Rind's Virginia Gazette from Williamsburg, Virginia • Page 3

'cd to uu'. i Vjfit to the Court upon which the General AiTcmbly. Co'o iv, approving ot his Conduct tluii Service, were pleafed to re v.rnv ti liMn to their Sovereign in the mod nice! TYun and alfo'defired their Apent aim as lar as.jnvnt oe in Ms rower; of which, and fomc other TiatJlv Recommendations, Col. mil politely received in England, and in .1 Manner oltencr wilhed for experienced. i.i the Fall 1764, Mr went to intending to return to tfrrinia with viug oya o.

Dut while he was in he the bnt.jo Parliament met and paTed a 11 1 .1 rv i r.v iwcn Known in zmcrica oy rne OtllC 1 itle ot the stamp Act) which caned .111 viuvi titui uiuuiu iw iw l) lit Willi profitable, to which Col. Friends of the Anembly) got him appointed, thout the solicitation or even the know j. jje of Col. rr. About three Months the Appointment, he returned Kq London, for the hrit Time ws informed of the cceis of his Friends, who, to extend their vou.rs, ilill further became his Securities 1 a Bond for an immenfe Sum, conditioned the Performance of that (Met.

So with iwlvfaar I may fay, 'I Lit he had been appointed to that Office it is tmjl true true, be had accepted it, verj Head and Front of his Offending Hid that Extent no the Summer' 1765, the AiTembly's Acnt roie them of his Succcfs, and attributes Col. r's Appointment toa Compliment the paid to theirRecommendation. In a Ward, from the Agent's, andminy private Letter? it was well known how Col. rr came be appointed. And in particular a Certain Curitleman herein after named knew it But being more culpable himfclf, and being an Aiept in fcurrilous Inveclive, he fabricated a aagre Effigy, created after his own Like nefs, and infpired with his own Soul (1) uhich he baptifed with the Name of Col.

whom (becaufe more than three thoufand Miles diftant) he ucaicvl wlM unheard of Scurrility and bafe Detraction (2). hi Faith 'twas (Iranit, 'twas paffmgfbrangt, Ytwr pitiful, 'twas wondrous pitiful lhe Rreatelt Kogue cried out Kogtie frft this very Performer had folicitcd the Uffice Himfelf Here comw the Confemon Let it bear Wunefs The ConfelBon of Col. y. xi Wtm d. When tt was firft mentioned that there was to be at Tax laid on us, and before it 41 was well lenown in what Manner the Tax was to be laid, (3) Col.

R. C. offered him his I ntere It to get him appointed Receiver of the Tax, which he thought he might as well have as another, (4) as he had a 41 fmall Eftate, and a large Familvj and in 41 Confequence thereof did write Letters to 44 Englatid, (5) but when he came to con 41 lider of the Acl, and all the Confcqucn ces attending it, he would have recalled NOTES. I 4 nan Nhrtilia pefiora csgis fun Jacra tames was it latt Words. (2) The Reader ii.dtfrtd to be referred a "dying Speech in a Maryland of tm sum as his ()frhg.

I' fht firi! was in October 1764, "ich a Stamp Duty ivas to ra'fei in tic hnies. Every one ivhi hid ai the Confcjlr, kneiu what a u.o be fides there U'cre Cities f' the Hsufe cf Commas, which' Tjrj njiuiia Udober, dire Jay rc jue the ConfcjJ'sr's Utters, tnsrewer tt is ivsrth hi it was the Authority tl.it imptfui the Tax, and nst.tbt Tax itfi'fiwliJj tit AmcricanVjJyVflif Fir if the Law ltd hetn mfiltutitnaU they cught to have 1 ih 'niiud t) tr at mojl only petitioned fir (4) Ss thciht Cd. ivbxeuldm: iwnu cur Sentiment; cs ti Prsprxty tf the Aft I cut of the Cchrj twenty two Months he fire hit The Ccnftffor was on the Spjt and knew or Sentirhentst and by foliating fsr the Ojficcy marie tt prefumeable Law was agreeable ti his Cmntrymeni as is very jujily cljcrvcd by the Lirds in their lajl Prcfet on the Pajfage of the Atffor the Repeal. (5) The never could remember he had wrote Letters to folicit this Office till la' ly after his Memory was refrejhdlya Letter from Cel. A 1 a late worthy eafedy wherein Cel.

jays he is in Ptfeff.m cf Jsme on 3 U0 Jt JO him" But, on the contrary, the Confejfor has taken to himfelf the Merit if having re fufed to accept ity tho' preffed by a very honourable Friend, who ajjurcd he could procure it for him. (6) The Canfejor nraer difcovcred his Confederations cf the Conferences of the All till he was affured his Application was not attended with Succffs.So it kt 3 beprefumtdbis patriotic Spirit vas ft oh Fire by envy and D'rfappointment. But for his Honour it is to be confeffea that when it did hew itfelf, the Flame was ft hot as ti burn a meagre effigy and old Houfe, not withjlandir.g there were many Negroes prefect An honourable Multitude indeed If Col. has the Confejfir's Letters, it is certainly hie to recall them. Entered Inwards in the Diflrkl of South Pattnv maci.

Jur.e 1 4. Schooner Patowmaci, Henry MCabe, from Philadclphiat ivith 7 Cofks of Tin Ware, 4 Cafis and 3 Kegs of Nails, 12 Dozen Sickles, 2 Dozen Scythes, 1 Dozen Hoes, 1 Bundle Waggon Boxes, 1 Barrel Rozri, 1 Barrel Tar, 3 Hjds, 6 Tierces, 5 Bales, tt Boxes, 2 Cafes tmd 3 Hints of European Goods', 1 Pi japans, 3 Bundleiof Steel, 1 Hhd. Molaffes, 1 Quarter Cai Wine, 6 Barrel Loaf Sugar, ayHhds. Rum, 23 Barrels of Mufcovada Sugar, 3 Boxes of Soap, 1 Bundle tf flat Hati, and 1 Paffengtr. 14.

Ship Northumberland Henry Parry, a New Ship from, the Stoch: 23. Br'tgant'me Adventure, Thomas Adam, from Hampton, with 20 Tons, and 54 Gallons cf Portugal Wine. July 4. Ship Ranger, Hugh Wylie, from London, but laji from Hampton, with Jundry European Goods, and 2 Pajfengers. To be.S OLD At Rocky Ridge, James River, on the Jirjl Thurfday in Ottobcr next, EVERAL choice SLAVES, among which is a good Look.

Liedit will be allowed till the 10th of April next, the Purchafer giving Bond, with good Security. Five per Cmt. Difcount will be allowed for ready Money. THOMAS DUDLEY. July 10, 1766.

Fort Lewis, 7th of June, 1766. RAN away from the Subfcriber, at "Fort Lewis in Augujla County, the 22d of April lafti a large ftrong made Negro Fellow named PHIL, C'Quntjy born, about thirty five Years of Age, and talks pretty good Englijh; had on when he went away, an Oznabrig Shirt, a Cotton Jacket, Cotton Leggings, and an old HaL Whoever apprehends the faid Negro, and conveys him to me at thi3 Place, or to my Store at New London, Bcdfrd County, (hall have THREE POUNDS Reward, bclidcs hat the Law ALEXANDER BOYD. To be to the loteejl Bidder? on Friday the zyti of Auguft, MPHE Building of a Brick Church in St. Pours Parilh, Stafford County, in the Form of a CROSS, of the following Dimenfions; each to be 16 Feet in Clear for the Length, and 26 in Breadth, 2 Feet high to the Water Table, and '24 to the Cieling, with 3 Galleries. Any Perfons inclining to undertake th fame, are defircd to meet at the Church of the faid Parifh at the Time above mentioned.

FIVE HUNDRED POUNDS will be paia in nana, mc unacnajcer giving Jjona with fufficicnt Security for the faithful Performance of the faid Building. S. n. W. Fitzhuch, Oimth Wafdcni.

To be SOLD on next Charles City Court Day, A uaw wi tnni lyingun KtROTm City County, containing atyout 300 Acres, being the Land that Robert Harrifon of the faid County purchafed of William Wilcox. At the fame Timo will ba fold two Negroej, viz. a Man called BriftoK and a Woman called Frankni and a bav Horfc named Officer: The Wh6le bein made orer by the faid Harrifon to the Sub fcribers, to.utisfy three Judgments obtained aoainft him hv Samuel Fttherem tf itmt Ptt ft County, in the Court of Huftings in WtU liamfburg, for which the Subfcribcrs wcrf fpecial Bail. The Purchafers to give Cind and Secwrity; payable the Tenth Day of Otlober next, to William Harvvood, James Squthall. July xo, 1766 9 ha st hj JU XrfAA4AWd V4VV Court jJ A LEASE for Four Years of a Trat of Land lying in Charles City County, known by the Name of Whore's Point, containing i 80 Acres, more.

or lefs Likewife JL Feather Bed and Furniture, a lable, a Defle and Book Prers. a Corner two Mares and one Cow all maifs oyer by Mordccai Debnarn, Clerk of Charles City County Court, to William Harwood an4 James Southall, to fatisfy and pay One Hun dred and Forty five Pounds. brin Pr tt Ul three Judgments obtained againft Robert Harrifon and faid Deb nam, of Charles City for which the faid Harwood and Southall were fpecial Bail. The faid Debnam bas made over to thea all his Fees, that are'or fcall be due from the 2d of January 1766 to the 2d of January 1767; alfo all his Bonds and other outftand ing Debts, until they arc fully fatisfied and paid. Credit will be given to the Purchafers until the 10th of October next, for all Sums above Five Pounds WILLIAM HARWOOD.

JAMES SOUTHALL. Effex County, July i66. TAKEN up by the Subicribcr, a tooty' colour'd bay Horfe, about fourteen Hands high, and branded on the near Buttock IC. He paces tolerably" well, and had oii a pair of bid Shoes. Polled alJ ap pranca to eigne rounas.

jutirN Lht, junr. "A HE Subfcriber takes this Opportunity 10 acquaint tne rubiic, that he hath taken the LONG ORDIN ADV in the Town of New London, in the County of Bedford, where all Gentlemen Travellers who pafs that Way, may depend upon good Entertainment for themfelves, and plenty of Proviiions and good Pafturage for their Horfcs, at all Times of the Year, by Their humble Servant, FRANCIS THORP..