The Virginia gazette (Williamsburg, Va.), 1773-08-26 00:00:00

VIRGINIA
GAZETTE.
Open to ALL PARTIES,
but influenced by NONE.
W A R S A W, May 8.
THE diet are going to establish four commissions, that they may dispatch their business as quick as possible; the first is to treat with the allied powers, the second is charged with the affairs of the dissidents, the third is to judge the King's assassins, and the fourth is to regulate the new form of government which is going to be established in this kingdom.
May 10. Last Tuesday the answers of the courts of France, England, Sweden, and the republic of the united provinces to the King's letters, were read, by which all those powers refuse to concern themselves with the affairs of Poland. These letters are going to be printed, that nobody may flatter themselves with the hopes of a foreign alliance in favour of this kingdom.
The ministers of the three allied powers have complained heavily to the diet that they spend all their time in useless debates, and, therefore, that they allowed them but eight days from hence to finish all. In consequence of which deputies have been appointed, and instructions given them, which are comprised in 26 articles, to regulate that affair with them, and, as the conferences have begun, it is thought the diet will soon be finished. These deputies have orders not to enter into deliberation with the ministers of the three powers about the establishment of a new form of government.
May 12. Regarding the treaty of cession, the King has remitted a note to the ministers of the allied powers, setting forth, "that the republic could not discuss on that subject without the concurrence of the powers who were guarantees of the treaties of peace made by Poland." The ministers have returned a formal answer to this, the contents of which are not yet known.
Three squadrons of Austrian hussars, and the same number of Prussians, entered this place, which has spread an universal consternation. The foreign troops approach daily, and are not above a mile off. Quarters are demanded for them in all the houses, and even in the palaces, not excepting those of the royal family and all the convents. Notwithstanding these preparations, the diet persists in not agreeing to what the three foreign ministers would have; for there seems now to be more alienation from it than ever, and will not conclude without coming to extremities, it is feared.
They write from Moldavia that 3000 Turks, having attempted to pass the Danube, were so warmly received by General Potemkin, that 400 were killed, and 200 made prisoners.
Letters from Moldavia advise that the Russian General Potemkin, having passed the Danube, had defeated the Seraskier, with the loss of 7000 Turks. The advices add that the Grand Vizier had thereupon demanded an armistice of fifteen days, which the general field marshal had refused to grant; but that at last, on repeated instances, the latter had consented to a suspension of 24 hours, out of regard to the Vizier's person.
May 15. The division of this kingdom made by the three allied powers is at last ratified, contrary to the expectation of the Polish nation. The respective claims of the three powers have been acknowledged by the King, the Senators, and the Nuncios. Every thing, however, was carried but by a trifling majority; 50 of the Nuncios were for the King, and 52 against him; and among the Senators there were twelve, and one out of the ministry, which was the Lithuanian vice chancellor, who voted for the King.
As yet there is scarce forming any judgment with regard to the new form of government which is to take place in this kingdom; but it is said the King will have very little to do with the government; that 800 Polish ducats per day will be allowed him for his table, and other expenses of state; the appointment of all civil and military employments will depend upon a council of state, appointed by the three powers; the republic are not to have more than 12,000 regular troops in the service, and each of the three powers will send 5000 men, to be supported by the republic.
May 17. An estafette, arrived here from Lublin, brought accounts that the Austrians had demanded from that way a contribution of 30,000 bushels of corn, 30,000 bushels of oats, and 30,000 loads of hay. We hear from Samogitia that 400 Cossacks entered that place, to live at discretion, because the dietines had broken up fruitlessly. The Prussians continue exacting large contributions of provision and forage, which has obliged the greatest part of the inhabitants to leave their houses, and settle elsewhere, not being able to furnish their demand; the Confederates having before taken great part of their subsistence away.
May 20. His Polish Majesty is now sensible of his error in signing the act of confederacy so hastily, and endeavours to shew, in every respect, that he was, in a manner, forced to accede to such a measure by the ministers of the three powers; nay, he has gone so far as to write a letter with his own hand to the Bishop of Kiow, in which he disapproves highly of the act, and protests, in a formal manner, against all the proceedings of the diet, now assembled at Warsaw. This letter has been privately handed about, and has reinstated his Majesty in the affections he was near losing.
Great numbers of Austrian and Prussian troops are daily arriving here.
May 22. The diet is prorogued from the 19th instant to the 15th of September. The sittings of the plenipotentiaries and foreign ministers, which were to have taken place next Monday, is put off till after Whitsuntide. They will begin with the Austrian minister, then with the Russian, and lastly with the Prussian minister. Notwithstanding the treaty of division is signed, it is said there will be another treaty, particularly regarding the limits of the Prussian boundaries.
Our ministry have, in writing, requested of the ministers of the three allied powers that their courts would call all their troops out of this kingdom, as now every thing had been carried on as they desired. The Russian minister said that it should be done as soon as his court approved of it; the other two ministers only undertook it ad referendum .
Petersburg, May 4. The attaman of the Don Cossacks, whom the Empress caused to be carried off from his capital some time ago, has received sentence of death; but her Imperial Majesty has mitigated his punishment to imprisonment in a fortress, and a heavy fine, reserving the remainder of his effects for his maintenance. The carrying off of this attaman having occasioned a revolt among his compatriots, the court was under a necessity of sending some regiments there to quell the rebels.
Vienna, May 15. The freshest advices from Constantinople say that they intend to push on the war with the utmost vigour against the Russians; that several couriers had been dispatched, with 160 orders, from the Sultan, to the Bathaws of the European and Asiatic provinces, to send immediately a number of troops to the army; that also the Russians have a considerable fleet in the Black Sea, yet they were in no fear of any enterprize against the capital from that side; that there were already six Turkish men of war off the Dardanelles, which are to be joined by a number of others, to attack the Russian fleet.
Hamburg, May 21. According to the last letters from Warsaw, preparations were making there for the reception of several thousand Austrian, Russian, and Prussian soldiers. We also learn that that city is threatened with a contribution of 150,000 ducats, payable in three terms. These letters also mention a considerable advantage gained by the Russians over the Ottomans beyond the Danube.
Letters from Sweden announce that a plan has been formed, by which 14 ships of war, 5 frigates, and 2 brigantines, may be ready to put to sea immediately, in case of necessity. There are actually 15 galleys in the port of Stockholm ready to sail on the first orders.
Constantinople, April 17. This city was lately set on fire in five different parts; two women slaves, who were accused and convicted of being the authors of it, have been strangled.
Last Tuesday arrived here a tartar with the news that three days after the plenipotentiaries had separated there had been a smart skirmish near Couie, between the Ottomans and Russians, to the disadvantage of the former; and that the Russians had advanced as far as Russig, within 12 miles of the Grand Vizier's camp. Nevertheless a report prevails that there has been an action between the Turks and Russian Cossacks, between Silistria and Russig, in which the latter were defeated; moreover, that the Maniottes, who have been joined by some hundreds of Albanians, are destroying part of the Morea.
Paris, May 20. A man pretending to be a prophet appeared here in February last; he went to all the houses, preaching to the servants repentance and amendment, and looked so composed and spiritual, that most of them took him under their protection, and supplied him with the necessaries of life, for two or three months. The lieutenant of the police being informed of it, ordered a commissary to enquire about the man; in consequence, an officer of the police brought him before the commissary. He told the magistrate that he was born in Heaven, and sent by the Almighty, in a human form, to the capital of France, as the place of rendezvous for all sorts of debauchery, bad examples, wickedness, &c. that his name was the Avant Courreur of the destruction of the city, which would be at an end the 15th of May; that a comet would appear in the month of April; if it had one tail an earthquake would be the instrument of its destruction; if it had two there would be a fire-rain; but if twenty parts of the inhabitants of that city changed their way of living, God would forgive the rest, and keep it safe for thirty years more. When the commissary heard this story he put some questions to him; but he told him that he would not compromise in answer with him, being sent to preach to the people, to confound vice, and to comfort the poor in spirit; that he should give no answer but to the King, as the envoy of the King of Kings. The report having been made to the lieutenant of the police, he ordered the prophet to be brought before him. He repeated to that magistrate the same story, and refused to give any other satisfaction; he added, only, that he was sure to be prosecuted for doing his duty. The lieutenant of the police employed all his rhetoric to draw him into a fair argument, but in vain; he then sent him to Bicetre, where he is at present. A fine apartment has been granted him, and very good accommodations; nobody is admitted to speak with him, but by permission of the magistrate. Several doctors of the Sor-
bonne have paid him friendly visits, though to no purpose. He continues in his confinement till he will give more satisfactory answers. Abstracted from this strange tale, he appears very sensible, is a good scholar, and is extremely resigned to his confinement. His liberty has been offered, if he will condescend to give more light upon his mission; but he has refused, declaring he is ordered not to go farther upon that matter, and that he will die a faithful servant to the master who sent him.
May 28. There has been another great disturbance at Marmande, in Guyenne, on account of the high price of corn. The rioters stop the corn, pillage the magazines, besiege the bakers houses, and, in short, there is an universal disorder; the consequences of which are to be dreaded.
Hague, June 2. Authentic letters from Petersburg, dated May 11, confirm the news of the advantage lately gained by the Russians over the Turks, near Silistria, with these further particulars: That the latter having, in a neighbouring island, a body of about 2000 men, General Potemkin sent thither a colonel with some cavalry, who from an ambuscade attacked them so briskly, that they lost 500 men in killed, wounded, and prisoners.
Mentz, May 27. We have had some violent storms here this week, accompanied with such abundance of hail and rain, that most of the fruits of the earth are destroyed, and more particularly in the neighbourhood of Frankfort, Kroenigstein, Homberg, and Darmstadt; from whence we hear that the lands which promised a plentiful harvest of grain have been entirely laid waste; insomuch, that the poor peasants will be obliged again to sow oats, potatoes, &c. in order to procure a little necessary subsistence for their families.
L O N D O N, May 31.
LATELY was run at Monmouth the match between the Englishman and the little Welsh boy, seven miles, for 300 guineas, when the Englishman was beat bolloo ; but by coming in first the second mile, he reduced the bet 50 guineas. The Englishman was knocked up in the 4th mile; but the boy run the last mile in three minutes and a half, and had he been well at first starting, it is imagined he would have run the whole seven miles in twenty minutes. The bets before the race were six to four in favour of the Englishman, and during the second mile, 100 guineas to one; but in the third the lad gave him the go-by , and beat him three miles in the seven.
The ambassador who has violated the character of a King's representative, a nobleman, and a man of honour, wears a face of the most perfect indifference on the occasion, and justifies the idea of a Frenchman's conduct on a discovery of cuckoldom made use of by Mr. Garrick in his epilogue to the last new tragedy of Alonzo .
It is not a little remarkable that as soon as one subject of high-bred incontinence dies away another arises. For the truth of this observation, let the public remember Lady S. B. Lady P. Lady G. Lady L. and now Lady C.
The French ambassador, Count Guignes, has given Lord Craven his choice of Spain or Flanders; to one of which countries he engages to repair on his leaving England, in order to give that nobleman the satisfaction he demands for the injuries complained of.
People without doors are more impartial than those within respecting Lord Clive; although it is generally the custom for the uninformed to rail at the rich, and to suppose that wealth is a sufficient proof of criminality. Lord Clive is looked on by the unselected public as a man who ventured greatly, acted courageously, and gained largely; and if his doing the former encrased the power of the company, it encrased their revenues. He, therefore, had a right to seize the moment of completing his own fortune, more especially after he had amply discharged his official duty to his employers.
The state papers and letters of the late Dr. Carstares, principal of the university of Edinburgh, and private secretary to King William, are now in the press, and will throw a very great light on the revolution. They include a variety of matters of the highest importance; and as Sir John Dalrymple's last volume has given a blow to English patriotism, these will offer a picture of Scotch politics and corruption. It will, however, be with this expectation, that in the one case the evidence is not complete, whereas in the other it will be perfectly satisfactory. It will appear, from their own letters, that the Stotch statesmen were venal and corrupted in the very greatest extremity.
The eloquent author of the essay on civil society, Dr. Adam Ferguson, is employed, we are informed, in painting the revolutions of the Roman story; this great subject has not hitherto met with an historian equal to it. Catron and Rouille are circumstantial and minute, but without discernment and penetration. Rollin is perpetually starting aside to make moral reflections; he is an excellent christian, and a good man, but the most insipid of all historians. Echard had parts, but they were not those which figure in narration. Hooke, or those who wrote for him, had industry and labour, but while they judge of every thing by the morality of the gospel, history is falsified, and the most perfect characters are degraded. We should hope that Dr. Ferguson will exceed all these writers; indeed, it will be little glory to surpass them.

Dr. Maclean, the judicious translator of Mosheim, and one of the protestant clergymen at the Hague, has been furnished with the most ample materials for the history of the rise and progress of the republic of Holland, and is busy in giving them form and method. This is a glorious subject, and would require a bold and vigorous pencil. Translations are preparing at Paris of Smith's theory of moral sentiments, and of the ingenious treatise on the distinction of ranks in society, by professor Millar. This last work has particularly struck the Parisians. The delicate and cultivated critics of the continent were immediately sensible of its merit. This system, new and elegant, was at the same time, in their opinion, so comprehensive, that it offers principles from which to account for every circumstance and peculiarity, that is curious or interesting in the history of man. They thought there could be nothing juster than his views, nothing more admirable than the variety of his manner, nothing apter than his illustrations, and nothing finer than his eloquence.
NEW YORK, August 5. Extract of a letter from St. George's Key, Bay of Honduras, June 4, 1773.
"This day they bring us from Sherboon the following account: That a few days ago came into that river a species of tigers, not like any ever known in this country; they have already killed an Indian and a Negro, and wounded a black man; they have made many attempts on most of the houses on the river; one person they killed in his bed, and the other cleaning his gun in his house. The Negroes, terrified out of their wits, refuse to work in the bush. These animals touch no kind of flock; whenever they smell human flesh they tear the place to pieces to get at their prey. Our condition is deplorable, and hardly to be described."
PHILADELPHIA, August 4. Yesterday arrived here the ship Jupiter, Captain Ewing, from Londonderry, with 513 passengers. He failed in company with the ship Alexander, Captain Hunter, who has on board 630 passengers, and with the ship Hannah, Captain Mitchel, with 580 passengers; the latter of which, we hear, is arrived at Newcastle, so that in these three ships, and Captain Cunyngham, this country will receive the addition of 2000 inhabitants.
WILLIAMSBURG, August 26. Last Thursday died, after sustaining a tedious and painful illness with the most christian fortitude, Mr. WILLIAM REND, printer to the colony. The general esteem the public entertained for him was fully evinced by the respect shown to his remains, being attended to the grave by a great number of the most respectable inhabitants, and by the worshipful order of FREE MASONS, who with great solemnity paid the last honours to their deceased brother. The kind attention and concern expressed by each individual will ever demand the most grateful acknowledgments from his afflicted family.
It gives me the most heart-felt satisfaction, says a correspondent, to inform the public that, notwithstanding the bad prospect which presented itself at the beginning of the season, our fields of Indian corn are now in the most flourishing condition.
The Nelly, Orr, from Glasgow, is arrived in James river.
PHILEMON and D. C. are both come to hand, and shall have a place in our next.
NORFOLK, August 20. On Tuesday last died Doctor JOHN SHEPHERD, of this place, much regretted, and in the bloom of youth, that promised long and extensive usefulness. Through a tedious and painful illness he displayed uncommon patience and cheerfulness, and to his last moments still seemed to breathe that spirit of benevolence that had so much adorned his life. Amiable in his disposition and manners, skilful, charitable, and tender, in the duties of his profession, he was greatly endeared to his friends and acquaintance; and although he had not long resided amongst us, yet the unusual concourse of people that attended his remains fully testified that general esteem he had so deservedly acquired. As a public token of regard, the Queen's independent company of this place, of which he was a worthy member, were drawn out on Wednesday, in their uniforms, with the proper ensigns of mourning, and, after following the body in funeral procession to the church, where a suitable sermon was preached, they attended him to the grave, and there paid him the last military honours, while, by the decency and order observed through the whole, they exhibited a lively expression of their own feelings, and added great solemnity to the melancholy occasion.
What though, lamented man, thy pains were great, Great is thy glory now, and bliss compleat: And while the world deplores thy early fall, Thy bright example shall inspire us all; Shall teach us, while we catch thy virtue's fire, Belov'd like thee to live, like thee expire!
To be SOLD, to the highest bidder, on Thursday the 4th of November next, before the Raleigh tavern , in Williamsburg,
THE exceeding fine PLANTATION and TRACT of LAND in Chesterfield county, at the falls of James river, belonging to the subscriber, which contains upwards of 2000 acres, and, on account of its richness and situation, is deservedly esteemed the most valuable in the colony, nay, equal to any in America. It is in good order for cropping, and about 250 acres will be sowed in wheat this fall; from which may be expected to be reaped at least 5000 bushels. Twelve months credit will be allowed, the purchaser giving bond and approved security to
W. BYRD, and his TRUSTEES.
To be RENTED for one year, and entered on at Christmas,
THE ORDINARY now occupied by the subscriber at Todd's Bridge, in King & Queen county. The terms may be known by applying to me, on the premises.
BETTY TODD.
WILLIAMSBURG, August 26, 1773.
FOUND in this city a TOBACCO NOTE, on Bolling's warehouse, number 7, gross 1138, tare 130, nett 1008. It is dated the 16th of July, 1773, is received from Jesse Cogbill, and witnessed by Randolph and Archer.
JOSHUA KENDALL.
AS I am a creditor of Mr. John Semple for about nine hundred pounds, and have been requested by many of his creditors to attempt to secure their debts, my duty and inclination have led me to bestow much thought on the state of his affairs, and from the best information I can get, I am persuaded there is no possible means of getting a shilling in the pound, unless some such plan is adopted as herein will be mentioned, which Mr. Semple not only consents to, but says he is willing to do any thing the creditors shall approve; for this purpose I am named to request all Mr. Semple's creditors to give their attendance at Capt. Weedon's, in Fredericksburg, on the 21st day of September next, being the 2d day of the fair. Those who cannot attend in person are requested to instruct those they can confide in, who can attend to act for them; that such may the better instruct, the plan is here mentioned. Mr. James Lawson having obtained a mortgage on Mr. Semple's whole estate, to secure the payment of twenty thousand pounds sterling, including about nine thousand pounds for advances made by Messrs. Crawford, Pagan, and Hamilton, while they were in partnership with Mr. Semple, it is thought this mortgage may be set aside, as to so much. A hope also subsists of doing so as to Mr. Lawson's part; but be the merits of these points as they may, a suit is now depending in the Honourable the General Court for that end, and will be prosecuted. This will necessarily take up some time, and till a determination, no sale can be made of Mr. Semple's estate, without submitting to this claim of Mr. Lawson's, which, from papers delivered me by Mr. Semple, I will venture to pronounce, is so circumstanced, as to the part of Messieurs Crawford, Pagan, and Hamilton, that it ought not to be submitted to without a decree in favour of it; consequently something must be done in the interim. Mr. Semple agrees to convey every interest he has to such of his creditors as will grant him a letter of licence for a reasonable time. This, in truth, is but a small concession on the creditors part; for, besides that Mr. Semple's person will not produce one farthing, he who imprisons him, in his present state of health, will be little less than a murderer. Such of the creditors as have been already consulted think that the furnace, which Mr. Semple can put them in immediate possession of, may be carried on to a considerable advantage. It is a fact, that, if well managed, it will produce 7 or 800 tons per annum, which may be brought to navigation, at convenient seasons, at less than 25 s. currency a ton; this, and the expence of making, must be advanced by the creditors. Five per cent., on their debts will certainly be very sufficient, and even half that will do in cash. Every thing but provisions may be had for goods, which may be had on credit; but can the whole, or a larger advance, be objected to? Can any one doubt a furnace, the best provided with ore and wood of any on the continent, and also furnished with several slaves, horses, and cattle, will not clear the farther expence of making the iron, especially when it is considered that there is a forge in the neighbourhood that has contracted for three hundred tons annually, and would gladly enlarge the contract? If any such there are, let them doubt on. Mr. Semple will make a conveyance to such as will accept it. For my part, I am one that will, and I know many others, and it is for the sake of equal justice that this acceptance is delayed to the time now proposed, when, however, I declare my readiness to yield my opinion to that of the then majority. At this meeting it will be expected that all the creditors that shall accede to the settlement will contribute rateably, in proportion to their debt, towards a fund for defraying the expence of the prosecution of the law suit against Mr. Lawson, and the charges of this advertisement; one per cent. not to exceed five pounds, to any creditor, will suffice. Those who decline this need not expect to have any benefit from the labour of others.
JAMES MERCER.
BERMUDA HUNDRED, August 17, 1773.
THIS is to certify that Mr. John Fisher, merchant at Osborne's, in the county of Chesterfield, has been under an engagement with me to pay Messrs. Wayles and Randolph the amount of my bond (for Negroes purchased of them) since April last, being £.75 16 5 1/2 currency; but failing to comply with his promise then, notwithstanding I furnished him with tobacco at ready money price, for that very purpose, I was induced to give Col. Richard Randolph an order on him, the 1st instant, for £.77 2 9, being for the above sum, with interest to that day, which was presented and accepted in a few minutes after it was drawn, in Haskins's racefield, as the said Randolph then informed me.
EDWARD HATCHER.
Test. WILLIAM WEST, and JOHN WEST. Chesterfield, } Sworn to before me, August, 1773. } JOHN HYLTION.
CHARLES COUNTY, Maryland, August 10, 1773.
ON the 26th of April last I bought of a certain John Good, carpenter, then of this county, but now of Albemarle county, in Virginia, a large bay mare, with a star in her forehead, several faddle spots on her back, and branded on the near buttock F; and on Tuesday the 13th of July some wicked and malicious person came into my stubblefield, knocked the mare on the head, and cut her throat. Whoever will discover the villain, so that he may be brought to justice, and convicted, shall receive FIVE POUNDS. The said John Good brought the mare with him from Virginia, and has acknowledged to an acquaintance here that she was borrowed of some person there. He has been lurking about in the neighbourhood of my plantation a day or two before and after the act was committed.
THOMAS THORNTON.
To be SOLD, by the subscriber, on Thursday the 30th of September, to the highest bidder,
A TRACT of LAND, in Amherst county, containing 997 acres, near Tinsley's Gap, and whereon the subscriber now lives, having on it a new dwellinghouse, 36 by 28, with a stack of brick chimneys, consisting of six fire places, and a brick and stone cellar under the whole, very convenient for a tavern or store; also a small dwellinghouse, with two brick fireplaces, and a good cellar under it, a kitchen, with a good brick chimney, together with all convenient outhouses, barn, stables, dairy, cornhouse, smokehouse, &c. two good gardens, excellent apple, peach, and cherry orchards, with about 20 acres of fine meadow, and 40 acres more very suitable for that purpose; the rest of the land is well adapted for grain. Likewise 850 acres, adjoining the above, having thereon three plantations; one of which has near 70 acres of cleared land in good order for cropping, a large peach and young apple orchard, three new tobacco houses, a large barn, and an overseer's house; part of the said land is rich, consequently suitable for tobacco. Likewise two other tracts, one containing 700 acres; the other contains 240, with a fine plantation, and exceeding good apple, peach, and cherry orchards, together with about 25 acres of meadow land belonging to it, and some dwellinghouses. There is another tract, of 273 acres, with a plantation, apple, and peach orchards; the land is good for tobacco. All the above lands are well watered and timbered, and convenient to church, mill, and courthouse; any person wanting to see them may apply to the subscriber, on the premises. Likewise, at the same time and place, will be sold, all kind of household furniture, flocks of cattle, sheep, and hogs, and all necessary implements for husbandry. An undoubted right will be made to the purchaser, and a deed given for each tract at October court. Credit will be allowed as follows: Three months for one third, fifteen months for another third, and three years for the last payment; seven and a half per cent. will be allowed for ready money, otherwise bond and approved security must be given either to Mr. Neil Campbell, merchant in Richmond, Mr. Charles Irving, merchant in Albemarle, or to the subscriber.
HENRY KEY.
N. B. All persons to whom I am indebted are desired to bring in their accounts by the 30th of September, 1773; and those who are indebted to me are desired to settle their accounts on or before the above mentioned time, as I intend to leave the colony this fall.
H. K.
To be SOLD, and entered on immediately, EIGHT hundred and fifty acres of LAND in James City county, on Ware creek, and about a mile from York river. The creek affords about 100 acres of very good marsh, and extraordinary good fishing and fowling, and is large enough for boats and flats to pass up and down. The land is remarkably good for stocks of any kind, and is very well timbered, lies extremely convenient to church and mill, and about 14 miles from Williamsburg. The whole may be seen by applying to Major Dudley Richardson, who lives near the same. Any person inclined to purchase may have it on paying twenty five pounds per hundred acres; one half of the money to be paid on the acknowledgment of the land, and twelve months credit will be given for the remainder.
CHARLES ALLEN.
ALL persons indebted to Richard Davis, late of Norfolk borough, deceased, are desired to make speedy payment to the subscriber, in Gloucester county; and those that have any demands against the said estate are requested to make them known.
JONATHAN LYLE, Executor.
W O O L E N S.
THE subscriber has now upon hand several bales of coarse woollens, properly assorted for a store, from 60s. to 80s. sterling value. Also a large quantity of coarse cloths and trimmings, in small bales, from 3s. 6d. to 12s. per yard sterling, which he intends selling by the bale, or retailing by the piece. I also expect more coarse woollens in very soon of all sorts. I sell at a low advance for cash, or short credit. Any person applying to me, at Mr. John Woodside's, in Norfolk, or at the general courts, may depend on being served to satisfaction.
JOHN STONEY.
GEORGE the Third, by the grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, defender of the faith, &c. To the sheriff of Amherst county, greeting: We command you that you summon James Bush to appear before our Justices of our court of our said county, in chancery, at the courthouse, on the first Monday in next month, to answer a bill in chancery, exhibited against him by M c Pherson and Minzies; and this he shall in no wise omit, under the penalty of 100l. and have then there this writ. Witness Edmund Wilcox, clerk of our said court, at the courthouse, the 6th day of August, in the thirteenth year of our reign.
EDMUND WILCOX.
COMMITTED to Hampshire county gaol a Negro man named HARRY, about 5 feet three inches high, and about 20 years old, cannot, or will not, tell the county wherein his master resides, but says his master's name is James Hardage, and that he lives about 3 miles from Potowomack river, and about 6 from Col. James Ball's; this is all the account he will give. The owner is desired to pay the usual fees, and take him away.
JOHN ROUSSALL, Deputy Sheriff.
TAKEN up, at my plantation, on Willis's river, about three years ago, a brindle steer, marked with an underkeel in the left ear, and with a crop and nick in the right. Appraised to 3l. Whoever claims the said steer may have it by applying to Mr. Joseph Moore on said plantation.
JAMES SOUTHALL.
TAKEN up, in Stafford, a large black steer, marked with a half spade in each ear, and has a small streak of white in his forehead. Posted, and appraised to 5l.
JOHN BAKER, junior.
TAKEN up, in Augusta, two sheep, one of which had on a large bell, with a crop and bitt in each ear. Posted, and appraised to 11. 6s.
PETER HOG.

HOBBS HOLE, August 23, 1773.
R UN away, last night, from the subscriber's mill, near this place, two convict servant men, imported, last spring, in the Jutitia, Capt. Gray, viz. PETER ROBB, by trade a baker, born in Scotland, is a well-looking man, about 5 feet 6 inches high, rather turned of 30 years of age, is very straight and well made, except his legs, which are small; he has a very sharp, artful countenance, light blue eyes, and light brown hair, cut short, speaks very slow and smooth, and is very plausible in his answers. He had on, and carried with him, a blue fearnought jacket, and blue cloth breeches, both with black horn buttons, and too large for him, a blue sailor's jacket, with small white buttons on both sides of the breast, a brown linen coat jacket, and long trowsers, the jacket with sleeves, one or two striped holland shirts, and as many of oznabrig, a hat cocked very sharp, coarse Glasgow made shoes, with square carved yellow buckles, one pair of white thread and one pair of grey worsted stockings. He has much the looks of a sailor, and probably may endeavour to pass for one. JOHN FARRELL, by trade a cooper, born in Ireland, and has a good deal of the brogue; he is a sickly looking man, and pockpitted, about 35 years of age, 5 feet 4 or 5 inches high, his features are coarse, eyes blue, and hair pretty light, and cut short, his legs seem to be swelled, he stoops a good deal, and walks badly. Had on, and carried with him, a blue fearnought jacket, and blue cloth breeches, both too large for him, and with black horn buttons, the breeches tied at the knees with tape, a red and white striped cotton and linen jacket, with sleeves, double breasted, and the stripes across, a large new felt hat cocked behind, a black silk handkerchief tied round his neck, a pair of black and a pair of grey worsted stockings, new shoes, and square brass buckles, a brown linen coat jacket, and trowsers, and several striped holland and oznabrig shirts. They have both been whipped, a few days ago, for hogstealing, and their backs must still be sore. Whoever takes up the said runaways, and delivers them to the subscribers, shall have THREE POUNDS for each, if taken fifty miles from this place, FIVE POUNDS, if at a greater distance, or TEN POUNDS if out of the colony; and if secured in any other province, so as we may get them by sending for them, FIVE POUNDS reward for each.
M C CALL & SHEDDEN.
PETERSBURG, July 24, 1773.
R UN away from Mr. Thomas Banks's store, in Mecklenburg county, in May last, a Negro wench named JUBA, about 23 years of age, 5 feet 2 or 3 inches high, and has a remarkable scar on one of her arms; she has been but lately imported into this colony from St. Vincents, and speaks English very indistinctly. Whoever apprehends the said slave, and secures her in any gaol, or delivers her to Mr. Thomas Banks, Mr. James Ingram, merchant, in Norfolk, or the subscriber, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS reward.
EMANUEL WALKER.
JAMES CITY, August 18, 1773.
A LL persons who have any just demands against the estate of Emery Hughes, deceased, by bills, bonds, mortgages, &c. are desired to make them known immediately to G. HUGHES.
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 Warick 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 Sussex, near the premises.
WILLIAM GOOSLEY.
HANOVER, June 17, 1773.
T HE 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. Farrell 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.
T HE 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,
A BOUT 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 inclinable to purchase, and be empowered to make a legal title.
THOMAS LOMAX.
YORK TOWN, August 3, 1773.
T HE subscriber has on hand about three hundred pounds sterling worth of EUROPEAN GOODS, which he will dispose of at a low advance, by wholesale, and make the terms of payment convenient to the purchaser.—He requests the favour of all those indebted to him to pay off their bonds and accounts immediately, otherwise they will be put into the hands of an attorney, without respect of persons.
THOMAS ARCHER.
R UN away from the subscriber, in New Kent county, a likely, well set Negro fellow, named WILL, about 40 years of age, and about 5 feet 5 or 6 inches high, is quick of speech, and very fond of liquor; had on, when he went away, a cotton waistcoat and breeches, and oznabrig shirt. He was formerly the property of Mr. Benjamin Valentine, of whom I purchased him, and in whose neighbourhood he may probably be lurking, or about Williamsburg. However, as he is extremely artful, there is also a probability of his endeavouring to make his escape out of the colony; for which reason I forewarn all masters of vessels from carrying him out of it, or entertaining him, at their peril. Whoever apprehends the said fellow, and brings him to me, shall receive FIVE POUNDS.
RICHARD CROSHOR GRAVES.
NORFOLK, July 27, 1773.
T HE subscriber has lately received, on consignment from the manufacturer, in bales of about 23 pounds sterling value each, a large parcel of KENDAL COTTONS, which he will dispose of on reasonable terms, payable next April. Any person inclinable to purchase will please to apply to him at the ensuing meeting in Williamsburg, or afterwards, by orders addressed to him here.
JAMES INGRAM.
** The subscriber has also for sale Irish linens and sheetings, tin ware, British and German oznabrigs, tweedling, and hats; also red and white wines, rum, and sugar.
C OMMITTED to the gaol of Elizabeth City a new Negro man who will not, or cannot, tell his name; he has his country marks in his face, is about 5 feet 6 or 7 inches high, well made, has A. P. marked on his left breast, and has on oznabrig shirt and trowsers. The owner is desired to pay charges, and take him away.
JOHN M C LACHLAN, G.
GLOUCESTER, August 14, 1773.
THE SUBSCRIBER HAS FOR SALE Good WEST INDIA RUM; ALSO MADEIRA WINE, OF THE LONDON QUALITY. The PRODUCE of a remarkable fine VINTAGE. JOHN SEAWELL.
DUMFRIES, August 16, 1773.
For L O N D O N,
T HE snow HIBERNIA, JOHN ROBERTSON, master, now taking in TOBACCO at Quantico, Potowmack river, on liberty of consignment, at eight pounds sterling per ton. All persons desirous of making use of this opportunity are requested to forward their orders as soon as possible to the Captain on board, or to the subscriber.
WILLIAM SAVAGE.
To be SOLD, on Friday the 17th of September, on the premises, pursuant to an act of Assembly,
A TRACT of land in King & Queen county, containing about 1000 acres, lying upon the Dragon Swamp, the property of Mr. William Todd. The land is very good, has all conveniencies for cropping, and enough of it cleared to work at least twelve hands. It will be sold altogether, or in parcels, as may best suit the purchasers; to whom twelve months credit will be allowed, they giving bond and approved security to
GEORGE BROOKE, GREGORY BAYLOR, WILLIAM LYNE, JOHN TAYLOR CORBIN, RICHARD TUNSTALL, jun. } Trustees.
N. B. Possession will be given on the 1st of January next.
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.
R UN 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 oznabrig shirts, one check ditto, an old brown holland coat, striped holland trowsers 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 eloped, he went down to Williamsburg, and applied to John Randolph, Esquire, for a pass, which he obtained.
JOSEPH PEIRCE.
D A N I E L G R A N T, WHO LATELY KEPT TAVERN AT THE SIGN OF THE BUCK, NEAR PHILADELPHIA,
B EGS leave to inform the public that he has opened an INN and TAVERN, at the sign of the FOUNTAIN, in that large and commodious house lately built by Mr. Gough, in Market Street, Baltimore. He has provided every thing for the accommodation of Gentlemen, their servants, and horses, in the best manner; and those who chuse to favour him with their custom may be assured of his best endeavours to merit their approbation. He takes this opportunity of returning his most grateful thanks to the Gentlemen who did him the honour to frequent his former house; and as it shall ever be his study to please, he hopes for a continuance of their favours.
C OMMITTED to the gaol of Caroline county a Negro woman who calls herself MOLL, and says she formerly belonged to Mr. William Bell, at Orange courthouse, and that he sold her to one Mr. Thornton; she is about 4 feet 7 or 8 inches high, and about 35 years old, has two remarkable scars in her face, extending from her eyes downwards, and is clothed in cotton and brown linen, such as is usually given to Negroes. The owner is desired to pay charges, and take him away.
The GAOLER.
O N Friday the 6th instant escaped from Vaulter's ordinary, in Essex county, near Micon's, through the connivance of Cornelius Slavin and his wife, in whose custody they were, two runaway white servant men, which Simmons Everett was bringing from New London, in Bedford county, to their master, Richard Lee, in Westmoreland county. As they were handcuffed, they could not have made their escape, if they had not been let loose on purpose. The names of the servants are as follows: WILLIAM WALKER, alias SMITH, a gardener by trade, and a convict; he is slim made, has very white teeth, which he shews when he speaks or laughs, short straight black hair, blue eyes, thin visage, a coarse voice, and a cough, and has a remarkable swing in his walk. THOMAS PUTTRELL, an indentured servant, by trade a butcher; and understands gardening and farming, is a lusty, well made fellow, of a fair complexion, has hazel eyes, brown hair, which curls in his neck, is round faced, has very white teeth, which he shews when he speaks or laughs, is quick of speech, and has a butcher's fleel with him. The above servants are meanly clothed, unless they have a wallet of Everett's clothes with them, which was in Slavin's custody, and is missing; it contained two pair of leather and nankeen breeches, a nankeen jacket, two pair of white thread and one pair of black worsted stockings, a glass pocket bottle, a white hickory stick, with a dagger in it, and a pewter ferret to it. When Everett called at Slavin's in the evening, in order to induce him to stay all night, Slavin told him the smallpox and flux were at Leeds and Hobbs's Hole, and in almost every house on the road between his ordinary and those places. What renders it more suspicious, the next morning he refused to get his horse for him, which obliged Everett to get it himself; and during the time he was after his horse, the above servants were permitted to make their escape. Everett also says that Slavin called the servants fools for trying to escape by land, and told them they ought to have gone off by water to Norfolk. In all probability, they may attempt to pass for sailors. I will give a reward of FIVE POUNDS for each of them, if secured in any gaol, or if brought to me, in Westmoreland county.
RICHARD LEE.
FOR SALE,
T HE house wherein Mr. Hansen formerly kept store, in Petersburg, and in which Doctor Hall now resides. Likewise three tracts of land, viz. one in Dinwiddie, about 25 miles from Petersburg, containing 700 acres. Most of this tract is exceeding good for grain of all kinds, and the remainder may be laid off to great advantage in a meadow; on it is a new dwellinghouse, kitchen, &c. Another in Halifax county, containing upwards of 2000 acres of good tobacco and corn land, on which I lately built a compleat gristmill, &c. The third tract lies on the river Hyco, in Orange county, North Carolina, almost adjoining the Virginia line, and contains about 300 acres of as rich low ground as any in the colony. The times of payment will be made agreeable to the purchasers.
ALEXANDER SHAW.
A SOBER, DILIGENT,
JOURNEYMAN BARBER, WHO UNDERSTANDS WIGMAKING AND HAIRDRESSING, WILL MEET WITH ENCOURAGEMENT BY APPLYING TO WALTER LENOX, IN WILLIAMSBURG.
** Or I would gladly purchase the remainder of a SERVANT's time, if he is well acquainted with the above business. W. L.
A GREEABLE to an advertisement in Mr. Rind's Gazette, a number of the subscribers under the act of Assembly for opening the FALLS of JAMES RIVER met at Capt. Gunn's, and on comparing the subscription papers before them for that purpose, and knowing of others, are of opinion that a sum nearly sufficient to effect that desirable purpose is already subscribed; but as the subscribers assembled did not think themselves sufficient, under the act, to proceed on a business of such importance, they desire, and most earnestly request, that all persons concerned, as subscribers (or if any of them be dead, that the persons empowered to act for them) will give their attendance at Capt. Gunn's, in Richmond, on the first day of September next. It is expected that those Gentlemen, who to forward so useful an undertaking have subscription papers in their possession, will attend with them; or if business of greater consequence prevents that, in that case they will, under a safe conveyance, send them to Mr. James Buchanan, of Richmond, at or before the said meeting.
ARCHIBALD CARY, RICHARD ADAMS, JOHN MAYO, WILLIAM CABELL, junior, JOSEPH CABELL, CARTER HARRISON.
T AKEN 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.
C OMMITTED 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.

PETER HARDY
BEGS leave once more to address the public, by informing them that he has opened shop at the BRICK HOUSE belonging to the estate of Col. Custis, near the MADHOUSE, where he intends to carry on the COACH and CHAISE making business, with all its appendant branches, in the most elegant and finished manner, particularly the ornamental part, viz. carving, gilding, painting, and japanning; all which different branches he flatters himself he is well acquainted with, having studiously endeavoured to obtain them by a long course of practice in Europe; and it gives him the utmost pleasure that those Gentlemen who have hitherto favoured him with their commands since his residence in this country are highly pleased, as they have frequently signified, with the execution of his work.
ALSO ELECTRICAL MACHINES,
OF ALL SORTS, WITH DIRECTIONS TO USE THEM. He moreover desires to inform the public that he has engaged a workman in the BRASSFOUNDER's business, whose knowledge in that profession, he can venture to affirm, is surpassed by no one in America; any Gentleman, therefore, may be supplied with all kinds of brass work on the most reasonable terms. But he must, however, request all those who entrust him with their commands to produce the cash on the delivery of their work, which will the better enable him to carry on his business with spirit and alacrity. Every command, however trifling, will be most gratefully acknowledged.
Two or three journeymen, who are well acquainted with the coach and chaise making business will meet with encouragement by applying to said Hardy; and those who have old brass to dispose of will be allowed a good price for it, if delivered to him, in Williamsburg.—He would willingly take two sober, discreet lads, as apprentices.
For SALE immediately, altogether, or to any number of purchasers that will agree upon a division among themselves,
TWELVE hundred acres of LAND in Sussex, one mile below the courthouse, and adjoining Nottoway river for about a mile, which affords plenty of fish, and makes near 100 acres of low grounds, well stocked with cypress, and other timber; in the banks are plenty of shells very good for lime. Great part of the high land is rich, has a pretty situation on it for a house, and cleared land sufficient for ten or twelve hands to cultivate grain on. Mr. Clements, Mr. Hoomes, or Mr. Balfour, will shew the land; and for terms apply to David Rofs, Esquire, merchant at Petersburg. J. SYME.
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.
FOR SALE,
THREE thousand acres of LAND in Brunswick county, on the river Meherrin. Part of this land is that valuable plantation whereon my father in his lifetime resided, and has a large body of as rich low ground as any in the colony. There are four or five hundred acres of the land cleared, most of which is under good fence, and in fine order for cropping; the remainder is found very serviceable in pasture, which it yields in the greatest perfection. The improvements consist of an antient dwellinghouse, many convenient outhouses, and several new and very substantial barns. A further description is unnecessary, as a purchaser, unacquainted with the land, would, no doubt, incline to see it before he bought. It may not, however, be improper to observe, that it may be divided into two advantageous settlements, which would be found extremely valuable to persons who resided on them; but my residence out of the colony makes me desirous of disposing of them, which I will do on very advantageous terms, allowing the purchaser liberty to name the time of payment, not to exceed five or seven years, and paying the annual interest punctually. The terms of sale may be known on application to my brother, who lives adjoining the lands, or to me in Newbern, North Carolina.
I. EDWARDS.
FIFTEEN POUNDS REWARD.
RUN away from Neabsco Furnace two convicts and an indentured servant belonging to the Honourable John Tayloe, Esquire, viz. JOSEPH LOVED Y, 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 TYNI 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 oznabrig 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 serret, and a band of the same. The indentured servant is named JAMES M'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.
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 ten miles from Finny Wood, a tract containing 1020 acres, lying upon Staunton river, at the mouth of Cedar Creek, improved with a plantation sufficient to work about five or six hands, several good barns, an overseer's house, and a Negro quarter. This tract affords about 100 acres of river low grounds, equal to the best upon the whole stream, and formed in such a manner that it is benefited by every fresh that goes over it; also a considerable quantity of creek low grounds, and high land, which produces tobacco of a quality inferior to none. My price for this tract is 750l. payable in like manner as for the other two pieces.—In Mecklenburg, upon Finny Wood creek, and adjoining Finny Wood, a tract of 500 acres, improved with an overseer's house, Negro quarter, corn crib, a tobacco house, and cleared land, that is fresh, sufficient to work four or five hands. This tract affords a considerable quantity of very fine tobacco land, both high and low, and produces admirably well. My price for this tract is 500l. payable
at Christmas next, when a title shall be made, and possession given.—In Mecklenburg also, and is the place whereon I live, a tract containing 715 acres, improved with a dwelling house 48 feet by 26, divided below into four convenient rooms, a passage, several closets and beaufaits, and 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 county. 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 inclined 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, stock, 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 Toone, 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. The Negroes of Carter Clarks, in Mecklenburg. The land and Negroes of James Clarks, 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.
FOR SALE,
THE tenement at present occupied by Captain James Gunn, in that part of the town of Richmond called Shockoe, 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.

Jan'y 13- 1825
THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1773.
A sketch of the character of JOSEPH BENEDICT AUGUSTUS, the present Emperor of Germany.
T HIS Monarch is now in the 24th year of his age, and should the hand of fate spare him a few years longer, in all human probability, he will prove the first royal character in Europe, and, perhaps, will not only possess the titular honour of Emperor of Germany, but be invested with every imperial and arbitrary power, and become sole master of that large empire, in the fullest extent of the word.
For the political welfare of the kingdom, it may be necessary for its Sovereign to have some ambition; yet where that is the most ruling passion of his mind, the dangers his realm is subject to are infinite. The Emperor Joseph possesses a large portion of ambition, yet it is so tempered by a particular fondness for his hereditary dominions, and family, that he never will hazard any step which may in the least tend to interrupt the general peace of the empire; and though he pants as much as the Emperor Charles the Fifth ever did for universal monarchy, still the fear of plunging his own dominions in distress, and, perhaps, estranging them from his family, strongly deters him. Bred up, and still a pupil in the Machiavelian political principles of the King of Prussia, and possessing an infinite share of patience and discernment, he ever plans his schemes with judgment, and executes them with prudence; his late success in Poland is a strong proof. Some years have elapsed since the scheme of seizing that kingdom was adopted by the three powers who are now in possession of it. The Empress, nay, the King of Prussia himself, was intent upon carrying it into execution, by the Emperor's representing to them that the factions of the Confederates, and the differences between the King and the republic were but then in their infancy of disease, that it was better to use secret fomentations, until they arrived to a greater degree of malignity, and then, when the whole body was weakened, to seize it at pleasure; the advice was approved, and has too fatally succeeded.
It is almost impossible to account for his courage, as it has not been, as yet, put to any particular trial, yet, outwardly, the magnanimity, the ready boldness and resolution, which dictate all his words and actions, seem to speak him as brave as he is wise. His address is noble, and at the same time so pleasingly insinuating to every rank of people, that he commands respect and love; as the enthusiastic degree of pleasure which appears when he enters the court, in public or in private, where any person has the honour of seeing or hearing him, sufficiently testifies.
He has a perfect knowledge of all the different states of Europe, &c. their respective connections, political governments, commerce, &c. and no man is so well acquainted with the real state of Germany, its interests, dependencies, situations, or contingents, than the Emperor. He is well read in the classics and antient history, speaks the English, French, Italian, and Spanish languages, with fluency, is tolerably acquainted with most of the mathematical sciences, and is passionately fond of the belles lettres. But he pays a much stricter attention to politics, and studying the science of war, than to any. They seem to engross all his attention; and so assiduous is he, that the minutest business of state is seldom executed without his knowledge.
The strict observance of his duty to the Empress Dowager, his mother, his real affection for the Princes and Princesses, his brothers and sisters, render him particularly conspicuous.
Yet adorned with all these virtues, he is revengeful, cruel, and never forgets an injury, and is of a very amorous constitution, but changeable; and though a variety of ladies have been honoured with his caresses, his intrigues are managed with so much privacy, that they are seldom known by the most intelligent people, and are hardly ever made public.
His religion is known, as far as it is possible to know any man's, by his outward deportment, as he is ever observed at his devotions to be unaffectedly and attentively pious.
In fine, if we contrast his virtues and vices, we shall find him a great character. His most dignified situation, the care of which he takes upon himself, and the number of people ever attendant on a court, whose interest it is to mislead their Sovereign, makes it a matter of admiration that he preserves such a consistency as now marks his conduct; and were he not possessed of some deficiencies, it would be more than ever yet fell to the lot of the man, or the Monarch.
L O N D O N, June 3.
Y ESTERDAY the American paper currency bill passed the House of Commons. And the same day a great assembly read a first time the bill to enable his Majesty to raise 1,400,000l. by loan, on exchequer bills, for the purpose of relieving the East India company.
Read a second time, and committed, the bill to enable the governors of Greenwich hospital to dispose of unclaimed shares of prize money, during the course of the last war.
The dispute between the courts of Russia and Denmark, concerning the dutchy of Holstein, is referred to the mediation of the King of Prussia, who is to decide it at once, and to be a guarantee of the treaty that will take place in consequence thereof.
Freke Dikes Hore is appointed commissary of the musters, and judge advocate of Annapolis Royal, in Nova Scotia.
Mr. Wilkes received the following on Saturday: "A common council holden in the chamber of the Guildhall of the city of London on Friday the 28th of May, 1773. This court doth unanimously desire such members of parliament as are members of this court to oppose the bill, now depending in parliament, respecting the East India company."
Extract of a letter from Portsmouth, May 30.
"This town is all alive on the certainty of their Majesties coming to see the fleet, where many officers of the navy and others are arriving every day. They have now a certainty of a great naval promotion. Six admirals are to be made, and six post captains, six masters and commanders, and twelve lieutenants, and an addition given to the subaltern officers of the fleet. We hear that many superannuations will take place in the yard; that commissioner Hughes will be knighted, and have a pension; the admiralty and navy boards will be down with their flags, and the Earl of Sandwich, we are told, will have the garter given him on this occasion:—The first princely visit the fleet has ever had in this reign."
June 5. All thoughts or expectations of a speedy peace between the Porte and the court of Petersburg are for the present entirely vanished.
Extract of a letter from Petersburg, May 25.
"Orders have been just issued by the department of war to raise 20,000 men immediately in the northern provinces of Russia, and a body of 8000 horse in the provinces of Ingria, Livonia, and Novogorod. Cannon, small arms, powder, shot, and all kinds of military stores, are constantly arriving here from England, Holland, France, Sweden, Hamburg, &c. and the greatest assiduity is used in fitting out the ships of war at Revel, Riga, and on the coasts of the Black Sea; to man which the greatest bounties and encouragement are offered."
It is reported that the Empress of Russia has made several applications to Admiral Elphinstone to return into her service, but that he has continued to decline accepting of them.
The King of Poland, in his speech to the diet on the 5th of May, concluded with the following remarkable words: "I have done all in my power, I have tried every thing, and neglected nothing!"
They write from Leghorn that a fleet of Venetian ships; consisting of seven sail of the line, sailed from the Adriatic for the Levant the 25th of April; and that it was reported there that the senate had openly ratified their treaty with the court of Petersburg.
On Wednesday orders were sent to Chatham for the small sloops of war, laid up there in ordinary, to be rigged and fitted out for service; the like orders are sent to Sheerness.
The 21st instant is the day proposed for his Majesty's arrival at Portsmouth. The royal attendants are to be only the master of the horse, the lord of the bedchamber in waiting, and the groom. It is supposed that Lord Robert Bertie, as bedchamber in waiting, and Sir George Osborn, as groom, will have the honour to attend the King on this excursion.
The commissioner's house is appropriated for his Majesty's reception; a royal bed is ordered to be got in readiness immediately. It is imagined the King will dine on board the several flag ships alternately, commencing with Admiral Pye's the day he arrives, on board the Barfleur, where the royal standard will be erected.
On Wednesday Capt. Phipps and Capt. Lutwage, in the Racehorse and Carcase frigates, sailed from the Nore, to attempt the discovery of the north west passage.
Extract of a letter from Warsaw, May 18.
"In a former letter I sent you the substance of the King's declaration, which having been delivered to the ministers of the three allied courts, they demanded an audience on the 7th of this month, when they rejected all mediation, and added, that a resolution must be taken before the expiration of eight days, to ratify the treaty of partition of the country which had been taken possession of by the troops of their respective courts; that, in case of refusal, at the end of that term 30,000 men would enter this residence, to live at discretion, and that the city would be obliged to pay a contribution of 150,000 ducats. These menaces having shaken the firmness of most of the members of the diet, the treaty concerning the division of this kingdom, made by the three allied powers, was confirmed last Thursday (the 13th) by a majority of votes, to the astonishment of the whole Polish nation."
The orders issued from Madrid for recruiting the army from every district was quietly obeyed, except
in the capital of Barcelona; at which place there were great disturbances. In the evening of the 4th of May about 2000 workmen assembled, armed with whatever fell in their way, with which they proceeded to the cathedral, and interrupted, with their alarm bell, the service. The Bishop and his canons in vain exhorted them to return peaceably home. After this they took their rout to the palace of the commander in chief, at which place was held a council, when it was agreed to inform the populace that the enrollment should be suspended till they had received an answer from Madrid how to act. The populace then dispersed, without committing any outrages.
Extract of a letter from Paris, May 28.
"A letter from Marseilles, from a very creditable hand, says that the royal order for pressing every merchant ship coming into that harbour, which was recalled the first of this month, has been issued again, in consequence of which they press every merchant ship of our own nation; and we are informed from Corsica that they press people in every corner there. We are also informed, by letters from different parts of the kingdom, that seamen daily pass in their way to Brest and Toulon; and from different parts in Spain we learn that all their armed ships are actually ordered to join ours in the Mediterranean. By all these, and still more corroborating circumstances, we may judge with certainty that our court will very soon declare themselves against Russia."
The troubles at Bourdeaux, in the province of Guienna in France, on account of the high price of bread, still continues. Above 10,000 peasants assembled on the banks of the river, and stopped every vessel that had corn on board. The magistrates are doing all they can for the ease of the poor, and have requested that no troops may be sent, as the risings of the people do not originate from want of food, but from a real or artificial scarcity.
Extract of a letter from Colebrookdale, May 31.
"About four o'clock on Thursday morning last a dreadful tremor of the earth, which lasted about ten minutes, was sensibly felt in this neighbourhood. At the Birches upwards of 30 acres of land, moved from its former situation, and ten acres (mostly a bank) that lay by the Severn, slipped quite across the river, and stopped up the channel; but the water soon made its way, and has already worn a channel, and at a considerable distance joins its usual course. Where the river ran is now a high bank, with 20 lofty oaks standing upon it; the other land followed the bank, with hedges and trees standing (except a few which are overturned) and full the extent of two miles, of good arable and pasture, rendered useless for the present, the ground being separated into chasms from six inches to as many yards, and some few at least twenty yards over. Mounts are reduced into hollows, and hollows into mounts. The turnpike road is moved above thirty yards towards the Severn, and rendered, to all appearance, forever impassable. A barn was carried about the like distance, and thrown into a hollow. The appearance is dreadful beyond description. On Friday the Reverend Mr. Fletcher preached a sermon on the ruins, and, in a most pathetic discourse, expatiated on the works of divine nature, and concluded with a recommendation to his hearers, to prepare for the last great and awful day; and hoped that the present dreadful scene would prove a sufficient warning to them."
We hear that the fleet which is ordered to rendezvous at Spithead the middle of this month, will consist of 28 ships of the line, three of them of the first rate, eleven frigates, and nine sloops of war, besides five yachts.
June 7. The pretended amendment made to the East India regulating bill, respecting the reversionary power of appointing granted to the company, comes to nothing, as it is not to take place till within six months of the expiration of their charter.
The clause in the India bill, preventing any person, holding any civil or military office under the crown, from receiving or accepting any present or gift from any of the Indian Princes, was taken under consideration on Thursday last.
After the clause was gone through, Lord Clive observed that such restriction would be productive of great inconveniences, particularly when any town was besieged; that instead of entering it by capitulation, the army would, at all times, wish to take it by storm, for the sake of the plunder. His Lordship dwelt much upon the necessity there was for leaving a discretionary power in the governor and council, to allow presents to be received by commanders of armies, and other officers, at the siege or taking possession of a town. The committee did not seem to approve of his Lordship's advice.
After this General Conway got up, and supported his Lordship's opinion; and Mr. Stanley also arose up, and entered deeply into a debate upon the right of receiving presents. This engaged Sir William Meredith in the controversy, who supported his former motion against the noble Lord, as the first and great example that ought to be made, and brought forth to the censure of the house; that if he had succeeded

in that, other gentlemen, nearly as culpable as the noble Lord, were intended to be the objects of parliamentary enquiry; but the house having thought fit to let the great example escape, it would be needless to accuse others of less guilt, and who were led on by the force of that great example only.
The clause relating to the restraining persons not belonging to the company from carrying on any inland trade was much debated, but agreed to at last by all parties.
The committee then proceeded through the remainder of the clauses without further opposition, and agreed to report their proceedings to the house, which was accordingly done, and the bill ordered to be printed.
The negotiation of the treaty between the courts of Petersburg and Stockholm has astonished all the politicians in France, so great a blow to the French interest in Sweden being very little expected at this juncture.
Some letters from the continent say that the King of Prussia had like to have been burnt lately by reading in bed. He had fallen asleep, during which the curtains had taken fire.
June 8. It appears by the East India bill now filled up, and printed with the amendments, that the salary of the governor general is to be 25,000l. per annum, and that of the four council 10,000l. per annum each, who are to be nominated in the act, and that the salary of the chief justice is to be 8000l. and the three other judges 6000l. each; the judges to be appointed by his Majesty. The governor and council are not to be removeable, except by his Majesty, upon representation made by the court of directors of the East India company for the time being; and in case of the avoidance of the office of such governor general by death, resignation, or removal, his place shall, during the remainder of the term of five years, as often as the case shall happen, be supplied by the person of the council who stands next in rank to such governor general; and in case of the death, removal, or promotion of any of the said council, the directors of the company are empowered, during the remainder of the term of five years, to appoint, with the consent of his Majesty, his heirs, and successors, under his or their sign manual, a person to succeed to the office so become vacant in the council; and till such appointment shall be made, all the powers vested in the governor general and council, shall continue in the governor general and council surviving.
The following are the three additional clauses to the bill, viz.
1. That all the rights, interests, privileges, and authorities, now vested in the East India company, and which are not hereby expressly taken away, altered, or varied, shall remain in the said company, in as full and ample a manner as if this act had never been made.
2. That any member or proprietor of the company, who shall, on or before the first day of October, 1773, be possessed of any stock amounting to 1000l. shall be deemed qualified to vote at any election of directors, or at any general court of the company, that shall be held after the first day of October, 1773, any thing contained to the contrary notwithstanding; and the oath and affirmation prescribed, shall, as occasion may require, be altered in such manner, in respect to the continuance of the possession of such stock, as to comprize the time aforesaid.
3. That the said several provisions, relating to the said governor general and council, shall commence from the time that public proclamation shall be made of the arrival of the governor general and councillor, appointed, or any three of them, at Fort William, in Bengal; which proclamation the said governor general and council are required to make.
Yesterday a messenger arrived at Lord Suffolk's, with some dispatches from Sir Robert Murray Keith, his Majesty's ambassador at the court of Vienna.
They write from Paris that that court hath concluded a three years subsidy with the court of Denmark and republic of Genoa.
We hear that the report of the validity of the two royal marriages will be made by the lord chancellor in the upper house on Monday next, the 4th instant; a call being appointed for that day.
We hear that the aldermen Kirkman and Plomer are intended to be put in nomination for sheriffs for the year ensuing, by the popular party.
Extract of a letter from Gloucester, June 7.
“On Thursday arrived here a barge belonging to the widow Rogers, of Shrewsbury, which brings an account that the Severn has already formed a channel for itself through the meadow into which it was turned by the slip of the bank mentioned in our last. The people on board this barge say they were the first who ventured through the new cut, and that they had sufficient depth of water, though they were loaded with 30 tons of goods. The spot where this remarkable event happened is thus described: The Birches was a considerable eminence that overlooked the Severn and the meadows on the opposite side; it lay 400 yards below Builders, or Buildwas bridge, which is about ten miles from Shrewsbury. The slip is supposed to be caused by the late rains, which, getting down to the rock on which this bank stood, loosened the foundation, and its weight carried it into the river. The depth of the earth that moved appears to be 20 yards, and the quantity of land 20 acres, or rather more. The turnpike road is moved several yards, and turned up edgeways.
The people above Buildwas say they were greatly terrified before they knew of the slip, for the Severn ran up towards Shrewsbury with a great current, for a considerable time; a circumstance never before heard of.”
Whitehall, June 5. The King has been pleased to appoint Thomas Wilson, Esquire, chief justice of his Majesty's island of Dominica, in the room of James Ashley Hall, Esquire, deceased; and William Campbell, Esquire (commonly called Lord William Campbell) to be captain general and governor in chief of his Majesty's province of South Carolina, in America, in the room of Lord Charles Greville Montague. His Majesty has been also pleased to appoint Francis Legge, Esquire, to be captain general and governor in chief of his Majesty's province of Nova Scotia, in America, in the room of Lord William Campbell.
Towbridge, Wilts, May 24. The clause in the will of the late William Temple, Esquire, of that place, by which he bequeathed a legacy to Mr. Wilkes, is couched in the following terms: “For his strenuous exertions in the cause of liberty, and his glorious and noble defence of the English constitution against a series of despotic, tyrannical, and wicked minsters.”
Newcastle, May 29. Wednesday the Jupiter, Captain Walker, bound for Nova Scotia, sailed from the harbour of Sunderland into the road there, where she was to take on board 150 persons, who purpose settling in America.
Liverpool, May 21. We are informed that Mr. Thomas Cottingham, exciseman, at Brumbrugh, in Cheshire, who is now 73 years of age, constantly walks his round, which is 20 miles a day, 120 miles a week, 6240 a year, and he has done the same for the last 50 years, which makes 312,000 miles, and is nearly equal to ten times round the world.
Q U E B E C, July 8.
Arrived here on Thursday last, the 1st instant, two companies of the fourth battalion of the royal artillery, who are to relieve two companies of the first battalion of that corps, viz. Captain Macbean's (major in the army) now stationed here, and Captain Simpson's at Montreal, and the upper posts. The company for Montreal is now on its march for that place.
July 15. On Tuesday morning last the 21st regiment, or royal North British fusileers, under the command of Major Sutherland, after having been eight years in America, embarked on board the transports which brought the seventh regiment here, and expect to sail today. They arrived in this garrison in the month of August last, from Philadelphia, where they were but a short time. They have served several years in the Floridas, where they have lost numbers by the unwholesomeness of the climate. During their stay here they have lost only four, and were nine months in the place before the first died; three of consumptions contracted in Florida, and the fourth by having been frostbitten. Such an instance has not happened in the garrison since the conquest, not even in young and healthy corps immediately from Great Britain and Ireland. Their behaviour in general while here has been such as to acquire them the thanks of the commanding officer of the northern district in a public manner, and gain them the esteem and affection of the inhabitants, who regret their departure.
PORTSMOUTH (New Hampshire) July 23.
Cast away, the 10th of last month, on the reefs of Volclaim, the easternmost parts of Martinico, the brig Occasio, Captain Eypes Greenough, from this port, loaded with lumber and fish. It is thought there will not be any thing saved. The men with much difficulty were taken off the wreck by Captain Zachariah Gage, of Beverley, two of which arrived in this town. No lives lost.
B O S T O N, July 26.
Last Saturday two whalers arrived here from the Straights of Belleisle, who inform that on their return from thence one of them met with a shallop near the island of St. Peter's, who told him that the Hope armed schooner, commanded by Lieutenant Dawson, some time before, being in chase of another shallop, was overset by a sudden gust of wind, and all on board drowned. The other whaler, having put into a port, was told the same story by some Frenchmen. Another vessel, arrived here from Newfoundland, brings the like account.
PROVIDENCE (Rhode Island) July 3.
Last week at the inferior court of common pleas for the county of Providence, a bill of indictment was preferred to the grand jury against the printer of the gazette, for printing and publishing, by request, not “a false, scandalous, and malicious libel,” but a well known established TRUTH, which cannot be disproved, viz. that J-n C-e, Esquire, a member of the committee of correspondence, appointed by the general assembly, had, “in a very flagrant manner, shamefully violated and betrayed the faith and confidence reposed in him by his country, in yielding obedience to a mandate from the commissioners of enquiry, and answering interrogatories before them on oath, thereby fully acknowledging their jurisdiction, and endeavouring to counteract the laudable design of the house appointing the said committee.” And that a motion had been made, at a meeting of the freemen, for the town “to instruct its representatives, that in the next session of assembly they use their influence to displace the said J-n C-e, Esquire, from being a
member of the committee of correspondence. This very extraordinary attempt to destroy the liberty of the press became a matter of great expectation, and did not fail to alarm the friends of freedom; their apprehensions, however, soon subsided, the honest jury having returned the bill IGNORAMUS.
N E W Y O R K, August 2.
Last Tuesday arrived the Father's Goodwill, Captain Moorson, in about 57 days from London, by whom we are informed that the Albany, Captain Bunyan, and the Grosvenor Indian, now a mast ship, were to sail in three or four days after him; on board the latter John Penn, Esquire, late lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania, and his lady, were to return to Philadelphia.
August 5. On Monday evening the new play called SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER was acted at the theatre in this city to a judicious and polite audience. Its success in England was unprecedented, and on our stage unexampled! Mr. Hallam and every other actor exerted all their comic powers, and appeared thrice themselves on this occasion. The excellent mirth produced by these scenes of genuine wit, fun, and comicality, presage a very numerous resort to the last performance of them, with the facetious distresses of that jetty varlet Mungo, in the PADLOCK, this evening, when the company will take leave of the town, and in a day or two Mr. Henry, their treasurer, will set out for Annapolis, to prepare for opening the theatre in that city, at the ensuing races.
Mr. Douglass, manager of the American company of comedians, is gone to Charlestown, South Carolina, to arrange matters against the arrival of the actors, after they have performed a month at Annapolis.
Last Saturday morning, just before day break, the ship Hopewell, Captain Long, bound to this port from Whitehaven with coals, went ashore opposite to Fire Island Inlet; the last cast of the lead in the mate's watch was in ten fathom water, and in less than ten minutes afterwards she struck; the weather was quite calm when the disaster happened. However, some hopes are entertained of her being got off; should that prove the case, this will be the first vessel ever known to escape destruction that was aground upon that part of Long Island.
Extract of a letter from St. George's Key, Bay of Honduras, June 4, 1773.
“On the 28th ultimo an insurrection broke out amongst the Negroes in the Old River; at their first setting out they killed two white men. By the Negroes, who have made their escape from them, we learn that this matter had been long concerting. Three days ago there were above an hundred armed men sent after them; at first there were only 22 or 23 insurgents. This moment we have received the melancholy account, by a white man and woman, who had been taken and afterwards released by them, that on the first instant the rebels came to their house, first bound them to a post, and then robbed it of every thing they chose to carry off, and obliged all the Negroes to join them. The white man, whom they saved, and Mr. John Hill, were standing together, when one of the rebels shot the latter dead; they then proceeded to attack two families at five miles distance, declaring they would kill all the white inhabitants there, and some time after four guns were heard to go off at one of the said houses, which we fear has proved fatal to all the whites. Their numbers are supposed to be 70 or 80 strong; we are obliged to be under arms night and day. Captain Davis, who commands the Diligence sloop of war, has been extremely kind and useful with his men and arms. There will be very little wood of any kind shipped from hence this year. I believe the insurrection will be general; there are several Negroes in the New River taken to the bush, and yesterday, as a craft was coming down the Rio Honde, they killed the steersman, and went off to the Spaniards, who will protect them. These disturbances will altogether put a stop to business; indeed most people threaten to leave the country.”
A N N A P O L I S, July 29.
We hear from Frederick county that about ten days ago one Mosiman of Baltimore town purchased a parcel of convicts, in order to dispose of them again to advantage; all of which he sold before he reached Frederick town, except four men, with whom he was proceeding towards Hagar's town; but, about two or three miles on the other side of Frederick town, one of the servants told his master he was too much fatigued to go any farther; they, therefore, all rested themselves on an old tree by the side of the main road. After some time, Mosiman told them they must proceed on their journey, but they refused, and immediately threw him backwards over the tree, dragged him about five steps into the woods, and then cut his throat from ear to ear, took his pocket book, and then went over the mountain, calling at every tavern on the road. They were met by a man who had seen their master on his way up with them, and enquired of them concerning him. They said he was a little behind, refreshing himself; but after riding several miles without hearing of him, concluded he had been murdered by them. He accordingly alarmed the neighbourhood; they were pursued, taken, and are now in gaol at Frederick town, having signed a confession of their guilt before a magistrate.