Dunlap's Pennsylvania packet , The general advertiser — Philadelphia, Pa., 1776-11-12 00:00:00, page 3

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hefelved, J fide ah Ferry-keep' l ' Ke enjoined, as roucu
as they are able, to expediwlhe pairige of Port-riders,
and other performs charged with letters, dispatches or
messages from and to Congress ; arid that it be recom
mended to the federal Legislatures of the United States
to enforce the observance of this Retoiuuou.
That ExpteffA and fpeciU MHienge.% employed in
the public hrwec, taking ami carrying private tetters or
packets, ought not to receive trie wages tney would
exherwie be entitled t).
at a meeting of a member of tie citizens of Philadelphia, in
the Pbilojophical Society-Had. the %tb of November, 1776,
Peter Chevalier, Chairman. Rfolved unanimvof
ly, leaf the following InttruCuons to the Repre/entatives
of the ci, of Philadelphia, in dfimbf, be puhlijbed Jer
the consideration of the citizens, previous to a town meet
ing to be held at the State boufe, the &b infant, at 9
o'clock in the foreseen.
To George Clymer} Jafepb Parker, Robert Morris, Mi
chael ^hubcit, John Bayard, med Samuel Morris, Jun.
Eftures;
Gentlemen,
rpH Elate fufirajes of your fellow citzens in appoint
&. "^ f cu -° remefent t^e city of Philadelphia in the
earning General Aflembly of Pennsylvania, is a fufficient
proof that te confide in your wisdom and integrity. We
lament that t; e frame of government formed by the late
CoDvention^of this date is inch, that we are obliged to
, charge you to use your uthmft influence to prevent the
iumidiate execution of it. We feel with cue fellow ci
tizms in eveiy part of ts e date, the inconveniences of the
wmt of a regular government, that flr.ll calle& and ex
ert, the strength of the dale againß our powerful external
and artful internal enemies, but we choose rather to fut
f*r these inconveniences, for a few weeks longer than fob
mit to a government which we apprehend is . by no means
equal to thole purposes; and which destroys the great
ooje&of equal liberty and free government, for which
Tone we contented to thaw the fwuid in the present con
test with Great-Britain.
We r quire of you therefore to propose to the Assem
bly, as soon as it is convened, to make Inch alterations
and amendments in the C mltiiubon forme 1 by the late
Co^vemion as are neceflary to render it : fife, rational,
and co: hrtent frame of government, and we require your
prrwular attention to the following iiifou&iom relative
to that important bufineis.
Full, .you will confider well, that all government is
sounded In the weakness and depravity of human nature,
and that the perfection of government confits in forming
its powers in such a manner, 2$ shall molt efteuaby
guard againtt arbitrary power on the one hand, and li
centioulnGs on the other ; and by these means give secu
rity to every individual for his liberty— property and Ide,
Secondly, you are to corfider wed the influence of an
cient habits upon the minds of your conftbutmte, and
therefore you ate to oppose unnccrilary alterations in the
lateform of government of Pennfyivauia; confining your
ielves chiefly to such innovations as are neceffar) to abo
hfh the late regal and proprietary power of the date and
to pla^e the w hole executive power of the government in
the hands of the servants of the people.
Thirdly, you are carefully to adopt such parts of the
Conftittition formed by the late Convention as feccre to
the people annual elections, suitable division and rota
tion of offices, liberty of confeience, freedom of the press,
and trhl by juries.
Fourthly, you are to use your endeavour to divide the
supreme legislative power in such a manner as shall pro
duce wife, just, and well digested counftls, and thus se
cure the state from the fatal influence or hafly, incurred,
parti.mate and prejudices determinations.
Fifthly, you are to urge the necessity of Judges hold
ing their comm?ffions during good behaviour, as a regu
lation eficntial to the equd administration of justice.
Sixthly, you will endeavour to form a government in
such a manner as to leave the people at all times in a fix
ation adequate to their wants, and by no means encroach
by any arbitrary article in the Constitution upon the li
berty cf succeeding years, but allow the fuffrages of the
people collected in any wav they shall think proper, to
mike such changes in their Constitution and Laws as they
shall at any time judge cfferitial to their freedom and hap
piness. You will therefore oppose those dangerous and
alarming innovations in a free government, a Council of
Censors, and a septennial Convention.
Seventhly, you will use your influence to have such
temporary ordinances palled, as are necelfary for the fafe
ty and prote&ion cf this hate, as well from internal as
external enemies.
Eighthly, you are to remember that the content of a
majority of the people alone can render a frame of govern
ment, as well as laws, valid, and therefore you will pro
pole that the frame cf government be submitted to the
confederation of the people a reasonable time, and after
having collected their opinions in such a manner as shall
foe molt expedient, you are to alter or confirm the fame
as (hall be found neerffary. You will then immediately
diffoive yourselves, having previously iffaed writs for the
clarion of Afihmbly and other officers of government.
To the Printer of the Pennsylvania Packet,
Please to insert the following Extract from Dr. Price's in
ccc;;arable Observations on Political I ihert,, and oblige
Tour's, &c. F.
' ^ I general, to be free is to be guided by one's own
„ wall , aad t. e guided by the will of another is the
ch a^n'tic of servitude. This is particularly applica
ble to political libelty. That stats, I have oeferved, is
free, wch is yukhi by i^s own will; or, (which comes
to the com) by the will of an Assembly of Represent: tives
app^eri by itfek and accountable to itfelf. And every
Rate that it not so governed , or in which a body of men
representing the people make not an essential part of the
legidature, is in saver,. In order to form the most
pei fca conftitutica of government, there may be the belt
realms for joining to such a body of Reprefentativc,, a
Council, wih a Supreme executive Magiflrme at the head
cf all. This will form u&ful checks ma legislature, and
contribute to give it vigor, union, and dispatch, without
infringing liberty ; For, as Long rs that part of a govern
ment which reprefewts the people is a fair representation ;
and also Iras a negative on all public metfuree, together
with the sole powercf imposing taxes and originating sup
plies; the essentials of hbaty will he pitlervtd,"
t§t The Gitizebef Philadelphia a^e requested to meet
this day at the Stu-house, at 9 o'clock, to confider of
laftrudions for theikeprefesutites in Affcmbly.
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TO HE S OL D,
fl LARGE, elegant and convenient HOUSE,
.All with a co.uh.loufe and stable, fn bated in a very
pleasant pirt of thirty. The lot on which the house
hands is free from ground rent, and fronts on three
Greets, being 160 net on one Greet aid 30 feet on the
ethers. The lot on which the (Hide and coach-house
f^nd is § j feet front Ind 90 fret in depth, adjoining the
dwelling house lot, had is fufj-ct to a ground-rent. —
Enquire of the Printer.°
Pert of Philadelphia,? mil,
} lo all whom it may concern.
Pennjylvama J
T^y OTICE is hereby given, That a Court
X% of Admiralty will be held at the State-house, in
the city of Philadelphia, on Thursday the 28h day of
November inst, at ten o'clock in the forenoon of the
fame day, then and th-re to try the truth of the fa&s
all died in the bill of Nicholas Biddle, E : q; (who as
well. &c ) againtt the following Negro flavey to wit,
Lek% Brile, Jack, Phil and Ben, taken on board the
big Betf:y, J-hn Ryn e, master; Jicon, taken on board
the brig Elizabeth, Wiliam Ryfon Johnson, matter ;
Henry and Jacob, tak^n on board the ihip Molly, Brid
gen Goodrich, master; Sol, Moses, Charles and Jacob,
taken on board the brig Maria, John Marfnall, matter;
and Romeo, Joe end Frank; taken on board the brig
Pe^^y, commanded by C pt. Cock: To the end and
intent that the owners or matters of the said Negroes, or
of any or either of them, or any perlon or persons con
cerned therein, mav appear and (hew cause, if any they
have, why they fliould net be condemned as prize accord
ing to the prayer of the Gid bill.
Nov. 11, 1776. Pr order of the 'fudge,
X ANDRE W ROBESON, Reg.
T O BE S O L 1),
At the London Coffe^b^ufe, on Saturday the 23d tnft.
(November) if note riboled of before at private sale,
— COM NiODIOUS and neatly finifhed three Gory
fl brick IiOU SB, with a kitchen, dore, chair
louse, and the lot of ground thereto belonging ; situate
on the loath fide cf Emi-ftreet above Race-street, be
tween Second and Tinrd-ftreets, containing in breadth
on the laid Elmdirect 51 feet 9 inches, and in length or
dep.h 51 feet, bounded weftw^d by Israel Pemberton's
ground, which has been left open for a street, feuth
warri by Samuel Robeson's, and eastward by Frederick
Baker's ground ; jubjeft to a yearly ground-rent of Ele
ven Piftolts and a qu-rer; late part of the estate of Va
le nine Shallus, now in the tenure of Mr. Jacob Winey.
Enquire of
§ LEONARD MELCHER.
Jult published and to be fidd by JAMES ADAMS,
at his Printing-effi.e in Wilmington,
The Wilmington and Pennsylvania
ALMAN A C K S,
For the Year cf cur LORD 1777.
A MONG'the contents or the Wilmington Alma
nack, (besides the usual agronomical calculations)
are, the continuation of Extracts from a late publication,
(hewing people what is in their own power both with re
spell to the prevention and cure of dilcales, &c. An ex
planation of the devices on the Continental Bills of Cre
dit ; with conjectures of their meaning. The way to
know whether it will be a long winter, and what wea
ther it will be ;—alfo prognoiticks of the summer. Anec
dote of Sir Robert Walpole, concerning the American
taxation. The Batchelor's wilh An elegant song on
the times— To the tune cf the sweeper. An easy method
to Itep the bleeding cf any wound, even an amputated
limb. Hints on various matters, interspersed among the
columns of afpe&s; from which much may be gathered
from a little, both for instruction and entertainment. To
gether with tables of intcreft at fix and seven per cent,
and one (hewing the value of any number of dollars from
1 to io,ooo, &C.&:. &:.
Contents of the Pennsylvania Almanack, (besides the
usual calculations) viz. The continuation of Extracts
from Willuun Penn's advice to his children. Four ex
traordinary letters which passed between Archbifh >p
Triknfon and William Penn, in the year 1686. Verses
aadrclßd to Benjamin Franklin, E(q; A method cf
making' fait from the water of our oays and rivers, or
from salt springs or salt licks, whereby that necessary
article may be always obtained in a very easy way. The
iheep and the bramble bulh. Short but Jignifaant say
ings; ufeful receipts ; tables of interest at fix and seven
per cent, a table (hewing the value of any number of
dollars from one 1 to 10,000, &c. &c &c.
* # * From one penny to three pence a pound is given for
clean L:nen Rags by laid Adams.±
FOUR DOLLARS REWARD.
ST R AYED or STOLE N out of William Starr's
pasture, at Brandywine, Newcastle County, a forre.l
HORSE, fix years old, with a long mme and tail, a
itar in his forehead and imall snip, not (had, no brand
or ear mark. Whoever takes up and lends tke laid horse
to William Starr at Brandywine, to Hamilton and Sen
in Philadelphia, or to the fubferiber in Ca:cil County,
Maryland, (hall receive the above Reward,
X JAMES HUGHES.
Philadelphia, Nov. 9, 1776.
ONE SIXTH of a DOLLAR REWARD.
RAN A WA Y away from the fubferiber, living in
Penn-lt eet, near South street, an apprentice lai
named JOHN FITZPATRICK, near 20 years
of age, fair hai, about 5 vet 10 inches high; had on
when he went away, a bine nap coat, brown breeches,
ringed stockings, new (hays and fiiver buckles, and wore
a round hat: fie is very talkative and felf-conceited.,—
Whoever returns the laid apprentice th ill n^ve the above
Reward, paid by J. SAMUEL M'LURE.
Juff printed, published, and nowfelling by ROBERT
BELL, in Thi.d-th uet, Philadelphia, [Price Ha.f
a Dollar]
THE
BATTLE of BUNKERS-HILL,
A Dramatic Piece, of Five Acts, in Heroic mea
sure, as it was performed by the American and Bri
uth Armies. By a Gentleman of Maryland.
Pulchrurnque morifaccurtit in aimis. Virgil.
— 'Tis glorious to die in battle.
N.B. At said BEL L's may now be had, all the
new publications on the Military Art ; also, a confidtr
able variety of books in Navigation, and other biarM cs
0 the Mathematics; like de, Latin and Greek C^ffics.
fi VALUABLE Tra&: of LAND, containing
A 262 acres and the usual allowance, fitted in Lef
terkenny Township, Cumberland County, about seven
miles diltant from Shippenfburgh and twenty-fix front
Carl fle, bounded by lands now or late of Thomas Gray,
Charles M'Jcu-t and others : There is 40 acres on the
premises cleared, fix of which is meadow ground, p^d a
large quantity more may be prad # . The situation is ex
ceedingly healthy, the land very fertile and thought to
be equal to any in that neighbourhood for producing
good crops. Any person inclining to purchase may
know the terms by applying to Mr^ Josiah Watson,
or Alexandria, in Virginia, or the fubfeuber in Phila
delphia. § DAVID JACKSON.
A PARCEL of German SCYTHES,
CUTTING KNIVES, WHETSTONES, and'
BOHEA TEA, to be difpo'ed cf by
ISAAC MELCHER, in Second-fire#.
As he intends to leave the State cf Pennf;lvaiiia in a
few weeks, he requests all thole that have *},' demands
agzinft him to render their accounts, that & hey may be
adjured and paid ; and such as are indebted to him, are
earnestly desired to difeh^rge thrir refi e&:vr accounts.
FOR S A LE,
A I.ARGE quantity of firn,le and compound
MEDICINE S, of the belt quality, lately im
ported. The gentlemen druggists, and apothecaries, &c.
may have any quantity that luits them. There is like
wise a chest of medicines very suitable for d< &or; at La.
They are to be seen at the store of JAMES OELLERS,
cn Sims's wharf, be'ow the Drawer dge.
Abb for sale at f id (tore, rum, sugar, sweet oil, Nc.
by the quantity.
—T O B E S O L D,
By the fubfaiber, at Mr. James Ciark's, Silk Dyer,
in Second-hreet, near Chefnut street, 4
W'O AD cf American growth, manufactured this
year, and is found by experience to be superior
to any imported. Clothiers, Dyers, &c. may be sup
plied with great or small quantities by the mrnuf.Aurer,
§ JAMES STEW A RT.
Philadelphia, November 11, 1776.
TWENTY SHILLINGS REWARD.
STRAYED, or STOLEN from the door of the
fubferiber, or Friday night last about ten o'clock,
a sorrel HORSE, with a uliite face, supposed to he
about eleven years old, and about fifteen hands high ;
has a crack in his off sere foot. Whoever takes up the
said horle and delivers him to the fubferiber, in Front
ftieet, near the Drawbridge, Aiall receive the above re
ward and reasonable charges, paid by
q JAMES MULLIN.
EIGHT DOLLARS REWARD.
RANA WAY last January, ficin the fubferiber,
living in Kent County on Delaware, a Mulatto
Have named PETER BROW N, anout 45 years of
age, 5 feet 8 inches high, chews tobacco; he bus parted
for a freeman, and worked about Germantown and
Schuylkill lartfpring and summer; in S ptember he v as
taken up in Germantown <nd pit on board a flu hop at
Philadelphia to be sent to his matter, cut in de his escape
the fame night. Whoever takes u Aid Mulatto and fc
cures him in Dovr Gaol, or in Phla i eiphia G ci or
Work house, (hall receive the above Reward and ie: f r,
able charges from James Hunter, Merchant, in Phi
ladelphia, or from his niafter,
, THOMAS IRONS.
ThTFe-R OUNDS REWARD.
ANAWAY the 501 instant, (November)
fiom the Subferite, living in Dub, ,Ch iter coun
ty, a ferv nt man named GLORGEREA B, a
native of Germany, but has 101 l his mother tongue ; is
about 19 or 20 years of age, 5 feet 8 inches high, of a
sandy compl xiori, red hair lome ime sti.d, fomewbat
freckled ; of a proud carriage and walks very proper.
Had on and took with him, one green regimental coat
lined and faced with white, with large metal buttons ;
one blue worked ditto, lined with the fame colour ; one
double breasted cloth coloured jacket, one linen ditto ;
one pair of new buckskin breeches, and one pair of linen
ditto; three homespun shirts, two white and one brown ;
two pair of blue yarn Dockings, and one pair cf linen
ditto; a pair of half-boots; two muslin flocks and a
silver itock-buckle ; a felt hat ; one pair of hrif-w^n
dices, with carved Pinchbeck shoe and knee buck! s.
it is likely he will change his name and fcige a pals, as
he can write a middling hand ; was seen to have mo iey
plenty before he wentaway. All matters of v:11 Is, a d
ethers, are forbid to harbour or conceal (aid tenant, as
they will answer the fame ar their peril. Whoever takes
up and secures said servant in any jail, so that his in.her
may have him again, shall have the above reward, aid
reasonable charges paid by me,
f BENJAMIN BRANNAN,
Otioher 22, 1776.
TH E person who picked up the lattirt
CLOAK wrapped up in paper, last V.enei
day in the market, is defined to return it to the Printer
hereof, and a rewa.dot TWENTY SHILLINGS
shall be paid.l