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ro ts SOLD, /of reaJj mntj, to tit llgUfl Udder, tn Monday next, lit
T “ta? u " u ■*“—
JL Tier Dca., t.c.c.e, Itores, furniture, and apparel. ‘
- JAMES WHITEFIELD, M. C. V. A. ’
UP at Black-Creek by the (übfcriber, THREE
• A bright Bay, about 12 and a half hands high, 8 or o year!
old* lias a cut mouth, branded on the mounting buttock 2 T with saddle
fpotM a Grey;, about the fame heighth, branded on the mounting buttock
like yMh in one, and on the mounting (boulder with a blotched brand •
a .other small Grey, branded on the mounting (houlder PGorn air <] on
the off buttock IS- The owner* mull prove their property before aJu
jtite of Peace, and apt ly to JACOB IHLE.
315?ongtit to tfn {fcozfc.'boufcl ~
ONE NF.G ROE FELLOW, named GEORGE, who fays he belongs
to William Pool near the Congarees, in South-Carolina, about five
feet five inches high, aged about forty years, has across and a fear on
his left Ihoulder, a little pitted with the Imallpox, .taken up in Savannah
tpi,vff • 2lft April, 1770*
ty WM, SUGAR, WJMi, OIL, SALT* &c. to be fold by RICH
jtX ARP WYLLY. *
WILLIAM BELCHER give* this lurther and lalt notice to a 1 per
sons indebted to him. (they haring paicj little regard to his former
advertisement) that, if they neglefl fettling with him to his fatisfnftion
by the lothof this month, he will, without diftinftion, put their several
accounts into the hands of .in attornev at law to be ;'trmediately recovered.
O’J RAYED fiorn the iubicriner, off Mr. M Gilhvray s plantation rear
O Savannah, TWO HORSES, viz. A small grey, branded on the
mounting shoulder R H ; and a forcl, cut close behind the ears, uirh a
short mane that hangs on both fide*. Whoever delivers the said horses to
the fubferiber fhali receive 205. fieri, reward for each.
ROBERT HUNTER.
TO lit SOLD, at Savannah, in Friday the 4J h day ts May inf, for ready money,
ONE NEGROE WENCH, named SARAH, late the property
of William Herbert, leized, and to be fold by virtue of a mortgage,
by _ MATT. ROCHE, Prov. Mar.’
TO BE SOLD, at Sunbury, on Friday the 4 th day of May next, for ready mcney;
ONE NEGROE WENCH, named LILLY, and A CHILD; sho,
A WENCH, named BECK; the property of Samuel NeJmes,
seized on execution by MATT. ROCHE, Prov. Mar.
Savannah, 25th April, 1770.
LONDON, February 22.
Lord North moved for an addrefstohis Majefiy,
that he wou'd be pleased to give orders for all the papers
.jo yj that hive been received relative to the several affociauoas
• xJ formed on the continent, to be laid befort the House.
jULju. itJ Monday the sth of March is fixed for the consideration of
that important business.
It was yesterday thrown out, by the fame person, in a eertain place,
that three of the. revenue afts would be repealed, and the others fiand.
The following Judges will be detained, in town, on the
places they at present enjoy, viz. Lord Mm field, being the
House of Lords; and t .e justices Smythe, Bathurft, and Afton, being
kjCguamiffioners of the Grand Seal of England ; the abfencc of none of
IBratncan, tinder such circumfianccs, be difpenkd with.
‘Kprwrn 13. We are informed, that Edward Thurloe, Esq. King’s
is appointed his Majesty’s Sohcator-General, in the room of
HUr Dunning, Esq. who has resigned.
and not before, the Right Hon. the Earl of Brifiol resigned
the Privy-Seal 5 which was immediately delivered to the Right Hon. the
Earl of Halifax.
We hear that the Hon. George Grcville, son of the Earl of Warwick,
i* appointed one of the Lo ds of.TTade* in the room of Lord Lilhurne,
lately appointed a Lord of'ihe Admiralty.
Frb. 24.. Yesterday the Hon.'Mr. Thynnc, brother to Lord Weymouth,
bad the honour to kiss his M::iefty’s hand, on being appointed Treasurer
of the King’s Privy Chamber, in the room of Sir Gilbert Eliot, Bart.
Judge Blackstone has had the honour of Knighthood conferred on him.
A great lawyer having been (hewn he copy of an intended remonstrance,
returned it with his opinion, that though the courtiers and sycophants
might pronounce it hightreafon, there was not a Angle word inserted but
■what be would uphold was warranted by the conlhiution.
We hear the intended remor.firances will contain a demand n the name
of the people of £ngland, that the House of Commons may be effectually
purevd of all placemen and pensioners.
Jt is now certain that several of the firfi counties of this kingdom will
remonUrate on the fubjeft of the inattention paid to their refpedive peti.
Feb. 27. His Majesty has appointed George Pitt, Esq. to be his Am
baiTsdor at the Court of Madrid, in the room of Sir James Grey.
His Majefiy has appointed Col. James Cunningham to be Governor of
the island of St. |ohir, Newfoundland. -
We are now assured from good authority, that Maundy Thursday, the
I2th of April, is fixed for the prorogation of Parliament.
Feb 28 We hear that it is now finallv fettled, notwithftandmg the
rdporti to the contrary, that a Prcf.dent of a certain assembly is to have
the seals after the present feflion of Parliament.
And we are further assured, that the terms demanded before acceptance
are a pension of three tboufand piunds annually, in case of difmiffion, and
an Earldom, both which conditions are certainly complied with.
March I. It ha* been intimated to a city inagirtrate to take Care in what
manner the intended remonstrance \is couched, for (hould it contain any
thine difrefpeflful, or capable of difadvantageou* con flrudtions, proper
notice will be taken thereof in Westminster halL ‘
We hear Serjeant Glynn has pronounced the city remonstrance to be in
every refpefl legal, let what will be the confluence.
March 2 It so reported the Duke of Grafton has totally abandoned the
present Adminift ration, and that upon the American measures he will ap
'h|nmj certain focietjr last Friday. L— C concluded a
h. which tailed above an hour wi.h_.be so to.,eg remarkable word.:
Iff Italowr 1 talowr of hoftilSty ftruckagainft dt, by oar old inveterate tartbfcl
nCb * m f (,lßeonc P a <* of the world.”
I nomas Davifon, Esq. is aopointed Cilledlor-General of his Majeftv’e
deceased °* ,Ca ° d of J amaica , n the room of Zachariah Bayl tf, Elq.
f,om ”“ u ° iwu rr>
r OFTEN have wondered how people of fortune and condition can bear
tILSn. a C - *5 er <ao° rs cp ow ( KH with importunare tradesmen, to whom
re-Ld ”. and ‘ ndcbled ’ . and P ut t . he ® y f f ‘> from time to time, without any
regard either to their neceihiu-s, or the jullicc t.f their demands.—For
people to huy what they cannot pnv for is exuavarair, vain, andfoolifh;
TZZ pa> m - nt - w . b . h 7 Cin *. is and difhonelt;
or honour * ‘ U y fnamelul, a.d unbecoming perfonsof fanfe
Nothing can be more scandalous and dilhnnrft than to run in debt, with
out any care of payment; it is rren worse than picking pockets, as it i*
cheating those who put a confidence in one’s horn-(tv • and whoever doer
!u S u qUi ’, I,ry u Whatit : V ! ,U •““ have a sordid, base, and little mind.
I in aid think the complaints and curses of diitrefi'ed ahd diGppcinted
people, that demand what is justly owinu them, mull utterly destroy what
cvef plcafure can poffildy be imagined in dress, or equipage, or
or ary thipg besides: lam fufe, a man of virtue and true honour would
ratherbeg, or fterve, or die, than pqrchafe the very requisites oflife, or
even us If, at so infamous and vile a rate. Those who run in debt be
yond their circumfianccs and abilitie* were, by the Roman laws, to be
made the flave> and ffrvants of their creditors; nay, in fome
they had over them an absolute and unlimited power of life and death. I
will, among ou. fdves, that luch as, being rich and able, will pay nobody
without com pul ft on, might be fiigmatized upon record, for persons of
no honesty, veracity, or reputation. This would have a good effeft on
lome, who contrive, by diftrefling those they deal with, to make them
comply with unreTenable abatements, or force them to seek their remedy
by a vexatious and lingering course of A person of high rank and
dignity was notorious (or this ctiftom, of whom I remember theJollowing
true fiory. A I'iummcr and a Bricklayer, who were friends and inti*
mates, were employed by this great man in a sumptuous building he was
irectir.g ; the wotk of eacu amounted to fome hundred pounds ; and, after
it w.s finiflied, they attended above a year without so nvuch as being per
muted to deliver in their bills. The Plummer was a (ingle Rian, and
rich, and bore it pretty well; bat the Bricklayer, having a wife and nu
merous family, and being drove to the last extremity, pressed in, almost
oy force, upon his Lordihip, and laid his accounts before him, telling
ihe neceftiiy he lay under, and begging he might.be paid. My Lord,
in great anger, reproved his insolence, and told him, it would reiuirtf
a long time to overlook his bill; the poor fellow, fearing to be delayed
again, besought him, upon his knees, to pity his condition, and .fav®
nim Irom a goal, by letting him have fome part, in present, till he flreuld
be latisfied about the whole. His Lordihip finding the fellow’s e;:trerrTe
warn, arTwerei, that his bill was exorbitant and unconscionable, and
therefore he must abate one half of what was charged; which, if he
would agree to, and give a receipt in fell, he (hiuld immediately be paid,
but otherwise, by G—i, he fliould never have one farthing. In this exi
gence, w at could the man doi money he must have, or go to prison ;
and so, almost desperate, he accepted these hard conditions, by which hd
was a great loser out of pocket.—He met the Plummer (hortly after, and
acquainted him what bad happened, who being si subtle fellow, went in
the ame manner, gave in hit bill, and was offerer? the fame terms; against
which he grievously complained, but, notwiihftandir.g, at length com
plied. Upon this, without any examination, just half his bill was paid
him. Away he took his money to a tavern, and fending for the steward,
cold him, he could afford an handsome treat, for his Lord had fatisfied
him very well. The lleward fancied the man beside himfclf, ’till the
Plummer acquainted him, that having heard how harba.oufly his friend
the Brick ayer had been cheated, and expefting the fame usage, he had
made his own bill juit double what it ought to be, by which ftiatagcm he
had done himfclf jullicc, and received his full due. If people will play
tricks with tradesmen, they must expetl to have them sometimes returned.
Where the pay is precarious, or long in coming, it must be made amend*
for, either by the largcnefs of the price, or the badneFs of the commo
dity; so that, as cunning as fome folks think themfclves, ever pay
at all, it is grievously through the nose; and those from whom no money 1
comes, but what the law extor,ts, generally pay more than double. What
innumerable low (hists, and (hameful pretences, people of dilhoneft prin
ciples make use of, to (huflle away those they are indebted to 1 Sometime!
they are not at home, sometimes just going out, sometimes not well,’
sometimes very busy ; and at last, when it comes to the pinch, they find
fault, and will not pay, and then away they (ling, very much disobliged,
and will not pay at all.—Not long ago Mr. Dodgewell, a gentleman of
this fort, was indebted for goods, sent in at several times to the amount
of about 301. The (hop.keeper brought in his bill, which was very civilly
received, Mr. Dodgewell telling him he’d overlook it, ar.d difeharge it
the next time he came that way. In abodt a fortnight, the (hop keeper
called again, depending he (hould receive his money, bat it seems Mr,
Dodgewell had quite forgot, and desired his excuse only for a day or two,
and he would come himfelf ind pay it. Not hearing of him ten days after,
the (hop-keeper came again ; for which trouble Mr. Dodgewell begged
his pardon very heartily; indeed, he had been in so great a hurry, that
it was impoflible for him to examine the account, but he hoped a few
days would occafioa no cnnfiderable inconveniency. Well, the (hop
keeper (laved another fortnight, and then came several times without
findiog him, which spun out three weeks more. At last catching him at
home one morning early, Mr. Dodgewell told him, with the utmost ftiame
and confufion, that unfortunately he had millaid the bill, and must in
treat the favour of him to write it out again. Another bill was brought,
and about five weeks after, that too was loft, and afterward* a thjtd un
derwent the milhap, Mr. Dodgewell a(king his pardon each time ii the
mod humble manner for the trouble he was so unhappy a* to give him.
In return of all his complaisance, the (hop-keeper, a few day* after,
brought him a dozen bills together, all printed very handfomelv, telling
him, at the fame time, that, not knowing how many he might have occa
sion fur, as writing them was very five hundred