Dunlap's Pennsylvania packet , The general advertiser — Philadelphia, Pa., 1776-01-08 00:00:00, page 1

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'tHE SUBSCRIBER begs leave
to inform the Public in general, and ins
friends in particular, that he has now opened a
PUBLICK-HOUSE, in that Rioted Inn the
fen of the Horse and Groom, formerly kept by
Mr. John Bell, in Dover ; having Lio in a ge
neral aifortment of Liquor of the belt quality, and
provided with all other necessaries, witn proper at
tendance, he liopes to give Satisfaction to all who
please to favour him with their custom.
The Public's humble servant,
ALLENM'LANE,Junior.
BLACK CURRANT JELLY,
For the Cold and Sore Throat, SOLD ! y
PATRICK WRIGHT, Confectioner,
In Front-Street, a little below the Drawbridge.
AL S 0, orange and quince marmalade, pre
served quinces, cherries, &c. bifeuits, pound
cake, tarts of all kinds. Mutton pies to be had
for dinner or Supper, with other kinds, when be
spoke.
JOHN BATE S,
Plate Iron Worker in general, from Birming
ham, at jbhnDuncan's, hatter, oppefite theßunch
of Grapes, in Third-Street, near Arch-Rreet,
MA KE S tea-kettles, coffee-pots, sauce-pans,
Stew-pans tinned, filh kettles, Dutch ovens,
whicn are much sweeter, wholfomer and cheaper
than copper utensils, and are much used in London
and molt parts of England : He likewise makes oval
and Square dripping pans, alhes buckets, fire hoods,
coal scoops, pot covers, cocoa and co^ee roa&ers,
Dutch Stoves and pipes, on the lowest and most
reasonable terms; and puts new frying pans to oJd
handles. He hopes to give the public fatisfa&ion,
not only by the neatness of his work, but by the
dispatch with which he will endeavour to execute
all favours they may please to confer on him.
N. B. He tins and mends copper tea-kettles and
fance pans, and gives most money for old pewter.|
Burlington, December 22, 1775.
DESERT ED from the Second Bat
talion of the Continental Army, railed in
Ncw-Jerfey, commanded by Col. William Maxweil,
and Capt. William Falkner's company, now lying
iu Burlington Barrack's, —Christopher Howard,
Zedtkiah Martin, Henry Mires, Ilaac Butterworth,
Samuel Ward, John Turner, William Watson,
Elisha Stout, Thomas Holland, and William Big
gins. This is to desire them, and ail others who
have absented themselves from the three companies
now lying in said Barracks, to repair to said place
on or before the tenth day of January, and they
may depend upon forgiveness for this firft offence,
but on failure may depend upon the punishment
inflicted by a Court Martial, according to the na
ture of the offence.
Jufl publifoed, and to be fold by
JO HN DU NLA P,
In Market-Street, Philadelphia,
FATHER ABRAHAM'S
POCKET ALMANACK,
Fer the Year of our Lord 1776.
faft Publifbed, and to be Sold by
JOHN DUNL AP,
Tn Market-Street, Philadelphia,
FATHER ABRAHAM's
A L MA N A C K,
For the Year of our Lord 1776-
The Astronomical Calculations by the ingenious
David Rittenhouse, A. M. of this city.
Philadelphia, January 4., 1776.
S H IP T 1 M B E R,
WANTED IMMEDIATELY,,
AL A RGE quant ty, confiding of rising tim
bers, floor timbers and knees; the riling
timbers to be from eight to ine fret long in each
arm ; the floor timbers from Seventeen to nineteen
feet long, to rife from twenty to thirty inches in
fourteen" feet, and to be left deepen tie throat; the
knees to be about five feet long in the arm and fix
in the body ; the whole of the timber to be very
large. Any person having a quantity of the above
articles, may apply to David Thomson er Fran
cis Grice, Ship carpenters, who will pay ready
money for the fame.
COPPERAS, Allum, Brimftohe,
Braziletto, Coffee in bags and hatreds, ex
cellent Florence oil in chests, Pimento, Chocolate,
Cinnamon, Cloves, Mace, &e.
TO BE SOLD BY
SAMUEL GARRIGUES, Jun. and Co.
At their Ware house in Market-Rreet, near the
London Coffte-houfe, Philadelphia. §6
December 22, 177 c.
TWELVE DOLLARS REWARD.
![%'" 5 STOLEN lalt night, out of the sta
ble of the fubferiber, in Frankford, a
bright fcrrel M A R E, about fourteen and a half
hands high, lately (hod all round, new (hoes be
fore, pace And trots well, one of her hind feet
white, some white in her face, docked (hort, with
a switch tail. Any person apprehending said mare
and the thief, fcll have the above Reward, or
EIGHT DOLLARS for the mare, and reasonable
Charges, paid by
I JOHN ROBERTS.
WILLIAM MAXWELL, Colonel.
N. B. All friends to American Liberty are re
quested to be aiding and assisting in taking the
above-mentioned men, if seen alter the aforefaid
tenth day of January.
G ENERAL
VOL. V.
M O N D A Y,
FIVE POUNDS REWARD.
WAS broke open, on the night of the firlt
infant (December) the house of the sub
scriber, at the Falls of Schuylkill, and the following
Goods taken from thence, viz. P
i diaper table-cloth, marked I T.
8 Single blue and white China bowls of different
figures.
I double ditto.
1 large glass bottle.
Sundry wine gaffes.
Some caSh, the sum unknown.
14 . knives and forks.
I pair of old fashioned silver knee-buckles, one
with a Silver anchor, tongue and wire, marked BR
on the anchor; the other without either tongue or
anchor.
Whoever apprehends the thief or thieves so that
they may be profcuted unto conviction, Shall re
ceive for the goods TWENTY SHILLINGS, and
for the thief the above Reward, paid by
XJOHN PALMER.
W HALE O I L,
In Tierces and Barrels,
To be SOLD for C'A S H only, by
C HARLES E DD Y,
In Second Street, between Market and Ch^fnut
ftreets, Philadelphia.
TO BE SOLD BY
J O II N H A R T,
At his VENDUE STORE, the corner of South
and Fronc-Rree,, A neat assortment of
M ER C H A N D I Z E,
Among which are,
E, ROWN, blue, scarlet, mixed, black and
, white broadcloths ; drab, brown and claret
forreft cloths; scarlet and green naps; black and
drab velverets; crimson, scarlet, blue and green
bed furniture ; crimson, scarlet, blue and green
furniture checks ; brown camblets; blue worfEd
damasks; black everlastings; pink, blue, green,
cloth coloured and black dwants ; pink, green and
black callirriancoes ; brown, blue and scarlet dial
loons ; green tammies ; blue and green hair plush;
Turky stripes; embodied flannels; fhk ferrets ; cof
ffee, brandy, gin, mufeovado sugars by the hogs
head or barrel, a few kegs of starch, &c.
N. B. GOODS for public and private sale are
received at said Store, and fold for Cash only.
TO BE S O L D,
Or RENTED for a term of years,
A PLANTA TI ON in the township of Am
,s wed, Hunterdon county, Weft New-Jersey,
containing one hundred and sixty-six acres, fifty
whereof is covered with wood, and as much more
is, and may be made, good me dow; the rest pas
ture and fit for tillage: A Strong new fence goes
round the lines, with convenient partition fences,
and rails enough now cut to keep the fences in re
pair for many years ; a good orchard and nursery
of fruit trees, an excellent kitchen garden hand
somely fenced with new pales daft spring, a barn,
(he s for cattle, two horse (tables, a granary, wag
gon house, poultry house, 211 new except the barr,
nd a new draw-well of the bell water in the neigh
bourhood very convenient to thehoufe and kitchen.
The dwelling-house, from the repairs lately given
it, is as good as new and made very convenient,
and would fait remarkably any Gentleman with a
final! family who might incline to retire from either
of the rrrwns; it consists of two parlours and two
bed chambers neatly finished, with a fire place in
each, and two more may be finished off above flairs
at a final! expenct, a spacious piazza in front the
whole length of the house, a kitchen and two cel
lars below, always dry and never freezes. This
plantation is situated iu a well fettled, healthy and
plentiful country, 44. miles from Philadelphia, and
54 from New-York ; 24 miles from New Brunswick,
and the ane distance from Trenton, from each of
which there is water carriage to Philadelphia and
New Yoik. A Stge waggon goes and comes re
gularly once a week to Philadelphia in the summer
season, and once a fortnight in the winter. Fur
ther particulars may be had bv applving on the
premiles, to THOMAS SKELTON.
CARTRIDGE PAPER,
By the Ream or Quire, to be SOLD by
JOHN D U NLA P.
Buchs-County, ff. December 29, 1775.
£> Y virtue of a writ to me direfted, will be ex
3 posed to sale by public vendue, on Tuesday,
the ninth day of January, at one o'clock in the af
ternoon, at the house of Walter William Harris,
Situate in the township of Bristol, near Nefhaminy
Ferry, sundry houfhold and kitchen furniture, im
plements of hifoundry, and a variety of dock on
the farm, such as horses, cows, sheep, and hogs,
together with a quantity of wheat and rye in the
barn, and fcveral fields of wheat and rye ; also In-'
dian corn in the ear, and hay and oats; late the
property of the said Walter William Harris ; seized
and taken in execution by
§ SAMUEL BILES, Sheriff.
BY virtue of a writ to me directed, will be fold
by public vendue, on Tuesday, the 9th day
of January, 1776, at two o'clock in the afte riioon,
on the premises, deviate about one mile from John
Porter's Inn, in the township of Whitpain, ascer
tain meffuage or tenement, and traA or piece ,cf
land, situ te in the township of Whitpain aforefrid,
containing 14.2 acres and 74 perches, bounded by
lands of George Caftner and others; late the estate
of Robert Porter, deceased ; Seized and taken in
execution by
WILLIAM DEWEES, Sheriff.
D U NL A P’s
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WANTED to PURCHASE,
For Ready Cath,
AS ERVANT MAN that is a MUtfter by
trade, and has been bred to the business ei
ther in England or America ; one that can be re
commended for sobriety and industry. Apply to
Mr. Thomas Tisdall, in Market-street, above
Sixth-street, Philadelphia.
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WILLIAMSBURG, (Virginia) Dec. 23.
Extracts of letters from Colonel Woodford to the Hon.
Edmund Pendleton, Esq; PreJident of the Contention.
Norfolk, December 17, 1775.
" X7"°UR favour of the 14th came LT to hand
Y latt night, and I should esteem myfelf want
ing in duty and refpe& to your Hon. body if I did
net take the earliest opportunity to express the high
lenfe I have of the great honor done me by your re
solution of the 13th inst. and to assure the Conventi
on that I confider my country's approbation of my
conduct a fufficient reward for any Services I may be
thought to reader at this alarming crisis.
" I had taken the liberty to afford that prote&idn
and affidance to the distressed Highlanders, which I
find is the with of the Convention, and Col. Howe
and myfelf will pay due regard to your directions
refpe&ing those that remain still in this town. Their
vessel being d twined, and their diltreffd wives and
little ones lert to starve in a strange country, is a
fref h instance of the inhumanity of a certain Lord.
" Your orders, refpe&ing the Tories and Negro
prisoners, shall be complied with. We have upwards
of an hundred of them now in our guards. Capt.
Squire lent us yesterday the following ticket:
" Capt. Squire's compliments to Mess. Howe and
Woodford, and will be glad to know if they mean
to prevent the navy and army from being supplied
with provisions and water." To which we return
ed this answer : "Col. Howe and Col. Woodford's
compliments to Capt. Squre, and return him for
l anfwer to bis meflage, That as his Majeftv's troops
and (hips of war have long since committed hostili
ties upon the persons and property of the good peo
ple of this colony, and have actually taken and im
prisoned several private gentlemen and others, who
did not bear arms at the time, cur express orders
are, toprevent, to the utmost of our power, any com
munication whatever between the said troops and
flips of war and this town, or any part of this
colony."
" In the afternoon the two (hipsofwar an d tend
ers got under fail, and fell down towards the distil
lery. They gave a signal for a snow, with four thou
sand bushels of salt, to follow, but she not being so
quick as they expected, our guard ordered her to
continue. The Kingfifher lent a boat, with about
fifteen hands, to bring her off, but out officer hailed
her when within gun (hot, and told her he would
fire if she did not return. She tcok his advice and
put about to the man of war. On board the snow
was Mr. Cary Mitchell, with all his official papers,
which we have in poss- ffion, likewifetheveffel moor
ed to the wharf, and intend landing the salt so soon
as a proper house can be got within our guards.
That gentleman has made many profeffions of his
innocence, and has prevailed upon Col. Howe and
myfelf to take his parole of honour for his appear
ance before the Convention, for which he sets off
to-morrow.
" Twenty odd pieces of cannon were left by the
enemy, but spiked and dismantled."
Norfolk, Dec. 19, 1775.
" Yesterday the two men of war, and a large
(loop, stood up to their former Ration, and tent a
flag of truce with the following message: " Capt.
Squire's compliments to Cols. Howe and Wood
ford, acquaints them that the brig laden with salt,
along-fide the wharf, is a prize belonging to the
King, and taken by the Otter. Capt. Squire re
quests she may be immediately delivered up, and
proposes fending a boat to take her away. Should
any Ihot be fired at the people, he will most assured
ly fire on the town." To which we returned this
answer : “ Cel. Howe and Cel. Woodford's compli
ments to Capt. Squire, and return him for answer,
that the brig in question fell into our hands the
other night, and we ihall give orders to fire upon
any boat that attempts to take her away." They
have never yet made the atttempt, and our parties
are ready to oppole the taking the vessel."
Extrafi of a letter from Col. Hoive to the Honourable
the PreJident of the Contention.
" We have scouting parties down the bay, to
give intelligence of the arrival of any vessels, or any
other event, either to our advantage or otherwise.
From the officers commanding those parties we have
received certain intelligence that a man of war, ei
ther of thirty-fix or forty guns, is within the bay,
and on her way to this place, with a large brig,
fuppoled to be a ftorelhip, both full of men. This
may probably give ns fomethingtfo do, and I hope
we may execute it properly."
Lalt night Coi. Henry received an express from
Hampton, with the agreeable intelligence that Capt.
Barron, in a Imall pilot boat which he had fitted out,
has taken and brought in there two vefl^ls w.th
SALT to the amount of four thousand fix hundred
bushels; that he had likewile taken a vessel ^oing
to the Eafter'n Shore for provisions for the minilte
rial gentry that have lately been expelled from
Norfolk, which had on board fifteen blacks, com
manded by Capt. Collett; and, when the express
left Hampton, was in pursuit of another craft, sup
posed to be a tender. The Liverpool frigate, gone
up to Norfolk, mounts twenty-eight guns; and the
brig with her is a ftorefhip, laden with arms and
ammunition. Between them, they have four hun
dred men on board, none of them soldiers except
the usual complement of marines. This late ac
quifuion of strength has much elated Lord Dun
more and his party, we hear ; and Norfolk, Hamp
ton, and all the river fettLaunts, are threatened
with fire and sword.
T H E
ADVERTISER.
JANUARY Bth, 1776.
And wi r h refpe& to all such unworthy American!
as, regardless of their duty to their C^eato , theff
country, and their posterity, have taken part with
our oppressors, and influenced by the hope or pc f
feflion of ignominious rewards, Strive to recommend
themselves to the bounty of administration bv mif
re, resenting and traducing the condud and'prin
cipies of the friends of American liberty, and oppo
sing every meafnre formed for its preservation and
Security, Resolved, That it be recommended to the
different Assemblies, Conventions, and Committees
or Councils of Safety in the United Colonies, by
the most Speedy and effectual measures to frustrate
the mischievous machinations, and retrain the
wicked practices of these men. And it is the opi
nion of this Congress that they ought to be disarm
ed, and the more dangerous among them either
kept in Safe custody or bound with Sufficient fare
ties to their good behaviour.
And in order that the said Assemblies, Conven
tions, Committees or Councils of Safety may be en
abled with greater ease and facility to carry this re-°
Solution into execution, Refelted, That they 1 e au
thorised to call to their aid whatever Continental
troops Rationed in or near thir refpe&ive color les,
may be conveniently (pared from thei' more imme
diate duty; and the commanding offi ers of such
troops are hereby directed to afford the said Affem
bhes, Conventions, Committees or Councilsof Safe
ty, all such i ffiftance in executing this refJeCon as
they may require, and whi.h, confident with the
good of the Service, mav he supplied.
Refolded, That all detachments of Continental
troops, which may be ordered on the business in
the aforegoing resolution mentioned, be, while so
employed, under the dip ftion and controul of the
Assemblies, Conventions, Committees, or Coun
cils of Safety aforefaid;
Refolded, That it be recommended to all the
United Colonics to aid each other (on request frnx
their refpeftive Assemblies, Conventions, Commit
tees or Councils of Safety, and County Committees)
on every emergency, and to cultivate, cherish and
increase the prefem happy and necessary union, by
a continual interchange of mutual good offices.
And whereas the execrable barbarity nith nhich
this unhappy war has been conducted on the part of
our enemies, such as burning our defencelefs towns
and villages, expefing their inhabitants, without
regard to sex or age, to all the mifericswhich lots
of property, the rigour of the season, and inhuman
devastation can inflict, exciting domestic infiurefti
ons and murders, bribing the savages to deflate
our frontiers, and casting such of us, as the foitune
of war has put into their power, into gaols, there id
languish in iions and in want ; compelling the inha
bitants of Bolton, in violation of the treaty, to re
main confined within the town, expefed to the inso
lence of the Soldiery, and other enormities at the
mention tfwhich decency and humanity will sos
ever hlufh, 'may jofily provoke the inhabitants cf
these Colonies to retaliation, Refolded, That it be
recommended to them to continue mindful that hu
manity ought to distinguish the brave, that ct uelt.
Should find no admission amo?g a free profile nd
to take care that no page in trie annals of America
be Rained by a recital of any atton which julti
or Christianity may condemn, and to nR affined
that whenever retaliation may be neceffaiy or:&pj
to their fecuritv, this Congiefs will undertake t:fe
disagreeable talk.
Refolded, That the Assemblies, Conventions, or
Committees or Councils of Safety be n fretted forth
with to tranfinit to this Congress copies of all the
petitions, memorials, and femoil Frances which have,
been by their refpe&ive colonies pref nted to the
Throne, or either House of Padiament, force the
year 176#, and that they also inform this Congrris
whether any and what answers were giveh to
them.
Extracts from the Minutes.
CHARLES THOMSON, &
In C ONGRES S, January z, 1776.
WHERE AS it has been represented to this
Congrtfs, that divers honeftand well mean
ing, but uninformed people in these colonies, have,
by the art and address of ministerial agents, beta
deceived and drawn into erroneous opinions re
fpe&ing the American cause, and the probable iffae
of the pießnt contest:
Refolded, That it be recommended to the differ
ent Committees, and other friends to American li
berty in the laid colonies, to treat all such persons
wit.l kindness and attention, to confider them as
tue inhabitants of a country determined to be free,
and to view their errors as proceeding rather from
"'ant of information than want of virtue or public
spirit, to explain to them the origin, nature and
extent of the prelent controversy, to acquaint them
with the fate of the numerous petitions presented
to his Majesty, as well by Affembhhs as by Con
gresses, for reconciliation and redreis of grievances,
and th.^the last from this Congress humbly re queu
ing the single favour cf being he^d, like ah the
others, has proved unfuccefsf^l ; to unfold to them
tae various arts of administration to ensnare and
enslave us, and the manner in which we have been
cruelly driven to defend by arms those very rights,
liberties and estates which we and cur forefathers
had so long enjoyed unroolefted in rhe reigns of his
prelent Mjetty's predecessors. And it is hereby
recommenced to ail Conventions and Affembiies in
these Colonies liberally to distribute among the
people the proceedings of this and the former Con
gress, the late Speeches of the great patriots in both
Homes of Parliament relative so American griev
ances, and such other pamphlets and papers as
tend toi!lucida'e the merits of the American cause.
The Congress being fully persuaded that the more
our right to the enjoyment of our ancient liberties
and privileges is examined, the more just and ne
cessary our present opposition to ministerial tyranny
will appear.
PHILADELPHIA, "January 8.
NUM B. 22'0.