Dunlap's Pennsylvania packet , The general advertiser — Philadelphia, Pa., 1777-08-05 00:00:00, page 1

V ° L# " , . NUMB. 29,
D U N L AP's
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GENERAL r ' # 'ADVERTISED
AL L Perforts indebted for this Paper, are
requeued to make immediate payment for
the fame.
TO BE S O L D,
lithe t/vn of R ling, in the county off ^,
AGEN TEEL Tick House. ^ud Lot or Gco
in Clement-drat; ^ ickit^xt^^t kA J-'"' :
270 te<t dt~p; G; % rrtnreeio num^e'
another art be m^k with little sx, # nce ; the bu
are 47 tec' front end 30 deep, a stood bake c^., "'
an ex^ltetit pump tf^ty before he door. The par
ticuW-b may be known b, applying to Mr- Jacob Ho#F,
Tavt-kerpe*, iißari::. T
Philadelphia Juh 3 0 r 77-
# L L persons indebted to the estate of Se-
TL b KSTiAN Sybart, ac of this ci v, Shop keep ,
decea^Q are desired to make fpe< dy maym- nt ; and cl
p r ions tint have any demands againit laid estate are de
li ed to render in their accounts, properly attested, that
they racy he paid by _ _
§ BARBARY r YBART, Executrix
CASPAR SYRART, Exe n or.
Talbert County, : u, %4, 1777-
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.
„ AN AWAY fro athe fubferiber, livu rrCTr
^ celer's Point, a Mulatto man mailed JAE
ROBERTS, about fix fret high ; a likely, strong,
healthy fellow ; had on and took with him, a labor 1 fear
nought jacket, a new coarse hat, two frr% and a par
es gateis: He has been used to going by water in (mill
craft, and it is supposed will ende*vou? to pet into to t
bufioefs again ; he can saw, and unde'ft rids plantation
baiinef# well. He ale took with him a dark hro?n
Horse, with a fuddle ^nd bride ; the horse it abort t- eve
bands ad^ half high, trots and ga loot, has a 'mail
mark in his forehead, a fort of # lump on bis back, and
a Ihort tail. Whoever confines said Mulatto in any gaol,
and Secures the Horse, ffi'll have the above Reward, or
if t^ken separate, TWELVE DOLLARS for tb? Mu
lat 0 and EIGHT DOLLARS for the Horse, prid by
XELIZABETH CANNIN.
July 22, 1777.
WENT AWAY from the fubferiber,
near the Sprin-'r mie Tavern, in Gnyu.th
T^ (h p, PdadriphiaCounty, on, he Sth inL. a poor
roan named James Gla^cey, about five feet three cr
fiur inches righ, wiih a lon^ beard ; had on a brown
Jincey jacket, coarse linen Shut, tow trowfer,, and is
barefooted : He is filly, perhaps cannot give an account
ofhimfclf, and may b- ttoubleforne. It ;s requested that
wh >ever may bar? harboured him will find word to the
fubferiber, or to the Overlea r# of the Poor of the said
Towofhip X DA VIDDAV IS.
Ear Wliidand, Chejer County, Juh 24 1777.
S I'o r A TH fE F!
IN the ni^ht o c th? 23d indent was cut cut of the loom
and cariie 1, ff torn 'he sh p of the fubferiber, a' out
fifteen yard;c f fine fx- w . hundred Loen, yard and inch
wide, mi:k?l w th green at wo yards and a half d'ft nee
when laid, upwars of thr«, y rds of the fi ft end filed
with vhit r yarn than rT remainder. Any person who
fecares the thief and lin # n, s o that the thief be bion ht
toiufticc and the linen r fio rd to the owner, fhrilrec ?ve
T - MTY DOLLARS, or for the linen only,
FT I^^ -CLEARS, n^id by
f ARTHURL!NDAN.
L Ad hleac he-s, merchants and (hop-keepers are
„.. Lb. de defir e t t-- take notice of this ad verti fement.
SIX PEEN DOLLARS REWARD.
WAS O's yelhrdavife n on, on the Moy
amerfip Road, betwixt J hn Everly's and Mar
k't-dre t, a SILVER WAT CH, maker's name
Alexander W field, London, a China dial plate, No.
3953, Silver teal with C M in a cypher upon it, and a
steel chain. Whoever has found said Watch, and will
bring it to th Printer, (hall h ve the above Reward.
N. B. Watch makers and others are requeued to stop
said Watch if offered for file.X
ten d o lla'r s rew'a kir
Deserted frbm my company, a certain
CHARLES DOUGHERTY, a native of
Ireland, about thirty year# of age, five feet seven or
eight inches high, Short curled browner hair, pitted
with the (mall-pox, large white eyes, when examine
will gape with his mouth. I expert be is gene to Cap
Rogers's; on Antietem, Cumberland County, where t
formerly lived. Whoever takes upfeid deserter and fi
cures him in any gaol in the States, so that his C^pti
may have him again, or brings him to the regim n
ihall have the above Reward, a & reafcnable chaise .
T UESD AY, AU G U.S T sth, j 7 ~ 7 .
TV AR-OFEfCF, %,?$, <777.
A NY person or perform who will undertake
§ tin -'upJ,' 'r*- rmy with beer, cycler, vez-ta
?, soap vTejar ard our-crcur, or ar.y••frhefe ar
cles, on fencing lit ort .Or jr'pofds in wit ng totin'
R. 3 d o:'Wan wHv treated ooh; and if .is or their
:p-' 6 %r deem d rafonable, #ntr:& widb/ imme.
FT tote inowk' him<rth rc, on behalf oim
U Ted § ,[,,, 'o* b -urnofecafor<-fa":d.
S, order oj toe Board,
RICH ARD PETER S, St
"he federal Printers are afired to infer! the above ad
riijement in thei papers,
Philadelphia, July 7.5, 1777.
TWELVE DOLLARS REWARD.
Fl AN AW IY from the med v flel Ranger,
-^ commands Lv John Mitchell, E'q; a certain
CO NRA D SMALI ZR b ~ Ge an , twenty
„ " •o r age, a ; ou five feet ight inches high, iprks but
ipd'ffcrent Fnßifh ; bad on wh^n be went away, ^ short
tie npiack'tlnd with wbLefl rr el; he is rem ka
ble far making a noise like qahl. I is supposed he is
concealed femewhete ?t the (onh end or the ro^n. I
; toft earn- (by r&qu lied of any friend to the pr fen
jut opposition, (hould an opportunity ff r, to commit
hm to gaol, this beipg the third rme o' hit desert on,
an Ihe has h?en for? iven in confq c e °f his bring a
foreigner. Whoever secures him as afcrefaid, or delivers
him on hoard the Ranger, did! h ve the above Reward.
NATHAN SIMMONS T Lieut.
N. B. Should hetrt i.n to his dut, in thrae dayt 4 r rr
this publication, I d= prorate he (had not be brought 0
trial by a Court Martial.§
WEST-INDIA rum, Jamaica spirit,
malt Spirits an! moliTr, by the loghead ;
chocolate in boxes ; rosin in byreh ; and a quantity of
Virginia tobacco, 10 be S OLD by
LEVI HOLLINGSWORTH,
On Neill's wharf, a little brlow the Drawbridge
N. B. Her-quests all thole indebted to h m for infpec
ton of fl u", or otherwise, to call and fettle their ac
Count:.
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A LL persons indebted to the estate of Mary
21 Kill late of Appoquinii rink Hundred, N & ,-
ciftle County, deceased, are defied to m<ke immediate
payment ; and those persons who have MV den nods
against faideftate are rfq est d o bring in th-ir accounts
that they may be adj tied and raid bv
Jul, 28. WILLIAM ALRICKS, Fx^cutor.
§ ANN GRIFFITH Exeno x
Philadelphia,
EIGHT DOLLARS REW A R D.
Q. AN AWAY on TAc v morning th^ 22d inst
^l/ Ne^ jo bor named JAC K, twelve ye # rs -d,
th' k lips, bow bgged and parrot-toed, a thick chunky
lid; had on when he went away, a coajk thin and
trowhr, and no cat. Whoever ri-curesthe Gid N,ro
boy and brings him to th fubferib r, or gives informa
tion where he is to be found, so t at he may be had
again, ihal be en itled t the abov~ Reward.
t RICH-RD FOOTMAN.
WH E REA S Christiana Rue, wife of the
fubferr er, has c one from her family : This i
therefore to caution the Public not to trust her or mi
account, as I am determ ned not to pay any d bts of her
contriving.
Juiv 27, 1777. + JOSEPH RUE.
Lancafler, Jul, 9, 1777.
WHEREAS federal invidious afperfiye
reflections have lately been cast on my character,
and induftfioufly propagated, that I made plunder of a
number of mates and a black ftallipn in the J^fys last
December, at the time of General Wethington's retrea
t? Trenton. And whereas in December last I did buy a
number of mares and a black stallion, but purchased
them in and between Philadelphia and Lantafter, for
which I can produce vouchers for the honest purchase
d payment of each of them. Ido therefore, in this
, rblic mangier, cal on those who have cowardly and un
anly attacked and strove to aßaffinate my character in
y absence, by propagating and circulating fuc'n i.'
ous falfboods, to stand forth and maintain the iha.-,
t^ged :gainft me, or difeovef the inventor, ot w ;
WA S taken up in Marshal's Road, about
five miles from PhihdLphia, a sorrel M ARE,
between three and four years old, about thirteen hinds
and a h If high, paces and trots, with a flar in her fore
head, a d alow carriage. Whoever has loft (aid mare,
by applying to the fubferiber in Blockit, Tow (hip,
Pniladelphia County, proving their property and paying
charges, may have ter again.
June IQ. § JOHN CAMBA R.
“ accordingly.
“ That every comrciffioned officer, non comm : ffi med
< c officer and private (oldter in the anny, and every
« commander, commiffi^n officer, warrant officer, ma
< -rire or feainan of any of the ships of war or armed
< <veffels belonging to the United States of Arne ica,
66 who shall be wounded in any engagement, so as to be
a rendered incapable of Trying in the army or navy,
« though not totally dilabled from getting a livelihood,
<< Shall receive such monthly sum towards hisfubfiftence;
« as Shall be judged adequate by the Affably or other
“ representative body of the Staewhere be belongs or
“ resides, upon application to them for that purpose ;
“ provided the fame doth not exceed his ha f pay.
" That no commission officer, non- cotamiffioned effi.
« cer and private Soldier in thearmy, commander, com
< <miffion officer, warrant officer, marine ot feama^ of
“ any of the flrips of war or armed vessels, belonging to
« the United States of America, who ffiall be wounded
“ or disabled as aforefaid, Shall be entitled to his hrif
^ pay, or other allowance, unless he produce to the
« Committee or officer appointed to receive theLme in
“ the State where he resides or belongs, or to the Af
<'fembly or Leg flative Body of such State, a certificate
“ from the commanding officer who was in the fame en
-66 gagement in which he was so wounded, or in case of
“ his death, from force other officer in the fame corps,
“ and the Surgeon that attended him, or a certificate'
<'from the commander of the ship of war, or armed
« vessel engaged in the adicn in which any officer, ma
<'rine cr seaman received his wound, and from theSur
« geon who attended hira, of the name of the person so
', ce , rank, department, regiment,
• my, ar or armed vessel to which he te-
In GENFR AL ASSEMBLY, for the tve of
len'frvarda, ue/uy, ],une 17, 1777. 11 M.
The House resumed the sec reading of the Bill,
b gun in tie mirri-f, io- nt. i r .?p: vision f : tht .e
---hes of w' udded Officers, S ;dL s, &c. a; d bethel the
fame; it was 'hereupon :# dred r o be tra. L, bed aid
printed fur public conf.'era ton, to be resinned at the
next fotin% Retrea so the 'dinars
JOHN MORRIS, ^. Ck.oiGe.- : ff e . ; Jy.
rfn ACT wakingprovifo : for the relfJOfficers <,,!-
diers,-Marines %d ternen, ^ko. in ibe( < ,ol the
present w-r, bio , ^ ,fe fa%^ &, ,% r r j.Q : ton
oj dnerica, h. ? .ve beer?, orJh.:H be roio e , or other,
•wife difabed from ?tCi,y ?Wr iv r 7-/ .nd b'ul
be rfdexf or he ing to the State ol~pCThy.vanh
WHEREAS t^e Del-ones of re UnitedS ates
o f /America :n Congress, on the twenty fixthr-y
of August One Thou' nd Seven Hundred ft Sevnuy
fix, cn behalf of fach commissioned and nn-c nuuif
fi med officers of the army and navy, as alio pi v , e
Ochers marines and seamen, as in the c^urfe oft p
present war mi^ht iofe a limb or be otherwise so dihbl-d
as to prevent their serving in the army or navy, or pet
ting their livelihood; and might ftandin need o f relief,
did enter into the following r^fo^es to wit.
“ That every commissioned officer, non-cemmiffioced
“ officer ard private soldier, who (hall lefe a limb la
" any engagement, or be so disabled in the erGo- of
“ the United States of America, as to render t^ in
“ capable afterwards of getting a livelihood, flail re
ceive, during his life, or the co^nuance of fuc ,W
---" abiliy the one half of his . onth'y pay, f, m nd
" af.e.-;he rime &this payas an officel or L'diircezT^
to be paid by theC mmroee, as heteaf'er met do; ed.
“ That everyc mm nd rof at)] lhip of ar, or&m
---“ ed vessel, comm ffioned < fficer,' warrant officer, marine
" orfeaman beloQngt i the United Sta eso America,
0-00 ihuil lole a hmb in any engage rent in which no
“ pr,ze (hall be taken, 01 be theren oTerwife so dis
-66 ^bl d as to be rendered incapable of ge ring a liveli
" hood, fhali r-ceivecuring his hf, or the contirtruce
“of fitch disability, the ore hi ofli monthly p ^y,
" from and after the time that hs p : as tin efficer^
" marine or seaman ce-fes; to be paid as hereof er
“ mentioned : Bar in case a prize fell be t fo' at the
“ time fach lo s of hmb or other disability (hall happen',
“ then such sum as he may receive out of the net :ro
^ fits of such prize, before a dividend is made of" the
“ fame, agre r ub eto former orders of Con, re's, fhal!
^ be considered as part of his half pay, and computed