Dunlap's Pennsylvania packet , The general advertiser — Philadelphia, Pa., 1777-08-26 00:00:00, page 4

PHILADELPHIA.
The following is Burgoyne's pompous Proclamation,
under which many of the credulous have loft their
scalps.
^ JOHN BURGOYNE, Eftrire, Lieutenant Gene
ral of bis Maje/ifs armies in America, Colonel of the
Queen's regiment of !gbt dragoons, Governor of Fort Wil
lfo : in N^rib Br&n, one of the Representatives es the
Commons of Great Britain and commanding ^ army and
fleet employed on an expedition from Canada, Gc. &c.
fr^ H E forces entrusted to my command are designed
g to >ft in concert, and upon a common principle,
viih the wuracrous armies an I fleets, which al earfy chf
play in every quarter of America, the power, the justice,
anJ when properly fought, 'he meicy o' the King.
1 he cause in ^ hi h the British arms are thus exerted,
applies to the molt aff.diagintcrefh of the human heart ;
and the military servants «>f the Crown, a: firfl called
fort? for th 'c!e purpose of restoring the rights of the
conflitorion, now combine with love of their country,
a,,J due. ri their fov-ri ;n, the 0 her exter.five incide
nt ms, whih f'ru a duel rfc of the general privileges
of ma cni. Tothe eyes and ears of th 3 tempsr;te part
o c the pub in, and to the breaks of fuff ring thouLndS
in the province, be the melancholy appeal, whether the
present unnatural rebellion hr not been made a toun^-
ton fsr th? com deleft f,dem of tyranny that ever God,
in hi, dhHeafere, fnffered foratime to he exercised over
k ho^.rJ and Gusborn generation.
• Aoi rry mdrifoniiient, contention of property, per
fem ion and torture, unprecedented in the inquifiti ^of
fu. Romilh .-.to arch, are am^^ the palpable enortpitiffi
that verb . the rfrrevive. Thefcaie infl &ed by Aflem
bfes and Comwr^es, who dare to prop's theories
f ^ib toti^^v, np.n the moßquiet fed,a% without
cifiina tof ^e u lex, ter the fine crm% often for the
£h: f ufo<!u% of !.v-me adhered in princ.-pte to the go
verem 0, uri c r ivn>h the* were born, and to which by
£9r v t,% d;vme and human, they owe allegiance. To
con it omu . e + th,eking proceedings, the prefanat^m
of ef^nn is added in the ^r^ prefl t,;e pref! ration of
c in ,on re,:fon; the centric r ><of mem are ^ a' nought;
roirnrftnP<Ks are c@mpeftd net only to be*: srmr, but
-allb to fw ar f&fe&on an ufinp Dm the^ pbher
Animated by t-#, conn leretiobs, at ihrhUd wf troops
in the tub powers of health, (ffcipun* *td %fuw; so
termined '> it ike whsre nucefhry, and anxious to fptre
where p. di .de, I by th%fe pfeirin+M i.ritecud xhori ill
perform, in all places tvhtre th™ props;? of this ait, m*r
point, — nd by the bl,hi ig of Ged 1 will extend it or.—
to main* on fitch a com lift ** ma^ inftif, mtio .^reet.
in^ their lands, habitat 00$ and fuwlics. Tbajmentieu
of tie's uldr^s is to bold fe th 'ccurity, rot dep^'rimi
to Ke country— To the e priori f^rit And prin bde mrv
induce to partake the morions talk of trrfe<nw>? WF
cmjptrvOTen fism chmgepn^, apd r—ettafyi<h?n* the HMl
fro of brat governing:. I eft't tncour*,;,mei?t 4cd
er flymen: § and upon he firr inted^ence of > r af
fociaton, 1 wii fin nr 1. s to rffift their und^t k:ngf.
The domestic, the imiuttriowt, tar inflow, and even ths
ti"id cohabitants, I am d«hr©ns to protect, provided
they remain.qpitt'y at their how's, that they d not fuf
fer their cattle to be removed, no-their corn ei forage
to be ferried or defrayed; that the do not bresk up
their bridges or relays ; nor by any other *& dir^y or
ink? IV ewj^rour to obfiruft the opinions of the
K ' U^e, or bppj or affi't there of the &n™my.
^ r r?:.T^ "f prQvifion, brouft to ro camp, will
la p?K for at an quitable iat% and in folio coin.
In conf.fe.mGvn:, of chr^iunriv, my royal mvttr'sde
r^ r, and ho ho?or of foldierihip, I have dwelt upon
thi? brntario , anti wished for inure prrfm five r ermv to
give it r.^u effibi : Axl It not people be led to dif^ard
r, by coufiT ring their enhance from the imperii pe fim
ari nos my camp—l have but to give (b atch to the Indi,
an foca u.der rot Jbeftion, and they amount to thou
finds, to overtake the hardened enemies of Great-Brinin
a^ I America. I coniider them rhe fame, wherever they
m ^ Ilk.
If n^witii landing these endeavours, and fittere i»di
nations e e^e tb^m, the phreozy ol hoßdivy thould r<.
main, Ttruftl fhT land acquitted in the eves of God
a:d me?, in denouncing and *x^cntin% the ve&g%n„of
t?e Stat? wwaft the wilful ouicafts. The mc-froxTS of
jurtise and of wrath aweitth~m in th^fidd; andlevatta
tion, famine, and every concohr>nt horror, that a >e
luftnt bu: i? rifo^nd le protecut^a of military duty m ft
&ccafiun, will bar the way to their rs'ior.
JOHN BURGOYNE.
Cam, near Ticonderoga, ,#'v 2, 1777.
E, order o, bis Excellency the L eut. General,
Robert Kingston, S^ ie ary.
B Lieutenant General JOHN BURGOYNE, cem
m.mlmg an arm; frfleet of Gs at Britain, again, the
retß'ed Pre^b.^s sf America,
To t?e ; phab? W* of C Teton, of Hubberton Rwd^l
Tirm^irn Pawl tt, Wells, GranviG?, vththe nei^h'
bmrA x Di■ i<33 bordering on Win e C^K, Cobden
Cambridge, &c. &c. Set.
YOU are hereby visaed to fend from your fevyral
10 'Ah ', de; u tens confining of ten verfens sr more,
from each Toward), to meetc^. Skeene, at C^tieton'
cc Wtcln^djv, frd. >6 b, mt ten in the morning, whj
wid have inrtru&n)ns not only to give farther encourage
rr.CT to f Ge who complied with the terror of rcy b, e
rianih^o, but nifo to commuricate conditions upon which
the persons and properties of the difuoeciism may yet be
fpa^d.'
1 ni£ fail not to ob?y unorr pain cf military execution
JOHN BURGOYNE.
B, order of bis Exceßerc, the Lieut General,
Robert Kingston, Sec^t^ry.
Hend^artets cat Geofborough boufe, ,ul, < r , 1777.
A Quantity of W R [TING PAPER
TO BE SO L I)' !3 Y
JOHN DUNL A P.
''"™?.'''"%. Prin Q b y JOHN DUNLAP, at the New, Printing-Office in Mfr-freet, where
üblcfripuons at Fifteen Shillings yer Annum, Advertisements, Gc. are thankfully received for this Paper,
F,HE following obfervatien* of the late extreme hot
^ weather, came to hand last week from an ingenious
correspondent, but were omitted for want of room.
1777. Thermometer
Aigu, at° A. M. at 3P. M.
1 7% S 3
2 75 85
5 7" 86
4. 76 8%
5 74 8 °
6 72 7,
7 76 80
8 76 £§ t ; .V 6 o'clock, PM>
9 80 90 lilg o'clock, P. M.
10 8z 87
It 79 90 till 5 o'clock, P. M.
12 8% 9 2 from stu 4. o'clock, P. M.
14. 8o 92^ fom halfpaft 2 till had
15 81 9 ^ (50'clock.
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ferfy ff J ALL whem may concern.
NOT ICE is hereby given, That a Court o' A'
miralty will be held at the house of Gdbit E o^,
he Alien Town, in the County o* Monmouth, on >#nw
dry the 30th of August inst. at Ten o'clock in the foie
njen of the said day, then and there to tri the truth rd
the fc&a altedged in the bill of J met M-.au, C ptdn
of a company of rhe Mlitia in the Strte 0. N; w Je ; 7.
fvao cs w, '], &c) arainft the briganrire vt^fl-J .;??eu
the William anu Anne, hirthn Teu: on? ': ?rbond
forty tons, lately coremm&d by Cap^Jaco^s with her
tackie, apparel, turpi true end ca go, an t ken as a
prize by the ficd Jitnes Margin, near Long Branch, on
the ba coast o ? New-Jersey, to the end and intent that
the c^nir or owners of the 'aid Brigantine «, d c.rgo,
or ary person concerned therein, may appear ,nd mew
cause (if any they have) why the fime thruE cot te
condemned according to the prayer-of the laid bilk
Bv erdtr of the fudge,
t WILLIAM Li vUNGSLON. ton. P°r.
Fbdaddphin Cour/,, ,
= N pursuance es a Writ of the Justices to
£ me ditched, Notice is hereby given d.at a County
Court 0: General barter S<frus of the Peace wll be
he'd it the Sm^.fcQLhe in the City of PbiUdelphi,, on
M :nday the Sift day <0 September next, st Tea < 'clock
ir the for-nc^n of the fauha, ; whereof all Coroners,
kCTwrs of pritous and houfa of com&icn, Constables,
Bailift, &- of the Did Cotintv, are 'o take notice mid
ar-erZ ac^ ~ 1 piy. And on V/.dn.kiav die tiird day
o' Septemb-r aforeiaid, a* th? pi ce dt'orefaid, will be
opened the Court o/#C m^cn P'cas for the laid County.
JAMES CLAYPOOLE, Soniff.
Wibm:,t's Aitcuft IT, 1777.
% '°''° ' s hereby c ;# 1, That M Hiieurs
X \ C^o^g o 1a: timer, tbsm Brian, Jobn Bardaj, ,0-
nathar d^ufrt, xnd Killam heophiU, r ':\c Committee
acp nitre)by toe Gc.%r%lAliens 4 : of :° DUfoareSt ?
for the dating an account of the monies adv. need for re
cruiting the Continental h.ltalian, rdfed :,n the fame
St^te ; and allo an account oT xp'. i iGiures, be the laid
State, for and on ehall of tin Cortinem ; w iß meet on
Mmdiv, thefiT day of SeptemJie" next, at th Breuph
~. Wimiingh:,l, in New&ftie County, to p 0 eed in that
buiineG ; at which time and nl re sll peG'ons c retired
are bfired to attend the laid Committee, with theis ac
counts and vouchers.J
TO BE SO L D,-~
On Monday the firftof September next, for read, m, ney,
in Welhs:?re!an : ; Counta, on Nomony, near Stratford,
^ BRIGANTIN E on the hocks, about one hun-
Q dred tons unthen, belonging to the eflate of ^he
late H met' te Phnip v udwell Lle, E:q; deceased;
by th. EXECUTORS
buexs ttant,, A&grf <6, 1777.
^ LL those persons who found substitutes
ff% during the war or for three years, ate desired to
meet at Newton on the eleventh of September, in order
to petition the House of AtTnibly, at their next meeting,
to pats the above recommendation by Congress into a
Law.§
Hunterdon County, August 12.
TO BE S O L D,
I*^ W 0 elegant full blooded STALLIONS, one
ca led Bajazht and the other Juniper: They
are betk good 1 ays, end fifte a hands high. Enquire of
Wilson Hunt in Hopewell, or Abraham Hunt in
Tremas.f
BEY O T I C E is hereby given, to the
I^ creditor* of Mr. John Little, ol t?e Townhup
of Galloway, County cf Gloucester, and State 0; N.w
---1.-rfev, deceased, that they trifig in ihrir demands against
said eft^te, properly attefad,- oh or before the mft day of
December next ; and thole indebted are requeued to let
tie their accounts as focn as poffibie with
ft SARAH LITTLE. Administratrix,
FOuTd7?LL ARS REV^rirD,
nTRAYEED out of the pasture of John Brady.
3 in Third street, near tue Barracks, Philaitelphi , on
Friday the 25th of July latt, a dark ron MAKE; about
thirteen hands high, with several fiddle foots, a long
bunch tail not decked, being badly burnt on her but
tocks under her tai!: She was seen on the road as far
as Frankford. Whoever takes up the said mare aid gives
information thereof to the fuhferiber, living in Tre? t £ n,
so that he may have h^r again, <hall receive the above
Reward, with reasonable charges, from
§ JAMES HILL.
FORTY DOLLARS REWARD.
DESERTED from Cel. Walter Stewart's regi
ment, the following men, viz, From Capt. John
CiarkUs company,—Benjamin Cra ^ford, fi ve st et
seven inches high, ffout built, short brown hair and grey
eyes; he has before abfent^d himfelf frem his regiment,
went by the name of Benjamin North, and lived in Lan
caster County. Patrick Navin, five feet five inches
high, ihoil black hair, hinder made, dark complexion,
frail blackiyes, and by bi^h m I ifhman. From Capt.
John M fall's company in Did regiment,—John Ir
wine. five feet five inches high, well made, had long
red hair tied, grey eyes, and was born in Chefcr Coun
ty, Pennflvanvi. Peter .Brown, five feet nine inches
high, short black hair, ^rk complexion, and has re
ceived a bail though nis left cheek ; bora in Chester
County, Pennsylvania. The above men were all dieffid
in blue turned up with red, and white metal buttons with
P
the letters S R marked on them. Also deserted from
said reyment, Kershaw Peeling, five feet eight
inches high, brown hair tied grey eyes, well made;
had on a green coat: He has been seen (hulking about
1 : ?ty in company with a girl. Any person or perfcns
t fir; u, f id deserters, sh 11 receive the above Reward,
or L IGJT DOLLARS for each, with reafona
bie r ^ ^, by applying to Lieut. Col. Lewis Farmer,
at PniA. elphir, or the fubferiher at camp.
WALTER STEWART, Colonel.
Those men who belong to the late Pennylvania State
regiments, are if fired immediately to repair to, and de
-11 er hemfelves up to Lieut. C?. Lewis Farmer, at
i" iAcidpni^, otherwise they will be locked upon, when
tken, ^ darters, and punished accordingly; and
t^ey may be assured that each ol them (hall save the time
they have been absent from their r >+n's
X WALTER STEWART, Col.
,} N Y person properly qualified for the pur-
I I pose, who will undertake the making SALT'
tmthe rine or pickle of the faltm?at cor fumed by the
Army, will be treated with on applying to*the Cornmif-
Irry General of Furcta.es, at bis office at the cornet of
Four:? nd Arch greets, PrfadJpnia.J
IO BE s 0 L
a STRONG hearty NEGRO MAN, who un
gfc tierfiands theßo e-makmg bufnels perfectly. His
pKient owner has no reason for parting with him but
want of employ. Enquire of the Printer.|
YOUNG WOMAN with a good
X I brsaft ot milk would gladly serve as a wet nurle in
a genteel family ; sone ilfe need apply : Her ch^raaer
will bear the ftri&eft enquiry. Enquire of the Ainter.*
TEN DOILARS REWARD.
^ ^fr ASSTOLE N at Coryell's Ferry, *n the 31st
V, of Jul lad, from ahe waggon of the iuWeriber,
living in Gei nuntown, Philadelphia Cci uty, a black
HORSE, between eight and nine years old, fourteen
hands high, h s fame white hairs io his face, a very thin
mane, is hurt by the saddle, one of his find feet white,
and is a trotter. Whoever takes up said horse and thief
and lecures them so that the f bicriber may get them,
(hall have the above reward, or for the horse alone
LIGHT DOLLARS, and rea<o ably charges, paid by
J NICHOLAS LINDEMAN.
Pbifadelphla, duruf i 6, 1777.
FIVE POUNDS REWARD.
7 T O L E N out of the fubferiber's table, on Monday
G night last, the following articles, viz. a chariot cover
of ozoabrigs or tickienburg, it was very little the vrorfe
for me; a man's saddle with iron stirrups, and an old
saddle cloth to it bound with yellow binding ; two
bridles, one had a curb bit of polished fct barred, of
a peculiar conftruaion, when ftcilen it had but one rein
fix d ; the oth^r bridle was a common curb, with a single
rein. Whoever difeovers the thief or thieves, Jo that he
or they may be prolecuted to convi&jon and the things
recovered, (hall receive the above Reward.
STRAYED or STOLE N out of a lot in Chef
nur-ftrset, about a month ago, a black HORSE, (even
years old, between thirteen and four^m: hands hi&h,
his off bind foot white, a fmatl for in his forehead, and
has a thick mane and tail. Whoever takes up the (aid
horse (hell receive, if strayed, THIRTY SHILLINGS
Reward, and if ftokn and trie thief secured, THREE
POUNDS, with reasonable charges.
t SARAH FRANCIS.
FOR S A L E,
VIRGINIA TOBACCO.
CAMPLES may be seen at the weft corner cf Front
' and Union ftrtets, Philadelphia.
t RICHARD GLASSCOCK.
C) LD Weft-lndia rum, country ditto, peach
^ brandy and wtilky in hof;(he3& ; bread, flour,
pd X and rohn in barrels; Indian corn by the hushe 1 -
TO BE SOLD BY
LEVI HOLLINGSWORTH,
O S
Near Middle Brook Camp, about two mont is ago,
ABLA CK leather P 6 CKET- 800 K, with
heel elafps; it contained a Captain's commission,
four State Lottery Tickets, No. 91,036, 37, 38 and 39,
with Itveral memorandums, eight or nine dollars Mary
land money, and a > nli locket with a landscape on it,
and motto, Look ana Remember. Whoever has found
ft^ pocket-bo k and v ill return it to any of the office $
of the 8 h Vi ginia regiment, or to the Printer hereof,
sh Jl havc 1E N DOLLARS Reward, over and above
the money therein contained.§