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lust published ^nd to be Sold by JOHN DUNLAP,
J ALL THE
L A W S
Enaaed in the Third Sitting of the Third
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Of the Commonwealth o' PENNSYLV AN I A,
Whicb commenced ^t Philadelphia, on Monday the
thiruth day of Au^uft, A. D. One thousand seven
hundred and fiventy-nine.
THE Sub or State Clothiers appointed un
dr the ordinance o' Congrels of the 23d of
Mzrch lass, are defined forthwith to join the troops to
which they belong, in order to receive directions for
drawing the quota of Cloathing refpe&ively assigned
them. It is expend that punctual arenti n will be
paid to this icq ^fiirn, as the season for the general
distribution is at hand.
J. WILKINSON,
Clothier General.
(The Printers in the different States are requeued to in
vert this advertisement in their tefpeflive papers.)
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Father Abraham's ALMANACKS,
For the YEAR 1780,
TO BE SOLD BY
JOHN DUN LA P.
GERMAN ALMANACKS,
For the YEAR 1780,
TO BE SOLD BY
JOHN D U N LA P.
JOH N RO SS, Musician,
BEGS leaver to inform the Musical Gentry of Phila
delphia, That he wishes to teach the HAUTBOY
and GERMAN FLUTE in the city during theprefent
season and enduing winter. He has performed wita
eclat at Rrneleieh, and tie Theatre Roval in Dublin;
likewise with acknowledged merit in C^k and Limerick.
Such Gentlemen as are pleafid to countenance him with
their commands may be assured of pundual attendance
at their own time and place.
Said ROSS will be happy to furnish the Ladies and
Gentlemen of Philadelphia with the most favourite
Airs, Songs, Marches, Minuets and Country Dances
now performed in the European beau monde, fet.either
for the Gaittar, German Flute or Hautboy. He may be
fpeken with at Mr. Ling's, at the Red Lion Tavern in
Vine-street.
ROBERT ELLIO T,
At his store in the Siate-houfe in Second-street, nearly
opposite to the City Tavern, by wholesale and re
tail,
A QUANTITY of European GOO DS. He
will also have for sale by w;y of Public Vendue,
on the z6t& inst (O&ober) two Waggons, with the
Gears of the fame, and seven Horses, at the Crooked
Billet on the old York Road, sixteen miles from Phi
ladelphia. 3
~T C)B™E S O L D,
AF EW dozens of black and coloured Barcelona
HANDKERCHIEFS. Enquire at theStae
houfe, nearly opposite the City Tavern.
N. B. The above will be fold cheap if applied for be
fore the 23d instant, as they belong to a gentleman who
will leave the State on said day. 0& rt.
Two Hundred Dollars Reward.
STRAYED or STOLEN from the Itof Henry
Heines, in Poplar Lane, on the fifteenth of Septem
her Uff, ^0 HORSES; one a sorrel, about fourteen
and a half hands Linh, fix or seven years old, long bo
died, acts and canters, las a very 'mail (hr, and no
after white except a faddie mark on his left shoulder ;
branded L2D, but so faint that it cannot be observed
without looking very close and wetting the place; he
carri^hich, The other a dark bay, near sixteen hands
high, ins ur white feet, the hind feet more white than
th^ fore feet, has a star, and the upper part of his tail
hsarow of grey hairs across, and the tail ver, short;
h^ br<aft has the marks of a collar which has left some
grey foots there; he is four years old, paces mofry,
but c^n trot, though very seldom. Whoever will take
up the said horfts dull have th? above reward upon de
livery to the owners, or One Hundred Dollars for
each, befioes reasonable charges.
JONATHAN D. SERGEANT.
JACOB KEEHMLE.
SATURDAY,
G .EN ERA L
O R
[ Published every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. ]
WHEREAS the estates of James Rankin,
late of the county of York, Yeoman, and John
Wilson, late of the county of Cumberland, H.(band
man, having been in due course of law forfeited and
seized to the ute of this State, We, the fubferibers.
Agents for the said county, do hereby give notice, That
the estates of the said James Rankin and John Wilson,
confining of the following trails of land, that is to fay,
James Rankin's, No. 1, Four hundred and twenty
feven acres, and the usual allowance fer roads, &c. Situ
ate on both sides of Yellow Breeches Creek, between
the lands of William Moore and Jehn Glenn, in Mid
dleton townfllip, Cumberland county, about four miles
from the town o' Caflifle, on which is a large improve
ment. No. 2. One hundred and thirty fix acres and
sixty-nine perches, and the usual allowance for roads,
&.; adjoining the former trad; no improvement on it.
John Wilson's, Eighty acres of woodland, situate in
Allen townfllip, Cumberland county, adjoining Richard
Rogers and Alexander Wilson. All which will be fold
by Public Vendue, at the Court house at Carlifle, on the
Sixteenth day of November next. The sales will conti
nue from day to day, till the whole be disposed of.
The terms of sale will be according to law, as follows,
to wit, One fourth part of the purchase money to be paid
in ten days after sale, or the premises again to revert to
the State, and the bidder liable to forfeit the said one
fourth of the purchase money. The remainder thereof
to be paid in one month ; and on a certificate being
produced from the A^ its, or either of them, of $ lull
payment of the purchase money, a deed will be given,
as by law directed.
And wethe Agents, do also pursuant to law, hereby
notify all the claimants of the said premises, or any of
them, and creditors of the said James Rankin and John
Wilson, to exhibit their claims and demands to the Jus
tices of the Supreme Court, within the time limited by
law, or they will be for ever barred from the recovery
thereof. GEORGE STEVENSON,]
JOHN BOGGS, rfgents.
Carlifle, Oa&ber 7, 1779,
One Hundred Dollars Reward.
STOLEN or STRAYED frem the palture of
O Samuel Crozer, living on Mr. Knowles's place in
Ridley township, Chester county, abutit the 2gi or 24th
of September la% a large brown HOR SE, branded
C A on the near buttock, his bear hind foot white, has
a long switch tail, a film gro vingover his left eye, about
fifteen hands high, (even or eight year! did, his back
is somewhat fore, being hurt with the fiddle, and he
is a natural trotter. Whoever take-up said horse and
delivers him to Samuel Crozer aforefaid, to Mr. John
Hall,, at the Quartei-Mafter.General's Office in Chef
nut-rfreet, Philadelphia, or to the fubfe iber near the
New Play house in Southwark, fhdl have Fifty Dollars
reward, and for the h?rfe and thief, (it stolen) the
abovereward, and reasonable charges, paid by
October ~ JAMES LIGHT.
N. B. Since laid Horse has been miffed a lad was seen
riding him towards Kinglets.
THIRTY DOLLARS REWARD.
BROKE out of the gaol of the county of Salem,
m the state of New Jerfe,, on Fri ay the Bth inst.
(October) a certain JOHN WANDERLEY, by
trade a cooper, about five feet ten inches high, a Aim
made fellow, light complexion, and brown hnir tied
behind: H«d on when he broke gaol, a blue cloth coat,
brown jacket and white breeches. He was committed
to my cuffody for petty larceny. Whoever secures said
Wan^erley so that he may be brought to justice, o^l
have the above reward, and if brought to Salem, all
reasonable charges, paid by
BATEMAN LLOYD, Sheriff.
To be SOLD at Public Vendue,
On Monday the fifteenth dry of November, in the town
of Reading,
r 7 W O adjoining tracts of Land, with two Plantations,
4 one of them under leale, with crops in the ground,
situate in Com 7 township, in the county of Berks, three
and a half miles from Reading, containing between
three and four hundred acres. There is a fulling mill
on one trad, out of repair now : On the other trad: is
ere&ed a complex wire, works and tilting-hammer, with
a fufficiency of water for three or four more water-wheels
on an excellent stream running through the whole ; with
all the frock on hand, among which are' upwards of
two thousand pounds worth of card and other wire, a
number of cards and card teeth leather, ana machines
for cutting teeth for cards, &c. &c. twenty or thirty
sheep, &c. There is on said trails thirty or forty acres
of good meadow, and much more may be made; plenty
of timber and wood. Conditions will be made known
at the time of sale. 4.
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ADVERTISER
THERE was a time when the praises of science were
the favorite fubjeds of Academical Orations : But
that time, alas ! is now do more. It is now upwards of
four years, since we have been cabled to witness all the ca
lamities of a civil war. The peaceful hulbnndmm has
been obliged to exchange his spade for a musket, and bis
plough-fliare for a sword ; the mechanic has exchanged his
fllop for the camp; the lawyer has exchanged the bar for
the trench ; and even the scholar has forfaken the walks of
Academical lore, and, before he was inftrußed in the firft
elements of science, has been obliged to learn the dreadful
art of destroying his fellow- creatures, to fe.ure to bimfelf
the peaceable enjoyments of the blessings of life.
In order to accommodate my fubje& to the present times,
I have chosen asthe topic of my Oration, the character
of a true Hero. And here I would promise, that by a
Hero Ido not firmply mean a great military charader:
A man may be aGeneral without the least particle of he
ro fm in bis nature ; and on the other hand, a man may be
aHero wiitbout the talents of a confummateGeneral. Csefar
and Marlborough were both great Generals, but neither
of them deserved the praises of a Hero. The one fought
only for empire, and the other for fame. The depravi
ty of man has rendered war necessary, in some cases, to
curb the ambition of princes, to fix the boundaries of
countries, and toeftablifh peace and the rights of mankind
upon a permanent foundation. The firft part, therefore,
of a Hero's duty consists in drawing his sword in defence
of his native country. But before he does this, heexamines
whether its claims are just, and his zeal in defending the
foil that gave him birth, rises in proportion to the injuries
which threaten it. It is not necessary for the true Hero
to have his eyes always fixed upon the roof under which
he drew his firft breath ; or to be always surrounded with
his friends, to awaken him to a sense of his duty He con
fiders every fubjed of the fame laws and conftituticn
with himfelf as a brother, and feels his attachment to his
country undiminished by his distance from it. It was this
devout affection for bis native country that animated the
illustrious Wolfe, in his expedition to Quebec, in
the elofe of the last war. The distance of goto miles 'did
not damp the ardor of his heroic foul, or | e ff e n his affediou
for the great national family, of which he felt himfelf to
be a member. The glory of England (for England then
had glory) roused every faculty of his mind, and led him
on, hep by step, thro' all the difficulties and hardships of
a dangerous voyage and laborious march, till he reached
the plains of Abraham, where he expired a martyr to
his patriotism in the arms of victory.
2d. In order to constitute a compleat character, it is
necessary the Hero should draw his sword in defence of
Liberty. An attachment to one's native country is the
effect of an inferior kind of inftind, and has been found
in many ignoble minds, but the love of Liberty is the re
sult of higher feelings, and can only exist in minds that
have been refined by virtue or education. Hence we find
the laurels that have been acquired in defence of Liberty
take the deepest root, and flourish longest in every coun
try. What are the glories of Marlborough compared
with the humble honors of a Hampden ? What are whole
armies in captivity, or even all Europe suing for peace, to
the vidorious arms of the former, compared with the
praises and blessings which have crowned the latter, from
the numerous friends of liberty in every part of the world'?
It is Liberty alone that can fanftify all the blood and trea
sure that have been expendedrin the present war. We did
not contend against the paltry tax of three pence upon
every pound of tea; It was the arbitrary edi& thafcon
neded this tax with the power of governing us against
obr consent, that routed us to arms, and it is this that has
filled our country with as minyHeroe. ,as there are foldi.
ers amongst us. Fain would I pay my hom ge to our il
lustrious Countrymen, who have fallen„in battle during
the present conrroverfy. Fain would I pass from battali
on 0 battalion through our army, and from county to
county through our Srates, and celebrate the praises of
every Hero in both. Not a farmer's son, whether tie com
mands a regiment or company, or only blows the fife or
beats the drum, (for in the armies of Heroes and in a
firuogle for Liberty there afe no infignificant or obfeure
characters) not one of these, I fay. Ihould escape without
atridum of gratitude and ifonQr from my tongue. But
the fubjeft would be too copious for toe day : I m ust
therefore refen them for the present to the Bards and
Historians of future times to do justice to the memories of
the dead and the merits of the living. But if it be meri
torious to fight for the Liberty of a native country, what
shall we fay of those gallant Heroes, who forgetting the
preference of a native foil, launch out as volunteers of Li
berty in a foreign country ? Such was that gallant French
nobleman, the Marquis of Fa ette; behold him
tearing himfelf from the arms o f an accomplished wife
For the PENNSYLVANIA PACKET.
The following Oration, upon the character of a true
Hero, delivered at the late commencement, held in
the College of New-Jersey, by R ICHARD T.
STOCK TO N, (a Youth of 16) we hope will not
be unacceptable to our readers.
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