The Virginia gazette (Williamsburg, Va.), 1772-12-24 00:00:00

VIRGINIA
GAZETTE.
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but influenced by NONE.
DIFFERENCE between RESENTMENT and REVENGE.
RESENTMENT and REVENGE, though terms very distinct in their significations, are yet frequently confounded, and indiscriminately applied. Resentment is the hasty spark which flashes from a generous mind, indignant at affronts: Revenge is the dark deliberate mischief of an ignoble soul, which broods in silence over its injuries. The one is the jealous guardian and assertor of conscious honour; the other the slow avenger of lost reputation, which it has not power to protect. The one is the becoming spirit of a man; the other is the gloomy delight of a fiend.
It argues conscious unworthiness to bear ill treatment patiently: Honour in a man is as estimable as chastity in a woman; and it is a duty which he owes to himself to check defamatory reflections with jealous indignation. If the tongue of calumny and reproach dares avow its slanderous insult, and refuses to make the reparation, which offended worth has a right to demand, it then becomes an act of necessity to enforce the justice due to our character, though at the hazard of our lives. But we ought not brutally to deem our adversary's blood as a tribute of justice, nor inconsiderately suppose that an amends which prevents an opportunity of reparation. Hence arises an essential difference between the worthy and the worthless. The worthless, knowing that the measure of their dishonour exceeds the bounds of accusation, endeavour by the death of their adversary to bury the testimony of their shame: The worthy, confiding in their integrity, seek not the destruction of their antagonist. By a brave and noble behaviour in their own vindication, they oppose the prejudice of those who treat them with reproach. But though the indignity they receive raises in them the spirit of manly opposition, yet it does not provoke them to inhuman slaughter; they do not attempt the life of their injurious opponent. To them it is ample satisfaction to pardon the man whom they have power to punish. To forgive, after having successfully exerted our valour, is the severest method of chastising a vanquished foe. Such conduct may serve to correct his mistake, and induce him to conceive kinder sentiments in our favour. He may live to revere that virtue he has offended, and be as forward to publish the worth which he has approved and experienced as he was rash in passing a precipitate and mistaken censure.
But the worthless have no such hopes to entertain. They are sensible that the longer they are known their infamy will become more public, and therefore they pursue those with unremitting vengeance who expose them to detection, and wound them with the sting of honest (though perhaps incautious) veracity. Both are moved at reproaches, but they are affected from different motives. The one, lest they should prejudice his fame, which he is anxious to preserve; the other, lest they proclaim his dishonour, which he is careful to conceal.
If I am rightly informed concerning the laws of England, they are in these cases most shamefully defective. I have been told that a regard for a man's reputation is one of their principal and avowed objects; but upon a minute enquiry, I find that it protects reputation no further than the injury it sustains may prove detrimental to worldly interest, or subject the injured to corporal or pecuniary punishment, or loss of life (except in cases of scandalum magnatum .) If you call a tradesman a cheat, or any man a thief, the law has furnished them with a remedy against you; but you may with impunity give any one the lie, which in all ages has been considered as the ultimate of opprobrium, and to imply the most deadly defiance. You may revile another in the most bitter and taunting terms of contumely; you may tell him that it is a vice to know him; that he is a disgrace to human nature; you may sting him with reproachful invectives even to madness, and he can have no redress for such grievous wrongs, unless he puts himself in a state of nature, and acts both as judge and executioner; and then the law will condemn him for defending that reputation which itself refuses to protect. Nay, I have been told by men of gravity and eminence in their profession, that you may call a woman a whore, and that she can obtain no remedy for the abuse, unless she can prove that she has sustained particular damage from the shocking imputation of incontinence.
Are such laws calculated for the good regulation of civilized societies, which regard our fame no far-
ther than its prejudice affects our interest? The primary object of all laws should be to inspire a love and veneration of honour and virtue. Expressions which disturb our peace of mind, expose us to contempt, and torture us on the rack of shame, strike more horror to a feeling, generous soul, than poverty or death.
If those who use an unbecoming licence of speech, or were found guilty of obloquy and detraction, were branded with infamy, and obliged to make some servile submission to the party offended; and if under pain of some heavy penalty, men were compelled to submit their private resentments to public decision, such regulations would contribute greatly to promote an amendment of manners, and prevent the mischiefs which proceed from the hasty fury of virtuous pride, which disdains to appeal to others to redress its wrongs.
LETTER from Count TESSIN to his Royal pupil GUSTAVUS, Prince of SWEDEN.
MOST men are born with a taste or passion for some peculiar object: But it appears more obviously in Princes, as they are best able to indulge it. Some are fond of paintings, some of medals, some of books, and others of natural curiosities. Were I equal to the design, I would certainly make a collection of honest men; but it is above the power of a private man, and only fit for the cabinet of a King. Beside, it would require the skill of a perfect connoisseur; for it is a kind of ware frequently counterfeited with great art.
What an infinite satisfaction, and pleasing variety, would it afford, to be possessed of men of all complexions, figures, and occupations, even to the very lowest rank of mortals! If, as in other collections, they were to be bought according to their real value, I believe we should find many a great man, like some gold and silver medals, worth but a small sum, and many a poor vassal, like some brass ones, of great price: For virtue is not very delicate in the choice of her habitation; she is often satisfied with a thatched roof over her head.
What thinks your Royal Highness of such an assembly? Would it not be a singular happiness to see one's self surrounded with sincerity, honesty, and honour? But I am of opinion that the Prince who would make such a collection must be himself the chief piece in the cabinet; otherwise there would be great reason to doubt of his ability in chusing. I should have no fear but that the desire of being admitted would make all the world grow honest, our volumes of law become waste paper, and our Judges idle men: Perhaps also some sort of learning would lose its utility.
The various passions of mankind are, alas! but too evidently the sources of almost an universal deluge of evil; but I am, by no means, of that sect who believe it a necessary cement of society. Be this as it will, your Royal Highness may safely begin your collection without the least fear of its growing too numerous, any more than the entire extinction of the supposed necessary sparks of vice.
We have a common proverb, which says, "Tell me his companions, and I shall know the man." Proverbs do not concern the common people only. Kings and Princes have often reason to blush at the morality they contain, and ought, in prudence, not to despise them, lest men should imagine they had not read the bible, in which, we find, the very wisest of Kings used this energetic method of writing.
Mankind have undoubtedly a right to judge of our morals by those of our companions. He that associates with men of loose principles will deservedly be thought little better than his company, be his own actions, in reality, ever so blameless. I confess there are some cases in which a private subject is obliged to bear with the vices of particular men: I mean our own relations, or those of our friends. Common civility will also engage us to receive visits from, and converse with, people whose dispositions are as opposite to ours as fire is to water. In short, our situation in life, and the laws of neighbourhood, frequently leave us not at liberty in the choice of our acquaintance; therefore this proverb cannot be applied to private men, without some exceptions; but a King has the power of a free choice among all his subjects; and for that reason mankind will infallibly judge of his sense and principles by the honesty and abilities of those whom he honours with his confidence, and employs in affairs of importance. If the people have a bad opinion of his Ministers, their best
endeavours will fall short of the end proposed. If justice be not impartially administered, the people grow licentious, and the reproach will fall upon the King. If the Generals of his army be not expeditious, prudent, and resolute, his troops behave ill, and he will bear the blame.
You, my dear Sir, are the joy and hope of our kingdom. Endeavour, therefore, betimes to correct and improve your judgment. All wise men apply themselves to some peculiar study: That of a Prince is the knowledge of mankind.
Though we do not build with our own hands, yet when the house is finished we are answerable for every fault that appears either in the design, or execution: When your Royal Highness advances a little further into the spacious field of history, you will find innumerable instances where posterity have formed their judgment of Princes, not so much from their own actions as from those of the instruments of their power. One of the best rules to direct you in your choice is to prefer such men as are most universally esteemed: You will reap the praise, and your kingdom will be happy. But if, on the contrary, you suffer men of ill fame to assume the helm, the commander, though ever so skilful, will be severely censured for committing the management of his ship to ignorant or treacherous seamen, and those who have entrusted him with their merchandise, will live in continual apprehension of the consequence.
My design is not, by any means, to deprive the least subject of his Sovereign's favour; but a King may be extremely mild and humane without entrusting the welfare of his people to dishonest or unexperienced men.
My dearest Prince! I lay my heart open to your severest examination. Age and business have indeed impaired my strength and intellects; but this heart of mine, old as it is, burns still with true zeal for my King and country; and which, in spite of time or fortune, nothing but the grave shall extinguish. I do not envy those who surpass me in youth and vivacity, the honour of their seats near the King, and in his Council. It is enough for me that my grey head be counted among those who have served his Majesty, and their country, faithfully; and that I be allowed the comfort of reposing my weary limbs under the shadow of his wings, who will, one day, be the chief ornament and happiness of Sweden.
CHARACTER of a good LAWYER.
SUCH a one must be a man of virtue, and the strictest probity, with an equitable heart as well as a reasoning head, that thinks nothing profitable that is not honest, who is perfectly conversant in the municipal laws of his own country, as well as the universal principles of natural justice, who makes the practice of the law a noble, a liberal profession, not a grovelling, mercenary trade, who exerts all the generous powers and faculties of his soul in the ever honoured cause of truth; but when he discovers the least intended imposition, the least fraud, falsehood, or chicanery, detests the notion; that it is his duty to employ his skill and his eloquence in defence of wickedness, and to serve his client, be he right or wrong. In points of nicety and doubt he will advance, with modesty and candour, every argument that his learning and knowledge suggest to him in favour of his client; but he will not assert what he knows to be false, he will not misstate facts, he will not (according to the law phrase) cook up his pleadings with scurrility, scandal, prolixity, and impertinence; he will not for his own lucrative purposes, or to gratify his own malice, or to force the adversary party into an unreasonable composition, be a propagator of underhand defamation, and insidious calumny, or a prompter of discord, hatred, and animosity, between neighbours, friends, and the nearest relations; and he will, in all his practice, keep clear of the shameful crimes of barretty, champerty, and maintenance; he will not, for the sake of appearing with a large bundle of papers, and making an ostentatious parade of great business, or to feed his own avarice, multiply his pleadings with useless charges and invectives, which he knows must, in the end, be hurtful to his client; he will endeavour rather to cool than inflame the passions of the parties, and he will never be averse to the recommending peace upon reasonable and equitable terms, as his experience and observation will convince him of the fallibility of the ablest mens opinions in matters of doubt and difficulty. In short, to be a good lawyer, he must be not only a man of extensive knowledge, and deep

learning, but, what is far more essential, he must be a man of honour, of truth, and of the strictest virtue; or rather, he must be born with a beneficent and humane bosom. Such, there is the greatest reason to believe, most of the Gentlemen now in the profession really are, and such, who are not so, will, it is to be hoped, not have it in their power to do much mischief, as they certainly will be treated, not only by their brethren, but likewise by the Judges, with the contempt and abhorrence that they deserve.
A second LETTER from Count TESSIN to his Royal pupil GUSTAVUS, Prince of SWEDEN.
Y OUR Royal Highness hath had a Governor many years, but perhaps without ever once having had leisure to enquire into the meaning of his title, or extent of his duty. We derive our word Governor from the French Gouverneur, which originally signified a pilot, or he that stands at the helm of a ship, and whose business it is to bring those who have entrusted him with their lives safe to land.
One part of a Governor's duty is to preserve the health of his pupil, that his strength of body may encrease with his years, and his life be extended to its greatest possible length. It is in compliance with this duty that I am now and then obliged to thwart your inclinations; which, though it should offend you at present, I flatter myself you will live to pardon. But to preserve your health, and prolong your life, is not, alone, sufficient. A Governor must be equally assiduous to render life happy: But real happiness can, by no possibility, grow from any root, except that of religion, which must, therefore, be carefully planted in the heart.
The first thing we should learn when we quit the cradle, is, to whom we are indebted for our being; that we are no less than the work of the Almighty. We then, most naturally, ask in what manner we are to express our gratitude, to worship and obey him. I cannot forbear acknowledging that your Royal Highness hath most cheerfully fulfilled these principal duties; and I verily believe that Sweden may thank your tender voice for many of the blessings she now enjoys.
After we have imbibed a true knowledge and fear of our Creator, the natural depravity of our hearts requires the immediate assistance of morality, which ought to tread upon the heels of faith: But to gain our early affections, it is necessary she should make her first appearance in her very gayest apparel. Tales, fables, similes, and the like, are commonly the ornaments in which she attracts our first attention; and as the first impressions are generally the strongest, this agreeable dress may, not without reason, be supposed, to make us, ever after, prejudiced in her favour. It is with morality as with a cheerful sensible friend: We like him first for his agreeable qualities, and afterwards, for his solid virtues. Morality, in like manner, keeps pace with our age: Whilst we are young and gay, she is all alacrity; but gradually assumes a face of gravity as we grow old and serious.
History is our next study. A wise man will use his endeavours to be well acquainted with the house he is to inhabit. He will enquire into the nature and situation of the building, the character and economy of his predecessors. A comedian, who is ambitious to shine in his profession, must be well acquainted with the history of the stage: He must inform himself in what manner other actors have played, and by what means they gained applause. What is man but a player? And the world but a theatre? On which no one will appear who hath not had a predecessor in the same character, whose example may be of service to him.
Religion, morality, and history, are the first and most important branches of education: But as the minds of youth require frequent relaxation, and are capable of receiving great variety of impressions, it is thought necessary to interrupt our serious studies with more trivial learning and bodily exercise, part of which is intended to give us a certain politeness of behaviour required in the society with our fellow-creatures, and part to divest us of our natural stiffness, and teach us the graceful use of our limbs.
Thus far the general duties of a Governor; who, in leaving his pupil thus instructed, certainly deserves praise and gratitude. But this is far from being the extent of his duty who is entrusted with the education of a Royal Prince. Where another's duty ceases, his may properly be said to begin. When he hath taught the high born youth to be a man, he must then instruct him how to govern mankind.
The common duties of society are infinitely less extensive than those of a Sovereign Prince, whose Governor is not only, in some measure, answerable for the peculiar virtues of his Royal charge, but for the future felicity of nations, and sometimes of the whole world. A King hath often the fate of more than one nation in his power. Peace or war, happiness or misery to whole regions, are frequently the result of his counsels. But the more, and greater the virtues are that should adorn a Throne, the more subtle and stubborn are the vices which surround it. A man of common rank is sure to meet with many things in life to humble him. He will find more men ready to
reproach him with his faults, than to excuse and encourage them. But a young Prince, who, from his cradle, lives in a constant circle of flattery, falls much more easily into the vice of pride; a vice that infallibly casts a cloud over all his virtues.
Other children are charged with their own vices; but, if those of a Prince be in question, the whole weight falls upon his Governor: And he who was thought the happiest of mortals; is often condemned to spend the sad remainder of his days in sorrow, to see that all his care, his trouble, his late and early watchings, have been employed to no effect.
Honour is not to him that plants and waters, but to him that giveth the encrease. This good Being hath been pleased to send so ample a blessing on the honest endeavours of those who have been appointed to watch over your early days, that we are without fear of reproach. You, my dear Sir, are now in the spring of your life. For Heaven's sake, be careful of your spotless and tender heart! that the approaching summer of manhood may ripen the precious fruit which the present promising blossom gives us reason to expect.
We have four different judgments to look for: First, that of their Majesties, whose own bright example will render us more severely answerable. Secondly, that of the nation; for which I expect more honour than I have deserved: For he that is blessed with a rich soil, needs employ but little pains and tillage. The third, and most competent judge, will be your Royal self. You, next to Heaven, are best acquainted with my heart. You, alone, can bear me witness, how often, and how earnestly, I have dared to admonish you in our private hours. You best know whether I have ever sown the least seed of evil in your heart. If I have done this, may the poisonous juice of the fruit it bears destroy my own soul! You are least ignorant in what degree my own life hath been blameless; and whether, by my example, you have ever been tempted to do ill. I therefore cheerfully submit myself to your severest examination, and will receive your judgment as a glorious reward for my past services. The fourth and last tribunal is that of the Omnipotent; where suffering innocence may expect to hear the unjust decrees of men repealed. I dare not call upon his justice; for I am but a man. I appeal to his infinite mercy, which I beseech him to send down upon my Royal pupil, that he may become the token of an everlasting covenant between his people and their God!
WILLIAMSBURG, December 24.
The Prince George, Capt. Sampson, from Bristol, is arrived in James river; but as she has had a passage of eleven weeks, she brings no news.
On Tuesday the 29th of this instant (December) will be HIRED, at King William courthouse,
ABOUT fifty NEGROES , belonging to Mr. Philip Johnson, consisting of men, women, and boys.—All persons who hired the said slaves for the last year are desired to send them to the said place, on the day above mentioned, well cloathed. It is expected that the money due for the hire will be punctually paid to the trustees, to prevent suits, which will be ordered against those who fail to make immediate payment.
To be SOLD, at the late dwellinghouse of Col. John Fleming, deceased, in Cumberland county, on Thursday the 21st of January next, if fair, if not, the next fair day,
ABOUT fifty choice SLAVES , among which is a good blacksmith, and several other valuable tradesmen, a flock of horses, cattle, and sheep, a large quantity of corn and fodder, plantation utensils, and several other useful articles. Twelve months credit will be allowed the purchasers, on giving bond and security; the bonds to carry interest from the date if not discharged when due.
THE EXECUTORS.
*** There is an exceeding fine PLANTATION to be rented any time before the sale.
To be SOLD, at public auction, on the premises, pursuant to the will of Mrs. Frances Arnot, deceased, on Wednesday the 20th of January,
THE PLANTATION and TRACT of LAND whereon Mrs. Arnot lately lived, lying on Black Creek, in New Kent county, containing 400 acres, whereon is a very good dwellinghouse, and several convenient outhouses, the situation very agreeable, and convenient to church, court, and mill, the soil good for tobacco, wheat, and corn, and the plantation in very good order for cropping. Twelve months credit will be given for one half the purchase money, and eighteen months credit for the other half, the purchaser giving bond, with good security, to
THE EXECUTORS.
STOLEN out of my pasture, in Falmouth, the 22d of October last, a bay horse about 4 feet and a half high, branded on the near buttock IcP, with white hairs on his wethers, and trots and paces. Whoever will deliver the said horse to me, in the Great Fork in Culpeper, or give me notice so that I may get him again, shall receive THIRTY SHILLINGS.
JAMES POLLARD.
TREASURY OFFICE, December 16, 1772.
I CANNOT sufficiently express my Astonishment that so little Punctuality was observed by many Collectors of the Duties and Taxes, as well as others indebted to the Treasury, in the Payments they ought to have made at the last General Court, and the late Meeting of the Merchants. I know it has been insinuated by some that I am inclined to be over rigorous; but let all such consider how very essential it is to the Honour of this great Country that the Credit of its public Treasury should be effectually maintained; and let them inform me how I am to answer the Demands of the public Creditors, and be prepared to exchange the Treasury Notes, unless the Duties and Taxes, imposed for these Purposes, are regularly collected and paid.
When I had the Honour of being first appointed to this Office, it is very well known how Matters stood: Many Collectors, largely indebted, were dead, and I found many innocent Securities unhappily involved in the greatest Difficulties. Under these Circumstances I judged it most adviseable to reduce Things to Order by Degrees, having Regard to the ultimate Security of the Public. By pursuing this Method I am convinced much has been saved; and I flatter myself it will be found that very few, if any Debts, will be lost which were not desperate before I had any Thing to do with them.
But Indulgencies of every Kind must now be at an End; and my Duty compels me to acquaint all concerned that I shall hold myself indispensably obliged, without Respect of Persons, to put the Laws into the strictest Execution against all such as continue in Arrear after the 25th of January next, when another general Meeting of the Merchants is expected; and that I shall, in future, after the End of every General Court, think it necessary to publish an exact List of every Defaulters. I desire the several Clerks to send me the proper Lists and Copies of the Collectors Bonds, given from Time to Time, that I may be prepared to enforce a Performance of the Conditions of them. I must also request the several HIGH SHERIFFS to make up their Accounts for their whole Counties at once; and, to avoid the Confusion that may be introduced into the Office by the Remissness of many Under-Sheriffs, as well as other Collectors, I declare, once for all, that I will receive no partial Payments.
RQ. C. NICHOLAS, TREASURER.
STOLEN from the subscriber's plantation, in Essex county, on the 10th or 12th of November last, a likely bay mare, about 4 feet 6 or 7 inches high, very forward with foal, has a dark hanging mane and switch tail, white hind legs, a star in her forehead, and on the back of her neck, about six or seven inches from her ears, has a white streak, which was occasioned by the cut of a rope, and is branded on the near buttock RQ. Also a fitty coloured horse, 4 years old last spring, about 4 feet 6 or 7 inches high, with a dark hanging mane and sprig tail, cannot recollect that he is branded, but if he is it is RW on one of his buttocks. Whoever will deliver the said horse and mare to me shall receive FIVE POUNDS, or FIFTY SHILLINGS for either, and TWENTY POUNDS if he prosecutes the thief to conviction, if a white man. ROBERT P. WARING.
RUN away from the subscriber, in Chesterfield, on Sunday the 22d of November, a New Negro fellow who calls himself BONNAUND, and says he came from a place of that name, in the Ibo country, in Africa; he is of small stature, and pitted with the smallpox; had on a new felt hat, new cotton waistcoat and breeches, new shoes, and black knit stockings. Whoever secures him so that I may get him shall receive TWENTY SHILLINGS , besides what the law allows.
RICHARD BOOKER.
FIVE POUNDS REWARD.
RUN away from the schooner Ocoquan , lying in Yeocomico river, a convict servant named James M c Lane , about 5 feet 10 inches high, of a bold countenance, well made, and wears his own long dark brown hair; had on a blue coat and waistcoat, leather breeches, and a pair of trousers, made of duck, over them, a castor hat, old shoes, a pair of sale stockings, and one white and one check shirt. Whoever conveys the said servant to me shall have the above reward either from Mr. Thomas Lawson, or JOHN TAYLOR.
TAKEN up, in Lunenburg, on Meherrin river, a small sorrel mare, about 4 feet 2 inches high, with a white mane and tail, a small star in her forehead, about 4 or 5 years old, neither docked nor branded, and trots naturally. Potted, and appraised to 5l. WILLIAM LOVE.

R UN away from the subscriber, on Friday the 4th of this instant ( December ) two Virginia born slaves, one of which is a very likely fellow, about 21 years of age, has run away before, and passed by the name of JOHN SCOT , but his proper name is JOE ; had on an old green sagathy coat, Virginia cloth waistcoat, oznabrig shirt, russia drill breeches, coarse ribbed stockings, and an old hat bound with white. The other is a low squat fellow, about 30 years old, named TONY , with his teeth out before; had on an old cotton jacket, oznabrig shirt, new cotton breeches, new felt hat, and a pair of new shoes. Whoever takes up the said Negroes, and brings them to me, or gives intelligence so that I may get them again, shall receive TWENTY SHILLINGS if taken in the colony, and THIRTY SHILLINGS if out thereof. RICHARD BROWDER.
T AKEN up, in Chesterfield , on Falling creek, a large sorrel horse, about 4 feet 10 or 11 inches high, branded on the near shoulder and buttock H, has some saddle spots, a small blaze down his face, and a snip on his nose, a hanging mane and short tail, his left hind foot white, and appears to be young. Pasted, and appraised to 12l. JOHN BRUMMALL.
T AKEN up, in Prince George , a small sorrel horse about 4 or 5 years old, 4 feet 4 inches high, with a hanging mane and switch tail, has a blaze face, and trots and paces well. Pasted, and appraised to 5l. 10s. ISHAM EPPES.
WILLIAMSBURG, December 11, 1772. P URSUANT to the Act of Assembly, we this Day repaired to the public Treasury, and, having examined the Treasurer's Accounts of the different Receipts and Payments since the last Settlement, and compared them with their proper Vouchers, find that they are all fairly and justly stated. The Balance due to the public Account appears to be one thousand one hundred and forty nine Pounds five Shillings and eight Pence three Farthings; the Balance due to the Fund of old Taxes we find to be ten thousand and fifty four Pounds thirteen Shillings and five Pence; the Balance due to the Fund of ten thousand Pounds, issued in 1769, we find to be nine thousand and ninety eight Pounds; and the Balance of the Taxes appropriated to the Redemption to the last thirty thousand Pounds, which have been received, to be five thousand nine hundred and forty seven Pounds eighteen Shillings and seven Pence. We have this Day burnt and destroyed of such Treasury Notes as are now redeemable, to the Amount of twenty thousand five hundred and thirteen Pounds nineteen Shillings. The several Balances which are still due to the Public the Treasurer produced to us, and they remain in his Hands to be accounted for at a future Day. JOHN RANDOLPH, JOHN BLAIR, BEN: WALLER, GEORGE WYTHE.
For SALE, upon very reasonable TERMS, T HE following TRACTS of LAND , viz. that pleasantly situated seat on James river, in Prince George county, called Maycox , opposite to Westover . This place, I presume, is so generally known that a more particular description of it would be unnecessary. Also a tract of 100 acres, in the same county, commonly called the Mill Quarter , about seven miles from Maycox ; the soil is good for Indian corn. A tract on Blackwater , containing 1000 acres, lying in Prince George county also, about twelve miles from Blandford ; the soil is very good for Indian corn and wheat. One other tract, containing about 1300 acres, lying partly in Prince George , and partly in Dinwiddie , one mile from Petersburg , and two from Blandford ; the soil is exceeding good for wheat and Indian corn. The two last mentioned tracts are in good order for cropping, with five or six hands. Also a tenement of 25 acres, adjoining the town of Petersburg , whereon is a dwellinghouse, kitchen, and all other necessary outhouses, also several lumber houses, and about four acres of meadow ground enclosed for pasture, which may be greatly improved at a small expence. This place is well calculated for a Gentleman in trade, having a very good landing, lies within 100 yards of Robert Bolling's tobacco warehouses, and on both sides of the main road leading to all the warehouses on Appomattox river. The two first mentioned tracts may be entered upon the first day of January , 1773; the others cannot be delivered till the first day of January , 1774, unless the purchasers will take the Negroes, flocks, &c. &c. thereon at their value. Any person inclinable to purchase either of the above mentioned tracts is desired to apply to the subscriber, living in Petersburg .
*** On Friday the 15th of January next, if fair, if not, the next fair day, will be sold, to the highest bidder, at the subscriber's plantation on Sappony creek, in Dinwiddie county, about twenty very likely NEGROES , consisting of men, women, boys, and girls, chiefly Virginia born. Twelve months credit will be allowed, the purchasers giving bond, and good security, and, if not punctually discharged, to carry interest from the date.
BOLLING STARK, Attorney for GEORGE M'MURDO, and JOHN RAVENSCROFT.
WILLIAMSBURG, December 15, 1772. I HAVE, JUST COME TO HAND, A LARGE SUPPLY OF DOCTOR NORRIS'S ANTIMONIAL DROPS, WHICH ARE TO BE SOLD AT MY SHOP. WILLIAM PASTEUR.
To be RENTED, and entered upon immediately, for the remainder of my term, being four years from the first of January next,
T HE large BRICK HOUSE on the main street in Williamsburg ; together with the WOODEN STORE and other improvements thereunto belonging. The whole rent I am under obligation to pay Doctor Carter is sixty pounds a year, and the store rents for fifteen pounds. RICHARD DAVIS.
To be LET, on Thursday the 14th of January next, at Warwick courthouse, being court day,
T HE building of a neat WOODEN CHURCH , for the parish of Warwick , of the following dimensions, to wit, fifty feet long, twenty four feet wide, and twenty feet pitch, to be well under pinned, painted, and the whole to be finished in the best manner. Further particulars relative to the undertaking, together with the payments, will be then made known to the undertaker, who is to give bond and security for the faithful performance of such undertaking.
WILLIAM LANGHORNE, THOMAS HAYNES, } Churchwardens.
NORFOLK, December 12, 1772. T HE subscriber has received (agreeable to bill of lading, by the Schooner Mulberry , Charles Rothery , master) from Messrs. Mease and Caldwell , of Philadelphia , four large CASES , and one TRUNK , for Mr. Thomas Walker , junior. As he is not acquainted with that Gentleman, he takes this method of informing him the goods are now in his warehouse. MATTHEW PHRIPP.
T AKEN up, in Brunswick , a sorrel horse, paces naturally, has a blaze face, branded on the near buttock A, and on the off buttock I. Pasted, and appraised to 9l. DAVID ROPER.
T AKEN up, in Chesterfield , a brindled heifer, marked with two smooth crops and underkeel in each ear. Pasted, and appraised to 1l. 15s. ISAAC LINCH.
W HEREAS I purchased of Mr. Thomas Owen , of Pittsylvania , 943 acres of land on Dan river, and 400 acres on Sandy river, in Pittsylvania , for which I gave the said Owen my bond for 290l. to be paid at three different payments; the first of which was in June , 1771, the second in October , 1771, which were accordingly paid, and five pounds on the last payment, for which I have receipts: And whereas the said Owen was to make me a good right and title to the lands at the second payment, but has not complied with his bond in that respect, and is now removed into North Carolina , this is therefore to acquaint the public that I will not pay the 95l. which remain of the last payment, until the said Owen makes me a good right and title to the whole land. SYLVESTER ADAMS.
R UN away from the subscriber, at Petersburg , about the middle of September last, a very likely Negro man named PHIL , about 20 years of age, of a yellowish complexion, about 5 feet 9 inches high, and proportionably made; he is a native of Africa , but speaks broken English , having been some years in the West Indies , and has lost two joints off two of his fingers on his right hand; had on an oznabrig shirt, an old Virginia cloth waistcoat, with a new Negro cotton jacket over it, and a pair of old check trousers. As he has been used to the sea, he will probably endeavour to get on board some ship, and make his escape out of the colony; all masters of vessels are therefore forewarned from harbouring or carrying him off, at their peril. I will give THREE POUNDS reward to any person who will deliver said slave to me, or to Mr. Hugh M c Mekin at Portsmouth , and FORTY SHILLINGS to secure him in any gaol, and give notice thereof. THOMAS GORDON.
T AKEN up, in Pittsylvania , a dark bay mare, with some white hairs in her face, three or four years old this spring, about 13 hands high, and branded on the off shoulder and buttock S. Also an iron grey mare, neither docked nor branded. Pasted, and appraised to 10l. each. CHARLES DUNCAN.
C OMMITTED to the gaol of Prince George a Negro man about 30 years old, 5 feet 6 inches high, and says he came from Barbados with Capt. Atkinson . He has two blankets, three oznabrig shirts, three pair of trowsers, a cotton waistcoat without sleeves, a striped Virginia cloth jacket, and a pair of plaid hose. Whoever owns the said Negro is desired to take him away, and pay charges. HENRY BATTE.
JOSEPH FAULKS , the noted performer in HORSEMANSHIP , who has exhibited in different parts of Virginia , and gave great satisfaction, intends performing at Gloucester courthouse, near John Fox , Esquire's, on Saturday the 26th and Monday the 28th instant ( December ) at one o'clock.
FALLS of POTOWMACK, Sept. 10, 1772. I THE subscriber and the manufacturer of SNUFF and TOBACCO , who formerly resided at Bladenburg , in Maryland , and at this time have a quantity of very good old snuff by me, grown better by age, which I would willingly dispose of by wholesale on very reasonable terms; that is, in such a manner as to allow the purchaser a very good profit in retailing it. Those who incline to become customers to me may be furnished with any quantity on notice given, and it shall either be packed in Weston's or Kippen's bottles, or in country made pots, agreeable to orders. From my own observation, patriotism in Virginia and Maryland is not so dormant but it may be awakened by a proper application to a person's real interest; and I am convinced that many Gentlemen, through choice, and taste likewise, would prefer mine to foreign snuff, provided they could be furnished with it in their own neighbourhood; which induces me to think that the Gentlemen merchants can have no objections to procure it for them, when I can assure them that customary commissions will be allowed them, or that they will have a sufficient profit in retailing it. However, such Gentlemen as would take one dozen bottles, or more, at a time, and lodge payment for the same with some merchant convenient to them, shall have it at my wholesale prices; and I will engage to deliver the same to their orders, at general landing places, on both sides of the rivers Potowmack and Rappahannock , and at Norfolk for Gentlemen on York and James rivers; they paying package and freight, the charge whereof will be very small, and shall not forget to recommend it to the care of their merchant. The prices will be as follows: For one dozen, or more, of snuff, commonly called plain Scotch , in Kippen's bottles, three dollars per dozen; in Weston's bottles five dollars per dozen; and in proportion for pots. Those who chuse it, may have the snuff packed in bulk, either in large pots of twelve to twenty pounds each, or in tight casks from thirty or forty pounds each, to four or five hundred pounds, at two shillings and eight pence, Maryland currency, per pound, payable in dollars, at seven shillings and six pence each, exclusive of the charge for pot or cask. I likewise make round high toast at two shillings and six pence, rappee at four shillings, and Spanish snuff at five shillings, Virginia currency, per pound, when six pounds, or more, are taken at a time. The two latter kinds, either plain or scented, at choice of the purchaser. I would gladly enforce an encouragement of my manufacture by a reiteration of my good opinion of the taste of the Gentlemen and Ladies of Virginia and Maryland , as well as of the readiness and willingness of the merchants to oblige them, by taking quantities of me for the purpose of retailing; and would recommend it to Gentlemen at a distance to give their orders to their merchant, who will forward them to me; all which orders shall be strictly and punctually complied with, both as to the kinds of snuff they may direct, and in every other respect. Those Gentlemen merchants who may receive snuff from me, to be distributed by them to Gentlemen in their neighbourhood, shall be entitled to 10 per cent. for their trouble; and I only request from them a remittance of the balance, after deducting their commissions. A collection of all orders that may be offered them is therefore desired, and their forwarding them to me immediately by post, or otherwise, will be acknowledged a particular favour. I would likewise furnish cut tobacco of two sorts, viz. shag and saffron; the first for chew, the latter for the pipe; provided orders of consequence enough to induce me to manufacture it are timely received. The price of each will be nine pence, Virginia currency, per pound, by the dozen, and in smaller quantities at ten pence per pound. I have now only to observe that those Ladies and Gentlemen who are not already acquainted with the quality of my snuff and tobacco (which I affirm to be good) may receive information from many Gentlemen concerning it, in most parts of Virginia and Maryland , who have heretofore had trial of both; and I wish for no other recommendation. I humbly conceive that the interest of the public is concerned in the encouragement of country manufactures, and I shall, in future, if properly supported by it, in this very useful branch of its commerce, gratefully acknowledge the favours that may be conferred on the public's very humble servant, RICHARD THOMPSON.
T AKEN up, in Loudoun , near Gum Spring meeting house, a sorrel mare, about 12 hands high, has a star in her forehead, branded on the right thigh H. Pasted, and appraised to 4l.—The taker up has since removed into Spotsylvania , where the owner is desired to come. DENNIS WRIGHT.
T AKEN up, in Charlotte , near Lancaster bridge, a small sorrel mare about two years old last spring, has a star in her forehead, but neither docked nor branded. Appraised to 4l. SAMUEL COMER.

PETERSBURG, November 30, 1772.
THIS is to give notice to all those Gentlemen who are concerned in shipping tobacco from Robert Bolling's warehouse, that they are desired to send their notes with the inspection, as they may depend that no tobacco will be delivered without both, as credit for inspection will never be had again during my continuance, on account of the disappointments I lately met with. I hope that due notice will be taken of this advertisement by all those Gentlemen concerned, as they may depend it will be strictly attended to by their humble servant,
GEORGE ARCHER.
To be SOLD, at Charlottesville, on Thursday the 14th of January next (being Albemarle court day) if fair, otherwise the next fair day.
SIXTEEN likely Virginia born SLAVES, being part of the late Col. Richard Johnson's estate. They consist of MEN, WOMEN, BOYS, and GIRLS. Credit will be given till the 25th of October next, the purchasers giving bond, with approved security. Those bonds which may remain unpaid any time exceeding one month after they become due, to carry interest from the date.
THE EXECUTORS.
GOOCHLAND, December 5, 1772.
STRAYED, or stolen, from Capt. Younghusband's, in September last, a roan horse, near 4 years old, 4 feet 6 inches and a half high, his head darker than his body, has a star in his face, both his hind feet white, has a scar on the top of his rump, occasioned by the bite of another horse, branded low on the near buttock W, and on the off buttock TP, paces altogether. Whoever gives information so that I get him again shall receive TWENTY SHILLINGS.
THOMAS PLEASANTS.
To be SOLD, to the highest bidder, on Tuesday the 29th of this instant (December) at Bedford courthouse.
TWO hundred and thirty acres of rich TOBACCO WOOD LAND, lying a little above Mead's mill, on Elk creek, in Bedford, about six miles from the courthouse. Six months credit will be allowed, on giving bond, with security, to
ROBERT DONALD.
JUST arrived, the Trimley, Capt. Page, with about seventy choice healthy SERVANTS, among whom are many tradesmen, viz. tailors, weavers, masons, a tallow chandler, shoemakers, carpenters, gardeners, a baker, a book-keeper, a schoolmaster, a mantua maker, with many farmers and labourers. The sale will commence at Leeds town, on Monday the 21st of December, and continue until all are sold. A reasonable credit will be allowed, on giving bond, with approved security, to
JAMES MILLS, and company.
THIRTY DOLLARS REWARD.
RUN away from the subscriber, on the 10th of October, an indented servant man named MATTHEW SAVAGE, Virginia born, and I am told several of his relations live near Williamsburg. He indented himself in Ireland, and came over from thence, in a ship with many Irish servants, to Baltimore town. I made a purchase of all the healthy servants in the ship, and he was one of the number: But finding he was an American born, I would not sell him, but agreed to give him liberty to hire himself, in order to raise the sum of 25l. Maryland currency, on the payment of which I agreed to give up his indentures. He appeared to be very thankful, as I had not treated him as a common servant, and promised to be very industrious, to raise the money for his freedom; and in order to get him employed, I gave him a letter to a relation of mine, who was building a mill, to employ him, and sent by him a bolting cloth for the mill, value eight pounds, but I have never since heard of him, or the bolting cloth. He is about 5 feet 9 inches high, well set, about 45 years of age, of a ruddy complexion, wears his own black hair, talks much of his abilities in the management of indigo, and says he was overseer for Colonel Byrd, at one of his indigo plantations. He had on, and took with him, a grey bear-skin coat, black plush breeches, a pair of black worsted stockings, two or three pair of thread ditto, green cloth trowsers, and other apparel, which I cannot exactly describe. Whoever will take up the said servant, and deliver him to the subscriber, in George Town, Frederick county, Maryland, shall receive the above reward.
WILLIAM DEAKINS, jun.
STRAYED, or stolen, from my pasture, a blooded bay mare, 12 hands and a half high, branded on the left buttock TN, has a long switch tail, and long mane hanging on the left side of her neck, with a snip or white on her upper lip, trots altogether, and is rather cathamed. Whoever brings the said mare to me shall receive TWENTY SHILLINGS.
JAMES SOUTHALL.
HANOVER TOWN, December 7, 1772.
AS I have just opened TAVERN in the house lately occupied by my father, Thomas Tinsley, in the said town, and intend keeping as good or the best entertainment in the colony, I shall be much obliged to those who will favour me with their custom, as they may depend on being genteelly entertained.
CRUTCHFIELD TINSLEY.
I HAVE a new BRIG under charter for Madeira that will sail by the middle of next month. Those Gentlemen who have any freight to come from thence will very much oblige me by sending their orders in time.
MATTHEW PHRIPP.
FREDERICKSBURG, December 1, 1772.
HAVING still a very large assortment of European and other GOODS on hand, suited to both fall and spring, I would willingly lump off the whole, or in parcels assorted, at a very low advance, for cash, tobacco, bills of exchange, or at short credit with security. Mean time I will sell them in small parcels, or by retail, at 50 per cent. advance, on first sterling cost (by real invoice) for ready money, or tobacco. Among the above is a full assortment of RUGS and BLANKETS of almost all kinds and prices, striped DUFFILS of various prices, and COVERLIDS.—I must earnestly request all those whose bonds and accounts are due to make speedy payments, and save me from the disagreeable necessity I am under of putting to immediate diligence all bonds and accounts over due that are not paid this fall, or very early next spring, and that without respect to persons. The Gentlemen and others indebted, by paying particular attention to this, will very greatly oblige
GEORGE MITCHELL.
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 COLDEN, Secretary.
WE the subscribers take this method of informing the public that a stage is now carried on between Philadelphia and Baltimore, by the way of Wilmington and Charles Town. The advantages that will attend this stage, we hope, will induce every person that wants a quick dispatch to Baltimore to favour us with their custom. As Wilmington is situated on Christiana, two miles from Delaware river, and Charles Town, on North East river, eight from the mouth of Elk river, we shall never be detained by contrary winds, which is frequently the case with other stages. Foudrey and Bush's stage leaves the Crooked Billet wharf, in Philadelphia, every Wednesday, and returns every Friday: Patrick Hamilton's stage waggon leaves Charles Town every Thursday, and returns every Friday from Wilmington; and his packet leaves Charles Town every Saturday, and returns every Wednesday. Passengers pay from Philadelphia to Wilmington two shillings; from Wilmington to Charles Town five shillings; from Charles Town to Baltimore four shillings. Goods are received in Philadelphia by Messieurs Edwards and Marris, Chestnut street wharf.
PATRICK HAMILTON, FOUDREY AND BUSH.
FOR SALE.
ABOUT eleven hundred ACRES OF LAND, lying in Orange county, thirty miles from Fredericksburg, on the road to the courthouse. For particulars enquire of Capt. Reubin Daniel, who is empowered to treat for the same. The land may be laid off in parcels, as best suit the purchasers. An indisputable title will be made, and twelve months credit allowed.
GEORGE DANIEL.
FOR SALE.
A VALUABLE tract of LAND in Hanover county, adjoining the seat of Mr. John Skelton, containing 337 acres, on which are necessary houses for a plantation, in good order for cropping; there is on the said land a fine place for a meadow, a creek running through it. Likewise a good apple and peach orchard. Credit will be given till June for one hundred and fifty pounds, and June twelvemonth the balance, with bond, and approved security. I likewise propose selling the place I purchased of Mr. Smith, the tract containing 212 acres, with a good dwellinghouse, kitchen, storehouse, stable, barn, &c. The terms may be known by applying to the subscriber. I also beg the favour of those indebted to me to make payment; and those who have any demands are desired to make them known.
JOHN THORNTON.
To be SOLD, at public auction, at Fredericksburg, on the 29th of this instant (December) if fair, otherwise next fair day.
THIRTY SIX choice SLAVES, among which are, an exceeding valuable COACHMAN, 28 years old, and an elderly, but very valuable, HOUSE SERVANT, capable of waiting on a Gentleman's person, managing a garden and stud, and long used to drive a coach. Credit will be allowed till the 25th of April for one half, and till the 25th of October for the other, bearing interest from the sale; the purchasers to procure the engagement of some merchant, of my acquaintance, to pay the money by the last days of each General Court, and give bond themselves, to
JAMES MERCER.
NORFOLK, November 24, 1772.
THE subscriber, having convenient stores for the reception of GOODS, still continues to receive and sell goods, at public and private sale, on commission, and begs leave to inform the public that the greatest punctuality will be observed in payment of the proceeds at any juncture. He also begs leave to return his employers and friends his most hearty thanks for their favours heretofore received, and hopes for a continuance of their custom so long as they find him punctual, which shall be his constant endeavour to abide by.
GEORGE KELLY, V. M.
To be SOLD, by the proprietors, at public vendue on the first day of April, 1773, together, or in parts as may best suit the purchasers, for cash, or short credit.
THE OXFORD FORGE, or BLOOMERY, in Bedford county, with all the lands thereunto belonging, being 6000 acres, well timbered, advantageously situated for coaling, the stream is good, there are several banks of ore, sufficient for any number of iron works the owner or owners may think proper to erect. The quality of the iron that has already been made in the bloomery, or blooming way, is not inferior to any on the continent. There are two seats for furnaces, the farthest not exceeding a quarter of a mile from the ore banks; and we can venture to assure any person or persons, that may incline to purchase, that a furnace may be built at either of the said places as cheap, and carried on at as small expence, as at any place in America. Pig or bar iron may be exported at a small expence, as the forge lies within one mile of James river, which affords an easy carriage within six or seven miles of navigation. The country in which the said works are situated is very extensive, and as there are no iron works to intercept their market, the demand for iron will be very great. A considerable part of the said lands is very capable of farming, or planting. There is also a large quantity of meadow ground. The terms of sale may be known by applying either to Robert Harper, of Berkeley county, Thomas James, late of Carlisle ironworks, in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, or to Benjamin Etledge, on the premises, who will shew the lands, &c. Indisputable titles will be made the purchasers.
ROBERT HARPER, THOMAS JAMES.
N. B. There is an exceeding good sawmill within a hundred yards of the forge, with sundry conveniences for mills of any other kind, which the purchaser may think proper to erect.
ALL persons having demands against the estate of Sarah McAndree, deceased, are desired to apply for payment before the last day of January next, as I purpose selling the estate at that time.
JACOB BRUCE, Executor.
WARWICK, November 1, 1772.
THE subscriber has for sale about five thousand acres of LAND, lying in different parts of Pittsylvania county, and mostly upon Smith's river, the soil of which is well calculated either for making tobacco or hemp. The terms may be known by applying to John Rowland, who lives near the land, and will shew it to any person inclining to purchase.
PATRICK HUNTER.
WARWICK, October 25, 1772.
AS the store formerly kept by Alexander Stewart at Rocky Ridge, for James and Robert Donald, and company, is now broke up, and the debts put into my hands to collect, all those indebted for dealings there are desired to pay off their accounts immediately, or settle their balances by bond; and those who have any demands against the store are desired to apply to me for payment.
PATRICK HUNTER.
Who has for sale a TRACT of LAND lying on the forks of Roanoke, in Mecklenburg county, containing about 600 acres, on which is an exceeding good dwellinghouse, storehouse, and other necessary buildings, as also several valuable improvements. As the land lies within sixteen miles of the courthouse, and eighty from Petersburg, it would answer any person very well who intends keeping a back store.
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