The Virginia Gazette

Three runaway negroes are now lodged in the publick jail, who last Sunday evening came on board one of our armed vessels, supposing her to be a tender, as they had heard her fire some guns. Before they were undeceived, they declared their resolution to spend the last drop of their blood in lord Dunmore's service.----What a hopeful crew has his lordship invited to become his life-guards! Many a less noble man would hardly have admitted such caitiffs into his service as shoe-blacks. But, considering these hard times, it is something fortunate that his lordship is content to put up with so miserable a set of attendants. It is to be hoped, however, that general Lee, so soon as he finds it convenient, will take care to provide our governour with a more suitable household, agreeable to his high birth, and distinguished merit.