Dunlap's Pennsylvania packet , The general advertiser — Philadelphia, Pa., 1777-05-20 00:00:00, page 4

'//. 'ADDRESS ~foiledlo th Honours. ? Esr
rsnt of the Executive Council. ^7 the
Board of War, on tbe fotb infant.
To the pref dent oftbe Executive Council, as f C rd of
Carfor the State of Pennsylvania
Gentlepen,
Ch U R '"'y to Pennsylvania and t . United
r . is upon us to lay before yo repre-
LMatim ?,e State of our public affairs, •,.! lome
^^b, we hope, have a tendency to restore
1 happier fixation.
tv ' : : "1 f the State is apprehended. The e
missaries of the enemy are busily employed in fpreadhg
the feeds and principles of difaffedion to the American
oaafe. Weakness and languor are apparent in every
part of the government. We fee nocomfortable prof
ped that the force of this State will be folly called
forth by the steps already taken. There is no regular
admioiftration ofjuftice. whereby the enemies of our
country may be punished, and its friends protested.
The prices of every necessary of life are riling to an ex
orbitant height, and,the fame effectual measures are
not taken in this, which have been taken io other
States, for checking the evil, and for supporting the
credit of the public money. This State formerly was
.r iorto any of her filter States in the most vi
r xertions against the common enemy.
men
tion to yu, that tiiefe defects and disorders are in a
great degree owing to the difference offentimeat which
prevails among' the inhabitants of Pennsylvania, ton
cerning the plan of government formed by the late
Convention. It niuft be the wish of every good citi
zen to fee this difference subside ; and all the well af
fected members of the S'are united in vigorous tnea
fufes for defending and Securing their country, and for
repelling the common enemy. To pave the ,way for
this defireable event, we offer to your consideration the
following prcpofals; and ihall receive much fatisfa&r
on from your concurrence with them.
That as'foon as the Assembly ihall meet, application
be made to them to recommend the election of a new
Convention for the purpose of altering and amending the
Constitution, agreeable to the fehtiments of a m jority
of the people—you know that they have not had a fair
opportunity of expressing their sentiments upon this
very important point; for an oath, deciding it, was
required as a condition to be complied with, previous
to their voting for representatives.
That in the mean time the Assembly and Executive
Council, or the body formed under the recommenda
tion of Congress, continue to exercise all authority ne
cessary for the fafety and Security of the State. But
that those powers from the meeting of the Conventi
on be yelled in them, orin such as they may appoint.
[fth^fe propofols are agreed to, and carried into ef
fect, we flatter curfe ! ves that unanimity, and strength,
‘: Ct ' '—' of unanimity,' will be soon restored to
ftL^^ We are, Gentlemen,
Your very humble servants,
B. Ru/h, Lambert Cadwalader, James Meafe, Mark
Bird, Thomas Barclay, George Rf«, Richard
Deters, Junes Budden, Paul Cox. Samuel Cald
well, John Meafe, Benjamin Eyre, [ Gpu Moul
der, Thomas Bond, jtin. William Gray, John
Little, Robert Erwin, Robert Ritchie, Thomas
Fitzsimons, George Clymer, Thomas Peters,
Thomas Reid, William Richards, Daniel lymer,
Thomas Bradford, J. M Nefbtt, James Wiffon,
Sharp Delany, Wiliam Bradford, Jacob Ru/h,
John Nixon, Isaac Melcher, Charles Thomson,
William Masters, John Gibson, William Jones,
Tho. Cadwalader, Jehu Eyre, Robert Morris,
Manuel Eyre.
Pbi/ade pbia, May 6, 1777.,
The A N S W E R.
fylvania Car Office, May 14, 1777.
k A aniwci to ~.e proposals contained in your address
of the sixth instant, we, with pleasure, inform you
of the concurrence of this Board in the probity of an
application to the Assembly, to recem nend*e election
of a Convention for this State, for the purpose of al
tering, amending, or confirming the constitution ; and
that we Ihall take the earliefl opportunity to <pp!y to
the Honorable House of Assembly, praying their atten
tion to so fahitary and necessary a measure.
We are, Gentlemen, your most humble servants,
By order of the Board,
RICHARD BACHE, Chairman.
Philadelphia, April 25, 1777,
ESERTED from my company
' ntbe %:h Virginia regiment, a foldjer named
JOSE PH BALDWIN, a likely well set fell w, of a
fair complexion, 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high, black hair•
fl 7 cm .-.hting shirt, blue waiftvoat, blue German
ockings, and a macaroni beaver hat. I luf.
pect lie ^ in Chester county, as he has many relations
there. Who, ver will bring the Gid deserter to me, shall
have FORTY DOLLARS reward.
t ABEL WESTFALL, Captain.
P UlfoAbhLPHlA-. Printed by JOHN DUNLAP, at the Nroeft Printing-Office in Market-street, where
Subscriptions at Fifteen Sellings per Annum, Advertisements, &c. are thankfully received for this Paner.
Just printed, published, and now felling by ROBERT
BELL, next door to St, Paul's Church, in Third
ftreet Philadelphia, [Price two thirds of a dollar, with
a curious frontifpiece, which cost above sixty dollars.]
qpHE DEATH of General MONTGO
I MERY, in (forming the city of Qu E BFc. A
Tragedy. With an ODEin honor of the Pennsylvania
Militia, and a final! band of regular Continental Troops,
who sustained the campaign, in the depth of winter, Ja
nuary, 1777, and repulsed the British forces from the
banks of the Delaware. By the author of a dramatic
piece ohThe Battle or Bunker's Hill. Towhich
are added, Elegiac Piecfs, commemorative of distin
guished Characters: By different Gentlemen.
Hie, manus, ob patriam pogn ando, valuer a paffi.
Patriots who perifh'd in their country's right.
Pitt's Virgil.
Sufauehanna Lower Ferry, April 30, 1777,
RAN AWAY from the .ftrb4rXet,_
v^Runriav UA/ an Irih Servant girl nam~l MAR
GARET FITZGERALD, about 25 years of age, has
been in the country 1 Smooths, is much freckled and mar
ked with the small pax ; had on when (he eloped, a (hort
striped hnfey bed gown, two linfey petticoats striped with
green, a black calimanco bonnet, check apron, half worn
pumps with buckles, and purple leather mits; what other
things (he took away is uncertain. Ir is thought (he has
gone off with a party of Soldiers, as (he is an impudent
huffey, and will be guilty of any bad Clion. Whoever
secures said fervan + , so that I may have her again, Bull
haveSlX DOLLAR S reward.
JOHN RODGERS.
W A S . L O S T,--
ON TuefJay, the 19th of April, in Water street, a
needle-worked Pocket-Book, containing twenty
pounds in Continental and Od Bills, and two Nat's of
Hind. Whoever has found the above pocket-book an I
wi'l leave it w '- P ter Hays, tavern keeper in Third
ftrect, Ihall have Four Pounds reward. §
For S A L E,
EIGHT valuable L OTS in the town of Frede
derickiburg, Virgins, on which are the following
inpruvenients, viz. a la ge and commodious brick dwel
ling house, with five rooms on a floor, and a good cel
lar, a kitchen, landacy, wash-house, meat-house, dairy,
joiner s (hop, stable, corich-noufe and granary; a brick
(lore and warehouse on the m in street, well filtrated or
trade; four of these lots are well improved, with a good
falling garden, &c. the others are under a good inclo
fure. I nave a tra&of land, containing 800 acres, within
two miles of to^n, which I would likewise dispose of.—
For terms apply to me, on the premites.
EDWARD CARTER.
r Haddonfield, April ,6, 1777.
V\FLRTE D from Captain John Ham
mint's Company, in Col. Oliver Spencer's Regi
ment of Guards, the following men :—John Smith " a
(hoemaker by trade, 27 years of age, 5 feet 10 in^ hes
high, fw^rthy complexion, brown bair; it is probable he
may change his name. Stephen Steward, country
born, about 35 years of age, 5 feet to inches hiph, fw</
thy complexion, strait brown hair; bad on a blue coat
with red facings, blno.t troffers buttoned down his
legs, and is probably gone towards Egg-Harbour. M^
RIS Welch, born in Ireland, 5 feet 6 inches high, ; r Jh
complexion, strait fair hair, commonly wears a red great
coat, has since inlifted with Capt. M Fartred^e, on hoard
the Washington galley, and defected from him. James
Melsom, an Engiifhman, a. tanner, about 20 years of
age, 5 feet 5 inches high, dark complexion, strait brown
hair.—Whoever takes up and secures the above deserters
so that they may be brought to their regiment, shall be
entitled to a reward of TEN DOLLARS for each
or P O RTYDOLLARS for them all, and reasonable
charges, paid by J OHN HAMMITT.
N. B. As Smi h and Welch are watermen, it is likely
they have inlifted again cn board fame of the vessels of
„in Delaware river. Ido req,left ail Captains to cop
fine them if they have them, that they may be brought
to justice. # 5
FIV E-TOUN^R E wTTd?
STOLEN out of the fubferiber's stable, in St
George's Hundred, Neccattle County, in the night
of the 3 ! inst. (April) a bright bay M A R E, between
fourteen and firteen hands high, seventeen years old this
(pring, blaze faced and wa!, eyed, three white feet and
branded on the near (boulder with the letter r her mane
hangs or the near fide, bushy switch tail, trots and paces
and goes Remarkable wide with her hind legs, her fet'
locks not trimmed; (he was (hod before. Whoever takes
up laid mare and secures her so that the owner may have
her again, shall have THIRTY SHILLINGS and for
the mare, and thief (on convision) the abov^ Reward
paid by + JOHN BROWN, Senior.'
THIRTY DOL J?AR?R£WaRD.
RAN AWAY last night, from the subscriber's
(hip-yard, an Englifli Servant man named Thomas
Harvey, by trade a carpenter and joiner, about five
feet fix inches high, well made, swarthy complexion
(bort black curled hair, has had the small-pox pretty
Imartly, often gets dr.unk, and is very pert and talkative•
had on and took with him, an old London-brown bear
(kin upper jacket or coatee much patched, dark coloured
striped country kerfey under jacket, buckskin breeches,
grey, yarn stockings, half-worn (hoes, brass buckles'
coarse country linen shirt, zAd old beaver hat. Who
ever takes up said servant ar.d secures him, so that his
master may get him again, shall have the, above Reward
and reasonable charges if brought home to'
THOMAS SMYTH.
N. B. It is supposed he will endeavour to get to Phi
ladelphia. 1
FRANCIS C. HASENCLEVER,
la Second-street, between Arch and Race-streets, Phila
delphia, has for sale the following Goods, viz. f
SUPERF I NE, middling and coarse bolting cloths,
8 and 9 hand German feythes, straw knives, May
land's whetitones, tickles, lamps, and coffee mills. Just
imported, best Madder, Antimony, and Peruvian Bark.
FT CT LE T,
And entered cn the fifteenth of May inst.
AP LAN TATION in Frederick County, Mary
land, situate on the great road leading from Fre
deiick-Town to York- Town in Pennsylvania, dift,t 3®
miles from each, containing 540 acres, whereon is a con
venient square log-house, which is now, and has for
many years been occupied as a tavern. There is also a
log barn, stable and cow-house; a bearing orchard of
about 140 trees, a crop in the ground of .boot 30 acresof
widest ^qd rye, whjeh wili be fold reasonable to the te
,, c -w" "^ ^4l, made,
and plenty of exce% : pafturagy, & c , &c. &c. r m rein.
apply to William Harris, in Springfield Township,
in Chester C &ntv, Penntyvania; or to Mr. Joseph
M Killup, in Fawney-Town, five miles from the pre
mifts. '
TEN DigtARS REWARD.
RAN AWAY the 19th instant, (April)
from the hospital on Province Ifhnd, a certain
THOMAS DAVIS, bol^n^ing to the armed vessel
Ranger, commanded by John. Michell, Esq; born in
Wales, about 46 years of age, 5 feet 8 inches high, very
full e r es ? ; ba^ on a hunting fnirr, buckfkui breeches, old
caftor hat cocked: It is supposed he has gone to Chester
co :nty, as that w\s his former place 0* residence. Who
ever apprehends and delivers him on board the laid vessel
lying off Furt-lfland, or secures him in any goal, so that
he may be had again, shall be entitled to the above re
ward, and r^fouable charges.
JOSEPH WILLSON, First Lieutenant.
T RUY BR ITO N,
A WELL known Hors e, formerly the
xlproperty of G neral Heard, now belonging to the
fubicri ber, is kept at the house lately occupied by Mr.
John Bogart, on the old York road, in Pennsylvania,
about fix miles from Corell's Ferry, and now kept by Mr.'
Bennet. He'will cover Mares this fca on at said place on
tne following te/ms,—three dollars a leap, three pounds
the season, or fix pounds to ensure a mare with foal. Good
pasture for mares at five (hillings per week.
t. RALPHM ARSH.
N. B It is heedless to enter into a detail of True Bri
ton's pedigree, as he is as well known as any horse on the
Continent, and in as good order as ever he was.
R A N GE
WILL be let to Mares at Three Pounds the sea
son, and Thirty Shillings the single leap,
at Thomas Clayton's near Mr. Nathaniel Newland's tri
vein, which is on the road leading from Wilmington
to Lancaster.
RANGER is a fine bay, sixteen and a half hands
high, fie years old, trots tafy, draws well, and was got
by Mr. Kearney's imported horse Ferdinand.
THOMAS CLAYTON.
N. B. Good pasture for Mares, after the fiift day of
May, at Three Shillings and Six Pence per week.
FOUR DOLLARS REWARD.
RAN away from the fubferiber, living in
Southwark, a servant lad named JOHN DOYL
aged eighteen or nineteen years, born in Dublin, about
five feet four or five inches high, fair complexion, smooth
face, dark curled hair, a dent in his nose, much addict
ed to liquor ; had on eld ffioes, white hose, grey colour
ed linfey breeches, two cloth jackets of a whitish colour
a brown tow shirt, and an old flapped hat; a butcher
by trade, but latterly drove a team. Whoever appre
hends said servant and brings him home, shall have the
above Reward, paid by
§ DANIEL ONEILL.
Princeton, Neav-Jerfey, Dee. 3, 1776.
STOP THE ROBBERS!
One Hundred DOLLARS Reward.
TAST Tuesday three villains came to the house of Mr.
Ifowel Furman, near Princeton, and, after abujing the
Family in a barbarous manner, took with them goods to the
amount of between one and two hundred pounds, cinJifiing
chiefly of Germantown woollen flockings milled, of federal
colours, large pocket handkerchiefs of federal kinds of red
and blue stripes, kenting ditto, pins of tbefmail kind, four
dozen razors, one pair of four thread fine black worked bofe
black leather pocket books, pocket almanacks, a few pieces
of childrens garters, and many other goods unknown.
One of tbe above rogues is an Irishman, a middle feed man,
well set, has bushy sandy bair, and supposed to be marked
with tbe small pox ; bad on a blue coat, bis name is said to
beWATSON, and have been informed be belongs to Capt.
Brown's company of Pennsylvania Riflemen, under Col°.
Brodhead. Ibe second person 1 cannot describe. Tbe other
is a tail Jlim man, with light colored clothes. It is said tbe,
have already changed their clothes. They put tbe goods into
bags or knapsacks. They were seen near the Baptifl meeting
boufe at Hopewell on Wednesday evening, but could not be
taken for want of men of resolution, and its supposed tbe, are
bound for Delaware, and so on to Shamokin. Whoever se
cures /aid goods and tbe mtn, so that they be convifled, shall
have tbe above reward, or Fifty Dollars for tbe men, or in
proportion for an, of tbe men or part of tbe goods, b, apply
ing to Mr. Stacy Potts, at Trenton, or Mr. William
Woodhouse, in Philadelphia, or tbe fubferiber in Prince
ton. t JOHN DENF