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PHIL A'D E L P H I A.
By a vessel from St. Fuftatii we learn, th t three
tnglifh frigates atec;u z tr ¥ offthat iflmd ;we alto
fern, that 14. Engl/fh ships, with live /lock and
otb r provisions for the hoops at B lion, being
blown off the co # it are pur into Antigua, front
whence no doubt, in the spring, they wid carry
thi. Stock ii good order, for tire relief of t f e
troops.
F ci thezo+b of October to the roth of Nwem.
be; we fin ', i is M?jelty's ships, Orpheus, Onui
ci. ami Chatham, and between 20 anu 30 tr<n f p. rts
witri provide ns nd live dock faded for Boston.
On the 19 h m O&. seven transports wim troops
failed from Cork foi Quebec, but icon after meet
ing wrh iturmy weaFe.i, fix of teem, viz. Harcourt,
Juliana, Peace and Plenty, Ocean, Chatham and
Mercury, were obliged to put into Milford.
The Qpeen of England, Carnaud, from Cork to
Botton, th put into Li&n in di tress.
The Polly, Elliott, from Virginia to London,
Sprung a leak and put into Fyall, was repaired and
expected to fail in October for London.
By the Enghfh papers we find that they had an
account, of Col. now Gen. Arnold's expedition to
Quebec, but fay it is under Putnam.
It is a little remarkable that all the addresses to
the King, (of which there sic many from tre vari
ous depending through the kingdom) to enforce
the Goody measures against thd Americans, are
puobdied in the' gazette, as news from St Janus's,
but as for petitions in fauvur of Amtrna, we fee
nothing of them from St. James's, fu^h is the par
tiality of the bloody mmd.d B itilh court.
The whining King 0 Great-Britam has fatplica
tid all the powers of Europe to forbid their fub
jt&s Supplying the cowa d , Americans with pow
der or arms, amng the rest, we find by the fate
panels, that the King of Denmark has gratified
f , issuing a proclamation or order for that
purp^ . # /
be K ngof Great-Brtam has a lowed all vef
fids going to the ccaft of G dnea, to t:ke out what
p>.'d'r is ^ceffary fortheir voyage, cn giving ie
cg^v, btreble the value of the goods so Whipped.
By t' Eng'uh papers we hud a confirmation of
there r Grig been a severe galeof wind at New
formhand, the nth of September.
The latter end of 0&. they had federal violent
gales of wind in the English channel, which did
considerable dam ige, not only among the ptovifion
velfels that were bout fading for Bo&on, but all
along the coast is lined with wrecks.
In COMMITTEE of SAFETY.
Philadelphia, January 25, 1776.
IT being highly expedient in the present exi
gency of our affairs, to employ a number of pow
der mills in order to work up into gunpowder the
different materials that may be imported from fore
ign countries, or be procured at home by the pub
lic encouragement lately offered^
Refolded, therefore that Major Bayard, Capt.
Cowperthwa te, Christopher Ludwick, Geo. Schlof
fer and Joieph WrthetiH, be desired to confider of
pioper places, toee& Suitable works for the pur
pose, or to engage with the own# of any mill or
ST. JA M E S's, Gaoler 14.
IT 1 H E following gentlemen, vi% Isaac
i Hughes, Elq; Chairman, the Right Hon.
Thomas Harley, Zachary Pnilip Fonnereau, John
Cornwall, John Rity, Samuel Smith, George
St^nforth, Peter Cazi'et, Richard Willis, J hn
William Anderson, Benj.min Winthrop Ed
ward F fte,r. James Bogle French, Bignall Pot
ter, and Peter Hodglon, Esq; having been de
puted to attend his Majelty with an adurefs of
a very numerous b dy of the merchants and
traders of the city of Lond n, thy did all (ex
cept Mr. Cornwall and Mr. Rily, who were pre
vented by illn.fs) wht on his Majesty with the
following address, being introduced by the
Lord of his Maje 3'3 bed chamber in waiting;
whic.naddrefs h:s M jefty was pleased (0 receive
very gracioufl. ; and they had the honour to
kiss bis Majority's hand.
To the K NG'&Moft Excellent MAJESTY.
Mo, (dad^ S&we e ; „i,
WB your M jetty's faithful and loyal sub
j# &s, merchants, and traders of the city of Lon
don, xiiled with the deeped concern at the un
jußifible proceedings of feme of your Majesty's
colonies in America, b?g leave to approach
your Royal Throne to testify oar entire disap
probation and abhorrence of them ; with the
mod solemn assurances that we wilt support
your M jetty with our lives and fortunes, in
maintaining the authority of the legislature of
this country, which, we conceive, does and
ought to extend over and pervade every part of
the Britifli dominions.
With regret and indignation we fee colonies
which owe their exiftance, and every bluffing
that attended their late profoereus situation, to
this their parent country, unnaturally regard,
less of the foftering hand that ra fed and sup.
ported them, aid aheding distinctions in thi ir
dependence, not founded in law, or in the con
fti>utioaofG eat-Britain.
^hIL^DELPHIA.. Printed by JOHN DUNEAPfr^fyfo^^
Subscriptions at fen shillings per Annum, Advertisements, &c. are thankfully received for this P^r'
We are convinced, b. the experienced cle
mency of your Majesty's government, that no
endeavour- will be wanting to induce our de
luded fellow subj cfs to return to th ir 0 r ^i
er.ee to that corftuuion w^ich our ancestors
bled to eftabl : fh, and which has flourifhei, pure
and uAnerruped, under the mild governrant
of the House of Hanover.
May thar be ng who governs the universe fa
di-ect your M jelly's councils and measures, that
from the present confusion, order may arise,
and peace again be rehred.
That your M^j sty may long reign over ah
happy and united people,- is the earned prater
of, May it please your Majeftyj
Your Majesty's most faithful and
loyal Subjects.
The number cf names signed to this Petition
were 941.
N E W-Y O R K, January go.
By two gentlemen from Albany, we hear Gen.
Schuyler has taken from the inhabitants of John's-
Town, and parts adjacent, 670 odd mutkets, and 9
pieces of cannon, and brought off 15 prisoners.
Large reinforcements are preparing in different
parte, with the nrmod expedition, for the amv at
Quebec. An account of the ie,uWe of our little
army there had been received t Cambridge.
That every puffin under the age of TWEN
TY-ONE YEARS, inlifting himfelf in the army
or navy aforefaid, may within twenty-fodr hours
after such inliftment obtain his dfeharge, by re
funding the mon :y received from the recruiting
officer, and returning such necessaries as may
have been Applied him by the officer, or the
value thereof in money
Extr.^from the Minutes,
CHARLES THOMSON, Sec.
To the PRIVATES of . ce MILITARY ASSO
CIAI.O % 6e.o:g^g to the province of Penn
fluana.
'^ NL^ Committee of the Privates of the As-
X fociatiou, oelonging to the cty and h
be/ties of PhLadel ihia, are of opinion, th tthe
b^h thing which can be done at pefert, f?r the
good of the general cause of American liberty,
and the support of our mihi ry affectation, is,
that the Aifociators sign 'he articles of ffocia
tion given out b, the Hon. House cf AifomoG,
with all convenient, expedition, and they do
most heartily recommend the fame to every Ai
fcciator throughout the province. And as the
Hon. Houle of Assembly have expressed in in
tention ot changing or altering the articles as
occasion may require, and as the defeats and
imperfections of any law are beff ascertained by
experience, and a reciprocation of fendrants
upon it, the Committee world gladly cnt;r in
to a friendly correspondence with the privates
of thof: battalions throughout the province,
which tign the articles, that they may know the
lenC of the afTuciators in general on any part of
the articles, which may need amendment, and
that any future appl.cation to the Hon. House
of ^tiembly may express the desires of the whole
body of A iterators. Bat they most earncllly
recommend the most perfect, chearful and im
plicit fubmdiicn to the prelent set of military
articles until they be hereafter altered or amend
ed by iegifidtive authority, as the mol efchud
means co giving itrength and energy to the ope
rations of the friends ot liberty and America,
who are intruded vth the care of,the public.
Signed by order of toe Committee.
JAMES CANNON, Clerk.
"° Frederick Hagener, Michad Shubert,
William Adcock, Edward Ryves, George Nel
son, Reber: Bell, Andrew Porter, Patrick Lo
gan, and James Cannon, are a^p mted a Coin
m.ttee of Cotrefpondence for the loregoing pur
pose, and every letter to the Committee, diic&-
ed to either of them, Ihall be attended to with
care, and answered with punctuality.
Such periods 'li:> as hm^ Silt p tre to dYoofe of,
are hereby n ibird/thlt R ^ 4 fVers, Commif-
Dry, n°xt doer but one to the P^fbuteii,.-n -meet
iag-h.wfe in Market ftre.t, will receive toe fame
and pay num tnme'or.
Extract from (be Minutes.
^Lbl AM GOVETT, Sec.
In C'NG R : SB, yavuCT 30, 1776.
Rf/^ , Th^ no APPRENTICE v .harfo
rvr be i lift...r vitbin the colonies of New-jer
l?y, ' 'yiv^ia, the Lower f 'ounces on De
bi.vat and Maryland, as a f^dier : n the army
anc,navy of the United Cob i., without the
confected hrs mafteF or mist efi firft obtained
in writing, and that all Apprentices, now irlitt
eo ?s soldiers it GC Army or navy/ without such
content, be im mediately difeharged from the
service, on the application of his matter or mif
t:efs, upon payment of all just and reasonable
charges of their inliftmen:.
Tnat it be recommended to all creditors,
whole demands against any person, who is in
liftedbr (hall inlilt in the Continental forvice,
shill not amount to the value of THIRTY-
FiVE DOLLARS, not to arrefl any such debt
or, till the 4 expiration of the time for which he
is inlifted.'
mills, already ereAe l ! for other purposes, to con
vert them to the making of ©unpowder, and to
make report 6f their proceedings to this board.
Extras from tie Minutes,
3 WILLIAM GOVETT, Secretary.
By virtue of the above appointment, we hereby
r-quest all persons who are poffAled of proper pla
ces for the eroding powder-mills, to apply to us or
fend as soon as poffi tie their terms, and further,
that they will be particular in giving an account of
the situation, distance from town, dream of water,
and how soon they can compleat a mill; we fnall
meet for the purpose of feeing such persons as are
willing to engage, or will fend in their propofols, at
Benjamin Davids, at the sign of the George, the
corner of Arch and Second streets, Wednesdays and
Saturdays, from Eleven to Twelve o'clock in the
forenoon.—A ^erfon acquainted with refining ful
pher, wo^ld meet with encouragement by applying
to JOHN BAYARD.
JOSEPH COPPERTHWAITE)
CHRISTOPHER LUDWICK.
GEORGE SCHLOSSER. <
JOSEPH WETHEMLL.
In COMMITTEE of SAFETY.
Philadelphia, January 29, 1776,
Refolded, That this Board will on Monday the
fifth day of February next appoint officers for a
company of Matroffes, to be immediately raised in
this province for the service of Canada. ' And this
reiolve to be published in the News-papers, to the
end applications may be made, by such as choose to
enter into the service.
Philadelphia, January 30, 1776.
AS Rags ana Lut are effenttally necessary for
the publics, ie:vice, this Committee most earnestly
request the inhabit mts of this city to coße& what
obi linen they have and can spare, and in the course
of next week perfmsproperly authorifed under the
hand of the Secret ry of the C^mraittet, will call
at tbei, houses to receive it.
^^^-Q+Q§* +*,- *ss $&
BLACK CURRANT JELLY,
For the Cold an/ Sore Throat, SOLD by
PATRICK WRIGHT, Confectioner,
In Front-street, a little below the Drawbridge.
ALS O, orange and quince marmalade, pre
iferved quinces, cherries, &c. biscuits, pouad
cake, tarts of all kinds. Mutton pies to be had
for dinner or Supper, with other kind^ when 6e
fpoke.
J O H N BAT ES,
Plate Iron Worker in general, from Birming
ham ar JlohnDuncan's, hatter, opposite the^unch
ofGrapes, in Third-ftre, t, near Arch-street,
{ 4 '"'' tea-kettles, coffee-pots, sauce-pans,
tV# rtew-pans tinned, fiffi-kettles, Dutch ovens,
Inch are much fwecter, whblfomer and cheaper
than rappel utensils, and are much nfed in London
and moat uarts of England : He likewise makes oval
and sq mre dripping pans, allies bucket, firelmods,
coil icoops, pot covers, cocoa and coffee reader-,'
Dutch stoves and pipes, on the lowest and most
r^fonabie t rms; and puts new frying pans to old
handles. He hopes to give the public fatitfa&ion,
not oni 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
sauce-pans, and gives molt money for old pewter. 1
~T~O 'B~ E S 01, D,
DWILL ING HOUSE with five lots of
ground in one inclofure, in the town of Fort
litt; Abo a tra& of land lying on the south fide
cf I urtU Creek, and bounded by a Creek called
I hompfens Run, within nine miles of the afore
faid town and half a mile of the main road leading
thereto, containing three hundred acres, with an
ailowance-of fix acres to an hundred for reads; the
whole is as rich as any in the province. There is
about thirty acres of fine bottom lying along the
Creek which runs through the said tiaft. There
is a fine mill-feat with a good fall of never failing
", ater ' an( ' a '° nc coal-pit in one fide of irs bank.
I'he whole is well timbered with walnut and black
01k. There s likewise on the premises a log house
fit for a dwelling boufe. It will be fold either whole
or separate, as may best suit the purcbafer. For
terms of sale apply to Malachy Hayes, living
on the premises in Fort Pitt, orRiCHARD Sweet
man, Merchant, on Mr. Stamper's wharf, Phila
deiphia, by whom the terms of faie will be made
very easy. -}
Philadelphia, January 4, 1776.
S H I P T I M BE R,
WANTED IMMEDIATELY,
AL ARGE quantity, confiding of rising tim
bers, floor timbers and knees; the rising
timbers to be from eight to nine feet 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 deep in the 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 quantiv of the above 1
articles, may apply to David Thomson or Fran
cis Grice, Ship carpenters, who will pay ready
money for the fame.
COPPERAS, Allum, Brimstone,
Braziletto, Coffee in bags and barrels, ex
cellent Florence oil in chests, Pimento, Chocolate,
C mamon, Cloves, Mace, &c.
TO BE SOLD BY
SAMUEL GARRIGUES, Jun. and Co.
At their Ware house in Market-street, near the
Lon ! on Coffie-houfe, Philadelphia. §6
? E rer
T A Y L O R,
TA" ES this method to acquaint the Public,
A That he fa removed from his (hop in Front
fbeet, near the Drawbridge, to the shop lately oc
cupied b- Mr. Levi Marks, Taylor, at the corner
of Taylor's alley, in Secoßd-ttreet, between Chef
nut and XT Jnu ftreete, Philadelphia.
The fail Peter M'Kinlev returns bis sincere
thanks to bis friends and cufiomers for their past
favours, and hopes for a continuance of the fame;
their orders o^ll be expeditiously and pyn&ually
executed, by their most obe dent bumble fervent,
LEWIS NICOLA,
TAKES this method to inform his Friends,
aad the Public in general, that be has opened
An AMERICAN PORTER HOUSE,
at his dw^Jug in Water-street, 'next door to the
Old Ferry hotre, where those who will please te
favour him with their custom may depend upon his
bed enicavoers to pleafe.+
JAMES CLARK and NON,
DYERS in general,
BE G leave to inform the Public, that they dye
blk ga:ments and feene silk all manner of co
lours, and dress them properly ; they also dye cloths,
(balloons, and all manner of woollen goods; mens
deaths dry or wet scoured, likewise 'jeans, fufti
ans, ^nd all manner of cotton goods ; cotton, Jin
.,, yarn and worked dyed blue, red, &c. scarlet
cloaks r fielhed in the colour, and many ether
things in the dying way too tedious here to mention.
Comm ffions from the country carefully anfwered.'
and allowance given to those that manufu&ure or
fell. They propose to dye black every Friday,
Work received and delivered at their house in
Front-street, betwixt Market and Chefnut fleets,'
two doors from the ftarrs leading to the Crocked-
Billet.
N. B. Tire fail James Clarx hag a final! af
fortm.nt of very good (hues and pumps, and feme
rther goods, which be will rell upon nafonable
terms. .1
qpHE SUBSCRIBER begs leave
A to inform the Public in general, and his
friends in particular, that he has now opened a
PUBLICK - HOUSE, in that noted Inn/the
lign of the Horse and Groom, formerly kent by
Mr. John Bell, in Dover; having lid i n 'a Ge
nera) assortment of Liquor of the bett quality, and
provided with all other neceffiries, witb proper at
tendance, be ho^et to give fatisfiction to all who
pieafe to favour him with their cuflom.
The Public's humble servant,
ALLEN M'L A N E, Junior.
Philadelphia, January 6, 1,76.
THE SUBSCRIBERS, Printers
of the Pennsylvania Mercury, &c.
being disabled further to prosecute the pubiilhing
that News paper by an unfortunate accident of
FIR E, which on the lift day of the year consumed
the Printing-office, together with their whole stock
of Paper, Types, Press, &c.—They therefore take
this method of returning their unfeigned thanks to
those Gentlemen who were pleased to encourage the
undertaking, by commencing Subscribers, and take
the liberty to request they will be so kind as tp pay
up their fubferiptious (in proportion to the time of
fubferibi^g) for the nine months the publication
continued, which will at this time particularly
oblige Tlteit humble servants,
ENOCH STORY.
DANIEL HUMPHREYS.
Decerfer 10, 177,.
EIGHT DOLLARS REWARD.
IP AN AWAY from the uffcriber, living
near the Horse He d, in Kent C urty, on
Delaware, an Irilh indented servant man pared
JAMES LOWERRY,, butcommonly gees
by the name of LAVEKEY; he is about five
feet seven inches high, bj trade a weaver, a good
deal pock-marked, pale complexion, black hair
commonly tied behind, hold and talkative; had
on wher he went away, a good felt hat, an old red
and white fi!k handkerchief, two country l:rna
Shirts, a blue fulled country-cloth coat, an old pur
ple silk jacket, a Griped bncey under jacket, old
black velvet breeches, eld patched trowfers, new
blue yar n flockings ringed with . Kite on ,tbe tepr,
white thread ditto, and fhces. Whoever takes up
said servant and brings him home, or secures him
so that his matter may have him a^ain, (hall hav^
if in the county, FOUR DOLLARS, and if cut.
the above Reward, and all reasonable charges, paid
by, HENRY ELBERT.
N. B. I bought him of Mt. William Boyce, ire
Kiewcaftle County.y
TO B E S O I D,
APLA NTATton containing about fifty
acres of land, five acres thereof meadow, and
twenty-two acres of good woodland, a stone lioufe
two stories high, two rooms on a floor, with a cel
lar HBoerneath, a stone kitchen, a barn arid well
of good water near the house, an orchard cf about
1 3° "ppl e -t r ee s and a variety ^fpeach trees, among
whrch are the Newington and Heath, also some
cherry-tieet. It is situate about twenty-five rlies
from Philadelphia, within three quarters of a mile
Mr. John Murray's, at the Trap on Manatawny
Road, on a road leading across the country to the
Yellow Springs. For terms apply to Benjamin
Davids, Innholder, in Second street, Philadelphia,
or to Thomas Reese, Miller, near the premihs,
who will shew the fame.
.\ Ragufs6,:~-fc
CAME to the plantation of"the fubferber,
living in Rye townfh p, Cumberland cowry,
near Bafkin's Ferry, a black MAR F, -?<^
thirteen hands high, marked on the rear Shoulder
M. the off bind foot white, long dock, weighty
headed, a very heavy mane which 1 igs on tb^
near fide ; she can pace a good travel, h;< no SO3
on, and was four ye rs cl 'l,ft gr^s. Towner
is desired to come, prov ni s property, pav charges
and take her away
§ THOMAS WATSON.
T O BE S O L D,
Or REN I ED for a term of frars,
A PLANTATION in the township of Am
we:l, Hunterdon county, W^ft New-Jersey,
containing ®ne hundred and sixty-six acres, fifty
where dis covered with wood, and as much mere
is, and may be made, good meadow; th- r / pas
ture and fit for tillage; A Strong new fence goes
round the lines, with convenient parrtion fences',
and rails enough,now cut to keep the fences in re
pair for many years ; a good orchard and nurfuw
of fruit trees, an excellent kitchen garden hanZ
fomely fenced with new pales last spring, a barn
theds for cattle, two horse Stables, a granary, w.^
gon house, poultry house, HI new except the tin A,
'nd a new draw-well of the best water in the 1 eigh
bourhood very convenient to the house and kite hen.
The dwelling-haufe, ffo the repairs lately givra
it, is as good as new and made very convenient,
and wourafait remarkably any Gentleman with a
small family who might incline to retire from either
of the towns; it consists of two parlours and two
bed chambers neatly finished, with a fire pl-.ee in
each, and two more may be finished off above hairs
at a small expenct, a spacious piazza in front tie
whole length of the house, a kitchen and two cel
lars below, always dry and never freezes. This
plantation is Situated in a well fettled, he.l°thy and
plentiful country, 44 . miles from Philadelphia and
5 4 from New-York ; 24 miles from New B,'unfwick,
and the fame distance from Trenton, from each of
which there is water carriage to Philadelphia and
New-York. A Stag&aggon goes and comes re
gularly once a week to Philadelphia in the fuming
Safari, and once a fortnight in the winter Fur
ther particulars may be had by applving on the
premises, to THOMAS SKELTON.
FIFTY SHILLING?REW A^R D
KAN AWAY on the night of the Bth ii^
(November) from the subscriber, living at
tne Head of Chester, Kent conntv, Mail Dod t io
Servant men, viz. WILLIAM PAR KEF
an Englishman, about five feet high, twenty rears
of age ; took with him a green coat faced with red
a grey jacket, and a pair of old leather breech-^
JA ME S RALISON, this country burn, about
five teet fix inches high, a w e il set man, a L„,
eighteen years of age; took with him a lifrc
loured com half worn, a white diaper jacket, and
a pair ofcheck trowfers ; both Shoemakers by t'^de
They also took with them Twenty Sh.din~,m cat:'
The said W^hm Parker is very conceited, ^t
the drum and very likely will fUh w tint way.
They were enqui i g about t%o diys heGre th[v
went off the way to Red Stone. Whoever ta<es § 4
laid servants and fecmes them in any gaol, oiron'-
veys them to the owner, fbali have the above Re
ward and reasonable charges, paid by
14 WILLIAM FiNICO MB.
PRINT T N G 1
In English, (Herman, and other Languages.
TH E Subscribers being provided with a gene
ral affortroent of new and eleg-n TYFE S,
and other Printing Materials, have opened an Of
fice at the corner of Coats's allev, in Secord
ftrect, above Race-street, opposite the £ n of tue
Buck ; where they intend carrying on the PRINT
ING BUSINESS in all its different branches, with
care, fidelity, and expedition : And as they are
determined to use their utmost endeavours to give
Dtisf ^ion to those who may be pleased to employ
them, they humbly request the favour and encou
ragement of the Public in general, and their friends
and acquaintance in particular.
MELCHIOR STYNEF^ and
CHARLES CIST.
PHILIP and HENRY SHEETS
GUN-SMITH S,
In Shepherds Town, Berkley County, Virginia,
JNTE ND carrying on their business ext^dive-
Iy ; and as they are in want of hinds that nn
derftand the said bv.£aefs, they will give great wa^es
either by the week, month, ye^r, or o' erwife as
they may desire it, to- any fu h thit would c^oofe
to be emp oyed, by applying speedily at their place
of rehdenre as above rairtieugd. ||