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'fit his fuceeffoun. It it impoffible for any man, who knows cr rtcol A DO pweat, or AILEG I A E. or affirm, that I renounce and refute all alien Georee III. Kint of Great Britain, bis beirs. and fucce fours, and wtill be faithful, and bear true allegiance to tbc Commonwealth of Vir as a Jree and independent State, and tbat I will not at any time, do, or Goochland County, Stttmha(ftKli77l lefli, tnat under oor old form of government our Aflembliei met by the infAnri moirA ffip rAiVh'f indulgence of the King alone, were diflblved at hit pleafure, and that all 1 11UCI1U LU lCclVC LUC their proceedings were nugatory and of no effect, without his confenr, which could not, be obtained without fer.dlngihem to him at thediftance of three thou land miles that the King appointed owr Governors and Councillors iVthat the Britifh Parliament dedaied they had right to bind us in aUcafeiwhatfoever that, by ar.

aft of Parliament we were reftiained from making nails and hats, and might as well have been hindered from making houfes, and (hoes, any thing elfej I fay, it is impoffible that any one who knows, or recollect thele things, can wifh to give up. the confiitution of our country, under which we arcfure of having an Aflembly every year, and a Governor and Council of our own appointment, to execute the laws as foon as enacted a conftitntion, which has in it all that is excellent of the Britifh, without oneoi its dtfecls under it, we are free indeed we labour under no cruel reftrictions in our manufactures or commerce, and infteadxf "being bound as flares, or factors at lead, to Britain, we may trade unconfined, with all the world) and if we prefer ve this conftitution, and once obtain peace, we may en joy it through all ages, for we hall not be dragged again by Britain into nei quarrels, and, being unconquercd by that formidable kingdom in all its glory, we mail never be attempted by any other nation: and the Thirteen United States mud flourifti, the admiration and envy of the world, till time (hall be no more. in a fbortTime. (H) I JAMES Goochland County, September. so, We intend to leave the Ctiiiri try in a (hort Time.

(i) SAMUEL STANDEN. BRADSHAW. A E. At the Raleigh, in. Wtlti At a reafonable for ready Money, A great Variety of blue, brown, and light coloured broad and qther.

To be SOLD at Weftover, the Seat of the late Hon, William Byrd, Efq in Charles City County, on tbefirft Monday November next, if fair, other wife next fair Day, for read Moneu iance to A thc Eftate of faid Dcceafed, cpnfifting of forty likely tbat I Dorn among whom are levtral very valuable irinia. raaeimen, particularly a line BlackJmith, aForeeraani Colliers; Car. mujf ur nuns, vu cniy Tt. ri tt.r',. 'f T.

ibe freedom and independence thereof, as declared by Congrefs; andalfo tbat Vl, "'Vfann wi enius, noie or tne Mocks willdifcover and make known to torn one juflice of the peace of tbefaid "orfc8 and Sheep, the Set of Coach Horfea, together with State, all trea ons or traiterous conjptracies, wbtcb I know or bereatter v'' rv "ig oiooaca Jhall know to be formed again this or any of the United IN 0 pod from the northward Howe, whois marched by the andiscoaftedby General Walh in dywine, between Howe and Phi utea mates oj America, vf WILLIAMSBURG, September 19. Pojtfcript of a letter from a Gentleman in Maryland to bisfr'tpid in this dated Saturday 1 3, 1777 every man to his poll. An engagement every moment expected on Wed laft. Putnam, with 8000 men, is ordered to join General Walh ington, and expected to join him as to To the immortal honour of the militia on the Eaftern Shore but one man refufed to take the oath of allegiance to the State, though jlie fleet was on their coafts, and every artifice had been ufed by the Tories to intimidate them from taking it; the. man who refufed to take it was allowed a day to confider of if, when again refufing it, the militia pulled his houfe down.

It is high time the Tories iliould awake, from their dreams of and of lording it in'America. Surely they are infatuated to believe, that if America is conquered they would be permitted to enjoy the triumph no, they may be allured that it is the determined refolution of thousands not to fuffer one of thofe vretches to fee one fmgle State in that humiliating condition. They have too long abufed the lenity and generofity of our virtuous le giflatures; the people at large, and the army, to a man, are rcfolved to fhew them no mercy if we are conquered, and are alfo determined, in cafe of a general invafion, to put it out of their power to join the It is to be hoped, therefore, that for the future theyVill dread an invafion as much as they have hitherto wifhed for one. a CONG RE June 14, 1777. Refohed, that the FLAQ of the United States be THIRTEEN STRIPES alternate red and white; that the union be THIRTEEN STARS white in a blue field, reprefenting a new conftcllation.

Extract from the minutes, CHARLES THOMSON, Portsmouth, September 15, 1777. I WAS this Day called on by Captain Jobnfon of the Horfe to fettle a Matter of Difpute between him and Cornet Titzhugb after Facts being ftated, am of opinion that the Difference proceeded altogether from a Mifunderftanding betwixt the Parties, and that the faid Cornet mould not lay under the Cenfure of any One for what has paffed. () CHARLES HARRISON, Col, of Artillery. A penters, and very valuable Miners alfo the vVholof hit elegant and valuable Houfehold and Kitchen Furniture, together coo Ounce j.u; luiiwtsu vj fctcing, miiu manj oincr mucies 100 xeaious to mention. The EXECUTRIX.

TO BE SOLD at King Queen Courthoufe, on the fccond Monday in 08ober next (being Court Day) a Trail vf LA ND in this Counfyi I apprehend he hath been taken by containing about two Acres of high Land, and about 1 Acres of Drew head of Brandy wine for Philadelphia, Swaxtf, which is well timbered with Cyprefs, Thi Land waa gton, who isat Shad Ford, upon Bran purchafed of one Richard Wiatt, by Maior Ham Gaines. anA" adelphia 1 the lines are manned, and by the faid Gaines conveyed to the Adroiniftrators of lohn KohinfaH. P. fat Efq: deceafed. GEORGE FOR SALE, a Traa of LAND in the upper End of )ianover County on the main Road from WWiamjburg to Staunton, in Augufta County, containing about 490 Acres, on which is an exceeding good Grift Mill, 1 on a Stream that never fails in the dried Seafons.

The Place is fo well fituated for Trade, nd hath been fo long known as a Place of exten(Jve Trade, that a further Defcnption is.needlcft.vThe above mentioned Mill may, by very little Coft, be turned into a valuable Merchant Mill. There is on the Place a good and large Storehoufe, Lumber Houfe, large Stable, and Places for holding Grain, as alfo a Dwelling. Houfv Kitchen, (sff. The Place is in good Order for Cropping, and almoft the whole Ground, tended by fix Hands, is fowed in Wheat. Any Pcrfon inclinable to purchafe may fee the Place by applying io.

William Brown, my Overfeer, on the Premifes, atid may know the Term by applying to the Subfcriber in the upper End of Louifa JOHN BOS WELL. For Sale by Dixon 1un ter, Of FIGE arid AUTHORITY JUSTICE of PEA C1E EXPLAINED AND DIGESTED; Under proper TITLES. By RICHARD ST ARKE.