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To Mtf PURDIE fcf DIXON. GENTLEMEN, Doclci Chan lfr's "Appeal to the Publlck may not Ocjucrt in Wjinia, the v. in Fxtnfts thueirom may le fuvienblc to inloini the Minds, and ihovc the Prejudices, of who cthcrwife would Le fond of tlit Plan v. Inch the Doftor thciein recon.ir.erds. It may he 'oi'tr, in a Woik of this Nature, to make the following Declaration to the Publick (and I appeal to every Reader who is ac quainted with the Matter for the Truth of it) that it has been long fettled by our friend and Supenours at home, and the Clergy of thii Country have olten figiiified their entire Approbation and Acnuifcenee therein.

That the RiniopstobtfcnttoAn.eiicafhallhavenoAuthonty but purely of a fpiritual and ecckfiaflical Nature, fuch as is derived altogether from the Church, and not from the State. That thii Autho nty lhall operate only upon the Clergy of the Church, and not upon the l.aity. noi Dilfenters of any Denomination. That the Rifhop fhall net interfere with the I'ropcrty or Privileges, whether civd or religious, ol Churchmen cr Diflenters. That in particular they (hall have no Coni ern with the Probate of Wills, Letters cf Guardianfhip and Ad Humiliation, or Marriage Licenfcs, nor be Judges of any Cafes relating thereto; hut that they fhall only exercife the original Powers of their as before ftated, namely, ordain and govern the Clergy, and adniiniiler Confirmation to thole who fhall require it.

This, without any Refervation or Equivocation, is the cxadr Plan of an American Epifcopate, which has been fettled at home, and the only One on which Eifhopg have been requefled hue, cither in our gencial or more particular AddrcfTcs. As to Tithes, of which many Americans have had formidable Ap 11 prehenfions, there could be no Rcifon to fear the Payment of them here, even fhould the Authority of our Dilhops he as fuil and extenfive as it is in England. Tithes cannot be demanded by Bifhops in this Country, becaufe 'here arc none btlonin to the Church. They are demanded 41 in England only beiaufe they are due to the Church. They are due to the Church there, becaufe they have been freely given to it by the an cicnt Proprietors of the Lands and the Laws relating to them do not convey them to the Church, but make them recoverable as its Property, to which it had a previous and complete Right.

This Right was veiled in the Church by King Kthelwulf, with the Cor.fcnt of his Barons, in the Year 854. At that Time, all the Lands in England were properly the King's Domain; and he had as good a Right to difpofe of them in this Manner as any Proprietor or Owner of Lands in this Country has to difpofe of them to fuch Peifons, and for fuch Purpofes, as he thinks proper, But it may be inquired whether new Laws will not be made, in Cafe of an American Epifcopate, to fubject us to the Paymtnt of Tithes. But of this there can be no more Reafon to be apprehenfive than if Bifhops weie not to be ft nt hither. Tithes are not paid in England to Bifhops, ibut to the Incumbents of Parifhes and the Clergy in this Count! will have no greater Need of Tithes after the Arrival of Bifhops than they now have, and have had always. In feveral Provinces on this Continent, the Clergy are regularly and well fupported and in the others, we have no Profpedl but ftill to depend, in a great Meafure, upon the Charity of our Bent faclors at home, until God fhall either enable or difpofe our Friends in this Country to do more for us.

But it may farther be alked, fhall we not be taxed in this Country for the 1' Support of Bifhops, if any fhall be appointed I anfwer, not at all. No Tax is intended; nor, I trull, will be wanted. It has been pro pefed, from the very Beginning, that the Ameiican Bifhops fhould be fupported without any Expenfe to this Country. A Fund accordingly has been eftablimtd, for this particular Pu'rpofe, for more than Half a Century part, under the Influence and Direction ofthe Soaiety for Propagation of the Gofpel, and many worthy Perfons have contributed geneioufly and largely to thelncreafe of it; and if the StoGx is not futhcicnt for the Support of a proper Epifcopate in America, I imagine the Difficulty in making it fufficient will not be great, for as many have given liberally en the remote Profpefl of its beinj needed, it is not to be doubted but Benefactois will be raifed up when Afiiftance fhall be called lor by a prelent Necefiity. TTROM Richmond we learn that they receive daily Accounts of the Jl' Devafution occafioned by the late Floods.

From the fountains, to the Falls, the low Grounds have been fwept of almoll every Thing valuable; and the Soil is fo much injured that it is thought not to be of Half its former Value, and a grat Part is entirely ruined. One Inftance may fufike A Tract of Land where the River forks, which before the Frefh was judged to be richly worth ten Thoufand Pounds, is net 'now rated at fo many Hundreds. Fourteen Negroes belonging to that Ertate were drowned, and only one Houfe left out of forty, which were lixty by forty Feet. Off Elk Ifland, between fix and feven Hundted Head of Cattle, Horfes, and Sheep, have been loll, and near a Hundred Houfes; btfides Grain, Tobacco, At Farrar's Ifland, which the highert Ftefh never before affected, above eighty Acres of fine land are rendered for ever incapable of Cultivation, the Soil being gone, and in its Stead ten or twelve Feet deep of Sand, upon which is a Layer of as if paved Many other Iflands have been tore to Pieces, Hills of Sand thrown up, Channels ftopt and their Coutfes altered, and, infhort, the Face of Nature almoft changed. Old joe, an honeft and well known Negro Fellow at the Falls of James River, who is inti nitely acquainted with the Remains of an Indian Nation that has refuted there tor Ages, fays that he was fhown by their old Men the Marks of the greau rt Frefh handed down to them by Tradition; and that, upon hij Carefully mc.ifuring, it wanted near fifteen Feet of the late dieadful One.

A Ship at Warwick founded from the Beginning of the perceivable Jncreafe ot the River, and found that the Fiefli, at its Height, was upwards of forty Feet higher than the common Tides. The ielTened Value, of Lands, Lofs of Stocks, Houfes, Tohacco, and Corn in Houfes, vith Fencing? and the Crops on the Ground, baffle all Defciiption. Byrd's, Shocko, Richmond, Rocky Ridge, and Wai wick, have fuffered amazingly; in the Lofs of Merchandife and Tobacco, befules Houfes, i.c. Between five and fix Thoufand Hogfheads of Tobacco are gone from thefe Pl.icts. The Diilreires of the People in Albemarle, and thole Parts of the Country in the Reach of the Frefh, is not to be defcribed molt of them being left without Bread to eat, or Dwellings, and their Stocks gone The trading Part of the Country has likewife fufi'ered excefflvely, in European and ether Goods, as well Imports as Exports.

The LofTes, and very great Diflrefs, of the numerous Sufferers, oil iuuly for the Interpoiitionand Affirtanceof the Legiflature which no Doi.tu that al pectablc Body will take into as early Confidci ation as may be, and ei ant the immediate anderlectual Relief which is to much wanted. In fome Places, Ticts, Carcafes, are matted together, from twelve to twenty Feet in Fb ifHit and, from the horrid Stench, there is no coming: near enough to ilpaiate tiieni. Happily, if, at this Seafon, we efcape fome contagious Diforder. Miles in Length of Trees and Logs came diiving down the River, andNothing could withfland tlieir Force. The Logs were almoll up tothcBoltlpritsofirany Veffels; fo that their Anchors could no.t avail them, and were chiefly loil.

Therewere no Rains to fpeak of at Richmond, and thereabout, fo that they mull have fallen from the Mountains to about thirty or forty M.les above the Falls. From the ftrfl perceivable Rife of the River at that Place was about fixty Hours, and the Water lometimes rofe at the rapid Rate of fixtern Inches an Hour. Daily Accounts aie received the Lofs of whole Families; and Houic came floating down, with People on them calling for Help, though none cculd be aiforJed. Accounts are already received cf fifty odd People being dicwned. 1 Appamattcx has been little or Nothing affected, which prove, that the Ra.r.s a.uft have fallen high up the Country.

fl he Dcvalhticn on Rcanoke is, if poiTihle, fliil greater in the Ruin of ie Lands, Lofs of Negrces, Stocks, Houfes, c. On Pau.unlty River, the low Grounds are chiefly laid under Water, the Crops and Meadow dertioyed, and the Fencing yone. Many Houfes and Mill are carried away, and a Deal of Giam other Commodities lycilcd. li A Letter from Frederickfburg fays that feveral Houfes and Mills have vipt away from that Place and Falmouth; that the l.iglell Fiefli Ka; p.ihannoek never came up to the Floors jthe but lis role as hih a the Joitl, whcitby a ursc Cuinity of Tobacco 3 rioatcd out, nine Hundrtil Hos.ilieaJs from Falmouth, or lower and thiee iluiiJicd fruin Dixon's, the upper lr.focfhon. MwJi it, iy uihtr Vooi loll; fever.

r.Ju. 1 a Deji of valuable Land wafhed a iies Feniit.j come c.cwn the Rvcr; 1 1 "ti 1 Ni.k 1 a hcie i Vi i' 1 Veireh driven from thvir mere i.ble (Quantities of nl orie Lile lull, that had come to the K.icw dKC of. no Aut ui.t ficin Potow mack but, trcn. its Cwnnmnicj ti at Mountain ti.j;e is no Probability of their fen. rai aiantuy.

I Hi.tn) fcarttly an Imtaine I v.r. to i.n. (. iiuniiy, it t' Dtitiuclion cf Lai clti, he i. v.

liii'il. 1 1 t' Mvmitains, let 1.1 ttw. xtfzF if Lfltrrf'cm Brunfwlck County, d.iltdtlt jf fajlant. 1 can giv you no pjiticulr Account of the Action octween the Covctnour and Mob in Caiolin, only that the latter weie deleated, with the Lol's abvot two Hundred Men in killed and wounded." It is raid tney his (till in Arms, and that theie is Reafon to apprehend another Efitgement. No One has been thu Way lately from tile back Pait of Caroiuu, tho River Roanoke having been impailable forfome Time, by Reafon of an aflonilhing Frclli.

Lofs which the Inhabitants have fuilamed, in their Crop, Stocky Ilouies, and fencing, is, I am tolc, almoll inci edible." CFrom the different Accounts we have been able to collect, fince our laff, the Battle in North Carolina, we tind that the Description we then gave of it varied but in few Pai ticuhirs from the Reality. fhall now ntcn tion what farther has come toour Knowledge of that Engagement That (ioveinour '1 ryot) had under hint a Thoufand Men, and that the Regulators amounted to three and twenty Hundred; that his Excellency was much intuited by them, paiticularly one fellow, whom he ihot dead on the bpot, as he was approaching him; that this happened but a very Ihoit Time befuie the Fxpuation of the two Hours allowed them by the Co veinour, upon which the Engagement began; that both Parties fought with great Aiumolity, for two Hours and upwards; that the Artilleiy was dil'ehanjed fix and thiny Times, and that one Shot flruck a Tree, which in its Fail killed thirty odd of the Regulators; that the Governour had Ins Horfe killed under him, and the Breech of the Gun he had in his Hand Ihot away; that a Hundred and fixty ot the Regulators weie killed, and two Hundred wounded, forty of whom were taken Pi ifoners; that the Regulators were badly conducted, and fought in the utmoA Confufion, their Ranks in fome Places, a Hundred Men deep, and that many ot them weie unarmed that the Governour had only two Men killed, and fixty wounded. One Man, it is (aid, of the Governour' Party, was fo much incenfed againlt the Regulators, by whom he had been threatened, that lie was determined upon an Revenge, or loting his Life for it is thought he killed upwards cf thirty with his own Hands, walking backwaids nd forwa.ds on the Flanks ot his Pa'ty during the Engagement, and charging with as much CoolncU as if hunting of iquirrels. The Regulators have lol a Number of Holies, Guns, and Carriages to the Amount, it is laid, of more than a Thoufand Pounds. The Families ol thefe pooi deluded Ptcple are much to be pitied, as they mutl be reduced to very great Dif trcls.

The Province likewife, in general, is in thegreateilDifoider. And however laulty thole who tlilethemfeives Regulators may have been, as we learn that the auie of their Complaints has been removed ivtheu Leaders, it is probable, being bad Cwunft llois, and to have urged them on liom one Step of Rebellion to another) it ought to be a Lelli toi all good Governments to futer no Set of Men, under the Sad ion of Authonty, to fkcec th People. Extrafl of a'Li'ttr from North Carolina. We have jutl received an Account that the Regulators have been attacked and deteated by Colonel Waddcll. The Engagement was Long and obltinate.

The Conquerors were but four Hundrcqjn Number, and the vanquifhed a Thoufand. The Ringleadci of the Regulators have all abfeonded." This Engagement, itis fuppofed, muft have been fubfequent to the above. A Vellel arrived at Norlolk, from New York, that the Packet arrived jutt before he failed and that it was reported the Pi els was as hot in England as ever, News having come there that a huge Fleet of French and Spaniards had palled the Gut of Gibraltar, with Intent, it was imagined, to deltroy ttic Ruffian Squadron in the Mediterranean. The Peggy, Raiitfay (viafiolton) the Nancy, Paterfon (via Crcnades) and the Elaabeth, Leitch, from Glalgow, are arrived in James River. iiucrtifnncnt TREASURY OFFICE, 5, 1771.

IW 0 gladly exchange GOLD and SILVER for any of the old or new PAPER MONEY, efpecially fuch as is torn or defaced. RO. C. NICHOLAS, Treafurer. NEWCASTLE, 'June 1771.

ALL Perfons indebted to the late Partnership of Johnjon and 1'injhy are refuelled to repair to the above Place, and finally fettle their Accouuts, on or before the 25th of Ofiiler next, a the Subfcnbet intends to embark for Cieut Biitain directly after the Ex piiation of that Time. Thofe who fail, I muft beg Leave to inform, will be unhappy enough to fettle thej Accounts with a Lawyer. 4 WILLIAM JOHNSON. FREDERICKSBURG, May 1771. THE Subfcriber this Day became Partners jul imiioi ten from London where Gentlemen of the Profeflion, and othei may be fupphed at eafy Rates, for ieady Money.

HUGH MERCER. 2H EWEN CLEMENTS. HP Negroes at Wejlover took up, in the Frefh laft eek, a fifteen Hoirfhead FLA a laixe FERRY BOAT, and a Hogfhead of TOBACCO marked No. 4, which has fuflained but little Damage, for them. The Owners are dclir ed to apply there WILLIAMSBURG, Jupe 6, 1771.

JOURNEYMEN BRICKLAYERS will meet with good Encouragement by applying to HUMPHREY HARWOOD. HANOVER, Juue 1, 1771. I INTEND for England immediately. MERIWETHER SKELTON. For SAL At the eld Storey near Cabin Point, in Surry, AP A of European GOODS, to the Amount of about three Hundred Pounds Stei ling, confuting of Irijb Linens, German Ofra brugs, Mens and Womens Shoes and Pumps, Felt Hats, Mens brown Thread Hofc, Stationary, Wool, Tow, and Cotton Cards, feveral Pieces of Duroy, with Trimmings, feveral Calks of hxpeny and twentypeny Nails, Plantation and Carpenters Is, Gunpowder, bhot, anda Variety of oilier At tides.

Thefe Goods are all from London, and great Part of them juil imported in the Randolph, Captain IVeiker. Fifty Pounds re dy Money will be required of he Purchafcr, who will be allowed Credit for the Remainder until the fufl of April 1772 on giving Bond, with good Secmity. An Inventory of the Goods may be fecn at any Tune, and farther Pai ticular know by applying to THOMAS FENNER. To be ON Hundred and ninety fix Acres of LAND, lying on the ealt Side of Deep Creek, in County, pleafantly lituuted on the Mouth of theaid Cr.ek, well timbeied with Pine and Oak, and not above forty Acres cltaitd in the WKvie. The Land i veiy good tor Corn, Wheat, or Tobacco, aifi ds excellent Palturae for all Kinds ot Stock, and it veiy convenient to fine Fifh, Oyileu, and wild fowl.

Any Peilon iucLr.ahlc to purciiufe the faid Land may know the i'ciuis by applying to the Suhkriber, at War wuk Coutthoufe. ROEERT BROWN. To be SOLD to the Bidder, on '1 hutl'Jay the 1 tfh cf June next at ttc late Divtli.ngbouje cf Jjiik' dicenfedy in the Toicn oj lildndfoicl, SUNDRY HOUSEHOLD ar. KITCHEN FURNITURE, .1 crn le. Set ft WI(.

MAKICi Uteriiis. ar 1 1 HA IkS, imported, af jve twenty rie it en Sit Ciedit v.iil ahow on irivn Rond, ieun: 1 II A HE I if l.ONC, ted to tr.t F.t'.a'e of the i.iiii.v Ptf aid th fe who have 1cn.ai by Day of iaie. tor 'to fv 1 g'ther vf a'l tO ijMit.u r. BL ANDFOKD, fify 1771. THE Subfcrlbcrs have milling two Calks '1 ft It maiked WR, No.

i and containing Shot and BarLeatf, imported Ufl Tall in tiie iilund, Captain Hugh tVjlit. Whorvcr hat fuch Caflo. in PfMrcfTion, and will fend a Line to us, the Charges lhall be paid, and the Favour acknowledged. BOYD (J POYTHRF.SS. "AKLN up by the Subfcriber, in CiartsCiiy, a baj MAKE about four trt three Indies high, branded on the near and Buttock and on the ofF Shoulder C.

Ported, and at prmfed to five Pounds. WILLIAM CHRISTIAN. ripAKEN up, in Afaittntury, a bright Ixy MARE ibout twelve of I thiilecn Year old, with fome white Hairs in her Forehead, a hanging Mane and Switch rail, a fuin over one of her Eyes nc nni is i'in I.m riL SWEPSON JEFFRIES. TAKEN up, a black MARK COLT about four Feet two Inches hUh, a natural Pacer, neither dockt r.cr branded. Polled, and appraifed to fifty Sliills.

DR'JRY TUER TAKEN up, in Orargr, feven 3ARROWS maiked with a Swallcw loik and Underkcel in each Ear, two of thereof a fandy Cclcur, with feme black and the others white; lliey appear to be about a Year and a Half old. Polled, and appraifed to tnree Pounds. JAMES TAYLOR. TAKEN up, in siveHa, a dark brindled COW that appears to be very old, marked with a Crop and Slit in the left Ear, and a Swallow fork in the right. Poiltd, and appiaifed to thitty Shillings.

GEORGE TUCKER, Senior. A 0 My 24, 177K HPHE Death of my late Partner, Mr. Samuel a iviiw uoiviwtvi iiv vii mi and Rar jay Iholild be immediately lettle d. 1 his is thtrefoie to give Notice, to all thole concerned, that unlets they difcharge their Debts before the firlt next, or give Merchant Notes paybl at the Oihbtr Court, that all bonus and Actounts due to that Company will then be put in Suit, without Refpect of Perfons. On Wtdncjday the 26th of June will be fold to the highefl Bidder, in the Town ot hlandfudt four very likely young Virgw born NEGRO FELLOWS; alio a 0 in Ruvtnjcnft Town, near Vtttrjburgi the Property of the above Company.

Cituit will be allowed until the jotb. of Dtccmbtr next, upon Bond and Security being given to PATRICK RAMSAY. The Subfcriber will fell his Houfes and Land whereon he now lives, containing twenty three Acres pleafantly fituatcd, and lately annexed to the Town of Biar.tifbi on rcalonabie Terms, and Credit. PORTSMOUTH, May 25, 177. convenient Situation on James River for eredting a Mill.

INGLIS LONG. (lo be SOLD, on Tucfday the iZth of June, btjere the RALEIGH TAVERN, MY STORES and LOT at Ufi Point, which I advertifed fomo Time ago, but did not defciibe them. TheStorchouf.es arenew, twtiity eight Feet by fixteen each, Aand clofe to the Water Side, and arc as well fuufhed as any in the Colony. One ol them is intended for wet Goods, Crain, and has an exceeding good dry Cellar; the other is for dry Goods, and ha a Lodging Room, with a Brick Chimney, at one End, plailkred and whittwalhed. There is alfo a very ilrong new Stable, twelve Feet by tixteen, with an eight feet Shed at one nd, and a.

Neeelfary Houfe eight feet fquare, quite new. The Lot is polled and' railed in. Filty Pounds of the Purchafe Money to be paid down, and two years Credit will be allowed for the Remainder, on giving Bond and Security. JOHN C. FRAZER.

MIDDLESEX, May 14, 1771, IMPORTED in the Matty, Captain Fox, A a fmall Box of Meichandife, marked MET in a Piece, which was to have been deliveied at Udanna but through a Millake, I imagine, has been landed at fome other Place. If any Perfcn an give Intelligence of the fame, by Letter, ot otherwife, ths Favour will be greatly acknowledged by MARY E. THACKtR. Shop on the mam Sti eet, oppolite to Mr. H.r.ry Mhihe)l Store, furnilhed 1 1 tile flelD 01 OUU.

1 WILLIAM. with a large Aiiortment 01 DRUGS and MEDICINES of the bell Quality, 0 WAN. now at Mr. 'Mr Price's. Infreftor at SHOCKO.

can completely ,01116 the following Dilordets, though of ever fo Icr.e Standing, arid deemed incurable by other having ntvtr once failed of Succtfs lincc niy Arrival in Virginia, wlncti is now twenty five Months. 1 he Scurvy, Leprofy, Liceis, Cancers, Blotches, Evil, Pilts, Firtula, Ringworms, Htadich, Rheumatifm, Gout, Choiick, Agues, Fevus, old iore, Fluxes, the Venereal in ail its dreadful Starts, aifo the geneiai Maladies entailed upon the Females, Gravel, Dealnefs, all Difordeig in the Head and Eyes, with many other, too tedious to mention. zj A from the Subfcriber, on th? 20th of Ap'il lalt, a bay HORSE about four Feet and a Ha'f high, with a roached Mane and fhort Switch Tail, a Feather runs up each Side of hia Mane, ahnoil to.li Ear, pace feven or cirjit Miles an Hour, and bi anded on the near Shoulder and Buttock with a Heai t. Any pei fon that will contrive Word loAndnw Ltrud, or to the Subfaihcr, both ir where the faid Horle may be had, Hull have T' F.N SHILLINGS Rea. d.

CHARLES CAYCE. YORK Town, May :9, 1771. CTRAYED from thisPlace, about fix Weeks ago, a laixe brown MARE five Yeais old, wit!) a blaze Face, her hind Ke.t white, nt.irl.tr dockt nor hi anded. Whoevci dviivus the faid Muie to 111c lhall have FORTY SHILLINGS REWARD. THOMAS l'OWELL.

NEWCASTLE, May 16, HHE Subfcribers have about feven qr eight A Hundred Pounds Sterling worth of fortable GOODS, which they are wdl.ng.to difpofe of at a low Advance, payable in twelve Months. SAMUEL PLARSON. DAVID COCHRAN. VIRGINIA, ft. At a held at the Capitol, May 7, 1771.

1bumjsDUi.kir.cic, Dt'rfty Ptnticofl, 7 Utr.ai Sfcale, Jumet Lu.ufy, liantti, and Tbonui iVudhngton, Plaintiffs, aa.nll Jjmn of the Province of Pennfyhania, Rdwaid )In Chancery. jinieios, Ctdge Jurp, J' frb El 1 il'ulgt, Wuh.ir liiii, 6.vy' J.hr.JK, Duiid 1 Ajhlty, and i.ktpherd, Defendants, Defendant Fowler bein btyon I Se.i, ar entered bis Ap; e.ii.uue according to the Rule of this Ct Aiotion ol the Pinning, by their CVi.niel, ft is ouiertd that ih no ra convev away, 1CCICC Dccice ill lvvhhiiw IlllUlS of the P.mnt.tia, unio the faid Piair.ntis. having on the other De r. 1 iui (t fL kctete Inch Efiei'H, until the faiih.r luA, 1 thi, Couit coiicernm the lan.e hut t' ey ur luth tcts, 01 fo much thereof a vvili I cf Value luihucnt t. fjtijy the 'n their giving Setui.ty to tiie Clerk of this Court for th Return Effects Manner, and to fuch i'crlons the Court ihaii Imcltei it is f.litlitl ou 'eicd that the faid tvltr ru ill way V.

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