The Virginia gazette (Williamsburg, Va.), 1774-05-26 00:00:00

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CARRIAGES of various sorts and prices to be sold by ELKANAH DEANE , coachmaker, at his shop in Palace street, Williamsburg, who makes all kinds of coaches, chariots, postchaises, phaetons, carriages, chairs, and chaises, with harness of every sort. Carriages of every kind are repaired, painted, gilded, and japanned, in the best manner, and on the most reasonable terms, for cash. Gentlemen or ladies residing in the country, by sending their commands to said Deane, may depend on being well used, and their commands executed with the greatest care and dispatch. He returns his unfeigned thanks to those gentlemen and ladies who have favoured him with their custom, and is determined to make it his study to please all who are kind enough to employ him. Being in want of a few more JOURNEYMEN , he will give the following prices, provided they are good hands: For every chair body, single or double, according to my directions, I will give four pounds, for every chair carriage eighteen shillings, for every pair of wheels 22 shillings, and so in proportion for all other work. I would willingly take two or three apprentices who have been genteelly brought up, and tolerably educated; no others need apply.—Said Deane has some choice brandy, gin, rum, and several kind of cordials; such as anniseed water, orange ditto, clove ditto, allfours, cherry brandy, and raspberry ditto; all which he will dispose of on reasonable terms, for cash, to those who will take a quantity.
GEORGE the third, by the grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, king, defender of the faith, &c. To the sheriff of Hampshire county, greeting: We command you that you summon Charles Lynch to appear before the justices of our said county court of chancery on the second Tuesday of next month, to answer a bill in chancery, exhibited against him and Abraham Hite, gentlemen, by Matthew Bush, of the city of Philadelphia, and province of Pennsylvania; and this he shall in no wise omit, under the penalty of 100l. and have then there this writ. Witness Gabriel Jones, clerk of our said court, this 14th day of April, in the 14th year of our reign. 3 GABRIEL JONES.
THE subscriber, of Sussex county, being under the disagreeable necessity of taking this method of acquainting the public that his wife Sarah Northington has left his bed and board, therefore forewarns all persons from trusting her on his account, as he will pay no debts of her contracting.
May 5, 1774. SAMUEL NORTINGTON.
I HAVE for sale 481 acres of land adjoining the lands of James Bates, deceased, on Skiminoe creek, in York county. The land is very convenient to Williamsburg, to three parish churches, quakers meetinghouse, several gristmills, two warehouses, and a navigable landing. It is well timbered with oak suitable for framing, scantling, fire wood, and fencing. This land joins Fleming Bates, who will shew the same to any person inclinable to purchase; and I do authorize the said Fleming Bates to sell the same, and will abide by whatever agreement he may make. 2* JOHN BATES.
To be SOLD, on the 6th day of June, at the late dwellinghouse of Mr. Robinson Daingerfield, deceased, in King & Queen county.
ALL the household and kitchen furniture, most of which are very good, a parcel of good books, a large and small microscope, and a perspective glass, with views. Twelve months credit will be given for all sums above forty shillings, on giving bond, with good security; those bonds that are not paid off at the day to carry interest from the date.
THOMAS LOWRY, } administrators. 2* W. DAINGERFIELD.
JUST arrived in York river, the Brilliant, Captain Miller, from London, with a choice healthy indented SERVANTS, the sale of which will begin at Richmond town on Wednesday the 25th of May; among which are the following tradesmen, viz. blacksmiths, brasiers, edgetool makers, bricklayers and plasterers, shoemakers, stone masons, carpenters, joiners and cabinetmakers, cloth weavers, flocking weavers, barbers and peruke-makers, gardeners, farmers, labourers and husbandmen, book-keepers and schoolmasters, tailors, silkdyers, bakers, painters, leatherdressers, fawyers, butchers, a steward, groom, surgeon, &c. I will sell them very cheap, for ready money, or tobacco; and for those on credit, bond and security will be required.
THOMAS SMITH.
NORFOLK, April 21, 1774.
NOTICE is hereby given, that a number of vessels will be wanted this summer to bring about 6000 tons of stone from Mr. Brooke's quarry, on Rappahannock, and land the same on Cape Henry, for the lighthouse. Any person inclinable to engage in such work are desired to treat with Matthew Phripp, Paul Loyall, and Thomas Newton, junior, esquires. The directors of the lighthouse will also be glad to purchase one or two flat bottomed vessels from 80 to 120 tons burthen. 11 BASSETT MOSELEY.
FOR SALE, AND VERY CHEAP, A PLANTATION in good order for cropping, none 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 inclinable 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 tract of land is well-timbered, and has excellent water on it. I do not know a better place for a merchant mill than is on Ducker's creek. People are going much on raising wheat in these parts, and a good mill would be very advantageous to the owner. Also another tract of land of 126 acres, in Albemarle county, I believe about ten miles from the courthouse, joining Mr. James Harris and the quarters of Mr. John Winston. On this land is a small 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.
IN consequence of the death of Mr. James Campbell of Essex, who was acting attorney for Messieurs John, William, and James M'Call, M'Call and Elliott, and M'Call, Elliott, and Snodgrass, in the business formerly under the management of Mr. William Snodgrass, we have received from his executors the books and papers of said companies, and have put them into the hands of Mr. James Gordon to collect. We therefore earnestly request all indebted to those concerns to pay off immediately, as no further indulgence can be given. Mr. James Gordon will reside in Tappahannock, and will attend Essex, Middlesex, Gloucester, and King and Queen courts.
ARCHIBALD M'CALL, JOHN SNODGRASS.
FOR SALE, TWO thousand acres of exceeding fine LAND for tobacco, wheat, or Indian corn, lying on both sides of Bull Run, in Loudoun and Prince William; about 300 acres of it are rich low ground and meadow land. It lies within 4 miles of two merchant mills, and about 10 miles of two other merchant mills in Loudoun, 30 miles from Colchester, Alexandria, and Dumfries. If any person or persons incline to purchase the whole or any part of the said lands, they may be shewn them, and know the terms, by applying to Capt. Francis Peyton, in Loudoun county, who has full power to treat for the same, or to the subscriber. It may be laid off in lots of two, three, or four hundred acres (as may best suit the purchasers) with an equal quantity of low ground and meadow land to each lot. ROBERT BURWELL.
DUTCH FANS.
FOR cleaning wheat or any other kind of grain, are made and sold by ADAM EKART, in Market street, Philadelphia. Likewise rolling screens, sieves for filtering iron ore, &c. warranted of the best make; also all sorts of wire work, for cleaning wheat, barley, rye, flax seed, Indian corn, oats, or any other kind of grain, and wire short-cloths for millers. The same to be had of captain Matthew Phripp, in Norfolk.
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. 11 BASSETT MOSELEY.
Just imported from London, and sold by the subscriber, at her store opposite the Raleigh in Williamsburg.
A WELL chosen assortment of the neatest GOODS, consisting of fine thread and blond lace, white sattin and lustrine, blue sattin and sarfnet petticoats, white ditto for weddings, sattin and queen silk shoes, muslin, gauze, catgut, and wire, worked linen, ribbands, plain and ribbed, silk, cotton, and thread stockings, small ditto for children, patent net aprons, equal in beauty to joining lace, silk gloves and mits, roles and curls, tambour sword knots, boys beaver and hussar caps, ladies riding hats, feathers, and whips, childrens fishes and flays, a large quantity of Didbury shoes, sheneel, fine chip and cane hats, fans, cloaks, gauze handkerchiefs, purses, bags and puffs, purl for work, tureen, pump, and pap ladies, stone, silver, gilt, and pinchbeck, both shoe and knee buckles, paste, garnet, gold, and black, stock ditto, India plate salts, ditto snuffers and snuffpans, silver teaspoons, teatongs, and saltshovels, ditto coral and bells, paste, marcalite, pearl, and bead, necklaces and earrings, gold wires, silver bowed scissors, and silver tipped sheaths, lancet cases, watch chains and keys, combs, pocketbooks, and ewee cases, freemason and other broaches, paste sprigs and pins, tooth brushes, fine Irish wafers, sword canes, and penknives, black bags and roses, black pins, stay hooks, thimbles, silver shoe clasps, fruit knives, dolls and other toys, with many other articles too numerous to insert; all to be sold on reasonable terms, for ready money only, by
C. RATHBELL.
*** At the same place may be had an exceeding fine SILVER WATCH, capped, which runs on diamonds, and a GOLD WATCH, with gold hands, and an engraved case.
To be SOLD, by the subscriber, at Stafford courthouse, on the 2d Monday in June next, if fair, otherwise the first fair day.
THREE tracts of land, adjoining each other, and lying in Stafford county, on Potowmack creek; on one of which is a very commodious tavern, and other necessary houses, garden, &c. within a few yards of the courthouse. The situation is very advantageous for a publican's business, and remarkable for fish and fowl. Fifteen acres of the land were laid down in timothy about four years ago, and there are near 40 acres of marsh, which might be easily reclaimed, and at a small expence. Terms will be made known on the day of sale.
GEORGE DENT, junior.
FIVE POUNDS REWARD.
RUN away from my plantation near this place, last night, two servant men, named George and John Allen, very lately imported in the Justitia, consigned to Mr. Thomas Hodge, at Leeds town. George is a likely young fellow, about 25 years of age, 5 feet 10 or 11 inches high, stoops much, and is remarkably round shouldered; had on when he went away a dark coloured bear-skin jacket and breeches, and a small round hat with a black ribband and buckle. John is brother to George, slender made, and two inches under his size; had on the same sort of clothes, only a pair of old shoes cut open at the toes. Any person who will apprehend the said servants, and secure them so that I may get them, shall be entitled to the above reward; and all persons are hereby forewarned, as they may probably pretend to pass for sailors, from carrying them out of the country. THOMAS MONTGOMERIE.
DUMFRIES, April 25.
STRAYED , or stolen, from the subscriber, in Williamsburg, on Sunday the 1st of May, a white mare, about 13 hands one or two inches high, with a hanging mane and tail, paces and gallops, one of her hips rather higher than the other. I bought her of one William Archer, from Louisa county. I do not recollect that she has any brand. Whoever brings the said mare to me shall be well rewarded for their trouble, and all reasonable charges paid. JOHN HOLT.
FOR SALE.
And to be entered upon at Christmas next, A VERY valuable tract of LAND in King William county, on Pamunkey river, adjoining the land of the late Mr. John Smith, of Banover county, deceased, containing 800 acres, more or less, the soil is very rich, and exceedingly well adapted for wheat, corn, or tobacco; particularly the first and second, being low grounds; and there is a considerable quantity of high grounds. It has plenty of good pine and oak timber upon it, convenient houses, and is in good order for cropping, is about two miles from Hanover town, and very convenient to church and two mills. Any person inclinable to purchase may be shewn the land by applying to Mr. Christopher Taliaferro, or Mr. William Jones, who resides near the same, and the terms may be also known by applying to these gentlemen, or to the subscriber. 11 THOMAS JONES.

A BATCHELOR of arts, of three years standing, might be entitled to a master's degree, without attending any part of this time at college, provided he ever testified a proper respect for it, and sustained a good moral character. This indulgence would be necessary in an infant country, where the majority are but ill able to support their sons at a college for any great number of years.
Were this or some similar mode of education adopted, I am persuaded that the college of William and Mary would, in a few years, rival any literary institution in the world. This at least is certain, that its reputation would not, as it does at present, depend so much on the idle and dissolute, who may chance to spend some time in it; but from such only as had gone through a regular course of studies, and had been dignified with the honours of the college, would its character be taken.
The charter very properly appoints two professors of divinity; the one to read with the students the scriptures in the original languages, the other to give lectures upon the controverted points of theology. To those who have any regard for religion, the importance of these two professorships must be very evident. Were the design of them attended to as it ought, what advantages might we not expect to reap from them! Instead of clergymen, who can scarcely construe a sentence of Greek, whose utmost reading extends not beyond Burnet and Pearson (I mean not to reflect upon these gentlemen, I lament their want of opportunity for greater improvement) our church would be supplied with men skilled in the original languages of our sacred writings, well furnished with arguments in defence of christianity, and thoroughly acquainted with its doctrines and precepts; and to render them thus useful seems to be much in the power of the visitors. They have already passed a statute entitling a student of this college, who enters into holy orders, to a certain sum of money. They might make his attending lectures in divinity, for such a term as might be thought proper, a necessary condition; and to enable him to continue at college the term prescribed, a few fellowships might be established, and given to such as had taken a batchelor of arts degree, and intended to enter into the church.
It might conduce still more to the advancement of learning in the colony if the charter were enlarged, and professorships of law and physic established. A fuller consideration, however, of this matter, I shall defer to some future time, having already exceeded the limits which I had assigned to this paper.
ACADEMICUS.
TO ACADEMICUS.
SIR,
IT is with pleasure that I read every ingenious proposal for the advancement of literature, and the improvement of our college. The object is such as must necessarily engage the attention of every one who regards the improvement of the mind. But as a misunderstanding, and consequently a misrepresentation, of the present mode of education, can be of no service to so laudable a design, I must beg leave to rectify a few mistakes, which, I doubt not, took its origin from ignorance, rather than malice. Your zeal has certainly somewhat out-gone your knowledge; but that is a defect too common in human nature to be much complained of. In pointing out the great imperfection , you have unluckily made a very great blunder. The students have no such liberty as you mention, of attending what lectures they please. It is contrary to the rules of the college, which are never dispensed with, except in circumstances of a particular nature; such as the certainty of a short stay, and the necessity of prosecuting that study, which is more immediately requisite. To place this great imperfection in a clearer light, you being an instance , which is, indeed, a very unfortunate one, for I will bring the same instance to shew, that you know as little of the great imperfection as of a proper mode of education. "As for instance, then, a student chuses to attend lectures on natural philosophy. As these are not given oftener than twice in a week, he has four days entirely at his own disposal." Now there is no choice in the case; he must attend only once a week . But is it not so much the worse, say you? For admitting that I was a little too positive as to the chusing, you will allow that he has five days instead of four, wherein, "if he be indolent, or vicious, or fond of pleasure, he has it in his power to indulge himself." Not at all, my literary projector; for he will find no days at his own disposal. Each day is alternately employed either in the school of moral philosophy, or in that of the mathematics. This piece of information may be of service to you in your future lucubrations on so important a subject, wherein you should avoid even the appearance of error. You will be cautious, however, to strike out of your calendar those intervening days of idleness which you so much complain of. You would also do well to lay aside those insinuations of the prevalence of ignorance, as well as idleness; for if my information be just, as I have reason to believe it is, idleness is become dishonourable, and that love of science universally prevails, which even Academicus, was he better acquainted with the present disposition of the students, would acknowledge to forebode the happiest effects.
Another important deficiency is, the manner in which degrees have been conferred. Though they were acquainted with particular branches of the highest value, "they had not run the general circle, none had been called to an examination previous to the conferring of this literary honour upon them." Academicus, I fear, has been born the heir of mistakes, since not a literary honour has been conferred which was not the prize of public contest, or which merit did not claim. The classic, the mathematician, and the moral philosopher, are seldom found united in every academician. An acquaintance with either of those branches of science is generally esteemed worthy of a reward in every seminary. Your Nassau alone can boast the truly magic art of forming, in a year or two, the classic, the mathematician, the moral philosopher, and the patriot. It is there they run the general circle, and, as Academicus would have it, it is there they end where they begun.
But we cannot pass over the triumph. "The impropriety of this mode of education is so very apparent that any farther demonstration of it would be an insult upon the most common understanding." Surely, Academicus, you should, like a second Pythagoras, have offered at least a hecatomb. You have afforded the world a noble specimen of those demonstrating powers which can bring forth the clearest demonstration without a single true position. But convincing as it appeared to you, others perhaps may now think that a farther demonstration would be no insult upon the most common understanding; or must they not rather be struck with astonishment at that boldness which should dare to prostitute the name of demonstration, in order to vilify a mode of education of which you are entirely ignorant?
You will probably discover the great imperfection , upon a second search, to be in the present establishment. Whenever that is altered for the better, a more enlarged mode of education must take place; not such, I hope, as every puny genius of fancied literature shall dictate, but such as shall carry along with it whatever is great and noble, whatever shall tend most effectually to improve the mind and mend the heart. Nor do I doubt but the gentlemen of the visitation will gladly promote every means which may conduce to so important an end. That they have it in view, every one knows; and that they will use their own endeavours to expedite as much as possible, to happy an alteration, no one can doubt. The university in England will afford them the best general plan, while their own good sense must judge of such particular exigencies as shall arise. But you should remember that weak, hasty, and ill-timed efforts, may often baffle the most noble designs. I am your humble servant, A. B.
Conclusion of the EXPOSTULATION from the king, lords, and commons, to the AMERICAN S.
FOR the credit of American understanding, therefore, the expositants sincerely with that the colonies would adopt the language of consistency, that they would either insist upon what they have repeatedly pronounced impossible, representation, wholly, or wholly give it up. If they have a claim to the benefits of the British constitution, they owe obedience to the British legislature; the supremacy of that legislature is a fundamental principle of the British constitution, and even the Americans themselves have more dishonour to dread, as English subjects, than reputation to expect, from humbling the common head of their own empire.
If, however, these arguments should unhappily prove ineffectual, and if the select committee at Boston, in opposition to every tie of gratitude, every sense of allegiance, and every dictate of justice, should neither think of returning to their duty themselves, nor give the other provinces in America leave to be dutiful, the king, lords, and commons, of Great Britain, in parliament solemnly assembled, humbly beseech their HIGH MIGHTINESSES to declare what laws they will be graciously pleased to approve, and how far they will condescendingly honour the mother country with their obedience. At present having, and not having, a right of making the Americans subject to their acts; at present being, and not being, justly entitled to govern them, they are apprehensive of adding to the flame of dissent by some new mistake; earnestly solicitous, therefore, of avoiding such a misfortune, as well as earnestly desirous of terminating the disputes now unhappily subsisting between them and the colonies, they request a written body of instructions for their conduct; this they will religiously observe, and flatter themselves that such a sacrifice of their interest, and such a prostitution of their honour, will, in some measure, restore them to the favourable opinion of America.
WILLIAMSBURG, May 26.
A few days ago arrived in this city, from Philadelphia, James Tilghman, Andrew Allen, and Richard Tilghman, esquires, in order to settle the boundaries of the frontiers of Pennsylvania and Virginia.—Hugh Finley, esquire, deputy postmaster general, in the room of Benjamin Franklin, esquire, is also arrived here.
It is reported, and we believe with too much certainty, that an INDIAN WAR is inevitable, as many outrages have lately happened on the frontiers; but whether the Indians or the white people are most to blame we cannot determine, the accounts being so extremely complicated.
We hear from Port Royal, that on the 17th of this instant the purse of FIFTY POUNDS was run for, and won by Miss Asp, the property of Moore Fauntleroy, esquire.
The TEA destroyed at Boston amounts to upwards of 8000l.
A correspondent says: A few days ago a mare, aged 24 years, was delivered of a fine horse foal, the first the ever produced.
The Nancy, Cunningham, from Hull, and the John and Bella, Green, from London, are arrived in James river; captains Atkinson and Waterman in York river.
F R I D A Y, May 27.
The northern post, just arrived, has brought papers as late as the 16th of this instant; nothing, however, has as yet transpired with the colonies, notwithstanding they have received advices from the mother country as late as the 9th of April. We imagine they wait for the sentiments of the representatives of Virginia. A few articles we have thought proper to select, which are as follows, to wit.
L O N D O N, April 2.
The following is a true copy of the petition to the HOUSE OF LORDS against the Boston port bill, signed by most of the American gentlemen now in town, and presented by the earl of Shelburne.
To the right honourable the lords spiritual and temporal in parliament assembled.
The humble petition of several natives of AMERICA, SHEWETH,
"That your petitioners, being natives of his majesty's dominions in America, are deeply interested in every PROCEEDING of this right honourable HOUSE, which touches the life, liberty, or property, of any person or persons in the said dominions. That your petitioners conceive themselves and their fellow subjects to be entitled to the rights of natural justice, and to the common law of England, as their unalienable birthright. That they apprehend it to be an invariable rule of natural justice, that no man shall be condemned unheard; and that according to law, no person or persons can be judged without being called upon to answer, and being permitted to hear the evidence against them, and to make their defence. That it is therefore with the deepest concern they understand that there is now before this right honourable house a bill of pains and penalties to be inflicted on the town of Boston, for a trespass committed by some persons unknown upon the property of the East India company, without the said town having been apprised of any accusation being brought against them, or permitted to hear the evidence, if there be any, and to make their defence. That the bill takes away immediately from the inhabitants of the town the use of property to the amount of several hundred thousand pounds vested in quays, wharfs, stores, &c. That it will deprive many thousands of his Majesty's subjects from subsisting themselves and their families by their usual employments. That it will punish the innocent for the guilty; and even should all the reparation required by the bill be made, the restoration of that property, or any part of it is suffered to depend wholly upon the will of the crown. Your petitioners conceive such proceeding to be directly repugnant to every principle of law and justice; and that under such a precedent no man, or body of men, could enjoy a moment's security; for if judgment be immediately to follow an accusation, the accused, unacquainted with the charge, and debarred from defending themselves, every fence against false accusation will be pulled down, justice will no longer be a shield, nor innocence an exemption from punishment. Your petitioners beg leave to represent, that the law in America ministers redress for any injury sustained there; and they can most truly affirm, that it is administered in that country with as much impartiality as in any other part of his Majesty's dominions. In proof of this they appeal to an instance of great notoriety, in which, under every circumstance that could exasperate the people, and disturb the course of justice, captain Preston and his soldiers had a fair trial, and a favourable verdict. The due course of law thus manifestly holding out redress, they cannot but consider the interposition of parliamentary power to be as unnecessary as it is arbitrary and unjust. Your petitioners conceive that this right honourable house being the supreme judicature of this nation, are too well acquainted with the inviolable rules of justice to require any further objections to the bill against the town of Boston now under consideration. They therefore trust and pray, that this right honourable house will not pass a bill which is to condemn and punish persons unheard, and therefore deprived of that privilege, which every principle of justice, and every practice of law, allows to the meanest individual; the privilege of hearing and controverting the evidence against him, and maintaining his innocence. And your petitioners, as in duty bound, shall ever pray." Signed, Stephen Sayre, William Lee, Benjamin Franklin, William Middleton, Henry Laurens, Ralph Izard, Isaac Motte, John Ellis, Hugh Williamson, John Baynton, Arthur Lee, Thomas Puffon, Philip Nevle, Edward Bancroft, John Peronneau, Peeke Fuller, Edward Fenwicke, William Middleton, junior, Thomas Pinckney, William Hasel Gibbs, Thomas Bromfield, Joshua Johnston, John Hobson, Daniel Bowly, John Alleyne, William Blake, John Ballendine, I Williams.
April 9. Thursday night a cabinet council was held at Lord North's, at which all the great officers assisted, as did his excellency general Gage, w late. After their sitting a messenger was dispatched to Portsmouth.
The officers ordered upon the duty of America hang back, and declare it a piece of duty quite repugnant to their feelings, as men and Englishmen.
All the officers in the troops now preparing for America, it is confidently said, have an actual promise from a certain great person of advancement on their return from thence if they behave according to private orders. What those private orders are may be guessed at.
We are informed from the best authority that the following four regiments have actually received orders from the war office to hold themselves in readiness to embark for Boston upon the shortest notice, viz. the 4th, 5th, 38th, and 43d, and that all the officers, notwithstanding many of them had obtained the king's leave of absence, have received orders to join their respective corps immediately upon pain of being cashiered.
It is said that a very formidable fleet will soon make its appearance in the American ocean, which will convince our enemies that we are not to be caught unprepared.
The report continues to gain credit, that the friends to the Bostonians have made some overtures which may probably prevent matters being carried to extremities; it is, however, generally agreed, that general Gage will be sent to America, to see all things settled upon a permanent and proper footing.
(End of the LONDON news.)
(WILLIAMSBURG news continued.)
PROCEEDINGS of the HOUSE of BURGESSES.
TUESDAY, the 24th of May, 14 Geo. III. 1774.
This house being deeply impressed with apprehension of the great dangers to be derived to British America, from the hostile invasion of the city of Boston, in our sister colony of Massachusetts Bay, whose commerce and harbour are on the 1st day of June next to be stopped by an armed force, deem it highly necessary that the said 1st day of June be set apart by the members of this house as a day of fasting, humiliation, and prayer, devoutly to implore the divine interposition for averting the heavy calamity which threatens destruction to our civil rights and the evils of civil war; to give us one heart and mind firmly to oppose, by all just and proper means, every injury to American rights, and that the minds of his majesty and his parliament may be inspired from above with wisdom, moderation, and justice, to remove from the loyal people of America all cause of danger from a continued pursuit of measures pregnant with their ruin.

Ordered, therefore, that the members of this house do attend in their places at the hour of ten in the forenoon, on the said 1st day of June next, in order to proceed with the speaker and the mace to the church in this city for the purposes aforesaid; and that the reverend Mr. Price be appointed to read prayers, and to preach a sermon suitable to the occasion.
By the HOUSE OF BURGESSES.
GEORGE WYTHE, C.H.B.
In consequence of the above, his excellency the governor thought proper yesterday to dissolve the house with the following speech:
Mr. speaker, and gentlemen of the house of burgesses,
I have in my hand a paper, published by order of your house, conceived in such terms as reflect highly upon his majesty, and the parliament of Great Britain, which makes it necessary to dissolve you, and you are dissolved accordingly.
This day the late burgesses of Virginia formed themselves into a committee, to consider of the most expedient and necessary measures to guard against the encroachments which so glaringly threaten them, when they spiritedly agreed to the following association:
An ASSOCIATION, signed by 89 members of the late house of burgesses.
WE his majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the late representatives of the good people of this country, having been deprived by the sudden interposition of the executive part of this government from giving our countrymen the advice we wished to convey to them in a legislative capacity, find ourselves under the hard necessity of adopting this, the only method we have left, of pointing out to our countrymen such measures as in our opinion are best fitted to secure our dearest rights and liberty from destruction, by the heavy hand of power now lifted against North America: With much grief we find that our dutiful applications to Great Britain for security of our just, antient, and constitutional rights, have been not only disregarded, but that a determined system is formed and pressed for reducing the inhabitants of British America to slavery, by subjecting them to the payment of taxes, imposed without the consent of the people or their representatives; and that in pursuit of this system, we find an act of the British parliament, lately passed, for stopping the harbour and commerce of the town of Boston, in our sister colony of Massachusetts Bay, until the people there submit to the payment of such unconstitutional taxes, and which act most violently and arbitrarily deprives them of their property, in wharfs erected by private persons, at their own great and proper expence, which act is, in our opinion, a most dangerous attempt to destroy the constitutional liberty and rights of all North America. It is further our opinion, that as TEA, on its importation into America, is charged with a duty, imposed by parliament for the purpose of raising a revenue, without the consent of the people, it ought not to be used by any person who wishes well to the constitutional rights and liberty of British America. And whereas the India company have ungenerously attempted the ruin of America, by sending many ships loaded with tea into the colonies, thereby intending to fix a precedent in favour of arbitrary taxation, we deem it highly proper and do accordingly recommend it strongly to our countrymen, not to purchase or use any kind of East India commodity whatsoever, except saltpetre and spices, until the grievances of America are redressed. We are further clearly of opinion, that an attack, made on one of our sister colonies, to compel submission to arbitrary taxes, is an attack made on all British America, and threatens ruin to the rights of all, unless the united wisdom of the whole be applied. And for this purpose it is recommended to the committee of correspondence, that they communicate, with their several corresponding committees, on the expediency of appointing deputies from the several colonies of British America, to meet in general congress, at such place annually as shall be thought most convenient; there to deliberate on those general measures which the united interests of America may from time to time require.
A tender regard for the interest of our fellow subjects, the merchants, and manufacturers of Great Britain, prevents us from going further at this time; most earnestly hoping, that the unconstitutional principle of taxing the colonies without their consent, will not be persisted in, thereby to compel us against our will, to avoid all commercial intercourse with Britain. Wishing them and our people free and happy, we are their affectionate friends, the late representatives of Virginia.
The 27th day of May, 1774.
WE the subscribers, clergymen and other inhabitants of the colony and dominion of Virginia, having maturely considered the contents of the above association, do most cordially approve and accede thereto. In number 21.
A letter received by a gentleman in this city, from Philadelphia, says, that General Gage is arrived and landed at Boston with eight regiments. We do not understand that any hostilities were committed; but how long a good understanding may continue is left to the suggestion of our readers. The same letter adds, that William Franklin, Esquire, governor of the Jerseys, has left his government, and that Colonel Dalrymple is appointed in his stead.
A post is shortly to be established to ride from this city to Hobb's Hole by way of Urbanna, &c.
A grand ball and entertainment is this evening to be given at the capitol by the burgesses, on account of the arrival of the right honourable the countess of Dunmore and family.
JUST PUBLISHED.
And to be SOLD at both PRINTING OFFICES,
A SERMON preached in the parish church of Bruton, Williamsburg, May 1, 1774; by appointment of the trustees and subscribers to a fund for the relief of the poor widows and orphans of clergymen in Virginia.
For the benefit of the CHARITY.
THE subscriber intends to lease the colony shortly, and to return in a few weeks.
ZACHARIAH STANLY.
WILLIAMSBURG, May 26, 1774.
THE subscriber has just received a CARGO of ENGLISH CALF SKINS, and light DRAW LEGS for the summer. Those gentlemen who formerly applied to him for boots, when it was out of his power to supply them, will now please to renew their orders, which shall be strictly complied with, at whatever distance they live. Two or three journey-men shoemakers will have a good set of summer work, by applying early, at the rate of 3s. 6d. for plain shoes, 5s. for stitched work, and 10s. for boots.
GEORGE WILSON.
TAKEN up, in Prince Edward, at the fork of Buffalo, a redish coloured steer, some white in his face and in each flank, a gimlet hole through one horn, and marked with a crop and underkeel in each ear. Appraised to 2l. 15s.
CALFB BAKER.
TAKEN up, in Spottsylvania, a light grey horse, about 4 feet 6 inches high, 6 or 7 years old, a snip on his nose, and branded on the near buttock. Posted, and appraised to 6l.
JAMES DAVIS.
TAKEN up, on Sappony, a small black mare, about 7 years old, 4 feet two inches high, a small star in her forehead, has a few saddle spots, and branded twice on the near buttock with a three barred stirrup iron; has with her a year old colt, cut, but not branded, with a white spot in his face. Posted, and appraised to 10l.
BOLLING STARK.
TAKEN up, in Halifax, a red cow, with a white face, a smooth crop in the right ear, the lower part of her tail white, about 3 feet 8 inches high, and 10 years old. Posted, and appraised to 2l. 10s.
JOHN LEGRAND
TAKEN up, in Spottsylvania, a bay gelding, about 4 feet 7 inches high, 4 years old, branded on the near buttock, has a mealy mouth and eyes, some white hairs in his forehead, and has some white on the near hind foot. Posted, and appraised to 12l.
JOHN PRICE.
TAKEN up, in Charlotte, two fows, one blue, the other red, 14 throats three months old, six of them of a bear colour, two a light blue, and the others red, all marked with a crop and two slits in the right ear, and a crop and nick in the under side of the left ear, except the blue fow; her ears being torn, the mark cannot be made out. Posted, and appraised to 3l.
THOMAS FOSTER.
TAKEN up an unmarked black bull, with a star in his forehead, white under his belly, and the end of his tail white; he is about 3 years old. Posted, and appraised to 2l. 5s.
WILLIAM BEASLY.
TAKEN up, in Louisa, a bay horse, branded on the near buttock with something that cannot be made out, about 4 feet 10 inches high, 15 years old, is docked short, and has several saddle spots. Posted, and appraised to 3l. 10s.
JOHN LIPSCOMB.
TAKEN up, in Louisa, a dark bay mare, branded on the off buttock, and on the shoulder W, 4 feet 4 inches high, about 9 years old, and paces well. Posted, and appraised to 5l.
CHRISTOPHER WOOD.
TAKEN up, in Buckingham, a dark coloured bay mare, about 4 feet 6 inches high, no perceivable brand, has some saddle spots, grey under her mane out to her foretop, some white in her face, one white spot on her left jaw, has but 4 upper teeth, about 12 years old, and paces a little. Posted, and appraised to 1l. 10s.
JOHN PHELPS.
TAKEN up, in Buckingham, a bay mare, with a blaze face, about 4 feet 3 inches high, and about 4 years old, no perceivable brand, and has a little spot on her left shoulder near the mane. Posted, and appraised to 6l.
WILLIAM ANGLIN.
TAKEN up, in Amherst, a bay horse, branded on the left rump S, has a large wen upon his belly, and a number of saddle spots, his hind feet white, about 4 feet 4 or 5 inches high, and about 20 years old. Also a bay colt, neither docked nor branded, his right hind foot white, and about a year old. They are posted, and appraised to 3l. 10s. each.
GABRIEL PENN.
AGREEABLE to the act of assembly for clearing rivers and creeks, the court of Cumberland have appointed commissioners to agree with any person or persons, willing to undertake the clearing of Willis's river, in the said county. The subscribers give notice that they will attend at Horn Quarter Bridge, on the said river, on Thursday the ninth day of June, to let to the lowest bidder the said work. Bond and security will be required of the undertaker for the due performance of the same.
George Carrington, Thomas Tabb, John Woodson, Robert Smith, Joseph Calland, Joseph Carrington.
IN May 1773, or near that time, I gave my bond to John Reid, of Amherst county, for 125l. currency, payable in April, 1774: I forewarn any person from taking said bond of Reid, as I will not pay any of the money till such time as the said Reid fulfils his bargain with me, 2 CHARLES SIMS.
VIRGINIA, sc. At a general court, held at the capitol, the 7th day of May, 1774.
Philip Ludwell Grymes, son and heir of the honourable Philip Grymes, Esquire, deceased, and John Grymes, Charles Grymes, and Benjamin Grymes, the younger sons, and devisees of the said Philip Grymes, plaintiffs, against Benjamin Grymes, gentleman, one of the executors of the last will and testament of the said Philip Grymes, deceased, defendants.
ON the motion of the plaintiffs, and for reasons appearing to the court, it is decreed and ordered, that the said defendant give sufficient security for his future due and faithful administration of his said testator's estate, and that he be enjoined from intermeddling in any manner or degree whatever with the said estate until such security be given, or until the further order of this court concerning the same. BEN: WALLER.
Just imported from London, and to be disposed of by the subscriber, at a low advance, for ready money only.
A NEAT and elegant assortment of MILLINERY, JEWELLERY, and other GOODS, which are exceeding well chose, and in the newest taste, viz. Patent nett, and blond lace hoods, rich suits of ditto, puffs, whims, fancy, true Italian, and gauze caps, ditto nosegay and breast flowers, fultains, egrets, fillets, baves, plumes, mignonet lace, blond ditto, and thread edging, gentlemen's laced ruffles, ladies' tupees and French curies, blue, black, and white ostrich feathers, riding hats, suitable gloves to ditto, Jacob's ladder, velvet collars, locket, crown tasle, and a great variety of other ribbands, true Italian, lace, ribband, fancy, and silver stomachers, silver corals and bells, plain and set combs, paste buckles, bows and foleitaires, various kinds of sprig and paste pins, blue agate set round with marcasite, pinch wax, real garnet and mock, paste, white wax and wax pearl necklaces and earrings, cluster, garnet, plain gold, and marcasite lockets and crosses, black pins, earring and stay hooks, paste ditto, gold bands, buttons, and loops, watch strings, keys, seals, and trinkets, smelling bottles, tortoiseshell dandy prats, pocketbooks with instruments, fine India cotton thread, floss, and sewing silk, green silk parses, needles, pins, bobbins and tapes, single and double black pins, curling tongues, and hair powder, patent, ribbed, and white China nose, fine cotton and thread ditto, Didbury's shoes, Gresham's pumps, pink, blue, and white satin ditto, pink, blue, and white satin quilts, black russell ditto, beautiful wedding and French mounted fans, second mourning, black, and common ditto, rich white flowered and plain lustrine, shot and striped ditto, plain and striped taffeties, India chintzes and calicoes, fine Irish linen, superfine India dimity, black bombazeen, grained kid, lamb, silk gloves and mits, boys caps and feathers, chipped and cane hats, bonnets and cloaks, book and thick muslins, cambricks, lawns, white and black gauzes, catgut and queen's nett book muslin and lawns, needle worked aprons, black, white and coloured flowered calico handkerchiefs, muslin, lawn, gauze, and checked ditto, rich sword suits, undressed dolls, very nice brass mounted trunks, either for chariot or chaise; and a multiplicity of other articles, too tedious to enumerate. M. DICKINSON.
N. B. She returns those gentlemen and ladies, who have favoured her with their custom, her most cordial thanks; particularly her good friends in the country; and as it shall ever be her study to give satisfaction, they may rely on their orders being attended to with the strictest care, by their much obliged, and very humble servant, M. D.
ALL persons indebted to the estate of Richard Kelsick, deceased, of the borough of Norfolk, are requested to make immediate payment; and those who have any demands against the said estate, are desired to make them known to
JOSEPH HUTCHINGS, Executor.
ON Wednesday the 14th of April last ran away from the subscriber, in Westmoreland county, Thomas Puttrell, an indentured white servant man, by trade a butcher, but understands gardening and farming, and says he is acquainted with the business of a bricklayer and plasterer. This is the third time of his running away, and when he went off before he was near two months in the neighbourhood of Richmond town, and lived with one Isaac Parker, and probably may be in that part of the country now. In July last he was taken up in Bedford county. He is a trunchy well made man, of a fair complexion, has hazle eyes, brown hair, which curls in his neck, is round faced, has very white teeth, which he shews when he speaks or grins, and speaks sharp and quick. He had the common apparel of servants, and he has a forged pass, signed by James Moseley, master of the schooner Nancy, discharged from Alexandria, and is called a native of old Nansemond town in Virginia. There went off with the said Thomas Puttrell an indentured white servant man belonging to Thomas Attwell of Westmoreland, who has likewise a forged pass, signed by the same James Moseley, and is therein called John Underwood, although his right name is Edward Duberg. He is a slim, well made man, near six feet high, was a sailor, and has been in Spain, Portugal, and France. He says he was brought up at Cambridge, and pretends to understand Latin, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Dutch. He came in the Success's Increase, captain Curtis, into Rappahannock, and was sold for a schoolmaster. He robbed one Mrs. Hume of about 20l. worth of wearing apparel, among which were some jewellery, caps, aprons, handkerchiefs, &c. which he and Puttrell sold as they went along. The above servants were seen on their way to Gloucester town, between York and Rappahannock, and it is supposed they will pass for sailors, and go to Norfolk, or make for Carolina. Whoever apprehends them, so as they be delivered to their masters, shall have a reward of FOUR POUNDS for each, besides what the law allows.
RICHARD LEE, THOMAS ATTWELL.
To be sold, to the highest bidder, at Goochland courthouse, on Monday the 20th of June, being court day.
A TRACT of rich, well timbered LAND, lying opposite to Elk Island, in Goochland county, belonging to the estate of Mr. John Smith, deceased, containing 2000 acres, which will be put up in four separate lots. Likewise a tract containing between 3 and 400 acres, lying on both sides of the Little Bird creek, near the head thereof, in the aforesaid county. Those lands having been fully described in a former advertisement renders it unnecessary here. The time of payment will be made known on the day of sale, and bonds, with good security, required of the purchasers.
WILLIAM ANDERSON, executor.
** The purchasers at the different sales of the negroes and personal estate of Joseph and John Smith, deceased, are desired to take notice, that their bonds will in a very short time become payable, and that no indulgence can or will be allowed to any person. I shall constantly attend at the county courts of Henrico and Hanover, and the meeting of merchants in Williamsburg, in order to receive payment. Those who have open accounts on the books of John Smith, deceased, are once more requested to come and settle.

For SALE THE improved SQUARE of LOTS adjoining the lots belonging to Mr. E. DEANE , coachmaker in Palace street, Williamsburg. JOHN TAZE WELL , esquire, of this city, is empowered to sell. If the purchaser, or purchasers, do not pay ready money, his bond, with approved securities, made payable to ROBERT CARTER , will be satisfactory. tf
COMMITTED to Gloucester gaol, the 13th of this instant (May) a negro man who calls himself by the name of William, and says he belongs to Peter Funnell, of New England, and has been absent from thence ten years; he is about 35 years of age, about 5 feet 10 inches high, speaks a little broken, much pockpitted, and has a very particular scar on his nose. He says he has failed to many parts of Europe and America. His master may have him on proving his property, and paying charges. WILLIAM SMITH , gaoler.
Fincastle county, to wit, GEORGE the third, by the grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, king, defender of the faith, &c. To the sheriff of Fincastle county, greeting: We command you that you summon Francis Willey, an infant under the age of twenty one years, son and heir of James Willey deceased, to appear before our justices of our court of our said county, at the courthouse, on the first Tuesday in next month, to answer a bill in chancery, exhibited against him by William Calhoon; and this he shall in no wise omit, under the penalty of 100l. and have then there this writ. Witness John Byrd, clerk of our said court, this 9th day of June, in the 13th year of our reign. JOHN BYRD .
The noted swift HORSE TRISTRAM SHANDY , (now, perhaps, the fastest horse in VIRGINIA) STANDS at my house, in the lower end of Caroline county, and covers mares this season at 21. 10s. good pasturage gratis, and great care taken of the mares, but will not be answerable for any that may get away. TRISTRAM SHANDY was got by Morton's Traveller, his dam by Janus, out a very fine English mare. JAMES UPSHAW .
To be SOLD , together or in parcels, THAT fertile and well timbered tract of LAND , lying in Princess Anne county, known by the name of GIBBS'S WOODS , whereon are several settlements, and whereof Jeremiah Tinker, esquire, grandson of the late governor Gibbs now stands seized, under the deed of gift of his mother, the daughter and heiress of the said governor Gibbs. Persons inclining to purchase may be informed of the terms by applying to Mr. James Parker, merchant in Norfolk, or to Edward Foy, in Williamsburg, who will give an undoubted title. tf
COMMITTED to the gaol of Northumberland, on the 2d of May, a negro man who calls himself Charles, and says he belongs to Mr. John Booth, in Amelia. He was purchased by Samuel Griffin of John Blackwell's estate. He is a well set fellow, and about 25 years old. The owner is desired to apply for him. JOHN CRAIN , gaoler.
To be SOLD , on the premises, on the third Thursday in June next,
THE very profitable ORDINARY , belonging to the subscriber, at King William courthouse, with 600 acres of very valuable LAND adjoining to it. The place is so well known that it is unnecessary to describe it, or to point out the advantage of its situation, which is so central that it is daily resorted by travellers from all parts; so that it has constant custom. The ordinary, and some small tenements on the land, have rented for 170l. a year, and are now well worth 200l. a year, or more. The purchaser may have possession the first day of November next, and is to pay one fifth of the purchase money that day, and one other fifth annually after, until the whole is satisfied. Bond, with good security, for the payment thereof, must be given to the subscriber, who will treat privately with any person inclined to purchase before the day of sale. JOHN QUARLES .
FOR CHARTER , THE ship CAESAR , William Wetherald, master, burthen about 450 hogheads of tobacco, now lies at Norfolk, and has made but one voyage. Apply to said master. GREENWOOD, RITSON, & MARSH . On board of said ship is a quantity of Whitehaven COAL , of the best quality, which will be sold very cheap. Apply to Mr. Joseph Kidd, in Williamsburg.
For WHITEHAVEN , THE ship OLIVE , Captain William Barracliff, lies at Broadways, on Appomattox, will sail early in April, having three fourths of her cargo engaged, can take in about one hundred hogheads of tobacco, on liberty of consignment. For terms apply to Mr. Bolling Starke, in Petersburg, or us at Norfolk. GREENWOOD, RITSON, & MARSH .
K I N G H E R O D STANDS at Rosegill, and will cover mares at FOUR POUNDS the season. Those who send mares must send the money, otherwise they shall not be left. The valuable qualities, and the pedigree, of this horse, are sufficiently notorious. RALPH WORMELEY , junior.
FOR SALE , THE public STOREHOUSE in that part of the town of Richmond called Shockoe, 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 .
FOR SALE , SEVERAL valuable tracts of LAND , adjoining each other, or both sides of Chappawamick Run, in the counties of Stafford and Prince William, containing 2600 acres, being the seat whereon the subscriber formerly resided. These lands are situate four miles above Aquia warehouses, and four miles below the town of Dumfries, the soil of more than half of it exceeding good; there is on it as fine a mill seat as any in the colony, upon a large and never failing stream. There is a great appearance of iron ore, and a large quantity of white oak and pine timber, a tolerable commodious dwellinghouse, a great number of convenient outhouses, good orchards, and several tenements in order for cropping. There are also 200 acres of fine meadow ground, half of which was sowed in timothy last fall and this spring. A more particular description will be unnecessary, as it is presumed that any person inclined to purchase will view the premises; and the subscriber earnestly entreats all such to form their ideas of the value of this estate from their own observations, and not from any accounts they may receive from others, as there are some persons, who are thought good natured, worthy men, amuse themselves with decrying the property of their neighbours, even at the expence of truth, and under the mask of friendship to the person injured. And the subscriber is more particular in this caution, as he hath formerly received several severe injuries of that kind from one in that neighbourhood. The above lands are under the incumbrance of two mortgages; the one for a considerable sum, made by the subscriber himself, the other for an inconsiderable sum, made by the person of whom he purchased one of the small tracts, which mortgages are to be first paid out of the money arising from the sale. For terms apply to THOMSON MASON .
TAKEN up, in Buckingham, six hogs, three of which are barrows, with bob tails, the others are sows; they are all black and white, with a crop and two slits in the right ear, and half the under part of the left taken off, in the manner of a fox's ear; they are all about one year old. Posted, and appraised to 21. 5s. SETH CASON .
TAKEN up, in Culpeper, a black horse, about 4 feet 8 or 9 inches high, about 7 years old, has a small star in his forehead, and branded on the near shoulder and buttock P. Posted, and appraised to 17l. NATHANIEL PENDLETON .
TAKEN up, in Culpeper, a black cow and calf, the cow marked with a small crop in each ear, and then slit down and cut out. Likewise a red brindled heifer, about 2 or 3 years old, marked with an underkeel in the left ear, and swallowfork in the right. The cow and calf are appraised to 4l. and the heifer to 11. 10s. JAMES SLAUGHTER , jun.
TAKEN up, in Loudoun, near West's tavern, a small light brindled cow, appears to be 9 or 10 years old, has a white face, and some white under her belly, has on a middle sized bell, tied with a rope, marked on the right ear, with a crop, slit, and swallowfork in the left. Posted, and appraised to 21. 5s. JOHN TAYLOR .
TAKEN up, in Amherst, a black mare, 4 feet 5 inches high, 13 or 15 years old, with a white spot on her right buttock, a star in her forehead, and branded on the near buttock with 3 dots; she had on a bell. Posted, and appraised to 6l. WILLIAM LAVENDER .
TAKEN up, in Lunenburg, a bay horse, about 9 or 10 years old, 4 feet 6 inches high, has some saddle spots, and branded on the off buttock and shoulder HC. Posted, and appraised to 10l. RICHARD STONE , senior.
TAKEN up, in Dunmore, a dark bay mare, about 4 feet 6 inches high, branded on the near buttock HF, has a star in her forehead, newly shod before, with a bell on, and paces naturally. Posted, and appraised to 8l. LAWRENCE SNAPP .
TAKEN up, in Lunenburg, a bay horse, about 9 years old, branded on the near buttock SH, and about 4 feet 10 inches high. Posted, and appraised to 12l. BENJAMIN CLARKE .
TAKEN up, in Lunenburg, a small roan sorrel mare, about 4 feet 1 inch high, branded on the near shoulder and buttock D, has a large blaze in her face, her two hind feet white up to her hams, appears to be about 10 or 12 years old, with a hanging mane and switch tail. Posted, and appraised to 3l. 10s. NICHOLAS HOBSON .
TAKEN up, in Fincastle, a sorrel horse, 4 years old, 13 hands and an inch high, with a white mane and tail, his fore legs from the knees down almost white, and the hoofs of his fore feet twist inwards, has a star in his forehead, a small snip on his nose, branded on the near jaw T, and has a bell on, with a leather collar and double buckle. Posted, and appraised to 4l. 5s. THOMAS MONTGOMERY .
TAKEN up, in Fincastle, a black mare, about seven years old, branded on the near shoulder A, with 4 white feet, and a blaze in her face, paces, is hipshot, and about 13 hands 3 inches high. Posted, and appraised to 7l. JAMES DAVIS .
TAKEN up, in Amherst, a slender made white mare, dapple grey on each thigh, fleabitten on the head and shoulders, with a hanging mane and switch tail, about 4 feet 6 inches high, no perceivable brand; had on a large bell, with a patch on the inside, the collar of which was fastened with a large buckle. Appraised to 6l. ABRAHAM SMITH .
TAKEN up, in Buckingham, a small bay mare, with three white feet, has a small star in her forehead, grey hairs in her tail and mane, docked, but no perceivable brand, about 2 or 3 years old, about 4 feet 1 inch high, and is very gentle. Posted, and appraised to 3l. 10s. ISAAC CHASTIN .
TAKEN up, a small dark iron grey mare colt, about 2 years old, has a long tail, and is branded on the near buttock, as well as I can make out, 31. Posted, and appraised to 21. 5s. JOHN BRUIN .
G O D O L P H I N , A FULL blooded horse, by FEARNUGHT , out of an imported mare, will stand this season at Mr. Richard Taylor's, near Petersburg, to cover mares, at TWENTY SHILLINGS the leap, or THREE POUNDS the season, payable in October next. Those gentlemen who are inclined to send mares may be assured that the greatest care will be taken of them; but I will not be answerable for any that shall get away. GEORGE BAYLOR .
PURSUANT to a decree of the honourable the general court will be sold, for ready money, at Hampshire courthouse, on the second Tuesday in June next, three tracts of LAND , of 500 acres each, in the said county of Hampshire, on George Andis's mill run, and adjoining the lands of Henry Heath, the property of the late Mr. Joseph Watson, deceased, and by him mortgaged to Mr. Garret Meade of Philadelphia, who obtained a decree for a sale to satisfy his demand. A conveyance, with special warranty, will be made the purchaser by The SHERIFF of HAMPSHIRE . These lands were formerly advertised in this paper for sale, and prevented by bad weather, but will now be sold without fail.
DUMFRIES , May 6, 1774. THE members of the Dumfries jockey club are desired to meet here on Saturday the 11th of June, to settle the time of the races. Such members as cannot conveniently attend, and want to fix them at any particular time, will please to signify the same by letter to me, and their respective proposals shall be laid before the club. RICHARD GRAHAM .
To be SOLD , and entered upon immediately, A TRACT of LAND containing 1300 acres, more or less, on Pianketank river, in Gloucester county. It is needless to be particular about it as it is the same advertised last year and then gave a full account of since then I sold it to John Attway Clarke, of Maryland, but as he refuses to take it, necessity obliges me once more to offer it to the public. Any person inclined to purchase may know the terms by applying to me in Middlesex. I want part of the money at the meeting of the merchants, and for the remainder I will give reasonable credit. AUGUSTINE SMITH .
RUN away, from Neabsco furnace, the 10th of March, a light coloured mulatto man named BILLY , or WILL , the property of the honourable John Tayloe, esquire. When I tell the public that he is the same boy who for many years used to wait on me, in my travels through this and the neighbouring provinces, and by his pertness, or rather impudence, was well known to all my acquaintances, there is the less occasion for a particular description of him. However, as he is now grown to the size of a man, and has not attended me for some time past, I think it not amiss to say that he is a very likely young fellow, about 20 years old, 5 feet 9 inches high, stout and strong made, has a remarkable swing in his walk, but is much more so by a surprising knack he has of gaining the good graces of almost every body who will listen to his bewitching and deceitful tongue, which seldom or ever speaks the truth. He has a small scar on the right side of his forehead, and the little finger of his right hand is quite strait by a hurt he got when a child. Had on, when he went away, a blue fearnought jacket, and an under one of green baize, cotton breeches, oznabrig shirt, mixed blue false stockings, country made shoes, and yellow buckles. From his ingenuity, he is capable of doing almost any sort of business, and for some years past, has been chiefly employed as a founder, a stone mason, and a miller, as occasion required; one of which trades, I imagine, he will, in the character of a free man, profess. I have some reason to suspect his travelling towards James river, under the pretence of being sent by me on business. Whoever apprehends the said fellow, and brings him to me, or to his master, the honourable John Tayloe, at Mountain, or secure him so as to be had again, shall have treble what the law allows, and all reasonable charges paid. THOMAS LAWSON .
FOR SALE , ABOUT twelve thousand acres of exceeding rich 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 shown 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 Col. 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 .
YORK town , June 9, 1773. THE subscribers being very solicitous to comply with the will of their testator, the late Honourable William Nelson, desire that all persons who were indebted to him will endeavour to make as speedy payments as possible. Those who have accounts open on his books, and who cannot immediately discharge the balances, are desired to give their bonds. This request is the more necessary, as most of the legacies bequeathed by the testator are to be paid in sterling money, and he has directed that his younger sons fortunes shall be placed out at interest upon undoubted securities, so soon as it can be done. Those who have any demands are desired to make them immediately known. THOMAS NELSON , HUGH NELSON , THOMAS NELSON , jun. RO. C. NICHOLAS .