The Virginia gazette (Williamsburg, Va.), 1772-10-15 00:00:00

VIRGINIA
GAZETTE.
Open to ALL PARTIES,
but influenced by NONE.
L O N D O N, July 18.
WE hear that the directors of the bank of England entered up a judgment the other day in the court of Westminster Hall against three Scotch Noblemen, for the sum of 300,000.
From Rhode Island we receive advice that one of his Majesty's ships of war, interrupting the trade of some smugglers in that neighbourhood, the people rose up, and thinking it patriotism to resist the laws of this country, burnt the ship's boats, and carried their commerce in triumph to their own habitations.
The conduct of the Rhode Islanders, on the foregoing occasion, it is thought, will be productive of much disturbance in America. If our government resents it with the spirit they ought we shall have fresh exclamations from the sons of liberty beyond the Atlantic; and if they do not, the colonies are immediately discharged from their dependence upon England. The Mother country and the colonies are now come to a kind of crisis, and one or the other must necessarily give way in the dispute. Should the former, however, relax from her just authority, she may as well resign all her dependent territories, and content herself with what is merely contained in her own island.
Rhode Island is one of the four provinces that go under the general name of New England, and of which Massachusetts Bay is the principal. The New Englanders are universally hated in America; and notwithstanding Boston affects to be the capital of the colonies, the colonies would rather embrace the most certain destruction than acknowledge her for a mistress.
The councils held within these few days have been all summoned in consequence of the disagreeable advice from America; for though stat justitia ruat celum may be at present a court maxim, it is a court maxim which our Ministers find attended with insuperable difficulties.
The Earl of Hillsborough, when the advice relative to the Rhode Islanders came to court, exclaimed, "Well, what do they think of extending their colonization now, when it is evident that instead of having too few we have actually too many settlements in America!"
The circumstance which embarrasses government so much with America is the powerful interposition which the vast body of merchants trading to the colonies make in their favour. The influence of these Gentlemen is immense, and it is a melancholy truth that in all disagreements between the parent state and her children, they are more actuated by views of private interest than by the prosperity of their country.
The opposition is in great spirits from the present complexion of affairs, as their views are not to promote the public good, but, if possible, to snatch the loaves and fishes from their enemies the Ministry.
E P I T A P H on General W O L F E.
O STRANGER! stay, if e'er thy friendly eye Has dropt a tear, or bosom heav'd a sigh; If worth and valour make the good and great, The best and greatest met a glorious fate. O Wolfe! a glorious fate, but most unkind To those thy Heaven-wing'd spirit left behind. The humbled walls of proud Quebec can tell How brave a youth in fatal triumph fell; While Britain's thunder, at his dread command, Made Gallia tremble in her distant land. How soft his manners were, how free from pride, How clear his judgment, how he liv'd and dy'd, They well can tell who weeping round him stood On that sad plain that drank his patriot blood!
July 23. An ingenious Gentleman is, we hear, constructing a machine not only for watering the most extensive gardens in a dry season, but also for large tracts of land, whether of grass, corn, or any other cultivation, which cannot fail of being attended with singular benefit to the public.
August 1. A gardener near Fulham has sold no less than 300 melons this season to a fruiterer in Covent Garden market for one guinea each.
We hear that there will be no new government on the Mississippi, but that the government of West Florida's residence will be removed from Pensacola to Manchack, or Fort Bute, a most convenient spot on the river, for the purposes of trade; and it is said Governor Chester has written home, soliciting such a removal.
The present seat of government at West Florida is one of the most unhealthy spots in the universe. Pen-
sacola is, in a manner, surrounded by a deep white sand, which renders the place incredibly hot in the summer, and in the winter makes travelling almost impracticable. The only recommendation which it had to our Ministry was its excellent harbour, which may certainly be a good rendezvous for our shipping whenever we are disagreeably involved in a war.
Jacob Blackwell, Esquire, collector of the customs in West Florida, is removed from Pensacola to Manchack, on the Mississippi, which is considered as a preparatory step to the removal of the government.
Governor Wright, of Georgia, we hear, has resigned that employment, and is to be succeeded by Governor Shirley, of the Bahamas, who will be succeeded by some Gentleman sent out from the Mother country.
We hear that the question of establishing a civil government on the back of the Mississippi has been of late so much opposed by Lord Hillsborough, and at the same time so much countenanced by others of the council, that a Great Personage has ordered accurate maps of those tracts of land to be immediately made out for his own inspection.
The course of life pursued by the Duke of Cumberland, ever since his being prohibited the court, is every way praiseworthy, in the several characters of husband, friend, and companion. It is then but the privilege of common indulgence to throw a veil over his youthful indiscretions, when they are now proved to have arisen not so much from principle as the example of bad company .
Whilst thousands, and tens of thousands of industrious poor in this extensive metropolis rise off their beds every day, without a certainty of being able to procure the common necessaries of life, a correspondent (who has frequented the opera all last winter, and is very minute in his calculations) informs us, that, having been at the pains to number every step and cut made by the celebrated Madam Heinell, one night with another, and then forming an average price from her weekly salary, each step amounted to no less a sum than seventeen shillings and sixpence .
The Carron company having been lately spoke of, the following short account of the institution and progress of it, from Mr. Pennant's tour in Scotland, in the year 1769, may not be disagreeable to our readers.
"The Carron iron works lie about a mile from Falkirk, and are the greatest of the kind in Europe: They were founded about eight years ago, before which there was not a single house, and the country a mere moor. At present (1769) the buildings of all sorts are of vast extent, and above 1200 men are employed. The iron is smelted from the stone, then cast into cannon pots, and all sorts of utensils made in foundries. This work has been of great service to the country, by teaching the people industry, and a method of setting about any sort of labour, which before the common people had scarce any notion of. Carron wharf lies on the Forth, and is not only useful to the works, but of great service even to Glasgow, as considerable quantities of goods destined for that city are landed there. The canal likewise begins in this neighbourhood, which, when effected, will prove another benefit to these works."
An elegant puppet shew is talked of for the whole of next winter at the Theatre Royal in the Hay market; dispositions are said to be already making for this amusement; and, if report is to be credited, the managers of Drury Lane and Covent Garden will have reason to think it a very formidable rival.
A smith exulting the other day at the late bankruptcies of the bankers, and the prospect of succeeding ones, a Gentleman enquired the reason of his rejoicing at such fatal events. "Ah, sir (said he) every one for himself, and God for us all; it is an ill wind that blows nobody good; people won't trust to bankers, they will keep their money at home, and this will cause a considerable call for iron chests."
It appears that there has been within these last five years, a circulation of paper credit, with the name of Fordyce affixed to it, to the amount of four million and upwards.
Many failures are feared in consequence of the stoppage of a great house in the eastern part of the city, which is said to have had more numerous and extensive connections with country inland traders, than any other house in the kingdom.
A set of villains have lately made it their practice to steal horses from the farmers, &c. round Paddington, Kilburn, and Wilfsden, and sell them to a man
at the skirts of the town, who used to kill them in the night, for the sake of their skins, flesh, and bones, the latter of which he boiled in cauldrons, in order to extract oil from them; so that, by this iniquitous practice, a great number of fine horses, from 10l. to 30l. value have been destroyed. One of the gang has turned evidence, and impeached several of his companions.
It is expected that the Earl of Hillsborough will set out early next spring for America, in order to make a thorough inspection into the civil and military affairs of the colonies.
Extract of a letter from a Gentleman in Lincolnshire.
"An old man in my neighbourhood, who was dying, had a desire to be married to his housekeeper, that he might leave to her with more security great part of what he had, and in consequence was taken out of bed and carried to church in a chair, in which he sat while the ceremony was performed, as not being capable of standing. He then made a will in her favour, and in three or four days after he attended him to the grave. Last Friday she was again married, and to a cobler who has seven children. She had not been a widow more than a week when the second marriage took place, so that she has had two living and one dead husband in about a fortnight. The concourse of people at the church to see these extraordinary weddings, you will readily suppose was very great."
Mr. Shuter, through the good nature of his creditors, is now at large again, and a Lady has been so uncommonly generous as to pay all his fees and expences.
If a certain great Lady can be prevailed upon to become a voluntary exile to any one of the kingdoms upon the continent, it is said that she will have a stipend allotted her sufficient to support an elegant household.
It is said that a great Lady, near Cavendish Square, has lately wrote a very affecting letter to the Queen of Denmark, signifying the propriety of her yet continuing in Germany.
Some ingenious women from Spitalfields are now preparing and working at Richmond Palace, a quantity of silk produced within these two years past from silkworms of her Majesty's feeding and nurturing.
We hear that large offers have been made to Mr. Fordyce to discover the particular persons to whom he paid his gambling discounts in the alley, that every legal engine may be employed to obtain restitution from the gamblers.
August 5. It is said that a great underwriter, who stopped payment last week, will have his commission of bankruptcy superseded, it appearing to his creditors that he has a fortune, after paying the whole of his debts, amounting to between 50 and 60,000. During the apprehensions of a rupture with Spain, about a year and a half ago, the above Gentleman was very lucky in insuring against a war, and, it is said, made no less than 50,000. in that way, in the course of four months.
We are well assured that the present vacation of Parliament is employed in measures greatly conducive to an amicable settlement of several important points in the political system of this nation.
At a meeting of several distinguished Noblemen at Arthur's, on Monday evening last, it was determined to bring the state of the Irish funds into the consideration of Parliament immediately on their next meeting.
They write from Paris that there is at present, in that capital and suburbs, an army of above 40,000 effective men.
Letters from France mention that the Hugonots are now in greater hopes than ever that they will shortly be restored to the benefit of the edict of Nantz, by which they will enjoy the free exercise of their religion.
Letters from Lisbon mention the universal rejoicings there, among all kinds of persons, on the news of the death of the Minister.
Advices from Madrid say that the court seems to have no intention of entering into a war with Great Britain. The illicit traders in America, it is said, give occasion for complaints too well founded.
We are well assured that the Duchess of Cumberland has prevailed on the Duke to part entirely with his stud of running horses, &c.
It is reported that his Highness the Prince of Brunswick is expected here incog. within this fortnight, to negotiate some business of importance with our court.

A private letter from Rome says, that the Pope has for some years past employed a printer within his Palace, in order to have under his own inspection some important work, which will shortly be communicated to the christian world.
This morning, about half past ten o'clock, the ship Eagle, Capt. Green, lately arrived from the Bay of Honduras, lying in Church Hole, Rotherhithe, took fire, and was entirely consumed; she was got out of the tier, so no damage was done to any other ships.
August 6. The reasons urged by Lord Hillsborough in council, for opposing the Mississippi scheme, were as follows: First, that the Mother country could not, at present, spare any migration. Secondly, the voyage from Europe there, on account of the difficulty of getting up so rapid a river, could not, on an average, be less than three months; a circumstance that must greatly impede both the sale of the produce of that establishment, as well as be an inconvenience in its communication with the Mother country. And lastly, that the whole face of the country was so spread over with plantations, it stood in more need of a company of foresters than a civil establishment.
On Tuesday a special commission passed the seal, empowering certain persons named therein, to enquire into, and take possession of the lands, tenements, &c. of the late Mrs. Dorothy Vernon, widow, deceased, in the city and county of Gloucester, in behalf of the Crown, she dying without heirs; a thing which very rarely happens.
We are informed that a scheme has been lately communicated to a Great Personage, which will add 300,000l. per annum to the revenue, without any new impositions.
The AMERICAN GRAIN, lately imported, we are assured, is equal, in every respect, to that of our own growth; and the only objection that could be made to the flour, lately imported from that quarter of the globe, is, its not being properly ground for the use of this country. It is the interest of a few individuals to speak ill of it, to serve private purposes.
The conduct of T. Hutchinson, Esquire, Governor of Massachusetts Bay, has been held up in so advantageous a light to his Majesty by Lord Hillsborough, in explaining the meaning of the House of Representatives "according to the measure of his own understanding," that he is set down for the next red ribband.
August 8. Mr. Downe, who went to Paris, in order to have an interview with Mr. Fordyce, to persuade him to return and appear to the commission, is come back to town, but has not, after the most strict enquiry, been able to find him. He saw one of Mr. Fordyce's old servants at Paris, who said that he was dismissed from his master's service, and he believed he was gone for Italy.
On Wednesday last the affair of Mr. Morris, who went abroad with his ward, the illegitimate daughter of a lately deceased Nobleman, was taken into consideration by the Lord Chancellor, at Lincoln's Inn hall, when his Lordship was pleased to set him aside from his guardianship, and to order him to stand committed. Several letters both from the Gentleman and his juvenile spouse were read, and his Lordship declared from the Bench that he himself had received a letter from Mr. Morris, warning him to be cautious how he proceeded in the matter.
By a letter from Rome, dated June 12, there is advice, that Cardinal York died there the 10th of the same month. All his valuable estates and effects, except some legacies which he has left towards the support of those Jesuits which have been drove from Spain and Portugal, &c. he has bequeathed to his brother the Chevalier, who was at the same time incog. at Turin, waiting for some great event, which was expected to happen very soon. The letter further says, that a courier was dispatched to Turin with advice of the death of the Cardinal.
The seizures that have been made by his Majesty's cutters since January last amount to the sum of 94,000l. 15s. 3d. halfpenny.
A great man declared last week, in the house of an eminent Dissenter, that if the dissenting Clergy, possessed of small livings, who do not share his Majesty's bounty, would join in every county, and publish a list of their names, he knew a friend behind the curtain, who would second such an attempt to the utmost of his power, and that if the Dissenters missed such a favourable opportunity, they might attribute the want of encouragement to their own neglect.
August 11. Governor Hutchinson, who commands in the province of Massachusetts Bay, though he consulted the Council on the removal of the Assembly, is by no means supposed to act in conformity to their advice, but in obedience to orders from home, as the conduct of the American Governors is always prescribed by the Minister of the Mother country, and little more than the duty of implicit obedience left to the election of these officers.
Lord Gower, the President of the Council, is a warm advocate for the improvement of our territories on the Mississippi, as well as upon the Ohio. His Lordship acknowledges that we have already too many colonies, but the number of bad ones, he judiciously observes, is the very reason why we should endeavour to encase our good ones, because the discontinua-
tion of the intended settlements will not check the spirit of emigration to America, and because, in the settlements proposed, the emigrants will become planters, whereas in the established provinces they will unavoidably commence manufacturers.
The following is the state of the gratuities bestowed by his Majesty on the Gentlemen of the Faculty, who attended the Duke of Gloucester in his late illness in Italy: To Dr. Jebb 2000l. to Mr. Adair 1500l. and to Mr. Charlton, household surgeon to his Royal Highness, who has attended him in all his tours to the continent, 200l. and a pension of 100l. per annum.
The commission of bankruptcy against Glynn and Halifax is superseded under the great seal of Great Britain.
Some time ago Lord Chesterfield being ill, sent for Cæsar Hawkins, Esquire, his Majesty's sergeant surgeon, to bleed him; but upon stretching out his arm, Mr. Hawkins, observing his Lordship to shake a little, desired him to be more composed and steady: How is that possible , replied his Lordship, with his usual wit, when I am under the lance of Cæsar!
At a village in the wilds of Kent is wrote over a door the following inscription: "Barden, surgeon, carpenter, man-midwife, and schoolmaster; likewise fine pens, and teeth drawn by the maker; also a curious assortment of blacking balls."
Extract of a letter from Charles de Salis, Esquire, at St. Tronc, near Marseilles, to his brother the Rev. Mr. de Salis, in England, June 17, 1772.
"There is a boy here of twelve years of age, who has the faculty of discovering water under ground. This gift of his was discovered about a year ago, in the following manner: He was standing at work by his father, who was digging, and on a sudden called out, "Do not dig too deep, or the water will appear." The man had the curiosity to dig about three feet deep, and found a considerable spring. This singular thing being known in the province, several people of distinction, who wanted water on their estates, sent for him. Amongst others, Monsieur Borelle sent for him to an estate of his, where, according to tradition, there had been three springs. The boy, without hesitation, carried him to every one of them. Monsieur de Bompard, commander of the squadron at Toulon, sent for him to a house of his near the town, and was so convinced of the boy's skill, that he immediately fell to work, and has succeeded. At a house which the Duke de Villars lived in some of the water conduits under it were choked up, and, as the direction of them was not known, they, to save the expence of taking up the floors, sent for the boy, who on being carried to the spot, pointed to the place, and said, "Here the conduit begins, and goes in such a direction, &c." So much upon the relation of others; now for what I have seen myself: There was a neighbour of mine, as curious as myself to find out whether this boy had really such a gift. We agreed to put water in a large earthen pan, hermetically covered with another, and then place it in a hole two feet under ground, in a vineyard that had been lately tilled. In order that nobody should inform him of it, at night we dug the hole ourselves, then covered it over, and smoothed the ground for 20 feet round. This we did in two places. The boy arrived next morning, and we took him about the country to shew his skill. He went before us alone, with his hands in a short waistcoat, and stopped short whenever he found water, spoke of it, and followed to the spring head. Little by little we brought him to where the water was hid; and I never was so astonished in my life, as to see him go out of the way, stamp upon the spot, and say, "Here is water, but it does not run." The earth was removed, and the pan found directly. We took him by the second place, which he also discovered, but was angry at being deceived. He then found out a large spring near my neighbour's house, which he was greatly in want of for an oil-mill he had there."
The following is a striking instance of the disproportion of our laws: On the 2d of January, 1771, two young men, John Clark, and John Joseph De Foe, said to be a grandson of the celebrated author of the True Born Englishman, &c. were executed at Tyburn, for robbing Mr. Fordyce, the banker, of a watch, and a trifling sum of money, on the highway; yet the latter, whose failure has ruined whole families, reduced the affluent to the most necessitous circumstances, and occasioned an almost universal scene of distress never before equalled in this kingdom, is sheltered under the lenity of our laws, the legislative power having no authority over him, more than on any ordinary person in insolvent circumstances.
Cork, July 2. On Monday last Robert Hill, Esquire, perceiving his skin to appear all over in spots, though he never enjoyed better health, sent for a physician, who on seeing his situation pronounced him to be in a dangerous way, and his existence in this life to be of short duration, ordered him some remedy, but without hope of success, and he died the next day, without the least pain.
Cork, July 8. Yesterday arrived here from Cork, escorted by a party of the Light Horse, 70,000l. for the use of Sir George Colebrooke's bank; from whence it was sent off immediately for Dublin, escorted by a party of the first regiment of Horse.
Edinburgh, July 10. We hear that the merchants of Glasgow have, within these 14 days, sold the French agent here, tobacco to the value of upwards of 60,000l. sterling, payable as soon as shipped.
The house of a company of merchants at Glasgow has stopped payment.
July 13. We are informed, from undoubted authority, that a credit for 160,000l. sterling has been lately granted by the bank of England, for the use of a great house in this city. That before this credit was granted, their affairs were examined into, from whence it appeared that they are possessed of real estates, greatly exceeding all their engagements, besides a large fortune employed in different branches of trade. The intelligence afforded universal satisfaction, and the general toast here is, "Prosperity to the bank of England."
July 15. The house of Messrs. William Alexander and sons, of this place, which had stopped payment about three weeks ago, began business again on Monday, in consequence of a loan from the bank of England.
We are credibly informed that the bank of Douglas, Heron, and company, have obtained from the bank of England a loan of 300,000l. sterling.
Northampton, August 10. The following account is strictly true: On the second of July last the wife of John Charlesworth, who keeps the Cross Keys Inn at Balsover in Derbyshire, was safely delivered of three children. The good woman continued in tolerable health ten days, when she was delivered of a fourth child; and she was on the twenty second of July seized in labour for the third time, and brought two more children into the world. These six children, though very small, were perfectly well formed; four are dead, but a boy and girl, with the mother, are likely to live.
CHARLESTOWN (South Carolina) August 20.
A party of Indians, said to be Cherokees, have killed some white people going to settle on the Mississippi.
Three thousand and seventy six New Negroes have been imported here since the 30th of October last; and the prime slaves have been sold this year for more than double the price they were sold at ten years ago.
WILLIAMSBURG, October 15. On Sunday last arrived in town, from New York, Lord DRUMMOND, and Capt. FOY, on a visit to his Excellency the Governor.
The Sparling, Priestman, from Liverpool, is arrived at Norfolk; and the True Briton, Aselby, from Bristol, in James river.
VIRGINIA, &c.
By his EXCELLENCY the Right Honourable JOHN Earl of DUNMORE, his Majesty's Lieutenant and Governor General of the said Colony and Dominion, and Vice Admiral of the same:
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS I have received intelligence from his Excellency the Governor of Antigua, that the late violent storm there hath occasioned great distress for want of provisions, and that it is absolutely necessary, for preventing the worst consequence, that as speedy a supply as possible be sent thither; I have therefore thought proper, by and with the advice of his Majesty's Council, to give this public notice thereof, not doubting but that as soon as this great calamity shall come to be generally known, many will be induced, from other motives than merely commercial, to afford to their fellow subjects of the said island the relief they so much need.
Given under my hand, at Williamsburg, this 10th day of October, 1772, and in the 12th year of his Majesty's reign.
DUNMORE.
GOD SAVE THE KING.
JUST PUBLISHED,
And to be SOLD, by the Printer hereof,
THE VIRGINIA ALMANACK, for the Year of our Lord 1773; containing, besides the usual Astronomical Observations, Dr. FRANKLIN's Proposal for Safety in a Thunder Gust; Rules, from Lord BACON, for judging the Weather, which have been attended to several Years, and never known to fail; An infallible Recipe for disappointed Love; Useful Directions in Regard to Peach Trees, to make them bear fine Fruit; Sowing Wheat Seed unprepared more beneficial than using prepared Seed; An Antidote against mispending Time; A remarkable Instance of paternal Folly, and filial Ingratitude: A valuable Secret communicated; An excellent Proof of Wisdom; A most important Lesson; Jeits; Anecdotes, &c. &c.
FOR SALE,
A VALUABLE tenement in Richmond town, now in possession of the subscriber, containing about two acres of ground, lying on the main street, and very convenient for trade. The improvements are, a commodious dwellinghouse, kitchen, smokehouse, dairy, stable, a garden and yard well paled in, a brick storehouse, a lumber house, and granary; the whole in good repair, and may be entered upon the first of November next. The payments will be made easy to the purchaser. For terms apply to
JAMES BUCHANAN.

COLONEL Nathaniel West Dandridge , of Hanover county, who maintains a TUTOR in his family, is willing to accommodate ten pupils with diet and washing, at the rate of fifteen pounds a year, provided his design appears to meet encouragement by the number of applications made him before the first of December next. Colonel Dandridge and his Lady are so well known, that more needs not be said concerning their part of the undertaking. Their house is large and commodious, and in as healthy a situation as any in the colony.
The branches of learning which the present tutor professes to teach are, READING, WRITING, ENGLISH, LATIN, and GREEK GRAMMAR, ARITHMETIC, BOOK-KEEPING , antient and modern GEOGRAPHY, CHRONOLOGY, HISTORY, Greek and Roman ANTIQUITIES, MYTHOLOGY, &c. In the course of reading the CLASSICS , he explains the TROPES and FIGURES of RHETORIC , and makes occasional remarks on the natural and moral PHILOSOPHY of the antients.
He would not insinuate that he handles these subjects with scientific deduction, or inculcates his instructions with the aids of rhetorical embellishments. Men of sense must know that such an undertaking would require the labours of one or more learned professors, and, indeed, seems utterly incompatible with the time and capacities of boys at school. His design will not prove abortive if he succeeds in kindling the spark of genius, in inflaming the ardour of curiosity, in improving the taste, in inspiring the sentiments of genuine freedom. He would humbly hope to be useful in preparing his pupils for more learned seminaries, or qualifying them to enjoy, with greater comfort, the common walks of private life. In this pursuit the Classics must necessarily engage a great part of his attention. To them, and to such other branches as serve to illustrate them, and make the study of them more agreeable to youth, he would chuse to be confined. His plan, thus limited, he apprehends, may afford sufficient employment to a man of slender abilities. CHARLES MAC IVER.
Just imported, in the FANNY, Capt. BARRON , and to be SOLD , by the subscriber, on reasonable terms, for ready money only,
A LARGE assortment of GOODS , consisting of very handsome paste necklaces and earrings, marcasite, wax, and coal ditto, handsome paste collars, solitaires and sprigs, paste sleevebuttons, gilt ditto, sets of buttons for stomachers, silver papboats, coral and bells, garnet and marcasite hoops, lockets ditto, childrens watches and equipages, curious watch trinkets for Ladies, very genteel dress and undress fancy caps, and others, hair rolls, drop curls, &c. very fine point, blond point, mecklenburg, and mignonet laces, striped and figured sattins and lustings for sacks and coats, ditto for bonnets, silver blond for trimmings, childrens fillets and quarter caps, womens blue, green, and red morocco turned pumps, womens and girls black leather shoes and pumps, fashionable stomachers and breast flowers, garnet, coal, and Italian egrets, gold loops, bands, and buttons, smelling bottles, pincushion trunks, and Gentlemens pocket books, of all prices, a large quantity of womens and girls quilts, a variety of pretty cottons and calicoes, copperplate and fancy chintzes, Chinese and other handkerchiefs, very fine bohea and hyson tea, the famous Norris's drops, hungary, Madden's oil, capers, ginger, spices, blue, hair powder, cloth cardinals, ditto sattin, with and without bonnets, Gentlemens lace and worked ruffles, Ladies ditto, and many other articles. SARAH PITT.
To be SOLD , on long credit, and entered upon immediately,
THE plantation whereon the subscriber now lives, lying in the upper end of Prince Edward , on a branch of Appomattox , and containing about 250 acres. There is a very good dwellinghouse, and other necessary buildings, upon the land, which is exceedingly well calculated for making tobacco, as they seldom make less than 2000 to a share. There is also a remarkable fine orchard, from which 1000 gallons of brandy may be made in a season. The terms may be known by applying to Patrick Hunter , at Warwick , and a good and sufficient right will be made to the land, by DAVID MURRAY.
FOR SALE,
NINE four years indented servants, from London ; among which are, a SHOEMAKER, BARBER, PRINTER, PAINTER, SILKDYER , and young men that will answer to wait on a Gentleman, or drive a postchaise. Enquire of Mr. Matthew Phripp , or the subscriber, on board the Green River , lying at Norfolk . JOHN ADDIS.
NORFOLK, October 12, 1772.
THE subscriber, having removed hither from Portsmouth , has opened store on the main street, facing Church street, with a well assorted CARGO of GOODS suitable to the season; which will be sold reasonably, for cash, or on short credit.
JAMES INGRAM.
ALL persons indebted to the subscriber are desired to make immediate payment to his attorney Mr. John Tazewell , or they will be sued as soon as the meeting of the merchants in the October court is over. JAMES ESTEN.
Pursuant to a decree of Gloucester court, will be SOLD , at the said courthouse, by the sheriff, on Wednesday the 21st instant,
TWO hundred acres of LAND in Petworth parish, whereon John Stubbs now lives, on three months credit. There will likewise be sold, at the same time and place, twelve choice NEGROES , for ready money, taken in execution, by
THE SHERIFF.
NOTICE is hereby given to all persons having any demands against the estates of Christopher Ayscough , and Anne Ayscough , deceased, that they are desired to bring them in properly attested, as provision may be made, if possible, to satisfy them; and those persons indebted to either of the said estates are desired to make immediate payment, or give notes for what they justly owe to them.
JACOB BRUCE , Administrator.
WHEREAS Joseph Watson , of Frederick county, hath lately obtained a bond of mine, I think, to the amount of forty pounds currency, payable the 9th of November , 1772, this is therefore to forewarn any person from taking an assignment of the same, as I will not answer it, because he has failed in his contract. ROBERT FRIER.
RUN away from the subscriber in Leesburg , the 4th instant, a servant woman named ELIZABETH SMITH , 25 years old, about 5 feet 4 or 5 inches high, her hair very black, has several scars on her under lip, chin, and arms, and much pitted with the smallpox; had on, and took with her, a short black calico gown, a white linen ditto, white apron, and white humbug sack and petticoat, red cardinals, flowered blue sattin capuchin, calico petticoat, black sattin laced bonnet, one pair of cotton and two pair of hose, old black calimanco shoes with plain silver buckles, one ruffled and two plain shifts. It is probable she may have taken many other things that are not missed. She was formerly indented to Capt. Gray , from Boston , and may now perhaps have an old indenture. Whoever takes up the said servant, and brings her to me, shall have FIVE POUNDS , besides what the law allows. ALEXANDER MINTYRE.
STRAYED, or stolen, from the subscriber, in Fredericksburg , on Tuesday the 22d of September , a very likely dark bay horse, about 14 hands and a half high, 8 years old, had a black hanging mane and switch tail, two or three large saddle spots, one of his hind feet white, trots and gallops, and goes in a chair extremely well. Whoever will bring him to me shall have FIVE DOLLARS reward.
WILLIAM PORTER.
WILLIAM and MARY COLLEGE , October 1, 1772. BY direction of the President and Masters, I am to give notice to the several surveyors, who have executed bonds for the proportion of their fees due to the college in tobacco, to be discharged at any particular rate, that they are required to give new bonds for one sixth part of whatever they receive for surveying, before the 15th of next month, or they will be superseded. I am also directed to inform those surveyors who doubted their right to a proportion of the fees for private surveys, that the society have had the advice of counsel, who are of opinion they are well entitled thereto, and that the question was so determined by the General Court in April last.
ROBERT MILLER , BURSAR.
NORFOLK, September 29, 1772.
WHEREAS the creditors of Mr. John Atkinson expect to receive a dividend at the approaching General Court, and as many bonds which I have taken, payable to Messrs. Eilbeck and Lawrence , trustees for the said creditors, will be due the 25th of October next, I hereby give notice that I propose to attend at Mr. Atkinson's store, in Suffex county, on Monday and Tuesday, the 2d and 3d of November next, when I hope all persons concerned will be prepared to discharge, as well the open accounts as bond debts, these affairs being so circumstanced that no longer indulgence can or will be given.
BENJAMIN CROOKER.
At same time and place will be SOLD , eight or ten valuable country born SLAVES ; amongst whom are some good HOUSE SERVANTS , for ready money, or short credit, as may be agreed on at the sale.
To be SOLD , at public vendue, on Saturday the 17th of October , pursuant to a decree of the Hustings court of Norfolk borough,
A NEW erected two story BRICK HOUSE situate on the main street in said borough, with part of a lot of land adjoining the same. Also an unimproved water lot adjoining the water lot of Cornelius Calvert , Esquire, the whole appertaining to the estate of Henry Rothery , deceased, and subject to his widow's dower. The sale will be on the premises at twelve o'clock on the day aforesaid, and a credit of three months allowed the purchasers, on giving bond, with approved security, to the creditors of the said Henry Rothery .
JOHN GREENWOOD , Commissioner.
TAKEN up, on Rock Island creek, Buckingham county, a bright bay mare, branded on the near shoulder D , and on the near buttock C , has a bald face, her hind feet white, is about four feet four or five inches high, and eleven or twelve years old. Appraised to 5l. WILLIAM K. WEAKLAND.
FERRY POINT, Norfolk county, Sept. 30, 1772.
WHEREAS sundry ill disposed persons frequently pull down my fences, and let horses, cattle, and hogs, into my corn fields and pasture, I hereby forewarn all persons from going through my pasture or corn fields, or turning their horses, cattle, or hogs, upon my land, as I am determined to prosecute every person who shall presume to take those liberties with my property. HENRY HERBERT.
JOSEPH NORTHUP, SILKDYER AND SCOWERER, IN CHURCH STREET, NORFOLK,
BEGS leave to acquaint the public that he has set up the business of colouring and scowering SILKS, CLOTHS, FUSTIANS, VIRGINIA CLOTH , and other stuffs, and has got both hot and cold presses for dressing them equal to any done at home; likewise clear starches white silk, and silk stockings, and takes spots out of all kinds of womens wear, at the most reasonable rates, and with the greatest care and expedition.
TOBACCO remaining in BOLLINGBROOK WAREHOUSE , inspected in the year 1769.
   No. Tare No.     2728 101 1114 Thomas Pollitt.   1894 106 1156 Robert Westmoreland.   1051 128 807 James Bradby.   1380 124 1015 John Barns.   652 155 1191 Young McLamore.   2493 108 1127 John Kelly.   2523 137 1027 James Bradley.   1344 125 1162 Robert Cunningham.  
GOODWYN and GOODWYN.
COMMITTED to the gaol of Hanover county, the 22d of August last, a Negro man who says his name is GEORGE , but cannot, or will not, tell his master's name, is about 5 feet 7 inches high, and seems to be about 35 years old; had on, when committed, a Virginia cloth jacket, crocus trowsers, and oznabrig shirt. The owner is desired to apply for him, and pay charges. P. THILMAN , Gaoler.
COMMITTED to the gaol of Westmoreland county, on suspicion of being a runaway, a Negro man slave who calls himself WILL , but cannot, or will not, tell his master's name, is a well set fellow, about 5 feet 10 inches high, of a yellowish complexion, the fore part of his hair, or wool, grey, is an African , and marked in the manner of his country, with dots under both eyes, and on the right side of his neck with something resembling a ladder, the fourth finger of his left hand is bent, and seems to have been broken; has on a country cotton shirt, and oznabrig trowsers. There is some reason to suspect that he belongs to Dr. William Savage , of Prince William . The owner is desired to pay charges, and take him away. RICHARD BARNETT , Gaoler.
COMMITTED to the gaol of Westmoreland county, on suspicion of being a runaway, a white man who calls himself WILLIAM WATSON , about 5 feet 6 or 7 inches high, has short dark brown hair, and sandy beard, a little pitted with the smallpox, appears, from his dialect, to be a Yorkshireman , is a pert impudent fellow, very talkative, and says he lived with Mr. John Gunyon , in Dumfries , but seems very nearly to answer the description given of John Booker , advertised by Mr. James Duncan , of Fredericksburg ; had on a brown linen shirt, and trowsers of the same, and appears to be about 30 or 35 years of age. The owner is desired to pay charges, and take him away. RICHARD BARNETT , Gaoler.
Pursuant to a decree of the court of Loudoun county, in chancery, will be SOLD , to the highest bidder, for ready money, on Monday the 23d of November next, on the premises,
FOUR lots or half acres of LAND in the town of Leesburg ; on one of which stands a genteel stone house 40 by 32 feet in the clear, has 4 rooms with 3 fire places, and a passage, below stairs; one of which rooms, fronting the most public street, is completely fitted out for a store; there are 4 rooms, with 2 fire places, above stairs, and a convenient dry cellar the size of the whole house; also a good garden well paled in, a lumber house, kitchen, stable, and other necessary houses, together with a well of exceeding fine water, walled up, on this lot. The other three stand on streets, are also enclosed, and at a small expence may be rendered very valuable. At the same time will be sold, two hundred and fifty eight acres and a half of land adjoining the said town, the soil of which is peculiarly adapted to grain, one third of it well fenced in, and fit for the plough, about 15 acres of meadow may be made, the rest is well timbered, and inferior to none in the colony; there are on this tract of land a large new barn, with other necessary houses for farming. The country round about is remarkable for raising large quantities of wheat, and manufacturing flour; all of which is carried through Leesburg , about 40 miles to Alexandria , consequently this place is as well situated for trade as any place in the colony. A merchant or tavernkeeper would find their account in settling here. The lots and land will be sold either together or separate, as may best suit the purchasers, to whom a good title will be made, and immediate possession given. WILLIAM ELLZEY, GEORGE JOHNSTON, } Trustees.

JAMES CRAIG, AT THE GOLDEN BALL, WILLIAMSBURG.
BEGS leave to inform the public that he has just got an eminent HAND from Great Britain, who served a regular apprenticeship to the WATCH and CLOCK MAKING BUSINESS, which he intends carrying on in all its branches. The jewellery, gold, and silver work, will be carried on in the usual manner. He can assure the public that the young man understands his business, as he has had sufficient proof of his workmanship, and that, with reasonable charges, as well as the good situation of his shop, he hopes will be some inducement for the public to favour him with their commands, which shall ever be his study to execute with the greatest care.
N. B. REPEATING, HORIZONTAL, and STOP WATCHES, made and repaired in the best manner.
General Post Office, New York, Nov. 1, 1771.
NOTICE is hereby given, that on account of the new regulation of the post from Canada, which is to arrive every Tuesday evening at this office, and the weekly post from the eastward and southward arriving every Wednesday, the mail going from hence by the packets will, for the future, be closed at twelve o'clock at night, on the first Wednesday in every month (being the same time it closes at the General Post Office in London for America) and a packet despatched therewith, the next day, for Falmouth.
By command of the Deputy Postmaster General. ALEXANDER GOLDEN, Secretary.
MESSIEURS Robert and Robert Bogle and Scott, of London, merchants and partners, on the 29th of June last executed a deed of assignment of all the said company's debts and effects in Virginia to Edward Payne, Esquire, governor of the bank of England, and Rene Payne, of London, merchant, in trust, that an equitable division may be made of the said debts and effects amongst all the creditors of the said company. And on the same day the said Edward Payne, and Rene Payne, and the said company, executed a power of attorney to the subscribers, empowering us jointly and severally to receive and transmit the said debts and effects: Notice is therefore given to the several debtors to the said company, that attendance will be given by the subscribers, or one of them, at Williamsburg, from the 20th of October to the end of the General Court. No indulgence can be given after.
JOHN TAYLOE, ARCHIBALD RITCHIE.
N. B. The assignment and power of attorney are recorded in Richmond county, for the satisfaction of those concerned.
To be RENTED, for a term not exceeding thirteen years.
A TRACT of LAND containing about two thousand acres, in the county of Berkeley, on the drains of Opekan, the soil is thought to be inferior to no high land in the country, is in a very good neighbourhood, only a few miles from Mr. Jacob Hite's and Mr. Rutherford's mills, has as fine a range for stock as is in those parts (which are remarkable in that particular) and a quarter upon it with about 80 or 100 acres of cleared land in order for cropping. I propose to rent the whole together, and will give leave of sub-tenants, under a reservation, of no more than two thirds of the land being cut down during the term. I will also hire ten valuable SLAVES with the land, and will lend the stock, to be returned, in quantity and quality, at the expiration of the lease. For terms apply to the subscriber, living near Dumfries, in Prince William county.
THOMAS BLACKBURN.
TO be LET for a life, or term of years, as may be agreed on, or the interest of my lease to be sold of Mrs. Elizabeth Holt's dower land in Hog Island. The land is extremely good, and in good order, drained, ditched, and so well fenced that it will not require a rail for seven years to come. I have this, and the two last years, laid upwards of 4000 cart loads of dung on it. There is a brick dwelling-house, good stables, and a plentiful kitchen garden thereon, and a profitable ferry, abounding with great plenty of fish. I can assure any person that I know of no place so advantageous as this, lies within seven miles of Williamsburg, and the Gentlemen merchants, and others, who go to that city, by way of said Island, leave their horses there until their return from court; so that the stable only brings in, in public times, from three to five pounds per day, and upwards. Proposals, in writing, will be received by
H. U. ST. GEORGE.
N. B. Any person inclined to rent, or purchase, is requested to view the premises, that they may better judge of its value. Some people have made proposals that never saw the place. The land may be entered upon the 1st day of January next.
To be SOLD, pursuant to the last will and testament of Mr. William Brooke, deceased.
EIGHT hundred and forty ACRES of LAND, situate in the county of Orange, about 60 miles from Fredericksburg, is well watered and wooded, the soil good for corn, wheat, tobacco, hemp, and flax, affords as good a range for flocks of all kinds as any land in that county, and may be had at the low price of one hundred and sixty pounds ready money, or one hundred and sixty eight pounds on twelve months credit, by bond, with approved security. Any person inclined to purchase may be shewn the land by applying to Major Zachariah Burnley, who lives in the neighbourhood thereof, and who will contract for
JOHN ROWZEE, } Executors. ROBERT BROOKE, }
To be SOLD at WARWICK, on Thursday the 22d of October.
THE estate of the deceased Daniel Macpherson, consisting of HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, a Negro FELLOW, WENCH, and CHILDREN, a well built SCHOONER, burthen from 2500 to 3000 bushels, with all her appurtenances, one year old, and in very good repair, well calculated for the river or West India trade; also one half of a thirty five hoghead FLAT. Those that have demands against the estate are desired to make them known by that day, and those indebted to make payment to us the administrators.
JAMES FAIRLIE, SIMON FRASER.
NORFOLK, August 1, 1772.
AS I intend for Britain soon, I must beg the favour of all persons who have any dealings with Logan, Gilmour, and company, to have their accounts ready to settle at the next General Court. The business will be continued to its usual extent.
ROBERT GILMOUR.
JUST ARRIVED from AFRICA, the ship PRINCE of WALES, Capt. JAMES BIVINS, With about FOUR HUNDRED fine healthy
SLAVES,
The SALE of which will begin at BERMUDA HUNDRED, on Thursday the 8th of October, and continue until all are sold.
JOHN WAYLES, RICHARD RANDOLPH.
THREE POUNDS REWARD.
RUN away on the 8th of July, from the subscriber's plantation, near Frederick Zimmerman's ordinary, in Culpeper, an English convict servant man named JOHN BOOKER, about 33 years old, 5 feet 6 inches high, narrow visage, ruddy countenance, a little pitted with the smallpox, dark hair not tied, born in Yorkshire, speaks broad, fond of liquor, and talkative, has been about two years in the country, is a good dither, and well acquainted with other country business; had on, and took with him, two brown coloured coats, one with twist, the other with flat metal buttons, a lappelled scarlet jacket, his breeches much the same with the coats, several shirts, two pair of shoes, yarn stockings, and brown trowsers; he had with him a box of wafers, and a parchment covered memorandum pocket book, and it is probable he will have some kind of a pass, and change his name. This fellow, with one belonging to Mr. William Allan of Culpeper, ran away together last April, and were advertised in this Gazette: Booker delivered himself to a man in Albemarle, who brought him home, but the other made his escape; and my fellow has now made another elopement without any kind of provocation. I will give THREE POUNDS to any person who delivers him either to Mr. Edward Stevens at Culpeper courthouse, the overseer at my plantation, or to me in Fredericksburg, or FORTY SHILLINGS if secured in any gaol so that I get him again.
JAMES DUNCANSON.
PETERSBURG, Jan. 2, 1772.
FOR SALE.
THE following TRACTS of LAND in Pittsylvania county, viz. Four hundred acres on Banister river, 770 acres on Beaver creek, 345 acres on Burch's creek, 380 acres on Leatherwood, 400 acres on Snow creek.
These lands were formerly the property of Mr. Samuel Gordon, deceased. The price, and time of payment, may be known by applying to
JERMAN BAKER.
TO BE LET ON LEASE.
A VERY large and commodious HOUSE in the town of Petersburg, built for a tavern, and well fitted for that business; it is two stories high, has a number of very convenient lodging rooms, and large and small rooms for the entertainment of guests. Any person qualified for the business of a tavern keeper, with a proper capital, may find this as advantageous a situation as any on the continent. Apply to the subscriber, who lives on the premises.
THOMAS EGLETON.
VIRGINIA, sc.
At a GENERAL COURT held at the CAPITOL May 7, 1772.
John Bowdoin, and Isaac Smith, merchants, surviving partners of Littleton Eyre, deceased, plaintiffs, against John Smith, and Edward Smith, and Matthew Smith, infants, Augustine Smith, Martha Jaquelin, Jaquelin Ambler, Sarah Smith, Thomas Smith, Wilson Miles Cary, James Buchanan, & co. of London, merchants, Edmund Pendleton, and Peter Lyons, surviving administrators, &c. of John Robinson, Esquire, deceased, Peter Presley Thornton, and Sarah his wife, and Mary Ambler, Jaquelin Ambler, Robert Carter Nicholas, Wilson Miles Cary, and John Blair, executors, &c. of Edward Ambler, deceased, defendants.
THE defendant John Smith is appointed guardian to the defendants Edward and Matthew Smith, who are infants, to defend them in this suit; and, by consent of parties, this cause was this day heard, upon the bill, answers, and sundry exhibits. On consideration whereof it is decreed and ordered, that George Purdie, John Bowdoin, John Lee, and John Smith, Gentlemen, or any two or more of them, after giving convenient notice in the Virginia Gazette, sell, at public auction, the lands in the counties of Gloucester and Northumberland, known by the names of the Dragon Quarter and Fleet's Bay, comprized in the indentures of mortgage in the bill mentioned, at twelve months credit, to be entered upon the first day of January next; and also the slaves, with their increase, and other things in the said mortgages mentioned, at three months credit, taking bonds, with sufficient security, from the purchasers, and return an account thereof to the court, that Dudley Digges, Thomas Nelson, junior, and David Jameson, Gentlemen, or any two of them, do state and settle the claims of the plaintiffs, and the defendants, and of any other creditors of John Smith, deceased, in the bill named, who may desire it, and make report thereof to the court; and that the sales of the lands, in the counties of Spotsylvania and Culpeper, made by the said John Smith in his lifetime, be confirmed to the several purchasers thereof, upon their paying the purchase money; and that the several mortgagees, the defendant John Smith, and the defendants Edward and Matthew Smith, when they shall arrive at the age of twenty one years, release to those purchasers, and the purchasers of the lands and slaves, to be sold under this decree, all their right and interest in the said lands and slaves, unless the said infants shall shew cause to the contrary within six months after they come of age respectively.
BEN: WALLER.
THE subscriber, having served a regular apprenticeship to the noted Mr. JOSEPH CARN-CROSS, of the city of Dublin, coachmaker, and for many years past carried on the coachmaking trade, in all its different branches, in Ireland and in New York, where he has had the honour of making a coach, phaeton, and chaise, for his Excellency the Right Honourable Earl of DUNMORE, is now removed, with his family, from New York to Palaeo street, in Williamsburg, Virginia, where he proposes to make and repair all sorts of coaches, landaus, chariots, postchaises, phaetons, curricles, chaises, and chairs, with harness of every sort. Also steel springs, and iron work of every kind, relative to the coach-making trade. Likewise painting, gilding, and japanning. The subscriber being determined to do all his work in the best manner, and on the lowest terms, humbly hopes those Gentlemen that are pleased to employ him will pay cash, at least for any piece of new work, on delivery of the same; and will be truly thankful to every Gentleman or Lady who will employ him to repair carriages, even if the repairs do not exceed half a bit. The utmost care, and dispatch of business, shall be the constant study of the public's most humble servant,
ELKANAH DEANE.
The subscriber having two or three spare rooms, would be glad to accommodate Gentlemen with private lodgings.
TO BE SOLD.
ONE thousand four hundred acres of exceeding good TOBACCO LAND in Stafford county, on the branches of Aquia and Potomack runs. The land is extremely well timbered and watered, twelve miles from Falmouth, and ten from Aquia. One half the land rents for thirty pounds a year. There is a small plantation on the other part. The land, if not privately sold, will be set up at one thousand two hundred pounds on the 10th of October, 1772, and a mill near the plantation. Also 1100 acres of land on Rocky Run, in Fauquier county (the rents of this land amount to 4130 pounds of tobacco) either in lots or together, as may suit the purchasers. An indisputable title will be made to the land by the trustees of
CHARLES CARTER.
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