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<p>THE<br />VIRGINIA GAZETTE,<br />JUNE 30, 1775. NUMBER 22</p>
<p>ALWAYS FOR LIBERTY, And THE PUBLICK GOOD.</p>
<p>ALEXANDER PURDIE, PRINTER</p>
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<p>MADRID, <em>March</em> 28.<br />LETTERS from Cadiz, Carthagena,<br />Barcelona, and Malaga, mention<br />that they employ all possible diligence in<br />preparing great armaments, which are to<br />be in readiness by the 15th of April, for a<br />secret expedition.</p>
<p>LONDON, <em>April</em> 20.<br />THE means which the avaricious, faith-<br />less Dutch, have devised, we hear,<br />to evade their late proclamation, prohibit-<br />ing their subjects from trading with our<br />American colonies, as well as the private<br />assurances given to Sir Joseph Yorke, our<br />minister at the Hague, previous to that<br />proclamation, are, to ship arms, ammu-<br />nition, and every other species of military<br />stores, to Surinam and St. Eustatia, their<br />settlements in the West Indies, and either<br />deliver them at sea in certain latitudes, or<br />run them by stealth into our southern co-<br />lonies on the American continent.</p>
<p>It is certain that our old friends the Dutch<br />are very active in furnishing the Americans<br />with all sorts of military stores. Five ship<br />loads have lately been received from St.<br />Eustatia.</p>
<p>The accident of the Duke of Queensber-<br />ry losing his gold snuff-box on Monday<br />last, at court, put us in mind (says a cor<br />respondent) of a similar circumstance<br />which happened to Villiers, Duke of Buck-<br />ingham, in the reign of Charles II. It is<br />well known that in this reign several ad-<br />dresses were presented to the throne, in<br />the course of which, a fashionable sharper<br />observing it was not very difficult, on<br />these occasions, to practice his profession,<br />attempted the pocket of the Duke of Buck-<br />ingham in the presence chamber. The<br />King happened to throw his eye on him<br />in the very commission of the fact, when<br />the other, with great presence of mind,<br />and unparalleled effrontery, put his finger<br />up to his nose, intimating that he was an<br />acquaintance of the Duke's, and only took<br />it out of fun. The King, though too<br />well acquainted with the world to be du-<br />ped in this manner, vet, being pleased<br />with the humour of it, said nothing.<br />As soon as the court broke up, Bucking-<br />ham was complaining of the loss of his box,<br />upon which the King told the circumstance.<br />"Good God! Sire (says the other) why<br />did you not tell me of it in time?” "No,<br />no (says the King, with his usual wit and<br />pleasantry) I could not do that; consider,<br />I was <em>upon honour</em>.”</p>
<p>The entertainment last night at the<br />Mansion House greatly exceeded every<br />thing the citizens have been accustomed to<br />see at their Easter ball, not excepting<br />even the very magnificent one given in 1762,<br />by the late Sir Samuel Fludyer, or the<br />splendour of that in the following year,<br />by the liberal-minded and truly patriotick <br />Mr. alderman Beckford. Wherever ge-<br />nius presides, this must always be the<br />case: Money may hire and provide, but<br />it is for a Wilkes to plan, to conduct, and,<br />as it were, to animate the whole. Consi-<br />dered in this light, those who have the</p>
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<p>happiness of knowing the present Lord<br />Mayor could not be surprised that the ve-<br />ry tickets for the Mansion House should<br />present us with a ray of his most excellent<br />genius. Pleasure with Freedom, attended<br />by three little genii tripping in chorus,<br />with two other little beings, in the same<br />style, hovering above, one of which sup-<br />ports a festoon of grapes and vine flowers,<br />while the other is bringing a basket of<br />flowers, a goblet, and dish of fruits, are<br />seen on the table below; and at the feet<br />of Pleasure, in whose right hand is a cadu-<br />ceus, lies a cornucopia; the whole execu-<br />ted by the justly celebrated Cypriani and<br />Bartholozzi, and we make no doubt will<br />form hereafter one of the most interesting,<br />as well as beautiful prints, in the collections<br />of future lovers of vertu.</p>
<p>In the Egyptian hall, where the com<br />pany dined, the curious were presented<br />with another most beautiful piece, paint-<br />ed in an inimitable taste; which, if we<br />mistake not, represented the triumph of<br />s Bacchus and Ariadne, or Love united with<br />Wine. Besides the usual profusion of<br />wines and eatables, which were all remark-<br />ably good in their kind and set off with<br />the greatest elegance, as well as much<br />warmer than commonly is the case at those<br />great dinners, the guests were here pre-<br />sented with another novelty, which had<br />the most pleasing effect; many of Mr.<br />Cox's pieces of mechanism, from the Mu-<br />seum, all in full tune, and which continued<br />their musical movements, during the great-<br />est part of the dinner. The dessert was in<br />the same pleasing style, at once grand and<br />elegant. In the ball room, taste and mag-<br />nificence prevailed: An emblematical<br />painting at the top exhibited to the eye a<br />beautiful landscape of rural festivity;<br />nymphs and swains tripping over the green,<br />and seeming to invite to the sprightly<br />dance those below.</p>
<p>The company were as elegant and or-<br />derly as the decorations. The Duke of<br />Leinster and the Lady Mayoress opened<br />the ball. Lord Mahon danced another<br />minuet with the all-accomplished daughter<br />of the giver of the feast. Other names of<br />note were, Lord and Lady Abinoton, Lady<br />Mary Sherrard, Lord Wenman, Mr.Keek,<br />Mr. Trevanion, Governour Johnstone,<br />Mr. Coleman, Mr. Boswell, Prince Pal-<br />lavicini, the late Pope's nephew, Dr. Lee,<br />Dr. Williamson, the aldermen Sawbridge,<br />Hayley, Thomas, Newingham, Sir Wat-<br />kin Lewes, the two sheriffs, &c.</p>
<p>Besides the minuets, allemandes, and<br />cotillions, that were danced, the country<br />dances continued till near 3 o'clock in the<br />morning.</p>
<p>We must not forget to observe, that<br />the very lamps were illuminated in a new<br />taste, and, by the variety of their colours,<br />disposed in wreaths upon the pilasters, in<br />imitation of the orders of architecture,<br />which gave a most pleasing effect to the<br />whole.</p>
<p>In the drinking-room, the company<br />were regaled by a Gentleman of the law<br />with a song, every line of which seemed</p>
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<p>with wit, and drew the most heart-felt<br />applauses of every person present.</p>
<p>The only toasts drank at the grand din-<br />ner, on Monday, at the Mansion House,<br />were, The King, Queen, and Royal Family,<br />Prosperity to the city of London; and,<br />The health of the company, with thanks<br />for the honour of their presence.</p>
<p>When Lord Grantham, pressed for ex-<br />planations lately at Madrid, on the subject<br />of the American disputes, his Lordship<br />was reminded of our conduct, respecting<br />the Hollanders, in the reign of Queen Eliza-<br />beth, with whom we carried on not only<br />a commercial intercourse, but actually as-<br />sisted them with ships, large armies, and<br />vast sums of money. Through the same<br />channel, we are informed, that when the<br />French minister gave the assurances to<br />Lord Stormont, so much relied on by the<br />ministry, Maurepas added : " Your<br />Lordship is to understand, that this <em>condes-<br />cension</em> on the part of the King, my matter,<br />is to be received as a proof of the magna-<br />nimity of his councils, his own moderation,<br />and the desire he has to cultivate a good<br />understanding with the King of Great Bri-<br />tain and the whole English nation; for<br />were his Majesty to regulate his conduct<br />from transactions of á similar nature be-<br />tween both countries, the affair of Rochelle,<br />in the reign of his illustrious predecessor<br />Louis XIII. and the fomenting a civil war<br />in the heart of his patrimonial dominions,<br />in that of his son and successour; his Majes-<br />ty's royal progenitor, Louis XIV. in the<br />beginning of the present century, would<br />excite sentiments, and dictate a system of<br />policy, respecting tlie disputes subsisting<br />between Great Britain and her American<br />colonies, very <em>different</em> from those your<br />Lordship, on the present occasion, endea-<br />vours so earnestly to press.</p>
<p>The Dutch have adopted the thought<br />of Dr. Franklin, of stilling waves by means<br />of oil being poured into the sea; and the<br />Sieur Van Lelyveld, a citizen of Leyden,<br />has offered a prize of 30 ducats, or a me-<br />dal of equal value, for any one who shall<br />establish the certainty of this discovery,<br />together with the sort of oil used, and<br />the methods taken, to ascertain the truth<br />of it in different waters, and in different<br />depths of the sea. The prize to be deli-<br />vered in the month of May, 1776.</p>
<p><em>April</em> 27. Private advices from the<br />Hague positively assure us, that four Dutch<br />vessels sailed from the Texel the first week<br />in April, laden with arms, powder, and<br />military stores. The cargoes were entered<br />outwards for the coast of Africa; but there<br />is not a person who knew of the assortment,<br />particularly in the article of powder, that<br />is not perfectly convinced that they are<br />intended for the British American colonies.</p>
<p>Transactions of a very extraordinary<br />nature, it is said, have been lately discover-<br />ed to have passed between certain Dutch<br />merchants and some of the leading patriots<br />in the province of New York.</p>
<p>Letters from Genoa speak pretty con-<br />fidently of the hostile disposition of the<br />House of Bourbon, an application to that</p>
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<p>republick having been lately made by the<br />courts of Versailles and Madrid, for leave<br />to recruit their navies with 2000 Genoese<br />sailors. The same accounts add, that<br />orders have been lately received by the<br />Frenchnaval agent in that city, from Mons.<br />Bompart, the intendant of the marine at<br />Toulon, to purchase two frigates of war<br />of 24 guns each.</p>
<p>His Prussian Majesty has at length openly<br />avowed his intention of taking all the ports<br />of the Vistula under his immediate direction.<br />Though the other northern powers seem<br />as yet to indicate no desire to restrain him,<br />such a measure must lay a foundation for<br />future commotions.</p>
<p>Yesterday Lord North made the follow-<br />ing motions, in a committee of the whole<br />House of Commons, appointed to consider<br />of what encouragement ought to be given<br />to the fisheries of Great Britain and Ireland:<br />" That a bounty of 401. be given to the<br />first 100 ships that arrive with a cargo of<br />10,000 codfish caught on the banks of<br />Newfoundland, 201. for the next 100 ships;<br />and 10l. for the next 100 ships; that a<br />bounty of 500l. be given to the ship that<br />arrives with the greatest quantity of whale<br />oil, 4001. for the next greatest quantity,<br />300l. for the next, 2001. for the next,<br />and 100l. for the next; that Ireland have<br />Liberty to import blubber and whale fins,<br />the same as England; that the duty on seal<br />skins imported into Ireland do cease, and<br />be no longer paid; that Ireland have leave<br />to export clothing to America, for as much<br />of the army as they supply and pay for;<br />and that a bounty of 5 s. per tun be given<br />to all flax seed imported into Ireland."<br />The encouragement to be given to the<br />linen manufactory of that kingdom is post-<br />poned.</p>
<p>Far as the season is advanced, yet we<br />are glad to hear that a bill will be brought<br />in, at the instance of a great and amiable<br />Lady, to prohibit the wearing and use<br />of clothes of foreign manufacture, for a<br />certain time. Her seeing a nobleman last<br />birth-day at court in a suit of French clothes,<br />which cost the enormous sum of 6ool. in-<br />duced her to think that such a bill as above-<br />mentioned must be of great service to the<br />subjects of England.</p>
<p>Letters from Grenada say, that the<br />Dutch islands of Curacoa and St. Eustatia <br />are full of European goods, sent there with<br />a view of carrying on a very lucrative trade<br />with the British colonies.</p>
<p><em>April</em> 29. On Friday last some private<br />bills were read in the House of Commons,<br />and then the committee of the whole House<br />sat upon his Majesty's message concerning<br />Buckingham House, when Lord North<br />made the estimates, laid before the House,<br />of the original sum paid by his Majesty for<br />Buckingham House, of the sums since<br />expended on it, and of the value of Somer-<br />set House (if it was now to be sold)<br />amount to 94,7501. but as it would be<br />disrespectful to make exact calculations<br />with the crown, or to grant broken sums,<br />he grounded thereon the following motion:<br />“ That it is the opinion of this committee,<br />that the sum of 100,000l. be granted to<br />his Majesty, as aud for the monies expend-<br />ed in purchasing Buckingham House, and<br />for rendering it fit for a royal residence;<br />also for appropriating Somerset House to<br />the purpose of holding and keeping cer-<br />tain publick offices therein.” This motion<br />was unanimously carried, and afterwards<br />reported to the House.</p>
<p><em>May</em> 4. The contractors with govern-<br />ment for gunpowder have received orders<br />to deliver 6000 tuns of that commodity<br />into his Majesty's storehouses, 2000 tuns<br />at Chatham, 2000 at Sheerness, 1000 at<br />Portsmouth, and 1000 at Torbay.</p>
<p>Yesterday there was a levee at St.<br />James's, and afterwards a cabinet council,<br />said to be held on the consideration of the<br />last advices received from Lord Grantham,</p>
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<p>the English ambassadour at the court of<br />Spain. After the council, Lord Barring-<br />ton had a conference with his Majesty,<br />and laid before him several papers concern-<br />ing the war department; and after Lord<br />Barrington withdrew, General Irwin,<br />Colonel Craig, and several military officers,<br />were present with the King till 4 o'clock,<br />before he returned to the Queen's house.</p>
<p>Yesterday General Lockhart took leave<br />of his Majesty, and to-morrow is to set<br />out for America.</p>
<p>All English ships of war are to be prohi-<br />bited for the future from touching on the<br />Spanish coast, without leave.</p>
<p>A Danish vessel lately sailed from Ham-<br />burg to explore a new colony, lately dis-<br />covered on the southern coast of Greenland.<br />A Danish merchant, who lived nine years<br />in Greenland, is gone as interpreter.</p>
<p>A few days ago died, in the upper part<br />of the barony of Liney, in the county of<br />Sligo, Daniel Mulleery, in the 127th<br />year of his age. He fought at Boyne and<br />Aghrim, and had been wounded in both<br />engagements.</p>
<p>Great quantities of corn are just arrived<br />from the port of Dantzick, where it was<br />shipped in November last, on board vessels<br />which were long detained there by the ice.<br />Samples of the corn were this day shown<br />in Mark lane, on which wheat in general<br />fell 25s. per quarter. The fine prospect<br />of corn throughout England will probably<br />make it fall still lower.</p>
<p>On Thursday, Friday, and Saturday last,<br />the sun's heat exceeded his usual <em>summer<br />heat</em> by many degrees. At 3 on Friday<br />afternoon, the mercury, in a good Faren-<br />heit's thermometer, rose in the sun to 95<br />degrees, or <em>blood heat</em>, and in the shade to<br />84 degrees. In both exposures it hung in<br />free air, far from any heated body or re-<br />flection. On Saturday, the air was highly<br />electrical ; it felt like a cobweb on the face;<br />and small pith balls, hung by threads,<br />parted in every exposure. This uncom-<br />mon weather terminated between 4 and 7<br />that afternoon in a prodigious thunder<br />storm, in which fell a vast quantity of rhom-<br />boidal hailstones, exceeding hard, and<br />whose sides measured three quarters of an<br />inch.</p>
<p>The confusion on Sunday evening (oc-<br />casioned by the sudden storm of hail,<br />thunder, and lightning, from Kew bridge<br />to Hyde Park corner) was beyond descrip-<br />tion the most whimsical that has been seen<br />for many years, as it happened at an hour<br />when people were coming in crowds to<br />town. By the hurricane of the wind which<br />preceded the storm of hail and rain, and<br />lasted little more than a minute, the hats<br />of men and women on horseback, as like-<br />wise of those in open chaises, were carried<br />into the air and blown a considerable dis-<br />tance, whilst the unfortunate owners were<br />hid in a clowd of dust, and rendered inca-<br />pable of finding them ; horsemen ran<br />against each other, as did mauy carriages;<br />the passengers were screaming, whilst<br />those without were cursing and swearing;<br />and the hackney coachmen at Kensington<br />took the advantage, nany asking half<br />a guinea to bring a company to Hyde<br />Park corner.</p>
<p>HOUSE OF COMMONS, <em>May</em> 3.<br />The gallery was crowded this day be-<br />fore 2 o'clock, in expectation of the open-<br />ing of the budget; and at half after 8 Lord<br />North arose, and, in a speech of full three<br />hours and a quarter long, delivered him-<br />self of his annual burthen. He first, as<br />usual, specified the several grants, and ex-<br />plained the nature of them as he went<br />along. He then enumerated the deficien-<br />cies, and lastly stated the ways and means,<br />the detail of which was mostly contained<br />in the several resolutions reported from<br />the money chair since the commencement<br />of the session. His next was to sum up<br />the total of both accounts, and strike the</p>
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<p>balance on which his operation of finance<br />was to depend. According to this state-<br />ment, the total of the ways and means<br />was 6.500,00ol, the total of the grants or<br />supply 5,500,000!. which left a balance of<br />1,000,000l. which he proposed to apply<br />towards the reduction of the national debt,<br />in the following manner: To pay off one<br />million of the 3 per cent. annuities at 88,<br />which would be 880,000l. by which means<br />there would be a balance and residue of<br />120,000l. to make good the deficiencies,<br />or to pay off the 100,000l. granted to his<br />Majesty, which he did not include in the<br />general statement. Among the items<br />contained in the grants, he took credit<br />for 150,000l. to be gained on a lottery,<br />at the rate of 50s. per ticket on 60,000<br />tickets, and then proposed his motion,<br />which was to the following purport:<br />"That all persons who were possessed of<br />3 per cent. annuities, on or before the 24th<br />of April, should have liberty to go to the<br />bank on Monday next, and subscribe any<br />sum not exceeding 20,000l. each; that<br />the books should remain open from 9 o'clock<br />in the morning of the said day till 6 o'clock in<br />the afternoon, for that purpose; that every<br />subscriber, subscribing 1ool. stock, shall be<br />entitled to fix lottery tickets, at the price<br />of 121. 106s. per ticket; that as soon as<br />proper inquiries can be made, and a fair<br />and just proportion struck between the<br />amount of the several sums subscribed,<br />and the said sum of 1,000,000l. meant to<br />be paid off, every person shall be entitled<br />to a ratiable share of the said subscription,<br />provided it shall appear that he was pos-<br />sessed of the stock for which he wrote<br />his name, that is, supposing a person, pos-<br />sessing 20,000 stock, on or before the 24th<br />of April, should subscribe 20,000l. and<br />that, upon casting up the whole of the<br />subscription, it should appear that five,<br />ten, or twenty times the money meant to<br />be paid off, was subscribed, then each<br />stockholder shall be entitled to a fifth, a<br />tenth, or a twentieth part of his subscrip-<br />tion.” This proposition seemed to be<br />extremely well received on all sides of the<br />House, as preventive of all that imputed<br />partiality and confusion, riot, and strife,<br />that had been experienced on former oc-<br />casions, when the strongest arms, the best<br />known face, or the person who was fortu-<br />nate enough to take his stand near the<br />door, derived every advantage, to the total<br />exclusion of such as were not thus happily<br />qualified or stationed. His Lordship en-<br />tered into a general view of the publick<br />debts as they stood on the 5th of January<br />last, and of the several wars since the Re-<br />volution which occasioned them; and, un-<br />der the formerhead, stated the national debt<br />at that period, compared with what it<br />was at the commencement of the late peace<br />in 1763, by which he shewed there was<br />above nine millions paid off.</p>
<p>Mr. Hartly observed on several items in<br />the account, particularly on the anticipa-<br />tion of the sinking fund; and drew a very<br />melancholy picture of the probable conse-<br />quences of our disputes with America, and<br />predicted, in the most positive terms, the<br />interference of France and Spain, should<br />those unhappy disputes terminate in a civil war.</p>
<p>Governour Johnstone turned the tables<br />on his Lordship; and contended, that<br />though the stating of an account had no<br />immediate connection with the picture<br />drawn by his honourable friend, yet, in<br />his opinion, the state of the nation, which<br />used to be generally the subject of conver-<br />sation this day, certainly had.</p>
<p>Mr. T. Townshend, and Mr. Viner,<br />likewise spoke.</p>
<p><em>May 5</em>. Yesterday the House of Com-<br />mons agreed to the report of the resoluti-<br />on of Wednesday on ways and means, and<br />on the lottery; also, that 191,5521. out<br />of the sinking fund, he applied towards</p>
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<p>the supply; that 15,000l. be reserved for<br />maintaining the forces in the plantations<br />in America; and that the money arising<br />from the duties on gum Senega, and gum<br />Arabick, be applied towards the supply.</p>
<p>We hear that three of the regiments<br />lately embarked to America had orders<br />to proceed to Philadelphia, that they might<br />be there at the time the Grand Congress<br />hold their second meeting, in order to<br /><em>protect</em> the Congress, and preserve the<br />peace and order of that city at such an<br />important period.</p>
<p>It is said that upwards of 60,000l. ster-<br />ling has been remitted from the treasury in<br />England, to be distributed among the friends<br />of government.</p>
<p>Authentick letters from Spain make<br />mention of a powerful fleet, which waits<br />only the orders of the court to put to sea;<br />but it is not known if its destination is<br />against the Emperour of Morocco, or if it<br />has a inore concealed private object; the<br />latter of which is universally believed.<br />These letters add, that a squadron of six<br />Dutch men of war was arrived at Cadiz,<br />designed as a fleet of observation in the<br />Mediterranean.</p>
<p>It is said that orders are given for a fleet<br />of men of war, which are to rendezvous<br />at Spithead, to be in readiness to sail when-<br />ever they may be wanted.</p>
<p>It was last year reported, that Sir Jeffery<br />Amherst had said, that with 5000 English<br />regulars he would engage to march from<br />one end to the other of the continent of<br />North America. This being spoken of<br />publickly in a coffee-house in North Ame-<br />rica, Col. Washington, who was present,<br />declared, that with 1000 Virginians he<br />would engage to stop Sir Jeffery Amherst's<br />march.---It is the fashion at St James's<br />to despise the Americans, to call them<br />cowards, poltroons, &c. and the resoluti-<br />on seems to be taken to put their courage<br />to the proof. The very able, spirited,<br />and prudent conduct of this gallant officer,<br />when he covered and preserved the remains<br />of the English army after one of their de-<br />feats last war in North America, has en-<br />deared him to every brave man, and<br />stamped him with the name of being a<br />most able officer.</p>
<p>By a letter from Glasgow, we are inform-<br />that the Dutch have bought up the whole<br />stock of leaf tobacco there, at 2d. per pound<br />advance. The quantity was about 643 tuns,<br />which leaves near 12,000l. extra profit.</p>
<p>JUNE 26, 1775.<br />THE delegates appointed by the coun-<br />ties and corporations of the colony<br />are desired to meet at the town of <em>Rich-<br />mond</em>, in the county of <em>Henrico</em>, on <em>Mon-<br />day</em> the 17th of July next.<br />PEYTON RANDOLPH, President.</p>
<p>FREDERICKSBURG,<em>June</em> 19, 1775.<br />As I intend to leave the colony for a few<br />months, all persons who have any<br />claims against me are desired to call and<br />have them settled. I must request all those<br />who are indebted to me to pay off as far<br />as they can, and give bond for their<br />balances. Mr. <em>Lachlan Campbell</em> will carry<br />on the business in my absence, and he is<br />properly authorised to receive all sums due<br />to me, and to settle every just demand<br />against me.<br />(4) JOHN GLASSELL.</p>
<p>HAMPTON, <em>June</em> 20, 1975.<br />THE <em>Subscriber begs leave to inform the<br />publick, that the</em> King's Arms <em>tavern<br />at this place, formerly kept by her late hus-<br />band</em>, William M'Caa, <em>deceased, is still<br />continued open by her; and, farther, to as-<br />sure any Gentlemen disposed tr favour her<br />with their custom, that they may depend upon<br />her utmost endeavours to keep the house in<br />the best manner.</em><br />SARAH M'CAA.<br />N.B. <em>Proper accommodations will be pro-<br />vided for horses, and Gentlemen may depend<br />upon their being taken due care of</em></p>
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<p>The commissioners appointed to settle<br />the accounts of the militia, and of<br />those who furnished provisions, &c. for<br />the late <em>Indian</em> expedition under the com-<br />mand of Col. <em>Andrew Lewis</em>, will attend<br />at <em>Staunton</em>, in <em>Augusta</em> county, on <em>Monday</em><br />the last day of <em>July</em> next, to settle the<br />accounts from <em>Culpeper</em> and that part of <br /><em>Augusta</em> lying on the east side of the <em>Alle-<br />gheny</em> mountains; at <em>Botetourt</em> courthouse,<br />on <em>Friday</em> the 11th of <em>August</em>, to settle the<br />accounts from <em>Botetourt</em>; at <em>Joseph Gray's</em>,<br />in <em>Fincastle</em> county, on <em>Monday</em> the 21st of<br /><em>August</em>, to settle the <em>Fincastle</em> accounts;<br />and at <em>Bedford</em> courthouse, on <em>Monday</em> the<br />4th of <em>September</em>, to settle the accounts<br />from <em>Bedford</em>, and the neighbouring coun-<br />ties below the <em>Blue Ridge</em> of mountains :<br />Of which all persons concerned are desired<br />to take notice, and to give their attendance<br />accordingly.</p>
<p>N. B. Theaccounts from <em>Tyger's Bottom</em><br />to be settled at Staunton.</p>
<p>THE <em>commissoners appointed to settle<br />the accounts of the officers, soldiers,<br />and others, who have claims against this<br />colony on account of the late expedition on<br />the</em> Ohio, <em>give notice, that they will attend<br />at</em> Winchester, <em>on Tuesday the 8th of</em> Au-<br />gust, <em>to settle the claims froM</em> Frederick,<br />Berkeley, Dunmore, <em>and the counties be-<br />low these; at</em> Rumney, <em>on</em> Tuesday <em>the 15th<br />of the same month, to settle those of</em> Hamp-<br />shire, <em>and in the province of</em> Maryland;<br /><em>and at</em> Pittsburg, <em>on</em> Thursday <em>the 24th of<br />the said month, to settle those in that part<br />of</em> Augusta <em>to the westward of the</em> Allegheny,<br /><em>and in the province of</em> Pennsylvania: <em>Of<br />which times and places all persons concerned<br />are to take notice, and give their attendance.</em><br />RICHARD LEE.<br />FRANCIS PEYTON.<br />JOSIAS CLAPHAM.<br />HENRY LEE.<br />THOMAS BLACKBURN.</p>
<p><em>Forty shillings reward</em>,<br />TO any person who has found, and will<br />restore, a silk pocketbook with three<br />* paper bills, two of five pounds each, and<br />one of ten shillings. The book was lost<br />between the mouth of <em>Quantico</em> and <em>Dum-<br />fries</em>, on the 30th of laat <em>May</em>. The five<br />pound bills were enclosed in a letter, di-<br />rected to Capt. <em>Carr</em>; one number 635,<br />emitted the 24th of <em>May</em> MDCCLX, the<br />other number 109, emitted the 7th of <em>April</em><br />MDCCLXII.<br />4) CUTHBERT BULLITT.</p>
<p>RUN away from the subscriber, RO-<br />BERT ROBINSON, a valuable joiner<br />and carpenter, about 28 years of age, 5<br />feet 6 or 7 inches high, makes a good ap-<br />pearance both in person and in dress,<br />wears his own dark coloured hair cut short<br />before and behind, has a clean skin, and<br />is of a thin make; had on, a fashionable<br />good beaver hat, a fine cloth coat, of a<br />parson's gray colour, with hair buttons,<br />white Russia drill breeches, and a double<br />breasted waistcoat of corded light jeans or<br />fustian, light blue worsted stockings,<br />single channel pumps not much wore, and<br />wears in his sleeves either a pair of black<br />or a pair of oval purple buttons set in yel-<br />low metal. He was born in the south of<br /><em>Scotland</em>, worked long in the city of <em>Edin-<br />burgh</em>, and in the town of <em>Kelso</em> upon<br /><em>Tweed</em>, and also undertook and built a<br />church at <em>Inverness</em>, in the north of <em>Scot-<br />land</em>. The said servant was purchased<br />three weeks ago at <em>Monday</em> point, on <em>Po-<br />towmack</em>, from on board the <em>Friendship</em>,<br />Capt. <em>Park</em>, from <em>Glasgow</em>. He speaks<br />broad, writes a good hand, and in ay pro-<br />bably make himself out a pass. All mas-<br />ters of vessels are cautioned against recei-<br />ving him, and I will give 31. to any person<br />that will deliver him to me, in <em>Lancaster</em><br />county, besides what the law allows.<br />(tf). MUNGO HARVEY.</p>
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<p>NOTICE is hereby given, that there are<br />now remaining, in <em>Osborne's</em> ware-<br />house, in <em>Chesterfield</em> county, sixhogsheads<br />of tobacco, mark, numbers, weight, and<br />names, as follows which have been in-<br />spected upwards of three years.</p>
<p>No. 701, gross 1213, tare 128, neat<br />1085, estate of <em>James R. Bradby</em>, note<br />out. No. 2012, gross 1114, tare 113,<br />neat 1001, <em>George Foster</em>, <em>Sandy</em> creek.<br />No. 2108, gross 1224, tare 120, neat 1104,<br /><em>Henry Cox, Cumberland</em>, note cut. No.2236,<br />gross 1388, tare 128, neat 1260, estate of<br /><em>James R. Bradby</em>. No. 2237, gross 1150,<br />tare 128, neat 1022, estate of do. No.2254.<br />gross 763, tare 113, neat 650, estate of do.<br />EDWARDS & GRAVES.</p>
<p>FREDERICKSBURG, <em>June</em> 20, 1775.<br />THE subscriber intends leaving the<br />colony for a few months.<br />(2) JAMES MAURY.</p>
<p>NEW KENT, June 17, 1775.<br />RUN away from the subscriber, the 8th<br />instant (<em>June</em>) a likely negro man<br />named JONATHAN, about 21 years old,<br />of a yellowish complexion, straight made,<br />about 5 feet 6 or 7 inches high, with a bold,<br />countenance, and hath an impediment in<br />his speech. He carried with him three dif-<br />ferent suits of clothes, so that I cannot<br />describe his dress. He was seen in <em>York</em><br />town last <em>Monday</em>, intending to make his<br />escape out of the colony. As he is artful,<br />I do not doubt but he has procured a forg-<br />ed pass. Whoever apprehends said negro,<br />and delivers him to me in <em>New Kent</em>, within<br />two miles of the <em>Brick House</em> ferry, on<br /><em>York</em> river, shall have 5l. reward, and if<br />taken out of the colony 10l. paid by<br />2∥ JAMES TYRIE.</p>
<p>STOLEN from my pasture in <em>Prince<br />Edward</em> county, the 2d instant (<em>June</em>)<br />a very likely bay GELDING about 15 hands<br />high, a star in his forehead, a switch tail<br />and hanging mane, no brand that I can<br />remember, but he has a remarkable large<br />wen on one of his hind legs, near the<br />footlock. As a runaway negro was seen<br />lurking about my plantation that evening,<br />I imagine he stole him, and rode him down<br />the road leading to <em>Petersburg</em>, wherein he<br />was followed by the track about 15 miles.<br />Whoever delivers the said gelding to Col.<br /><em>Augustine Claiborne</em> in <em>Suffex</em>, Col. <em>Herbert<br />Claiborne</em> in <em>King William</em>, Mr. <em>Augustine<br />Claiborne</em> in <em>Diwiddie</em>, or to me in <em>Prince<br />Edward</em>, shall be paid 40s, reward.<br />(2) JOHN NASH, jun.</p>
<p>STOLEN from Mr. <em>John Fitzhugh's</em> pas-<br />ture, in <em>Stafford</em>, near the courthouse,<br />on <em>Sunday</em> night, the 11th instant (<em>June</em>)<br />a likely bay HORSE about 14 hands high,<br />with a hanging mane and switch tail, has<br />a fresh scar under his throat, occasioned<br />by a late swelling, which has reduced his<br />plight very much, paces and canters so<br />well as to be an exceeding fine riding horse,<br />and branded on the near buttock TF in a<br />piece. It is more than probable, indeed I<br />think it certain, that the said horse was<br />taken off by one <em>William Gray</em>, a joiner,<br />who eloped from these parts the same night<br />on account of some misdemeanors which<br />he had been committing in <em>Falmouth</em>, and<br />for which he was, at that time, pursued<br />by a justice's warrant. The said <em>Grey</em> is a<br />likely young fellow about 22 years of age,<br />rather taller than middle size, wears his<br />own dark curled hair, takes snuff to excess<br />which affects his speech very perceptibly.<br />He told some of his comrades that he was<br />going to <em>Bedford</em> county, from whence he<br />lately came, but how far to believe this<br />is uncertain. Whoever will find and pro-<br />duce the said horse to me shall have 40s.<br />reward, and 5l. if the thief can be detect-<br />ed and brought to justice.<br />4∥ GEORGE FITZHUGIL</p>
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<p><em>To be</em> SOLD <em>by the subscriber</em>,<br />THE lot whereon his ordinary stands,<br />in the town of <em>Blandford</em>, with all the<br />house and kitchen furniture, &c. there-<br />unto belonging. Also the plantation where-<br />on he now lives, pleasantly situated on<br /><em>Appamattox</em> river, about a mile below<br /><em>Blandford</em>; there are on it good and neces-<br />sary houses of all kinds, with good orch-<br />ards, &c. For terms apply to<br />JOHN BUTLER.</p>
<p>GLOUCESTER, <em>June</em> 15, 1775.<br /><em>ALL persons who have any demands against<br />the estate of Dr.</em> Thomas Clayton,<br /><em>late of this county, deceased, are desired to<br />send in their accounts, properly proved;<br />and those indebted to the said estate are re-<br />quested to make immediate payment, or give<br />bond for their respective balances.</em><br />THOMAS WHITING, executor.</p>
<p>WESTMORELAND, <em>June</em> 1, 1775.<br />As I intend for <em>Scotland</em> very soon, I must<br />beg the favour of all persons who have<br />dealings with me, and now owe balances,<br />to come and have settlements of them be-<br />fore I leave the country; likewise those<br />who have claims against me to bring them<br />in, that they may be paid off. Mr. <em>John<br />Middleton</em> will be properly empowered, in<br />my absence, to transact my business, and<br />to whom I have now given up the charge<br />of the store.--I will sell for ready money,<br />or short credit, a sloop that carries 60 hhds.<br />of tobacco; she is two years old, her up-<br />per works of mulberry, and every way<br />well fitted. Likewise a schooner that car-<br />ries 1250 bushels; she is new, goes well,<br />and is in every respect well found.<br />∥ HUGH HAMILTON.</p>
<p>JUNE 21, 1775.<br />RUN away from the subscriber, near<br /><em>York</em>town, on <em>Tuesday</em> last, two negro<br />men, <em>viz.</em> JEMMY, a tall stout black fellow,<br />about 45 years old, has a large head and<br />face, and one of his fore teeth, which are<br />large, broke near the middle. CHARLES,<br />a srout young tawny fellow under 20 years<br />old, has a remarkable large mouth and<br />feet, and has lost part of the third finger<br />of his right hand. As they left their<br />work in the field, they went off with only<br />their shirt and trousers. <em>Charles</em> had a<br />new pair of coarse rolls, and <em>Jemmy's</em><br />was his last year's, which were of very<br />good rolls, much wore; but he went to<br />Capt. <em>John Chisman's</em>, where he had a wife,<br />and from thence took with him other<br />clothes, together with his wife, and a boy<br />of 12 or 14 years old, with all the luggage.<br />I will give 20s. to any person who will<br />bring either of the fellows to me, or that<br />will confine them in prison, so that I get<br />them again.<br />AUGUSTINE MOORE.</p>
<p>THREE POUNDS REWARD,<br />FOR apprehending JAMES CLERK, a<br />runaway servant, about 27 years of<br />age, near Six feet high; well made, short <br />black hair, full faced, pock-fretted, and<br />speaks the <em>Yorkshire</em> intermixed with the<br />brogue. Since he left me he drove a wag-<br />on for Mr. <em>Davis</em> in <em>Louisa</em>, worked as<br />labourer for Mr. <em>Brown</em> in <em>King William,</em><br />and as gardener for Mr. <em>Price</em> in <em>Hanover</em>,<br />which county, he left the 19th of <em>April</em>,<br />and said he intended to work at ditching<br />in <em>Spotsylvania</em>. He owns he lived with<br />me, but says he came in free, goes by his<br />own name, seems a quiet well behaved<br />fellow, and pretends to be master of al-<br />most every kind of employment. I suspect<br />he works in or near <em>Fredericksburg</em>, and<br />should take it kind of any Gentleman,<br />who he may have worked for since the<br />above date, to inform me which way he<br />intended. ∥ ROGER NORTH.<br />STAUNTON, <em>Augusta</em> county.</p>
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<p>AUGUSTA, <em>June</em> 1, 1775.<br />I INTEND for <em>Britain</em>, immediately.<br />∥ THOMAS ANTRAM.</p>
<p>WILLIAMSBURG, <em>June</em> 13, 1775.<br />I INTEND for <em>England</em> soon.<br />∥ WILLIAM AGAR.</p>
<p>COMMITTED to <em>Cumberland</em> jail, a<br />middle aged negro man, seems to<br />have been in the country about five years,<br />says his name is <em>Phill</em>, and that his master<br />lives in <em>Prince William</em> county, at the <em>Red<br />House</em>, and is named <em>John Tyler</em>. The<br />owner is desired to take him away, and pay<br />charges.<br />LITTLEBERRY MOSBY.</p>
<p>TEN POUNDS REWARD.<br />RUN <em>away from the subscriber in</em> Dun-<br />more <em>county, in</em> May <em>last, a negro<br />fellow nained SÁM, 5 feet 5 or 6 inches<br />high, has a brodd face, and is a well looking<br />fellow. As to his clothing, I cannot be cer-<br />tain, he having carried several things with<br />him. He also took with him an old bay horse<br />very gray about the head, an iron pot, a<br />narrow axe, a handsaw, and an old smooth<br />bore gun. About three years ago he pur-<br />chased his freedom of his old master, Mr.</em><br />Francis Slaughter, <em>and continued in that<br />state till this spring, when it was discovered<br />he was attempting to inveigle away a num-<br />ber of negroes to the new or</em> Indian <em>country<br />(where he had been most of the last summer)<br />upon which the neighbours insisted on his<br />being reduced to slavery again, and I pur-<br />chased him. I imagine he will endeavour<br />to pass as a freeman, he having a discharge<br />from his old master, as well as one from Lord</em><br />Dunmore, <em>having served in the expedition<br />against the</em> Indians <em>last fall. Whoever de-<br />livers said slave to me fall have the reward<br />that is offered.<br />∥ GABRIEL JONES.</em></p>
<p>RUN away last <em>Saturday</em>, from <em>Willi-<br />amsburg</em> two <em>English</em> indented servants<br />the property of the subscriber. One is<br />named JOHN FLEMING, about 27 years<br />of age, thin visaged, and of a fallow com-<br />pleixon ; had on when he went off a brown<br />holland short coat and jacket, and wears<br />trousers. He is by trade a painter,<br />drawer, and silversmith. The other<br />GEORGE WASSILL, about 17 years of<br />age, strong made, and much pitted with<br />the smallpox; he wears a blue jacket and<br />trousers, and is by trade a shoemaker.<br />Whoever will secure the aforesaid servants<br />shall receive, on their being secured in any<br />publick jail, or delivered to me at <em>Norfolk</em>,<br />a reward of 30s. for each, besides what<br />the law allows.<br />GAVIN HAMILTON.</p>
<p>FOR SÀLE,<br />A TRACT of LAND, containing 3000<br />acres, whereon is a plantation which<br />has employed, for some years past, twelve<br />or fourteen slaves; this tract lies in the up-<br />per end of <em>King William</em> county. Also a<br />tract lying in the lower end of the said<br />county containing 1100 acres, and<br />pleasantly situated on <em>Pamunkey</em> river; a<br />brick dwelling-house, with necessary<br />offices, a fishing shore, and a lively ferti-<br />lity of soil, recommend the latter tract to<br />any Gentleman who may be about to<br />settle in life. Possession will be delivered<br />on the 25th of <em>December</em> next, to the pur-<br />chaser, or purchasers, who will have li-<br />berty of sowing fall grain. Mr. <em>Benjamin<br />Grynes</em>, jun. of <em>Orange</em>, will make known<br />particulars to any person who may be in-<br />clined to purchase the whole, or any part<br />of the said tracts. Credit till the first of<br /><em>January</em> 1777 will be allowed, by<br />JUDITH ROBINSON.<br />(tf.) LUCY ROBINSON.<br />BENJANIN GRYMES, jun.</p>
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<p>AS the copartnership of <em>Inglis & Long</em><br />will expire on the 31st instant (<em>May</em>)<br />those indebted to them, whose accounts<br />are due, are requested to make payment<br />at the ensuing meeting of the merchants;<br />and all persons who have any demands<br />against them are requested to bring them<br />in, and they will be paid.<br />(6) INGLIS & LONG.<br />NORFOLK, <em>May</em> 16, 1775.<br />*** The business will be carried on<br />after the 31st instant, on account, and in<br />the name of, SAMUEL INGLIS</p>
<p>RUN away from the subscriber, in<br /><em>Gloucester</em> county, on the 14th of<br />this instant (<em>May</em>) a negro man named<br />NED, about 19 or 20 years of age, five<br />feet two or three inches high, rather of a<br />tawny complexion has some ringworms<br />on his face, and some white hairs in his<br />head ; his clothing was an old brown coat,<br />and a yellow striped cotton waistcoat. I<br />bought him last <em>March</em> at the sale of Mr.<br /><em>John Sherıner</em>, in <em>James City</em> county, for<br /><em>Mann Page</em>, junior; Esquire. He was<br />brought from one of his quarters in <em>King<br />William</em> county, and I have reason to be-<br />lieve that he will go to those parts, or to<br />his mother, who lives with Mr. <em>Thomas<br />Booth</em>, in <em>Richmond</em> town. Any person<br />who will take up the said slave, and secure<br />him so that I get him again, fhall be paid<br />40s. by <em>Mann Page</em><em>, junior, Esquire, to<br />whom the negro belongs.<br />(tf.) JAMES JONES.</em></p>
<p>RUN away from the subscriber, at<br /><em>West Point</em>, in <em>King William</em> county,<br />the 21st of last <em>December</em>, a very likely<br /><em>Virginia</em> born negro man, named MIKE,<br />about 22 years old, six feet high, and stut-<br />ters much; had on, when he went away,<br />a suit of negro cotton, but may probably<br />change his clothes. I forewarn all masters<br />of vessels from carrying him out of the<br />colony. Whoever brings the said negro<br />to me shall have 31. reward, besides what<br />the law allows, and if taken out of the <br />colony 10l. (tf.) JOHN WEST.</p>
<p>For SALE at <em>Tappahannock,</em><br />AN <em>exceeding likely young negro man,<br />who is a very good house servant, un-<br />derstands taking care of horses, and is a to-<br />lerable good cook. If the purchaser is not<br />perfectly satisfied with him after a month's<br />trial, he may return him if in health.</em><br />(tf.) ARCHIBALD M'CALL.</p>
<p>To be SOLD in Amherst county,<br />FOUR THOUSAND acres of exceed-<br />ing good tobacco LAND, being part<br />of a large tract formerly advertised, toge-<br />ther with a very valuable gristmill, upon<br /><em>Buffalo</em> river. This land is equal to any<br />that has yet been sold of the tract. The<br />time of payment will be made agreeable<br />to purchasers. Mr. <em>Gabriel Penn</em>, who<br />lives near the land, is authorized to bargain<br />for it, and will show it to any person in-<br />clinable to purchase.<br />(tf.) CARTER BRAXTON.</p>
<p>For SALE,<br />A TRACT of LAND in <em>Caroline</em> county,<br />near <em>Newmarket</em>, containing about<br />3000 acres of well timbered land, having<br />thereon two plantations, in good repair,<br />with proper and convenient edifices for<br />farming, or making tobacco. For terms<br />apply to the subscriber.<br />(tf) JOHN BAYLOR.</p>
<p>For SALE,<br />A TRACT of LAND in <em>Caroline</em> county,<br />contiguous to <em>Mattapony</em>, containing<br />about 2000 acres of well timbered land,<br />the property of Mr. <em>Robert Baylor</em>. The<br />terms may be known by applying to Mr.<br /><em>Nathaniel Burwell</em> in <em>King William</em>, Mr.<br /><em>John Armistead</em> in <em>Caroline</em>, or Mr. <em>John<br />Baylor</em>, executors. (tf)</p>
<p>ARTICLES of Intelligence, Essays, Advertisements &c. are thankfully received for this PAPER, the Price of<br />which is 12s. 6d per Annum, Advertisements inserted as usual. PRINTING WORK done with Care<br />and Expedition, and on reasonable Terms.</p>
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Purdie, Alexander, -1779, printer
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The Virginia Gazette. Number 22, June 30, 1775
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1775-06-30
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[4] pages
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SCNP1932.2.40
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Newspapers--Virginia--Williamsburg
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English