The Virginia gazette (Williamsburg, Va.), 1774-12-01 00:00:00

VIRGINIA
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JOHN PINKNEY, CLEMENTINA RIND'S CHILDREN.
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NANSEMOND, November 19, 1774.
To Mr. PINKNEY.
SIR,
THIS county committee being informed that Mr. Anthony Warwick had lately imported into this county, from on board the ship Rofs, captain Boyd, from Britain, a chest of East India tea, and that Mr. Michael Wallace, in the said ship, had imported half a chest, and the same was landed at Milner's warehouse, in this county, the said Warwick and Wallace being called on, came before the committee this day, and, on an enquiry, we find the facts to be, that the said ship Rofs arrived in Elizabeth river, in the county of Norfolk, with the said tea on board, that application being made to the said Warwick and Wallace (then at Norfolk) by some of the committee of that county to have the tea landed there, they objected thereto, and said, by the bills of lading the tea was to be landed at Milner's, in Nansemond, that they insisted it should be delivered there, and that they would then inform the committee of Nansemond, and deliver it up to them.
It appears to this committee that the tea was landed at Milner's a few days after taken from the ship, but does not appear that any information was then made to the said committee by either of them, agreeable to their promise. A few days after that, the tea arrived at Milner's. The said Warwick and Wallace attended at a meeting of the merchants in Williamsburg, where one of the committee of Nansemond demanded of Mr. Warwick if he had imported any tea in that ship, and where it was: He readily answered that he had imported a chest of tea, with other goods, designed for a store in Carolina, and that it was sent to that store in his absence, but was willing that the same should be brought back and delivered up to the committee of Nansemond, and that they might do with it as they pleased, and did give orders accordingly to bring back the said tea. Mr. Wallace then declared that he had imported half a chest of tea in the said ship, and that it was then in his store at Milner's, ready to be delivered to the committee. The said Warwick and Wallace have this day, before the said committee, promised, on their honour, to keep the tea safe, ready to be delivered up to the committee when required, and that none of it shall be sold or used until the association shall be dissolved, and they both have this day voluntarily signed the association agreed to by the general congress, and declared they were well pleased therewith, and that they would strictly adhere thereto, and seemed sorry that their intentions should be misconstrued, as they never did intend to secret the said tea.
By order of the committee.
JOHN GREGORY, clerk of the committee.
MR. PINKNEY,
OPEN TO ALL PARTIES is your motto: Encouraged by it, I have enclosed you a piece addressed to the person who signs himself A CUSTOMER in the paper of the 10th ultimo, which I beg may appear in your next gazette.
AN ENEMY to NONSENSE.
WHAT could possess you, stupid dunce, To write in rhyme and prose at once?
In rhyme you halt, in prose you lie,
Which one may see with half an eye;
But lest you shou'd deny th' assertion,
I'll prove it, just for my diversion:
The priest, for six months, had but half;
Is that the WHOLE, you senseless calf?
Inspect the vestry book, and see
Who tells a lie, sir, you, or me!
But see the frothy coxcomb fret,
And cry, judge, judge, oh! judge the set!
For what? Answer, I pray thee, true:
Was it because they chose not you
To fill the only vacant place,
And sign thereby their own disgrace?
It was—I guess'd the matter right,
That 'twas for this you shew'd your spite.
Must then a man, of worth indeed,
To coxcombs false pretence recede?
Shall upstarts, from a vulgar race,
Before their betters, dare take place?
And ev'ry chap, quite void of sense,
Whose only merit's impudence,
And fortune not a single sixpence,
Who, leagu'd with ten, makes twenty verses,
Scarce fit, by G—d, to wipe our a—s,
Think to possess what he calls honours,
And baulk'd, fall foul upon the donors?
Regard, ye vestrymen, as bellows,
The prating of such idle fellows;
They serve to blow the flame, 'tis true,
A flame which never can scorch you;
Let mushroom wits, of an hour,
Consume, and fret, look crabbed, four,
* With expletives, strive for to do,
Do any thing but herd with you;
For me, whene'er I shew my face
Among so scandalous a race,
May I—may you, by magic spell,
Dear parson, sink me down to Hell!
* A non-sensical line, in the style of a L—r.
MR. PINKNEY,
Please to insert the following lines, and you will oblige
A CUSTOMER.
A SIMILE for young BACHELORS.
As when a mouse, that quits her cell,
Attracted by the tempting smell
Of dainties cleanly Nan has drest,
And guared for tomorrow's feast,
Unfortunately meets her fate,
By sliding thro' the wiry grate,
To gain the well dissembled bait,
So fond youth, whose easy heart
Falls a quick prey to Delia's art,
Despairs, impatient, till his rage
Finds entrance into wedlock's cage,
Then cancels all the vows he swore,
And wonders how he could adore,
Like mus laments lost liberty,
And the same fate must set him free.
OF GENERAL GAGE.
As the character of a man who has accepted so odious an office as that in which we at present see general GAGE will naturally be extremely misrepresented and disfigured, the following ESSAY towards it, by a person who has long known him, cannot be unacceptable to the public; it shall be given with the strictest regard to candour and truth.
GENERAL GAGE had the misfortune to be born of a family, almost time out of mind, the appurtenance of a court; from them he imbibed strong propensities, not only in favour of the sacredness and infallibility of kings, but of ministers; from them he was taught to think but lightly of the rights of the people at large, and to consider their complaints rather as indecorums than objects of concern and deference. He received the rudiments of education at one of the public schools, where, unhappily, the history, transactions, laws, and constitution of our own country, are totally neglected, some acquaintance with which is certainly of more importance than the being able to scan the flattering verifiers of Augustus's age. From thence he was removed to a French academy, where what is taught is more calculated to give air and fashion to a man of the world than to qualify him for the office and duty of a citizen; it consists in little attainments (undoubtedly becoming a gentleman), but it neither inspires sentiment nor bestows the knowledge necessary to an Englishman and member of a free community. He came into the army early, but here, too, he was unlucky: Instead of taking his post in the line as a common officer, he was attached to the person of a court general, a general so totally destitute of every quality of a soldier that it is universally allowed had he not been a courtier he never could have arrived beyond the degree of a recruiting serjeant. In such a school as this so enlarged, generous, political sentiments, could possibly be gleaned, whereas the common officers of marching regiments, uncontaminated by attendance on the persons of court minions, have frequently a very liberal way of thinking on this great subject.
General Gage is not a man of brilliant parts; but has what the world calls a plain, good understanding, that sort of understanding which, had he given it fair play, by keeping good company, was capable of being dilated to a respectable size. By keeping good company, I mean, conversing with sensible men and sensible books; but by neglecting these points, he has, perhaps, reduced it below its natural standard; for wit, like other things, from want of proper exercise and stimulation, is apt to contract and grow blunt. I have now been so extremely free respecting this gentleman's connections and education, that I may expect some credit with regard to his personal virtues, and the natural qualities of his heart, and here I am afraid I shall want language to do him justice: As a friend, he is warm, earnest, zealous, and steady; as a companion, he is easy, social, unaffected, and complaisant; as a husband and father, he is gentle, indulgent, and affectionate; as a gentleman, he is punctilious, veracious, and well bred; and as a man, he is just, charitable, and benevolent.
When we consider, therefore, general Gage in his public and private capacity, a contrariety of passions fills our breasts, the effects of which are disagreeable be-
yond description; indignation, compassion, contempt, and respect, alternately reign. In contemplating the office, abstract of the man, we execrate and despise him; in contemplating the man, abstract of the office, we love and reverence him. Thus have an unhappy education, unhappy connections, but above all, the arts of a most corrupt and wicked court, metamorphosed a man, intended by nature to be one of the ornaments of the human race, into the object of every virtuous citizen's detestation.
* L'ingannare, il mentir, la frode, il furto, E la rapina di pietà vestita, Crescer col danno e precipizio altrui, E far a se de l'altrui biasmo onorè, Son la virtù di quella corte infida,
is the exact description of the court of Great Britain.
There is no doubt but that all the tricks of this court have been played off upon general Gage, the craft of Mansfield, the plausibility of North, and the same calumnies of the cabinet (which duped Chatham, and en- snared poor Yorke to his destruction) have been employed to seduce him into the odious office he at present holds. A man of a bad character would not, they thought, have answered their purposes so well, as a fair reputation in the agent frequently sanctifies the iniquity of the principal.
The awkward and ridiculous figure he makes demonstrates that he has not a single attribute for the works of villainy. Had we been blessed with upright, able ministers, a Sully, a Pitt, or a Panin, it is more than probable that general Gage would have been a favourite, and there is less doubt that he would have executed their plans of rectitude with credit, ability, and success.
* Deceit, lying, fraud, and the spirit of plundering, rapine cloaked in the garb of piety, building their fortunes on the losses and ruin of other men, taking credit to themselves from the infamy of others, are the virtues of this infamous court.
NEW YORK, November 14
HIS majesty has been pleased to appoint colonel Guy Johnson superintendent of Indian affairs, in the northern district of North America, in the room of sir William Johnson, deceased.
His excellency general Gage has ordered the victualing office to be immediately removed from this city to Boston.
The camp at Boston, under the command of his excellency general Gage, was to break up as last Wednesday; when the last troops from this place, and those from Quebec, were then to disembark from the transports, and all march into quarters in one day.
We have not the least reason to imagine that the packets will be ordered from this port for Boston, at least, the post masters general, nor the agents for the packets here, have no such accounts.
NEW YORK, committee chamber, November 7, 1774.
“WHEREAS at the late continental congress, held at Philadelphia, it was resolved that a committee be chosen in every county, city, and town, by those who are qualified to vote for representatives in the legislature, whose business it shall be attentively to observe the conduct of all persons touching the association entered into by the members of the said congress, in the name and on the behalf of themselves and their respective constituents, and when it shall be made to appear to the satisfaction of the majority of any such committee, that any person within the limits of their appointment has violated the said association, that such majority do forthwith cause the truth of the case to be published in the gazette; to the end that all such foes to the rights of British America may be publicly known, and universally contemned, as the enemies of American liberty, and that thenceforth the parties to the said association will respectively break off all dealings with him or her.”
Which said resolve of the congress being this day taken into consideration by the committee of correspondence of this city of New York, they do hereby recommend to the freeholders and freemen of the said city to assemble together at the usual places of election, in their several wards, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, on Friday the 18th day of this instant November, then and there to elect and appoint eight fit persons in each respective ward to be a committee of inspection for the purpose expressed in the said resolve of the congress.
By order of the committee. ISAAC LOW, Ch.
An account has been received by way of Canada, that captain Lord, commanding a detachment of his majesty's Royal regiment of Ireland, at the Caskaskies, in the Illinois country, with three of his men, were fired upon, killed and scalped by the Indians; the particulars we have not been able as yet to procure.
This week it is said the Pennsylvania assembly is summoned to meet, in consequence of a letter from the right honourable lord Dartmouth, to his honour governor Penn; in which it is desired that the members would state the grievances of the people, in order to their being laid

the king; we are told that his lordship has written the same purport to the other governors in
The 10th and 52d regiments, are arrived from Quebec at Boston.
An estimate of the number of souls, in the following provinces, made in congress, September 1774.
In Massachusetts, 400,000. New Hampshire, 150,000. Rhode Island, 59,678. Connecticut, 192,000. New York, 250,000. New Jersey, 130,000. Pennsylvania, including the lower counties, 350,000. Maryland, 320,000. Virginia, 650,000. North Carolina, 300,000. South Carolina, 225,000.—Total 3,026,678.
On Thursday morning last was launched from the ship yard of Mr. Thomas Cheeseman, the MARIA WILHELMINA, one of the largest and best built ships ever produced in America. It is computed that there were upwards of 12,000 people at this launch, who testified their happiness by the loudest acclamations, on seeing so large a vessel floating in our river.
The general assembly of Connecticut have chosen Eliphalet Dyer, Roger Sherman, Silas Deane, Titus Hosmer, and Jonathan Sturgis, esquires, to be their delegates at the next continental congress, the 10th of May.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 15. A RESPECTABLE number of the inhabitants of the city of Philadelphia, pursuant to a notice in the Pennsylvania Packet, on Thursday last, met for the consideration of such matter
upon, previous to the election of a committee on Tuesday next. After some debate, it was unanimously voted that the election be by ballot; whereupon a plan for that purpose was read, amended, and unanimously approved.
The company met, then took into their consideration, whether the committee should be chosen for the city and county jointly, or whether the city and suburbs should choose a separate committee; and after some debate,
Voted unanimously, that the city and suburbs shall choose a committee, to act for themselves distinct from the county.
Voted unanimously, that this committee do consist of sixty persons.
Voted unanimously, that the committee of sixty, proposed to be elected on Saturday next, for the city and suburbs, shall be and continue in office until the close of the sessions of general congress, intended to be held next spring, and until two weeks afterwards, and no longer.
Voted unanimously, that the following gentlemen be appointed and requested to take care that the election for inspectors is held in the several wards respectively, and in the suburbs, agreeable to the plan of election, to wit:
 Upper Delaware ward. Jacob Bright, Philip Moore.  Lower Delaware ward. John Knowles, John Duffield.  Mulberry ward. Isaac Melchior, Jacob Winey.  North ward. Isaac Howell, Rd. Humphreys.  Chesnut ward. William Bradford, Joseph Dean.  Middle ward. John Howard, Samuel Simpson.  Walnut ward. Adam Hubley, John Taylor.  South ward. George Claypoole, Sharp Dulany.  High Street. W. Hollinghead, John Bayard.  Dock ward. Captain Donnell, William Jackson.  Northern Liberties. Joseph Thatcher, W. Masters.  Southward. Arthur Donaldson, Thomas Penrose. 
THE PLAN, &c.
An inspector shall be chosen in each ward in the city; one for the district of Southwark, and one for that part of the Northern Liberties which lies eastward of Fourth Street continued, and southward of the creek whereon Master's mill is erected, including also that part of Kensington to the eastward of the street leading from Frankford road to the bridge over Gunner's run, and to the southward of that run. For this purpose the freeholders and others, qualified to vote for members of the general assembly in each ward, shall meet on Thursday next, at the place where the ward election for inspectors was held at the last election, between the hours of two and five in the afternoon. That part of the Northern Liberties before described, at the Northern Liberty Beerhouse; Southwark, to meet at the sign of the Blue Bell (Mr. Pattons)
The inspectors so chosen shall meet at the state-house on Saturday morning next at nine o'clock, and choose three reputable freeholders, to preside as judges at the election, and they shall, before they proceed in the said election, solemnly declare upon their honour, that they will superintend this election during the continuance of it, and conduct it as near as may be, according to the act of assembly for regulating of elections, &c. passed 15 G. 2. And if any person shall offer a vote, who is not known to some one of them to have a right to vote, they will require of him, instead of an oath, a solemn declaration, upon honour, of his right to vote for members of general assembly, and inform him at the same time, that if it shall hereafter appear, that he has declared falsely, he shall be publicly advertised in the newspapers, as having abused and insulted his distressed country.
Judges and clerks who shall assist at the proposed election, shall also make a solemn declaration, upon honour, faithfully perform their duty according to their judgment.
Inspectors shall then proceed to receive the votes of the freeholders qualified to vote for members of the general assembly within the limits aforesaid; and having received all such votes as shall be offered, shall, about eight o'clock in the evening, give the usual notice, that the election will be closed in half an hour, and shall close it accordingly. They shall then carefully proceed to count off the tickets, in order justly to determine who are duly elected to be of the said committee, and having determined it, shall make out three complete lists of the committee so chosen, and deliver one to Mr. John Dunlap, one to Messrs. William and Thomas Bradford, and one to Messrs. Hall and Sellers, to be published in their newspapers, with a request to the committee so chosen, to meet at the state-house on Thursday the 17th instant, at three o'clock in the afternoon, and proceed on the duty for which they are appointed.
By the following advertisement, taken from the Annapolis paper, we are fully convinced how strictly the inhabitants of Maryland are determined to adhere to the resolves of the congress.
"The jockey club of Annapolis being doubtful whether the running of the races, advertised in the gazette, to commence on the 15th instant (November) might not be an infringement of the eighth resolution of the general congress, have directed public notice to be given, that notwithstanding the said races would have concluded the jockey club subscription, neither that nor any other will be run for."
EXTRACTS from Thomas's BOSTON JOURNAL, of November 3.
By captain Tomlinson, arrived at Newport from London, we have intelligence that on the 10th of September, but have room only to mention that a draughts had been made, to comply with their full compliment of men immediately.
The Spaniards are uncommonly busy in fitting out a fleet of war. That 12,000 men have sailed from Seville for America. That it was thought France and Spain would attack the American colonies, and take advantage of the present disputes between us and the mother country. That the members of the bill of rights society, have recommended to the independent electors of Great Britain, to restore to America the right of taxation by representatives of their own free choice. That the acts passed in view of the present state of affairs, are given to the general market, and that the militia forces are about to be called out. That a child was strangled at New Bedford last week.
A correspondent has sent us the following, viz. "A fresh evidence has been given us of the partial disposition of the servile tools of a corrupt administration. Last Saturday, a ship belonging to a Scotchman, and one of the venerable body of addressers, was going to sea, from this harbour, and was boarded by the admiral's boat, who brought her to, on finding several barrels of potash and oil, and having detained her two hours, permitted her to go out contrary to the act of parliament. Last Monday captain Hood in a ship belonging to John Hancock, esquire, came to anchor in Nantasket road, having on board the smallpox, but did not anchor in Salem or Marblehead, it being disagreeable to the inhabitants. The admiral was acquainted with the particular circumstances of this affair, and gave orders to one of the captains of the ships of war to seize the said ship if she did not depart in six hours."
Another correspondent says the following is a fact, viz. One of the addressers, and protestors, the ninth in the list, being bound on a journey to Quebec, fearing the just resentment of the country, prudently bought a large wig and altered his name to Robert Wolf, and passed through the country in that false manner.
Extract of a letter from London, dated September 3.
"The tools of administration are at present more than usually calm; a calm that perhaps may be only a prelude to a storm; they are anxiously waiting to hear the result of the congress, and judging of the Americans, by themselves, were so sanguine in their expectations that the terror of their armaments would frighten you into submission to their edicts, that they cannot erase the idea, but still expect you to be in their power. An express was sent to general Gage, who had a private conference, but the result is not known. It was proposed to him to go with the 10th and 71st regiments to America, or the 3d regiment to the guards, &c. and that Sir William Draper is appointed a governor, and is going with troops (it is supposed) to New York. Mansfield is gone to France, many think, to concert measures with the French court against America, or to bring in the pretender; it is whispered that the friends at court will themselves invite him, and lay the blame on the Americans; a similar conduct has been pursued with regard to the Indians, and with some of your colony disputes about patents and boundaries."
"Many of your friends here are horribly afraid that some of the baits laid by the ministry to enslave you will succeed. It is said many of your leading men will be tempted by lucrative places, as agents or contractors for government, in the purchase of wheat and other necessary articles; which, beside raising domestic enemies (the most dangerous of any) among yourselves, will answer the double purpose of reducing you to poverty (in the midst of plenty) and then to slavery. Besides, it is proposed to lay many tempting advantages in the way of those who join in the scheme, from which all others are to be excluded; in short, your virtue will be tried to the utmost, by those whose long practice and experience in all the arts of corruption, will be but too likely to ensnare them success, and will make it necessary to exert your utmost vigilance to guard against deception, and especially that you be not betrayed by those in whom you may confide among yourselves."
There are not fifty addressers of the late governor Hutchinson but what have recanted, and wilhed the address to the devil.
Extract of a letter from London, dated August 27.
"I add these few lines to assure you that the ministry have extended the influence of the treasury to America. People have been consulted here to know who are the fittest objects of bribery, most powerful to create divisions among you. Warrants have been granted to the secretary of state, for America, expressly for secret services. What can it be for but to corrupt and divide?"
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in London to his correspondent in New York.
"Something is done, or intended to be done, by administration, to divide the principal merchants of New York. I do not know precisely the sum to be given, but you may risk your life upon it, that the treasury has been open to some of the leading men among you. The minister has taken great pains to learn who are best worth his purchase; you may guess who are his objects, by the actions and conduct of the slaves he has made. Watch them attentively, and you will find them out. They are of the first class with respect to family and fortune; be therefore on your guard, and trust only in the spirit of the people at large. Your committee disputes have been published in all the papers over and over, and have been disadvantageous to your cause. Lord Chatham and all your friends are anxiously concerned at your critical situation; but your unanimity, and the spirit and propriety of your resolutions, rejoiced the hearts of every friend to constitutional freedom, and has done the highest honour to America. Maintain your firmness and unanimity, and depend upon Heaven for success; hope nothing from the people here, but if you persevere, we shall soon join you by thousands. More and more daily espouse your cause, and I believe it will shortly be as much ours as yours. It will not be worth while to send here any deputies from the congress; they would only be insulted, and treated with contempt; but at home they may do all the business effectually. I expect 1500 respectable people, of considerable property, will shortly remove to reside in America, but the ministry, in order to discourage emigration, are endeavouring to make living there as uneasy as here, &c."
NEWPORT, October 31. We have certain intelligence by captain Tomlinson that the city of London has subscribed 5000l. sterling for the town of Boston, and expected they would make up 7000l. Last Thursday evening it being reported that a gentleman in this town had purchased a quantity of blankets to send to general governor Gage, a number of the inhabitants waited on him to enquire into the matter, when he informed them he had purchased about 40 pair for the use of his family, and that he would have given his word the people should not be disturbed in the store and shop where they had purchased them. This may be a warning to other merchants not to attempt to support our enemies. Bets of ten to one were laid in this town last night that the war between France and Spain, Great Britain and Portugal, will be declared within 4 months.
CHARLESTOWN (South Carolina) October 12.
ON Wednesday last the general committee of the colony chose a committee of enquiry to see if India teas from any place whatever be imported or landed here and ordered the following advertisement to be published in the gazette:
THE general committee most earnestly recommend and request of those inhabitants of this colony, who have not yet signed an agreement for non-consumption of India teas after the first day of November next, that they will subscribe the said agreement as soon as possible, for which purpose copies thereof will be lodged in the hands of the gentlemen who were chosen to represent the several parishes on the said committee.
Information having been this morning given to the chairman of the general committee that a day or two ago an order had been received by a gentleman in trade here for the immediate purchase of a very large quantity of gunpowder for exportation, and many of the inhabitants appearing to be greatly alarmed thereat, in order to quiet the minds of the people the said committee was assembled made every necessary enquiry, and came to the following resolutions, viz.
"That as it appeared to the said committee, upon enquiries they had made, that there is at present a scarcity of both arms and ammunition, so it is their opinion that it will be extremely imprudent, and might be attended with very bad consequences, to export of either."
"That the gentleman to whom the above mentioned order was sent, be therefore applied to, and requested to execute the same." (The gentleman being accorded for, he readily complied with the requisition.)
"That this committee do also advertise all the gentlemen in trade, and others, to forbear exporting or shipping for exportation any arms or ammunition whatever during the present scarcity, and gloomy appearance of public affairs. And,
"That the above resolves be forthwith made public. One of the reasons which induced the committee to come into the foregoing resolutions we may presume was, that the inhabitants of this colony, being always in a more peculiarly critical situation than those of any other, ought therefore never to be without the most ample supply of arms and ammunition, more especially at this time, when the extraordinary warlike preparations making by the Spaniards, both in Europe and America, particularly so near as at the Havanna, do not promise a long continuance of peace, but rather strongly point out to us a necessity of immediately preparing for the defence of this valuable country, by a diligent application to acquire a thorough knowledge of the use of arms and discipline, which might easily be obtained, without materially interfering with business, by devoting every Saturday afternoon to training, instead of confining, ourselves to the very letter of the militia law."
NEWPORT, November 7.
WE hear the postage of the letters brought from New York last post, and carried in the mail for Boston, last Friday, amounts to upwards of thirteen hundred dollars.
There are now three independent military companies completely equipped and disciplined in the town of Providence. In Pawtuxet there is a company called the Pawtuxet Rangers; in East Greenwich a large company, called the Kentish Guards. These five companies are reckoned equal to any regulars. There is one company lately formed in this town by the name of Light Infantry, and a Cadet company is now forming with great spirit. A company is forming in North Providence, another in South Kingstown. A few days past the militia of Little Compton mustered, when there were about 200 men, under arms, equipped fit for action. In short, there is now such a martial spirit running through the country, that it is thought, by next April, North America will be the best disciplined of any country in the world.
A liberty pole, 85 feet high, is erected in South Kingstown; the particulars, sent us by a son of liberty, will be in our next.
Friday se'nnight several transports, with troops from Quebec, arrived at Boston.
The night before last arrived here Robert Treat Paine, esquire, one of the Massachusetts delegates; and yesterday the honourable Samuel Waid, esquire, one of this

colony's delegates, came to town from his seat in West- erly, having arrived there from Philadelphia last Friday; the honourable Samuel Hopkins, esquire, the other dele- gate for this colony, the three others for Massachusetts, and the two for New Hampshire, are gone home through the country. The Connecticut delegates have returned, and made their report to the general assembly, who unanimously approved of the proceedings of the congress, and sent orders into the different towns for a strict com- pliance therewith.
Last Saturday there were two large Popes, &c. carried about this town, in commemoration of the gunpowder plot. On one of the stages, besides the Devil and Pope, were exhibited the effigies of lord North, and that old traitor T. Hutchinson, which afforded great satisfaction to all friends of liberty in this place. In the evening the images were burnt, and with them a pamphlet with these words wrote on the cover: "Lord Dartmouth's pamph- let, in justification of popery, sent over to the colonies." This pamphlet was burnt to convince his lordship that his patronage will by no means sanctify such villainous productions; the tendency of which, the good people of America can see into as clearly as any of St. James's cabal.
The same day arrived the Rose man of war, captain Wallace, from Boston, being stationed here for the winter.
A CARD.
AN ASSOCIATION OF PROTESTANT SCHOOL BOYS pre- sent their compliments to Mr. Timothy, and request the favour of him (by inserting this card in his next gazette) to GIVE PUBLIC NOTICE to the GENTLEMEN and LADIES of this town, that as they have resolved not to use any INDIA TEAS after the first day of November next, the said ASSOCIATION propose to have the honour of waiting upon them on that day, to request the gift of all such TEAS as may then remain in their houses, towards making a BONFIRE on the memorable 24th day of the said month, commonly called GUNPOWDER PLOT DAY; when the old custom is intended to be revived, of exhibiting a piece of peaseantry, to show their abhorrence and detestation of the pope, pretender, &c. and such of their adherents as would overturn the GOOD OLD ENGLISH CONSTITUTION.
AN AMERICAN PARODY on the old song of "RULE BRITANNIA."
W HEN Britons first by Heaven's command, Arose from out the azure main, This was the charter of the land, And guardian angels sung this strain. Rule Britannia, rule the waves, Britons never will be slaves. To spread bright freedom's gentle sway, Your isle too narrow for its bound, We trac'd wild ocean's trackless way, And here a safe asylum found. Rule Britannia, rule the waves, But rule us justly, not like slaves. While we were simple, you grew great; Now swell'd with luxury and pride, You pierce our peaceful, free retreat, And haste to enslave with giant stride. Rule Britannia, rule the waves, But rule us justly, not like slaves. Thee boughtly tyrants ne'er could tame; All their attempts to pull thee down, Did but arouse thy generous flame, And work their woe, and thy renown. Rule Britannia, rule the waves, Britons then would ne'er be slaves. Let us, your sons, by freedom warm'd, Your own example keep in view, Gainst TYRANNY be ever arm'd, Tho' we our TYRANT find in you. Rule Britannia, rule the waves, But never make your children slaves. With justice and with wisdom reign, We then with thee will firmly join, To make thee mistress of the main, And ev'ry shore it circles thine. Rule Britannia, rule the waves, But ne'er degrade your sons to slaves. When life glides slowly through thy veins, We'll then our filial fondness prove, Bound only by the welcome chains Of duty, gratitude, and love. Rule Britannia, rule the waves, But never make your children slaves. Our youth shall prop thy tot'ring age; Our vigour nerve thy feeble arm: In vain thy foes shall spend their rage, We'll shield thee safe from ev'ry harm. Rule Britannia, rule the waves, But never make your children slaves. For thee we'll toil with cheerful heart, We'll labour, but we will be free, Our growth and strength to thee impart; And all our treasures bring to thee. Rule Britannia, rule the waves, We're subjects, but we're not your slaves.
WILLIAMSBURG.
AT A GENERAL MEETING of the freeholders of JAMES CITY county, convened on Friday the 25th of November, at the house of Mr. Itham Allen, in order to elect a committee pursuant to a resolution of the AMERICAN CONTINENTAL CONGRESS:
The ASSOCIATION entered into by the CONGRESS being publicly read, the freeholders, and other inhabi- tants of the county, that they might testify to the world their concurrence and hearty approbation of the measures adopted by that respectable body, very cordially acceded thereto, and did bind and oblige themselves, by the sa- cred ties of virtue, honour, and love to their country, strictly and inviolably to observe and keep the same, in every PARTICULAR.
The better to secure a due observance of the ASSO- CIATION, the FREEHOLDERS then proceeded to the choice of a committee, and elected into that office the following gentlemen, viz.
Robert Carter Nicholas, esquire, Mr. William Nor- vill, colonel Philip Johnson, major Dudley Richardson, Mr. William Spratley, colonel Richard Taliaferro, Mr. John Cooper, colonel Nathaniel Burwell, Mr. Lewis Burwell, junr. Mr. Champion Travis, Mr. Joseph Eg- gleston, major Thurston James, Mr. John Stringer, cap- tain Charles Barham, captain Richardson Henley, Mr. Thomas Cowles, captain John Walker, Mr. Hudson Allen, Mr. Cary Wilkinson, Mr. Edward Harris, Mr. John Harris, Mr. William Barrett, Mr. John Warbur- ton, Mr. Sylvanus Prince, Mr. Robert Higginson, Mr. William Hankin, captain John Lightfoot, and Mr. Thomas Doncastle.
Robert Carter Nicholas, esquire, was unanimously chosen chairman, and Mr. John Nicholas, junr. clerk of the committee.
It was agreed, that the resolutions of the GENERAL CONGRESS should be referred to on every occasion of difficulty, and that those resolutions ought to be consi- dered by the committee, and the whole country, as the sole rule of their conduct, in all matters respecting their present political engagements.
The business of the day having been carried on with the greatest harmony and decorum, and being concluded, the following toasts were proposed, and drank with much cheerfulness:
THE KING. May his majesty long and gloriously reign in the hearts of his free and loyal American subjects.
The QUEEN, and all the ROYAL FAMILY.
His excellency the GOVERNOR and his LADY, and prosperity to VIRGINIA.
A speedy, honourable, and happy reconciliation to GREAT BRITAIN and AMERICA.
The good bishop of ST. ASAPH.
Lord CHATHAM.
Lord CAMPDEN.
Those AMERICANS, and FRIENDS to AMERICA, who preferred to parliament, and there endeavoured to support, petitions against the Bos- ton Port Bill.
Our friends and fellow subjects of Boston, and all other defenders of AMERICAN FREEDOM, upon the true principles of our excellent con- stitution.
All those WORTHIES, of whatever clime or country, who are friends to the just RIGHTS and LIBERTIES of MANKIND.
Unfeigned thanks and gratitude to the WORTHY MEMBERS of the late CONTINENTAL CONGRESS: May the wisdom of their counsels, and their unswerved endeavours to preserve the RIGHTS and LIBERTIES of AMERICA, be held in lasting remembrance; and may they be crowned with success.
This respectful tribute being paid, the company partook of an agreea- ble, though frugal, repast, and then every one returned home in proper time.
Published by order of the general meeting.
JOHN NICHOLAS, Junior, Cl. Com. J. C. C.
Yesterday being the day nominated for the choice of a mayor to represent this city for the ensuing year, colonel JOHN DIXON was appointed to that respectable office.
The Two Sitters, captain Fisher, from Liverpool, are hourly expected.
MR. PINKNEY;
YOU are requested to give the following a place in your paper as soon as possible.
ALEXIS.
TO CONSTANTIA.
CONSTANTIA, come at HYMEN's call,
Nor yet regard the rising blush;
Before love's shrine devoutly fall,
While chaste desires thy beauties flush.
You hesitate: You won't; you will;
Alas! your lover's in despair;
CONSTANTIA, either cure or kill;
Does cruelty become the FAIR?
Did not your faithful, honest swain,
While he a hopeless flame pursu'd,
Long undergo a world of pain,
With Job-like patience well endu'd?
Since mercy, sure, is thine of choice,
Reverce PHILANDER's wretched fate;
CONSTANTIA, come; for CUPID's voice
Wou'd whisper you, make haste and mate!
By constant drops of rain, 'tis said,
The hardest flints in time dissolve;
Or is your mind more barb'rous made,
No kind intreaties can resolve?
No, surely, no; CONSTANTIA is not steel;
The virtuous maid, with pity mov'd,
Does for her swain some friendship feel;
And has at last his suit approv'd.
Since now the stars have turn'd your mind,
And you have promis'd him your hand;
While yet you feel their influence kind,
Why thus, as tho' indiff'rent, stand?
Another moon, perhaps, may quite deface
That tie which now your heart connects,
And from your mind soft passions chace;
I ken the dear, inconstant sex.
Then quick to HYMEN's fane retreat,
While tender thoughts conspire to please,
While yet with warmth your pulses beat,
Give, give PHILANDER instant ease.
The longest term allotted man,
Alas! how soon it fleets away!
E'en four score years is but a span;
Then why will you thus, loit'ring, stay?
Consider how precarious fate,
How scant is human growth, how soon
Is short-liv'd beauty out of date,
And then how quick comes on our noon!
Old age and pain will come apace,
Rank enemies to soft desires;
They'll plough up furrows in thy face,
And quite extinguish gentle fires.
Haste, then, CONSTANTIA, while the rose,
With crimson die, bepaints thy cheek;
While youthful blood with vigour flows,
The matrimonial pleasure seek.
Then make him blest, while in your pow'r,
The present time, and that alone;
But not one small succeeding hour
Mankind may nominate their own.
Possess'd of him who shares thy heart,
Oh! may the guardian Gods consent
That your two minds may never part,
That all your days in peace are spent!
ALL persons who ship tobacco from Cabin Point, are desired to send the money with their notes, or their tobacco will not be delivered, as the disappointments we met with last meeting of the merchants, has given us sufficient caution not to trust the inspection money out.
PUTNEY & HOWARD.
R UN away, on the 1st of September, a very likely Virginia born Negro slave named GABRIEL, by trade a weaver, about 26 or 27 years of age, 5 feet 6 or 7 inches high, is very black, and has a cast with one of his eyes. He was formerly the property of Doctor Seymour, of this county, and was much scarified on his back with whipping, before I purchased him. He is fond of reading, and plays well on the violin. His dress was a brown Virginia fustian coat, with white metal buttons, and blue plains waistcoat; but he carried with him a variety of other cloaths. I understand he has a forged pass, and imagine he will endea- vour to pass for a free man. All masters of vessels are hereby forbid carrying him out of the colony. I will give a reward of 20s. if he be taken in this county, 40s. if in any adjacent county, and 10s. if out of the colony. The above slave is outlawed. JOHN FOX.
FREDERICKSBURG, November 23, 1774.
THE subscriber has just received by the last ships from London and Liverpool a general assortment of GOODS, which he will dispose of, at his store in this place, upon the most reasonable terms for ready money, tobacco, wheat, flour, corn, &c. As he intends to leave the colony as soon as possible after the ensuing April general court, he in the mean time earnestly requests all those indebted to him to be as speedy as possible in their payments. Those who cannot immediately pay, he hopes will by no means have any objection to giving their bonds, in order that he may be enabled properly to settle his affairs before his departure.
WILLIAM PORTER.
To be SOLD, at BREM'S, on Monday the 19th of December next, if fair, if not, the next fair day,
ALL the HOUSEHOLD and KITCHEN FURNITURE, 6 or 8 valuable work HORSES, with the stock of CATTLE, HOGS, and SHEEP, belonging to the estate of colonel Eustace Cooke, deceased; also the present crop of CORN and FODDER made on the plantation. Credit will be allowed on all sums above 40s. till the 25th of October next, the purchaser giving bond and security to
GEORGE WEBB, Executor.
To be SOLD, on Thursday the 29th of December, if fair, otherwise next fair day, at the late dwellinghouse of Mary Booker, deceased, in Glou- cester county,
ALL her personal ESTATE, consisting of HOUSEHOLD and KITCHEN FURNITURE, flocks of CATTLE, HORSES, SHEEP, and HOGS, the crop of CORN and FODDER, with the PLANTATION TOOLS, &c. Six months credit will be allowed the purchaser, on bond and good security. The bonds to carry interest from the date, if not paid when they become due. Those who have demands a- gainst the said estate, are desired to send in their accounts, properly proved, to
THE EXECUTOR.
THE DISTILLERY at Alexandria, in Virginia, with other im- provements, to be LET for a term of years. Enquire of Mr. William Holt, at Williamsburg, William Davies, esquire, at Norfolk, Mr. George Gilpin, or Messieurs Marger & Horsborne, at Alexandria, Mr. John Cornibaut, at Baltimore, or of Daniel Roberdeau, esquire, at Phi- ladelphia. The distillery and improvements consist of a distillery built of stone, 71 feet by 39; a stone store 50 by 50, with granaries, in 2 stories above the ground floor, and a sail or rigging loft above, the whole length of the building; a molasses store, framed, that will contain 140 hog- heads; and a framed cooper's shop 16 by 23, with a suitable chimney. The distillery is furnished with two new stills about the same size, that will hold to work 2500 gallons; and the working cisterns, 20 in num- ber, will contain the same quantity each. It is also furnished with a third still, that contains to work 600 gallons, for low wines. Each of these stills have suitable worms and worm tubs. There is also a suitable low wine cistern, and 5 very ample return cisterns outside of the house, and under cover. The whole, and every part of the improvements, are entirely new, executed by workmen from Philadelphia, and the distillery under the immediate eye and direction of a gentleman of eminent capacity in distillation. The works are supplied with good cool water from an ample spring, by 2 pumps with brass chambers 6 inches diameter; and the cisterns are charged with two other pumps, with chambers of block tin of 5 inches diameter, through suction pipes of yellow poplar. All these pumps are worked by a horse, in an adjoining millhouse of large diameter, well constructed. There is also a woodyard, boarded 7 feet high, that will contain much more than necessary for the distillery, into which the wood may be thrown from the water. The whole of these improve- ments are situated in Alexandria, below the bank; the distillery on salt ground, and the cisterns fixed above the highest tide waters; the stores and yard on a wharf which, with the public wharf adjoining, of 66 feet, makes an extent of more than 200 feet in width, 156 feet of which run 300 feet into Potomack.
As it does not suit the owner of these improvements to remove his residence from Philadelphia, he will let them at a moderate rent, with a contract of 300 cords of ash wood yearly, for 5 years, cut into 4 foot lengths, and delivered on the Maryland shore, directly opposite to distillery, and so near the water as to render any carriage unnecessary. The heirs of Thomas Addison, esquire, deceased, at the rate of a u- per cord.
Any person inclining to lease the premises, may be furnished, speedy application, with about 160 hogheads of good, well ch- molasses, with indulgence for payment. Enquire as above.
OSBORN'S, November 18, 177.
R UN away from the subscriber, a Virginia born Negro fellow na- WALTON, 23 years of age, of a light complexion, middle si- has a pleasing countenance, his skin very smooth, one of his upper teeth is decayed, which it is likely he will pull out, his hair on the part of his head is cut short; he carried with him 4 shirts, 2 of them made, out of sheeting, 2 suits of cloaths, 1 of them made out of R drilling, the other a dark brown, made out of duffel, trimmed with buttons, a fustian coat, velvet cap, hat, and every thing suitable for a waitingman. As he is a very artful likely fellow he may endeavour pass for a free man; and I am doubtful he has got a pass from a Neg- mine who can write a good hand. This fellow has waited on me 3 years past, and always rode with me, so that he has a general acquai- ance; but as he was raised in Nansemonds, near the place called the Town, it is probable he is gone there, as his friends live in that nei- bourhood. Whoever will take up the said runaway, and bring him ho- shall have 31. or 30s. if committed to gaol. All persons are forbid harbour or carry the said fellow out of the colony. As he runs away without receiving any abuse, the taker-up will oblige me much by giving 10 lashes every 10 miles. PETERFIELD TRENT
To be SOLD, for ready money, on the premises, on the 16th of Decem- next, if fair, if not, the next fair day,
A VERY valuable tract of LAND, in the county of Fairfax, be- one half of a patent for 500 acres, which adjoins to the dwell- plantation of colonel John West in the said county, and contains be- than 250 acres, a great proportion of which is low grounds; the el- part thereof cleared, now under a crop of wheat, and well enclosed none of the high land is cleared. The convenience of this land, fr- its situation, is very considerable, its low grounds being formed by Pot- mick river and a small creek issuing out of the same, and its distance from Alexandria being only about 2 miles by water, and 4 by land. A deed the purchaser, for the said land, will be made by the executors of New- Keene, deceased, who has ordered the same, by his will, to be sold, a- by William Keene the heir at law of the said Newton. The purchaser m- pay for the wheat sowed on the land, and the expense of putting the sa- in the ground, and may have possession the first day of January next.
The 20 Negroes belonging to the estate of the said Newton Keene, lately advertised to be sold the 10th day of January next, will not be th- fold.
RICHARD LEE, Executors. DAVID BOYD,
YORK, November 12, 1774.
For SALE,
MY DWELLINGHOUSE, &c. in York town. Five years credit will be allowed, the purchaser giving bond (with approved security) bearing interest from the time the bargain is concluded upon.
J. H. NORTON.
NOVEMBER 1, 1774.
THE partnership of Amos Ladd and company being this day di- solved by consent, all persons having demands on the said company are to apply to Amos and James Ladd for payment, who have undertaken to discharge all demands against Amos Ladd and company. I intend soon to leave the colony. JOHN ATKINSON.
To be SOLD, on Monday the 26th day of this instant (November) if fair if not the next fair day, at Loudoun courthouse,
THIRTY likely NEGROES, consisting of men and women, boys and girls, among whom is a lad that has worked seven years at the blacksmith's business, some house women, who can sew, wash, iron, and spin, two very good wood gutters, having been used to cut and cord wood for a furnace, also a good cart or wagon driver. Credit will be given until the first day of May next, the purchasers giving bond, with security, to bear interest from the date, if not punctually discharged.
JOHN TURBERVILLE.
R UN away from the subscriber, near Prince Edward courthouse, about the 1st of October, a negro fellow named CESAR, formerly the property of Mr. David Copeland, of Cumberland county, of whom I pur- chased him. He is about 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high, and well made; had on, and carried with him, an upper jacket, made out of a blanket, and an under one, of negro cotton, without skirts, and pretty much wore, an osnabrig shirt, and a pair of blue velvet breeches, more than half wore. He had no shoes or stockings when he went off. As he was born and raised in Cumberland county, where he must have formed some connections, it is probable he may have gone that course. Whoever brings the said slave to me, or secures him in any goal, and informs me thereof, so that I get him again, shall receive twenty shillings reward, besides what the law allows.
ROBERT LAWSON.

STRAYED , or stolen, from the subscriber, at William and Mary college, on the 5th instant ( November ) a bay horse and mare, each of them nearly 14 hands high, with hanging manes and tails; the horse is somewhat chafed with harness across the breast, has a star in his forehead, shoe before, and his hoofs are much impaired by a founder, which occasions him to limp a little in his gait; his brand, if any, is not recollected. The mare is remarkably potbellied, which is increased at present by being with foal, is sluggish in her gait, and bends much on her haunches; I am not certain whether she has a brand; if any, believe it is R. 1. Whoever brings them to me at college, or gives me such information that I may procure them again, shall receive TEN SHILLINGS for his trouble. JAMES INNES.
To be SOLD , to the highest bidder, for ready money, at Albemarle courthouse on the 12th of January next,
SIX hundred and fifty acres of land, lying on Great and Little Buck Island creeks, in the said county, by virtue of a deed of trust from Roland Jones to William Clifton . We shall attend on the said land the day before court, to treat with any one that has a mind to purchase privately. ROLAND JONES. WILLIAM CLOPTON.
THE subscriber some time ago advertised in the neighbourhood of this place, that the business formerly transacted by him here, on account of Messieurs David Dalzell, George Oswald and company, and Oswald, Dennison, and company, of Glasgow , was declined by him on the 10th of January last, and committed to the management of Mr. John Gibson ; and as he intends soon to leave the colony, he requests all who have had dealings with him on account of either of the said companies, and have not already settled their accounts, to come immediately and settle with Mr. Gibson , who has transacted the business since the 10th of January last, and continues to carry it on. Those who have claims against the said company for transactions with them, are desired to apply to Mr. Gibson , that they may be adjusted. HECTOR ROSS.
WHEREAS I some time ago bought of Mr. John Tuitney 400 acres of land, in the county of Brunswick , and gave three several obligations for payment of the purchase money, which was 200l. in the proportions and at the times following, viz. 100l. in April last, and 50l. in April in the two succeeding years; and whereas I have been credibly informed that a suit in chancery is now depending in the general court, brought by the attorney general, against the said Thomas Tuitney and John Tuitney , in order to subject the said land to a judgment recovered by the king against the said Thomas Tuitney ; and I have been advised that before the determination of that suit my title will be insecure. In order, therefore, that no person may be deceived by taking assignments of the said bonds, I do hereby give notice that I will not pay the said purchase money, or any part of it, without being compelled to do so, until I can be satisfied that my title will not be evicted. LEWIS COLLIER.
JOHN GREEN , saddler and harnessmaker, in FREDERICKSBURG , gives his friends and the public notice that there never was a partnership between him and JOHN SORREL , as was supposed, though it was intended; but he, the said SORREL , not having a stock or credit sufficient for carrying on the said business, obliged me to part from him, which I did, after allowing him half the profits from the time of our commencement in the above business. I intend carrying on the business to its usual extent, and hope to give entire satisfaction to all those who may please to employ me. I return my most sincere thanks to those who have already favoured me with their custom, and hope, by affidavit, to gain their future favours. JOHN GREEN.
RUN away from the subscriber, living in Prince Edward , an Irish servant man named Thomas Noughton , about 5 feet 7 or 8 inches high, wears his own short light coloured hair, and has lost one of his fore teeth; had on a brown linen shirt and jacket, duffel breeches, a felt hat, and was bare foot. Also an apprentice lad named Anthony Wilson , 14 or 15 years of age, wears his own short light coloured hair, had on an osnabrig shirt, duffel breeches, a negro cotton coat, and was bare foot. Whoever secures the said runaways so that I get them again, shall have a reward of 4l. for the servant, 20s. for the apprentice, and, if brought home, all reasonable charges. All masters of vessels are hereby forewarned from carrying them out of the colony. JOHN THOMPSON, junior.
Just published, and to be SOLD , by the printer hereof, THE VIRGINIA ALMANACK , For the year of our 1774 .
For CHARLOTTE , THE BRIGANTINE , JONAS HERD , MASTER; BURTHEN about 240 hogheads, viz. 100 hogsheads, 100 barrels, 40 hogsheads. For terms apply to Norfolk, Nov. 5, 1774. GREENWOOD, BATSON, & MARSH.
To be disposed of, by the subscriber, in Dumfries , A PERSON that understands ENGRAVING in all its different branches; such as raising and making impressions on gold, silver, copper, brass, &c. likewise making small cuts of all kinds, coats of arms, cyphers and figures on plate, in the neatest manner. He has near seven years to serve. ANDREW LEITCH.
At a court held for Suffex county the 20th of October, 1774 . TWO writings purporting the last will and testament of HARTWELL MARABLE , late of this county, deceased, being found among his other papers, of different contents and dates, the court doth appoint December court next to determine which of those writings doth contain the true last will and testament of the said Marable , and that all persons interested may then attend, it is ordered that the same be published in the Virginia gazette . A. CLAIBORNE, C. S. C.
THE subscriber having with great pains and study acquired a knowledge in the cure of the BLOODY FLUX , and having, out of regard to my fellow creatures, communicated to the public, by dispersing many receipts, directing the patient what means and method he is to use, takes this method of acquainting the public that he will attend any patient, under 25 miles, at 20s. each patient; but if more than one in a family to be attended, his price will be more moderate, and expects no pay unless his patient survives the disorder. He believes himself to be capable of administering means for preventing the taking the disorder in families where it may be raging, which he will do at the moderate price of 10s. each person, and will attend patients at greater distances at a moderate expence, and on the conditions as above mentioned. THOMAS JOHNSON.
DUMFRIES, November 8, 1774. At a meeting of the JOCKY CLUB this day, resolved, that in conformity to the 8th article of the resolves of the GENERAL CONGRESS , the Dumfries races, that were advertised to be run the 29th of this month, be postponed. The gentlemen farmers that are fattening beeft, muttons, and veals, for our premiums, must, for the present, put up with honour and glory in place of the guineas that were intended for them. RICHARD GRAHAM, SECRETARY.
THERE was a hoghead of tobacco inspected at Rockey Ridge warehouse the 9th of August, 1769 , for Francis Smith , and entered on our book, number 1370, 1170, 80, 1090, nett. If not claimed in time, it will be sold according to law. SCOTT and PANKEY, Inspectors.
WILLIAMSBURG, November 9, 1774.  BEING informed that several gentlemen who have been pleased to favour my last scheme by subscribing to the encouragement of it, decline paying their money till they can receive a proper assurance that the said 1000 shall not be engrossed by merchants, or others, who may intend to retail to the subscribers of this colony at an advanced price, that I may give the fullest testimony of my inclinations to make the scheme as extensively useful as possible, I do hereby oblige myself to conform to any measures or regulations, that may be adopted to secure a preference and preemption to them of what shall be made at the intended works. Several gentlemen of credit have proposed a partnership with me, in order to prosecute a plan with greater success, and to a large extent; but not being able to advance any proportion of a common stock, my admission into partnership cannot be expected on such terms as would enable me to maintain my family, and draw a moderate profit to myself. If the subscribers should approve of my entering into a partnership, and applying their contributions as my part of the stock, I am persuaded it would be the likeliest means of expediting and carrying on the business with greater advantage to the community. However in this, as in every other measure, I shall cheerfully acquiesce in their determination. JAMES TAIT.
RUN away from the subscriber, in Dumfries , on the 21st of October , three servant men, viz.  JOSEPH FISHER , a convict and tailor, about 5 feet 6 or 7 inches high, dark visage, down look, and has a scar on his upper lip; had on a blue broadcloth coat and jacket, with metal buttons, white sullivan breeches, and pinchebeck buckles. WILLIAM BOOTH , a convict and tailor, about 5 feet 5 or 6 inches high, has a wooden leg, which he endeavours to hide with trousers, is pitted with the smallpox, of a dark complexion, and has very black hair. He has sundry clothes with him. PATRICK CREAMER , an indentured servant and tailor, about 21 years of age, 5 feet 5 or 6 inches high, and had on a bearkn coat, jacket, and breeches. Whoever takes up the said runaways, and delivers them to me, in Dumfries , or secures them so that I get them again, shall receive EIGHTEEN DOLLARS reward. ANDREW LEITCH.
To be SOLD , for ready money, by the executors of Newton Keene, deceased , pursuant to his last will, by public auction, to the highest bidder, on Monday the 19th of November next, if fair, otherwise the next fair day, at the place called Newgate , in the county of Loudoun ,
A TRACT of valuable LAND, lying in the said county, adjoining to the said place called Newgate , and partly bounded by the Mountain road , containing about 1400 acres; about 100 acres whereof are under a lease for one or two lives, at a small yearly rent. There is only one small plantation, and but very little ground cleared thereon. It has a considerable quantity of ground upon it, fit for improving into meadow, and is extremely well watered and timbered. This land is very conveniently situated, being only 25 miles from Alexandria , 23 from Dumfries , and 18 from Galeester , and has a merchant mill within less than a mile of it. Newgate is a very public place, and well situated for trade and public house keeping. Deeds will be executed on the day of sale. There will also be sold, by the said executors, for ready money, at public sale, on Monday the 9th of January next, if fair, otherwise the next fair day, at the late dwelling plantation of the said Newton Keene , in Norumberland county , TWENTY very likely VIRGINIA born
N E G R O E S , BELONGING TO HIS ESTATE. RICHARD LEE, DAVID BOYD, Executors.
THE death of Mr. Hugh McMakin , late of Norfolk , renders it absolutely necessary that the business carried on by him there, by Mr. Matthew Anderson in King & Queen , end by Mr. Christopher Pryor at Gloucester courthouse, be discontinued. All persons, therefore, who are indebted for dealings with either of these gentlemen, on account of Messieurs John McDouall and company, of Glasgow , are earnestly requested to discharge their respective balances immediately. Those who have it not in their power to make payment will, it is expected, grant bond. Messieurs Anderson and Pryor will give constant attendance for that purpose, who are authorized to receive and grant discharges. The goods on hand at King & Queen and Gloucester courthouse, amounting to about 1500l. sterling, will be sold, and the time of payment made as easy to the purchaser as the hardness of the times will admit of. As most of these goods were imported last spring, they are fresh, look well, and are tolerably well assorted. There are likewise on hand a cargo of goods, adapted for the present season, just imported in the Island , captain Danby , from London , and Juno , captain McCann , from Glasgow , amounting to between 1000l. and 1200l. sterling. For terms apply to Messieurs John Johnson and Archibald Gowan at Paget , Mr. Simon Fraser at Urbanna , Mr. Matthew Anderson in King & Queen , or to BENNETT BROWNE, Attorney in fact For Messieurs John McDowell and company .
RUN away, about the middle of September , a negro fellow named JACK , about 35 years old, and about 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high, blind of one eye, and is clothed as negroes generally are. TEN SHILLINGS will be given to any person that will bring him to me, near Williamsburg . ANDREW ESTAVE.
PURSUANT to a decree of the honourable the general court, and by letter of attorney from colonel George Mercer, of Virginia , now in London , will be sold, at public auction, about 3500 acres of LAND , in the county of Loudoun , near Wolf's ordinary, about 12 miles from Leesburg , 40 from Alexandria , and 35 from Dumfries , on Potomack . This land is well known by the description of the Bull Run Mountains , and is very fertile. Also 6500 acres on Shanandoah river, in the county of Frederick , opposite to Snicker's ordinary, and binding on the river about 7 miles. As this tract is part of a survey, one of the first in that part of the colony, its quality cannot be questioned; it is well watered, will admit of 2 mills on land streams, and others on the river. There are now in it 6 plantations, well improved for cropping, 110 slaves, and very large and choice stocks of horses (some of the dry breed) black cattle, hogs, and sheep, which, together with the crops of corn and wheat now growing (expected to be upwards of 2000 barrels, and 5000 bushels) will be sold, on the premises, on the 24th of November next, or next fair day. The Loudoun lands will be sold at Wolf's ordinary on the 21st day of the same month, and both tracts laid off in lots to suit every purchaser, who may see them by applying to Mr. Francis Peyton , living near the Loudoun lands, and Mr. William Dawson , who resides on the Shanandoah tract. Among the slaves are 2 good blacksmiths, 2 carpenters, and an exceeding truely and skilful waggoner. The aged black cattle and grown hogs will be fattened for slaughter. Purchasers above 25l. will be allowed credit for 12 months, on giving bond and security to the subscribers, who will be prepared to make conveyances. JOHN TAYLOR, GEORGE WASHINGTON.
FIFTY POUNDS REWARD.  N E W Y O R K, July 27, 1774.
WHEREAS on the 19th of June last past a certain JOSEPH THORP was entrusted with a considerable sum in half johannes, of nine penny weight, to be delivered by him at Quebec , and as he has not yet made his appearance there, with other suspicious circumstances, it is apprehended he is gone off with the money. He is a native of England , about 6 feet high, swarthy complexion, very dark, keen eyes, and pitted with the smallpox, of a slender make, stoops as he walks, talks rather slow, and has some small impediment in his speech. He lived some time in Boston , from whence he removed to Quebec , assuming the character of a merchant in both places; he was also once in trade in Newcastle, Virginia , and has a brother settled there. It is believed he went on board captain John F. Pym , for Albany , and took with him a blue caimir, and a dark brown cloth suit of clothes. Whoever secures the said Joseph Thorp in any of his majesty's gaoles on this continent shall be entitled to ten per cent. on the sum recovered, and the above reward of 50l. when convicted. Apply to Cuson and Seton of New York , Joseph Wharton, junior, of Philadelphia , Robert Christie of Baltimore , James Gibson and company of Virginia , John Bosfield of Quebec , Meliatiah Bourne, or John Rowe, of Boston . It is requested of those who may have seen this Joseph Thorp since the 19th of June last past, or know any thing of the route he has taken, that they convey the most early intelligence thereof to any of the above persons, or Greenwood, Risden, and Malls, in Norfolk , or to Mr. Robert Pleasants and company , at Four Mile creek, Henrico county ; the favour will be gratefully acknowledged. All masters of vessels are forewarned from taking him off the continent.
NORFOLK, October 4, 1774.  THE directors of the LIGHTHOUSE are desirous to engage immediately with some person to carry a quantity of stone from Cape Henry to the place whereon the lighthouse is to be fixed, about one mile and a half distance. BASSETT MOSELEY.
TAKEN up, on Appomattox river, near the upper bridge, in Prince Edward , a bay mare, about 4 feet 2 inches and a half high, has a star in her forehead, about 6 years old, her left eye is what is called a glass eye, all of her feet are white intermixed with black spots, has a sup on her nose, and branded on each buttock 8. Potted, and appraised to 4l. WILLIAM HALL.
TAKEN up in Spotsylvania , 4 sheep, viz. one ram, marked with a swallow fork in each ear; one ewe, marked with a crop, slit, and underknee in the right, and crop and underknee in the left; one wether, marked with a crop and slit in the right, and a crop in the left ear; the other is a lamb, unmarked. All the above sheep are white. Potted, and appraised to 1l. 18s. WILLIAM CARTER.
TAKEN up, in Tork county , 7 unmarked fows; one of them white, two spotted, three grifled, and one black. Potted, and appraised to 3l. 10s. JOHN CHISMAN, senior.
TAKEN up, on Deep Creek , in Cumberland , a bay mare, about 4 feet 6 inches high, about 5 years old, a switch tail, and no brand perceivable. Potted, and appraised to 12l. JACOB MAGHE.
TAKEN up, near Great Guinea creek, in Cumberland , an iron grey mare colt, 4 feet 2 inches high, neither docked or branded, has a white spot on her left buttock, and a blaze inner face; potted, and appraised to 2l. 10s. Also a forrel mare colt, 4 feet high, neither docked or branded, her left hind foot white, and has a blaze in her face. Appraised to 2l. HARTWELL MACON.
TAKEN up, in Amelia , a bay mare, about 10 or 11 years old, between 4 feet 8 and 9 inches high, switch mane and tail, a star in her forehead, her near hind foot white, and a small part of her near fore foot, several saddle spots on her back, and no perceivable brand. Potted, and appraised to 11l. Apply to the subscriber in Prince George county . JOHN THWEAT.
TAKEN up, in Halifax , on Sandy Creek , a black mare, about 4 feet 6 inches high, branded on the near buttock O, and on the near shoulder f, in which some white hairs are grown out, has a half crop in her right ear, a star in her forehead, some saddle spots, a short tail, and hanging mane, trots indifferently, and appears to be old. Appraised to 5l. THOMAS DIXON.
TAKEN up, in Orange , a small flea bitten grey horse, about 11 years old, and branded on the near buttock with a cross. Potted, and appraised to 3l. REUBEN DANIEL.
WANTED for the lighthouse directors eight second hand ANCHORS , nearly a thousand weight each. Any person having such for sale are desired to make their terms known to the subscriber in Norfolk . BASSETT MOSELEY.
FOR SALE , NINE hundred and forty acres of valuable land, lying on both sides of Contrary River , in Louisa , with three plantations thereon, two of which has sufficient houses for overseers and negroes; the other is improved with all necessary buildings, and orchards of all kinds, fit for the reception of a gentleman, the houses being finished in the best manner. This tract is well timbered and watered, lies within 32 miles of Fredericksburg , and 43 of Page's warehouse; there are at least 400 acres of low grounds, of the best soil, 300 of which are now to cut. The three plantations are under good fences, and in good order to work 12 or 15 hands. Robert Fleming , John Massey , and John Lain , are now in possession of the plantations, who will shew the land to any person inclined to purchase, and Major Thomas Johnson will agree with them for the price. The above tract is esteemed the most valuable in Louisa for growing corn, wheat or tobacco, and situated in the best range for stock of a below the great mountains. (tf 1*)
FOR SALE, AND VERY CHEAP , A PLANTATION in good order for cropping, none of the land having been cleared above six years, with all necessary houses, quite new, together with 1500 acres of exceeding rich land, the soil of which is so good that it will bring large tobacco for five or six years without dung. I have made on this plantation above three thousand pounds of tobacco per share. The place is very healthy, and has a fine range for stock. This land lies in the lower end of Buckingham county , near to Appomattox river, on each side of Great Ducker's and Mayo creeks. Tobacco has been carried above this land near to Petersburg by water, and last month, in the dry weather, two canoe loads of wheat were carried near to Petersburg , and the canoes brought back; they were loaded but a little below this land. I make no doubt but Appomattox river will be soon cleared, and then the expence of sending wheat, tobacco, &c. will be trifling. Any person inclined to purchase will see, by the produce of the land, that it is exceeding rich. I really do not know any better high land in the colony. This land is well timbered, and has excellent water to do not know a better place for a merchant mill to Ducker's creek. People are going much on rafts in these parts, and a good mill would be very advantageous to the owner. Also another tract of land, 1000 acres, in Albemarle county , I believe about 1 mile from the courthouse, joining Mr. James Harris quarters. On this land is a fine plantation, a good apple orchard, &c. The land is good, and my price so low, that I am convinced any person who viewed either of the above tracts of land would not hesitate to give the price I shall ask. Neither of these tracts are under any incumbrance whatsoever. A reasonable time of payment will be allowed. ANTHONY WINSTON.
TO BE RENTED , FROM YEAR TO YEAR, OR FOR A TERM OF YEARS, B E L V O I R,
THE beautiful seat of the honourable George William Fairfax , esquire, lying upon Potomack river, in Fairfax county , about 14 miles below Alexandria . The mansion house is of brick, two story high, with four convenient rooms and a large passage upon the lower floor, five rooms and a passage on the second, and a servants hall and cellars below; convenient offices, stables, and coach house adjoining, as also a large and well furnished garden, stored with great variety of valuable fruits, in good order. Appertaining to the tract on which these improvements are, and which contains near 2000 acres (surrounded, in a manner, by navigable water) several valuable fisheries, and a good deal of clea in different parts, which may be let altogether, rately, as shall be found most convenient. It may be known of Colonel Washington , who the premises, or of me, in Berkeley county . FRANCIS WILLIS.
FOR SALE , ABOUT twelve thousand acres of exceeding TOBACCO LAND , in Amherst county , whereon are several plantations and improvements sufficient to work forty or fifty hands. There is on this land for sale a very valuable GRIST MILL , lately built, with a stone dam and a pair of good COLOGNE MILL-STONES , which mill has for two years past got upwards of 100 barrels of toll corn, and is situated on a never failing stream. The land will be shewn by William Womack , who lives at one of the plantations, and the prices of the land made known by him. One or two years credit will be allowed, interest being paid for the second year, and also for the first, if the money is not paid agreeable to contract. The land is to be laid off and surveyed by Colonel William Cabell , at the expence of the purchaser. Deeds will be made, upon bond and approved security being given, either to Call , William Cabell , or the subscriber. Six per cent. discount will be allowed for ready money, or good merchants notes. If any person would chuse to exchange lands in the lower part of the country, on or near some navigable river, that are good, it is more than probable we should agree. CARTER BRAXTON.