Dunlap's Pennsylvania packet , The general advertiser — Philadelphia, Pa., 1777-08-12 00:00:00, page 4

PHILADELPHIA,
rfn A CT making provision for the relief ofOfficers, Sol
diers, Marines and Teamen, nvho, in the courje of the
present "soar, being in the ferviee of the United States
of America, have been, or foall be maimed, or other
*wife disabled from getting their livelihood, and Jhall be
resident or belong to the State of Bennfylvania.
[Concluded from our laft.]
THEREFORE as well in deference to the aforefaid
recommendation of Congress, as in justice and
gratitude to such brave man, who already have, or
hereafter may step forth in the service of them country,
and in the fame have been, or ma, be so unfortunate
as to come within the d^efytion of the said ref^ves,
and in order to provide for their relief;
Be it enabled, and it is hereby enafted by the Repre
sentatives of the Freemen of the Common Wealth of
Peonfylvania in General Afiembly met, and by the au
thority of the fame, That upon the application of any
officer of the army or navy, private (oldie; marine or
seaman, who in the course of the present war (ball have
loft a limb, or be otherwise so disabled as to prevent
his serving in the army or navy, or getting Ids livelihood,
made to any one of the Justices of the Peace, in the
federal Counties of this State, for such relief as by the
said resolve of Congress is provided for him, and (hall
produce to the said Justice a certificate bom the com
manding officer io the fame engagement, or of the (hip
of war or armed vefei in which he was so wounded, or
in case of the death of the commander, from force other
officer io the fame corps or (hip, or from the Surgeon
that attended him, setting forth the name of the perlon
so wounded, his office, rank, department, regiment,
company, (hip of war or armed veffei to which he be
longed, the nature of his wouad, and in what adieu or
engagement he received it ; the hid juft> mn, a r d
he is hereby enjoined and required to call to hr assist
since two reputable Freeholders of his neighbourhood,
with whom he shall inspect and carefully examine the
certificate presented, the fate and condition of the per
'fon so applying; 2nd the fame certificate being found
genuine, and made out in the order as by the said re
solve is direft^d to be made, the said Justice and Free
holders llidl adiuft and fettle the monthly pay, which
the bearer of such certificate stall receive agreeable to
the removes, not exceeding the half pay and rations
that such officer or private was entitled to at the time
he received the wounds; to commence from the rime
that his pay or fubfiflance in the army or navy ceased.
And the bid Justice of the Peace and Freeholders
ind rfe or affix to tb said certificate an order under
their hands and file, ureded to the Treasurer of the
State tax, in the County in which the said js%@ rc #
fries, requiring him to py. to the perfin so tabled as
z^o efaid. the TucarJ ra^on alh^d -^ his said cer
tificate; and fl^^^it th< fai^ original certificate
and order to rf/R^rdet of t^ County to be regis
tered io a b " k r and the I^ Recorder fluff make out
th e said r^r/cate and order under the teal
of hi/™ ce \ ?" d driver the laid copy ^ the perfen in
craid <eri:c4 e and order named
/ Provided always, Tha upon the application of any
officer or private of maizes and seamen, the said Justice
and Freeholders /half make enquiry, whether at the
time of die said officer or private receiving his wound
any prize was taken, and what dividend the disabled
perlon shall have received, or is to receive, and take
hs oath receding fah prize; so that a deduction of
the amount thereof may be made cut of his monthly
penfo, agreeable to the said Resolves of Coogrefy.
^, e it further <% &d by the autbo it, aforefaid,
Thn the Treasurer of & State tax, to whem such cer
tiC:a'e unde : the feat ahrehrid be produced and /hewn
Sail pay the bearers v.ffuch monthly p e nsi on as fh^l
be allowed to him by rhefaui Juliet and Freeholders
f om the time that Ihall be fixed in the said order, an d
so from month to month during his disability and refi
dence in the County, or until other order (half be made
bv the Assembly, with refp e & to such pensioner or pen
sioners. And the Recorder (hall at every Quarter-Stf
fion of the refpe&ive Counties, have in Court, all the
original certificates and orders by them filed, and deli
ver the fame to the Treasurer, who /hall keep them as
vouchers to his account with the Committee of Affem
b); and (hall within days afi er the Court, traof
mit * fair and regular report to the Secretary ofConorefs
OT Board of War. Provided that all such pensioned
oncers, soldiers, marines and seamen, that shall be
fou^d capable of doing duty in any department of land
or sea service fr 11 be liable to be employed therein,
upon refusal thereof, mail forfeit and lose the pen
avowed to him or them.'
P',':,^ '" ' if " ^rebx e^fab, the authority
ajorfud^ 1 hat n® officer, soldier, marine or seaman
who receives his penfior in this State, frail tell or af
'm, othersife di, ri of h ; ~ , iGc „ e Q I
monthly pay, or any part or number of monthly pay
merits thereon to become due to him, to any perfen or
performs wbatfoever for any confederation or price wbat
feever, except it be for the maintaining such penfiouer
during life, or as long as he thall receive that pension :
Arid all contra&s far maintaining during life &t daring
PIiILADLLPHIA: Printed by JOHN DUNLAP, at the Newest Printing-Office in Market-street, where
Subscriptions at Fifteen Shillings per ^7,7% Advertisements, &c. are thankfully received for this Paper, V
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Billingfoort, Auguf b, 1777*
FIFTY SHILLINGS REWARD.
DESERTED pom Capt. Merhting's company, in
"the Second Bat telion of Philadelphia Militia, a cer
tain GEORGE VARS, about 5 feet 8 inches high,
21 years of age, of 1 sandy complex.on, his dress uncer
tain. Whoever tabs up said deserter and brings him to
hie station at Billiitfpor; flraH have the above Reward,
paid by PETER MERHLIN G,
I Captain id Battalion.
%^ubiifadhfeoTef^^ by JOHN DUNLAth
in Market-street, Philadelphia,
L A W S
ENACTED IN A
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF THE
REPR ESEN FATIVES of the Freemen of the
Common WEALTH of PENNSYLVANIA.
Begun and held ^ Philadelphia the 12th day of May,
A. D. 1777, aid continued by adjournments to the
rgth day of Jrtnc, A. D. 1777.
Lancafer, ,a^e 17.
BENJAMIN HARBESON,
From Philadelphia,
NO W carries on the Copperfmath's bufinefe, at the
fcuth-weft corner of K. ng and Qgeen-ftreets, Lan
c^er, where he makes Sails of all ffo, fillers, brew
ers and salt petre C ypers. He has Stills of various sizes,
ready made, for ,
COTToN AM) W GO L CARD^
TO XE SOLD BY
BENJAMIN POULTNEY,
Toe fifth dfor above Fourth ft cet, in Maiket-ftrcst
Philadelphia,
Philadelphia, July
T O BE S OL D,
LO r on Schuylkill, well improved, between the
zI Middle and Upper Ferries, on which is ere&ed a
neat wel finUhed two ftcry brick houe, with two rooms
on a floor and a cedar under the whole. Also a lot in
F%rtß ftr&t, 45 levtfront and r s o teet deep, with the
pr/vile^e of a* sIW ii and a half feet wide.
TO BE LE T, a large three story house, on the weft
fide of Fiont-ftr^t, between Maiket and Cheinut. fleets.
Enquire of the Printer.
/FEN DOLLARS REWARD.
DE S ERTE D from the Georgia Fourth
B-tadon, JOHN BUCHANAN, about 27
•yelis of sgt, fy feet four inches high, black hair,
hrowp coraplexhn, brick eyes ,nd eye-brows, and a
round face. He enlisted with the fu^fcriber about five
days ago, fiacre «hen, it is fappofed, he has changed his
narae, and calls idmfelf Matthias, or gave himfelf & falfe
name wh^n he erdifted. Whoever apprehends said de
serter, and gives information thereof to Cel. John White,
at hislodgin;s in Lodge-alley, cr to the fubferiber at the
corner of Grav's alley, in Second-street, fliall be entitled
to the above Ra^wd, and all reafpmable charges.
THOMAS WASHINGTON.
N. B. All ijoaftets of vessels and others are hereby for
bid to harbour e: conceal said deferter.|
WAN T E
A PERSON who understands the management of
a FORGE. Such a one that can be well recom
mended mav hear of a birth by applying to the fubferiber,
at Mount Pleasant, near the mouth of Sufquehannah,
Harford County, Maryland.
JACOB GILES, Junior,
TWENTY POUNDS REWARDS.
STOLEN from the fubferi ber, living in Sowerland,
C<nnty, of Seiner e 5 Nc^^ on the night of the
•o^Gj'. 'C^># ' -h<>u-1 „ TTHT— .,: IT T —t.
fix.eeri hands hiffi a natural trotter, not (hod, long
docked tail, four years old, and half blooded; no'^ddle
or bridle taken with him. Any person securing said
horse so that the o^ner may have him again, (halt have
the above reward for horse and thief, and reasonable
charges, paid by
X ALBERT VOORHEESE.
the time the pension life, (ball be made in the prefenee
of one Judice of the Peace and of the Overfeets of the
City or Township, and security given to their fatisfac
tioa. And that th# person or persons who Aral]presume
to make such purcbafe, or take such alignment as aforc
faid from any penfiouer, except in the case above ex
cepted, being legally convicted thereof in any Court of
General Quarter SeffioDi of the Peace of this State, or
in the Supreme Court of the fame, shall forfeit and pay
a fura equal to the fam which he has paid or contracted
to be paid for such alignment of such peafion, to any
person who will sue or prosecute for the fame: And the
pensioner who has contraaed for the file or alignment
of b : s pension, fh&V be admitted a, ap evidence to the
indictment, even in crife hefhould become the prosecutor.
And be it further enabled b, the authority aforefeid.
That the Juffice of the Peace and rhe Freeholders that
(hall examine the certificates, and make the orders for
the payment of the petitions, shall receive the sum of
for every order; and the Recorder, for recording
the fame, and making otr a copy thereof, under t^e seal,
the sum of far each copy, which (hall be fettled
and allowed at every Court ofQuarrer Seffidns, and paid
by the Treaferer at the charge of the United States.
ALL persons that have any demands £gam*
the eftdte of John King; late of Newport, New.
cast e County, deceased, are desired to bring in their
accounts and have them adjusted ; and all that ftani in
debted to said ellate, either by bond, note or b^ufy^hfy
are d-hred to make speedy payment.
t MARY KING, Admirriftrfr.
Princeton, %^ to, 1777^
NOTICE is hereby given to the Public,
That the COLLEGEot New-Jersey was open
ed on Tuefday,Mhe eighth indent. It is therefore re # -
queited that the Under Graduates would repair to Prir^
ton immediately, taking care to provide themselves wk^
books, as none are to be had there.
JOHN WITHERSPOON.
EIGHT DOLLARS RE # v A ^.D
f) AN A WAY from the fubferiber, Friag iv
1 Third-street, Philadelphia, an Eagli& fer^ant mam
named RICHARD SELDON, a taylor b, trade,
about thirty-five years of age, five feet five ot th iamb.*
high, pretty ranch pock marked, has thick lips, atr^
limps a little in his walk 1 He has bean ;r tfa^ qty guards
four or five months. Had with him a light cei-^red #> a
a brown broadcloth coats, and otherwise w^U U&4.=
Whoever takes up the said servant and fecUr^ aig so
that his matter may have him agaiu, &H have tae above
Reward, and if brought home r^afanahh charger,, g^
by JOSEPH PARKER.
Worcefler Count,, Magland, July >e
RAN AWAY from this county, on Sa
turday the sth inst. a certain ELIJAH ISAACS,
who for some time past lived with the lubfcJbe, 01 rhe
chara&er of an overseer 1 He is a middle fik-d ur-n,
wears a brown fagathy coat with a piece set in n one if
the Moulders § his eyes are very small, hair (trait, ^J
fpeah remarkable quick. There is about 14.00 bin
counterfeit Thirty Dollar bills, that was lately taku
from one Solonion Truitt, of Sussex County, (who has
likewise made his efespe) that is miffing, which 11 is tup
poled the said Isaacs has taken off with him, as it wait
locked up in a room in which he diptthe night before be
went Off. There went off with him, a certain KENDAL
HYSLOP, who formerly belonged to Captain Solomon
Long's company of Maryland Regulars ; he has a vtiy
red head, and is remarkable homely, which is all the de
scription can be given of him.=IsAACS went off on a
final! bay mare, and it is supposed he has to the indent
of 60!. or yol. in good money with him. It is also fcp
pofed he carried eff a Holland ruffled shirt, marked ora
the hip with the letters S. B. It s imagined he intends
for the back parts of Virginia or North-Carolina. It it
hoped that all friends to their country, in whole way th^
said Isaacs may happen, will endeavour to secure him.
SMITH BISHOP.
1 so- a — —— _
fe, Caln, Che,er County, July 15, 1777.
{'H E following articles were last night ftoleo
from the fubferiber, viz a brown regimental
coat faced with yellow : two jackets, one white, the other
striped with red : <lwhi?c; a p - - . v ?
alnroft new, au ( or
silk ferret, a fiivu hat b^l, .fi ^t watch,-—
The thief is a deserter from the English army, named
Henry Mitchell, near five feet ten inches high,
about twenty five years of age, much pitted with the
final! pox, and (hort black hair tied behind t He had on
him a Regular coat of the tenth regiment, faced with
yellow. Whoever secures said cloaths and thief, fnall
have EIGHT POUNDS Reward, or in. proportion
for any of the cloaths.
t PATRICK SHIELDS.
Philadelphia, 19, 1777.
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.
STRAYED or STOLEN the 26th of fare hE,
from the Artillery belonging to the Honorable. G
eneral Sullivan's brigade, a white G ELDI NG, four
teen hands high, branded L S on the near buttock, eight
years old, Shod al! round, strong made and strait limbed.
The brigade lay wear Middle-Brook when the horse was
miffed. Whoever returns said horse to Colonel Biddle,
Quarter Matter, at Herd Quartets, or to Isaac Lort,
in Strawberry-alley, (hall hare the above Reward.
I LAWRENCE SHEEN £Y.
TWENTY I) oTIARS REWARDT
RA N AWAY on the evening of the 25th inftapt,
1 (June) from the fubferiber, at White-clay Creek
Landing, Nev,caftle County, an apprentice lad named
ELISHA BROWN, between nineteen and twenty
years of age, about five feet fix or seven inches high,
much marked with the small pox, (hort (trait light co
loured hair, has been about three years at the houfe
carpenters and (hop-joineis business, at either of which
he works pretty well ; had on and took with him, sun
dry wearing apparel, consisting of a blossom coloured
broadcloth coatee which has been turned and is much
faded, a light coloured fagathy di;to, a led coloured c.>at
and jacket of broadcloth nearly new, light coloured da
mask jacket and breeches almost new, white jacket and*
breeches, two white (hirts, one of them quite new, Seve
ral pair of thread stockings, a new pair of (hoes with
pinchbeck buckles, several stocks, one of them black,
with a final! carved stock buckle, and a finall beaver hat,
pretty much worn. It is supposed he is gone in compa
ny with a young man who went away the fame evening
from the sane place, an apprentice belonging to Danig
Qj j, about five feet eight or nine bsQHirtnfy
jeovcer ft „; ce n and eighteen years of ^bCGXAY.
wh, ^t br° w n hair, by namfr&YLisHA Brown,
f'f e "- e °° B '^£^7ol delivers him to his mas
ter fr I'l t^iLYUw the above Reward, and all reason
f WILLIAM ASKEW.'