money due from the persons here respectively mentioned: The tract of land whereon Henry Crenshaw lives, in Lunenburg, together with his Negroes, flock, household furniture, &c. The land whereon William Easley lives, in Mecklenburg, together with his Negroes. The land whereon John F. Thompson lives, in Mecklenburg, together with his Negroes. The Negroes and personal estate of Peter Ragsdale, in Mecklenburg. The Negroes and personal estate of John Hammonds, in Charlotte. The land and personal estate of John Clemmonds, in Mecklenburg. The land of Robert Tucker, in Mecklenburg. The Negroes of David Chandler, in Charlotte. The land and personal estate of Ephraim Pucketts, in Mecklenburg. The personal estate of John Bing, in Mecklenburg. The land of Joel Moore, in Mecklenburg. The land and personal estate of Lewis Akin, in Mecklenburg. A Negro and personal estate of Jesse Taite, in Mecklenburg. The land and personal estate of William Brown, in Lunenburg. The personal estate of Thomas Smith, in Mecklenburg. The Negroes of Robert Christopher, in Mecklenburg. The Negroes of Thomas Farrar, in Mecklenburg. The land and personal estate of John Clark, in Mecklenburg. The land of Henry Robertson, in Mecklenburg. The personal estate of Lewis Zoone, in Mecklenburg. Part of the estate of Henry Isbell, in Charlotte. The land and personal estate of Edward Crews, in Mecklenburg. The land of James Camels, in Mecklenburg. The land of James Flynn, in Mecklenburg. The personal estate of Philip Johnson, in Mecklenburg. And the land of Daniel Gorries, in Mecklenburg.—As it is probable that the sales of all the estates aforesaid cannot be made in one day, I here give notice that it will be continued from day to day till the whole can be completed. 
MATTHEW MARABLE.
F O R S A L E
THE tenement at present occupied by Captain James Gunn, in that part of the town of Richmond called Shockoes, on the north side of the falls of James river, with a number of convenient houses upon it, well adapted for either a merchant, tavernkeeper, or private Gentleman, rented at forty pounds a year; also the public storehouse at the same place, rented at fifteen pounds a year; the two half acre lots, No. 400 and No. 670, in the same town; the valuable lot of one hundred acres of timbered land, near the same, known by the description of No. 799; also the two half acre lots, No. 116 and No. 267, in the town of Manchester or Rocky Ridge, on the south side of the falls of James river. For terms apply to Joshua Storrs of Richmond, or to the subscriber.
THOMSON MASON.
T AKEN up, in Mecklenburg, a dark bay horse, branded on the off shoulder FL in a piece, a large star in his forehead, a snip on his nose, and had on a small bell, branded N. Posted, and appraised to $1.
ROWLAND GOOCH.