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i NUMBER 1234. VIRGINIA With the Freflieft Advices, Foreign and Domestick. IN CIVITATE LIBERA LINGUAM MENTEMQUE LIBERAS ESSE DEBERE. Suit, in Tib. S.

tt. APRIL 4775. GAZETTE; Printed by JOHN. DIXON and Wm. HUNTER, at the Post Office.

All Ptrfons may be fupplied with this Paper at 127b a Year, and have Advcrtifements (of a moderate Length) inferted for 3. the firft Week, and if. each Week after. Printing Worl done at this Office in the neateft Manner, with Care and AS I defign to remove from this Colony as foon as 1 can fettle my Affairs, I would Tell the following Trails ot Land in Orange County, w'z. 7 One Thoufand two Hundred and forty five Acres lying on the main Road, 31 Miles above Frederickjburg, and 14 Miles' below Orange Court, well known to be convenient for a Public Houfe, and for which Purpofe a good Set of new Houfes has been lately built.

Another Traft near the (aid Place, containing 406 Acres, with a (mall Plantation thereon, on which is a Quantity of Meadow Land to be reclaimed j. both Places command a fine Range for Stock, inferior to none in the Colony. A third Trail of 340 Acres, within two Miles of Orange Courthoufe, exceedingly valuable forTo bacco Wheat, or Indian Corn. For Terms apply to the Subfcriber, at the Place firft mentioned. ROWLAND THOMAS.

Frediricksburc, March 15, 1775. THE Subfcriber having Bulinefs to fettle in Annapolis (Maryland) very Ihortly, gives this Notice to all his Cuftomers, refuelling them to take away their Work; and thofe indebted to him to come and fettle their Accounts, which will greatly oblige their molt humble Servant, JOHN LAMPE, Watchmaker. 0 The faid Lampe has an Affortment of JEWELLERY to difpofe of for ready Money. OS CAR STANDS at my Houfe near Peterburg, and will cover Mares from this Time till the End of the Seafon, at a Piftole the tingle Leap, the Money to be paid down, and three Piftoles the Scafon, payable in He is a Horfe of great Size and Activity, a fin? Sorrel, and in high Order. He was got by young Snip, his Dam by Lord Morton't Arabian, his Grandam by old Crab, his Great Grandam by the Bald Galloway, his Great Great Grandam by Darlefi Arabian, out of Bay Bolton's Dam.

4 JOHN BANISTER. TO BE SOLD on the Preraifes, on TUESDAY the iltb of A 1 to the higbtfi Bidden, THE exceeding fine Plantation and Tracl of AND fituated on Fine Creek, near Garnet River. in the County of Cumberland, belonging to the Subfcriber, which ontains 31 hI Acres, and is fo well known for its good Quali ties, in the Production of Tobacco, Grain, as to need no Recommendation. The Inclinations of thf Purchafert will be ffonfulted in the Divifion of the Land into Lots, mould that be I required. There is a Mill on Fine Creek, and other aeceflary I Buildings on the Premifcs.

The Terms of Payment will be tmade as cafy as poffible. PETER STONER. TO BE SOLD Yo the highejl Bidder, for ready Cafh, on Tuesday the ittb of I April, on tbe Premifcs, and to be entered upon at Christm as, TWO valuable Trads of LAND in the lower End of Orange County, viz. One whereon the I Subfcriber now lives, lying on Pleafant Run, joining the Lands of Edward Herndon and fames Coleman, containing! 50 Acres, with a Right of Dower of 300 Acres annexed to it. The Improvements I are very good, an extraordinary good Dwelling Houfe 28 by I with a good Brick Chimney; a Kitchen 10 by 16, with a Brick I Chimney; a new Barn 14 by 14, and a Shed along fide; a To bacco Houfe 3a by ao, with a Shed likewife, and all other conve aiient Houfes, too tedious to mention; befides a good Apple and Peach Orchard, and about 50 or 60 Acres of frem Land cleared, and a great Deal of, good Corn Land, open, and under a good Fence.

Alfo a Traft of 300 Acres joining the aforefaid, with I about 70 or 80 Acres of cleared Land, no Part of which has been cleared longer thaji four Years, and lies in fine Order for Crop Dins with a fine Piece of eood low Ground of 1 or 10 Acres. cleared this Winter for a Meadow. It has on it a very good Tobacco Houfe 40 by 10, and a very convenient Place for a Saw or Grift Mill, and a great Plenty of good Pine Timber. A more particular efcription will be unnecefiary, as it is prefumed that any Perfon inclinable to purchafe will view the Premifes or, if thev chodle it, may purchale at private bale. I fOR SALE likewife, on the fame Day, for ready Money, 7 I or 8 very likely young VIRGINIA BORN NEGROES.

REUBEN "DANIEL. 4 1 tJ FOR SALE, THE HIGH BLOODED HORSE TTER L. HE is full 15 Hands 3 Indies high, and remarkable for the Strength and Beauty of his Form, being in every Refpefl worthy of his high Defcent, which is from the beft in England, as may be feen by his Pedigree, in the Hand Writing, and ligncd by Sir John Pennington, who bred him. The Gentlemen of the Turf are well acquainted with Dotterel's Performances in Great Britain, and that he was eitcemed the fwifteft Horfe in England (Eclipfe excepted.) He is remarkable lure for getting Colts, and they are uncommonly beautiful and fit for the Turf or Road. The above mentioned Pedigree may be feen, and the crms of Sale made known to any Perfon inclined to purchafe, by applying to the Steward at Stratford, the Seat of the fate Hon.

vuifiuiaweii ue, uq; WepmoTtland. Lounty. WilMamsbvrg, April 1, 1775. nr HE Governors and Vifitors of William and Mary College are defired to meet on Tuefday the i tb Infant. By Order of tbe Re3or.

M. DAVENPORT, C. V. TO BE SOLD At public Sale, for ready Money, on Monday tbe lotb of April, at tbe Lourtboufe in Suffolk, BOUT five Hundred Pounds Sterling Value of EUROPEAN GOODS, bcloncine to the Eftate of Mr. David Meade, deceafed.

If any Perfon mould incline to purchafe the Whole, or any Part of them, before the Day of Sale, they may be had at a low Advance, of the Subfcriber, in Suffolk. (1) JOHN DRIVER. Fifteen Dollars Reward. RU away from the Subfcriber, near Pifcatavjay, in Prince fieorge County, Maryland, a likely Negro Fellow named VALENTINE, Years of Age, about 5 Feet 10 Inches high, had on an Omabrug Coat, an old Cotton Waiflcoat without any Sleeves, old Wilton Breeches, Thread Stockings, and a Pair of Shoes, with plain Brafg Buckles. He has a Wife in Virginia, belonging to Mr.

George Noble, who was then at Doctor George Alexander's, in Fairfax County, Virginia, and the Fellow was feen there the fame Night he went away, which was the 5 th of November laft. Whoever fecures him fo that his Matter may get him again (hall have TEN DOLLARS, and if brought Home, the above Reward. () JAMES HAWKINS. Mr tVoble lias lately removed near W'mchefer, where it is fuppofed the Fellow is gone. Caroline County, March ao, 1775.

THE Subfcriber being fenfible that many Pieces of bad Work have lately been done in his Shop, occafioned by the CarelelTnefs of Journeymen, thinks necefTary to inform the Public that he is determined, for the future, to fuffer no Work to be carried from his Shop but what mall have been done with his own Hands. He has had a Number of Hands employed for fome Time in getting a Parcel of the beft Timber in this Part of the Colony. Every Perfon, therefore, who mall favour him with their Commands for Riding Chairs, Harnefs, together with my grateful Acknowledgments, may depend on having them executed in fuch a Manner as (hall leave them no Room for Complaint. If any Gentlemen, who have lately had Carriages from the Subfcriber, will fend them to the Shop for a lilt 11 1 iew Lays, any imaii Repairs mail be done gratis, by Their mod obedient humble Servant, i ANTHONY NEW. Henrico County, March 13, 1775.

RUN away from the Subfcriber on Saturday the 14th of January laft, PETER, a Virginia born Negro Man, about 33 Years of Age, of a middle Size, well made, and very aftive. His Clothing is fuch as common lt.bouring Negroes generally wear, but very probably may change his Drefs, as he has many other Clothes which were conveyed, fome Time before he ran away, to a Plantation belonging to the Eftate of Col. Bowler Cocke, deceafed, nefer Cumberland Courthoufe, by a Negro Woman whom he has had fome Years fcs a and I he is either harboured in that Neighbourhood' or in Lancafter or Northumberland, where he lived many Years ago. Whoever delivers him to me mall receive a Reward of 4.0 s. befides what the Law allows but I would advife whoever takes him up to fecure him wen, otnerwne ne win maxe nis icape, as ne is a very arum cunning Fellow.

It is probable he may have procured himfelf a Pafs, and endeavour to pafs for a Freeman. I forewarn all Per fons from harbouring him, or carrying him out of the Colony, at their Peril. (4.) JOHN HALES. CTRAYED from the Subfcriber, in Blandford, oiAheth Inftant (March) a dark bay Mare, 7 or 8 Years old, about 14. Hands high, with a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, cat hamm'd, paces naturally, has fome Saddle Spots on the near Side, and branded WK, or VVR, on the near Shoulder and Buttock.

Alfo a fmall forrel FILLY went away with her, two Years old this Spring, had li Snip on the right Nollril, but neither docked nor branded. They were feen on Roiuanty, and are imagined to have gone towards Walker Mill, on Notttnucv, or Hicis Ford, on Meberriit. Whoever wilLbring. tljc.faid. MarestO'llie fhall be "haridlbmely rtwarded for their Trouble.

DAVID BLACK. Hanover, March tt, 1775. IMPORTED by the Subfcriber, laft Sum mer, in the London, Capt. Mofes Robertfon, from London, a CASK marked in a No. 2, containing feven Dozen of narrow Hoes, two Dozen of broad Do.

and one Dozen of Axes, which has never come to Hand. As the faid Ship went up Rappahan nock, it is probable the Calk may be landed fomcwhde on that River. I Ihall be much obliged to the Perlbn who lias received it, to inform me by Letter where it may be had or, if lent to Mr. David Cochran at Nevjcajlle, I will very gladly pay the Expcnfc. (U) WILLIAM MACON.

(t3 DIXON HUNTER have for SALE (Price zjl) the "Journal of the Proceedings of the Congrcfs held at Philadelphia the $tb of September, 17 74. MARCH4, 1775. WHEREAS Parks Smith hath this Day, on Oath, delivered a Schedule of his Eltate to Garland Anderfin and Thomas Garland, Efquires, Juftices of the County of Hanovtr, to fatisfy four Executions, which are due to Cunvtg hame and Co. John Syme, liogg and Rowland and one Fox, amounting to one Hundred and.torty odd tad; in his Schedule has entered a Debt by Bond for which is due from George Fulford of Neivbern, in North Carolina, to the faid Parh Smith the Bond we understand is in the Hands of Capt. Francis Smith of Hanover County We hereby give this public Notice, forewarning the faid George Fulford, or any other Perfon, from paying any Part of the laid Bond to any other than to the Sheriff of the faid County.

WILLIAM HENDERSON, for Cmnghamt and Co. JOHN FOR A ANEW Brig, Burthen about uTons, now on the Stock, and ready for launching. Her upper Timbera are altogethc of Black Walnut, Cedar, Locuft, and Mulberry, The Tenxu of Sale will be made known to any Perfon inclining to purchafe, by applying to the Steward at Stratford, the Seat of the fate Hon. Philip Ludvjell Lee, Elqj in Weflmoreland County. TO BE SOLD, On the 13A Day of April next, at tbe late Dwelling Plantation of Colonel Burcess Smith, deceafed, in Lancaster County, TWENTY five choice VIRGINIA BORN SLAVES; confuting of Men, Women, and Children, among which is an extraordinary good Blacklinith, who alfo understands Boat Building an elegant new and Harnefs for four Horfes.

to drive with or without a Box, all the Houfehold and Kitchen Furniture, the Stocks of Cattle, Sheen, and Hogs, feveral Horfes, about fifty Barrels oi Indian Corn, fifty Bu(hels of Wheat, arid a few Hhds. of Tobacco. Credit till the 10th Day of Mai 1776. Bond and approved Security, to bear Intereft from the Date if hot punctually difcharged. All Perfons having Demands againft the faid Eftate are requefted to give them in before the Day of Sale, properly authenticated, fpecifying the Dignity thereof.

PHILIP SMITH, March 17, BURGESS BALL, 775 THOMAS B. GRIFFIN, For SALE, By JOHN JAMES THOMPSON, At their Shops in PETERSBURG, A 0 LINSECD OIL, Paints Anderfon Hoofer' LocU of fundry Colours. yef, and Cbajt' PILLS. i oimcis Bi unics. xi.

waiter i jciuita jropf. Putty, Gold Leaf, Gfr. p' Dr. Pikft Ointment for the Rhubarb. Itfch.

JalaP Doaor Norris' Antimonial Glauber and Epfom Salts. Drops. JefuitsBark. Dr. Keyfer' Pills.

Shavings of Hartfhorn. Dr. Btrt't excellent Anti ve. Sago, Salop, Ichthyocolla. nereal Drops.

China, Sarfaparilla. Ingredients or Bitters. Gum Aabic, Camphor. Stoughton Ditto. Ipecacuanha.

0 Greendug A's Tinaures for the Manna, Magnefia, Snirvy and Tooth Ach. White and Yellow Arfenic. Balfam of Honey. Yellow Zinck. 3 Syringes.

Aquafortis. Apothecaries Searches, Mea Sweet Oil. Aires, and Weights. Spirits of Glafs Mortars and Funnels. CaftorOil, tSc.

Logwood, Redwood. Mad Batemans Drops. Jer, and a few Hatter' Squire Radcliffe Dafffs, Trimmings. Fraunce't, and Bofock's Surveyor' Inftruments. ELIXIRS.

Dutch Quills, Black Lead Freeman and Godfrey Cor Pencils, (Sc. dials. 3 () James City, Manbts, 1775. JUN away from Hog Iland, where he wasJured abitbKelve MonthrofxFwrbonTNegro" Man named ACXfiC or 14 Ycai of Ace, about Feet or 9 incnes nignffiiion.inevmyHvmrntsWecKTatner long, bis Face fmall, andX'Iietks yellow he fpcaks quick, and ftammers a little; his Lips are not thick, but fcem a little longer than common he holds his Head high, is a little knock knee'd, and turns out his Toes. Whoever delivers the faid Negro to me, or fecures him in any Gaol, fo that I get him again, fliail have FIVE DOLLARS Reward, zm if out of the Colony, TEN DOLLARS.

RUN away from the Subfcriber, in Bed ford County, laft Year, a. Servant Man named DANIEL CONNOR TERELAGH he umlcjftands playing on the Bag pipes well, had on a new German Serge Coat, and took with him a bay Horfe about 4 Feet 5 or 6 Inches high. Whoever brings die iJ Servant to rev, near Mr. Rofs's Store, in, the aforefaid County, (hull hav 10 1. Reward, paid bv 1 Mfr.ES BARROTT..