The Maryland Gazette from Annapolis, Maryland • Page 2

1 The brig Orleans, Capt. Philip, belonging to Quebec, fromt't Eulbtia, for North Carolina, inner paflage in December laft, fprung a leak, when the on Cat lfland (one of. th Bahama) in order to lave their lives. I he captain js Ijere 'by way Of Philadelphia from Providenee. Next I hurfday morning, wind and weather permit ting; his excellency the governor with his lady and family, will embark for England on board the Mercury Packet, Capt.

Dillon. Laft week his excellency our worthy governor, was plealed to make a prefent of 10,000 acres of land, the townfhip of Norbury, in Gloucefter county, about ao miles from Connecticut river, in this province, to king' college, in this city. A A 1 April 14. On Monday the 4th irritant, was run over the courfe near Fredericklburg, a match between Mann Page Ei'quire's cheihut horfe Damon, and Moore Fauntleroy Efquire's bay mare Mifs Sprightly, for" two hundred piltoles: the former beat all hollow. CUSTOM E.

D. i Scfioortcr Baltimore, Jonathan Clark, from Rhode Ifland. Schooner Morton, John Allen from V. CLE ARE D. 's'lnp Polly, James M' Arthur, for Lifbon.

Schooner lizabeth, Jofiah Godfrey, for Bofton. Schooner Sufannah, Nathaniel Dodd, for Marblehead. Ship Polly John White, forirgima. Briz Friendship, William Jones for Belfalt. Ship Jenny and Polly, Daniel Lawrence, for Alicant, Conftitntion Hill, P'tfcataway, March 1774V TH well known horfe Ranger ftands this feafon, and wi 1 cover at two dollars the leap, one guinea the feafon, and for two guineas a colt will be in fared He is upwards of fixteen hands high.

Rout and well formed, and get remarkable large colts, wen marked in general I have good paftures tor fuch maw as arefent by the feafon, of which the Htmoft care will be taken, hut will not be arfwerable for any mares tlfat may be loft the money will be expected hen the mares are tsk iway. EDWARD EPELEN, junior, A LT. perlons indebted" to the eltate oi A Ki bv, late of Kenr Iflind, deceafed, are defr r1d immediate pavment, and thofe who have claims, to biing in their accounts legally proved, that tbr KIRBY, Ad'mlniftrator, April the nth, 1774 TO he fold at public vendue, for ready ca(h, or iho.t credit, on Saturday the 30th of April, at the houfe ofMofes Maccubbn, deceafed, a parcel of cows, calves, hogs, houfbold furniture, and fundry other things too tedious to mention. WfLLIAM MACCUBBIN, Adminiftrator, rApril the 5th, 1774. CHEROKEE, a ftrong country horfe, ftands at the fubfciibei's plantation, near the head of South River, and will cover this feafon at two dollars a are.

4 GASSAWAY RAWLINGS, London Town, Apnl the izth, 1774.. HIS is to inform the public, and my old cufto 1 mers in particular, that I ftill continue to carry on the ftaymaking bufinefs in all its branches. as I have furnifhed my felf with (he bell materials for that purpofe, thofe ladies that choofe to favour me with their cuftom, may depend upon being ferved the neateft and beft manner, and on the fhorteft notice, by the public's humble fervant, ELIZABETH FERGUSON. N. B.

She alfo keeps good entertainment for man and horfe. JH Bolton's ftage waggon continues to ply from ChetterTown, to New Caftle and Rock Hall, as ufual (he fets out from Chefter Town every Monday morning, and gets to New Caftle on Tuefday, where there is a commodious ftage boat takes in the patten cers, and proceeds direaiy for Philadelphia, and arrives there on Wednefday, at the Crooked Billet Wharf 1 the boat leaves Philadelphia on Sunday, and returns to New Caftle on Monday the waggon leases New Caftle on Tuefday afternoon, or Wednefday, and return to Chefter Town on Thurfday, on Friday (he proceeds to Rock Hall, and returns to Chefter Town on Saturday. The rate is for paflengers in the waggon from Rock Hall to New Caftle, 15s, from Chefter Town to ditto, i 6d for luggage from Rock Hill to New Caftle, is 64 per fquare foot and from Chefter Town, is 3d per fquare toot, if it does not exceed solb. weight, if it does, 6d per hundred pounds from Rock Hall, and 6s td per hundred from Chefter Town. Freight in the New Caftle ftage boat, to Philadelphia, is per hundred) paflengers pav for their paflage from New Caftle to Philadelphia, and lo fingle letters are carefully delivered to the perfons directed, at 3d a piece, double at 6d, packets at is each.

6 Annapolis, April 13, 1 77. RICHARD BURLAND, tailor and habit maker from London, late foreman to Mr Robert Pink ney, deceafed, takes this method to acquaint the public, tht he if now removed into the houfe were Sa muel'Harey Howard lately lived, facing the coffee houfe 1 he takes this opportunity to afTure thofe ladies and who may pleafe to favour him with their Cuftom, that he will mske it his conftanf endeavour, by puoftuality, and a ftrift attention to bufiaefs, merit their lalling approbation. tf PRINCE GEORGFa COUNTY, UOT INGH AM RACES, Are fixed en Wednefday the nth day of May, (w 1 or. de. to give jne to horfes, to go from thence to Bal timoie,) WHENapurfeofFirTYvPotfiiDS comlnon mo ney will be run for, free tor, any hoife, mar or gelding, on the following terms, via.

horfes 4 vean old to carry 7 and a half none, 5 years old 8 ltone, 6 years old 8 and a half done, ageu 9 ltone heats. 3 miles each And, 1. On Thurfday the itb will be run for, whatever may be fuhferibed, more than the above 30. and the en trance. money of both days free for any norfe, mare or gelding, carrying 9 Rone heats 4.

miles each. Subfcrihers of 3 may ftart a hofle each day free, and all others to pay 40s. entrance for the $9 purle, and 30 s. the i'econd day to be appointed to de termine al! difpurcs th3t may arife. A ROAN It) ion, 15 hands and a halt high, to be ioM lor ni keeping, by JOHN KING.

Chefter Town, ril 8. 1774 FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD. 1 ES A out of the jail at Baltimore Town, on the th day of April 177s, a negro man, named Ifaac calls himfelf Ifaac Wallace, about 3a or 33 years of age, feet 9 or so inches high, a flini made fellow 1 had on when put into jail, a woollen cloth cap, turned up with furr, a light jacket, blue woollen troufers, a pair of Wack leather (hoes, with plated buckles, he can write a good hand, under ftasidsarithmetick it is fuppofed he was carried off by fome veflel that failed about that time from faid town for London, as he has (incebeen feen in that city. Whoever will give information thereof to the fublcnber, lh.ill,on the matter of faid veflel being convicted of the" fame, receive the above reward, from 6 fTOHN BOLTON SIX DOLLAkS way jfiom the. fubferiber, iiring in Talbot county, Bay tide, on Fiiday, March 17th, 1774, a icrvaitt tati, Robert Farrow, he is about 4 feei 9 inches high, was born i Sudbury, wears his own hair, brown or dndyr had on, and took with him, an old felt hat patch on the crowa, a bine half thick jacket, a flripe lappe'led ditto, country kerfey breeches, milled fail A cking, old nailed ftwes patcbt benind it is likely he has changed his name and cloaths, he has a large fcald on the back of his thigh whoever takes op, and iiogs home the faid boy, shall have tbe above reward, and reafon able charges, paid by BENJAMIN SANDS N.

B. It is fuppofed be is carried of by fome water man, as he is a Ay young villain. 31,1774 np be fold on Wednefday, April 7, next, to the higheft bidder a valuable tract of land lying en Pa: uxent River," adjoining to the town of Benedict, containing about fix hundred acres the land is exceeding rich, well timbered, and well adapted to farming and making of tobacco this land is fo well known, that it does Hot need a particular dilcription about two hundred acres of this land, now rents for forty five pounds currency per annum the profpece is pejjuaps as fine as any in the province, as it binds on the river and creek, and has but two cotirfes, and a view down the river tor upwards of twenty miles there is about half of this land cleared and under good repair, has a fine apple and peach orchard, that will produce about, three thoufand gallons of good cider yearly a good dwelling houfe and every other out houfe neceflary, three good tobacco houfes and a new Twelve months credit will be given for one half of the purchae money, on giving bond with feCu rity if required j'pofleflion will be given on the 25th of Decemoer next) any perfon 'inclinable to purchafe, may know the terms and titleby applying to the fub fcriker living Oi the premiles, BASIL BROOKE. N. B.

Anne fituatipn for a water mill is on the above laivL fc. lu jih i ters, patt mccs ot iand at tUe r'a ls of Ohha, hereby inform the public, that they intend to lay put a town there in the mod convenient place the lots to be eighty feet front, and' two hundred and forty deep, the number of lots that mall be laid off at f.rft, will depend on the number of applications, the purchafe money of each lot to be four Spanim dollars, and one dollar per annum quit rents for ever. 'The purchafen to build on ach lot within the pace of two years, from the fiift of next December, a log. houfe not lefs than fixteen feet fquare, with a ftone or brick chimney, and as that country it will be necef. fary the firrt fettlers ihould build compactly, the improvements mult naturally join 'each other it is fur ther propefed for the cenveniency of the an out lot of ten acres, fontiguoui to the town, fhall be laid off for each that denre the fame, and that at an eafy rent on a long leafe.

Attendance will be given by the patentees at Pittfburgh, till the midJIe of J.ine next, at which time oneot them will fet off from thence to execute the plan. The advantageous fit nation of that place, formed by nature as a temporary magazine, "or repofitory, to receive the produce of the very extenfive and fertile country on the Ohio and' its branches, as well as the necefTary merchandises fuit able for the inhabitants that fhall emigrate into that country, (as boats of fifty tons burthen may be navi. gated from New Orleans, up to the town) fuffident to recommend ic but whea it is confidered how libera, nay profufe nature has been in docking it fo abundantly, that the flighteft induftry may (upply the moft numerous family with the greateft plenty, and amazing variety, of fifh fowl, 'and flefh: the fertility of the foil, and facility of cultivation, fit it for producing commodities of great value with little labour the wholeiomnefs cfjhe waters, and ferehity of the air, render it healthy and that when'property may be fo eafily acquired, we may with certainty affirm, that it will in fhoit 'ime be tq jailed by few inland places on the American continent. JOrIN CAMPBELL. April id, I77.

JOHN CONNOLLY. Prince George's Countv An i rpO be fold at public file, vhy 1 1 ftant, part of a tract oflano, caUeS I very, contaming no acres, lying in ftin countv, and contiguous to the lands of Murdoch, and H. Belt, alio part of a Sf Adj called Brock Ha.l, containing between 11a t( 'n The above parcels of la are f.tuateTi'J' mile of each other, and will be fold iointlv rately, as may belt fuit the purchafcrs." VhJ ft will be made known on the day of fale. A John Bowie. 0 foW togetDer Purfumt to the lsit 7MT 1 teftament of doctor William Wheland' la 1 J'" me lonowioe traA parcels of land, fituate ia the faid county, River, viz Middletor.

the Oaks, a4 acres, Cold or CcoUSp.ine more or lefs, additioh to Cool aCr" lefV part of Grange, fuppofed to conhin acres, and Hard Putt, 836 acre more or left Vl of thefe lands are adjoining, and form a valuable hT of up land and marfh, containing as it is thon fc' i fome furplus. The improvements 'are two rtL tions containing about 120 acres, on one of wv. are a framed dwelling houfe with a brick chimn two framed barns and other out houfest alfo h. orchards, and large nurferies of apple trees and dI? trees. Levi Oram who lives on the premiles or Hn liant White who livea near, will fhew the fame Jane Wheland, widow of the teftator, dwelling at enna will exhibit the title papers and plots, with a copy of the will to fuch as may app y.

The faid will directs, that this advertiftment be in ftrted eight fucceffive weeks in tlte Miryland mm? that thote who incline to purchafe, do deliver their refpective bids in writing to one or more of that the lands be by us conveyed to him, or her' who fhall in that manner bid moft wkhin.fix months' after the date of the lalt gazette, containing fuch adver tifement, he or (he having ftrf paid the purchafe mo. ney, or feeured it to be paid to our We have appointed Friday the sd day of December next, for doling the fale at the houfe of tofeDk M'Clemmy in Vienna aforefaid, and on the fame dav we fhall, if we conveniently can fon receiving (d faction as afarefaid) cxectite to the purchafer, a deed for the lands with fpecial warranty, as ordered by the will the fale to be in common money, and the lands entered 00 by the purchafer tbe firft day of January Henry Steele. JOHN HENRY. JrultfM FPHbaim ino the Sale. A Lift of Letters remaining at the Post Offic in Annapolis.

A. VOBERT ARMSTRONG, Eleanor Aiken, JCv Grace Adkm, Annapolis. Ann Aloamy, Talbot Capt. Charles Alexander, Cheileu town. B.

Hubbard Brown, Brown Jordan, Fnncei Bryce, Annapolis. Chfillopher Birmingham, Kent William Bacon, Efq; Pocomoke. Overton Carr (), Capt. ames armichall, Thomas Cockeydie, C'hapliue Duncan, William ia mueU.haie, () 4napolis. Jofeph owinan, Well River.

Alexander Chalmers (a), New Town. I Jpieph Clark, Caecil county. If' D. John Duckettj Elizabeth Dennis, Annapolis. F.

George i orfter, John Fogarty, Annapolis. Col, Patuxent River. Ehzabetli Fergufon, Loo. don Town. G.

fhomas Gorfon, Reverdy Ghifelin, William Geddis, Annapolis. John Gawith jun. Talbot county. Jofeph Gill, Weft James Grey, i county. H.

Elizabeth Hughes, Richard Houper, nnapolu, Jatmes Heron, Calvert county. T. Henjamin Jones, Charles Frederick Jacob, Thomas Johnfon (3), A'nnapolis. Robert Jones, vert county. nne Jones, alias Ooyle, Peter Xiver." K.

lames and Cabriel Kingfbury, Annapolis. Joha Knowles, Charles opunty, Thomas Logan, Vienna. Ifaac Lynn, A. A. county.

John Lampe, Annapolis. M. John Miller (4), Frederick county. John Mather, Talbot county. Chriftopher Meyer, Annapolis.

ia vin Murray, George Town. Edward Noel, Dorchefter county Mr. Ioak, James Nevin, Matthias Nowland, raffifrace, river. Nichols cnamberlaine, Talbot county. O.

Edward Ofborne, Annapolis. P. Thomas Pindell, Prince George's county. Si muel Parran, William Parran, Calvert county. Geo.

Garfton Powell, Mifs Potts, Jonathan 1'inkney, William Powell, Mrs. Patton, Howell Powell, Mrs. Pugo, Annapolis. Benjamin Price, Sairafras river. K.

William Reynolds (1), William Rowles, Joha Rawlins, Annapolis. Thomas Ringgold, New 1 own. S. Guftavus Scott (1), j'omerfet county. Georgo Sellers, Annapolis.

Even Shelby, counr, Thomas Stone, Heaberd Smallwood, Charles count Clement Sewell, Wye. T. Elijah lilghman, Henry Tunftill, Annapolis. Thomas Teft, A. A.

cduntyT Hon. Matthew Ulghman. W. Charles Woodmafon, Mary Wheeler, William Woodward, Annapolis. John Wallis, Vienna, Nicholas Worthington, South river, John Voorhes and co Chefter Town.

Y. Jofeph Young, Cedar Point. TAKEN up in the Bay, between the mouth of Weft riverand Kent Point, a fmall boat, fquare joint built, a ring bolt in the ftern, and another in her head, with a long tow rope and an iron chain fattened to her head the upper part of the ftern broke even with the breaft hook, her fides paid with terpentine. Tite owner may haVe faid boat again, by pro ving his property, and paying charges to Sele Tucker, at Weft river, J..