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, Cfy cf atetter from chu£r^r fobfon, of Maryland, to
Colonel Nodi^fiuc ;b, at the.Head of Edy dated Anna
„'is, May iitb. ,-
" Lift night CapL H uifbn, with whom Capt. Plunket
wrs going Supercargo, put bhckto this ph^—They in
form,' thrtt they saw a frigate, 2 brig of fourteen or fifteen
guns, a (mailer „rmcd Vcffa or two, and 'two ot three
prizes,in the Bay—Cipt. Hachin narrowly e ciped being
taken. Capt. John CrColCn was driven ashore on or
near Guin's LTuid, Ycficrd& near the mouth 01 Patuxent
they met witu one AL R /Cion, jn a boat belonging to
Choptank, bound down the bay. She had returned on
hearing the enemy were in the ^y. Mr. Robinson told
them, that on Monday mernh^ he spoke a schooner in
the mouth ofPCdkn? C. l;;und.to fe% and chaced in by
a fleet of between tv. + and thirty fail,, among them fe
verul!arfe fltips; vC., she made this fleet off the Horse-
Shoe on Saturday morning, but it being hazy, they could
not make cut the cxa& number ; that there were federal
Hoops and fchoomrs among them. We have yet heard
nothing further."
A feradrys ago was married, EnfighHENRY
SHRUPP, of the German raiment, to the amiable
Miss EVE ERAN D, of thil uty.-
A further SUPPLEMENT to an art intituled,
' An aft /or regulating and continuing the nightly -Kaleb;
" enlightens; the jirests, ianes and a.le„ of the city of
" PbUadeipbia, ,%„<;, etherpurjofes therein mentioned,
&•d to an aft ^hicb id a fcpplment thereto, puffed in tie
year of oar Lord, One thoufandfeven hundred and fe-verk
^X, HEREAS in and by the aforefaid fupp!cmeht,
Vw passed the tixth day of April; in the year of our
Lord, One thousand fev£n,;uudred and feyenty-fix, inti
tuled “Au a& to continue part of an ad made in the
" eleventh year of the reign of his prefect Majefiy, King
" George 'the Third, intituled, An a& for regulating
" and continuing the n^ntiy watch, enlightening the
" Greets, lanes and alleys of the city of Philadelphia) and
“ for other purposes therein mentioned; and for making
“ further provision for the better executing the said aft,"
among other things it was therein enacted, that the War
dens and Assessors of toe city of Philadelphia, tor the bet
ter support of the nightly watch 2nd keeping the public
pumps in repair, migut affeis and levy a tax rate of fix
pence in th) pound, on all effaces 'real and personal, and
taxable,s wirin'the said city ; which rate by experience is
found infufficient, by' reafun of the encreafe of watchmen
and workmen's wages, excefiive high price of oyl and ma
terials: And it h. s become expedient and necHfary that
further provision be made to enable the Wardens and As.
feffors to raise and levy an additional tax of Six Pence in
the pound, on all estates real and personal, and to author
ize their Treasurer to receive the rents mid income of the
market-houses, ferries, wharfs and public landing-places,
within the bounds and limits of the said city; to the 'end
the difficulties under which the Wardens at present labour,
hidy be in fume measure removed, and the,lightly watch,
so noceffary at this time, may be kept up arid continued,
lie it enacted, and it th hereby enacted by the Reprefenta
drucs of the Freemen of the Commonwealth of Fenufyrvania,
in General rtfembly met, and by the auteority 'of the fame.
That iroha ano alter the pacing of this aft, it shall and may
be lawful for the Wardens and Assessors of the said city,
to rilife and levy an additional rate, not exceeding Six
Pence in the pound; on the inhabitants and on all thees
. fates real and perfonal,ahd taxables within the city ofP^ila
dplphia, and to be levied and collected! n the fame man
ner, by trie fame persons, and for the fame uses as directed
In and by the said recited ad, and the aft of General As-
UmQly. puffed the ninth day of March, in the year One
thousand seven hundred and Seventy-one, intituled “ An
“ ad for regulating and continuing the nightly watch, en
.“ lightening the fleets, lanes and alleys of the city of
" Philadelphia, and' lor other purposes therein men
" tinned," over and above the rates and films of money
thereby authorized to be raifeJ> levied arid collected.
And be it enacted ty the authority ofarefatd, That the
Clerk of the market, and ail other persons who have had
Ine denufing and letting of the market-hdufes, flails and
Hands in the marketplaces, and of the ferries, wharfs and
public lending places, within the bounds and limits of the
city of Philadelphia^ shall, and they are hereby respec
tively required, within the space of fifteen days after the
parity of this aft, to render and deliver a rent-roll, or
lift ot all the rents agreed upon or payable by, and the
names of the several tenants, occupiers and possessors of
'the hails and hands in the market-houses and market pla-1
ces, and of the ferries, wharfs and public landing-places,
and the sums or annual rents they refpeftively pay or are
- chargeable with, and the times agreed on for payment
to the Wardens of the said city. And the Clerk of the mar
ket for the time being, shall €olle& the rentsof the mar
ket-houfes, flaks and flandsin the market places, as they
become due, quarterly and in arrear ; anda ter deducting
the colls and charges of repairs, and liis accußomary fees
f° rc °"~aing, shall forthwith pay the overplus, together
with the monks already collected for rents and in his
hands, to the Treasurer of the Wardens and Assessors,
for the time being, whose receipt (which, he is hereby re
quired to give) shall be a fufficient difeharge to him, for
any sum of money so paid, under the penalty of Five
Hundred pounds for every neglect or fcfufal.
And be it enabled b„he authority aforefaid, That the own
ers and occupiers of the several ferries, wharfs and pub
lic landing-places, within the said city, shall, from time
to time pay their refpe&ve rents as they become due, to
,the Treasurer of the Wardens and Assessors, for thetime'
being, (whole receipt, which he is hereby required to give,
shall be a fufficient discharge to him or them, for the sum
of money so paid) under the penalty of treble the amount
of said rents for every negle^ or relufal.
A%d be it enabledSy the authority aforefaid, That the mo
nies which shall be received by the Treasurer of the War
dens and Assessors aforefaid, of the Clerk of the market,
and the owners and occupiers of the ferries, wharfs and
public landing-places, shall be drfpofed of by the Wardens
Qr a majority of them, and applied to the lame uses and
purposes as mentioned and fpecified in an aft of General
Assembly, puffed the ninth day of? 4 :rch, in the year of
Gur Lord One thousand seven hundred and feventy-cne,
intitled "An act far regulating and continuing thenight
'' ly watch, enlightening the (treats, lanes and alleys of
" the city pf l,iladelpl ia, and for 'other purposes there
" in mentioned."
And be it enabled by the authority aforefaid, 'That if the
persons appointed Collectors of the taxes, and the free
holders hereafter to be chosen or appointed, to make re
turns of the taxable; within refpe&ive wards, fifall refufe
to take upon them the offices enjoined and required in and
by the said recited act, every such perlon so rethfing, shall
forfeit and pay an additional fine, of Fifty pounds, over
and above the fines heretofore fixed by law, to be recovered
in the fame manner, and at the fame time, and applied to
the fame tries, as fines and forfeitures were directed to be
recovered in the said recited aft, to which this afl is a
supplement.
And be it further enabled by the authority aforefaid, That
the fees pf the several officers who are or fnall be eriiplay
ed in the execution of this aft, and the aft to which this
is a supplement, and the aft therein referred to, shall have
and receive over and above the fees therein fixed, an addi
tion of as much more..
, And be it further enabled by the authority aforefaid, That
this aft shall continue in full force for the term of one } ear,
from the pacing hereof, and from thence to the end of
the next fitting of the General Assembly, and no lon
ger.
JOHN BAYARD, Speaker.
Enacted into a id-w ft Philadelphia, an Monday the fifth
d"j 0/ April, in the year. One tboufand faen hundred
andfeventy-nine.-
John Morris, junior,
Clerk of the General Assembly.
. s
Penn6y lvan 1 a,Jr
a proclamation.
By His EXCELLENCY
J OS E P H' RE ED, Esquire,
Prcfident,, and the SUPREME EXECUTIVE
COUNCIL of t!e Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
W r HEREAS we by our proclamation, dated on
the thirtieth df April last, didday an embargo on all
vessels within this port. AND WHEREAS the purpo
ses of the said embargo are not yet fully anfwefed, WE
D O therefore think proper, and DO hereby further con
tinue the faid\embargo, until the fir a day of June next,
unless footer revoked by the authority of this Board.
GIVEN by order of'the Council, under the hand of hit
Excellency the Prefdent, and the Seat of the State? at
Philadelphia, tins fourteenth day of May, in the year of
Gur Lord One tboufand d-ven hundred and fcwenty~w.ne b
JOSEPH REED, Prelident.
Attefi. \ T. MATLACK, Secretary.
X^TCWV?WWWXVIX^ >I X'WX
Kent County, Maryland, May nd
^o be SOLD by the Subscriber,
UP WARDS ot fixhen hundred bush of KY E,
EARLEY and MALT.
& A MILLER who can be well recommended for
his knowledge in that business, sobriety and industry,
would be t, ken into pzrtnerfeip in bis grist mills, situ
ated in th: countyafertAid, 6ne of the most healthy
and p^aunt parts cf this St.de, convenient both to Bal
timore and Philadelphia m^kets, and where the greet
ed plenty of the best wheat is faded yearly. Tln.lv mills
are as corapleat as any in America, with two puirs 01
burr millfones and one pair of country ditto, and plen
ty ^ water in the dry seasons.
The fubferiber is about to ere& two new Fulling-mills,'
and would give the befit encouragement to a good
CLOTHIER,- who can be recommended as afoieUid.
He may have part of the profits of the said mills for his
wages.
For f a l< two pairs of good MILLSTONES,
one pair Gologncs and the other Brandywines.
ISAAC PERKINS.
Philadelphia, May 15,
Subferiber having takeri th^t commo-
A dicing *nd well situated store lately occupied by
Motes Cox, the corner of Spruce and Second-streets;
and facing the Drawbridge, intends to use it for the
Vendue Business, where Goods will be received and fold
at private tale, on moderate commiffiona. Likewise the
Goods and Chattels of deceased persons, and of perfohs
about to remove ; abb Goods seized for fines and debts
of ev:ty foit will be received and fold by public vendue,
at the sh rteft notice, agreeable to Law, which he is
determined not t# violate in the least refpe&.
He has tor tale, new and old sashes for 24, i 8 and iz
light windows ; a piece of shingling fifteen feet high by
feveuteen feet wide; two cotton looms with reeds,
''%<, ''' * cba ' n '° r a flat, hcufhold furniture, &c. &e o
I hose who chute to employ him in the sale of Lots
and Houses, can be furnifhed with neat plans thereof
for exhibition, by their humble fervent,
THOMAS HALE.
K?ORGE HAMMERS ^f an excel
^ lent quality, to be had at the Iron Foundery, the
corner of Eighth and Walnut streets, Philadelphia.
TH E Creditors of John Bainbridge, late
^of New-Jersey, deceased, are desired to call upon
the tubteriber in Market street, near Seeond-ftreet, Phi
hdeiphia, in one month from the date hereof, so: a di
.vidend Ot tor monies new in my hands. Thofs who do
not apply will be excluded.
May j t ... C. CLAY.
, Sherman's Valley, April 17.
Brought away by a Militia-man out
of Chester county, in September 1777, a bay
MARE, seven year* old, dark mane and tail, between
f^rt^n z'nd fi teen hands high, trots and pacts, neither
brand por -ar ma r k. Any person applying to Alex
ander Murray, Efa; in Teboyn township. Cumber
land county, may % informed of said mere,
’Pbiladelp'da, iztb April, 17,^.%
XT OTICE if hereby given, to trie MIL! TIA of {he
: Cry of Philadelphia, the Northern Liberties of tfe
said City, theDiftria or 3 rrhwa:k, and the Townftups
of Movanityfing and Paffyunk, that they are to MEET
^ EXERCISE ir. Companies, under their pripedtive
Officers, on the two lad Mondays in the month of Aprp,
arid the three tift Mendys in tle month of May, ar:<
:n Battalion the four th Monday in May : and those $ h,
legle& to perform this necefibry DUv, may exp ft pun<-
tu^lvto be fined, acceding to the late Supplement of
ine Militia L^. And it is 'urthcr r eq drxl of all thofe,i
who are in peff ffi n of any of the State Arraj, immedi
ately to hr ng them to the iLLutenant's Clfite, otherwise
they will tubjccf veemtelvts to th. penaaiea annexed by
WILLI\M HENRY, LienE City PhiUd.
I 0 B E SO L D,™
^ N elegant C-H AIR HORSE, between ficen
J%. pid hxtetn l.a^ds ho h, a, very gentle, and a to
)e<„. )ie hackney. Enquire at Ehnezet ard Backman's
store, in S tcona-fllcet, a few c®&rs joove Aich-dreet,
PiiQdelpbia.
W A . N .TV
fl CAPABLE MAN to forge under a tilting
fl- hammer. Such a one will have constant 'tmidoy.
arid good wages. E; quire of the Printer, or of Capt.
Mearse in Reading,
Philadelphia, May 11.
SIXTY BOLLARS REWARD.
OT'R AYk . D from the futricriber yeflerday, a daik
u bay MAR E, part blooded, fix years old, abruc
fourteen anda halfhands high, has a far in her fare
head, her roane bangs on the eff fide, fhawasirieiy fried
an round, cut on the I hind fetlock joints with her fliers,
is a natural trotted canters well, is in middling order,
just from a jaunney. Whoever takes up said Mare and
brings her to DavilPancoall's, in FourthUlreet, a little
v'bjve Rict-dreet, flQl)have the above reward and rea
finable charges, paid by
BENJAMIN SHREVE.
N. B. W; # s loft, about four wvks ago, within twelve
rn.es of this coy, on the York road, a home made
brown Great Coat. The person who found it fhaUb-ve
THIRIY DOLLARS reward, ifbrought to Da
vid Puncoah's.' l °
Phriadelpbia, May 3.
To be SOLD by the Subferiber,
A LOT of G ROUND lituate on the weft fide of
£'l Swanfon-(Leer, (commonly called Water sheet)
in the diftrift of Southwark, twenty feet font by two
hundred and forty-fix feet deep, whereon ir ,created a
commodious thr^-ilory brick house fifteen Let by thir
ty one, with a good cellar under the whole, and a good
stone two-Roiy kitchen adjoining.,
Also Another lot of like dimenfrunr, whereon is ereft
ed rigood two Ror, fame tenement ; and another va
cant lot of like depth, and twenty -one feet frerit, situate
between the above mentioned lots.
Likewise three twenty-feet lyts on the east fide cf
Swedes Church alley, one hundred and thirty-five feet
deep each; » hich last mentioned three lots are to be
fold or let upon ground-tint for-ever. by the fubferiber
on the premiss. JOHN JONES.
Philadelphia, May 2.
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD.
10 S T last Monday morning, rrar Mafon'swtar£
_4 a SILVER WATCH, the ouifide case cy
pne ed with the letters ICD. made in Liverpool, (the
maker's nrme and number as yet unknown)- there was
a ticket .1 Thomas Morgan, Watch-maker, in the
outside case ; had a steel chain,and key, a white trian
,O f^l run in silver carnage. Whoever brings the said
Watch, &c. to the Printer hereof, or to Joshua Dud
ley's here in JVater ftrett, below Walnut-street, shall
have the above reward.,
N. B. It is defined all performs may stop the said
Watch if offered to sale.
. - Northampton County, April z 3.
BROKE out of the gaol di this county last night,
a certain John Harris, a deserter from the firft
J, fey regiment, about five feet seven or eight inches
high, lair .complexion, full face and fair hair; his
cloaths cannot be described, as he had with him several
changes. Whoever takes up the freid Harris 2nd deli
ver; him into the gaol aforefaid, shall receive, the above
reward and reasonable charges, from
PETER EALER, Gaoler.
N. B. Slid Harris left with me a silver Watch, No.
9916, maker's name J. Clay, London, fuppofed'to be
stolen. The owner of Laid Watch is desired to come
within five weeks from this date and, prove his property,
otherwise it w 11 be fold to pay sh, charges accruing ore
apprehending and confining the said Harris, P, &
Jo HN~ -YTUT-GTfoTT
At his Book- fibre adjoining Messrs. Hall and Sellers's
, Printing Office,
HAS just opened, in addition to his former collec
tion, several hundred volumes of new (and Lon
don edition) Modern, Military arid French BOOKS;
and a choice collection of MUSIC.
Catalogues to be ha* gratis at said store.
A PHOTON and HARNESS com
" pleat, to be fold at Mr. Quarrier's, in Fourth
ftreet, next to the Indian Qfieen.
THE P UB L I C 7
fr H E fubferiber has a neat FAMILY WAGGON,
4 which go,es as a STAGE on Wednesday and Sa
turday morning from the King of Prussia in German
town to the Widow Rafer's at the corner of Race and
Second-streets, Philadelphia, and returns the fame day,
Said Waggon will also go any distance. Apply to
"GEORGE HAA£