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the line of duty prescribed by the Conti-
nental Congress and the General Conven-
tion, and shall not assume to themselves
any other power or authority whatever.

And for preventing the interruption to
business that many frequently happen
through the necessary or unavoidable ab-
sence of the chairman or clerk of the com-
mittee, It is hereby declared and ordained,
that when any meeting of a committee
shall be regularly appointed, and it may
so happen, through sickness or other caus-
es, that the chairman or clerk shall fail
to attend such meeting, the committee
shall have the liberty, and full power, to
choose or appoint, in manner as aforesaid,
some other chairman or clerk to act pro
tempore.

And to the end this ordinance may be
duly carried into execution, and the duties
required of certain persons therein named
faithfully discharged, It is hereby farther
declared and ordained, that if any sheriff,
mayor, or chairman, or clerk of a commit-
tee, or any other person named herein who
is required to do any particular act, or
perform any certain duty, shall perversely,
obstinately, or wilfully refuse or neglect
to comply with the directions of this ordi-
nance, such person so offending, and being
adjudged guilty thereof by the committee
of the county or corporation where such
delinquency may happen, shall be deem-
ed an enemy to American liberty and the
welfare of this country, and be subject
to the censures of the continental associa-
tion, in such cases provided.

And it is hereby farther declared and or-
dained, that all and every other case or
cases, matters or things, within the pur-
view of this ordinance, and not hereby
particularly provided for, shall be ordered,
governed, judged, and decided, accord-
ing to the law for regulating the elections
of Burgesses, and not otherwise.

PHILADELPHIA, September 6.
Extract of a letter from the camp at Cambridge, August 21.

CAPTAIN Ross with his company of
rifle-men, and the stores, arrived
here on Friday last. There has not a ran
dom shot of a rifle-man done any executi-
on lately, worth mentioning. A letter
from a selectman in Boston, to his son in
our camp, advises him to quit it, as there
was to be some very important stroke made
in a few days. We do not pay much re-
gard to it, as it is very improbable he
should know any thing that they intend.
Our lines are so strong, that we have
nothing to fear but a surprise. There
have been letters passing between the ge-
nerals Washington and Gage, on his treat-
ment of our officers who are in jail in Bos-
ton. Our letter was in very mild terms,
carefully avoiding any epithets that might
be deemed unpolite. Gage’s answer was
in a different strain, directed to “George
Washington, esq;” calling us rebels and
usurpers, and what not, affecting great
clemency, in having forborn to hang our
prisoners. General Washington gave him
a suitable reply; and so it stands.

All last week we had squally weather
and rain, but on saturday evening it be-
gan to blow hard at N. E. and S. E. and
by midnight increased to a hurricane, at-
tended with heavy floods of rain, which
raised the tide in our river next morning
higher than has been known these several
years, and has occasioned much damage
in the stores on the wharves, among sugar,
salt, and other perishable articles. Wood,
staves, plank, &c. were washed off the
wharves, and many boats and small craft
were sunk or beat to pieces.

We hear the above storm has done com-
siderable damage along the river, by break-
king the banks of the meadows, drowning
cattle, &c. and that not less than 30 sail
or vessels are ashore in our river.

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colony. At first they were much averse
to the business, but of late it appears other-
wise; and a few days since they were to
have a grand council, in which the business
of going to war is to be ultimately deter-
mined. In a few days, I shall have an
account of the result of this council; which,
if interesting, I will endeavour to transmit
to you."

By a letter from Alicant, dated July
28, 1775, we learn that there had been
an engagement between the Spaniards
and Algerines, and that the latter had
gained the victory. The most material
circumstances of this battle are, that the
Spanish fleet anchored in a bay near Algi-
ers, and having landed 18,000 of their
men, under cover of two 70 gunships,
were preparing to march up to the city,
when the Moors and Algerines having post-
ed themselves on a rising ground, grown
up thick with bushes, began a heavy fire
upon the Spaniards, and killed 7000 of
them, without being in the least exposed
to their shot. Night coming on, gave the
Spaniards an opportunity of reimbarking
without any farther loss, otherwise they
must have been totally cut off. The Al-
gerines behaved with their usual humani
ty, mangling and burning the bodies of
the dying and the dead. The Spaniards,
however, not daunted by such horrible bar-
barity, are preparing to attack them a
second time, under the famous O'Reily,
and it is to be hoped will be able to give
a good account of that nest of pirates.

To MATTHEW SQUIRE, esq; commander
of his majesty's ship Otter, Lying in Hamp-
ton road.
HAMPTON, September 16, 1775.
SIR,

YOURS of the 10th instant, directed
to the committee of the town of
Hampton, reciting, "that a sloop tender
on his majesty's service was on the 2d in-
stant cast on shore near this place, having
on board some of the king's stores, which
you say were seized by the inhabitants,
and demanding an immediate return of
the same, or that the people of Hampton
must answer the consequences of such out-
rage," was this day laid before them,
who, knowing the above recital to be in
jurious and untrue, think porper here to
mention the facts relative to this matter:
The sloop, we apprehend, was not in his
majesty's service, as we are well assured
that you were on a pillaging or pleasuring
party; and although it gives us pain to
use indelicate expressions, yet the treat-
ment received from you calls for a state
of the facts in the simple language of truth,
however harsh it may sound. To your
own heart we appeal for the candour with
which we have stated them; to that heart
which drove you into the woods in the
most tempestuous weather, in one of the
darkest nights, to avoid the much injured
and innocent inhabitants of this county,
who had never threatened or ill used you,
and who would, at that time, have receiv-
ed you, we are assured, with humainity
and civility, had you made yourself and
situation known to them. Neither the
vessel or stores were seized by the inhabi-
tants of Hampton; the gunner, one mr.
Gray, and the pilot, one mr. Ruth, who
were employed by you on this party, are
men, we hope, who will still assert the
truth. From them divers of our members
were informed, that the vessel and stores,
together with a good seine (which you,
without cause, so hastily deserted) were
given up as irrecoverably lost, by the offi
cers, and some of the proprietors, to one
Finn, near whose house you were drove
on shore, as a reward, for his entertaining
you, &c. with respect and decency

The threats of a person whose conduct
hath evinced that he was not only capable,
but desirous, of doing us, in our then de-
fenceless haste, the greatest injustice, we
confess, were somewhat alarming; but,

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with the greatest pleasure, we can inform
you, our apprehensions are now removed.

Although we know we cannot legally
be called to account for that which you
are pleased to style and outrage, and not-
withstanding we have hitherto by you
been treated with iniquity, we will, as
far as in our power lies, do you right up-
on just and equitable terms.

First. We, on behalf of this communi-
ty, require from you the resitution of a
certain Joseph Harris, the property of a
gentleman of our town, and all other our
slaves whom you may have on baord;
which said Harris, as well as other slaves,
hath been long harboured, and often em-
ployed, with your knowledge (as appear-
ed to us by the confession of Ruth and
others, and as is well known to all your
men) in pillaging us, under cover of night,
as our sheep and other live stock.

Secondly. We require that you will
send on shore all boats, with their hands,
and every other thing you have detained
on this occasion.

And lastly. That you shall not, by your
own arbitrary authority, undertake to
insult, molest, interrupt, or detain, the
persons or property of any one passing to
and from this town, as you have frequent-
ly done for some time past.

Upon complying with those requisitions,
we will endeavour to procure every article
left on our shore, and shall be ready to
deliver them to your pilot and gunner, of
whose good behaviours we have had some
proofs. We are, &c.

The committee of Elizabeth City county
And town of Hampton.

At a meeting of the committee of Elizabeth
City county and town of Hampton, Sep-
tember 16, 1775.

Resolved unanimously, THAT the most
hearty thanks
of this committee, and all those whom
they represent, are justly due to major
JAMES INNES, the other gentleman offi
cers, and to the several volunteer compa-
nies now under their ocmmand, for so
expediditiously and cheerfully marching to
our assistance and defence on the alarm
occasioned by the threats and several inso-
lent letters of a certain Mattew Squire,
commanderof his majesty's ship the Otter;
and that this committee, for themselves
and constituents, do accordingly present
their most hearty and cordial thanks to
the said very worthy gentlemen and their
companies.

W.R.W. CURLE, chairman.

Mr. Purdie,
A PAMPHLET having lately made its
appearance in this country, entitled
The address of the people of Great Britain
to the inhabitants of America, it may not
be amiss to inform the publick that this
pamphlet is wrote by sir Joshua Dalrymple,
at the express requisition of lord North; by
the same sir John Dalrymple, who, at the
request of the best of princes, some time ago
wrote and published his Memoirs of Great
Britain and Ireland, calculated almost soley
to extirpate the very idea of patriotism,
by endeavouring to condemn to infamy
the memory of two the most celebrated
patriots mentioned in British history, the
illustrious and celebrated RUSSELL and
SIDNEY.

Several letter now in this colony, some
from sir John himself, prove and acknow-
ledge him the author of the pamphlet.
I am sir, yours, &c.
A FRIEND.
Next week will be published, the
ORDINANCES of the General Convention
of this colony.

ADVERTISEMENTS

JAMES CITY, September 22, 1775.
I INTEND to leave the colony imme-
diately.
JAMES GREENHOW.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 1775.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the
several captains of the REGULAR
FORCES, whose companies are completed,
are forthwith to march their recruits to some
place at two miles distant from the city of
Williamsburg, there to halt, and to make
immediate application to col. THOMAS
BULLIT, in the said city, for further orders.
P. HNENRY, jun.

WESTOVER, September 19, 1775.
IN July last the high sheriff of Charles
City advertised two negroes, MICHAEL
and AARON, late my property, who broke
jail and escaped while under sentence of
death. As I know they are daring and
dangerous villains, capable of attempting
the most horrid crimes, I hereby yomise
a reward of 3l. for each, to be paid on
their being returned to the jail of Charles
City. Michael is a ditcher by trade, a
handsome black fellow, about 30 years old,
under the middle size; he is very artful,
and speaks fluently. Aaron is a blacksmith
by trade, of a yellow complexion, near
20 years old, 6 feet high, and well made;
he has a down look, and remarkable long
fore teeth. I am informed their haunts
are in Prince George, Charles City, New
Kent, and Hanover.
W. BYRD.

YORK TOWN, September 19, 1775,
RUN away from col. Phillip Rootes, of
King and Queen, a negro man names
HARRY, who some years ago was mort-
gaged to the hon. William Nelson. It is
with good reason suspected that he is
lurking about West Point, and that he is
harboured by some of col. Thomas Moore's
negroes. Whoever secures and delivers
the said negro, either to col. Rootes or to
one of us, shall have 40s. reward.
THE EXECUTORS.

BEDFORD county, September 12, 1775.
SOME time ago I purchased two tracts
of land of James Buford of this county,
for which I passed bonds, to the amount
of 410l. and as the said Buford refuses to
make me a proper title to the land, I
hereby forwarn all persons from taking
an assignment of any of my bonds, as I
am determined not to pay one farthing till
I get a title for the said land.
2 WILLIAM READ, jun.

COMMITTED in the jail of Elizabeth
City, a negro fellow who calls him-
self PLIMIR, and says he belongs to col.
Andrew Lewis of Botetourt; he has on com-
mon negro clothing, and is 5 feet 6 or 7
inches high. The owner is desired to take
him away and pay chanrges.
JOHN McLACHLIN, jailer.

COMMITTED to the jail of Elizabth
City, a negro who calls him-
slef BIB, and says he beongs to mrs.
Peter at Cabin Point; he has on common
negro clothing, and is 5 feet 7 or 8 inches
high. The owner is desired to take him
away and pay charges.
JOHN MCLACHLIN, jailer.

TAKEN up in Cumberland, a BLACK
HORSE, 4 feet 5 or 6 inches high, with
a blaze in his face, his near hind foot white,
has lost an eye, has a hanging mane and
switch tail, and branded on the off shoul-
der M. Posted, and appraised to 7l.
THOMAS HARRIS.

COMMITTED to Sussex jail, the 7th
of this instant September) a negro
man about 5 feet 8 inches high, who had
on a linen shirt and osnabrug breeches,
calls himself CAESAR, and says he belongs
to mr. John Hamnilton of Nansemond.
The owner is desired to take him away,
and pay charges.
ROBERT ANDREWS, jailer.

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BLANDFORD, September 6, 1775.
I INTEND to Great Britain immediately,
and to return in a few months. The
business carrried on here by me, for John
Baird and co. will now be transacted,
during my absence, by mr. Thomas Scott,
under the direction of mr. John Baird.
WILLIAM McWHANN.

SEPTEMBER 10, 1775
IT is recommended that the distant re-
cruits provide, each man one blanket,
and that the officers be careful to enlist
none but good men, those who are to be
rifle-men to be good marksmen. The
Committee of Safelty have done everything
in their power to provide blankets, and
other necessaries; but, for fear they have
not been able to procure a sufficient quan-
tity, it will be prudent for the men, in
the meanwhile, to furnish themselves
with some necessary clothing, until the
meeting of the committee, who are to sit at
Hanover town on the 18th of this instant,
to regulate every thing relative to the
forces. (2)
THOMAS BULLITT, adjutant general.

ALL persons who have any demands
against the erstate of William Allen
Burton, late of Cumberland county, de-
ceased, either by specialty or open account,
or any other way, are desired to make
them immediately known to the subscri-
ber, that they may be adusted and dis-
charged. Also all persons who are indebted
to the said estate are entreated to make
immediate payment to (2)
MARY BURTON. executrix.

KING WILLIAM COURTHOUSE,
September 10, 1775.
RUN away from the subscriber on sun-
day the 27th ult. an English indentured
servant man named THOMAS BEMISH.
about 5 feet 8 inches high, well set, of a
brown complexion, has short black hair,
a scar on his breast, the size of a dollar,
occasioned by a burn or scald, and another
on his right leg about three inches long,
which was by the cut of an ax; he was
sold for a bricklayer, but knows nothing
of the business. He carried with him a
blue narrow broadcloth coat, which has
been turned, a reddish boradcloth jacket
lined with white Virginia cloth, a pair of
dark coloured jeans breeches, two osnaburg
shirts, osnabrug trousers, one osnabrug
jacket, a fantail castor hat, an old felt hat,
country made shoes with odd yellow metal
buckles, and a pair of stockings. Who-
ever apprehends the said servant, and con-
veys him to me, shall have 40s. reward.
DANIEL LIPSCOMB.

TAKEN up in James City, a BLACK
HORSE about 12 hands high, about 9
years old, with a hanging mane and short
switch tail, and branded on the near but-
tock with three dots. Posted, and ap-
praised to 6l.
JOSEPH EGGLESTON.

TAKEN up in James City, at Fox's ordi-
nary, a BAY MARE about 14 hands and
a half high, about 8 years old, with a
hanging mane and switch tail, her hind
feet white, trots and gallops, but has no
brand perceivable. Posted, and appraised
to 20l.
BENJAMIN FOX.

STRAYED from the subscriber, a BAY
MARE, 4 feet 3 or 4 inches high, with
a blaze in her face, three white feet, a
roached mane, and branded on the off
buttock like a fish-hook; she paces, trots,
and gallops, and goes wide behind when
she paces. I will give 20s. reward to any
person who will contrive her to mr. Wal-
ter Coles in Halifax, or to me in Albermarle.
JOHN COLES.

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SUSSEX, August 28, 1775,
A MULATTO girl, that appears to
be about 14 years old, came to my
quarters in Sussex the 25 instant. She says
her name is CRESSIE, and that she belongs
to William Shepherd of Essex county; she
appears to have been severely whipped.
I shall give orders that she may stay till
her owner comes for her.AUGUSTINE CLAIBORNE.

RUN away from the subscriber in Din-
widdie, the 5th day of April last, a
dark mulatto man named JEMMY, 5
feet 9 or 10 inches high, well made, has
remarkable long feet, the middle toes lon-
ger than the rest, which they ride over,
has lost part of one of his fore teeth, which
occasions the next to it to look blue, is a
very artful fellow, and will probably en-
deavour to pass for a freeman; he is very
fond of singing hymns and preaching, and
has been about Williamsburg every since he
went off, passing by the name of James
Williams. Whoever apprehends the said
slave, and secures him so that I get him
again, shall have 40s. reward, and if de-
livered to me in Dinwiddie 4l.
DAVID WALKER.

THREE POUNDS REWARD.
RUN away from Fredericksburg, on the
7th instant (August) JOSEPH SMITH,
a Scotchman, by trade a painter, appears
to be about 33 year of age, 5 feet 9 or 10
inches high, very fleshy, much marked
by the smallpox, has light brown hair,
which he commonly wears plaited behind,
curled at the side, and fastened with pins.
He took with him two coats, one of them
a dark brown pretty much wore, the other
a light brown, very short, with buttons at
the sleeves, a nankeen and a gray cloth
waistcoat, two pair of brown linen and a
pair of black silk stocking breeches, three
check and two white shirts (he commonly
worked in his check shirts, therefore it is
probable they may have some paint on
them) two pair of stockings, one of them
mixed yarn, the other ribbed thread, two
pair of shoes, one of them old, the other
almost new, country made. Whoever
takes up the said servant, and secures him
in any jail, so that he may be had again,
or delivers him to col. Fielding Lewis in
Fredericksburg, or mr. Lund Washington
at Mount Vernon, in Fairfax county, will
be, by either of those gentlemen, paid the
above reward, exclusive of what is allowed
by law. (6)

RUN away from the subscriber, at
West Point, in King William county,
the 21st of last December, a very likely
Virginia born negro man, named MIKE,
about 22 years old, six feet high, and stut-
ters much; had on, when he went away,
a suit of negro cotton, but may probably
change his clothes. I forewarn all masters
of vessels from carrying him out of the
colony. Whoever brings the said negro
to me shall have 3l. reward, besides what
the law allows, and if taken out of the
colony 10l. (tf.) JOHN WEST.

TAKEN up in Orange, a BLACK
HORSE about 14 years old, 4 feet
3 inches high, has a small white spot on
his shoulder, some white spots on his off
side, and branded WL in a piece. Posted,
and appraised to 5l.
MOSES LUCAS.

TAKEN up in Brunswick, a RED SOR-
REL MARE, about 3 years old, 4 feet 3
inches and a half high, has some white in
her forehead, a white streak and snip on
her mane, is dockt long, but not branded.
Posted, and appraised to 7l.
CHARLES KING.

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JAMES CITY, September 8, 1775.
THE plantation whereon I now live,
containing 1356 acres and a half of
land, is now for SALE, and may be enter-
ed upon immediately. Any person incli-
nable to purchase must apply for the same
in one month from the date hereof.
JOHN C. COCKE.

RUN away from the subscriber, in
Gloucester county, on the 14th of this
instant (May) a negro man named NED,
about 19 or 20 years of age, five feet two
or three inches high; rather of a tawny
complexion, has some ringworms on his
face, and some white hairs in his head;
his clothing was an old brown coat, and
a yelow striped cotton waistcoat. I
bought him last March at the sale of mr.
John Shermer in James City county, for
Mann Page, junior, esquire. He was
brought from one of his quarters in King
William county, and I have reason to be-
lieve that he will go to those parts, or to
his mother, who lives with mr. Thomas
Booth, in Richmond town. Any person
who will take up the said slave, and secure
him so that I get him again, shall be paid
40s. by Mann Page, junior, esquire, to
whom the negro belongs.
(tf) JAMES JONES.

FOR SALE,
A TRACT of LAND, containing 3000
acres, whereon a plantation which
has employed, for some years past, twelve
or fourteen slaves; this tract lies in the up-
per end of King William county. Also a
tract lying in the lower end of the said
containing 1100 acres, and
pleasantly situated on Paumunkey river; a
brick dwelling-house, with necessary offi
ces, a fishing shore and a lively ferti-
ility of soil, recommend the latter tract to
settle in life. Possession will be delivered
on the 25th of December next, to the pur-
chaser, or purchasers, who will have li-
berty of sowing fall grain. Mr. Benjamin
Grymes, jun. of Orange, will make known
particulars to any person who may be in-
clined to purchase the whole, or any part
of the said tracts. Credit till the first of
January 1777 will be allowed by
JUDITH ROBINSON,
(tf.) LUCY ROBINSON,
BENJAMIN GRYMES, jun.

To be SOLD in Amherst county,
FOUR THOUSAND acres of exceedi-
ing good tobacco LAND, being part
of a large tractformerly advertised, toge-
ther with a very calculable gristmill, upon
Buffalo river. This land is equal to any
that has yet been sold of the tract. The
time of payment will be made agreeable
to purchasers. Mr. Gabriel Penn, who
lives near the land, is authorized to bargain
for it, and will show it to any person in-
clinable to purchase.
(tf) CARTER BRAXTON.

For SALE,
A TRACT of LAND in Caroline county,
near Newmarket, containing about
3000 acres of well timbered land, having
thereon two plantations, in good repair,
with proper and convenient edifices for
farming, or making tobacco. For terms
apply to the subscriber.
(tf) JOHN BAYLOR.

For SALE,
A TRACT of LAND in Caroline county,
contiguous to Mattapony, containing
about 2000 acres ofwell timbered land,
the property of mr. Robert Baylor. The
terms may be known by applying to mr.
Nathaniel Burwell in King William, mr.
John Armistead in Caroline, or mr. John
Baylor, executors. (tf)