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GENERAL
Camp, January 4, T77S.
'l' H E Commander in Chief having diced
£ hs orders in the words following, to wit.
' NotwfStanding the orders repeatedly giv n for
csllng the absent officer , ta camp, th Commander in
Chief is informed that many ar- still Mattered al,Cut
the country, mhp nding then time, to the piej & dhf
cf the fervire, and injury of tho + officers w 0 lem^in
and attend their du y in cemp : He therefore ci e^fs,
that the B igariiers and officers coo manning b:igades
forth ^irh make a thief enquiry conce : ning all the o'
fice-s ahfent from their blades, and such as are ab
sent without lezve from prober authority, or having
such leave, regain unnecefia^'y abir.nl, 'are to be im
mediately nonfi d to return to camp w± lit delay,
cn pain of bdr; (hfpeuded or cashiered." •
All officers belonging to the second Pennsylvania
brigade, who in any ^ih coin: within the^above de
scription are hereby notified immedatriy to repair to
camp, and vol the conk quinces of a longer absence.
DANIEL BRODHEAD, Col.
§ Comraandinze• P cf. B^gc^e.
Laucafar, „ a^uary 8, 1778.
"h 3 O TICE is hereby given, 1 hat all
N tnofe who have iurmihed the Barrack-Melters
ar Lan? ft- and Reading, with Wood, Straw, &c.
are defined to. rend r their accounts before t!t firit 0
F ebruary next, that they may be aljuftcd.=— And
afo those that have (at my request) ftrmthed the
Honorable Council and Alß^biy with Wood, are
likdwie to render their accounts.
1 MICHEAL HUBLEY, B^rracß-M^r.
Cbrifliana-Bridge January 3, 1778.
C'A ME to the itabie of the subscriber, on
the night of the 24th ult. a Itrawberry coin
GELDI NG, riling fix years, with a fraall star in
his forrhead, abopt fourteen bunds it gh, is a natural
trot, er. Any person proving property and paying
charges, mty have him again by appiyng to
t JOHN BARCLAY.
January 4, 1770.
FORTY DOLLARS KEWARD,
y^. AN A W AY lad night from the subscriber,
&1 living ner Broad-Creek, in Harford County,
Maryland, two Negro men, one named D £ C K,
aoout five feet fix or ftven inches high,' down look,
drop ihoudered, final! limb'd , bad On anti took wi-h
him, an half-worn ftL hat, a light coloured coat and
j, cket, tie coat w nturg th" Ikues and one sleeve, a
tw cloth (hi t, a white ditto, white plush breeches,
Speckled flocking-, old shoes, and a match-coat blan
ker. The other named NELL, a thick, well made,
flout fedov#, round made, talkative and lpe«ks quicks
had on a straw hat, a blue coat with a failing collar,
brown thick cloth.ja ket laced, a tow cloth shirt, white
flannel breeches, fpe.kle< tickings and good shoes
tied with thongs. Whoever takes up and lecures said
fervanrs, so that their matter may have them again,
shall have, if 10 miles fiom home, Ten Dollars,
if zo miles Twenty Dollars, if 30 miles Thirty
Dollars, if 40 miles the above Rewaid, and realon
able charges If brought home, p^id by
x JOHN BARCLAY.
Lancaster, December 29, 1777.
Notice is hereby given, by order of
th? Quarter-Matter General, .That on Thurs
day the %%d of January next will be fold at public sa le,
at Mr. George Reihm's, the fi n of the White Hors?,
on Lancaster road, three miles from Reading, about
One Hundred HORSES, for cash to be paid on
the fpnt.
Those that have loft horses are desired to appear be
fore the day of sale, prove their property before a Ma
gistrate, pay charges, and have them delivered bv
t JACOB HILTZHEIMER.
Richmond TovonJbip, Berks County, Dec. 29, 1777.
CAME to the fubferiber's plantation, in
said Township, on the 10th day of O&ober last,
a dirk bay M A R E, somewhat pf a mouse colour,
about eleven years old, near sixteen hands hi?h,
branded on both (boulders thu:, P, (hod all rsund,
paces and trots. The owner of said Mafe is hereby
requeued to come, prove bis property, pay charges
and take her away in fix weeks after this date, other
wise (he will be fold by public vendue to pay the
charges of keeping, &c.
§ SAMUEL ELY.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1778.
Lanctifter, Dec. 3. 1777.
.BEN JAMIN H A RBESUN,
From PHILADELPHIA,
NOW carries on the Copper fmahs bufinefe,
at the touch weft corner of King and Q^een-
Greets, Laneafter, whre he mak.s Stills of ah tiz.es,
triers, Lowers, and Lilt pete Coppers. He has
Stills of various sizes, ready made, foi sale. f
a, A KEN UP by the subscriber, in
& Leacock township, Lancaker county, on the
17th of November la*, a bay HORSE, about
fourteen hands high, trots, paqes and canters; short
tail, mane bangs on cite near fine, has fever/1 white
fpoYs on his back Lppußd' to be laddie marks, and
has a small star in the center between his ejes: The
owner is defined to come, prove his property, pay
charges and take him away..
§ JOHN Woodhull.
Lancaster, January 5, 1778.
W A N T E D,
By th? Pay-Master General,
•“9fl WO P.-rfons quaffed to aet as CLERKS.
& Suitable eneourt/fent will be given to thole
who can produce a g^ j recommendation boh lor
their capacity and ineg^Q, without which it Thi be
needier rp-b.. . §
Cam,, Dade, Dye, December 30, 1777.
I N confcquence of General Orders, for the
* purpose of calling to turir rUpLiive regiments all
such Officers whoic furloughs arc expired, or who are
otherwise absent, I do hereby give 'bis public Notice
to all such Officers, belonging to t e Tenth Pennsyl
vania Regiment, to join their corps, immediately,
otherwise hit Excellency's orders of the 2 sth indant
will be put in execution against them. .
ADAM HUBLE Y, Junior,
f 2 Lieut. Col. 10th P.-rnf. Rej.
cTx~SHILLINGS a POUND for
° good CANDLE-WICK, will be paid by
ANDREW KENNEDY, next door to the
Gaol, in King-facet; Lancaster.
's A L T,
By the quantity, ruflel, or smaller parcel, to %
SOLD by
J-OHN C A R N A N,
At Mr. Levi Marks's hcufe, the corner ofKing and
Quea-Greets, Lancaster.
FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD.
WHEREAS the subscriber feme time ago de
livered aBG X, cont ini g about 580 yards
cf Calico and about 150 doz. of gold and silver Basket
Buttons, to a certain Mr. John Cue mine, of Soufh-
Carolina, to be delivered at Philadelphia : And as
the laid box was not con e ? to hand when the enemy
took possession 0; Philadelphia, nor hath the said Mr.
Cummine gave notice at Lancarter or any other place
where the laid box may be found, I hereby offer the
above reward to any person who i ill give information
thereof, or of the said Mr. Cummine, to Mr. Ben
jamin Davis', at Lebanon, near Lancaster.
t JABEZ PORTER.
Lancaster, December 22; 1777.
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.
DESERTED f, cm Capt. Gourley's company,
ofthe Ninth Pennsylvania Regiment, a certain
JOHN 'BROWN, by trade an armourer, about
five feet seven inches high, pock marked, fair com
plexion ; had on a light coloured coat, white linen
jacket, leather breeches, and a beaver hat.
Allo a certain FRANCIS HARRIS, lately
difeharged from one of the floating batteries, by trade
a mill-wright, about five feet eleven inches high ; had
on when tie deferred, an old light jacket with sleeves,
and flowered, flannel breeches ; he is much given to
drink, and apt to fay in his difehurfe, Bleafe goodness,
or by way of oath, By be that made little apples or poop
lAnthorns. Whoever takes up ,said defrteo, and Se
cures them in any of the gaols of the United States, so
that they may be returned co their regiment, (hail re
ceive the above reward and reasonable charges, paid by
JOHN BICKHA M,
1 Lieut. 9th Penufylvania Reg.
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ADVERTISER.
MADE their escape from Leefburfy Vir
ginia, the following people, viz. ISAAC
J OHNSTON, about, twenty years of age, about
live feet ten inches high, fmewth face, and daik hair.
BENJAMIN KING, a well made men, abolft
five teet eight inches high, pitted with the fmah-p..>x,
and appeared to be a middle aged, mm. JOHN
PORTER, a flout fellow, near fix feet high, and
about twenty two years of age. All the above-men
tioLtd pJfoneis were born w the neighbourhood of
Shrewibury, in the J rfeys, and were taken b) G.ne
. tai Sullivan on Staten-Bland : each had on a' g^een
coat, a white waistcoat anti breeches. Whoevo icings
dim to me in Ledburg, or confines them in any gaol,
(hail receive what the law allows.
| |S. THOMSON MASON,
Commillary of Prisoners so Loudoun Country
December
-TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.
D AN AWAY from toe subscriber, living in P x
ton Towntthp, L^cafter County; <n toe 41/lof
tins inst. a Meg 0 m~n m.med JO E, ebout ?„ nty
five years old, a thick writ let fellow, fpes<s the Eng
hih and German tenguhs well ; had on when he went
away, an orange coloured Coat, a lead culouied jack
et a cocr/e fhih t, and leather breeches. He took with
bun a black M ARE, big with foal, about fix years
old, a natural trotter and carries htrfclf wth, and has
no brand : It is hippofed that he intends to go to
Howe's army. Whoever takes up laid Negro and
Mere, inaii receive the above Reward, or for an, one
of them, 1 cured so that the owner gets them again,
toe one half of the above Reward, and reasonable
charges, paid by J JACOB AWL.
Montgomery County, Maryland, Dec. 12, 1777.
f HAV E for SAL E, five hundred , acres ot well-
I improved L A ND, on which are thirty acres of
. ood Timothy 0 endow, situate about fi teen miles
below Frederick Town, near the mouth of Monoc-cy.
I will aild fell four thousand acres cf very ri h LAND;
at sixty pounds currency per hundred acres, lying in
Wellington County, about twenty miles above Fort
Cumberland. The puremfer wid have the option at
the expiration of four ,& rs either to receive the pur
chase money without inhered, or keep the land.
1 FRANCIS DEAKINS,
near the mouth ot Ivionocacy.
December s 1777.
SIXTY DOLLARS REWARD.
STOLEN last Monday night, from the subscriber
in Hempfield Township, a bay HORSE, with
fiddle and bridle, has a itar in his forehead and a
blemdh in the right eye, the right foot is white, food
all round, is about nine or ten years old, and paces;
The thief is cue of the Virginia soldiers, who was go
ing homewards; had on a blue coat with white bind
ing on the button holes ; about five feet four or five
inches high : He also hole a blue and black mixed
country made great coat. Whoever lecures said horse,
saddle and bridle, and will return them to the fub
criber, shall ieceive the above Reward, befidcs rea
lonable charges, from
X JOHN NEWCOMER.
^%/HEREAS David Haves, of
VV Oxford Township, Chester Countv, and State
of Pennsylvania, hath bought of John Cooper, a ta&
or parcel of land, lying in the Township, County and
State aforefaid, and gave William Bonding for bail ;
and the said David Hayes gave up his right to me,
now on the premises, and i have paid the firft bond ;
the second becomes due in the year 1775,, and the
third in the vear 1776. This is therefore to warn the
Public that I will pay no more until John Cooper and
the legatees come and make me over a right for said
place. § ALLAN SIMPSON.
FORTY DOLLARS REWA RD.
OTOLEN from the subscriber, on the 20th of No
° vember lift, at Howell's tavern, eight miles from
the Sweetie's Ford, on Schuylkill, a white H OR S E,
about sou teen and a half hands high, ten years old,
natural pacer, (hod round, has neither brand nor ear
mark, and has an hollow in the offfhoulder, occasion
ed by a wound. Whoever takes up said horse, and
the thief, and secures them so that the owner may have
his horie and the thief be brought to condign punish
ment, (half receive the above reward, or one half for
the horse alone. The owner lives near Samuel Geliy's
tavern, in Cumberland township, York County, Penn
sylvania. § JOHN LEVINGSTON.