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<p>DECEMBER 5, 1755.<b>NUMBER.256</b></p>
<p>THE<br />VIRGINIA GAZETTE.</p>
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<p><em>With the freshest</em> ADVICES,<br />FOREIGN<em>and</em> DOMESTIC.</p>
<p><em>Four Letters have been lately published, written by the<br />Reverend, Mr.</em>George Whitefield<em>from</em> Lisbon, <em>to an</em> English<em> friend,which we are desired to insert,<br />for the Entertainment of our Readers. Mr.</em>White-<br />field<em> introduces them with the following Preface</em>;</p>
<p>"------ <sup>I</sup><sup>f</sup> an infinitely condescending God shall vouchsafe to bless the Pe-<br />rusal in them to excite any, either at Home or Abroad, a more<br />"obediental and zealous Thankfulness for the Civil and Religious Liberies<br />"we enjoy; or make them any Way instrumental in stirring up my fellow<br />"Prodestants, and dear Countrymen to exert themselves more vigorously at<br />"this critical Juncture against those who, if Conquerors, would quickly<br />"rob us of those invaluable Blessings, I shall not repent that I have con-<br />"sented to the Publication of them."</p>
<p>LETTER I.</p>
<p><em>Lisbon, March 1754.</em><br /><em>My dear Friend,</em><br /><sup>B</sup><sup>y</sup> this time I suppose you have heard of my being at <em>Lisbon,</em><br />and are wondering what led me thither, especially since my<br />last informed you of my intention of going to <em>Georgia</em> by Way<br />of <em>New-York.</em> This was really my design at the Time of<br />my Writing ; but being afterward called by Providence to<br />take with me several Orphan Children, I thought it most adviseable to go<br />and settle them, and my other domestic Affairs at the Orphan-House first ;<br />that I might visit the Northern Parts of <em>America</em> with more Ease and Free-<br />dom in my own Mind.--------It happened that the <em>Success,</em> Capt. <em>Thomson</em><br />bound for <em>Port Royal, South Carolina,</em> (which is not very far from <em>Georgia</em>)<br />was then almost ready to sail. ----------I sent for the Owner, and finding that<br />the ship was to touch at <em>Lisbon</em> to unload some Wheat, it occasioned a<br />little Demurr ; but upon second Thoughts, believing that it might be Ser-<br />viceable to me, as a Preacher and Prodestant, to see something of the Su-<br />perstitions of the Church of <em>Rome</em>I took my Passage and embarked in the <em>Success,</em><br />on the 7th of March. On the 14th we reached Cape<br /><em>Finnister.</em>------On the 15th came in sight of the <em>Burlings;</em>and on the 16th<br />anchored safe before <em>Bellem,</em> about four miles from <em>Lisbon</em> City, the Me-<br />tropolis of <em>Portugal.</em>------------ As I knew Nobody there, and had formed<br />but an Indifferent Idea of the Inhabitants, from the Account that had been<br />given me of them, I purposed within myself to keep on Board, and go<br />ashore only now and then in the Day-time.--------- But Providence order-<br />ed it so, that a Gentleman of the Factory, who had heard me himself, and<br />whose Brother had been awakened under my Ministry some Years ago,<br />immediately, upon hearing of my Arrival, sent me an Offer of his House<br />during my Stay.------ I thankfully accepted it; and special Leave being<br />procured for my going ashore, I was carried in a Chaise and Pair from<br /><em>Bellem</em>to <em>Lisbon.</em>------- A New Scene, both in respect to the Situation of the<br />Place, the Fashion of the Buildings, and the Dress of the Inhabitants pre-<br />sented itself all the Way.----- But what engaged my Attention most, was<br />the Frequency of Crucifixes and the little Images of the Virgin <em>Mary,</em>and<br />other real or reputed Saints, which were placed almost in every Street, or<br />fixed against the Walls of the Houses almost at every Turning, with<br />Lamps hanging before them.----- To these I observed the People<br />bow as they passed along; and near some of them stood several<br />little Companies, singing with great Earnestness.---------- This seemed<br />to me very odd, and gave me an Idea of what further ecclesiastical Curio-<br />sities would probably fall in my Way, if I should be detained any Time<br />here.----- These Expectations were quickly raised ;--------- For, not long<br />after my Arrival at my new Lodgings, (where I was received and enter-<br />tained with great Gentility, Hospitality and Friendliness) upon looking out<br />of the Window, I saw a company of Priests and Friars bearing lighted wax<br />tapers, and attended by various Sorts of People, some of which had Bags<br />and Baskets of Victuals in their Hands, and others carried Provisions on<br />their Shoulders upon Sticks betwen two. After these followed a mixed<br />Multitude, singing with a very audible Noice, and addressing the the Virgin<br /><em>Mary</em> in their usual Strain, "Ora Pro noblis." In this Manner they pro<br />ceeded to the Prison, where all was deposited for the Use of the poor Per-<br />sons contained therein.----- But a far more pompous Procession of the like<br />Nature (as a Stander-by informed me) passed by a few Days after.----- In<br />this there were near three hundred Franciscan Friars, many of which (be-<br />sides Porters hired for that Purpose) were loaded with a Variety of Food;<br />and those who bore no Burden carried either Ladles or Spoons in their<br />Hands.----- Sights of this Nature being quite a Novelty to me, I was fond<br />of attending as many of them as I could. Two Things concurred to make<br />them more frequent at this Juncture <em>via</em> the Season of <em>Lent,</em> and an ex-<br />cessive Drought, which threatened the total Destruction of the Fruits of the<br />Earth.-----For the averting so a great a Judgement, and for the imploring the<br />much longed-for Blessing of Rain, daily Processions had been made from<br />one Convent or another for considerable Time.---- One of these I saw.<br />It was looked upon as a pretty grand one, being made up of the Carmelite<br />Friars, the Parish Priests, and a great Number of what they call Brothers of<br />the order, who walked two by two in divers Habits, holding a long and</p>
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<p>very large lighted Wax Taper in their right Hands.----Admist these wa<br />carried upon eight or ten Men's Shoulders, a tall image of the Virgin <em>Mary</em><br />in a Kind of Men's Attire ; for I think she had a very fine white Wig on<br />her Head, (a Dress she often appears in) and was very much adorned with<br />Jewels and glittering stones.------At some Distance from the Lady, under<br />a Canopy of State, and supported likewise by six or eight Persons came a<br />Priest, holding in his Hand some noted Relick.----After him followed se-<br />veral Thousands of People, joining with the Friars in singing, <em>Eandem<br />cantilenam, "Ora pro noblis,"</em> all the Way.-------Still Rain was denied, and<br />and still Processions were continued.------At length the Clouds began to gather,<br />and the Mercury in the Barometer fell very much.-----Then was brought<br />out a wooden Image, which they say never failed.-----It was the Figure of<br />our blessed Lord, clothed with Purple Robes, and crown'd with Thorns.<br />I think they call him the <em>Lord of the Passion.</em>-----Upon his Shoulders he<br />bore a large cross, under the Weight of which he was represented as<br />stooping till his Body bent almost double.----He was brought from the<br />Le Grais Convent in very great Pomp, and placed in a large Cathedral<br />Church ----Being on Board at the Time, I lost Sight ; but the subse-<br />quent Evening I beheld the <em>Seigneur</em> fixed on an Eminence in a larve Cathe-<br />dral Church, near the Alter, surrounded with Wax-Tapers of a prodigious<br />Size.----He was attended by many Noblemen, and Thousands of Spec-<br />tators of all Ranks and Stations, who crowded from every Quarter, and,<br />in their Turns, were admitted by the Guards to come within the Rails and<br />perform their Devotions.-----This they expressed by kneeling, and kis-<br />sing the <em>Seigneur's</em> Heel, by putting their left and right Eye to it, and then<br />touching it with their Beads, which a Gentleman in waiting received from<br />them and returned again.-----This Scene was repeated three Days<br />successively : and during all this Time the Church and Space before it was<br />so thronged with Carraiges and People, that there was scarce any passing.<br />-----The Music on this Occasion was extremely soft, and the Church was<br />illuminated in a very striking Manner.-----The third Day in the Forenoon<br />it rained, and soon after the <em>Seigneur</em> was conducted home in as great Splen-<br />dour, and much greater Rejoicing than when he was brought forth.-----<br />As my Situation was very commodious I saw the whole ; and afterwards<br />went and heard Part of the Sermon, which was delivered before him in the<br />Church to which the <em>Seigneur</em> belonged.-----The Preacher was full of<br />Action ; and in some Part of his Discourse, (as one who understood <em>Por-<br />tugese</em>informed me)pointing to the Image he said, "Now he is at Rest.<br />-----He went out in Justice, but is returned in Mercy."-----And towards<br />the Conclusion he called upon the People to join with him in an extempore<br />Prayer. This they did with great Fervency, which was expressed not only<br />by repeating it aloud, but by beating their Breasts, and clapping their Cheeks<br />and weeping heartily.----To complete the Solemnity, immediately after<br />the delivery of the Briefing, all on a Sudden, from the Place near which<br />the Image stood, there was heard a most soft and soothing Symphony of<br />Music, which being ended the Assembly broke up, and I retired to my<br />Lodgings, not a little affected to see so many Thousands led away from the<br />Simplicity of the Gospel, but such a mixture of Artiface and blind Supersti-<br />ion, of which indeed I could have formed no Idea, had I not been an Eye-<br /><br />Witness of it myself.-------This concern still encreased by what I<br />heard from some of my Fellow Passengers, who informed me that about<br />Eleven one Night, after I came on Board, they not only heard a Fryar<br />preaching most fervently before the <em>Seigneur</em>, but also saw several Compa-<br />nies of Penitents brought in, lashing and whipping themselves fervently.----<br />How unlike this to those that cut themselves with Knives and Lancets<br />and cried out from Morning til Night,"<em>O Baal hear us</em>"------Methinks<br />I hear you say, and had I been present, I should have wished for the Spi-<br />rit of an <em>Elijiah</em> to------Hush, My Friend----I am content to guess at the<br />rest til we meet.----In the mean while let us comfort ourselves with this<br />Thought that there is a season approaching, when the Lord God of <em>Elijiah</em><br />will himself come, and destroy this and every other species of Antichrist<br /><em>By the Breath of his Mouth, and the Brightness of his Appearing,</em> even by<br />the all-conquering Manifestations of his eternal Spirit.----Whether as men<br />Christians and Protestants, we have not more and more Reason to pray<br />Night and Day for the hastening on that glorious and long wished for Pe-<br />riod, you will be better able to judge, when I send you, (as I purpose to<br />do, if I have Time) a further account of a <em>Lent</em> Procession or two, of<br />which I was also a Spectator.------At present, I can only beg a continual<br />Remembrance at a Throne of Grace, as being, my dear Friend, <em>Yours Etc.</em></p>
<p>LETTER II</p>
<p><em>Lisbon, March</em>1754.</p>
<p><em> My dear Friend</em><br /><sup>T</sup>HO' some other Business demands my Attention, yet I must<br />get to the Promise made you of a further Account of the <br /><em>Lisbon</em>. Some of those already mentioned were extraordinar<br />thier great Drought ; but that which is to be the Subject<br />ter was an annual one ; it being always customary at<br />Procession or another every <em>Friday</em> in <em>Lent</em>------And<br />who stood near me, was so good as to be my Interpr<br />as it passed along.----I say <em>Dumb Shrew</em>----Fo<br />Chiefly made up of waxen and wooden Images, and</p>
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<p>ders through the Streets, intending to represent the Life and Death of St.<br /><em>Francis,</em> the Founder of one of their religious Orders.----They were brought<br />out from the Franciscan Convent, and were preceeded by three Persons in<br />Scarlett Habits with Baskets in their Hands, in which they received the<br />Alms of the Spectators, for the Benefit of the poor Prisoners.----After<br />these, came two little Boys in Party color'd Cloaths, with Wings fixed on<br />their Shoulders, in imitation of little Angels.-----Then appeared the<br />Figure of St. <em>Francis,</em> very gay and Beau-like, as he used to be before his<br />Conversion.----In the next he was introduced under Conviction, and con-<br />sequently stript of his Finery.-----------Soon after this was exhibited<br />an Image of our Blessed Lord himself, in a Purple Gown, with long black<br />Hair, with St. <em>Francis</em> lying before him to receive his immediate Orders.----<br />Then came the Virgin Mother, <em>(borreseo referens) </em> with Christ her Son at<br />her left Hand, and St. <em>Francis</em> making his Obeysance to Both.------Here<br />if I remember aright, he made his first Appearance in a Friar's Habit with<br />his Hair cut short, but not as yet shaved in the Crown of his Head.----<br />After a little Space followed a mitred Cardinal gaudily attired, and before<br />him lay St. <em>Francis</em> almost prostrate, in Order to be confirmed in his Of-<br />fice.----Soon after this he appears quite metamorphosed into a Monk, his<br />Crown shorn, his Habit black, and his loins girt with knotted Cord.----<br />Here he prays to our Savior hanging on a Cross, that the Marks of the<br />Wounds in his Hands, Feet and Side, might be impressed on the same Parts<br />of his Body.------The Prayer is granted ; Blood comes from the Hands,<br />Feet and Sides ; and the Saint with great Devotion receive the Impressions.<br />-----This was represented by red waxen Strings, reaching from those Parts<br />of the Image to the corresponding Parts of St. <em>Francis's</em> Body.----------<br />Upon this he begins to do Wonders ; and therefore in a little While he was<br />carried along, holding up a House which was just falling.---------This<br />Miracle they say was performed (if my Information be true) at <em>Madrid,</em> but<br />the Particulars of its History I have forgotten. ----At length the Father<br />dies, and is brought forth lying in the Grave.---------But lo ! the Briars<br />and nettles under which he lay, are turned into fine and fragrant Flowers.<br />After this he is born along upon a Bier covered with a Silver Pall, and<br />four Friars lamenting over him.----He then appears for the last Time, but<br />with an Increase of Power ; for he was represented as drawing tormented<br />People out of Purgatory with his knotted Cord, which you may well<br />imagine, the poor Souls catched at, and took Hold of very eagerly.----<br />At length came a gorgeous Friar under a splendid Canopy, bearing in his<br />Hand a Piece of the Holy Cross. After him followed two more little<br />winged Boys, and the a long Train of fat and well-favored Franciscans<br />with their <em>CalceisFenestratis,</em> as <em>Erasmus</em> calls them ; and so the Procession<br />ended. Methinks you say it is full Time.-----And so say I----<br />For as the Sight itself disgusted me, so I am persuaded the bare Narration<br />of it, though ever so short, cannot be very pleasant to you, who I know ab-<br />hor every Thing that favors Superstition and Idolatry. We will there-<br />fore take our Leave of St. <em>Francis</em> whose Procession was in the Day-Time:<br />but I must tell you it is only to inform you of another of a much more aw-<br />ful and shocking Nature, which I saw afterwards by Night. It was about<br />Ten O'Clock, when being in deep conversation with my kind<br />Host, in came an Englishman and told me in all Haste he has seen a Train<br />on nearlt two hundred Pentitents passing along, and that in all Probability I<br />might be gratified with the same Sight, if I hastened to a Place whither he<br />would conduct me. I very readily obey'd the Summons, and as Curiosity<br />quickened my Pace, we soon came up with some of these poor Creatures<br />who were making a Halt, and kneeling in the Street, whilst a Friar<br />from a high Cross with and image of our Lord crucified in his Hand, was<br />preaching to them, and the Populace, with great Vehemence. Sermon<br />being ended, the Pentitents, who had already been preached to, went for-<br />wards, and several Companies followed after with their respective preaching<br />Friars at theor Head bearing Crucifixes, These they pointed to and bran-<br />dished frequently, and the Hearers as frequestly beat their Breasts and<br />clapped their Cheeks. At proper Pauses they flopp'dand prayed ; and one<br />of them, more zealous than the rest, before the the King's Palace, sounded<br />out the Word <em>Penitentia</em> through a speaking Trumpet. The Pentitents them-<br />selves were clothed and covered all over with white Linen Vestments,<br />only holes were made foe their Eyes to peep out at. All were barefooted<br />and all had long very heavy Chains fastened to their Ancles, which when<br />dragged along the street, made a dismal Rattling : But tho' alike in Dress<br />yet in other Respects there was a great Variety amongst them. For some<br />carried great Stones on their Backs, and others dead Men's Bones and<br />Sculls in their Hands. Some bore large and seemingly very heavy Crosses<br />upon their shoulders, whilst others had their arms extended quite wide<br />or carried a Bow fullof Swords, with the Points downwards. Most of<br />them whipped and lashed themselves, some with Cords, and others with<br />flat Bitts of Iron. It being a Moon-shine Night, I could see them quite<br />well ; and indeed some of them struck so hard that I perceived that their<br />Backs (left bare on Purpose to be slash'd) were quite red, and swoln very<br />very much by the Violence and Repetition of the Blows. Had my dear Friend<br />been there, he would have joined me in saying the whole Scene<br />was horrible. So horrible, that being it was to be continued till Morning.<br />I was glad to return from whence I came about Midnight. Had you been<br />with me, I know you would have joined me in praising and grateful-<br />ly adoring the Lord of all Lords, not only for the great Wonder of the Re-<br />formation but also for the glorious Deliverance wrought out for us, in stopping<br />of our late unnatural Rebellion. O with what mighty Spirit<br />and Power from on high, must <em>Luther, Calvin, Melacthon,Zuigluis,</em> and<br />those glorious Reformers, be necessarily endued with, who dared first open-<br />ly to oppose and stem such a Torrent of Superstition and spiritual Tyranny !<br />And what Gratitude we owe to Him, who under God was instrumental in<br />saving us from the Return of such spiritual Slavery, and such blind Obe-<br />dience to a papal Power ! To have had a Cardinal for our King.----A Car-<br />dinal if not born, yet from his Infancy, nursed up at Rome.-----A Cardinal,<br />Sons is advanced to the same ecclesiastical Dignity, and both<br />Obligations to support the Interests of that Church, whose<br />as political State Principles,they have suck'd in and<br />eir Infancy.---- But, blessed be GOD, whose Snare is<br />livered.</p>
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<p><em>The great Advantages of the Colonies to Great Britain. (From a late English<br />Pamplet.)</em></p>
<p><sup>O</sup>ur M----s, like private Men, begin to see, that the surest Way of<br />livingin Peace, is to preserve the Character of being ready upon any<br />just Provocation, to hazard the Fate of a Combat. Indeed, it is the<br />true Method of Reparation and Security by fair Means, to show we are<br />resolved to have it by foul, if it cannot be other wise obtained. The Pre-<br />tentions our Neighbors have lately set up, so inconsistent with Justice<br />and the Laws of Nations, declare that once their ambitious Views,<br />and a Notion they seem to entertain that coming to a Declara-<br />tion of War, we will submit to any Terms ; but I am in Hopes, that<br />our Success in America, as well as the late Skirmish in Newfoundland,<br />will check their Ambition, and show the Vanity of their Notions, In<br />National Affairs as well as in private Life, even the Pandilio's of<br />of Honor are to be regarded, when we have to do with those, who<br />stand so much upon the Dignity of their Grand Monarch.</p>
<p>How much it is in the Interest of this Nation to keep a strict Watch on<br />all their Motions, and to prevent every least Encroachment upon our<br />Colonies, I need not say ; for to the wonderful Growth of these, we owe<br />the Strength and Populousness of this Island. To a Circulation of our<br />Commerce indeed it is owing that our Lands are so much more valuable,<br />and our intrinsic Wealth to much encreased, since the Acquisition of the<br />American Plantations ; which,however paradoxical it may appear, has<br />been demonstrated by some of our best Writers, and confirmed by a long<br />Experience. The natural Produce and Manufactures of every Country<br />have a certain limited Extent, which, without a Change of Circumstan-<br />ces, they cannot exceed, and when these are improved to a certain Pitch,<br />the Carreer of domestic Industry must cease, unless new Markets are opened.<br />In this Light will the American Colonies always appear one of the<br />brightest Jewels in the British Crown ; since the Inhabitantsof these<br />take off greater Quantities of our Commodities and Manufactures, than<br />if they resided among us. Thus will one of our Countrymen, settled in<br />America, furnish Employment for many hands in this Kingdom ; and<br />the Encrease of Labor producing and Encrease of Laborers, it follows that<br />in this Proportion the whole Nation will be multiplied. It would be need-<br />less to insist upon the manifold Advantages resulting to this Nation from<br />her Plantations. The great Men who have the Honor of supplying his<br />Majesty's Absence, seem fully apprized of them and are, in Consequence,<br />determined to preserve, in the full Advantages derived from our happy<br />Constitution, those valuable Parts of the British Dominions. The great<br />Lord Bacon calls it, " Impious and wicked to abandon a Plantation once<br />" in Forwardness ; for, besides the Dishonor, it is meer Treachery, and<br />" being guilty of Blood of so many miserable Men." Indeed, as Obe-<br />dience is required of those who are most remote, as well as those who<br />are nearest the Center of Government, so, whether we view it in a<br />moral or political Light, they are entitled to the same Protection and<br />Encouragement. The pacific Measures hitherto pursued by our Court,<br />as they were doubtless for good Reasons, and will now Justify them in<br />using rougher Expedients, so we may reasonably suppose that the late vi-<br />gorous and secret Steps were the Result of a Train of shrewd and politic<br />Schemes ; for I cannot imagine but they lie deeper than fitting out a Fleet<br />or two, or taking a few Ships, and then supposing that it will fright our<br />enemies into Submission : No, a general Resentment seems to prevail,<br />and we have Reason to to conclude, that our Looks will be followed by<br />Blows, and one Blow follow another, till they are reduced to the Neces-<br />ity of regarding their Word. It is with Pleasure, therefore, I suppose<br />the Strength and Weakness of the Enemy is fully considered, and the Temper<br />and Ability of this Nation to support War thoroughly weighed, and the<br />whole ministerial Projects, many of them perhaps at some Distance as<br />to the Execution, but all depending on and contributing to the Success of<br />the whole. It is with Pleasure, I say, I observe a steady Resolution of<br />preserving, in all its Parts, the British Empire, as of old among the<br />Greeks and Romans : Like theirs, our Constitution is of a mixed Nature,<br />though it may without Partiality be affirmed to be more happily com-<br />pounded, since Majesty and Liberty trespass not on each other, the Pre-<br />rogative of the Prince being without Restraint where it is exerted for the<br />Good of his Subjects ; and the equivalent Prerogative being this, That<br />the Prince can do no Hurt.</p>
<p>Z.Z.</p>
<p><em>NAPLES, August 1</em></p>
<p><sup>W</sup>e have received from Sicily an Account of the following<br />extraordinary Affair. A Merchant of Valermo, to whom the Prince<br />de Ventimiglia owed 1000 Ducats, not having been able to obtain the<br />Payment of them, though repeated Application had been made for that<br />Purpose, at length applied to the Marquis de Fogliani, Viceroy, who sent<br />for the Prince, and enjoined him to satisfy his Creditor, which was<br />immediately done at the Prince's Palace ; but upon the Merchant's De-<br />parture, he was insulted and beaten by the Prince's Servants ; he thereupon<br />returned to complain to the Prince, who, without hearkening to his Com-<br />plaints caused him to be thrown out of one of the Windows of his Apart-<br />ment into the Street ; the Merchant was so bruised by the Fall that he dies<br />in a few Days after. The Viceroy, upon the first Notice of the Violence<br />caused a Party of Soldiers to invest the Palace of the Prince, who at the<br />Head of his Domestics, fired upon them from his Windows and killed se-<br />ven. To prevent more People being sacrificed by such a determined Per-<br />son, the Viceroy gave Orders to Fire on the Palace, which was immedi-<br />ately executed : This obliged the Prince to surrender, with his Domestics.<br />who confessed before the Judges, that it was by Order of the Prince that<br />they had mistreated the Merchant. The Marquis de Fogliani thereupon,<br />in twenty four Hours, caused the Prince to be tried, who was sentenced to<br />be tried, which was accordingly executed. Several of his Domestics were<br />hanged and others sent to the Gallies. In Consideration of the Prince's<br />Birth several of the Noblesse, applied to the Viceroy to respite his Execu-<br />tion till the King ahd been informed of the Fact ; but the Marquis answer-<br />ed <em>The King has sent me to do Justice in his Name, I should blush to demand<br />fresh Orders concerning the Punishment of an atrocious Crime.</em> The Conduct<br />of the Viceroy has been approved by all Men of Honor.</p>
<p><em>LONDON.</em></p>
<p><em>Sept. 1</em> We have long been conjoled and flattered by the French, but not<br />redressed, they may amuse and divert us with Congresses and Negotiations</p>
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<p>but the Nature of their Government as well as their Politics will not admit<br />of a long Peace, any more than a long War. They may differable their<br />Views for a Time in Favor of their Trade, the only Means they have of<br />repairing the Losses of the last War ; but a long Quiet world would create Fac-<br />tions at Court, relax the Discipline of the Army, and give their Neighbors<br />Leisure to provide for their Defence against Ambition. We have<br />little Reason to imagine that France will relinquish the Measures she has so<br />steadily pursued for a century past. Circumstances will oblige her to dis-<br />semble, I say; but the Grandeur of the Monarch appears the ultimate Aim<br />of her Politicians, which is serviceable to the Crown and Court, as it is ruinous<br />to the Kingdom, and burdensome to all of Europe. To expect therefore that<br />Lewis will adhere to Treaties, and abandon his Ambition, is to expect what<br />wise men wish for, but fools never hope to see.</p>
<p>As the engrossing, subduing or subjecting several Countries under one<br />Potentate, is attended with numerous Inconveniencies, we are certainly to<br />watch with a jealous Eye over the Independency of the Powers of Europe;<br />but when any infringement upon our Commerce or Plantations becomes the<br />Question, this Nation is to hold it in peculiar Regard. Trade is that Tye<br />by which the several and most distant Parts of our Dominions are connected<br />and kept together ; by it, they all become Parts of the same Whole, and re-<br />ceive not only Countenance and Protection, but Warmth and Nourishment<br />from the vital Organs of our Constitution, of which the words of an ele<br />gant Writer, our Monarchy is the Head, and our Liberty the Soul. Whatever<br />therefore assists, promotes, and extends our Trade and Plantations, is consist-<br />ent with our Interest ; and every Infringement, Clog or Encroachment on<br />these, is repugnant thereto. But our M----stry gives us the strongest Demon-<br />strations of being determined to do the Nation Justice by the vigorous Pre-<br />parations they are now making ; and I doubt it will appear, that their paci-<br />fic Conduct hitherto was neither owing to Want of Skill or Courage, but<br />to a noble Contempt of Glory ; and that they can manage the Helm in a<br />Storm as well as in fair Weather.</p>
<p><em>Extract of a Letter from Dunkirk</em></p>
<p>" On the Morning of the next Day I took a Walk through the Town<br />to the entrance of the Harbor ; and made such Observations as I could<br />with Safety, which I send you as under. On the right Side going into the<br />Harbor there is a very strong Battery called the Ris-Bank, which was for-<br />merly destroyed by the Treaties of Utrecht and Aix-la-Chapelle ; this Bat-<br />tery, in Breach of these Treaties, they have now built a-new, in Form of<br />a Half-Moon, on which there are mounted twenty two heavy Cannon fac-<br />ing the Harbor's Mouth, with Embrasseurs for several more ; and on that<br />Part of the Fortification they have a great many Men at Work ; to me it<br />appears formerly to have been a Redoubt. On the other Side of the Har-<br />bor, about two or three Furloughs from its Entrance, they are raising a large<br />Rampart on which is to be erected a Battery, which will mount 50 or 60<br />Pieces of cannon, facing the Sea ; they form this Rampart by driving with<br />heavy Mauls large Stakes of Wood into the Ground in Rows, which they<br />bind with Fascines, and fill up the open Space betwixt the Rows with large<br />Stones and Earth, which will make it excessively strong. This Battery is<br />pretty far advanced, and will be soon finished, as I think from what I saw<br />that they cannot have less than 2000 Men employed on it, with 3 or 400<br />Wheel-Carraiges. The Name it goes by is the Bavarian Battery. A little<br />to the eastward of it they have begun to errect another in the same Manner,<br />the Name of which I have heard, but can't now recollect it, they have a-<br />bout 1000 Men employed on it with Carraiges, and it is said it will soon be<br />finished. They are also repairing the Sluices, in Order to form a back<br />Water for cleaning and deepening the Harbor ; and I am credibly informed<br />there is a Plan laid down for making wet and dry Docks for Shipping, and<br />and Estimate of the Expence it will cost is made, which has been sent up to<br />Versailles, and that they only wait to King's Approbation for beginning<br />the Work. They have now in the Town Eight Battalions of Foot, and<br />one Regiment of Horse, with one of the Artillery ; the greatest Part<br />of which the Troops are employed in the different Works carrying on.<br />Here were two Regiments of Foot more, but a Day or two before our Ar-<br />rival they marched out of Town to join the camp, which they call Camp<br />of Pleasure, formed in Flanders, under the Command of the Prince de Sou-<br />bize Governor of that Country. I have given you a Description so far as I<br />have seen or heard, concerning the Matters going forward at Dunkirk, and<br />hope it will not be unacceptable ; for my own Part I cannot see how a<br />War with them can be avoided, for what they are doing here is a downright<br />Breach of the most solemn Treaties, and if Nations are not to be bound by<br />Treaties, in what Manner are they to be bound? We are to go to War, I<br />wish it may be soon ; for we can lie here and take every Thing that comes<br />into this Port, nor can they hurt us from the Shore with their Cannon ;<br />so it is to me a Surprize that during the last War there were not two or three<br />Ships of 20 Guns entered here, which would have quite blocked up the<br />Port, and prevented any going either in or out; I mean only during the<br />the Summer Season,for the Road would not answer it in Winter."</p>
<p><em>WILLIAMSBURG.</em><br /><em>Sunday</em> last being the Day appointed by the Charter of this City,for e-<br />lecting a Mayor, <em>John Randolph,</em> Esq; was chosen into that Office for the<br />ensuing year.<br />We have received an Account of the following Gentlemen being elected<br />Burgesses, to serve in the next General Assembly, <em>viz.</em><br />For <em>New Kent,</em> Mr.<em>James Power,</em> Mr. <em>Richard Adams.</em><br />For <em>York</em> Mr. <em>Dudley Digges,</em> Mr. <em>Robert Carter Nicholas.</em><br /><em>As we intend to inform the Public of the Several Elections, Shall take it<br />as a Favor, if the Sheriffs will send us the Names of the Gentlemen elected for<br />each County, as soon as possible.</em></p>
<p>ADVERTISEMENTS.<br /><em>To be SOLD, the Third Day of</em> January <em>next</em> ;<br /><sup>F</sup>ifty Eight SLAVES on Three Months Credit, at a place called <em>Joseph's</em><br />Swamp, in <em>Sussex</em> County : Also several Horses, Stock of Cattle and Sheep.<br /><em>Benjamin Harrison,</em> Wakefield.</p>
<p><em>October 3</em> 1755.<br /><sup>T</sup>aken up by the Subscriber, living in <em>Chesterfield</em> County, a Bay Mare, with an<br />hanging Mane and Sprig Tail, one hind foot white, and branded X. She has<br />been posted and appraised, at Three Pounds. The owner may have her of me, paying as<br />the Law directs. <em>Henry Bates</em></p>
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<p><sup>T</sup>he Governors of [?]<br />long standing upon the College Books, have given it their Opinion that a proper<br />Person ought to be employed to collect the same, and likewise recommended for that<br />Purpose, <em>John Palmer,</em> Attorney at Law in <em>Williamsburg</em> ; Accordingly the President and<br />Masters have employed the said <em>John Palmer</em> to collect the same,and all Persons are de-<br />sired to make speedy Payment.<br />The Surveyors also, who have not lately settled their Accounts with the Bursar are req-<br />uired immediately to do so, and all of them are to take Notice, that unless they are<br />regular in settling for the future, their Bonds will be sued, and their Commissions super-<br />seded.<br /><em>Thomas Dawson,</em> President</p>
<p><sup>VIRGINIA,</sup> ss.<br /><sup>By the Honorable Robert Dinwiddie, Esq; His<br />Majesty's Lieutentant Governor, and Commander in Chief, of the<br />Colony and Dominion of <em>Virginia</em> :<br />To all to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting.<br />W</sup>hereas Complaint hath this day been made to me, by Captain <em>Carter Harrison,</em><br />That the following Persons have deserted from his Company,<br /><em>Richard Wood,</em> a <em>Virginian</em> of a fair Complexion, well made, five Feet nine Inches<br />high and twenty Years of Age.<br /><em>Charles Carter,</em> a <em>Virginian,</em> of a fair Complexion, well made, twenty three Years of<br />Age,and five Feet nine Inches high.<br /><em>Frances Roberts</em> a <em>Virginian,</em> of a swarthy Complexion, five Feet nine Inches high<br />well set, twenty three Years of Age.<br /><em>Thomas Hensley,</em> a <em>Virginian,</em> of a fair Complexion, well set, twenty Years of Age, five<br />Feet nine inches high.<br /><em>James Thomson,</em> a <em>Virginian,</em> of a swarthy Complexion, five Feet ten Inches high, and<br />twenty three Years of Age.</p>
<p><em><sup>T</sup>HESE are therefore in His Majesty's Name, to require and command all Sheriffs,<br />Constables, and other His Majesty's large People, within this Colony, to make diligent<br />Search and Pursuit, by Way of Hue and Cry, after said Deserters, and them<br />having found, to apprehend and carry before any one of His Majesty's Justices of the<br />Peace within this Colony, to be dealt with according to Law.<br />GIVEN under my Hand, and the Seal of the Colony at</em> Williamsburg, <em>the Fifth<br />Day of December,One Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty-Five, in the Twenty-ninth Year of His Majesty's Reign.</em><br /><sup>ROBERT DINWIDDIE.</sup></p>
<p><em>To Be <sup>SOLD</sup> at</em> York-<em>Town, next</em> York <em>Court-Day,<br />being the 14th Instant ;</em><br /><sup>T</sup>he SLOOP <em>Stephen</em> and <em>John</em> with all her Rigging,<br />Tackle and Apparel, now lying at <em>West-</em>Point. Three<br />Months Credit giving Bond and Security to<br /><em>Stephen Bingham.</em></p>
<p><sup>D</sup>ESERTED from Capt. <em>David Bell's</em> Company of the <em>Virginia</em>Regiment, the<br />following recruits,<em>viz.</em><br /><em>Bryan Raleigh,</em> an <em>Irishman</em> born, 23 Years of Age, 5 feet 5 Inches high, of a<br />dark Complexion, with black Hair, has a down Look, and slow of Speech, He is a<br />Laborer or Planter.<br /><em>John Brown</em>an <em>Irishman</em> born, 33 Years old, 5 Feet 8 Inches high, of a fair Complexion,<br />and brown hair, has very much of the <em>Irish</em> Brogue, had on a green Coat with a red<br />Cape, by Trade a Taylor.<br /><em>Peter Brinkley,</em> born in <em>Nansemond,</em> 5 Feet 7 Inches high, of a fair Complexion, has<br />brown Hair, 25 Years of Age, he had on the <em>Virginia</em> Regimentals, and may endeavour<br />to pass for a Recruiting Officer.<br /><em>John Peritt,</em> born in <em>Nansemond</em> County, 6 Feet high, about 23 Years of Age, he is of<br />a black Complexion, and straight black Hair, and had on a light blue Camblett coat, by<br />Trade a Hatter.<br /><em>Dennis Dowlin,</em> an <em>Irishman,</em> 6 Feet 2 Inches high, about 27 Years old, of a black<br />Complexion, and black Hair, bred a Sailor, and had on a Pea Jacket and Trowsers<br />without either Stockings or Shoes, has a remarkable hoarse voice.<br />They went of the 10th Instant together, and it is supposed intend to the upper Parts<br />of <em>North Carolina,</em> as they were seen on the 14th and 15th Instant, near <em>Staunton</em>River<br />in <em>Lunenburg</em> County.<br />Whoever apprehends any of the above Deserters, (or either of those formerly advertised)<br />and delivers them to any Officer of the <em>Virginia</em> Regiment, or to <em>Archibald Cary,</em> Esq; at<br /><em>Warwick</em> in <em>Chesterfield</em> County ; Mr. <em>John Lewis</em> at <em>Albemarle</em> Court-house, or, the<br />said Capt. <em>Bell</em> shall receive two Pistoles Reward for each.<br /><em>David Bell</em></p>
<p><sup>T</sup>HERE has been concealed by the Overseer at one of my Plantations, for some Time<br />as I am informed, a Steer which the owner on ascertaining his Property may have<br />of me ; he has the following Marks, <em>viz.</em> All of his Feet are white, and Ancle of the left<br />Leg is black, and a black Spot opposite near the Flank ; cross the Shoulder is white, and<br />a Streak of white cross the joining of the Fillet ; his Back is black, and the under Part of<br />his Belly white ; has a Crop and Underkeel in the right Ear, and two Underkeels in the<br />Left.<br /><em>Phillip Ludwell</em></p>
<p><sup>T</sup>AKEN up by the Subscriber, living in <em>Gloucester</em> County, a light colored grey Mare,<br />about 23 Hands and a Half high, she has a hanging Mane and Switch tail, and<br />branded on the near Buttock K. The Owner may have her of me, on paying as the<br />Law directs.<br /><em>Joseph Eggleston.</em></p>
<p><em>TO BE</em> SOLD.<br /><sup>A</sup> TRACT of Land, containing six Hundred Acres, lying in the Forks of <em>Mechumpion</em><br />Creek, in <em>Hanover</em> County within two Miles of the Court-house, a Plantation [?]<br />it, in good Order for Cropping, a good Apple Orchard, a large Dwelling-House, Kitchen,<br />Store-house, with a Brick Cellar under it, and several convenient Out-houses. Any<br />Person inclined to purchase may know the Terms by applying to me living on the Pre-<br />mises. <em>Nicholas Meriwether</em></p>
<p><sup>R</sup>AN away about the 8th of <em>August,</em> from the Subscriber in <em>Westmoreland</em> County,<br />a Negro Wench named <em>Patience</em> about 30 Years of Age, had on when she went<br />away, a <em>Virginia</em> Cloth Wastecoat and Petticoat, and carried with her a chequer'd Waste-<br />coat turned up with stripp'd Persian. Whoever brings her to me, shall have Two Pi<br />stoles Reward, besides what the Law allows.<br /><em>William Booth</em></p>
<p><sup>I</sup>MPORTED in the <em>Charming A[?], Capt. <em>Baker,</em> last <em>February</em>a small<br />marked MT, No.1, for which no Bill of Lading was given, The Own<br />to Capt. <em>Baker,</em> at <em>York,</em> may hear of it.</em></p>
<p><sup>A</sup> MAN well recommended, who can teach Reading, Wri<br />will meet with good Encouragement, by applying to<br /><em>ericksburg.</em></p>
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<p><sup>T</sup>AKEN up by the Subscriber living in the City of <em>Williamsburg,</em> a brindled Cow<br />mark's with a Crop in her Right Ear, and an Underkeel in the Left ; she has a black<br />young Bull Calf. The Owner may have her of me paying as the Law directs.<br /><em>Elizabeth Wyatt.</em><br /><sup>T</sup>AKEN up by the Subscriber living in <em>Neck of Land</em> in <em>Chesterfield</em> County, two Stray<br />Mares, the one a small Sorrel, with a hanging Mane and Sprig tail, a small<br />white Snip in her Forehead, and branded on the off Buttock MC in a Piece. The other<br />an Iron grey, with a hanging Mane and Sprig tail, and branded on the near Buttock<br />thus '.' they have both been posted and appraised, the Sorrel to thirty Shillings, and the<br />Iron grey to forty five Shillings current Money. The Owner may have them of me,<br />paying as the Law directs.<br /><em>Tarleton Woodfin.</em><br /><sup>T</sup>AKEN up by the Subscriber, living near <em>Freeman's Bridge</em> in <em>Sussex</em>County, a<br />red Steer, marked with a smooth Crop in the right Ear, and a half Crop in the<br />Left, he is about 12 Years old, and has been posted and appraised. The Owner may have<br />him of me, paying as the Law directs.<br /><em>John Mason.</em>.<br /><sup>T</sup>AKEN up by the Subscriber, in <em>Culpeper</em> County two Steers, one a large dark<br />Brindle, unmark'd, with a white Spot on each hind Thigh, a white Spot at the<br />Root of his Horns, and some white Spots about his Belly, has been posted and appraised<br />at Three Pounds. The other is of a red Color, with a white Face, red round his Eyes, and<br />several white Spots on his Body ; he has been posted and appraised to Two Pounds Ten<br />Shillings Current Money. The Owner may have them of me, on paying as the Law<br />directs.<br /><em>Richard Vausler.</em><br /><sup>R</sup>AN away from the Subscriber, the latter End of April last, a small, neat, well made<br /><em>Angola</em>Negro Fellow named <em>London,</em> about five Feet 5 or 6 inches high, as he<br />was imported very young, he speaks very good <em>English,</em> about thirty Years old, has a very <br />round Visage, and a full Beard, he is of middling dark Complexion. Also run away<br />from the Subscriber's Plantation in <em>King William</em>County, the latter end of last <em>September</em><br />another Fellow named <em>Sam Drysdale,</em> about forty Years old, about five Feet 7 or 8 Inches<br />high, has lost some of his under fore Teeth, he is <em>Virginia</em> born, and formerly belonged to<br />the late Commissary <em>Blair.</em> Whoever will apprehend the said Runaways, and bring them<br />to the Subscriber in <em>New Kent,</em> shall have three Pistoles Reward for each if taken in this<br />Government, and five Pistoles for each, if taken in any other.<br /><em>Daniel Parke Custis.</em><br /><sup>T</sup>AKEN up by the Subscriber, living in <em>Spotsylvania</em> County, a small bright Bay mare<br />with a black Mane and Tail, a small white Spot in her Forehead, and sundry Sad<br />dle Spots on each Side of her Back, branded near the Buttock W. She has been<br />posted and appraised at Three Pounds. The Owner may have her, on proving his Pro-<br />perty, and paying as the Law directs.<br /><em>John Waller.</em><br /><sup>T</sup>AKEN away from the Subscriber, in <em>Henrico</em> County, by a Man who called him-<br />self <em>Thomas Buckner,</em> he is a small Man of a black Complexion, who 'tis believed<br />lives in <em>Culpeper</em> County, a Bay Horse, about 14 Hands and an Inch high, a<br />natural Pacer, branded on the Shoulder and Buttock S within a Heart. Whoever<br />brings the said Horse to me, shall have a Pistole Reward, and two Pistoles for the<br />Man.<br /><em>William Harding.</em><br /><sup><em>Just Imported, by the Subscriber, in the</em> Montgomery<br /><em>Capt.</em>Patterson, <em>and to be Sold at his Shop, near the<br />Market-Place,</em> Williamsburg,</sup><br /><sup>A</sup>CHOICE and Large Parcel of Drugs and Medicines, faithfully prepared by the<br />best Hands in <em>London</em> ; consisting of Sarfa and China Roots, best Rhubarb, Cam-<br />phire, Opium, Aloes, Borax, Mercury, Antimony, and Jesuits Bark, Ipecacuana, Sperma<br />Ceti, Oil of Turpentine, Hartsthorn Shavings, French and Pearl Barley, Verdigrease,<br />Manna, flaky ditto, Balsam Capivi, <em>Spanish</em> Flies, etc., etc. Also ,em>Andersonand<br /><em>Lockyer's</em>Pills, <em>Squire's</em>and <em>Stoughton's</em> Elixirs, <em>Bateman's</em> Drops, <em>Godfrey's</em> Cordial,<br />choice Eating Oil, best Lancets, Annodyne Necklaces, <em>Eaton's</em>Styptic, Lavender and<br /><em>Hungary</em> Waters,<em>James</em> Powders, <em>Spanish</em> Liquorice, <em>Castile</em> Soap, Ivory and Pewter<br />Syringes, Glyster Pipes, Vial and Vial Corks, Cinnamon, Cloves, Mace, Nutmegs,<br />Black Pepper, Allspice, Ginger,<em>Turlington's</em>Balsam, Sage, Copperass, Saltpetre, Allum<br />and all Sorts of Garden Seeds.<br /><em>Peter Hay.</em><br />N.B. Any Person inclinable to purchase the whole with the Shop Utensils, may have<br />a Pennysworth for ready Money, or Credit giving Security.<br />P.H.<br /><sup>T</sup>AKEN up by the Subscriber, living in <em>Lunenburg</em> County, near the Court-House,<br />a Sorrel Horse, his Mane and Tail resemble a Flaxen Color, several Saddle<br />Spots, and branded thus X. The Owner may have him, on paying as the Law directs.<br /><em>William Lidderdale</em><br /><sup><em>To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, at the Door of<br />the </em>Raleigh <em>Tavern, in </em>Williamsburg, <em>on the Second<br /></em>Tuesday <em>in</em> December<em>next,</em><br />A</sup> Valuable Tract of Land, formerly belonging to <em>John Stewart,</em>containing 650 Acres,<br />luing on <em>Cob Creek,</em> in <em>Lunenburg</em> County ; it is all very fine rich Land, and a great<br />Part of it very fine large Meadow; there are several good Houses and other Improvements<br />on the said Land. The Purchaser will be allowed Six Months Credit, and may enter<br />upon the Premises immediately ; Five <em>per Cent.</em> will be allowed for ready Money.<br /><em>Charles Turnbull.</em><br /><sup><em>To be LET, and ENTERED on immediately,</em><br />A</sup> VERY commodius Dwelling-House, with a Well of very good Water, Out-<br />Houses, Garden pailed in, and other Conveniences, in perfect good Order, and<br />yrev convenient for a private Family, or Lodgers, and situated in one of the most agree-<br />able Parts of Town: Also one other very good Dwelling -House, well-accomodated<br />with Out-Houses, Garden, Well, fine large Stable and Coach-House, etc. situate on<br />the main Street, the lower side of the Market Place.<br /><em>Phillip Ludwell</em><br /><sup><em>To be SOLD,</em><br />T</sup>WO Lots in the Town of <em>Fredericksburg,</em> fronting the main Street, opposite to<br />Warehouse, whereon there is a convenient Dwelling-House, with<br />three of which are Fire Rooms, as also a Kitchen, Stable, Meat<br />House, and large commodious Warehouse, the whole pailed in.<br />purchase may apply to <em>William Cunningham</em> in <em>Falmouth</em> or<br /><em>cksburg.</em></p>
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<p><sup>T</sup>AKEN up by the Subscriber in <em>Surry</em> County, a middle siz'd Sorrel Mare, branded<br />on the near Buttock H, all her feet white, has been appraised at [illegible] Pound<br />ten Shillings. The owner may have him of me paying what the Law directs.<br /><em>Henry Watkins.</em><br /><sup>T</sup>AKEN up by the Subscriber, living on <em>Appomattox</em> River, in <em>Amelia</em>County, two<br />Hogs, one a white Sow, the other a black Barrow, marked with a Crop on each<br />Ear ; the Sow has had Pigs since taken up. The owner may have them of me, paying as the<br />Law directs.<br /><em>David Greenbill.</em><br /><sup>T</sup>AKEN up by the Subscriber, living near <em>Amelia</em> Court-house, a large bay Horse,<br />about Five Feet Eight Inched high, neither branded or mark'd to be observed.<br />The Owner may have him of me, on paying as the Law directs.<br /><em>Thomas Wren</em><br /><sup>T</sup>AKEN up by the Subscriber, living in <em>Albemarle</em> County, a Bay Mare, branded<br />on the near Shoulder H, and one the near Buttock M. The Owner may have her<br />of me, paying as the Law directs.<br /><em>John Allen.</em><br /><sup>T</sup>HERE is in the Subscriber's Plantation, in <em>Fairfax</em> County, a large red and white<br />Steer his hind parts white, marked with a Crop and Slit in the Right Ear. The<br />Owner may have him again of me, paying as the Law directs.<br /><em>James King</em><br /><sup>T</sup>AKEN up by the Subscriber living near <em>Culpeper</em> County, one red Steer, about two<br />Years old, has a little white on one of his Flanks,and was appraised at one Pound<br />five Shillings. The Owner may have him of me, paying as the Law directs.<br /><em>Benjamin Case.</em><br /><sup>T</sup>AKEN up by the Subscriber living in <em>Goldwine</em>-Creek, in <em>Louisa</em> County, a Bay<br />Horse, about 4 Feet 4 Inches high, and branded on the near Buttock 1M, very<br />[illegible] The Owner may have him of me, paying as the Law directs.<br /><em>Richard Efler.</em><br /><sup>N</sup>OW in the Public Gaol of this City, a Negro Man, names James, who says he<br />belongs to <em>Adam Porter,</em> in <em>North Carolina</em> ; He hath been in <em>Warwick</em>Gaol two<br />Months, according to Law. The Owner may have him of me, on paying Charges.<br /><em>Thomas Penman,</em> K.P.G.<br /><sup><em>To be</em> Sold,<em>at Public Auction, Pursuant to the<br />Will of </em> Issac Bates,<em>deceas'd</em><br />F</sup>OUR Hundred and Eighty seven Acres of Land, lying in <em>York</em>County, about seven<br />Miles from <em>Williamsburg,</em> near <em>Fleming Bates's,</em>on both Sides of the Road that leads<br />from <em>Glass's</em> Ordinary to <em>York</em> River, well wooded and watered; The Sale to be on the<br />second Tuesday in <em>December</em> next, before Mr. <em>Duncastle's</em> Door, in <em>Williamsburg.</em> Credit<br />will be allowed 'til the 10th day of <em>April</em> next, on giving Bond and Security as usual. Any<br />Person that hath a Mind to purchase, and is willing to view the land, may be shewed<br />any Part of it, by applying to <em>Fleming Bates,</em> who has already promised to do that Fa-<br />vor, for<br /><em>George Carrington,</em> Executor.<br /><sup><em>Just</em> PUBLISHED,<br />THE</sup><em>Virginia</em><sup>ALMANACK,</sup> for the Year of our LORD GOD, 1756<br />Being BISSEXTILE or LEAP-YEAR. Wherein are contained, the Lunations<br />Conjunctions, Eclipses ; the Sun and Moon's Rising and Setting ; the Rising, Setting.<br />and Soothing of the Heavenly Bodies ; Weather ; Court days ; an exact List of the<br /><em>English</em> Navy ; a List of the Council and House of Burgesses, of <em>Virginia</em> ; a Summary<br />of the whole House of Commons ; several useful Tables ; Description of the Roads<br />through the Continent ; Description of the Road to the <em>Ohio</em> ; Poetry ; Prudential Ad-<br />vice, etc. etc. Calculated according to Art ; and referred to the Horizon<br />of the 38 Degrees North Latitude, and a Meridian of Five Hours West from the City of <em>London</em> ; fitting<br /><em>Virginia, Maryland, North-Carolina, &amp.</em> By <sup><em>THEOPHILUS WREG,</em></sup> Philomax.<br />[Price Seven Pence Half-penny each, or, Five Shillings per Dozen.]<br /><sup>SCHEME of a LOTTERY,<br />For</sup> raising the Sum of &pound.6875, for the further Protection of his Majesty's Sub-<br />jects against the Insults and Incroachments of the <em>French,</em> in Pursuance of an Act<br />of Assembly, passed the 9th Day of <em>July</em> last.<br />This LOTTERY consists of 25,000 tickets at 21 s. 6 d. each, 2050 of which<br />are Prizes, of the following Value :<br /><em>Number of Prizes. Value in Current Money. Total Value.</em><br />1 of &pound.2000 &pound.2000<br />1 of 1000 1000<br />4 of 500 2000<br />5 of 200 1000<br />6 of 150 900<br />8 of 100 200<br />15 of 50 750<br />50 of 20 1000<br />150 of 10 1500<br />1810 of 5 9050<br />2030 Prizes amounting to &pound.20000 Total Value.<br />22950 Blanks.<br />25000 pistoles, at 21 s. 6 d. each is &pound.26375<br />To be paid in Prizes, 20000<br />&pound.6875 to be applied to the particular<br />Purposes by the said Act directed, for the Protection of the Country.<br />If 20,000 Tickets are disposed of by the 11th Day of <em>December</em> next, the drawing of<br />the Lottery will then begin at the <em>Capitol,</em> in <em>Williamsburg</em> ; and the Tickets remaining<br />unsold will be drawn on Account, and for the Benefit, of the Country ; but if there<br />should be more than 5000 Tickets remaining unsold on that Day, then the drawing of<br />the said Lottery is to be put off 'til the 6th day of [illegible] next.<br />As soon as the Drawing is finished, the Prizes will be published in the <em>Gazette,</em> and<br />the Money paid to the Possessors of the fortunate Tickets, if demanded in Six Months after :<br />But the Prizes, not Demanded in that Time, will be deemed as generously given for the<br />Use of the Country, and be applied accordingly.<br />The Persons following are appointed Managers of the Lottery, ,em>viz. John Robinson,<br />Charles Carter, Peyton Randolph Esqrs. and <em>Landon Carter, Carter Burwell, Benjamin<br />Waller,</em> and <em>James Power,</em> Gentlemen, who have given Bond and Security, and are on<br />Oath, for the faithful Performance of their Truth.<br />TICKETS are to be sold by the said Managers, at their respective Dwellings.</p>
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<p><sup><em>RG:</em> Printed by William Hunter, at the GENERAL POST-OFFICE ; by<br />ay be supplied with this Paper. Advertisements of a moderate Length are inserted for Three<br />st Week, and Two Shillings each Week after.</sup></p>
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The Virginia Gazette, no. 256, December 5, 1755
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