The Virginia Gazette from Williamsburg, Virginia • Page 3

in privately that within theft few Days fome vorydif areeable Things have piiTed between our Minifters and the Dutch Am. baifadour, concerning fome late Transactions in America, which have Iiitherto been concealed from the1 publick Eye. The Safety of the Nation dwelll with the common People, If they will refrdn from Drink and Bribery, tl.ry may return a Parliament, that, fcy a Miracle, may fave their Country. Yefterday being the Birthday of hit Royal Highnefs the Prince of Wales, who entered the 13th Year of his Age, their Majefties received the Compliments of the Nobility and Gentry, on the Occarion. His Royal Highnefs, attended by a treat Number of Nobility and Gentry, laid the flrft Stone of Richmond Bridge.

The Lettert that went from Paris the ad of July laft were flopped going out, and feveral of them opened others which were not opened were detained till the following Port, which occafion various Speculations. Inoculation, which was lately out of Repute in France, is now become fo much in Vogue that an Hofpital is going to be creeled for the Practice of it in Ihe Environs of Paris. Auguft it. Advice is faid to have been received from Paris, that the King Spain has actually inftfted on the Co operation of the Court of France with him, in a Scheme to be put immediately into Execution, and in Cafe of Non compliance threatened to diffblve the Alliance now fubfirt ing between the two Crowns; and that a Council wasfummoncd, when ic was determined to favour the Demand of his Catholick Majerty. A Defertion hai already bsifuu ta take Place amcngft the Troops at Borton.

A Serjeant and eight Men have deferted from one of the Regi. mehts, Corporal and four Men from ancther. It is faid that Governour Ilutchinfon will have a Penfion, for Life, on the Irifii Elhblifhmenr. Advice is received from Jamaica, that Sir George Bridges Rodney had defpatched a Man of War and a Schooner to the Havannah, to defirc the Covernour io deliver Bp all the Englifh Shipwrights, Artificers, tec, employed there, which Requeft was not only abfolutely refufed, but the Wan of War was ordered to quit the Place immediately. Several Patents of Irifh Peerage are now making out.

Amongft them there are, for certain, two Patriots in fie Irifh Houfe of Commons. There hath been alresdy abo.oool. in light Gold brought to the Bank, which has been exchanged for current Coin." The following melancholy Affair lately happened at the Court of Denmark. A Captain having afked Favour from the King, he granted iri but upon Prince Frederick, the Prir.cefs Dowager's Son, hearing of it, he fayk to the Captain, You fhall not have that Favour done you." The Captain anfwerrd, Then you and the Princefs Dowager are more King than the King himfelf." Immediately the Prince drew his Sword, and flashed him to the Heart. Let us admire the Happinefs of our Conftitution Would a Prince of Britain have efcaped the Punifhmcnt due to fo bafe an Saturday lad a great Match at Whift was decided near St.

James's, for toco I. a Corner. 4. BATH, Augujl 15. On Tuefday laft Mr.

Dupre'i famous Horfe Amphyholeigy, rode by himfelf, trorted fixteen Miles on the London Roarfnear this City, for a Wager of ioo Guineas. He was allowed an Hour to do it, but performed it with Eafe in rive Minates within the Time. On Monday Lord Robert Spencerjand the Honourable Peregrine Bertie, Candidates for the City of Oxfprd at the enfuing General Election, gave art elegant Entertainment to the, Chamber, and likewife treated the Freemen in general, for which upwards of eighty Houfes were opened lor the Entertainment of the Electors. EDINBURGH, Aug ft 6. The 11th ult.

Lieutenant William Grant, late of the 4jd Regiment, took Shipping from Fort William, with his "Wife and Family, and about 150 other Paffehgers, for Mull, where they 'are to go on Board the Moore, M'Larty, of Greenock, for New York. Mr. Grant rented a confiderable Farm in the Coiinty of Urquhart, Inver fier.lhire but an extravagant Rent has obliged him to abandon it, and retire to America. The Highlanders going out with him are chiefly from the County of Urquhart and the Wilds of Clennvrifon, and nothing but extreme Poverty would have obliged them to abandon their native Country They haveSaken out a Schoolmafter along with them. i JL Li 1 A a RID AY, UCIVPCr 14.

TH 1 Day an Exprefs arrived from his Excellency the Governour, who has fent Copies of feveral Speeches that patted between him and the Chiefs of the Six Nations and Delaware wherein they greatly fcupprove of the Murders and Outrages committed by the Sbawanefe, and promife to uft their bert Endeavours to bring them to a Treaty with his Excellency, when it is hoped a permanent Peace will be eftablifhed, and an End put to an Indian War, fo ruinous to the Frontier Inhabitants, as well as expenfive to the Country. 1 Wo alfo learn, from the btft Authority, that his Excellency intends to return to this City in Time to meet the GENERAL ASSEMBLY, on the 3d Dzy of next Month, fb which Time they were prorogued by hia Excellency's lait Proclamation. II A December 4, 1766. ORDERED; that the Clerks of the feveral Comity Courts in this Colony do tranfmit to the Clerk of this Houfe, in thefirft Part of every Meeting of the General AjfcrrMy, a Lift of the Tuhables in their Conn ties, containing the Names of fuch Tith able and that they tianfmit alfo, at the fame Time, a Lift of the publick Charges of their refpetiive Counties. Ordered, that the Clerk of this Houfe doc aufe the fame to be piMiflwdjn the Virginia Gazette, By the Houfe of Burgefes.

G. WYTHE, h. b. To the Reverend the CLERG Y. Gentlemen, will be pleafed to obferve, that, according to the Agreement entered into by thofeof you who honoured the late Convention with thtir Attendance, the ioth of next Month falls out to be the Day on which our Body is to meet at the College.

I am, your loving Brother, and humble Servant, College, Oaobtr iz, 1774. JOHN CAMM, CABIN POINT, Otloltr 10, 1774. AS. the Store kept by me on Account of Lmiu Gilniour. and Co.

at Mr. Jmct BtHcbtit is difcontinued, all Perfons indebted thereto are requefted to make immediate Pay ment to Mr. 76 Maehy, who is properly empowered to receive the fame. Thofe who have it not in their Power to make immediate Payment are earneflly defired to fettle their Accounts, by giving Specialties to Mr. Mackav, who attends at Cabin Point for that Purpofe.

ftf) JOHN STEWART. To be SOLD to. the higheft Bidder, for ready Money, oi Wednefday the 26th Inftant (Otfober) at Lyd dal'Bacon' Ordinary, in New Kent, THREE likely NEGROES, Stocks of CATTLE and HORSES, and a 1 his HOUSEHOLD and KITCHEN FURNITURE. They are fold by Virtue of an Execution obtained in New Kent Court, by Me(T. 7obn Eilbeck, David Mi, and Co.

againft the Eaate of the faid BatJ JSIAH H0LT' S' SMITH FIELD, Septtmba 1774 ROBIN, a black Fellow, well made, about five Feet ten Inches hih, abfeonded from Mr. Rice Peine, to whom he wa hired, about eight Weeks ago his Clothing was, when he entoff, a Negro Cotton Waiftcoat and Breeches much wore, and prrhaps an old Pair of Troufers. am apprehenfive he is lurking about WW River, or Ntrfdh. As he was always fond of the Water, I ex pea he will endeavour to infinuate himfelf fo far in Favour cf forne of the M.fters of VeiTels as to make them believe he is free. I forbid any Hm snH will reafonab reward any One who will deliver hiro to A AT I GOLDSMITH, weak the Chvech, IV ILL I A HA for Sale all Sorts of Country made GOLD and SILVER WORK, and has juft imported from London a genteel Aflbrt ment of PLATE and JEWELLERY, which he will fejl at lower Kates than ufual.

Old SILVER taken in Exchange for new Work at 7 a. per Ounce, and GOLD at 5 1. 5 s. He repairs his own Work that tails, in a realonable Time, without any Expenfc to the Purchafer. WILLIAMSBURG, OaderJi, 1774.

IB Leave to inform the Publick, and particularly thofe Gentlemen who were pleafed to takt my Subfcrip tion Papers to their refpeflive Counties, to raife a fmall Sum of Money in each for the Encouragement of making SALT, that after viewine many Places on this and the other Side of the Bay, and on the Sea Coait of the Eafltrn Shore, 1 have now fixtd on a very convenient Spot on that Coaft for ereQing proper Works and as nothing more can be done on my Part without muft bg the Favour cf them to forward Sums as they may be able to collect, to Robert Carter Mebolat, Efquire, who is fo kind as to take the Trouble of receiving and paying the Mcnty out to me. Proper Security fhaU be lodged in his Hands, for any Sum that I may draw. The Certainty of my being able to make Salt, as good as any whatever, is hardly to bo doubted, from the feveral Experimnts which 1 have mad, and which are pretty fully ceitihert by Gentlemen of Veiacity, wliofe Certificates will be lodged in the Hands of Mr. Nichas. Gentlemen: will readily fee the Nectffity I am under of requtding fpeedy Affiflance.

when I inform them that 1 have for fome.Tirr.e patt devoted my whole Attention to this Eufineft, and gWen ever every other Purfuit trom which my Family might have derived any Advantage, and. that, in Ordet to put the Woiks in at great Forwardnefs was in my Power, I have, incurred a confiderable Expenfe, and been obliged to contract for fome of the oeceflary Materials. JAMES TAIT. AT the Requeft Mr. James 7 I do hereby certify that he hath lodged in my Hands his Bond with fuch Securities', as I am pvrfuaded will he approved, for his diligent and expeditious Profecution of his Scheme of making Salt and a faithful Application and Expenditure of all fuch Sums of Mcney, as may be contributed for fo defirable a Purpofe.

He is extremely anxious to enter upon the' Work, and flatters himfelf that he will be enabled to do it very fpee dily, from theTAFurances Hereceivcd of being fuf ported by a generous Affiflance from different Counties. RO. C. NICHOLAS. PURSUANT to an Order of Halifax County Court, will be let, at the Courthcufe of the faid County; on Ttef day the ift of November, to the leweft Undertaker, the Building of an elegant new Wooden Courthoufc a Plan of which may be feen, and the Terms of Payment made known, at the Tim of Letting.

Bond, and good Security, be required for the Performance. ROBERT. WOODINC. CEORCE BOYD. COLES.

ISAAC At the fama Time and Place will to the loweft the Building of a genteel Dwelling Houfe for the Reception of Gemlemen, c. a Plan of which may be feen, and the Payments made known, at the Time of Letting. ROBERT WOODING. For: A THAT valuable and well fituated Lot in Wtlliamjburi the CotTeehoufc is now kept, which may be entered upon the ift of rfpril next. Alfo a Tract of Land in Nanfemond County, within thrte Miles of Suffolk, upon which is a good Stream for a Mill; It is well timbered with Oak and Pine, contains fome very good Meadow Ground, produces good Corn and Wheat, and is capable of great Improvement there ia a very good Dwelling Houfe, and all nectffary Houfes fcr Cropping, with a fine young Orchard of Apple and Peach Trees.

It likewife may be entered upon the firft of April For Terma apply to David Meade, Elq; atAf Mr. Jojepb Prentit, Attorney, Williamburg; Mx.WilliCowper, Merchant, in Suffolk ortotheSubfcriber, in Halifax Town, North Carolina, (tf) JOHN WEBB. To be at publick Auction, to the higheft Bidder, at New Kent Courthoufe, on Thurfday the ioth oNovember, being Court Day, THAT well accuflomed Ordinary, lying about two Mile above the Courthoufe, on the main County Road leading to Hllianfiurg, and belonging to the Eflate of WWim Bailey, deceafed. Twelve Months Credit will be allowed the Purchafers, on their giving Bond with approved Security to the Executors. ANNE BAILEY, 7 ROGER TANDY, Executors, JOHN BAILEY, 3 YORK Town, OElober.

10, 1774. RU away from the Subfcriber, hft'Friday, a likely Virginia born Negro Man called JOHNNY, about aa Years of Age, five Feet eight Inches high, has a down Look, and walka upright he carried with him a Variety of Clothes, is fond of Liquor, in which he is very talkative and infmuating, has beeo always bred to the Houfe, and is an extraordinary good Waiter. This Fellow formerly belonged to AmiRead Ligbtfott, Efq; deceafed, and is remarkable for Cock fighting, Card playing, and many other Games. I fufpect he will pafs as a Free, man, and endeavour to get out of the Colony, as he can read and write. All Matters of VefTels are cautioned not to carry him ff, at their Peril.

I will give 40 s. if taken within this Colony and brought home, befides what the Law allows, or 5 1. if taken in any other Colony. 1 CHARLES GRYMES. RUN away from the Subfcriber, in Band forJ, on.

Tuefday the 4th Inftant (OEloher) an indented Servant Man named JAMES TURN BULL, by Trade a Tailor had on, when he went away, a dark blue Coat with Silver Bafket Buttons, Scarlet Waiftcoat, light blue Breeches, fine Worfted Stockings, a Pair of Silver Buckles in his Shoes of the Macaroni Tafte, and a fmall round bound Hatflouchcd. He walks very lame, but rode a fmall CHESTNUT SOR RELMARE with a Star in her Forehead. Whoever delivers the faid Runaway to me, or fecures him fo that 1 get him again, fhall be hand fomely rewarded, befides what the Law allows. (xj) ANDREW HAMILTON. THE Subfcriber has for Sale a likely Negro Fellow, who ferved a confiderable Part of his Time at the Sfu Factory at Norfolk, and of Courfe underflands that Bufinefs.

He is 24 Years old. Whoever wants fuch a Fellow may know the Terms by applying to (1) JQHN STEWART. OMMITTED to the Jail of Northumber land, the iyh of September, a new Negro Man who fays he belongs to a Captain of a Ship, and as well as I can underftand calls himfelf SAM. He'is about five Feet fix or feven Inches high, and well fet. The Owner is defired to take him away, and pay Charges.

() JESSE ALEXANDER, Jailer. OMMITTED to Tork Friion, a lufty young Mulatto Woman named MILLY, who fays fhe belongs to Mr. fobn Uudner. of Fauquier County; The Owner is defired to pay Charges, and take her away. WILUAM MITCH ELL.

TAKEN up, in Henrico, a fmall BLACK COW about four Year old, with a red Bull Calf. The Cow is marked with a Crop, Slit, Hole, and Underkecl, in the right Ear, and a Crop and Slit in the left. The CaJ has po Mark. Pcfted, and apptaifed to 40 s. EPHRAIM CATHRIGHT.

As the Bate Srtor oppofite Mr. TvkNjtt't Store, I I A utiij wave to iniorm ttit i'uWiCK, that he makes and fens an Sorts Xj of Gold, Silver, and Jewellery Work, after the newefl Fafhions, and at the loweft Prices, for ready Money only. Thofe who are pleaftd to favour him with their Commands, may depend upon havirtf their Work done in the neaeft Manner," mi the fhorteft Notice, and a grateful Acknowledgment. Ccmmiffions from the Country will be carefully obferved, and punctually anfwered. He gives the higheft Prices for OLD GOLD, SLVER, or A 0 either in Calh or Exchange.

0 T. A September 1774. WHEREAS, by a Decree of the Honourable the Ceneral Court, April ij, 1771, in a Suit irt Chancery, Edward Dixon, and other, Co nj aeaii.it TbofatTinnr, and others, Defendants, in Consideration of the Reports made and returned, and the Order of his Majelty and his Privy it is, among other Thingi, decreed ard ordered, that the faid TLomat Trnert and the faid TT.hlltAmA atl Kit! Kily4rM VIAM ft lAa a4 Cofts, in the faid Decree mentioned and referred to, in Proportion to the Value of the Eitate which they took under the Will and of Th mat Turner the Teftator, in the laid Decree likewife mentioned and that the Edward Dixon, and Tkomat Turner, if they fhall tbjnkffo fell fo many of the Slaves devifed to tHem refpectively, and the Children of the faid Edward, by the Will of the ftid Teftator, as will raife Money fuffi cient to pay and difcharge their Proportions of the faid Debts and Coils, as by the faid Decree may particularly appear. And whereas the Pro portion of the faid Debts and Cofts, for which the Mi Edward and hia Children were made tefponfible by the faid Decree, amounts to about thfee Thoufrnd Pounds Current Money the faid fo4r4xapropofea to offer for Sale, to the higheft Bidder, for ready Money about a Hundred entailed SLAVES, devifed to him and his Children as aforefaid. The Sale to begin at his Plantation, near Burk't Bridge, in Carotin County, the 4th uf November next, and at his near the Ar Church, in the faid County, and at Port Royal, on the 8th Day of the fame Month, and at his Plantation, at the Cobitr Mountains, 1 in Fan ouier County, on the 18th Day of the fame Monti.

The faid Sale is to be continued till as much Mcney can raifed as will amount to the Proportion aforefaid. If cither cf the Days aforefaid fhould prove the Sale are be on the next fucceeding fair Days. A good Title wilt () EDWARD DIXON. N. B.

As I am givine: Trade, I requeft of all thofe whofe Accounts are unfettled on my Books to. come and fettle them immediately, and pay the Balances that are due, as no longer Indulgencecan bo given TO be fold at Cabin Point, on burfdav the 1 3th of this Inftant ((Weber) a new SLOOP, with her SaiU, Rieping, ffr. Borthtn about 3000 Bufhels, She will be fold for ready Monry. (j) JOHN STEWART. ALL Perkins are exprefsly forbid hunting or fowling on the Falls Plantation, Whoever, trefpafies.

after this Caution may depend on being profecuted. WTTTTAM "RT AfV js je 4 a(X44 JLmsk aWAava WILTON, CStber 3, 1774. ASINGLEMan that untlerftands teaching Englifii, Latin, Writing, and Arithraetick, will meet with very good Encouragement by applying to WILLIAM CHUKCHHILL. To fSOLD at publick Auttion, before the Raleigb, Door, on Friday the 29th Inftant (Oclober). four o'clock in the Afternoon, THAT valuable Tract of Land, neaf the Mouth of Anhti FJept Creek, where Mrs.

Tate lately lived. There are on it a commodious Dwelling Houfe and convenient out Houfes, and adjeining to thu high Land is a confiderable Quantity of very good Marfh. Any Pcrfort, inclining to purchafe may treat with Roi C. Nitbtlai, Efq; at to thu Payments, which will be made eafy upon Bond with approved Security and the Land, will be fliewft by Mr. Evirtrd't Overfeer, at the adjoining Plantation.

SARAH TATX. TUST arrived in River, the Elizabeth, Captain Leitcb, irom London, witn a rareei or neaity uoenttd acr ianr. MnfiAinv nt thamakeri. Tailori. RnMmakera.

Currien. Houfe Maid, and a School ma fierj which arc to be (old by the Captlii) on Board, or the Subfcriber in Ptttrjburg, (ag) THOMAS SHORE. To be SOLD, on Thurfday; 77th Inftant (Oaobcr) Mecklenburg County, near Ingram's Ford, oMe Tf nerrm iivcr, TWO Plantations with about 1000 Acres of Land, about a 00 Barrel of Corn, and the Fodder, as it (tsnds, Stocks of all Kinds, and a great Deal of Houfehold Furniture. Credit will be allowed the Purchafer until the ioth of April next, giving Bond with approved Security. A the Subfcriber intends to leave the Colony o( Virginia, and going to Georgia, all Perfons indebted to him are defired to come and difcharga their Accounts and all thofe who have any Demands againft him aio requefted to make them known, and they fhall be fatisftedV (1) WILLIAM ROBISdN.

To be SOLD, on Wednefday the igth of A BOUT 1000 Acres cf exceeding good LAND for Tobacco, Wheat, or Corn, in the lower End cf Middleh County, on Rappahannock River, which abounds with the fincft Fifh and Oyftcrs, and is very con venient to Church and Mill. The Land will be laid Tin fmall Parcels, to fuit Purchalert. One Half of the Money to be paid down, and the other Half the ioth of April 1775, fr Bond and Security will be required. The Land will be fhown by Benjamin Herrin, Benjamin Hack' ney, or the Subfcriber. WILLIAM CHURCHHILL.

To be SOLD, at Amherft Courthoufe, on Monday" the $th of December, being Court Day, FIFTEEN Virginia born SLAVES. Twelve or eighteen Montha Credit will be allowed, the Purchafer giving Bond with approved Security, to carry Intereft from the Date. The lntereft will be remitted to thofe who pay the Principal io twelve Months from the Day of Sale. DANIEL GAINES, To be SOL for ready Money, on Thurfday the loth Inftant (October) if fair, otherwife next fair Day, by Virtue of a Deed of ruft from Thomas Adnms, FIFTY FOUR Acres of LAND about five Miles above King WWiam Courthoufe, whereon is a good Dwelling Houfe, Outhoufei, and Garden, fituated on a publick Road, and commonly called the Bnrnt Ordinary alfo 15a Acres nearly adjoining thereto, and jaa Acres adjoining the latter. The Whole is good level Grain Land.

The Sale is to be at the firtt mentioned Place. (1) JOHN ROANE. 1 1 1 1 1 11. RU awiy from the Subfcriber, in IVeJl trtrelanj, a Scotch Convict Servant named THOMAS SCOTT, by Trade a Tailor, about five Feu feven Inches high, rather fhm made, pretty much marked with the Smallpox, wears his own light coloured Hair tied behind, freaks much in the Scotch Dialect, is much inclined to drinking, fond cf playing at Cards, fings Songs, and will pufh into any Company had on, when he went away, a long pfnabrug Coar, a black Cloth Wiftcoat, a Pair of Dove coloured Duroy Breeches, of turned Pumps Half foled, with a Pair of double rimmed Silver plate Buckles in them. Whoever brings the faid Servant to me, or fecures hi cn fo that 1 get h.m again, lhall bar; 40s.

Reward, hfkics what the Law allows. RICHARD CADCtE..