The Virginia gazette (Williamsburg, Va.), 1773-05-06 00:00:00

VIRGINIA
GAZETTE.
Open to ALL PARTIES,
but influenced by NONE.
KING GEORGE, April 20, 1773.
MR. RIND,
YOU will oblige very many of your readers by inserting the enclosed considerations in your next Gazette.
A CUSTOMER.
CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE CASUIST.
WHO is requested to reconcile an astonished community to the seeming absurdity that there is no difference between uncertainty and certainty, between variety and uniformity. In Athens a law existed "for establishing one certain and uniform method for the trial of criminals for capital offences." Pursuing this salutary plan, equally fitted to punish the guilty, and secure the innocent, the same law instituted a court of examination, to be held on the criminal in "not less than five, nor more than ten days" after the confinement of the prisoner; by which limitation it was understood in Athens that the legislature intended the accused should have time to collect his evidence, and prepare for his defence, at the same time, that unnecessary imprisonment might be prevented. Such was the law, and such was the opinion on it, when Beliales, an Athenian lawyer, arose, and insisted that the law would be properly executed by the examining court being held at a place so situated, with respect to distance, that by no possibility could the accused produce his witnesses before the Judges within the limited time of ten days! This doctrine greatly alarmed the people of Athens, who quickly foresaw the consequences that might follow if one pannel of that sacred fence, which the law had interposed for the safety of human life, should be thus rudely broken down. By this method, said they, an innocent person may be dragged from his family, and confined in a loathsome dungeon many months, instead of ten days only, under the horrid charge of having capitally violated the laws of his country; and when the corruption of human nature is considered, it may frequently happen that this long and cruel affliction of the innocent may depend on the charge of a profligate villain. Thus virtue may be sacrificed to vice, and, as conscientious rectitude is not always a security and support under oppression, life may languish and be lost before an opportunity of defending it occurs. Besides, continued they, in the interpretation of all laws, but more especially such as touch the life of man, that construction is best which makes every part of the law harmonize and be consistent; and as this law begins with declaring an intention of "establishing one certain and uniform method for the trial of criminals for capital offences," and proceeds with directing the first examination in "not less than five, nor more than ten days," after confinement, if this new and different mode of trial be adopted, how can there be one certain and uniform method? Or where is the consistency of pursuing, under the same law, two methods, one of which admits the producing of evidence, and the other, in a variety of instances, may exclude the possibility of hearing testimony on the part of the accused, contrary to the Delphic rule, "hear both sides of the question? So reasoned the Athenians, and now it remains for those who excel in the exquisite art of casuistry, and whose tongues, "dropping manna, can make the worst appear the better reason," to reconcile these legal paradoxes. For the present, Mr. Rind, I shall conclude, most cordially agreeing with the wise and good Earl of Clarendon: "Whoever considers that the nature of men, especially of men in authority, are inclined rather to commit two errors than to retract one, will not marvel that, from the root of unadvisedness, so many and tall branches of mischief have proceeded; and therefore it were to be wished that those who have the honour to be trusted in public consultations were endowed with so much natural logic as to discern the consequence of every public act, and conclusion, and with so much conscience and courage to watch the first impressions upon their understanding and compliance, as that they consent not (though seeming never so politic) to any proposition, by which truth and justice may be invaded."
TIMOLEON.
* These sagacious people were not mistaken here: for in this manner died that excellent patriot Sir John Elliot, anno. 1629. History of the rebellion, vol. 2, page 542. octavo edition.
To the author of a BALLAD, to the tune of CHEVY CHACE, published by Messrs. PURDIE and DIXON, March 18.
CHELLOW, April 5, 1773.
IT is observed by the Earl of Shaftesbury that the Italians succeed better in burlesque compositions than other nations, who live in a state of greater political freedom. The fact will hardly be disputed. If their slavery be the cause of their superiority in that humble species of poetry we need not behold it
with envy. Berni, Rucelli, and many others, though of the sixteenth century, are still admired by their ingenious countrymen. Their caprices (as they are called) are occasionally reprinted, not only in almost every considerable city of Italy, but in London, and afford no despicable entertainment to those who peruse them with a view to obtain it; a disposition in the reader, without which even the facetious Berni would dwindle into a writer of verses in praise of winter. The ludicrous ideas of those poets are generally delivered in familiar language, that of conversation, but at the same time with a solemnity and involuta of meaning, which encrease their drollery, in the opinion of some, as much as they appear discordant and absurd to others, who do not enter into their spirit, and take no pains to discover their finesse. Apprized of the manner of those writers by a very good judge, I have perused many of their pieces with singular pleasure, and join his Lordship in opinion that it is difficult to attain their excellence. Where is the wonder, Sir, that I should apply a little leisure to impart, in proportion to my abilities, what in my opinion was an agreeable novelty? To consult the taste of the public in that species of composition (in which the burlesque, not required in the language, must live in the conceit) I hazarded an imitation, or rather translation, of Rucelli's preference of winter to summer, with occasional additions. I chose an Italian ground, from the difficulty of an original attempt, but endeavoured to accommodate it to this country in such a manner as to retain as little as possible of a foreign appearance. After my best endeavours to that purpose, its title, a copy of verses, might suffice to demonstrate with how much diffidence it was offered. As a performance of that levity was intended to take the place of nothing more material, I requested Mr. Rind, in December, to give it a place in his Gazette during the winter's usual interruption of the northern post. He deferred it until the meeting of the Assembly; on the first day of which it appeared, to my mortification, as if offered to the applause of that honourable body. To his delay I am probably indebted for the displeasure of several members, on account of a freedom taken with a term of distinction injurious to their dignity, and which ought not to have existed. When they consider the piece as merely of pleasantry, and the licence of the Christmas season for which it was intended, their displeasure will probably subside. I have reason to think so, both from their forbearance on the occasion, and also from a favour conferred, to which I am extremely sensible, and for which I hope to thank them, as they desire to be thanked for such favours.
But how am I to support the misfortune of your satire? We, of the genus irritabile, smart under correction. We frequently deserve it, God knows; and my own defects sufficiently invite, not to say demand it. But how hard is it for the criminal to unite with his Judge, and pronounce a severe, an impartial, sentence against his own person! Had you, Sir, such perfect candour, you would not decorate your temples with the ears of Midas (for those you wear already) you would condemn yourself to the hard fate of the unfortunate Marfys.
Quid me mihi detrahis? Inquit.
Abpiet; ah non est, clamabat, tibia tanti!
He found himself mistaken —
Clamati cutis est famulos derepta per artus.
Confess, Sir, that you want fortitude, you want candour, to satisfy offended justice! You are not singular. After the utmost exertion of mine, I can only confess the propriety of your censures; but to submit to them, and to thank the censor! that were a heroism of which I am incapable. I cannot, it is said with sorrow, sacrifice an impertinent but wounded self-love, even on the altar of gratitude. Surpass my virtue; it is an effort, in this case, worthy your magnanimity. The friendly critic deserves affection; the sarcastic critic, even he who aims rather at mortifying than improving a writer, should be allowed his merriment (when of no contagious nature) in favour of his usefulness. But, with respect to the last, p'my folly: I cannot forbear a little peevishness. Vires nacturo proboque; deteriora sequor.
It is, in truth, a bold enterprize to presume to entertain the public. Whoever is candidate for that honour must be prepared (as the nature of my experiment obliged me to be, and I hope you were) for an unprosperous event. But who could have expected so unprovoked, so risible a consequence? That redundancy of your wit is so far from being a matter of my disregard that it contributes not nothing to convince me of the necessity of turning King's evidence, and, at least, of extenuating my crime by detecting my accomplices, and alligating to each his proper demerit.
All writings are liable to suffer by inaccuracies of the press, and moreover by inadvertencies in tran-
* Those Gentlemen who preserve the Gazettes are desired to make the following among other necessary
scribing, which mislead the printer. No writer is chargeable with errors of that nature, unless when at hand to correct the press. Several passages in the poem (you are not accused of having discerned them) are thereby rendered obscure, and others unintelligible, not to insist on less important errors in orthography and punctuation, and some barbarous syn-copas in certain words (as in Nich'las, Cerb'rus) as though verses were counted off the fingers, and mens ears, in general, as little concerned as your's in verification.
It might be vanity in me to suppose any part of another's witticisms could be levelled at Rucelli: However, the genius you discover in your performance allows me to suspect it of your's, without the smallest danger of such an imputation; especially when it is considered that a moiety of the piece is absolutely Rucelli's. Suppose my conjecture well founded, two only reasons preserve you, with respect to him, from a suspicion of overmuch delicacy; first, that such a conception entertained of you would be plainly extravagant; secondly, that the Virginia cloth he has assumed, in lieu of his velvet (though adjusted to his shape and manner with all the skill of which I was master) may have disguised so as to render him no longer recognizable. On that head I must appeal to those who can compare the copy with the original; a circumstance your Gothic contempt of Italian learning (and very likely of all learning, you do not possess) proves to be beyond your ability.
Mr. Rind and Girolamo will, by their permission, sustain a squirt or two from the top of your hydropic fancy. It becomes me to support the spatterings and sector of your remaining serosities, with the disgust of a Gulliver, when under as noxious a discipline among the Yahoos. I have nothing by which to pretend an exemption therefrom, but an opinion, you will not call erroneous, on the nature of our Parnassus. Persuaded that a Virginian should write like a Virginian, and that this country affords sufficient exercise to moderate talents, I have never aimed at a competition with eminent writers in the wider regions of poetry. Their superiority (and this you may recollect, in your barrenness, for a second motto) would be too glaring. My view has been, in a narrower circle, to chalise folly, by giving it adequate ridicule, to celebrate the worthy, the ingenious, the magnanimous, whether living or in the shades, and at the same time to furnish an innocent amusement to rural recesses. You may perceive me animated by the first of those objects at this moment; you might have perceived they were all before me in the verses in praise of winter.
For a failure of the ends proposed I have the less to plead in my vindication, as my genius, such as it is, was unimpeded, by the faintest tinge of that jaundiced malignity, through the medium of which certain incompatible gapers for distinction survey merit not their's.
If my translation has extinguished the humour of the original, if my additions to that performance (which it was hoped would have excited no man's loathing) have the unspeakable misfortune of bearing the smallest resemblance to your English Ebo, or Ebo Italian ballad, I can only say that I never exercised corrections in the above mentioned poem.
Col. 1, line 19, read, Though winter's merits far exceed my vein, &c.
Col. 2, lines 12, 13,—Those sons of Helicon to treat the affair,—
Burke, Hewitt, Henley, Gwatkin.
In extreme, &c.
Col. 2, lines 60, 61, 62, What is the winter's very worst default;
And numerous others leave in peace behind?
As tho' sweet winter had defects to blind, &c.
In the printed copy the last line is made a part of the former sentence: the author there abruptly resumes his discourse, so that continuing that line in the mouth of the friend produces strange inconsistency.
A There is great foundation for the reproach: the ballad consists alternately of eight and six feet: tho' the author invariably computes by syllables. When in any performance a short syllable is added to the line, or received within it, that syllable and the preceding are generally counted as one foot (as in generous, follower, &c.) and all the fireflies remain elsewhere, as before: but in the third stanza the terminating words Rucelli Mufcelli are counted for three feet, Rucellee Mufcellee. He is ignorant of the first laws of composition. In that stanza the first two lines are for sense, the two last for nonsense; I mean for rhyme. The great Milano Mufcelli never existed. Brando curioso, without the author's knowledge, signify a curious brandiword. Now what had Signor Curious Brandiword to do in the affairs of people who dare not even wield Mr. Mufpaddle? Could that man expect to laugh when he made me cry? Mr. Ballad-writer, "let me, Sir, you advise," never to puzzle honest people with such an impenetrable secret as the meaning of your fifth stanza, and so God help you.

cised myself in that manner before, never to so despicable a purpose, that any conceivable chastisement would be lenity to so enormous a transgression, and that it shall never be repeated.
You may receive a compliment, by the favour of Mess. Purdie and Dixon, to stand in succession in their Gazette, to your ballad, as this will, in Mr. Rind's, to the verses in praise of winter : you will find it more sincere, more useful, than most compliments.
When your leisure permits, you may, if incorrigible, give your ingenuity a second career. Do not be disheartened; the chain of dances may not be broken by the deficiency of a link of such unrivalled eminence; though you spur and lag the jade until it founder, you will receive no retort.
The indulgent will excuse me for endeavouring to appear before the public to no greater disadvantage than my natural inability compels; that is of itself so considerable that I rejoice at the opportunity you give me to make its apology, and to withdraw it from the burden of midemeanours properly another's. To that intention you are principally indebted for the trouble of this address; to which I shall only add, to you, my unknown friend, my cordial advice, not to embark in matters of this nature for mere fun, unprovoked as you were; and—of you—a mark or two of—unfeigned admiration!
I am, Sir, your very humble servant,
D. C.
L O N D O N, March 17.
Extract of a letter from Paris, March 5.
IT is reported that the Prince of Piedmont, eldest son of the King of Sardinia, will espouse our Monarch's eldest daughter, and that the said marriage will be celebrated at the same time with that of the Count D'Artois.
The Captain of a brig, arrived at Cherburgh, gives the following account: That a few days before he arrived there he passed a large English ship in the English channel, and a few minutes after, he says, he saw her overset and sink, but could give her no assistance, and every soul on board perished.
The Right Honourable Lord Howe is appointed to succeed to the command of his Majesty's ships destined for Jamaica, in order to relieve Admiral Rodney, who will come in the Princess Amelia.
Yesterday arrived in the river the Æolus , Captain Sainthill, from the bay of Honduras. She has been out twenty months, and was insured in Holland, as well as here, at a high rate.
Yesterday several thousand yards of foreign silk ribbon were seized in a house at Rotherhithe, and carried to the Customhouse.
Letters from Cornwall bring advice of there being, on account of the late disturbances in that county, above a hundred thousand pounds worth of tin in the streets of Penryn and other places, which the proprietors are not able to raise so small a sum as 500l. upon.
Yesterday a woman in Belton street, St. Giles's, took an opportunity of going into a room where a woman, of whom she was jealous, lay fast asleep, and cut off her nose, boasting as she came out, that she had left her such a mark as would prevent her husband liking her for the future.
A correspondent at the court end of the town informs us that our Ministry are at present in the most perplexing situation imaginable, occasioned by the last dispatches from the continent. The Prussian Monarch (whose ruling passion is to make himself a MARITIME POWER) now meditates the conquest of Swedish Pomerania , and is on the point of marching a powerful army into that country. The French King, bound by the most solemn treaties to guaranty and defend all his Swedish Majesty's dominions, has demanded a passage through Hanover for an army which is ready to march to the assistance of his ally the King of Sweden. If this passage is granted to the French troops, Frederick THREATENS to take possession of the electorate of Hanover; and thus between the Black Eagle of Prussia and the Gallic Cock , our Ministry may be fairly said to be " between hawk and buzzard ."
The following may be depended upon as a genuine extract of the letter from Lord Dartmouth to the Governor of Rhode Island, dated Whitehall, September 4, 1772.
THE particulars of that atrocious proceeding (referring to the burning the Gaspee Schooner ) have, by the King's command, been examined and considered with the greatest attention, and although there are some circumstances attending it, in regard to the robbery and plunder of the vessel, which, separately considered, might bring it within the description of an act of piracy, yet, in the obvious view of the whole transaction, and taking all the circumstances together, the offence is, in the opinion of the law, servants of the Crown; who have been consulted upon that question, of a much deeper dye, and is considered in no other light than as an act of high treason, viz. levying war against the King.
"And in order that you may have all proper advice and assistance in a matter of so great importance, his Majesty has thought fit, with the advice of his Privy Council, to issue his Royal commission, under the great seal of Great Britain, nominating yourself and the chief Justices of New York, New Jersey, and the Massachusetts Bay, together with the Judge of the Vice Admiralty court established at Boston, to be his Majesty's commissioners for enquiring into and making report to his Majesty of all the circumstances relative to the attacking, plundering, and burning, the Gaspee Schooner . The King trusts that all persons in the colony will pay a due respect to his Royal commission, and that the business of it will be car-
ried on without molestation; at the same time the nature of this offence and the great number of persons who appear to have been concerned in it, make every precaution necessary. His Majesty has therefore, for the further support in the execution of this duty, thought fit to direct me to signify his pleasure to Lieutenant General Gage that he do hold himself in readiness to send troops to Rhode Island whenever he shall be called upon by the commissioners for that purpose, in order to aid and assist the civil Magistrate in the suppression of any riot or disturbances, and in the preservation of the public peace. I have only to add, upon that head, that his Majesty depends on the care and vigilance of the civil Magistrates of the colony to take the proper measures for the arresting and committing to custody, in order to their being brought to justice, such persons as shall, upon proper information made before them, or before his Majesty's commissioners, appear to have been concerned in the plundering and destroying the Gaspee Schooner .
"It is his Majesty's intention, in consequence of the advice of his Privy Council, that the persons concerned in the burning the Gaspee Schooner , and in the other violences which attended that daring insult, should be brought to England to be tried; and I am therefore to signify to you his Majesty's pleasure, that such of the said offenders as may have been or shall be arrested and committed within the colony of Rhode Island, be delivered to the care and custody of Rear Admiral Montagu, or the Commander in Chief of his Majesty's ships in North America for the time being, or to such officers as he shall appoint to receive them; taking care that you do give notice to the persons accused, in order that they may procure such witnesses on their behalf as they shall judge necessary, which witnesses, together with all such as may be proper to support the charge against them, will be received and sent hither with the prisoners."
An ACT for the better securing and preserving his Majesty's DOCKYARDS, MAGAZINES, SHIPS, AMMUNITION, and STORES.
WHEREAS the safety and preservation of his Majesty's ships of war, arsenals, magazines, dockyards, ropeyards, victualling offices, military, naval, and victualling stores, and places where such stores are kept or deposited, either within this realm, or in any of the islands, countries, forts, or places thereunto belonging, is of great importance to the welfare and security of the kingdom, may it please your Most Excellent Majesty, that it may be enacted, and be it enacted, by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that if any person or persons shall, either within this realm, or in any of the islands, countries, forts, or places thereunto belonging, wilfully and maliciously set on fire, or burn, or otherwise destroy, or cause to be set on fire, or destroyed, or aid, procure, abet, or assist, in setting on fire, or burning, or otherwise destroying, any of his Majesty's ships or vessels of war, whether the said ships or vessels of war be afloat or building, or begun to be built, in any of his Majesty's dockyards, rebuilding or preparing, by contract, in any private yards, for the use of his Majesty, or any of his Majesty's arsenals, magazines, dockyards, ropeyards, victualling offices, or any of the buildings erected therein, or belonging thereto, or any timber or materials there placed for building, repairing, or fitting out of ships or vessels, or any of his Majesty's military, naval, or victualling stores, or other ammunition of war, or any place or places where any such military, naval, or victualling stores, or other ammunition of war, is, are, or shall be kept, placed or deposited, that the person or persons guilty of any such offence, being thereof convicted in due form of law, shall be adjudged guilty of felony, and shall suffer death, as in cases of felony, without benefit of Clergy.
And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, that any person who shall commit any of the offences before mentioned, in any place out of this realm, may be indicted and tried for the same, either in any shire or county within this realm, in like manner and form as if such offence had been committed within the said shire or county, or in such island, country, or place, where such offence shall have been actually committed, as his Majesty, his heirs, or successors, may deem most expedient for bringing such offenders to justice; any law, usage, or custom, notwithstanding.
B O S T O N, March 4.
RESOLVED, that the admitting any authority to make laws binding on the people of this province in all cases whatever, saving the great and General Court or Assembly, is inconsistent with the spirit of our free constitution, and repugnant to one of the most essential clauses in our charter, whereby the inhabitants are entitled to all the liberties of free and natural born subjects, to all intents, constructions, and purposes, whatsoever, as if they had been born within the realm of England. It reduces the people to the absolute will and disposal of a legislative, in which they can have no voice, and who may make it their interest to oppress and enslave them.
Resolved, that by the Royal charter aforesaid, the General Court or Assembly hath full power and authority to impose and levy proportionable and reasonable assessments, rates, and taxes, upon the estates and persons of all and every the proprietors and inhabitants of the province, to be issued and disposed of by warrant, under the hand of the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Council, for his Majesty's service, in the necessary defence and support
of the government of the province, and the protection and preservation of the inhabitants there, according to such acts as are or shall be of force within the province; "and the making provision for the support of the Governor and the judges, otherwise than by the grants and acts of the General Court or Assembly, is a violent breach of the aforementioned most important clause in the charter. The support of government, in which their support is included, being one of their principal purposes, for which the clause was instituted.
Whereas the independency as well as the uprightness of the judges of the land is essential to the impartial administration of justice, and one of the best securities of the rights, liberties, and properties, of the people;
Resolved, therefore, that the making the judges of the land independent of the grants of the people, and altogether on the Crown, as they will be, if, while they hold their commissions during pleasure, they accept of salaries from the Crown, is unconstitutional, and destructive of that security which every good member of civil society has a just right to be assured of, under the due exertion of the laws, and is directly the reverse of the constitution and appointment of the judges in Great Britain.
Resolved, that the dependence of the judges of the land on the Crown for their support tends at all times, and especially while they hold their commission during pleasure, to the subversion of justice and equity, and to introduce oppression and despotic power.
Resolved, as the opinion of this House, that while the Justices of the Superior Court hold their commissions during pleasure, any one of them who shall accept of and depend on the pleasure of the Crown for his support, independent of the grants and acts of the General Assembly, will discover to the world that he has not a due sense of the importance of an impartial administration of justice, that he is an enemy to the constitution, and has it in his heart to promote the establishment of an arbitrary government in the province.
The above RESOLVES were passed by a division of sixty three to nineteen.
W I L L I A M S B U R G, May 6.
Several persons, we hear, have received benefit in their sight and hearing by applying to Doctor GRAHAM, since his arrival in this city from Philadelphia.
The Reverend Mr. GWATKIN is chosen master of the grammar school, in the college of William and Mary, in the room of the Reverend Mr. JOHNSON, deceased, and Mr. JAMES MADISON mathematical professor, in the room of Mr. Gwatkin.
The Court of Enquiry, relative to the burning of the Gaspee Schooner at Rhode Island, have examined some witnesses, but made no discovery; and adjourned over to June next.
JOHN PAGE, junior, Esquire, of Rosewell, is appointed one of his Majesty's Council of this colony.
RODHAM KENNER, Esquire, is elected for Northumberland, in the room of Mr. Spencer M. Ball.
The Liberty, Outram, and Rising Sun, Peterson, from London, the York, Rose, from Bristol, and James, Thompson, from Whitehaven, are arrived in York river; and the Eliza, Leitch, from London, Katie, Clark, Virginia, Thompson, Patuxent, Lusk, and Blandford, Troop, from Glasgow, in James river.
This day the following criminals received sentence at the Capitol:
Eliphalet Musgrove, for murder: Death. Peter Sidebottom, for horsestealing: Death. Edward Brown, for grand larceny: Burnt in the hand.
Mary Murphey, for ditto: Burnt in the hand. By the Molly, Younghusband, from Liverpool, we are informed that the Watt, Atkinson, arrived at that place about the 12th of March last, and that the Jane, Alhburn, would sail from thence, for James river, about the last of April.
*** Said YOUNGHUSBAND has for sale a parcel of SPRING GOODS.
Doctor G R A H A M, OCULIST and AURIST,
TAKES this method of apologizing to several of the respectable inhabitants of this city, who having applied to him for assistance in disorders of their EYES and EARS, have not as yet been attended to. The great number of pitiable objects, blind, deaf, &c. who come daily for relief from all parts of the colony, has hitherto prevented him from complying with what he hath ever considered, not as his interest only, but as a duty, in the exercise of which he frequently experiences the most exalted pleasure that the human mind is perhaps capable of enjoying.
To be SOLD, on the premises, at public auction, on the 25th instant (May) if fair, if not, the next fair day, pursuant to a decree of the worshipful court of Caroline county, to satisfy a debt due from William Dudley to Robert Hart,
As much of that tract of LAND whereon the said Dudley now lives, lying on the Reedy Swamp, in the county of Caroline, and known by the name of New Flanders, as will be sufficient to discharge the debt agreeable to the said decree. The place is so generally known (lying on the main road from Caroline courthouse to that of Hanover) that it needs no description. Six months credit will be allowed, giving bond, with approved security, to,
GEORGE GREY. JEREMIAH RAWLINS, } Trustees. JOHN BAYNHAM, }

NAVAL OFFICE, HAMPTON, May 1, 1773. THIS is to acquaint the public that, in future, at the office here, the duties on TONNAGE and IMPOST will be exacted in sterling money, and no other mode of discharging them be admitted. WILSON MILES CARY, Naval Officer.
On Saturday the 5th day of June next will be SOLD, at public sale, to the highest bidder, at the subscriber's house in Northampton county, THE SAILS, RIGGING, ANCHORS, and CABLES, which I formerly advertised to have saved from a schooner I found overlet in the bay. WILLIAM MAJOR.
HANOVER, May 6, 1773. THE debtors of Mr. John Bland of London, merchant, will be pleased to take notice that by their having delayed to discharge their balances, and long with held many thousands from that Gentleman, he was lately reduced to the sad necessity of conveying all his estate, debts, and effects, to trustees, for the benefit of his creditors, and that I am fully empowered by the trustees to act for them, and collect the debts, and settle the affairs of Mr. Bland in this colony.
I shall be happy if I can conduct this extensive business to the satisfaction of all parties, without the trouble or expence of suits at law; but the urgent demands of Mr. Bland's creditors, and the unhappy situation of himself, and of a numerous, worthy family, who are involved in his difficulties, and now tasting the bitterness of his distress, will not admit of indulgence or delay, and I therefore hope the debtors will provide for the immediate discharge of their debts, and come to settle their respective accounts with me, without farther application; for it will not be convenient or possible for me to wait on them at their respective homes.
The debts contracted at the stores kept for Mr. Bland by his son Mr. John Bland, junior, at Blandford, by Mr. Andrew Grant at Boyd's Hole, and by Mr. David Briggs at Falmouth, will be settled and collected by them Gentlemen, severally, with whom they were contracted; and the debtors are hereby required to pay their balances to them persons without delay, they having instructions to enforce payments, and to close their respective concerns immediately. The goods now on hand in the stores are to be sold as soon as an account is taken of them, and if persons inclined to purchase will be pleased to apply to the above Gentlemen, at their respective stores, they may see the goods, and know the terms of sale, as they are severally empowered to sell them.
Mr. John Bland, junior, being very worthy of confidence, and greatly interested in these affairs, has full power to act in them, on all occasions, in my absence, as he thinks right, and payments made to him, in discharge of the sterling or current debts, will be allowed by PETER LYONS.
N. B. I shall be obliged to the persons that have demands against Mr. John Bland, of London, to let me know the nature and amount of their claims, before they put his estate to the expence of attachments, or suits in chancery, as I shall be willing to pay, out of his effects, any debt that I can be justified in discharging. P. L.
THE NOTED FOXHUNTER, AND WELL BRED HORSE,
CLIVE, STANDS this season at my plantation in James City county, and will cover mares at TEN SHILLINGS a leap, or THIRTY SHILLINGS the season. He was got by ARISTOTLE, from a CRAWFORD MARE, is fifteen hands high, well made, and of a beautiful grey.
RICHARD EGGLESTONE. ** There is an extraordinary good pasture for the reception of mares, and great ATTENTION will be given to those that may be sent.
By his Excellency the Right Honourable JOHN Earl of DUNMORE, his Majesty's Lieutenant and Governor General of the colony and dominion of Virginia, and Vice Admiral of the same:
A PROCLAMATION. VIRGINIA, to wit,
WHEREAS I have received information from the sheriff of Northumberland county that THOMAS WORNOM and RANSONE DUDLEY, who had been taken up and examined before the court of that county on a charge of felony, and were committed in order to stand their trials in the General Court, have found means to break gaol, and make their escape: The said Wornom is a large man, of dark complexion and hair, a visage somewhat thin, lips a little, has a remarkable long foot (about 13 inches) and is pretty ingenious. The said Dudley is a man of the common size, and well made, has brown hair, and is by trade a painter. Wornom carried with him his own Negro man, called Shadrach, who is very black, and in height a little exceeds the said Dudley. They are said to have gone up James river, and it is suspected they intend to North Carolina, where they have some relations. To the end, therefore, that the said fugitives may be brought back to justice, I have thought proper to issue this proclamation, hereby, in his Majesty's name, strictly enjoining all officers, civil and military, to use their best endeavours for apprehending the said Wornom and Dudley, and forbidding all other his Majesty's subjects to harbour or entertain them, as they shall severally answer the contrary at their peril.
Given under my hand, this 29th day of April, 1773, and in the 13th year of his Majesty's reign.
DUNMORE. GOD SAVE THE KING.
THE noted horse ARISTOTLE now stands at BRANDON, and will cover mares at TWENTY SHILLINGS the leap, or FOUR POUNDS the season; the money to be paid when the mares are taken away. Good pasture gratis, and particular care shall be taken of the mares, but will not be liable for any that may be lost.
WILLIAM HICKMAN. RUN away, from Brandon, a Negro man named DUBLIN, late the property of Mr. Moses Fontaine; he is about 5 feet 10 inches high, of a yellowish complexion, and has a defect in one of his hands. It is supposed he is in the upper end of Charles City or Henrico. THREE POUNDS will be given for apprehending and delivering him to BEN: HARRISON.
TO BE SOLD, A TRACT of one thousand acres of LAND, in Orange county, near the courthouse, and about 30 miles from Fredericksburg. The improvements on it are a new, convenient, and elegant, small dwellinghouse, kitchen, barn, and all other necessary buildings, quite new, and in good order. It has a piece of valuable and extraordinary good meadow ground, which, as some part of it is already improved, with little expence might be made to support a very large flock. There is also a constant and plentiful stream running through it. As the land abounds in a great quantity of different kinds of timber, and is convenient to a well settled neighbourhood, it is thought that either a saw or grist mill would be advantageous. The land in general is very level, fit for tobacco, and suitable for farming. Should any person incline to view it, Dr. J. Mariden, who resides on the premises, or Mr. Samuel Thompson, who lives near them, will be kind enough to shew it. The terms, which shall be made in every respect agreeable to the purchaser, may be known by applying to the subscriber, at the Honourable Robert Carter's, at Nomony, in Westmoreland county. J. MARSHALL.
GEORGE the Third, by the grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. To the sheriff of Chesterfield county, greeting: We command you that you summon Aaron Haskins, Joseph Haskins, John Haskins, and Creed Haskins, to appear before our court of the said county, at the courthouse, on the 1st day in June next, to answer a bill in chancery, exhibited against them by Robert Haskins; and this they shall in no wise omit, under the penalty of 100l. and have then there this writ. Witness Benjamin Watkins, clerk of our said court, this 1st day of May, in the 12th year of our reign. BENJAMIN WATKINS.
THERE was brought before me on the 14th instant (April) a man who called himself Matthew O'Bryan, upon suspicion of being the runaway servant advertised by Joseph Peirce of Westmoreland by the name of Matthew Tharp. Upon examination, he appeared exactly to answer the description; and as he could not give a satisfactory account of himself, I thought it my duty to commit him to the gaol of Halifax. His master is desired to come and claim him. NATHANIEL TERRY.
FOR SALE, S everal valuable tracts of land, adjoining each other, on both sides of Chappawamick Run, in the counties of Stafford and Prince William, containing 2600 acres, being the seat whereon the subscriber formerly resided. These lands are situate four miles above Aquia warehouses, and four miles below the town of Dumfries, the soil of more than half of it exceeding good; there is on it as fine a mill seat as any in the colony, upon a large and never failing stream. There is a great appearance of iron ore, and a large quantity of white oak and pine timber, a tolerable commodious dwellinghouse, a great number of convenient outhouses, good orchards, and several tenements in order for cropping. There are also 200 acres of fine meadow ground, half of which was sowed in timothy last fall and this spring. A more particular description will be unnecessary, as it is presumed that any person inclinable to purchase will view the premises; and the subscriber earnestly entreats all such to form their ideas of the value of this estate from their own observations, and not from any accounts they may receive from others, as there are some persons, who are thought goodnatured, worthy men, amuse themselves with decrying the property of their neighbours, even at the expence of truth, and under the mask of friendship to the person injured. And the subscriber is more particular in this caution, as he hath formerly received several severe injuries of that kind from one in that neighbourhood. The above lands are under the incumbrance of two mortgages; the one for a considerable sum, made by the subscriber himself, the other for an inconsiderable sum, made by the person of whom he purchased one of the small tracts, which mortgages are to be first paid out of the money arising from the sale. For terms apply to THOMSON MASON.
To be SOLD, at public sale, at Culpeper courthouse, on Monday the 17th of May next, A TRACT of LAND whereon I now live, near the Ragged Mountain, containing about 200 acres, on which is a good dwellinghouse 20 feet by 16, a tobacco house, barn, and other outhouses. Also another tract on the Ragged Mountain, containing about 360 acres, which now rents for 1200 weight of tobacco yearly. Credit will be allowed till next April General Court, on giving an approved merchant's note for payment. The above lands are sold to satisfy a debt due to Messrs. Payne, Moor, and company, to whom they are under mortgage. NICHOLAS GREEN.
TAKEN up, in Lunenburg, a bay horse, about 4 feet 4 or 5 inches high, appears to be 6 or 7 years old, with a small bell on, shod before, his near hind feet white, has a star in his forehead, and a snip on his nose, but no perceivable brand. Poled, and appraised to 4l. JOSHUA IRBY.
FOR SALE, THE tenement at present occupied by Captain James Gunn, in that part of the town of Richmond called Shockoes, on the north side of the falls of James river, with a number of convenient houses upon it, well adapted for either a merchant, tavern-keeper, or private Gentleman, rented at forty pounds a year; also the public storehouse at the same place, rented at fifteen pounds a year; the two half acre lots, No. 400 and No. 670, in the same town; the valuable lot of one hundred acres of timbered land, near the same, known by the description of No. 799; also the two half acre lots, No. 116 and No. 267, in the town of Manchester or Rocky Ridge, on the south side of the falls of James river. For terms apply to Joshua Storrs of Richmond, or to the subscriber. THOMSON MASON.
To be SOLD in York town, on Wednesday the 5th of May, at public vendue, A STOREHOUSE at the water side underpinned with stone, and a good kitchen thereto. The purchaser to give bond and security to Mr. Matthew Pliripp, payable in October next. ARTHUR MILLER.
RUN away from the subscriber, at Morattico, in Lancaster county, on the 4th instant (April) Moses and CHARLES, two Virginia born Negroes. Moses is a lusty, likely, young fellow, about 5 feet 10 inches high, well proportioned, of a smooth countenance, and speaks pretty quick. Charles is a small fellow, about 50 years of age, a little grey, has a large mouth and thick lips, is a shoemaker, formerly belonged to the Jones's and the late William Montague, of Middlesex, and had a wife at Col. Gawin Corbin's, which makes it probable they are lurking in that neighbourhood, or in the opposite one, on the Dragon, where Charles is also well acquainted. They were clothed in Welch cotton jackets, white Virginia cloth breeches, and oznabrig shirts. Whoever will convey them to me shall have FIVE POUNDS reward, or THREE POUNDS for either, or TWENTY SHILLINGS for each if secured in any gaol, and giving notice thereof besides what the law allows. All masters of vessels are forewarned from carrying them out of the colony, or transporting them from one river to another. RAWLEIGH DOWNMAN.
TAKEN up, in Amherst, a sorrel horse, about 10 years old, 4 feet 8 inches high, branded on the near shoulder C, and on the near buttock P. Poled, and appraised to 10l. 10s. JAMES LAYNE.
Choice MADEIRA WINE, A FEW CASES OF CLARET, BARBADOS RUM, BRANDY, RAISINS, AND MAHOGANY, SOLD BY PREESON BOWDOIN, IN NORFOLK.
TO BE SOLD, A TRACT of LAND, in the county of Dinwiddie, about seven miles from Petersburg, containing about 600 acres, and adjoining the plantation whereon Drewry Dunn lately lived; it is level, and well timbered. Any person inclinable to purchase may treat for the same by applying to me, in Williamsburg. JOHN FERGUSSON.
On Thursday the 20th of May, being Norfolk court day, will be SOLD, to the highest bidder,
A N exceeding pleasant and commodious LOT of LAND just above the Town Point Wharf, on the main river, in the borough of Norfolk, which is capable of great improvement. On the said lot is a new two story brick dwellinghouse, with two good warehouses, and other necessary, convenient outhouses, extremely applicable for a merchant who carries on the West India trade; and with little expence a wharf may be made for a ship to lie almost close to the above mentioned houses. One half of the purchase money will be immediately required, and six months credit will be allowed for the remainder, giving bond and security to WILLIAM SIMPSON.
To be SOLD, at public auction, on Monday the 14th of June next, if fair, if not, the next fair day, pursuant to a decree of the worshipful court of King William county, to satisfy a debt due from Thomas Adams to the estate of John Russell, deceased,
A VALUABLE tract of LAND containing 200 acres, about six miles above King William courthouse, whereon is a good new dwellinghouse, kitchen, and other convenient outhouses, garden, &c. This is the place commonly called the Burnt Ordinary, and where the sale will be. Also 200 acres, adjoining the aforesaid, and 50 acres, whereon the said Adams formerly lived, about four miles above the courthouse. The whole is good level grain land. Twelve months credit will be allowed, giving bond, with good security.
CARTER BRAXTON, JOHN QUARLES, ARCHIBALD GOVAN, } Trustees. WILLIAM AYLETT, JAMES Q. RUSSELL.
THE ship PLANTER, Thomas Lilly, master, will be ready to take in tobacco, on liberty of consignment, by the 12th of May next. Notes or orders will be received by said Lilly, at the Honourable Col. Corbin's, in King & Queen.

PETER HARDY
B EGS leave to inform the public that he has opened shop in the BRICK HOUSE commonly called CUSTIS'S, near the HOSPITAL, WILLIAMSBURG, where he proposes to repair COACHES, LANDEAUS, CHARIOTS, and all other sorts of CARRIAGES, in the neatest manner; also PAINTING, GILDING, JAPANING, and CARVING, done with the greatest elegance. Said HARDY makes and sells all kinds of ELECTRICAL MACHINES, which are allowed by most of the Faculty to be very efficacious in relieving persons afflicted with the rheumatism, or any other pains whatsoever. Those who may apply for the above mentioned machine shall be directed in what manner it is to be used. He humbly hopes that those Gentlemen who are pleased to employ him will pay cash for the repairs on the delivery of the same, as he is determined to work on the most reasonable terms, and will be truly thankful to all those who will entrust him with their commands, let them be ever so trifling; to merit which, the public may rely, shall be his constant care and study.
T HOSE who have demands against Mr. Henry Moore, late of Colchester, are desired to make them known as soon as possible to the executors; and those indebted are desired to make immediate payment. HECTOR ROSS, A. HENDERSON, CLEON MOORE,
S TRAYED from the Honourable Mr. Wormeley's quarter, in King William, a sorrel mare about 12 hands and a half high, with a blaze in her face, has no perceivable brand, and trots and gallops. Whoever delivers her to me, near Gloucester courthouse, shall receive THIRTY SHILLINGS. PETER PRESLEY THORNTON.
T HE brig LIGHTFOOT, JACOB COOPER, master, will be ready to take in tobacco, at Bermuda Hundred, on account of Mess. Norton and son, for the beginning of May. Notes or orders may be lodged with J. H. Norton, Esquire, Williamsburg, Thomas Lilly of York, or the Captain on board.
T AKEN up, in Buckingham, a small sorrel mare, about 4 feet 5 inches high, paces slow, has a blaze in her forehead, the under side of her mane is mixed with grey hairs, as also her tail, about four years old this spring, and branded on the near buttock MD in a piece. Posted, and appraised to 7l. JOHN STRANGE.
To be RENTED, for a TERM OF YEARS, T HE MILLS at the falls of James river, in the town of Manchester, which consist of a double sawmill, a gristmill, with two pair of stones, for country work, which is worth about 400 barrels of corn the year, and a merchantmill with four pair of best French burstones, and all conveniences necessary for carrying on the manufacturing business in the best manner; likewise a good dwellinghouse with two rooms on a floor, and a cellar and large fireplace in it; as also a large stone house, cooper's shop, stable, blacksmith's shop and tools, and a lot of two acres and a half enclosed about the works. The stream affords water enough for as many more mills, and the works are so situated that they are out of danger from freshes, having never received any damage but from the unparallelled one in May 1771. These works, being placed within a few yards of navigation, and in the most flourishing part of the country, where any quantity of wheat may be purchased, the business of manufacturing, as well as the West India trade, may be carried on to as great advantage as any where on the continent, and a ready market may be had for any quantity of plank, scantling, &c. The saw and gristmills are now finished, and the merchantmill will be finished by the 1st of September next. Any person inclined to rent the said works may know the terms by applying to JOHN MAYO.
NORFOLK, April 13, 1773. W HEREAS on the 18th of March last Mr. George Jackson gives notice to the public that the partnership of George Jackson, Matthew Jackson, and William Jaques, is dissolved, and earnestly hopes that the creditors will settle with him only, I hereby inform the public that I was not in the least consulted about that matter, nor gave my consent to his advertisement, and therefore desire that no debts may be paid to either the said George or Matthew Jackson, without having it from under my hand for settling the same. WILLIAM JACQUES.
T AKEN up, in King William, a dark bay mare, about 8 years old, 4 feet 6 inches high, branded on the off buttock with something that cannot be made out, her hind feet white, has glass eyes, a star in her forehead, and a snip on her nose. There is with her a black filly about 18 months old, with a star in her forehead. Posted, and appraised, the mare to 10l. and the filly to 13l. THOMAS JONES.
T AKEN up, in Bedford, a likely bay mare, about 8 or 9 years old, has a small star in her forehead, and a saddle spot on her left side, has no perceivable brand, and paces naturally. She had with her a sorrel colt about two years old next spring, her left hind foot white, and not branded. MARY CHENAULT.
T AKEN up, in Lunenburg, a small bay horse, with a star in his forehead, has some saddle spots, and branded on the near buttock B. Posted, and appraised to 3l. RICHARD CREWS.
WESTMORELAND, March 23, 1773. A N advertisement some time ago published by Mr. Richard Hanson, attorney for Mr. Lyonel Lyde, informing the public that several Negroes by me advertised for sale, as the estate of Mr. John Monroe, deceased, had been mortgaged by Col. Andrew Monroe to the said Lyonel Lyde, to secure the payment of a very considerable sum of money, gave me the first information of that transaction; since which I thought it incumbent on me, as well to justify my own conduct as to prevent any uneasiness in the purchasers of these slaves, to make an enquiry into the matter, and I can now, with the greatest certainty, assure them that Col. Andrew Monroe, previous to the mortgage before mentioned, had not only given the slaves aforesaid to his son, the said John Monroe, by a marriage contract, but had also given him up the possession of them, at least twelve months before the execution of the said mortgage. Col. Monroe may have imposed upon Mr. Lyde, but could not thereby affect the title of his son in an estate given to him in the manner aforesaid; and therefore I hope the purchasers will immediately discharge their bonds, which, I presume, some of them have been prevented from doing by Mr. Hanson's publication. JOHN ASHTON.
Pursuant to the last will and testament of Mr. John Smith, of Hanover, deceased, will be SOLD, on the premises, some time next fall, and entered on at Christmas.
A VALUABLE tract of LAND lying in Henrico county, on the Brook Swamp, between four and five miles from Richmond, and two miles from the Meadow Bridges, known by the name of Picknocky, and containing about 200 acres, whereon is an extraordinary piece of dam work, nearly finished, which will effectually keep off the overflowings of the brook from upwards of 100 acres of exceeding rich, well timbered low grounds. Likewise a tract of about 2000 acres of very rich, well timbered land, lying in Goochland county, on James river, near the mouth of the Great Bird, and opposite to Elk Island, having on it a plantation in order for working sixteen hands, and the soil is very suitable for tobacco, wheat, and Indian corn. This land will be sold altogether, or in parcels, as may best suit the purchasers. Also the reversion of a tract of about 500 acres of very good tobacco and grain land, lying in Goochland county, on the branches of the Little Bird, contiguous to the lands of Mr. Samuel Gift, at whose death the purchaser will have possession. The lands in Goochland will be shewn by Mr. John Ware, near the premises. The days of sale, and time of payment, will be made known in a future advertisement.—All persons indebted to the estate of Mr. John Smith, deceased, are desired to make immediate payment; and those who have any demands against the said estate are requested to make them known to WILLIAM ANDERSON, Executor. N. B. For the convenience of those who may have accounts to settle with me for transactions had with Mr. Smith, I shall attend at every Hanover court, and the two succeeding days in Hanover town. W. A.
To be LET to the lowest bidder on Monday the 10th of May next, at Richmond county courthouse,
T HE building of a brick PRISON for the use of the said county, at which time and place attendance will be given by the Gentlemen commissioners appointed for that purpose. Bond and approved security will be required of the undertaker for his performance. THE SHERIFF.
T AKEN up, near Blandford, a black horse, about 8 years old, 14 hands high, has no perceivable brand, and is supposed to have been brought into these parts by a runaway Negro belonging to Mr. John Martin. Posted, and appraised to 7l. WILLIAM BROWN.
T AKEN up, in Frederick, two cows; the one a brindled, with a white belly, and star in her forehead, marked with a slit and hole in the left ear, and is very old. The other is of a dun colour, with a white belly, and star in her forehead, and marked with a swallowfork in the right ear. Posted, and appraised, the former to 21. 5s. and the latter to 21. 15s. BENJAMIN RUTHERFORD.
To be SOLD, for ready money, at Pittsylvania courthouse, on the 27th of May next, being court day,
E IGHT hundred and four acres of LAND in the said county, on a branch of Banister river, and known by the name of Middle Creek, near Lightfoot's glades or meadows. If any person inclines to view the said land, attendance will be given by the subscriber the day before the sale. A good title will be made the purchaser. The said land is sold to reimburse the subscriber a debt which he paid Joseph Parks, as security for William Simmons, and other expenses, in saving the said land. PETER LE GRAND.
T AKEN up, in Frederick, a red brindled heifer with a white back, marked with an underkel in the right ear, and a crop in the left. Posted, and appraised to 2l. WILLIAM HELM.
T AKEN up, in Halifax, a sorrel mare and young colt; the mare is about 4 feet 4 inches high, is docked, and branded with something that cannot be made out. Posted, and appraised to 6l. 5s. ROBERT WEAKLEY.
BALTIMORE, March 24, 1773. T HE subscribers give this public notice that they have begun to inoculate, and will continue till the 10th of July. Those who chuse to come are requested to give timely notice, that proper accommodations may be provided for their reception. HENRY STEVENSON. JOHN COULTER.
T AKEN up, in Amherst, a small bay horse, about 4 feet 6 inches high, branded on the near buttock WR in a piece, had on a small bell, and a pair of iron fetters. Posted, and appraised to 8l. JOHN MURRILL.
T HE great COCK MATCH between the upper and lowland Gentlemen will be fought at Williamsburg on Tuesday the 25th of May.
R UN away from the subscriber, living in Dinwiddie, about the 1st of January last, a Virginia born Negro fellow named PETER; he is about six feet high, and one of his ancles has been put out of place, which occasions him to limp much. Whoever will convey the said slave to me shall have THREE POUNDS reward. EDWARD WALKER.
A S I intend for Britain in June, I propose selling, on Monday the 24th of May next, being Fredericksburg fair day, or privately, as may be agreed upon before, 400 acres of land upon the Fall Hill, and three miles from Fredericksburg, with 20 slaves, flocks of cattle, &c. Also above ten acres of meadow land adjoining the said town of Fredericksburg, and the ferry, and ferry lots, together with the store and warehouse thereon, for ready money, bills, or tobacco, as may suit the purchasers. JAMES HUNTER, Jun.
T AKEN up, in Chesterfield, a brown cow yearling, with some white on her fore legs, marked with a crop and slit in the left ear, and a crop and nick in the under side, and a half moon in the upper side, of the right. Posted, and appraised to 11. 5s. CORNELIUS FLETT.
R UN away from the subscriber, in Charlotte county, on the 22d of March, a Negro fellow named NED, about 26 years of age, 5 feet 4 or 5 inches high, and well set; had on, and took with him, a Negro cotton jacket and breeches, a pair of blue yarn stockings, a green plains coat, with a piece put in between the shoulders, a pair of brown cloth breeches, and a new felt hat. He generally keeps his head well dressed, has remarkable small legs for the size of his body, walks with his toes much out, and can play on the violin, in which he takes great delight. I imagine he will change his name and dress, and endeavour to pass for a freeman, and try to get into the back parts of Virginia. Whoever secures the said Negro so that I may get him again shall, if taken in Virginia, receive THREE POUNDS, if in North Carolina FIVE POUNDS, and if in South Carolina EIGHT POUNDS. RICHARD GAINES.
FOR SALE, T HE plantation whereon the subscriber lives, in King and Queen, about a mile and a half from Todd's warehouse, containing 637 acres, in good order for cropping, with a large peach and apple orchard thereon beginning to bear, and a quantity of low grounds, which may be made good meadow with very little expense. The dwellinghouse, kitchen, and other outhouses, have been built between four and five years. Any person inclined to purchase may know the terms by applying to ROBINSON DAINGERFIELD.
R UN away from Eltham, on Sunday the 10th of January, a light Mulatto fellow named OTHO, about 5 feet 9 inches high, freckled in the face, has light grey eyes, and brown hair, which he wears tied behind, his skin under his clothes is very white, and had on, when he went away, a blue cloth waistcoat, and a coat of the same, with a red velvet cape. I expect he will endeavour to pass for a white man. All masters of vessels are forewarned from harbouring or carrying the said slave off at their peril. I will give FIVE POUNDS to any person who will deliver him to me, or secure him in any gaol, and give notice thereof. BURWELL BASSETT.
FREDERICKSBURG, February 24, 1773. W HEREAS some of those indebted on the books here have not paid due regard to my advertisement of the 1st of December last, I give them this last notice that all and every account not paid off, or a good part of it, before the 20th of April, or our May fair at farthest, or settled by bond, or other special way, before that time, will most certainly be put into the hands of a lawyer, without respect of persons. Unavoidable reasons will oblige me to this, which I shall probably, in time, acquaint them with. Those who are put to trouble and expense cannot now blame me for want of notice. I have sold part of the goods on hand, but so as not to distort the store, and have still a large assortment by me, which I will sell in wholesale or retail on the terms formerly advertised. Any person who will purchase the whole shall have them on terms which they themselves will say are very low and reasonable. GEORGE MITCHELL.

S U P P L E M E N T TO THE V I R G I N I A G A Z E T T E.
THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1773.
WILLIAMSBURG, May 6, 1773.
Qui visum vitam dat. —Cic.
THE infinitely wise AUTHOR of nature has assigned to the EYES and EARS the most useful and important offices of life. The structure of those delicately tender organs is so exquisitely minute, the mechanism and properties of their various parts so admirably curious, that they may be filed, with propriety, the miracles of nature. The great variety of dangers and diseases, manifest and occult, to which those precious senses are exposed, the little attention that hitherto has been paid to the improvement of this noble science, and so few, properly qualified, have engaged in its practice, that to study them in any degree suitable to their importance is full business for life.
The inestimable blessing and great advantages which attend a perfect enjoyment of the sight and hearing are obvious to all; but the deplorable and truly pitiable condition of the blind and deaf is attended with such solitary discomfort, such gloomy ideas, and constant uneasiness of mind, as no one can be truly sensible of who has not, in some measure, experienced it himself. How noble, therefore, how deserving of the nicest cultivation, must that art be, that can restore sight to the blind, hearing to the deaf, speech to the dumb, and keep in order the springs of those masterpieces of creative wisdom! That art must needs be divine, because, thus assisted, our minds are inspired with the grandest apprehensions of Almighty GOD!
To the INHABITANTS of VIRGINIA.
Doctor GRAHAM, Oculist and Aurist.
MOST respectfully offers his best services, and acquaints them that he may be consulted at his apartments at Mr. Hyland's, in this city, in all disorders of the eye and its appendages, and in every species of deafness, hardness of hearing, ulcerations, noise in the ears, &c. Those persons, likewise, who have had the unspeakable misfortune of being born deaf and dumb, and those who labour under any impediment in their speech, by applying personally, will probably be assisted. Those persons whose eyes are utterly perished or sunk in their heads may have the deformity removed by artificial eyes, so curiously fixed and adapted to the orbits, as to have, in appearance, the beauties, motion, &c. of a natural eye in its healthy state.
Medicine and surgery have always been his favourite study; but the structure and diseases of those tender, sympathetic, and nearly connected organs, just mentioned, have for many years particularly engaged his attention and practice; whence, regardless of vague conjectural hypothesis, he hath deduced, on rational principles, methods of cure, improved and confirmed by the most accurate observations in a course of practice, the most extensive, and, perhaps, the most successful of any of his cotemporaries in Europe, or on this vast continent.
Notwithstanding it has ever been a custom with the professed oculists and aurists of Europe to conceal their method of practice and to refuse to communicate to any one the knowledge they possessed, yet, as his concerns in England will not permit him to remain long in America, and in order that his method may be rendered of as diffusive utility as possible, he proposes to instruct and appoint, after a series of actual practice, one person in every province, through which he may pass, to succeed him in treating, after the most improved method, the diseases of the eyes and ears, and to communicate to them, from time to time, such discoveries and improvements as may result from future practice. A premium will be expected, and none need apply but those who have been regularly bred to the profession of physic or surgery.
The candid and intelligent inhabitants of these parts of the British colonies can readily distinguish true merit from pretended knowledge: To conciliate, therefore, their favour, Doctor GRAHAM begs leave to assure them that, with tenderness and moderation, even to the poorest individual, his best abilities shall at all times be exerted to serve them; and as the success which daily attends his practice is a better testimony of his skill than any thing he might advance in his own behalf, let it suffice only to mention that, after several years study at the justly celebrated University of Edinburgh, he has travelled in pursuit of knowledge, in his favourite branches, attending the infirmaries and hospitals, as well as the lectures of the most eminent professors in Europe. In the course of his practice at Philadelphia, several hundred patients have been cured or relieved of the following disorders, many of which had been of long standing, and deemed incurable by other practitioners, even by Gentlemen who otherwise do honour to the profession, the success attending their practice sufficiently evincing that they are worthy and capable of the great, the important charge with which they are entrusted. The chief disorders are as follows, viz.
Total, partial, and periodical blindness; weakness and dimness of sight; squinting; pain, swelling, and inflammation of the eyes; spots, specks, pearls, or films, occasioned by the smallpox, blows, or extraneous substances; weak, watery, red, spongy, and ulcerated eyelids; spasmodic twitching of the muscles; involuntary weeping of the tears; tumours and excrescencies; fistula lachrymalis . Total and periodical deafness; thickness of hearing; pain and inflammations; painful sensations in consequence of loud sounds; cracking, itching, continual, and remitting noises in the ears; offensive runnings occasioned by colds, swelling, swimming, picking, and improper applications, or by long and severe sicknesses; insects and extraneous bodies getting into the ears; ulcerations with caries of the bones, polypi , &c. and several persons born deaf and dumb; impediments in their speech, &c.
*** Business in Philadelphia will not permit the Doctor to remain in this city longer than the 15th of June. Those, therefore, who have occasion for his assistance will be pleased to apply immediately. The poor who apply, properly recommended, will be assisted gratis, with advice, medicines, or manual operations, as their respective cases may require; and for that purpose he will appropriate every morning, Sundays excepted, between the hours of five and seven.
Equæ pauperibus prodest, locuple tibus æque;
Equæ neglectum pueris senibusque nocet.
HOR.
L O N D O N, March 11.
THEY write from Gibraltar, that a Hamburger, laden with 400 barrels of gunpowder, and ninety tons of lead, had fallen into the hands of a Barbary corsair in the Mediterranean, and was carried into Larache.
Letters from Paris advise that M. de la Chapelle, the Censor Royal, has invented an extraordinary aquatic accoutrement, or piece of machinery, by means of which a person totally ignorant of the art of swimming may plunge boldly into the most deep and agitated waters, and there, without any effort or skill, keep himself in an erect position, the water rising all the time no higher than the pit of his stomach. In this situation he may, at his ease, eat, drink, write, charge, present, and fire a musket, turning himself, and at any time almost, by a mere act of the will. This apparatus is not cumbersome, either in the water or on shore, and may be put on or off in less than a minute. M. de la Chapelle calls this accoutrement his scaphandre, by which many persons have crossed the deepest rivers, as if they were footing it on a solid plain. Many thousand people have been witnesses of the successful experiments made by these machines. M. Artuo, particularly, Captain of the artillery at Huningen, lately saw a trial made of the scaphandre in the river Rhine, by a mere novice in the art of swimming, who with this accoutrement walked upright, and at his ease, backwards and forwards in that river, as if by enchantment.
We have advice from Paris, that the French court have lately published an ordinance to recal all their subjects from out of the Dutch and Russian services.
A private letter, received late on Tuesday night from Spain, says that the Spaniards are preparing a fleet of ten men of war of the line, at Ferrol, which are to cruise in the Mediterranean and Archipelago.
Wednesday one Pitman, a shorer, near sixty years of age, gathering coals, &c. that had been thrown up by the tide on the ferry side of London bridge, found a small deal box; on opening of which he found two laced waistcoats, and near 200l. in cash.
Orders are issued for sending a large body of troops to his Majesty's garrison of Gibraltar and Minorca, and two of the oldest regiments are ordered there.
Sir Basil Keith, who is appointed Governor of Jamaica, is brother to our late worthy Minister at Copenhagen, who acquitted himself with so much aplomb with respect to the troubles in which the sister of our Sovereign was so unfortunately involved. It is said that the King spontaneously gave Sir Basil the above mentioned government (the best in the American department) without consulting the Minister, for which instance of spirit and gratitude his Majesty is much applauded. Sir Robert Murray Keith is now ambassador at Vienna, in the room of Lord Stormont, who goes to Paris.
By an account from Loche, in Touraine, we are informed that Madam La Coron, a Lady of fashion in that town, who is now in her 100th year, gave on her birth day a magnificent entertainment to such of the inhabitants as had attained to 50 years of age, or upwards; and that in the evening the company were summoned into the great hall to dance, when her Ladyship opened the ball with the oldest Gentleman in the room.
The Bishop of Osnabrug is said to have very quick parts. When the Prince of Wales, last week, seemed greatly mortified at not being permitted to receive
the Gentlemen of the principality, the Bishop broke out, "Why, brother, I believe I shall see my German sheep before you will your Welch goats."
A young Gentleman, not of the strictest sobriety, having lately refused to qualify himself for a benefice, which had been purchased for him by his father, was taken to task by the old man, who took upon him to wonder where the Devil such a bon vivant had got his scruples; to which the younger replied, "Sir, I am, it is true, orthodox enough to go lengths with a Bishop, even so far as half a dozen or half a score bottles; but I am not such a rascal as to certify, under my hand, the truth of propositions which I either understand not or cannot believe."
The Prince of Brunswick is appointed a Field Marshal, in the service of the King of Prussia.
March 13. It is reported that a certain great man, rebuking his younger son, told him, "If you go on at this rate, were you as rich as I am now, you would soon be as penniless as I was when I began the world." "Never fear, Sir (returns the confident youth) when I know not where to go for a guinea, it will be time enough to think of the value of money; and having experienced one part of your fortune, I shall not fear attaining to the other."
It is said there has been a meeting and a treaty between the son of a great defaulter and his annuity creditors, whose demands are so great that a sum not less than 80,000l. is preparing by the father to discharge them. It is but just that the fortune raised by sharping should become a prey, in its turn, to sharps. What a fine old reservoir spouting in his heir!
When the family of a late paymaster was lately the subject of conversation, what a fine young Gentleman this Charles is, cries a Gentleman, to be able to make his father an Earl! True, cries a bystander; but is not his elder brother as great, who has lately made him paymaster?
Another Gentleman observing that the meeting of a certain young spendthrift's creditors was at the Devil tavern, cried don't you think it is a kind father who goes to the Devil for his children? May be so, replies a Gentleman near him, but is not that the case of every gripus?
March 20. Letters from Holland say the states have received the strongest assurances that the court of Versailles is meditating some hostile invasions.
A droll circumstance happened during the late carnival at Paris. At one of the masquerades, which are always permitted there in Lent time, a mask appeared in a dress representing a windmill. A Prince of the Blood, struck with the novelty of the character, put some trying questions to the mask. The latter replied in a manner that piqued his Highness greatly. The Prince, chagrined at his answers, stepped up to one of the sentinels, and bid him take care not to lose sight of that mask, but to arrest him when all was over, with as little noise as possible. The mask retired to a corner of the room, where he seemingly sat down and went to sleep. After nodding there several hours, in the morning when the sentinel came to execute his orders, finding the mask, as he thought, still asleep, he gave him several shakes in order to wake him. These proving ineffectual, he examined the mask more closely, when to his surprise he found that the bird was flown, and nothing but the carcass of the windmill left behind.
B O S T O N, April 19.
Extract of a letter from a Gentleman in London, dated January 25.
"I am extremely obliged to you for the pamphlet and papers enclosed in your last. I cannot describe how much I am pleased with the spirit with which the inhabitants of the town of Boston oppose the infringements of your rights, and hope every town in the province will harmonize with them. From the justice of the ruling powers in this country you are to expect nothing; from their fears and necessities every thing. The last signal act of Lord Hillsborough was his declaration of war against the Churibs; it is impossible to conceive a measure so wicked in its principle, and weak in its plan. His letters are now before the House."
We hear by a person from Halifax, that there is a brigantine called the New Gaspee, between 60 and 70 tons burthen, single-decked, a lion head, carries a fore-top sail gallant yard, a main-top-sail pole, fitting out there, for the base purpose of going into every harbour and creek between that place and this, which is thought will be a more proper method to take the fair trader in his honest industry, and piller him of all he has in the world; as nobody will suspect that said vessel, without any signs of gunports, &c. is in the King's service. It is therefore hoped, that every person in the least danger of being hurt in circumstances, will take warning by this, and be looking out most vigilantly for those pumping rascals, those locusts of America, and be ready to receive them in such a manner as they shall think the nature of their errand demands.

A letter from London, dated the 28th of February, mentions, that it was determined the naval force in America should be reduced, and that the Arethusa, Gibraltar, Mercury, and Lively, ships of war, would soon be ordered home.
Yesterday morning the Admiral's flag was removed from on board his Majesty's ship the Captain to that of the Fowey, as the former with some other of the men of war, we hear, are soon to sail for Halifax. At sunrise, when this ceremony was performed, a salute was paid and returned by the two respective ships, to the great disturbance of those in town who are particularly fond of indulging in bed on Sunday mornings.
NEWPORT (Rhode Island) April 19. Extract of a letter from a Gentleman in Surinam, to his friend in this town.
"Miss S. a Lady who came from Holland to this colony, and lived with the old Lady who was lately murdered, was also attacked by the Negroes, and received a very severe cut over the head with a bill, something like a cutlass, but heavier, and very sharp: She was dressed in the pink of the tower mode, with a great roll, which broke the force of the stroke; so that what would otherwise have been a fatal blow, was only a slight wound. Henceforth, when I hear the WITS, as they call themselves, ridicule any dress the Ladies chuse to wear, I shall conclude their skulls as thick as a roll. Had not rolls been intended for some useful purpose, would they ever have been invented? Perhaps they were designed to save this poor Lady's life, who, without a joke, would have infallibly been killed, but for a ROLL."
NEW YORK , April 26.
On Monday evening last, as Mr. John Dewit, a very pious young man, was officiating as a member of a religious society, in a house on Cowfoot Hill, he expired in the following melancholy manner; after praying he gave out an hymn, in singing which he accompanied the society, then read a chapter, took a seat, and seemed very solemn; and as another member was about concluding the devotion with a prayer, Mr. Dewit was heard to make a noise with his feet, and on looking at him, they perceived he had dropped from his knees; water was immediately fetched, and every method taken to recover him, but in vain, for he seemed to be entirely dead; however, as no signs of putrefaction appeared, he was, by advice of the physicians, kept for some days, and buried on Thursday last.
PHILADELPHIA , April 19.
By Capt. Biddle, from Port au Prince, we learn that a great many counterfeit PISTOLES had been brought into the island, and circulated there by some traders from America; that one of the offenders belonging to Rhode Island had been convicted at Cape Francois, and set in the pillory for it; and that the French inhabitants, in general, were so exasperated, on account of this base traffic, that an Englishman could scarce walk the streets without being insulted.
F O R S A L E,
A TRACT OF LAND, lying on the river Rapidan, in Culpeper county, and containing 3000 acres, a sufficiency of which is cleared to employ the labour of 20 slaves. As those persons who may intend to become purchasers will probably be better satisfied with respect to the quality of land by viewing it, than by a description, they are requested to apply to Mr. John Allcock, who lives on the same. There is on the said land a small dwellinghouse, with all outhouses necessary for plantation and domestic purposes. Credit will be allowed till the 10th of July, 1774, on giving bond, with approved security, bearing interest from the date if not punctually discharged when due. BEN: GRYMES, jun.
For SALE, and to be entered on immediately, THE HOUSE in which the late Captain William Prentis lived, next door to Mr. Spurr's, below the Capitol, in Williamsburg. Enquire of JOHN PRENTIS.
ON the 1st of this month the treasurer, trustees, and subscribers, to the FUND for the relief of Clergymens widows and orphans, met according to appointment: On the next day two sermons were preached suitable to the occasion, and the collections were made at the church doors, producing, with 3l. 2s. 6d. from a person unknown; by the hands of the Reverend Mr. Professor Henley, the sum of 53l. 10s. 7d. for which the generous contributors are desired to accept the grateful acknowledgments of the Clergy associating for the support of the above named fund. On Monday the last day of meeting 75l. pounds were ordered to be distributed among seven widows, and several orphans; and the following officers were appointed for the ensuing year: The Rev. John Camm, treasurer, the Rev. Messieurs Benjamin Blagrove, Henry Skyring, James Maury Fontaine, Thomas Price, William Bland, and Alexander White, trustees. William Leigh the forenoon, and John Bracken the afternoon preacher.
JACOB BRUCE, Clerk.
PURSUANT to an act of Assembly, empowering the restry of the parish of St. George, in Spotsylvania county, to sell part of the land, belonging to the said parish, in the town of Fredericksburg, notice is hereby given that the said land will be sold, by the churchwardens, at Fredericksburg May fair, at the house of Mr. George Weedon, by public vendue; it is divided into four lots, situate on the south side of the main street, between the Town House and Mr. George Mitchell's store, each having a front of 41 feet, and 132 feet deep. Twelve months credit will be allowed, the purchasers giving bond and security.
PURSUANT to an act of the General Assembly, passed the 15th of March, 1773, appointing commissioners to sell the damaged tobacco in the public warehouse at Aquia, in Stafford county, we the subscribers do hereby give notice that we shall attend at the said warehouse on Thursday the 20th of this instant (May) and there offer for sale, to the highest bidder, twenty three HOGS HEADS of TOBACCO. Credit will be allowed till the 25th of December next, on giving bond and sufficient security; the bonds to be payable to Robert Carter Nicholas, Esquire, Treasurer of this colony, or to the Treasurer for the time being.
THOMAS LUDWELL LEE, JOHN ALEXANDER, BAILEY WASHINGTON, WILLIAM BRENT.
CHARLES CITY , April 3, 1773.
IN December, 1771, I hired a likely Mulatto boy named George, about 14 years old, to Mr. John Cowles; but as the said Cowles, in the month of April, 1772, went to Dinwiddie, on a visit to his sister, and took with him the said boy George, who, according to agreement, was to have been returned to me the first day of January last, which he hath failed complying with, and, to my great surprize, have lately been informed that the said boy hath been offered for sale at Bedford court, I should be much obliged to any person that would advise me where the said Cowles and boy may be found; and I think it necessary to acquaint the said Cowles that if the said boy George is not delivered to me in thirty days from the date hereof I shall order a suit to be brought against him, to recover the said boy.
WILLIAM EDLOE.
THE trustees appointed to treat with persons for clearing MATTAPONY RIVER, above Todd's Bridge, will meet, for that purpose, at Aylett's warehouse, on Wednesday the 17th of May. Those who incline to undertake that work are desired to view the river before that day; that they may be the better able to judge of the reward, as the strictest punctuality will be expected.
KING HEROD,
A bay horse neat sixteen hands high, his sire Col. Baylor's famous horse Fearnought, his dam Mr. Braxton's English mare Kitty Filher, stands at Mr. Wormeley's, at Rosehill, and will cover mares the present spring at TWENTY SHILLINGS a leap, or FOUR POUNDS the season; the money must be sent with the mares. There are good pastures, but should any of them stray from the ground I will not be answerable for them.
RALPH WORMELEY, jun.
FALMOUTH , April 23, 1773.
THE subscribers, having met with many disappointments and much trouble in collecting the inspection money for tobacco shipped from Falmouth and Dixon's warehouses, hereby give notice that they are determined, in future, not to ship any tobacco, unless the money is sent with the notes.
WILLIAM NEWTON, } Falmouth. THOMAS HORD, } JOHN POLLARD, } Dixon's. THOMAS SHARPE, }
F O R S A L E,
SEVEN or eight unimproved LOTS in the town of Charlottesville, Albemarle county, several of them lying on the main street, one very near the courthouse, and several others very convenient. Also several tracts of land lying on the branches of Buck Mountain creek, upon Doyle's and Morman's rivers, in the said county, to wit, one of 822 acres, one of 650 acres, one of 400 acres, one of 364 acres, one of 300 acres, one of 260 acres, one of 144 acres, and one of 130 acres. Great part of the said lands are very rich, and are allowed, by those who know them, to be as good as any in Virginia for producing fine, large, clean tobacco, are convenient to church, courthouse, and mills, and are well watered and timbered. Those who chuse to purchase will be allowed a reasonable credit, and may view the lands, and know the particulars, by applying to the subscriber, living near the upper end of Hanover county.
BENJAMIN BROWN.
I INTEND to leave the colony immediately. JOHN DUNCAN.
TEN POUNDS REWARD.
RUN away from the subscribers, on the 1st of April last, two convict servant men, which came in the Justitia, Captain Gray, viz. THOMAS PRATT, 36 years of age, and 5 feet 3 or 4 inches high, is stout made, has blue eyes, a down look, and brown hair; had on a brown coat, an old hat, and other old clothes; he is by trade a millwright and pump-maker. WILLIAM PORJEE, by trade a hatter, slender make, has brown hair, and pockpitted; had on a blue waistcoat, sailor's cap, and other old clothes; by trade a hatter. Whoever secures the above servants in any gaol, so that we get them again, shall receive FIVE POUNDS, and if brought to us, in Staunton, the above reward.
SAMPSON & GEORGE MATTHEWS.
N. B. All masters of vessels are hereby forewarned from carrying either of the said convicts out of the colony.
TAKEN up, in Augusta, a black mare, about 14 hands high, paces, is branded on the near shoulder RS, and on the off shoulder and buttock T, and has a blemish on the right knee. Posted, and appraised to 6l. 15s. EDWARD M'CALGIN.
TAKEN up, in Culpeper, a dark bay mare, neither docked nor branded. Posted, and appraised to 2l. 10s. H. FIELD.
TAKEN up, in Prince William, a pied steer, marked with a crop and two slits in the right ear, and a slit in the left; he is about 4 or 5 years old. Posted, and appraised to 3l.
EZEKIEL CORNWELL.
TAKEN up, in Henrico, a young red brindled cow, marked with a crop in the right ear, and a swallowfork in the left. Posted, and appraised to 2l. 5s. JOHN MARKES.
TAKEN up, in King William, a small bay mare, with a blaze in her face, about 4 feet 4 inches high, appears to be about 12 or 13 years old, and has a colt, but no perceivable brand. Posted, and appraised to 7l. THOMAS BUTLER.
TAKEN up, in Halifax, a red and white cow, marked with a swallowfork in the right ear, and a swallowfork and underkeel in the left. Posted, and appraised to 2l. BEN: BOXLEY.
TAKEN up, in Charlotte, a bay horse, about 4 feet 5 inches high, with a roached mane and curled tail, has a large saddle spot on the off side, a star in his forehead, but no perceivable brand. Posted, and appraised to 6l. JAMES JOHNSON.
FALLS of POTOWMACK , Sept. 10, 1772.
THE subscriber am 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 follow: 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 cakes 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.