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ar mrlted fmie fealirg wax in its wsy to (He gun, w'hth "tinued to the end of the gaard iron, when it fplit 'he flock, and went iv.o the ground. It is fa id a bl.ivkfmi;h, at work on the oproiiie fide of the (treer. was fo fenfibly affected by the fhock as to be turned rtUid and the hand, in which was a piece of iron, fo unb''d as not to recov er for fome hours. jme phy ficiaas, beir.g near, attempted to bleed both the killed, immediately afttr the ftrokc; but the few drops th.it were drawn were obferved to be thick and black, although there was not the lead hurt.vifible on either of the bouies. This inltance may afford for the curious to cot jettture whether the attraction of the iron ftove in the garret might rot be the natural caufe of the lightning's falling on the houfe, as undoubtedly the effect that the blackfmith felt at a very littledilhr.ee proceeded from the iron in his hand which feems to prove, beyend all reafonable doubt, force of attraction in metals, and the expedience of placing electrick points on houfes, to prefeve from the fatal effects of lightning Snme time in the month of Ma ch 1 all Mifs Levina Lyon, daughter of Captain Nchemiah Lyon, and Mifs Molly Led pt, both of Woodrtock town, in one day carded and Ipun 22 fkeigns of good tow yarn and a few days after Mifs Martha Lyon, toiler to the fsid Levina, and the faid Molly, fpun 194 knots of good linen yam in one day They begun abem fix in the mommg, and left off about nine night.

An example well worthy of imitation, and which may be relied on for truth. NEWPORT, June is. The General AfTembly of this colony met at me Court Houfe in thi town on Tuefday tall. On Thurlday thy entered upon theconfideration of the petitions, preferred at a former feliion of the Affembly, of the Gcntl men who fuffered by the riots in this town in the mnth of Auguft.J76$; and, after debating upon the affair, the quellion was put whether cc mpenfation fhould be allowed or not, which palled in the affirmative. It was after wards voted by the Lower Houfe that the petitioners be directed to lay before the Houfe, upon oath, in account of their loffes accordingly, on Saturday, Doctor Moffat exhibited an account of the dotnage fultaincd by him, From, 1 the LONDON CHRONICLE.

Tj the PR1XTER. R. BY the benevo'ence of my friends 1 am fee up in .1 genteel bufincl's that requires my Ci utant attention and anendance, which I mull not neglect to ve, both in gratitude to my friends, to attain their end in putting me into it, and my own of undertaking it, to make a fortune if 1 can. I am liefh and blood, Ac. as well as other folks ard nature begins to work fadly upon me.

She wlnlpers in my ear, at particular times, George, a wife." She might as well whifpe. George, harg yourftlf." To bcfj'c, in about or 10 ycar I might with propri 'efy l.llen to fuch a propolal but at prel'ent what can I do? Neither can I artord to matnnin wife, or fa much time a 'to provide one agair.it the time 1 might be able to maintain her. 1 cannot neglccl my bulinef, became it is by a thorough care of it I can hate a vife at all. Some make an advantageous fpeculafion who go a wile trading, but in me it would be a loiing concern, until I have made my fortune, and it then 1 make a lofirg voyage I can the better bear it. Now being thus fo lirked to my bufir.rfs, cannot find time to go a courting.

Some mike their court rnt very iho others again amongtl whom I mull rank my I'd very tedious. The Ladus love adoration, ard may be years before they are brought to. This being the cafe, by the time I had made my fortune, and afterwards courted a wife, pad I'd be pall mark of mcuth. Therefore (and a. 1 fuppofe there are many in my fituation) 1 am for propping a new and abolifliing an old cullom.

their bung no flCOrrfffnwiuij. NORFOLK, 'b f. THE little indulgence fhown mc by mv creditors. ohhVp me to call in mv cuitli.indiner lent ll I his is therefore to icquelt all thole that ate indebted to mc In' bond, note of hand, or othcrwiir, to make immediate pavment, orherwife I ih.tll be con III. lined, however dif agreeable, to commence luits immediately.

JOHN WILSON. THE Subscriber, who intends for FngLiiJ loon, propoles to return with Fritfijb horfes and mates tor inch Gentlemen as may pleale to favour him with their oulets. THOMAS FORTH. To be SOLD together, or in parcels, A BOUT 3000 ACRES of LAND, in ll.irwvfr 1 outity, within fix or I even miles of (je's warehoufe. I pi oixil'e attending ILwvvcr court in Auufl next, 4 to receive propolals hut if any one (hould incline to treat looner, the tcims, which will he very reafntuihle may be known by applying to me at Rrmo, in Henrico county.

5 BOWLER COCKE, Jun. Run away from Cape Fear, Nor th Carolina, HTHREE NEGRO FELLOWS, viz. CUDGOE, about ic, years old. This fellow has no maik by which lie can be detained, other than that he looks older than he really is. JEMMY, now 14.

years old. One his arms wasburnt when a child, by which the main finew is viiinly contracted, but not lb as to prejudice his Thcl'e two ive been cone about twelve months. BRISTOL, law to oppofe mc, and truly I think the women have Mellow younuj fellow. He was kicked by a horl'e when .1 had it in their own way long enough. 1 a brijiivnin under his Rv Crhm I Ml oyf txtendinjr his check down to his jaw bone.

a vw wwaxf iilUI (V 7 Mill V. 1 1 1 more frequent, and matrimony meet with moie encouragement and refpeft than it has done of U'c. Manifold and evident will be the advantages accruing amounting to 960 1. fterling. This account cot being fo from fuch a change.

Mary an uhfoitunatc young man particular in the enumeration of the aitides as the Houfe cxpefted, it was rejected. The whole was then referred to the next feflion 5 and in the mean time the petitioners are to make out lilts of their refpeftive lofTcs, and etli mate their value in as particular a manner as may be, for the infpettion of the Houfe. NEWT 0 II June 18. We hear by Captain Pell, from Coik, that nine fail of large tranfports were jult arrived there from England, having on board part of the icth, 16th, 18th, and 26th iegiment, the whole of which were on their paMage to thit place, from whence they were to fail again about the 12th ult. for New York.

June 22. By Captain Nctnn, from New Providence, we have an account that o( the hunch feamen who had been lately carried in as prifemers there for murdering the Captain of a French floop, bound fiom the MifTfippi for Cape Francois, fome'time in March lait, one of them turr.ed King's evidence upon which the ether two had been condemned to die, an 1 accordi. gly one was executed on the 29th of May laft, and afterwards hung in chains, and that the other was to undergo the fame puniflimeni ontheFriday following. The fl 'op hr.d alio been taken up and brought in, without havii been call away, as reported. We hear alfo that the riming for ealuie on the Spanifh wreck mentioned to he call away, fome time ago, on the Bahama banks, had not been fo fucceftful as has been reported; but that the wretkerswee 11.

II exerting their powers in that affair, and that the utmoll they had recovered would fcarce amount to 20,000 piece of eight. Friday laft we had fmart gult of thunder and lighti.ing, attended with much rain. The lightning tlruck an uninhabited houfe at the Frefh Water, an (battered it tnuch but have not as yet heard of any other damage done thereby. PHIL ADELPHIA, 25. Sunday laft the brig Mansfield, Captain Kmcrfon, arrived here from Martinico Captain Boon, the late commander, unfortunately fell overboard, on the 15th inftant, off Cape Hatteras, and was drowned; his body was taken up in about ten minutes, but no figns of life appeared.

Captain Todd, from Madeira, informs that on his outward bound pafiage, on the 25th of March, about eij ht o'clock at night, in lat. 33 Ion. 39 7, being then in a hard gale of wind, and heavy fea, kud ding under his fquarefail, he had like to have run on a doub'e decked brig, which he took to be American buiit, lying in the trough of the fea, without any jierfon on board, or ar.y fail fet her fore topfail tore all to piece.5, her main topnidlt gone, and her boom out of the crotch. Captain Todd furier advit'es while he was at Madeira he heard that an order had come from the Kinp of Portugal to forb'iJ the admitting any moie Nuns or Friars into the Convei.ts, being determii cd to fuppteii the conHning fo many people, who rniht be more i fetully employed for the good of the community. AN A OL IS, June 25.

Mcr.d.iy I. ft arnvtd here om I.ond the brigntine Klellu.jr'buccils, Capt. Monifon. having on board cf r.i; i ven years lent heie lor the ingenuity. As ihey luve tr.e fir.allpox on board, they are pne up to fitimore, where it is faid (lie will pertoirn cj a.

jnk.nc, ag'Ccable to a lute act Alkaisly. will lave his life; diffimulation and coquetry will be entirely extirpated, and virtue and modclly be on as rcfpectablc a footing as ever, if not better. My fcheme, in fhort, is this, Mr. Printer, the women Jho di court the men. Now the murder is our.

Heyday! howl how! methinks 1 heir all the female tongues in Chriftendom ringing in my ears. What fay the women, give up our only dominion Heaven knows, our's ends generally on our wedding day, or after the hnrev mnnn at ftir'kiHl I An1 i I ty a so; never heard the like nymphs; hear me but one word In fuch a cafe, and upon fuch a change, there will be dominion on neither fide, but a confoiiniiy of actions, eteinl harmonv, tailing love and peace throughout your lives. Indeed it is true. I am Sir, Your humble fervmt, 0 I T. WILLIAMSBURG, July 9.

This fellow been gone about 20 months, and is liippoleil to have made his way for KuhnonJ county, in Virginia, where he has three biothcis, whom the I'libknbn fold to Col. Tuylcf, one of his Majefty's Council. Whoever bring the laid Negroes, or any of them, to Mr. Wu.i.ik Jones, Kuanclr river, or to the fwbicriber at Caf Frur, ih.ill have 1'IVE POUNDS I'irinia money for acli Negio lie biings, 4 UF.OKGli' MOOKK. 1 UN away from the luhlcrihcr, living AV Jn GkuceJItr county, on Friday the 3d inftant 'July) a Negro 111.111 n.imcd he is a llioit well made lellow, of a yellowirti complexion, his hair very long on the foic and hind part of his head, and cut ot fhaved on the top; had on when he went awav a cotton wniilcoat, canval's fhirt, and crocus brceclies, aiuf took with him a b.us a hi rlotb (i.it, Softly, foftly, my fair a of blue velvet breeches, red velvet wailli oat, avvhite Unit, black ve lvet can, a pair of blur wot 'llockings.

As he is a veiy lenfible fellow, it is inltaiilt he may endeavour to make his cfcipc to lome othir countiy, and pei haps pals for a ficeinan. Whoever appicbcndH the laid runaway, and conveys him to me, lliall hive joe. icwar if taken in Gloucejhr county; if taken in any i.tlurt'eiiint" l. and if taken out of the colony, 5 1, befulcs what is allcmcil by law. ill JOSF.PII SEAWELL.

CTOLZiNlihc fuhfcribcrT Y'ork town, a SILVER WATCH, with two icaU, one gold and the other filvcr, a llcel chain, and the two hill tieisof the Aibl'ddti'i's name engraved on the back the As On Wcdncfday the lit infhint died at lhc faid watch was taken fiorh on board the fhup l.uty, lying after a litiiicrinz illuefs. Colonel 1 who for thefe many ycats has carried on a very e.xtenlivc trade in that place, with the greattlt credit and honour. He wa: a CJentle man eminently diftinguilhed tor the hriltian and locial virtues, which makes his dcath'uuiverfally regretted. On Tuefday the 30th ult died, at his houfe in Smithfield, Mr. JAMES EASSON, merchant there a Gentleman much cfttemcd for his candour and integrity.

He was uniform and Heady in his friendfhip, to his wife an indulgent hulhand, to his children a tender parent, and to his fervants a kind mailer. His death is an irreparable lofs to his family, and will be much regretted by all who had the pleafure of knowing him. Cleared from the Upper Die! rid of James river. "June 4. Fauquier, Robert Necks, for London, with 34 hhds.

ot tobacco, 10 lilnls. and 1 box of (kins, 5 tuns 12 hundred, 2 qwuteis, and 21 lb. of hemp, 66 A copper oie, 1 Mid. and 5 bags of cotton, 1 ijuartei calk of wine, tuns and a half ot pig and bar iion, 5 pie.ces ot walnut, and 10,000 ftaves. 5.

March, Thomas Bnttei field, for Bernnidi, with 1553 bu'hels e.f com, to barrels ot puik, and 60 wt. ot t.dlow, 8. Weil India Packet, Robert Oiawfoid, Batbados, with 1700 bulhels ot corn, 200 buihtis ot and 1 hhd. of teibacco. 'July 2.

Ktilannia, Nicheilas Morgan, for Siletn, with 1750 huihfcis and a ot coal, 10 bulheis ut wheat, 0 bufheli ti' beans, and 4 barrels of hi own lugar. 1. Brunlwick, RobeitStctl, for CilauVow, wiili jXohhds. of tobacco, 10 bas of cotton, 10,000 lUves, and 1000 fe.tt of plank. 4..

Neptune, John Kilhtck, for Wl.itehavrn, with 251 hhds. of tolveccu, 2450 feet ot phi.k, and 57J0 llaves. 7. Lncv an I Polly, ohn hoen. an, toi K.nbado:, with 175 luiuls ed puik, 36 h.ncN ot tlowtr, 5 baueis of bread, 1 hhd.

of pejue, ai.d 1 ldid. oi tc'jaccj. at York, it is fuppoled to be Itolen by funic of the la.ior. VVhocver gives intelligence ed the laid watch, fo as it may be had again, dia have FORTY SHILLINGS fiom a JAMES PJ1IPPS. The fubfaiher has a (liiantity of fine West IndTa RUM and SUGAR for fate, on' realisable terms, for icady money.

J. P. up, in Fairas, two heifers, about 4 years old, one ot them all white, exce pt the head, which is black, the riht cai croppid, and a bole in the left i theothet a elaik bi indie, uiaiked with a ciop in the liht ear, and a hole in the left, with a nick in the under part of it i polteJ, and aj taifed to 21; s. each. BENJAMIN LUT1IERT.

A up, in DinivhUic, a bright bay lioife, about 4 feet inches high, with a ihoit fwitch tail and hanging mane, canters pictty well, but fl.uk of courage; polled, and appraifed to 10I. BENJAMIN NEWSUM. TAKEN up, in Cumberland, a ilmll daik bay mare, with a liar in her foiehcad, hanging mane and Iprig tail, af'ewfaddle ipots, ht left tore foot white, branded on the near buttock and on the near lhoulder JC polled, and appiaifcd to 30 II THOMAS HATCHER. TAKEN up, in James City, a bright bay rnare, a'wut 4 feet 2 incites hih, and branded en tlie near buttock D. THOMAS DONCASTI.E.

OTIC is htrebv criven that the Prizes in the. Maryand LAND, PLATE, and GOODS. lottery, are now ready to be delivered to fuch as purchafed TICKETS at the POST OFFICE in Willi am bl kg..