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THE
VIRGINIA GAZETTE.
NOVEMBER 24, 1774. NUMBER 1216.
With the freshest ADVICES, FOREIGN and DOMESTICK.
In CIVITATS LIBRA LINGUAM MENTEMQUE LIBERAS ESSE DEBERE.------Suet. in Tib. S. 28.
Printed by ALEX. PURDIE, and JOHN DIXON, at the POST OFFICE.
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On PRIDE.
THE most general Complaint in the Universe is against
Pride, which surprises me very much that it is not
entirely banished out of Society; nor can I otherwise
account for it than that it is a Part of most Peoples
Natures, and lies concealed from the Possessor, though
commonly visible enough to every One else. The
Reverend Mr. Collier, in an Essay on this Subject,
defines Pride" to be the having too high an Opinion of
our own Excellence." Now that most, if not all People, entertain very
flattering Opinions of
themselves, is, I believe, beyond all Doubt; but that
they can do so with Propriety is what I much question. I am rather in-
clined to the contrary, and that if every Person would examine himself
impartially he would find no just Grounds to be otherwise than modest
and humble, and very dubious of his own Perfections. It must be a
mortifying Reflection to those who place so much Confidence in worldly
Enjoyments that this Life will not last for ever; and that it will not is
very evident.
I have often made a Remark (which strict Observation has convinced
me is just) that Prideand Ignorance are generally inseparable, and that
the superiour Part of Mankind are much freer from them than People in
inferiour Situations. I am not unacquainted with any one Station in Life,
and therefore write more from Experience than Suggestion; and as I ap-
prehend the same Remark has been made by many besides myself, I shall
confine my Strictures on this Subject chiefly to the middle andlower
Classes, as conceiving them the most culpable.
It is a Fact well known, that Borough and Corporate Towns are princi-
pally inhabited by a Set of Men whose Delight and Study is to oppose one
another; and of Women who endeavour to excel in Dress and what they
call Politeness, and who take a Pride in traducing their absent Neighbours.
Political Animosities are plenty enough in most Places, but particularly
so in these; where, joined with Ignorance and Pride, they almost pervert
the Order of Nature, and extirpate every Symptom of Honour and Vir-
tue. The Right Worshipful the Mayors, Aldermen, and Common Council,
as being the most important, are seldom without a quantum sufficit of Pride
, which they let fly upon all Occasions, giving themselves Airs of great
Consequence, and becoming very imperious over those whom they fancy
their Inferiours. Nor is the Alteration observable in them alone, but also
in their Spouses. Mrs. Mayoress (the Wife of the Worshipful Titus Shal-
low, Blacksmith, Mayor, and Squire) becomes a fine Lady. Her Head
is metamorphosed into a Pyramid of Wool, Flower, and Grease, and all
the rest of her delicate Frame made showy as a Peacock The Aldermens
Ladies follow her Example, and give themselves vain and conceited Airs,
which make them Laughing-stocks and Objects of Ridicule to every One
who bestows the least Attention upon them. It often happens that these
female transcendent Beings form one Party, and their envious Neighbours
another; and as all their Enmity is occasioned by their Pride, so when
they chance to come together they seldom fail to entertain each other very
plentifully with Scorn and Contempt.
Another set of insignificant proud Gentry are the inferiour Set of Par-
sons and Apothecaries. The first, whose Vanity makes him believe him-
self a very profound Scholar, and extremely clever, conceives that Pride
is the most proper Gild to make them portable, and therefore adds to a
pedantick Air a starch aukward Address, indolent haughty Gait, and most
supercilious arrogant Behavious. The other imagines himself superior to
his Neighbours because he can utter a Parcel of Phrases and Jargon which
few are able to comprehend, and which many illiterate Persons suppose
to be very learned, and accordingly pronounce the unintelligible Apothe-
cary a bloody fine Scbolard."
The Moment a Numskull of a Shopkeeper, whose Brains would not
weigh two Drams, becomes possessed of a little Money,<./em> he bids adieu to
Humility, and apprehends he is a consummate wise Fellow, and a complete
Gentleman. He forgets what he has been, and only thinks on what he is
and what he may be; that he is now a Gentleman, Cobler, and Common
Councilman, and that by and bye he may be a Mayor, a Squire, and a
Justice. He sets up his one-Horse Chaise, smokes a Pipe and drinks a Pint
every Night extraordinary, and sincerely believes he is quite the Man of
Fashion, Pleasure, and Understanding. Deluded Fool! thy Attempt to
appear fashionable only exposes thy Ignorance! Thou makest thyself a
precious Blockhead by trying to become a Man of Pleasure, and thy Un-
standing presents itself in its natural shallow State to every Observer.
Modesty is shocked at thy Appearance! Humility reflects on thee with
thy Behaviour, and laying aside thy Affectation!
I could be much more particular on this Subject, but shall only farther
say, generally, that Pride is exceedingly incompatible with the Christian
Religion, which instructs us in Humility; and directly contrary to Learn-
ing, as the more a Man knows the more he discovers his Ignorance, and
finds Occasion for Modesty. It is the Ruin of Society, because no Harmo-
ny can subsist where there is a continual Opposition, which is always the
Case amongst the Proud. It is highly detrimental to Friendship, as that
requires generous Sentiments and great Sincerity, neither of which have any
Connection with Pride. And lastly, it inclines us to set a higher Value
on this Life than we ought; and, which most intimately concerns us, it
makes us think lightly of a FUTURE STATE.
POLITICAL HISTORY of EUROPE
THE Turks and Russians, after having sacrificed near 60,000 of their
Subjects in each Campaign, have at last signed a Peace, without
any very material Advantage to the victorious Party. Let us not imagine
that the Motives of Royal Humanity have, in any Degree, contributed
to this Measure. Ambitious Sovereigns pay no greater Regard to the
Lives of their Subjects than they do to the Horses which drag their mili
-tary Baggage from Post to Post. If we dive below the Surface, and pene-
trate the Views of these divine Governours of the World, we shall be led
to conjecture many Things; among which the following are not, perhaps,
very far distant from the Truth.
The Prussian Eagle has long cast a jealous Eye on the Power of the
Russians, the recent Smart of whose Rod he has not yet forgotten. He
has, for time past, beheld, with a secret Pleasure, that Empire ex-
hausting its military Strength in a Contest in which he artfully evaded
engaging as a Party. He seems to have considered it as much more to
his Advantage to make himself Master of the most fruitful Parts of Poland
.than to engage in an uncertain War, from which no Profits could be reaped
.It is probable that the Russian Empress began, at last, to see into the
Views of that enterprising Monarch, and was therefore desirous of con-
cluding a Treaty, as soon possible, with the Turks.
Let us take a Step farther, and suppose that the Grand Turk, who at
his Accession to the Imperial Dignity made such a Parade of his military
Preparations, after such repeated Checks given to his Ambition, was no
Ways averse to accept of those moderate Terms offered him by a success-
ful but wearied Conqueror. The Ottoman Forces will probably never
make any great Figure in the Field against the Russians, unless the Man-
ners of those two Empires should materially change. At present, the
Turks are luxurious and enervated, and easily discouraged by Misfortunes.
The Russians are born and bred in a Climate which by its Severity makes
the Fatigues of a Campaign, under a milder Meridian, in some Measure
an agreeable Change. Inured to Hardships, accustomed to a scanty Fare
and utter Strangers to modern Refinements, they know nothing but what
they are taught by their Commanders; which consists only in Obedience
to military Discipline, and at every Opportunity to purchase Glory at the
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Hazard of their Lives. Hence it is that no Dangers deter them, no Mis-
fortunes dismay them, and that their only Pursuit is Death or Victory.
The Empress of Russia, however, amidst all her Success against the
Turks, seems to have had more than one private View in the late Accom-
modation of Matters. A dangerous Rebellion in her own Territories,
and perhaps some Jealousies of a Conspiracy forming against her in the
very Centre of her Capital, may have induced her to hasten the Period
in which she could safely recall her Troops from so distant a Quarter.
The King of Prussia's Claim to the City of Dantzick seems founded on
no other Principle than that of Royal Assurance; which, when supported
by powerful Armies, must always appear reasonable to the weaker Party
.It is said that he intends to purchase the pretended Claim upon the City
of Hamburg of Count Schomberg; and it is certain he has claimed a
Debt, amounting to an immense Sum, of the States of Holland, which
Debt their High Mightinesses assert was discharged above seventy Years
ago. It is impossible to say where these alarming Claims of this northern
Ravager will stop.
The Emperour of Germany is at Peace with all the World, unless his
assisting his Mother, the Empress Queen, to rob the King of Poland of
his Dominions, may be termed a Declaration of War against that unhappy
Prince; and yet this young Sprig of the House of Austria maintains several
vast Armies, who are continually marching on the Borders of his Domini-
ons, as if ready for Action. His Imperial Majesty himself is either con
-stantly at the Head of one of his Armies, or travelling from one to the
other of them; he endures all the Fatigues of a common Soldier, and
never makes any Meal but at Night, when he partakes of any Fare,
though never so coarse, and such as the Place he stops at will afford. In
short, he seems determined, like Charles of Sweden, to acquire an Iron
Constitution, by continual Fatigue and Abstinence. If the Good of
Mankind in general, and the Peace and Welfare of his own Subjects,
were the Reasons of all this uncommon Application, of all this Ardour
of military Establishment, the Emperour would be justly admired as ano-
ther Titus; but, alas! he that maintains immense Forces must pay them
by the Sweat, Labour, and Industry, of his impoverished Subjects. Mil
-lions of People must be Half starved to feed and clothe an Army of
300,000 Men. O pernicious Thirst of Glory, that entails Misery upon
a whole Nation!
It will require some Time to judge properly of his Most Christian Ma-
jesty. He is just come to a Throne which has long been surrounded by
the Party Cabals and Intrigues of interested Men, who strain every poli-
tical Nerve to obtain the Confidence of their Prince, and then lead him
as they please. All the publick Papers pass great Encomiums on his
Majesty, and represent him as a Prince born only for the Happiness of
his Subjects. The Beginning of a Reign is often very different from the
succeeding Periods. In the former, nothing is talked of but the Peace,
Prosperity, and Happiness of the Subject; in the latter, Obedience to the
Will of the Prince, and passive Submission to the Mandates of his Ministers
.The King of Sweden, with a View to encourage the Manufactures of
his own Country, has laid heavy Duties on the Importation of Woollen
Cloths, Watches, and many other Articles; the Profits from which Du-
ties are to be appropriated in giving Premiums to the Manufacturers
of the fame Articles in Sweden. The King of Denmark has followed his
Example, and has forbidden the Importation of foreign Woollen Cloths
into any part of his Dominions, the Manufactures in that Kingdom being
now sufficient to supply them.
Let Englishmen here stop for a Moment, and reflect on the present
alarming Situation of that capital Branch of their Commerce, their Wool-
len Manufactures. Not only foreign Powers have resolved to discourage
the wearing of English Cloths, but even the Scotch themselves, who are
so closely united with England as to make their Interests reciprocal, have
formed an Association to wear none of those Cloths which shall be manu-
factured on the south Side of the Tweed; to say Nothing of what is now
in America.-Signs following Signs lead on the mighty Year!
The Fate of the Corsicans seems now to be finally determined. The
Rebels, as they are called, are totally defeated, a few of them only hav-
ing been able to escape to the Mountains, to linger out the Remainder of
a wretched Life, which can be prolonged only by the spontaneous Pro-
duction of an uncultivated Soil. The French, like true Politicians, seem
to be to be convinced that the only Means of gaining an easy Settlement on a
conquered Island, to which they are sensible they can have no just Title,
is to get rid of the old and unruly Natives, by breaking them alive on the
Wheel, putting them to the Sword, or despatching them by any other
Means which Royal Humanity may suggest. Corsica, so long renowned
for wafting over every Part of her Island, to the utmost Extremity of her
Shores, the salubrious Air of Freedom, must from henceforth be consi-
dered only as the Den of Gallick Slavery!
On the IMPORTANCE and UTILITY of the BRITISH
COLONIES. From Dr. Campbell's Political
Survey of Britain.
IN our Days, the Value, Utility, and Importance of the Colonies, in
Respect to this Island, have been, by the Evidence of facts, put
beyond all Dispute. The British Inhabitants in them draw some of the
Necessaries, and many of the Conveniences of Life, from hence. The
supplying them with these is a new and very great Source of Industry,
Effect in augmenting the Numbers as well as contributing to the Ease
and Happiness of our People at Home. The having a certain, constant,
regular, and increasing Market for our Commodities and Manufactures,
hath had a very visible Effect on almost every Branch of our domestick
Trade. Besides, as the Correspondence between us and our County-
men in these remote Parts is carried on by Sea, thei extends our Naviga-
tion, and hath added amazingly to the Number of our Shipping, which
is another Article very advantageous and profitable to the Inhabitants of
Britain. At the same Time, by raising and subsisting Numbers of hardy
and experienced Seamen, it evidently contributes ot the Support of our
naval Power.
It must give no small Pleasure to a curious and judicious Inquirer to
reflect upon and investigate these Points, in Order to satisfy his own
Mind as to the Manner in which they are brought about. It is from
hence that our Planters in general, their Servants and Slaves, are sup-
plied with Apparel of all Kinds, with most Sorts of Furniture, with a
vast Variety of Tools and Instruments for their several Occupations,
which of course gives Business and Bread to our Artificers and Manu0
facturers. The directing and collecting of these employs Merchants,
Factors, and their Servants. All the Trades which are connected with
building, rigging, and supplying Materials of every Kind for Ships, and
fitting out Seamen, are indebted to the same Causes for their Subsistence.
The Freight also, both out and at home, is a Matter of great Conse-
quence; amounting often to as much, and sometimes more, than the
Value of the goods. The Provisions, and other Necessaries, consumed
the Seamen in these long Voyages, with many more Articles which
would be tedious to enumerate, concur to promote and to reward almost
every Species of Industry exercised amongst us. All this arises chiefly
from the Difference of Soil and Climate, and from the Remoteness of our
Plantations. And that these are not salacious Suggestions, or plausible
Conjectures, the Rise of our Customs, the Improvement of our Fleets, are
Testimonies that leave us not a Shadow of Doubt; but, on the contrary,
demonstrate clearly that this Representation is, in all Respects, founded
on Truth.
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These, though signal and shining Advantages, as plainly conducing to
the increasing our Riches and Strength, are far, very far, from being all
ments. By the Returns they make us for Goods of every Kind that we
send them, we are enabled, after furnishing our Home Consumption, to
manufacture and export immense Quantities of their Produce to other
Countries; which is a farther Addition to our Commerce, and swells not
a little the Profit that arises from it. We likewise receive from them
many Things which we formerly purchased from other Nations at their
own Price, and which were frequently brought to us in their own Bot-
.Their inexhaustible Fisheries are also pregnant with innumerable Benefits.
The Number of our Subjects in these Parts has been, and may be,
increased without Danger, by permitting foreign Protestants to settle in
them; from whose Skill and Labour new Improvements may, with great
Probability, be expected to arise. What considerably advances the
Value of these, and many more Advantages that might be enumerated,
is, that they are not only solid and permanent, but belong exclusively to
Great Britain; and of which, while we retain our Freedom and naval
Power, we never can be deprived.
Amongst many other Articles that are the Produce of our Colonies,
and sent from hence into other Parts of the World, are Tobacco, Sugar,
Rice, Cotton, &c. to a very great Value, which, being the Return of
our own Goods and Manufactures, are clear Gain to this Nation; and
to this, as most of them are exported in our own Bottoms, we are to add
the Freight likewise, which is very considerable. Most of these Goods,
before we had Plantations of our own, we bought from Foreigners at
very high Prices; as, for Instance, Brasil Sugar at 71. and 81. by the
Hundred, Tobacco from 4s to 8s. a Pound. Indigo, of which we
now receive much, and are like to receive much more, from our own
Colonies, we still purchase from the French and Spaniards to a large
Amount. What may serve to set this Point in a stronger Light is the
Case of Pitch and Tar, which we formerly bought from the Swedes at
what Price they pleased to set upon it; and, even at this high Rate, they
insisted on sending it in their own Ships. At the Beginning of Queen
Anne's War, we found ourselves in so precarious a State with Respect to
these Commodities, so necessary for our Navy, that Dr. Robinsen, after-
wards Bishop of London, then our Minister at the Court of Sweden,
recommended the procuring them from our Colonies upon any Terms.
This produced a Bounty for the obtaining them, and that soon brought
them, not only at a third Part of what we had paid for them to Sweden,
but also in such Quantities as enables us to export them to the Straits,
Spain, Portugal, Holland, Bremen, and Hamburg. Upon the same
Principle, we have since, by the same Means, obtained great Quantities
of Iron; and, in Time, are likely to draw all our naval Stores from our
own Settlements.
From this Sketch of the Emoluments flowing from our Plantations
it is incontestably evident that they have contributed greatly to increase
our Industry, and of Course our Riches; to extend the Commerce, to
augment the naval Power, and consequently to maintain the Grandeur,
and Support the Prosperity, of the Mother Country.
A noble Instance of GENEROSITY.
IN the War carried on by Louis XII. of France against the Venetians,
the Town of Brescia, being taken by Storm, and abandoned to the
Soldiers, suffered, for seven Days, all the Distresses of Cruelty and Avarice.
No House escaped, but that where the Chevalier Bayard, was lodged.
At his Entrance, the Mistress, a Woman of Figure, fell at his Feet, and
deeply sobbing, cried, "Oh! my Lord, save my Life; save the Honour
” of my Daughters." Take Courage, Madam (said the Chevalier) your
Life and their Honour shall be secure while I have Life! The two young
Ladies, brought from their Hiding-place, were presented to him; and the
Family, thus reunited, bestowed their whole Attention on their Deliverer.
A dangerous Wound he had received gave them Opportunity to express
their Zeal. They employed a notable Surgeon, they attended him by
Turn Day and Night, and when he could bear to be amused they enter-
tained him with Concerts of Musick. Upon the Day fixed for his Depar-
ture, the Mother said to him, To your Goodness, my Lord, we owe
"our Life, and to you all that we have belongs by Right of War; but
"we hope, from your signal Benevolence, that this slight Tribute will
content you," placing upon the Table an Iron Coffer full of Money.
What is the Sum?" said the Chevalier. "My Lord (answered
she, trembling) no more than 2500 Ducats, all that we have; but, if more
be necessary, we will try our Friends." "Madam (said he) I never shall
forget your Kindness, more precious, in my Eyes, than 100,000 Du-
cats, Take back your Money, and depend always on me.” My
"good Lord, you kill me to refute this small Sum; take it, only as a Mark
of your Friendship to my Family." "Well (said he) since it will oblige
I take the Money; but give me the Satisfaction of bidding adieu
” to your amiable Daughters." They came to him, with Looks of Re-
gard and Affection." Ladies (said he) the Impression you have made
"on my Heart will never wear out. What Return to make I know not,
for Men of my Profession are seldom opulent; but here are 2500 Du-
"cats, of which the Generosity of your Mother has given me the Dis-
"posal. Accept them as a Marriage Present, and may your Happiness
"in Marriage equal your Merit." Flower of Chivalry (cried the Mother)
"may the God who suffered Death for us reward you here and here-
"after.
The Pleasure I received from the above noble Example of Generosity
and Disinterestedness impelled me to enclose it for the Use of your valuable
Paper. Its Authenticity is indubitable, and I flatter myself the Generosity
of your Readers will be as much pleased with it as your humble Servant,
BENEVOLUS.
From Lord KAMES' SKETCHES of the NATURAL
HISTORY of MAN.
BETWEEN the Mother Country and her Colonies the following Rule
ought to be sacred, that with Respect to Commodities wanted each
of them should prefer the other before all other Nations. Britain should
take from her Colonies whatever they can furnish for her Use, and they
should take from Britain whatever she can furnish for their Use. In a
Word, every Thing regarding Commerce ought to be reciprocal and equal
between them. To bar a Colony from Access to the Fountain Head for
Commodities that cannot be furnished by the Mother Country, but at
second-hand, is Oppression; it is so far degrading the Colonists from
being free Subjects to be Slaves. What Right, for Example, has Britain
to prohibit her Colonies from purchasing Tea or Porcelain at Canton, if
they can procure it cheaper there than in London? No Connection be-
tween two Nations can be so intimate as to make such Restraint an Act
of Justice. Our Legislature has however acted like a Stepmother to her
American Colonies, by prohibiting them to have any Commerce but with
Britain only. They must first land in Britain all their Commodities, even
what are not intended to be sold there; and they must take from Britain
not only its own Product, but every foreign Commodity that is wanted.
This Regulation is not only unjust, but impolitick; as by it the Interest
of the Colonies is sacrificed to that of a few London Merchants. Our
Legislature have, at last, so far opened their Eyes as to give a partial Re-
lief. Some Articles are permitted to be carried directly to the Place of
Destination, without being first entered in Britain; Wheat for Example,
Rice, &c.
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NEW YORK, November 10.
ON Monday last, a Discovery being made that eighteen Sheep were
in a Sloop in the Harbour, bound for the West Indies, a Number
of Citizens waited on the Captain, and informed him that the Expor
-tation of Sheep was contrary to a Resolution of the Continental Congress,
and thereupon obtained his Promise that they should be relanded, and not
carried out of the Harbour. The People were satisfied, and patiently
waited till the Evening; when a Report prevailing that the Vessel was to
sail that Night, about 200 Inhabitants assembled on the Wharf, who
appointed and sent four Persons to wait on the Committee of Correspon-
dence, and request their Advice concerning the Measures proper to be
taken. By their Advice, the Merchant to whom the Vessel came con-
signed was sent for, and desired to cause the Sheep to be landed and
delivered to one of the Committee appointed on this Occasion by the
People; which Person gave his Promise to return the Sheep, as soon as
and soon after the Vessel was sailed returned to the Proprietor; on which,
the People being well satisfied, peaceably dispersed.
Accounts, from many different Quarters, assure us that the Spaniards
have sent a large Fleet of capital Ships, Frigates, &c. with 12,000 Land
Forces, which are to rendezvous at the Havannah before they open their
Commission. The most probable Conjecture is, that they are intended
against some of the British Dominions in America, and that it is expected
France will either join them or make a Diversion in some other Part.
Extract of a Letter, dated the 9th of 0ctober 1774, from a Gentleman in
Montreal, to his Friend in New York.
"I must beg Leave to trouble you to get the enclosed printed in Mr.
Holt's Paper, as soon as possible, and send me an Account of the Charge,
which shall be paid, together with the Postage of this Letter. The Paper
contains the Revolves of all the English Inhabitants of Montreal, at a full
Meeting, where they shewed their Abhorrence of the Quebeck Act which
establishes the French Laws in this Province, and puts the Lives and
Properties of every Person in it in the Power of the Governour; who,
when the Act takes Place, will have a much greater Power than a Spanish
Viceroy. The Canadians in general are greatly alarmed at being put
under their former Laws, of which they had long severely felt the bad
Effects; though the French Noblesse and Gentry, indeed, are very well
pleased with the new Act, which restores the old, as they expect
to lord it over the industrious Farmer and Trader, and live upon their
Spoils, as they did before the Conquest. These latter, though greatly
dissatisfied and alarmed at this Act, dare not complain, for Fear of the
Displeasure of their Priests, who rule and govern this whole Country as
they please. However, all the English in the Province (except a few
Tools and Dependents of the Governour) are unanimous, and determine
to struggle hard to obtain a Repeal of this abominable Act; which, if
continued, would greatly hurt the Trade of New York, and the other
Colonies joining on us. It has been said, that some Canadian Regiments
would be raised and sent against you, but depend on it none will go wil-
lingly, except their Officers; and for the others, it will require a Regi-
ment of Soldiers, to a Regiment of Canadians, to oblige them to go
Besides, they cannot, without ruining the Country, spare 2000 Men out
of it.
"You may acquaint the Printer with all the foregoing Particulars,
that he may be able to undeceive the Publick, and contradict what has
been said relating to this Matter in Mr. Gaine's Paper, &c.
AT a general Meeting of the English Inhabitants of the Town of
Montreal, to consult on the most proper and best Method to re-
present to his Majesty, and the Parliament, a true State of this Province,
by acquainting them of the Share we have of the Trade, the landed Property
we possess, the miserable State we found this Province in, and the
flourishing State we have brought it to; the Recompense we are to re
ceive by a late Act of Parliament is, to be deprived of those valuable
Parts of our Constitution, the Trial by Jury, and the Habeas Corpus
Act, and subjected to Laws made by a legislative Council, composed of
People entirely dependent on the Governour, and agreeable to the des-
potick Laws of France; and that if such an Act takes Place, as we shall
have no Security for our property nor Religion (the Roman Catholick
Religion being, by said Act, the established Religion of the Country) we
must be reduced to the unhappy Necessity of living as Slaves, or aban
-doning the Country, and a great Part of our Property, and the Province
must return to its former miserable Situation. There was the greatest
Unanimity among ft the English, when the following Gentlemen, viz.
Thomas Walker, Esq; Isaac Todd, Esq: Mr. James Price, Mr. John
Blake, Mr. Alexander Patterson, Mr. John Porteus, were chosen a
Committee to repair to Quebeck, to act in Conjunction with the Eng-
lish there on this alarming Occasion. They likewise entered into a very
generous Subscription for the Expense that might attend their obtaining
Relief."
Last Friday Hugh Finlay, Esq; joint Postmaster General for North
America, arrived here from Quebeck, by Way of Boston.
He found the
Roads from Quebeck much better than he expected, and the Distance be-
tween the two Governments about 160 Miles.
At a late Meeting of the Distillers of this City, in Support of the Pro-
-ceedings of the Continental Congress, rhey unanimously resolved to distill
no Molasses or Syrups that may hereafter be imported from any of the
British Weft India islands, or from Dominica, nor to fell any Rum, or
other Spirits, for the Purpose of carrying on the Slave Trade, or that they
shall have Reason to apprehend is intended to be so applied.
A considerable Sum is subscribed in this City for the Relief of Boston
and we hear that in most Parts of the Province they intend to follow the
laudable Example
.
The Boston Papers, of the 3d Instant, contain a very spirited and sen-
sible Message of the Provincial Congress to General Gage, wherein his
Answer to their former Address, is highly exposed to Contempt and Odium.
PHILADELPHIA, November 14.
WE are informed, that a few Days ago Jesse Hand, Esq; of Cape
May, came to this City, with a genteel Sum of Money, gene-
rously subscribed by the People of that Place, to be laid out for the Use
of the suffering Poor of Boston,
POLITICAL OBSERVATIONS, addressed to the People of America.
THE AMERICAN CONGRESS derives all its Power, Wisdom
,and Justice, not from Scrowls of Parchment signed by Kings,
but from the PEOPLE. A more august, and a more equitable legisla-
tive Body, never existed in any Quarter of the Globe. It is founded
upon the Principles of the most perfect Liberty. A Freeman, in honour
-ing and obeying the Congress, honours and obeys himself. The Man
who refuses to do both is a Slave; he knows nothing of the Dignity of
his Nature; he cannot govern himself. Expose him, for Sale at publick
Vendue;send him to plant Sugar with his Fellow Slaves in Jamaica
.Let not the Air of America be contaminated with his Breath.
The Congress, like other legislative Bodies, have annexed Penalties to
their Laws. They do not consist of the Gallows, the Rack, and the
Stake; these Punishments belong to vindictive States, and are proper
only for corrupted People. They have held out no Punishment but
INFAMY, a Species of Infamy which founds more dreadful to a Freeman
than the Gallows, the Rack, or the Stake. It is this: He shall be de
-clared, in the publick Papers, to be an ENEMY TO HIS COUNTRY.
The Wisdom and Revenge of Man have been exhausted to find out a
suitable Punishment for Treason, or for those Crimes which affect the
Liberty and Happiness of the People. The least Deviation from the Re
-solves of the Congress will be Treason, such Treason as few Villains have
ever had an Opportunity of committing. It will be Treason against the
present Inhabitants of the Colonies, against the Millions of unborn Gene
-rations who are to exist hereafter in America, against the only Liberty
and Happiness which remains to Mankind, against the last Hopes of the
Wretched in every Corner of the World; in a Word, it will be Treason
against God. It will be to take from him (with Reverence be it spoken)
the Power of making his Creatures happy. I do not attempt to hint at a
Punishment for such extensive and complicated Guilt. Infamy is a
Punishment of the Soul; it can only affect a Freeman. The Body of the
Wretch who is capable of violating the Revolves of the Congress is the
only Part of him which can be punished. But here all Ingenuity fails us.
The Tortures of Damien and Ravaillac would be rendered abortive for
this Purpose, by the longest possible Duration of human Life.
There is a strange Veneration for Antiquity, and Disinclination for In-
novations in all civil as well as religious Bodies. We are now laying the
Foundations of an American Constitution. Let us therefore hold up every
Thing we do to the Eye of Posterity. They will probably measure their
Liberties and Happiness by the most careless of our Footsteps. Let no
unhallowed Hand touch the precious Seed of Liberty. Let us form the
of Life, that it shall last for ever. Greece, Rome, and Britain, would
still have been free, had not the Principles of Corruption been concealed
in the Elements of their Constitutions. Let us not avail ourselves of the
just Spirit of the Times, but Posterity to be Freemen. Our Con-
gress were actuated with this prophetick Benevolence when they dissolved
themselves, and recommended a new Choice of Delegates in the Spring.
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WILLIAMSBURG, November 24.
SINCE our last we have no Advices from the Army, nor has the
Governour yet arrived, although we were led to believe he would be
in Town the Beginning of this Week.
Marriages.] THACKER BURWELL, Esq; of Kingsmill, to Miss
MOLLY ARMISTEAD, of New Kent.
JOHN WALLER, Esq; Clerk of Spotsylvania, to Miss JUDITH
PAGE, of Hanover.
Mr. JOHN KING, Merchant, of Hampton, to Miss NANCY STARKE,
a very agreeable young Lady.
YORK Town, November 7, 1774.
THE Inhabitants of York having been informed that the Virginia,
commanded by Howard Esten, had on Board two Half Chests of
Tea, shipped by John Norton, Esq; and Sons, Merchants in London,
by Order of Mess. Prentis and Company, Merchants in Williamsburg,
assembled at 10 o'Clock this Morning, and went on Board the said Ship,
where they waited some Time for the Determination of the Meeting of
several Members of the House of Burgesses in Williamsburg, who had
taken this Matter under Consideration. A Messenger was then sent on
Shore, to inquire for a Letter from the Meeting; but returning without
one, they immediately hoisted the Tea out of the Hold and threw it
into the River, and then returned to the Shore without doing Damage
to the Ship or any other Part of Her Cargo. On the Wednesday follow-
ing the County Committee met, to consider of this Matter; and, after
mature Deliberation, came to the following Resolutions:
Resolved, that we do highly approve of the Conduct of the Inhabitants
of York, in destroying the Tea on Board the Virginia.
Resolved, that Mess. Prentis and Company have incurred the Displea-
sure, of their Countrymen, by not countermanding their Orders for the
Tea, having had frequent Opportunities to have done so; and that they
ought to make proper Concessions for such Misconduct, or be made to
feel the Resentment of the Publick.
Resolved, that John Norton, Esq; of London, must have known the
Determination of this Colony with Respect to Tea, as the Ship Virginia
did not sail from hence till after the late Assembly was dissolved, and the
Members of that Assembly, in Behalf of the Colony, immediately upon
their Dissolution, entered into a solemn Association against that Article.
Resolved therefore, to convince our Enemies that we never will submit
to any Measure that may in the least endanger our Liberties, which we
are determined to defend at the Risk of our Lives, that the Ship Virginia
ought to clear out from hence in Ballast, in eighteen Days from this Time.
Resolved, that Howard Etsen, Commander of the Ship Virginia, acted
imprudently in not remonstrating in stronger Terms against the Tea being
put on Board the Ship, as he well knew it would be disagreeable to the
Inhabitants of this Colony.
We submit to our Countrymen whether every Ship, circumstanced as
the Virginia is, ought not to share the same Fate.
Signed by Order of the Committee.
WILLIAM RUSSELL, Clerk.
GLOUCESTER COUNTY, November 7, 1774.
FROM certain Information that the Virginia, Captain Howard Esten,
was arrived in York River with a Quantity of Tea on Board, twenty
three Members of the Committee of Gloucester County, with a Number
of the other Inhabitants, assembled at Gloucester Town, to determine
how the said Tea should be disposed of.
Hearing that the Members of the House of Burgesses in Williamsburg,
at 8 o'clock this Morning, had taken the Matter under their Considera-
tion, we determined to wait the Result of their Deliberations. We ac-
cordingly waited till after twelve; but the Determinations from Williams-
burg having not then come down, we repaired to the Ship, in order to
meet the Committee of York, which we supposed to be in the great Num-
ber of those we discerned on Board. On our Arrival, we found the Tea
had met with its deserved Fate, for it had been committed to the Waves.
We then returned, and after mature Deliberation came to the following
Resolutions:
Resolved, that John Norton, Merchant in London, by sending over
Tea in his Ship, has lent his little Aid to the Ministry for enslaving Ame-
rica, and been guilty of a daring Insult upon the People of this Colony,
to whom he owes his ALL.
Resolved, that the Ship Virginia, in which the detestable Tea came,
ought and shall return in twenty Days from the Date hereof.
Resolved, that no Tobacco shall be shipped from this County on Board
the said Ship, either to the Owners or any other Person whatsoever; and
we do most earnestly recommend it to our Countrymen to enter into the
same Resolution, in their respective Counties.
Resolved, that the said Norton has forfeited all Title to the Confidence
of this County, and that we will not in future consign Tobacco, or any
other Commodity, to his House, until satisfactory Concessions are made;
and we recommend the same Resolution to the rest of the Colony.
Resolved, that John Prentis, who wrote for and to whom the Tea was
consigned, has justly incurred the Censure of this Country, and that he
ought to be made a publick Example of.
Resolved, that Howard Esten, Commander of the Virginia, has acted
imprudently, by which he has drawn on himself the Displeasure of the
People of this County.
Signed by Order of the Committee.
JASPER CLAYTON, Clerk.
WILLIAMSBURG, November 24, 1774.
IT gives me much Concern to find that I have incurred the Displeasure
of the York and Gloucester Committees, and thereby of the Publick
in general, for my Omission in not countermanding the Order which
I sent to Mr. Norton for two Half Chests of Tea; and do with Truth
declare, that I had not the least Intention to give Offence, nor did I
mean an Opposition to any Measure for the publick Good. My Coun-
trymen, therefore, it is earnestly hoped, will readily forgive me for an
Act which may be interpreted so much to my Discredit; and I again
make this publick Declaration, that I had not the least Design to act con-
trary to those Principles which ought to govern every Individual who has
a just Regard for the Rights and Liberties of America.
JOHN PRENTIS.
To Mr. D. C.
WILLIAMSBURG, November 8, 1774.
SIR,
I RETURN you Thanks for the Notice you have taken of me in your
Piece, which relates to the Manner of making White Salt in Norman
-dy; and as it is my Design to interest myself fully in making of Salt for
this Colony, I am much obliged to you for the Information you have
tendered me, though I am afraid it is not calculated to assist me in making
any Improvements on the Method I intend to prosecute.
I am apt to imagine, indeed, that it would be impracticable to adopt the
Norman Method in Virginia, as I do not think that the Sand on our
Shores is adapted for that particular Purpose to which that in Normandy
is applied to. But admitting this not to be the Case, I am convinced that
the Expense attending the Process prescribed by the Norman Method
would render it necessary to affix a higher Price to the Salt than what I
can sell it for, by pursuing the Method I have chosen.
It is a Pity that the Original is not more explicit, in informing us how
they procure a sufficient Quantity of Water to filter through the Straw and
two Men can fill from a Pond, by Means of a Pump, in Half an Hour.
Notwithstanding this easy Method of having my Boilers supplied, I cannot
afford to go to any farther Expense, from the low Price of Salt.
Your most obedient Servant,
J. TAIT.
It is requested of the Gentlemen into whose
Hands sundry Accounts of ours were put to collect, that they would
Ment. PURDIE & DIXON.
**The Letter addressed to Mr. MICHAEL HACKETT, being of
too personal a Nature, cannot have Admittance into this Gazette; and
as the Difference between the Author and that Gentleman took its Rise
in another Paper, we would recommend the same Vehicle to him to finish
the Dispute.
Advertisements.
In the Press, and speedily will be published,
The VIRGINIA ALMANACK For the Year of our LORD GOD 1775.
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THE DISTILLERY at Alexandria in Vir-
ginia, with other Improvements, to be LET for a Term of
Years. Inquire of Mr. William Holt at Williamsburg, William Davies,
Esq; at Norfolk, Mr.George Gilpin, or Mess. Harper & Hartshorne, at
Alexandria, Mr. John Cornthwait, at Baltimore, or of Daniel Roberdeau,
Esq; at Philadelphia. The Distillery and Improvements consist of a
Distillery built of Stone, 71 Feet by 39; a Stone Store 50 by 50, with
Granaries, in two Stories above the Ground Floor, and a Sail or
Rigging Loft above, the whole Length of the Building; a Molosses Store,
framed, that will contain 140 Hogsheads; and a framed Cooper's Shop
16 by 23, with a suitable Chimney. The Distillery is furnished with two
new Stills about the fame Size, that will hold to work 2500 Gallons;
and the Working Cisterns, twenty in Number, will contain the same
Quantity each. It is also furnished with a third Still, that contains to
work 600 Gallons, for Low Wines. Each of these Stills have suitable
Worms and Worm Tubs. There is also a suitable Low Wine Cistern, and
five very ample Return Cisterns outside of the House, and under Cover,
The Whole, and every Part of the Improvements, are entirely new,
executed by Workmen from Philadelphia, and the Distillery under the
immediate Eye and Direction of a Gentleman of eminent Capacity in
Distillation. The Works are supplied with good cool Water from an
ample Spring, by two Pumps with Brass Chambers 6 Inches Diameter;
and the Cisterns are charged with two other Pumps, with Chambers of
Block Tin of 5 Inches Diameter, through Suction Pipes of yellow Poplar.
£5 All these Pumps are worked by a Horse, in an adjoining Mill House of
seven Feet, that will contain much more than necessary for the Distillery,
into which the Wood may bs thrown from the Water. The Whole of
these Improvements are situated in Alexandria, below the Bank; the
Distillery on fast Ground, and the Cisterns fixed above the highest Tide
Waters; the Stores and Yard on a Wharf which, with the publick Wharf
adjoining, of 66 Feet, makes an Extent of more than 200 Feet in Width,
156 Feet of which run 300 Feet into Potowrack.
As it does not suit the Owner of these Improvements to remove his
Residence from Philadelphia,he will let them at a moderate Rent, with
a Contract for 300 Cords of Ash Wood yearly, for five Years, cut into
four Feet Lengths, and delivered on the Marylamd Shore, directly oppo-
site to the Distillery, and so near the Water as to render any Carriage
unnecessary, by the Heirs of Thomas Addison, Esq; deceased, at the Rate
of a Dollar per Cord.
Any person inclining to lease the Premises, may be furnished, on a
speedy Application, with about 160 Hogsheads of good well chosen
Molosses, with Indulgence for Payment. Inquire as above. (tf)
NEWCASTLE, November 17, 1774,
THE Partnership between David Cochran
and Robert Ferguson being this Day dissolved, the LOTS and
HOUSES in this Town, belonging to the said Partnership, are to be dis-
posed off either by private or publick Sale, as may best suit the Purchasers.
There will be sold, on the 26th of December, four Negroes, three of which
are Watermen, one 36 Hhd. Flat, four Horses, several Hogsheads of
Rum and Molosses, several Barrels of Coffee, and sundry other Things
too tedious to mention. Six Months Credit will be allowed, on Bond
with approved Security to the Subscriber. All Persons indebted to the
said Partnership are immediately requested to pay, or give Bonds for their
respective Balances to DAVID COCHRAN.
TO be sold, for ready Money, on Wednes-
day the 4th of January next, at the Dwelling-House of Robert
Briggs, in Brunswick County, two likely NEGROES. They are sold
Robert Briggs to
(2 1l) NICHOLAS EDMUNDS
WILLIAMSBURG , 22, 1774.
I INTEND for England immediately after
Christmas next. All Persons who have any Demands against the
Subscriber are desired to apply for Payment by that Time.
(1 ll) WILLIAM DAWSON.
SEVERAL likely NEGROES, a Variety of
Household and Kitchen Furniture, among which is a small Quantity
of fashionable Plate, the Stocks of Cattle, Horses, Sheep, and Hogs,
the Crops of Corn, Fodder, &c. belonging to the Estate of Mr. Augus-
tine Smith, late of Middlesex, deceased, will be sold, to the highest Bid-
ders, the first Monday in January next, at Shooter's Hill, in Middlesex.
The Purchasers will have Credit allowed them for all Sums above 51
until the 1st of May next, giving Bond with approved Security to
JOHN SMITH, Executor.
** I should be obliged to all Persons who have Demands against
the Estate to send in their Accounts. JOHN SMITH.
CHESTERFIELD, November 10, 1774.
WHEREAS the Subscriber executed two
Bonds of 201. each payable to one David Durham, due on the
25thof December next, and the 25th of December 1775, being part of the
Consideration Money for the Purchase of a Tract of Land in the Counties
of Prince Edward and Charlotte; and as the said Durham has not, agree-
able to his Contract, conveyed me a Title thereto, I hereby caution and
forewarn all Persons from taking an Assignment of said Bonds, as I will
not pay them until I have a sufficient and warrantable Title.
(2 11) WILLIAM HANCOCK.
WHEREAS I gave my Bond, dated in
October 1772, and payable the 25th of December 1774, to John
Bowden, Thomas Adams, and his Wife, of Cumberland County, for 621.
in Consideration of a Tract of Land in Henrico County; and whereas
I have paid Part of the Bond, and am threatened to be sued for the Land,
in Consequence of an Agreement they made with Captain Julius Allen of
Henrico, notwithstanding I believe that Allen hath no Right to the Land; yet
this Notice to the Publick to caution them from taking an Assignment of
the said Bond, as I do not intend to pay it until am farther satisfied I
shall not suffer. (ll) JOSEPH GATHRIGHT.
WHEREAS I gave my Note of Hand to
Joyce Price of Orange for 241 Current Money, payable the last
Day of June 1774, and since that Time I have fully paid the aforesaid
Sum, but have neglected to get the said Note of Hand, I therefore fore-
warn all Persons from taking an Assignment of the said Note
.(Il) ARJATON PRICE.
RUN away from Buckland, in Charles
City, on the 20th Instant, two Men. One a likely Mulatto about
fifty Years old, and about five Feet six Inches high, very artful, and
smooth spoken. He is called TOM GARDNER. The other is named
JOE; he is of a yellow Complexion, near the same Height as the other,
and about eighteen or twenty Years old. They were both clothed in Cotton.
Whoever delivers them to me at Westover, or to William Glen atBuckland,
shall receive forty Shillings for each.
WESTOVER, November 24, 1774. WILLIAM BYRD.
To be SOLD, on Monday the 2d of January next,
before the RALEIGH TAVERN, to the highest Bid-
ders,
TEN valuable Virginia born SLAVES, one of them an exceeding
good Cook; also a HOUSE and LOT on the back Street, with
sundry Outhouses, and a good Well; being the Estate of Thomas Penman,
deceased, and sold by Virtue of a Power of Attorney from his Heirs in
Great Britain, by ROBERT NICOLSON
N. B. Credit will be allowed till the 10th Day of October next, the
STRAYED from the Subscriber, on Satur-
day the 19th Instant (November) a BAY MARE with a Blaze
fore Foot, and branded on the near Shoulder and Buttock NB in a Piece.
I will give two Dollars to any Person who will bring the said Mare to
me, in York Town. (l ll) WILLIAM WRIGHT.
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WILLIAMSBURG, November 23, 1774.
ALL Persons indebted to the Estate of John
Pringle, deceased, late Bar Keeper to Mrs. Campbell of this City,
are desired to make Payment as soon as possible; and those who have
any Demands against the said Estate are requested to bring in their Ac-
counts, properly attested.
(2) JOHN LOCKLEY, Administrator.
IF Mr. John Cheek, who lodged and boarded
with me about four Months ago, does not come, or send for a Port-
manteau, containing some Wearing Apparel, which he left at my House
for a Debt, by or before the 13th of December, they will be sold, at pub-
lick Sale, to the highest Bidder, to satisfy my said Demand.
(2) JOHN LOCKLEY.
To be SOLD, for ready Money, on the Premises, on
the 16th Day of December, if fair, otherwise next
fair Day,
A VERY valuable Tract of Land in Fairfax, being one Half of a
Patent for 500 Acres, which adjoins the Dwelling Plantation of
Col. John West, in the said County, and contains better than 250 Acres,
a great Proportion of which is low Grounds; the chief Part thereof is
cleared, and now under a Crop of Wheat well enclosed. None of the
high Land is cleared. The Convenience of this Land, from its Situation,
is very considerable, the low Grounds being formed by Potowmack River,
and a small Creek issuing out of the same, and its Distance from the
Town of Alexandria being only about two Miles by Water, and four by
Land. A Deed to the Purchasers for the said Land will be made by the
Executors of Newton Keene, deceased, who has ordered the same by his
Will to be sold, and by William Keene, the Heir at Law of the said New-
ton. The Purchaser must pay for the Wheat sowed on the said Land
and the Expense of putting the same in the Ground, and may have Pos-
session the 1st of January next.-----The twenty NEGROES belonging
to the Estates of the said Newton Keene, lately advertised to be sold the
10th of January next, will not be then sold.
RICHARD LEE
DAVID BOYD, Executors.
To be RENTED for a Year, or Term of Years,
THE ORDINARY commonly called Rhodes’s where Captain John
Lightfoot now lives, about twelve Miles (on the main Road) from
Williamsburg to Cowle’s Ferry, Holt’s Forge, and Doncastle’s Ordinary.
The Situation of this Place exceeds most, provided it was well kept.
To such a Person I would let it go at a low Rent, and make all neces-
say Repairs for the Reception of the best of Company. There are 75
Acres of Land belonging to it, mostly cleared, which produces good
Indian Corn, and other Grain. I have a Plantation within Half a Mile
of it, which I would suffer Fire Wood to be taken from, to supply the
Ordinary. It may be entered upon at Christmas next, and for Terms
apply to me in Williamsburg. JOHN LEWIS.
To be SOLD, at the late Plantation of John Kerby, de-
ceased, of Charles Parish, on Monday, the 19 th of
December, if fair, otherwise next fair Day,
THE Remainder of his Household Kitchen Furniture, Stock of
Cattle, among which are three Yoke of good Oxen, Horses, Plan-
tation Utensils, Carts, a large Quantity of Indian Corn, Wheat, amp;c/
with many other Articles. On the following Day will be sold, twelve or
fourteen likely Virginia born SLAVES, nine of which are Fellows,
and a likely Cooper and Weaver among them. Twelve Months
Credit will be allowed, giving Bond with good Security; and if the
Bonds are not paid in twenty Days, after they become due, to carry In-
terest from their Date. All Persons who have any Demands against the
Estate are desired to make them known, whether by Bonds or open Ac-
counts; and if the Decedent is Security for any Person, or Persons, the
Possessor of the Bonds are desired to make the same known to
(ii) THOMAS KERBY, Executor.
Five Pounds Reward.
RUN away last Night from the Subscriber, in Boutetourt, an English
Servant Man named WILLIAM THOMSON, by Trade a Book-
binder, about 35 Years of Age, five Feet or six Inches high, dark
Hair, gray Eyes, of a tawny Complexion, and pretty much marked
with the Smallpox; had on, when he went away, a new Wool Hat,
Virginia Cloth Coat of a Copperas Colour, a Waistcoat filled with red
and blue Yarn, Linen Breeches, blue Worsted Stockings, Shoes, and
two Pair of Shoe Buckles, one Silver, the other Brass, and he took with
him an old smooth Bore Gun. Whoever secures the said Servant in any
Jail, so that his Owner may get him again, shall have the above Reward,
besides what the Law allows. JAMES ALCORN.
**If he is taken, write to Mr. Patrick Lockhart,, Merchant inBotetourt.
PRINCE EDWARD, October 27, 1774.
RUN away from the Subscriber, a Convict
Servant Man named GEORGE BROWNING, by Trade a Shoe-
maker, and has his Tools with him. He was born in Bristol, and speaks
good English,, is about five Feet four Inches high, pitted with the Small-
pox, has light Hair and Eyebrows, and is lame in on one Knee, which
makes him walk with a Stick; had on, when he went away, an old
blue Coat, striped Waistcoat, and spotted Stockings. I suppose he will
forge a Pass, as he can write a blotched Hand. Whoever secure the said
Servant, and conveys him to me or Charles Price in Henrico, shall have
40 s. Reward besides what the Law allows, and 5 l. if taken out of the
Colony. (Ill) CHRISTOPHER CURTIS.
MARYLAND, CHARLES COUNTY, November 7, 1774.
RUN away from the Subscriber, two indented Servants, imported by
Capt. Joseph Street last September, one named ROBERT MILLS,
a Gardener, who is an Irishamn, about 22 Years old, a likely fresh coloured
man; had on, and took with him, a Snuff-coloured Cloth Coat and
Breeches, a red Jacket, two white Shirts, one Check one, Shoes and
Stockings, a Hat, and a Silk Handerkerchief. The other a Yorkshireman,
named JAMES BELL, a Miner, about 40 Years old; took with him,
a dark blue Coat, a brown Jacket, Snuff-coloured Breeches, a Hat, Pair
of Shoes, Stockings, and several small Bells. Whoever takes up the said
Servants, or either of them, and brings them Home, shall have 3 l. for
each, besides what the Law allows.
(ll) SAMUEL HANSON.
STRAYED, or STOLEN, from the Sub-
scriber in York Town, eight Weeks ago, a young BAY MARE
about 13 1/2 Hands high, and branded pretty high upon one of her But-
tocks with a Cross. Whoever brings me the said Mare shall have 20 s.
Reward. HUGH NELSON.
STRAYED, or STOLEN, from the Sub-
scriber, at William & Mary College, on the 5th Instant (November)
a BAY HORSE and MARE, each of them near fourteen Hands high,
with handing Manes and Tails. The Horse is somewhat chafed with
Harness across the Breast, a Star in his Forehead, shod before, and his
Hoofs much impaired by a Founder, which occasioned him to limp a
little in his Gait; and his Brand, if any, is not recollected. The Mare
Foal, is sluggish in her Gaits, and bends much on her Pasterns. I am
not certain whether she has a Brand; if any, I believe it is RI. Whoever
brings them to me at the College, or gives me such Information that I
may procure them again, shall have 10 s. for his Trouble.
JAMES INNES.
DUMFRIES, November 8, 1774.
AT a Meeting of the JOCKEY CLUB
this Day, resolved, that, in Conformity to the 8th Article of the
Resolves of the GENERAL CONGRESS, the Dumfries Races, that were
advertised to be run the 29th of this Monty, be postponed.-----The
Gentlemen Farmers that are fattening Beeves, Muttons, and Veals, for
our Premiums, must, for the present, put up with Honour and Glory in
Place of the Guineas that were intended for them.
RICHARD GRAHM, Secretary.
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FREDERIKSBURG, November 15, 1774.
THE Creditors of Anthony McKitrick and
Co. are again requested to make their Claims known to the
Trustees, as those who do not before the 1st Day of January next will
be excluded from their Shares of a Dividend to be then made.
FIELDING LEWIS.
(ll) CHARLES YATES.
HENRY MITCHELL.
Wanted immediately,
A BISCUIT BAKER, to whom good Encourage-
ment will be given. For Terms, inquire of the
Printer.
ON the 12th of June 1771, two Hhds.
of Tobacco, marked HT No. 1068, 1142, 122, 1020, and
HT No. 1069, 1232, 120, 1112, were passed at Warwick Warehouse.
The Owner’s Name is unknown, and the Tobacco will be sold according
to Law, if the Owner does not apply.
(2ll) THE INSPECTORS.
SWAN’s POINT, November 8, 1774.
I ONCE more earnestly entreat the several
Persons due me for Ferriages, &c. to be speedy in discharging their
respective Balances, more especially as it is known that a Tenant’s Remove
may occasion a Detention of his Furniture for Arrears. Mine is very
considerable, and I should be glad to make proper Satisfaction; but it
cannot be done without the Assistance of those I address, or an Indulgence
I have no Right to expect. God willing, I shall be settled at Colonel
Bland’s Ordinary in Prince George, by next New Year’s Day, where I shall
be glad to receive the Favours of traveling Gentlemen, who may depend
I will exert myself so as to deserve them.
(2ll) THOMAS FENNER.
COLCHESTER, November 1, 1774.
THE Subscriber some Time ago advertised
in the Neighbourhood of this Place, that the Business, formerly
transacted by him here, on Account of Mess. David Dalyell, George Os-
wald, and Co. and Oswald, Dennison, and Co. of Glasgow, was
declined by him on the 10th of January last, and committed to the Ma-
nagement of Mr. John Gibson; and as he intends to leave the Colony
soon, he requests all who have had Dealings with him on Account of
either of the said Companies, and have not already settled their Accounts,
to come immediately and settle them with Mr. Gibson, who has transacted
the Business since the 10th of January last, and continues to carry it on.
And those who have Claims against the said Company, for Transactions
with him, are desired to apply to Mr. Gibson, that they may be adjusted.
HECTOR ROSS.
PETERSBURG, November 15, 1774.
I INTEND to leave the Colony soon. All Persons
indebted for Dealings with me are requested to
make Payment to Mr. Thomas Shore, who is empow-
ered to receive.
(ll) WILLIAM HARRISON.
For CHARTER,
THE Brigantine Abby, Jonas Herbert Master,
Burthen about 240 Hogsheads, or 8000 Bushels.
For Terms apply to
GLEENWOOD, RITSON, & MARSH.
NORFOLK, November 5, 1774.
To be SOLD on the Premises, to the highest Bidder,
on Thursday the 15th of December next, by Virtue
of a Deed of Trust from William Wilson, deceased,
to Mess. Henderson, McCaul, and Co. ofGlasgow,
A PLANTATION and Tract of Land in Amherst County, on Buf-
falo River, containing 850 Acres, more or less. Also at the same
Time and Place will be sold, another Tract of Land in the same County,
on the said River, containing 192 Acres. Likewise four Negroes. The
Land may be entered on at Christmas past; and twelve Months Credit
will be allowed, on giving Bond with good Security.
JAMES LYLE.
**At the same Time and Place will be sold, all the Stocks, Plan-
tation Utensils, Crops of Corn, Wheat, and Fodder, on the said Plan-
tation; for which twelve Months Credit will be allowed, on giving Bond
with good Security to
WILLIAM MITCHELL, Administrator.
PRINCE GEORGE, November 10, 1774.
RUN away from the Subscriber, a Mulatto
Boy names SAM, about 16 or 17 Years old, of a very light Com-
plexion, and will endeavour to pass for a free Boy, has gray Eyes, brown
Hair, a smooth artful Tongue, is a great Villain, but a very good Barber.
In the Month of June last he was put in York Jail, on Suspicion of having
stolen some Money in Williamsburg. He made his Escape from thence and
got to Norfolk, where he was put in Jail and sent to me by Water.
The next Day (September 20th) he made his Escape from my Overseer,
and has not since been heard of. He was born in Frederick Town, Ma-
ryland, has lived in Fredericksburg, Norfolk, and York Town, and is well
acquainted with most Parts of Virginia. He was very meanly clad, hav-
ing been so long in Jail, but it is probable will procure Clothes. I will
give 40 s. Reward to have him committed to any of his Majesty’s Jails,
if taken in the Colony of Virginia, and if out of the Colony 5 l. All
Captains of Ships, or Masters of Vessels, are hereby forewarned from car-
rying him out of the Country, or employing him.
(tf) JOHN BLAND.
STRAYED, or STOLEN, from the Sub-
scriber, about the 10th Instant (November) a DARK BAY
MARE about fourteen Hands three Inches high, with a hanging Mane
and Switch Tail, her Feet had been just trimmed, and she is branded
H.T. Whoever brings her to me, in Williamsburg, shall have 10 s. Re-
ward; or if stolen, on Conviction of the Thief, 5 l.
DANIEL PRENTIS.
THERE came to my Plantation in Henrico
County, in April 1770, a BLACK BULL, marked with a Crop
and two Slits in the right Ear, and an Upper and Under Keel in the left.
He continued there till lately, turned very mischievous, throwing down
my Fences and getting into my Corn Field, which obliged me to shoot
him. Any Person who will prove his Property, and apply to me, shall
be paid from him on Demand. The Best I will have weighed, before Wit-
nesses. LUSBY TURPIN.
TAKEN up, in Lunenburg, a White Horse about fifteen Years old,
four Feet six or seven Inches high, and branded on the near Shoul-
der I W in a Piece. Posted, and appraised to 3 l. 10 s.
(ll) JOSEPH WILLIAMS.
TAKEN up, in -------, a Roan Horse about eleven Years old,
four Feet five Inches high, his left Ear cropped, has a large Bell
tied on, shod before, and branded on the near Buttock F, and on each
Side of his Rump with a Horse Shoe. Posted, and appraised to 7 l. 10 s.
(ll) THOMAS RUDD.
TAKEN up, in Caroline, a Roan Bay Mare about four Years old,
four Feet two Inches high, a Blaze in her Face, several white Hirs
at the Root of her Tail, her Legs from the Knees down are black, and
she is branded on the near Buttock B. Posted, and appraised to 5 l. 10 s.
JOHN TAYLOR, Junior.
TAKEN up, in Pittsylvania, a Black Steer about five Years old,
with a white pied Head, some White under his Belly, a
white Ring round Part of his left Leg, marked with a Crop in the left
Ear, and a large Underkeel in the right. Posted, and appraised to 45 s.
(ll) JOSHUA ALSTON.
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Just IMPORTED, a fresh Assortment of
GARDEN SEEDS.
Also a small Assortment of
EUROPEAN GOODS.
Which are to be SOLD, for ready Money only, by
ROBERT NICOLSON.
WILLIAMSBURG, November 10, 1774.
THE Creditors of the late Hounourable John Page,
Esq; are desired to bring in their Accounts.
MANN PAGE
MANN PAGE, Jun. Executors.
JOHN PAGE, Jun.
FOR SALE,
MY DWELLING-HOUSE, &c. in York Town.
For Terms apply to me, in this City.
JOHN H. NORTON.
WILLAIAMSBURG, Nov. 12, 1774.
OCTOBER 30, 1774.
WE the Inheritors and Purchasers under the
four original joint Patentees of Martin’s Swamp, in the County
of Chesterfield, have determined that whoever may hereafter, without our
Leave in Writing, shoot in the said Swamp, broken Marches, and sunken
Ground adjoining, shall be immediately prosecuted in the General Court,
not only for the Protection of our Property, but to defend ourselves
against any Claim of Partition in it.
RICHARD RANDOLPH.
RYLAND RANDOLPH.
FRANCIS EPPES.
NOVEMBER 1, 1774.
THE Books of the Store lately kept by Mr.
Thomas Hope in Halifax County, are now with me at Petersburg.
Those indebted are requested to come and close their Accounts, by Bond,
or Payment. JOHN FISHER.
IMPORTED last Spring, in the Marlborough,
Captain Dawson, a small Box marked W T, containing four Pieces
of Irish Linen, ten Pounds of Thread, and a black Russel Petticoat.
I shall be greatly obliged to any Gentleman that will forward the said Box
to Port Royal, to the Care of Mr. Robert Gilchrist, who will pay any
Charge for so doing.
(4ll) WALKER TALIAFERRO.
WILLIAMSBURG, November 9, 1774.
BEING informed that several Gentlemen,
who have been pleased to favour my SALT SCHEME by subscrib-
ing to the Encouragement of it, decline paying their Money till they can
receive a proper Assurance that the Salt I may make shall not be engrossed
by Merchants or others, who may intend to retail it to the Inhabitants
of this Colony at an advanced Price: That I may give the fullest Testi-
mony of my Inclination to make the Scheme as extensively useful as
possible, I do hereby oblige myself to conform to may Measures or Regula-
tions that may be adopted by the Subscribers to secure a Preference and
Pre-emption to them of what Salt may be made at the intended Works.
Several Gentlemen of Credit have proposed a Partnership with me, in
Order to prosecute a Plan with Greater Success, and to a larger Extent;
but not being able to advance any Proportion of a common Stock, my
Admission into such a Partnership could not be expected upon such
Terms as would enable me to maintain my Family and draw a moderate
Profit to myself. If the Subscribers should approve of my entering into
a Partnership and applying their Contributions as my Part of the Stock,
I am persuaded it would be the likeliest Means of expediting and carrying
on the Business with greater Advantage to the Community. However,
in this, as in every other Measure, I shall cheerfully acquiesce in their
Determinations. JAMES TAIT.
GOOCHLAND, October 3, 1774.
WHEREAS Mr. Archibald M’Kendrick
and myself did enter into a Copartnership in July last, to
prevent any Dispute, or Confusion of Accounts, I give this publick No-
tice, that I was not nor will be chargeable with any Kind of Goods that I
do not purchase myself, and shall be accountable for no others.
ANDERSON PEERS.
I HAVE laid off several Lots, or Half Acres
of Land, contiguous to the Town of Alexandria, which are to be
leased in Fee on Ground River. Any Persons inclinable to rent the same
may make Application to Robert Hanson Harrison, Esq; Attorney at Law,
resident in the said Town, who will let them know the Terms, and
agree for me, he having a proper Power to act.
(6) JOHN ALEXANDER.
THOSE Gentlemen who have empowered
the Subscriber to collect Debts due to them in the Southern Pro-
vinces, and have not furnished him with their Accounts and Specialties,
are desired to lodge them with some Merchant at Richmond, by the first of
May next, at which Time he intends to be in Virginia in Order to receive
and give proper Receipts for them. As the Subscriber intends to continue
in the Business of collecting Carolina for some Time, he would be
glad to undertake such Collection for any Person at a Commission of one
Half the Sum collected, bearing his own Expenses, and paying all Costs
of Suits where the Debtors prove insolvent. Gentlemen choosing to em-
ploy him are desired to lodge their Accounts, properly authenticated, with
any of the Merchants at Richmond, or Manchester, by the Time above
mentioned. (4ll) WILLIAM PENN.
BY Virtue of a Deed from Robert Reade,
late of Brunswick County, to the Subscriber, David Russell, also
with Consent of James Mason, who has a prior Claim, and will join in a
Deed to the Purchaser, will be sold to the highest Bidder, at Brunswick
Courthouse, on Monday the 28th of December, a valuable Tract of Land
in said County, containing 534 Acres. Mrs. Reade as her Lifetime in
354 Acres, of the said Land, and the remaining 180 Acres may be
entered on the first Day of Januarynext. DAVID RUSSELL.
JAMES MASON.
HALIFAX COUNTY, October 20, 1774.
THE Subscriber intends to move in about two
Months, with his Family, to the upper Part of
South Carolina. WILLIAM HILL.
WANTED,
THREE Thousand Pounds Sterling, at five per Cent. for ten Years;
to pay four Thousand five Hundred Pounds Sterling at the Expi-
ration of that Term, or on the Death of the Borrower, who is upwards
of forty. Collateral Security to be given for the Payment of Interest,
as it accrues; and the Principal secured either by Deed or Trust or Mort-
gage, of as valuable landed Property as any in this Colony, warranted free
from any Encumbrance, together with fifty as valuable Slaves. The
Direction of the Advertiser is to A. B., to be left at Purdies’s Printing
Office in Williamsburg.
For LIVERPOOL (to sail in a Month)
THE Ship Betsey, James Dysart Master, can take in 100 Hogsheads
of Tobacco, on Liberty of Consignment, the rest of her Cargo
being already engaged. Those who are inclined to ship may give their
Orders to Mr.John Holloway of Petersburg, Mr. Edward Johnson of
Manchester, or the Subscribers in Norfolk.
JOHN LAWRENCE, & Co.
NOVEMBER 10, 1774.
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POETS CORNER.
Address to the SCEPTICS.
From Dr. Beattie’s MINSTREL.
”AND be it so. Let those deplore their doom
”Whose Hope still grovels in this dark Sojourn;
” But lofty Souls, who look beyond the Tomb,
"Can smile at Fate, and wonder how they mourn.
"Shall spring to these sad Scenes no more return?
"Is yonder Wave the Sun's eternal Bed?
"Soon shall the Orient with new Luster burn,
"And Spring shall soon her vital Influence shed,"
.”Again attune the Grove, again adorn the Mead.
"Shall I be left abandon'd in the Dust,
"When Fate, relenting, lets the Flower revive?
"Shall Nature's Voice, to Man alone unjust,
"Bid him, though doom'd to perish, hope to live?
”Is it for this fair Virtue oft must strive
"With Disappointment, Penury, and Pain?
” No: Heaven's immortal Spring shall yet arrive,
"And Man's majestic Beauty bloom again,
" Bright though th' eternal Year of Love's triumphant Reign."
To be SOLD on the Premises, by Virtue of a Deed of
Trust, on Thursday the 1st of Decembernext, for
ready Money, or short Credit,
ONE Hundred and fifty Acres of Land, in the County of Brunswick,
and Parish of St. Andrew, on Rocky Run, bounded by the Lines of
John Dugger, Jones Williams, Absalom Bennitt, and Tatum's Road. It
is the Land and Plantation whereon Francis Young formerly lived.
THOMAS SMITH.
To be SOLD, at Albemarle Courthouse, on Tuesday
the 27th of December next,
FIFTY choice young Virginia born SLAVES, for fifteen of which
ready Money must be had, and for the others Credit will be allowed
til the first of June 1776.---- At the same Time will be hired SEVEN
NEGROES, for the Year ensuing; and on the 1ft of January, at the
late Dwelling-House of Major Charles Smith, deceased, in Louisa, will be
hired FORTY NEGROES. The said Plantation, and one of my own
on Locust Creek, will be rented for one or more Years, at that Time;
or sooner, if an agreeable Offer is made. JOHN HAWKINS.
To be SOLD on the Premises, on Tuesday the
13th of December next, in Consequence of a Deed
of Trust from Thomas Jarrett to the Subscribers,
A VALUABLE Tract of LAND, containing 1338 Acres, on the
south Side of Nottoway River, in Southampton County, about three
Miles from the Courthouse. Credit will be allowed the Purchaser to the
15th of April next, on giving Bond and Security.
JOHN HAY, & C.
** Five per Cent. Discount will be allowed for ready Payment.
To be HIRED for the ensuing Year, at King William
Courthouse, on Thursday the 29th of December, if
fair, otherwise next fair Day
ABOUT FIFTY likely Virginia born SLAVES, consisting of Men,
Women, Boys, and Girls, some of which are excellent House Ser-
vants, being Part of the Trust Estate of Colonel Philip Johnson. Bond
and Security will be required, to carry Interest from the Date, if not
punctually paid. All Persons who hired the the above Slaves the last
Year are desired to have them there that Day, well clothed, together
with the Money for their Hire, if possible.
(7) JOHN WATKINS, for the Trustees.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, on the Planta-
tion lately occupied by Mr. Thomas Lodge Dennis,
deceased, adjoining Mr. John Winkfield, in Han
- over County, on Wednesday the 14th of December
next, if fair, otherwise next fair Day,
ABOUT thirty Head of Cattle, in very good Order, two Yoke of
Oxen, about forty Head of Hogs, chief Part of which will be fat-
tened, four Horses, Plows, Hoes, and other Utensils for Husbandry, a
Cart, a Wheat Fan, a Feather Bed and Furniture, and all the Crop of
Corn and Fodder. Credit will be given the Purchasers till the first Day
of July next, for all Sums above 20s. on their giving Bond and good
Security to the Subscriber; who requests all Persons that have any De-
mands against the Estate of Mr. Dennis,</em to make them known immedi-
ately, that they may receive Payment.
WILLIAM CRAGHEAD, Executor.
.TEN POUNDS REWARD.
RUN away from the Subscriber’s Plantation on Bull Run, last Night,
a Convict Servant Man, who says his Name is JOHN HERN,
but was convicted by the Name of Pooling Horne, and imported into
Potowmack last Month, in the Ship Tayloe. He is an Englishman, about
24 Years of Age, five Feet eight or nine Inches high, with short black
Hair, a smooth Face, and a Scar under his left Eye; had on, and took
with him, an old blue Sailor's Jacket very short with small black Buttons,
sewed thick on both Sides, a black Waistcoat, brown striped corded Du-
roy Breeches, light marbled Stockings, and old Shoes, also new light gray
Jacket and Breeches of coarse Cloth with white Metal Buttons, the
Jacket lined with striped Plaiding, two new Osnabrug and several other
Shirts, Silk Handkerchiefs, and other Things. He also took with him a
likely BLACK blooded MARE about fourteen Hands high, with a Star
in her Forehead, branded on the near Shoulder H, and on the near But-
tock M. I will give 10 l. Reward for the Servant and Mare, delivered
to me in Colchester. (Il) ALEXANDER HENDERSON.
October 28, 1774.
KING & QUEEN, November 8, 1774.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in May
last, JOHN, a Virginia born Negro Man about 32 Years of Age,
six Feet high, well made, has had the Smallpox, wears Whiskers, and
writes intelligibly, which Qualification it is suspected he will make Use of
to pass as a Freeman; he carried away with him sundry Clothes, in a
Box about four Feet long. He was formerly the Property of John Starke,
of King and Queen County. Whoever apprehends the said John, and
delivers him to me, or secures him in Jail, so that I get him again, shall
have 40s. Reward, and reasonable Expenses allowed.
WILLIAM GRIFFIN.
TEN DOLLARS Reward.
RUN away from the Subscriber, living near Susquehannah River,
Hartford County, Maryland, on or about the Month of September
1771, a Convict Servant Man named DANIEL DUNN, about 38 Years
old, about five Feet eight Inches high, a Nailor by Trade, and calls
himself a Batten or Small Rail Maker. He has brown Hair, and a re-
markable white Spot in his Beard on one side of his Chin; and, by late
Informacion, has worked at the Blacksmith's Trade at Dumfries and
Fredericksburg. It is said he proposed to Norfolk, in Virginia, and that
he has changed his Name to DANIEL DIGGENS. Whoever appre-
hends the said Convict Servant, and secures him in Jail, so that his Master
may get him again, shall have the above Reward; and a Letter to the
Subscriber may be addressed to the Care of the Postmaster at Bush Town,
Maryland; Mr. William Carr, Merchant in Dumfries; Mr.John Glassell,
Merchant in Fredericksburg; Mess. Greenwood, Ritson, and Marsh, Mer
- chants in Norfolk; or to Mr. William Cox, at the general Meeting of the
Merchants in Williamsburg.
(4ll)SAMUEL WILLITS.
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I HEREBY forewarn the Publick from taking
an Assignment of two Bonds granted the 7th ult. to Samuel Morgan,
late of Amelia County (the first Bond payable the 25th of December 1775,
for 73 1. Virginia Money; the second Bond Payable the 25th of December.
1776,
for 100 l. Virginia Currency) as the said respective Sums are
attached in my Hands by Mr. William Fitzgerald of Amelia County, as
will appear by the Records of Dinwiddie County Court. The above
Bonds are granted in Consideration of Part Payment of a Tract of 454
Acres of Land in Amelia County, which was formerly mortgaged to Mr.
William Fitzgerald tor the Money he attached in my Hands, though not
recorded in the Time prescribed by Law; and as Mrs. Morgan has not
as yet relinquished her Right of Dower to the said Tract of Land, in Case
the refuses to relinquish her Right of Dower the above Bonds are to be
void and null, which is my principal Reason for giving this publick
Notice, that no Person may be imposed on by taking an Assignment of
these Bonds, as Mr. Morgan may induce some Person to take them at an
under Value, as he has removed out of the Colony. I am willing to
avoid a litigious Lawsuit, as well as to prevent any innocent Person becom-
ing a Sufferer through Mr. Morgan's Design, or my Neglect in advertising
the Publick. PASCHAL GREENHILL.
TWENTY GUINEAS REWARD.
MADE off from Frederick Town, in Maryland, with a large Sum of
Money collected for Quitrents, a certain ELIAS BARTON about
five Feet one or two Inches high, of a dark Complexion, black Hair tied
behind, stoops a little in his Walk, and treads uncommonly hard, seldom
looks a Man in the Face when talking to him, but looks down, stam-
mers a little in his Talk, which seems to proceed rather from his speaking
quick than from any natural Impediment, and is marked with the Small-
pox. We the Subscribers, who unfortunately became his Security to the
Collector, will pay the above to any Person who will bring him to Frede-
- rick Town, and deliver him to us, besides reasonable Charges.
PETER HOFFMAN
ABRAHAM FAW.
For CHARTER, or private SALE,
THE Ship Neptune, Archibald White Master, Burthen about 400
Hogsheads, or 10,000 Bushels. For Terms, apply to the Sub-
scribers in Norfolk. ANTHONY WALKE.
(6) JOHN LAWRENCE.
THE Death of Mr. Hugh McMekin (late
of Norfolk) renders it absolutely necessary that the Business car-
ried on by him there, by Mr. Matthew Anderson in King & Queen, and
by Mr. Christopher Pryor at Gloucester Courthouse, be discontinued. All
Persons, therefore, who are indebted for Dealings with either of these
Gentlemen, on Account of Mess. John McDouall and Co. of Glasgow,
are earnestly requested to discharge their respective Balances immediately
;those who have it not in their Power to make Payment will, it is expect-
ed, grant Bond.---Mess. Anderson and Pryor will give constant Atten-
dance for that Purpose, who are authorized to receive and grant Discharges.
----The Goods on Hand at King & Queen and Gloucester Courthouse,
amounting to about 1500 l. Sterling, will be sold, and the Time of Pay-
ment made as easy to the Purchaser as the Hardness of the Times will
admit of. As most of these Goods were imported last Spring, they are
fresh, look well, and are tolerably well assorted. There is likewise on
Hand a Cargo of choice Goods. adapted for the present Season, just im-
ported in the Bland, Captain Danby, from London, and the Juno, Cap-
tain McCunn, from Glasgow, amounting to between 1000 l. and 1250 1.
Sterling. For Terms apply to Mess. John Johnson, or Archibald Govan,
at Page's, Mr. Simon Fraser, at Urbanna, Mr. Matthew Anderson, in
King & Queen, or to BENNETT BROWNE,
(6) Attorney in Fact for Mess. John McDouall and Co.
To be SOLD, for ready Money, by the Executors of
Newton Keene, deceased, pursuant to his last Will,
by publick Auction, to the highest Bidder, on Mon-
day the 19th of December next, if fair, otherwise
next fair Day, at the Place called Newgate, in the
County of Loudoun,
A TRACT of valuable LAND in the said County, adjoining to the
said Place called Newgate, and partly bounded by the Mountain
Road, containing about 1400 Acres; about 100 Acres whereof are
under a Lease for one or two Lives, at a small yearly Rent. There is
only one small Plantation, and but very little cleared Ground upon it.
It is extremely well watered and timbered, and has a considerable Quan-
tity of Ground upon it fit for improving into Meadow. This Land is
very conveniently situated, being only 25 Miles from Alexandria, 23 from
Dumfries, and 18 from Colchester, and has a Merchant Mill within less
than a Mile of it. Newgate is a very publick Place, and well situated
for Trade and Publick Houfe keeping. Deeds will be executed on the
Day of Sale. There will also be sold by the said Executors, for ready
Money, at publick Sale, on Monday the 9th of January next, if fair,
otherwise next fair Day, at the late Dwelling Plantation of the said New-
ton Keene, in Northumberland County, TWENTY very likely Virginia
born NEGROES belonging to his Estate.
(7)RICHARD LEE,
DAVID BOYD, Executors.
For SALE,
THAT valuable and well situated Lot in Williamsburg where the
Coffeehouse is now kept, which may be entered upon the 1ft of
April next.------- Also a Tract of Land in Nansemond County, within
three Miles of Suffolk, upon which is a good Stream for a Mill. It is well
timbered with Oak and Pine, contains some very good Meadow Ground,
produces good Corn and Wheat, and is capable of great Improvement;
there is a very good Dwelling-Houfe, and all necessary Houses for Crop-
ping, with a fine young Orchard of Apple and Peach Trees. It likewise
may be entered upon the first of April next.--------For Terms apply to
David Meade, Esq; at Maycox; Mr. Joseph Prentis, Attorney, in Wil-
liamsburg; Mr. Wills Cowper, Merchant, in Sufflolk; or to the Subscriber,
in Halifax Town, <em
(tf) JOHN WEBB.
WILLIAMSBURG, September 29, 1774.
COMMITTED to the Publick Jail, on the
3d Instant, a Negro Man named CHARLES, who told me he
belonged to Doctor Corbin Griffin of York, which I have repeatedly notified
to the Doctor; but no Application having been made from him for the
said Fellow, it is probable he has told me a Falsity. From his own Story,
he was lately the Property of Mr. James Pride, from whom Doctor
Griffin received him last February, and kept him in Possession till the July
following, at which Time he eloped. He is about 25 Years old, five
Feet nine Inches high, slim made, well dressed, and fit to act in the Ca-
pacity of a Waiting Man. His Owner is desired to take him away, and
pay Charges.
(tf) PETER PELHAM.
For CHARTER,
THE Ship Londsdale, James Grayson Master, Burthen about 430
Hhds. British built, two Years old, a very good Vessel, well fitted,
and sound. For Terms apply to Richard Squire Taylor, in King William
County. (tf)
FOR SALE,
A TRACT of LAND in York County, about four Miles from Willi-
amsburg, containing 250 Acres. It lies in about three Quarters of
a Mile of York River, and about the fame Distance from the Oyster Rocks,
joins Colonel John Tabb's, and Colonel Landon Carter's Land, and has
as much Timber as will pay for it in one Year, by selling Wood to the
Inhabitants of Williamsburg. It is under a Morgage to Mr. William
Graves of York County, for about 190 l. which Sum must be paid him
at the Acknowledgment; for the Remainder of the Money one or two
Years Credit will be given, as can be agreed on, and Possession may be
had at Christmas. For Terms apply to Captain William Gregory of
Charles City, or the Subscriber in the same County, about three Miles
from the Courthouse. (tf) AMBROSE JACKSON.
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For CHARTER,
THE Ship Betsey, James Dysart Master, Burthen
about 400 Hogsheads, or 10,000 Bushels . For
Terms apply to (6) JOHN LAWRENCE, & Co.
NORFOLK, October 18, 1774.
NEW YORK, July 27, 1774.
FIFTY POUNDS REWARD,
WHEREAS, on the 19th of Junelast past, a certain JOSEPH
THORP was intrusted with a considerable Sum in Half
Johannesses, of nine Pennyweight, to be delivered by him at Quebec, and
as he has not yet made his Appearance there, with other suspicious Cir-
cumstances, it is apprehended he is gone off with the Money. He is a
Native of England, about six Feet high, swarthy Complexion, very dark
keen Eyes, and pitted with the Smallpox, of a slender Make, stoops as
he walks, talks rather flow, with some small Impediment in his Speech
.He lived some Time in Boston, from whence he removed to Quebec,
assuming the Character of a Merchant in both Places; he was also once
in Trade in Newcastle, Virginia, and has a Brother settled there. It is
believed he went on Board Captain John F. Pruym, for Albany, and took
with him a blue Casimir and a dark brown Cloth Suit of Clothes.
Whoever secures the said Joseph Thorp, in any of his Majesty’s Jails on
this Continent, shall be entitled to ten per Cent. on the Sum recovered,
and the above Reward of 50 l. when convicted. Apply to Curson and
Seton of New York, Joseph Wharton, Junior, of Philadelphia, Robert
Christie of Baltimore, James Gibson and Co. Virginia, John Bondfield of
Quebec, Melatiab Bourne or John Rowe of Boston. It is requested of those
who may have seen this Joseph Thorp, since the 19th of June last past,
or know any Thing of the Route he has taken, that they convey the most
early Intelligence thereof to any of the above Persons, or Greenwood,
Ritson, and Marsh, in Norfolk, or to Robert Pleasants and Co. at Four
Mile Creek,Henrico County; the Favour will be gratefully acknow-
ledged. All Masters of Vessels are forewarned from taking him off the
Continent. (tf)
Wanted immediately,
A JOURNEYMAN SHOEMAKER that understands the Business
well in all its Branches. Such a One, that can come well recom-
mended, for an honest, industrious, sober Man, will meet with Encou-
ragement to his Satisfaction, a good Seat of Work, and his Money
paid every Saturday Night if he chooses it. Inquire for the Subscriber,
near the upper Church, in Middlefex County.
(tf) SAMUEL DANIEL.
To be SOLD or RENTED (Preference will be given
to the first)
A PLANTATION on Allen's Creek in Mecklenburg, within a Mile
of Roanoke, consisting of about 120 Acres of Land, the Property
of Mess. Alexander Donald and Co. and whereon the Subscriber now lives.
The Land of itself is valuable, exclusive of the Improvements, which are
a good Dwelling-House, with other necessary Outhouses, and a large and
convenient Storehouse, 32 by 44 Feet. There are about 20 Acres of
the low Ground well set in Timothy and Clover, and notwithstanding
this dry Summer, 15 Acres of it have yielded above 30,000 Weight of
Hay, which, with about 300 Bushels of Oats in the Straw, some Indian
Corn, 40 Head of Cattle, so Head of Sheep, and some Hogs, will be
sold on reasonable Terms. The Purchaser may have Possession of the
Premises as soon as he pleases, and long Credit (if required) will be al-
lowed for the Land, on his giving Bond and Security. It is expected
the Store will be continued, and of Course the Purchaser will have the
Benefit of the Board of the Storekeepers, and besides the Situation of the
Place I(being on Taylor’s Ferry Road) Makes it well calculated for a
Tavern.(tf) EBENEZER MACHARG.
To be SOLD.
A TRACT of LAND in Surry County. Containing 450 Acres, known
by the Name of Cabin Point on which are a new set of Brick
Warehouses, which bring in about 70 l. a Year, and a new Brick Mer-
chant Mill completely fitted with two Water Wheels on a never-failing
Stream, within 100 Feet of the Wharf. The Land is very good for Grain,
and has about 40 Acres that may be made fine Meadow. This is one of
the most improvable Estates in the County. Half the Purchase Money
to be paid in twelve Months, the other Half may lie for seven Years on
good Security being given, and punctual Payment of Interest. If the
Land is not sold by Christmas, it will be rented out.
(tf) BENJAMIN HARRISON.
FOR SALE.
TWO THOUSAND Acres of LAND, lying on the River Shenando,
in the County of Frederick, eight Miles above Asby's Gap. One
Third of the Purchase Money to be paid on the Day of Sale, and an ex-
tensive Credit will be given for the Remainder. Mr. James Brown will
show the Land to any Person inclinable to purchase, and I shall be on
the Premises the 15th of November next.
(tf)NATHAMIEL BURWELL.
ISLE of WIGHT, July 19, 1774.
To be RENTED, from Year to Year, or for a Term
of Years,
BELVOIR, the beautiful Seat of the Honourable George William Fair-
fax, Esq; lying upon Potowmack River in Fairfax County, about
fourteen Miles below Alexandria. The Mansion Houfe is of Brick, two
Stories high, with four convenient Rooms and a large Passage on the lower
Floor, five Rooms and a Passage on the second, and a Servants Hall
and Cellars below, convenient Offices, Stables, and Coach House ad-
joining, as also a large and well furnished Garden, stored with a great
Variety of valuable Fruits, in good Order. Appertaining to the Tract
on which these Houses stand, and which contains near 2000 Acres (sur-
rounded in a Manner by navigable Water) are several valuable Fisheries,
and a good Deal of cleared Land in different Parts, which may be let
altogether, or separately, as shall be found most convenient. The Terms
may be known of Colonel Washington, who lives near the Premises, or of
me in Berkeley County.
(tf) FRANCIS WILLIS, Junior.
FOR SALE,
A TRACT of LAND in Amelia County, containing 500 Acres, about
four Miles from the Courthouse, it is remarkable fine Land for
Grain, and will bring good Tobacco. The Plantation is in food Order
for Cropping, sufficient to work six or eight Hands, with all necessary
Houses. Any Person inclinable to purchase may depend on having a
Bargain, and know the Terms by applying to
(tf) WILLIAM MARSHAL.
FOR SALE,
ABOUT twelve Thousand Acres of exceeding rich TOBACCO
LAND in Amherst County, whereon are several Plantations and
Improvements sufficient to work forty or fifty Hands. There is on the
said Land for Sale a very valuable GRIST MILL, lately built, with a
Stone Dam and a Pair of good Cologne Millstones, which Mill has for two
Years past got upwards of 100 Barrels of Toll Corn, and is situated on a
never failing Stream. The Land will be shown by William Womack, who
lives at one of the the Plantations, and the Prices of the Land made
known by him. One or two Years Credit will be allowed, Interest being
paid for the second Year, and also for the first, if the Money is not paid
agreeable to Contract. The Land is to be laid off and surveyed by
Colonel William Cabell, at the Expense of the Purchaser. Deeds will be
made upon Bond and approved Security being given, either to Colonel
William Cabell, or the Subscriber. Six per Cent. Discount will be allowed
for ready Money, or good Merchants Notes. If any Person will choose
to exchange Lands in the lower Part of the Country, on or near some
navigable River, that are good, it is more than probable we should agree.
(tf)CARTER BRAXTON.
ALL Persons may be supplied with this PAPER at 12 s. 6d. a Year, and have ADVERTISEMENTS (of a moderate Length) inserted in it for
3s. the first Week, and 2 s. each Week after.- **All Sorts of PRINTING WORK done at this Office in the neatest Manner, with
Care and Expedition.
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