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EIGHT DOLLARS REWA RD.
CTRAYED or stolen out of the pzfture of John Steve
0 ard, in Kingfefling township, Philadelphia county
an iron-grey MARE, fix years old, with a switch tail'
and has a lump an her near fore leg, a natural trotter'
Whoever takes up said mare and delivers her to the sub
scriber, living at the corner of Third and Arch-streets
ihall have the above reward and reasonable charges'
paid by WILLIAM ROLSTON. April 24.'
Healthy, strong Negro Wench,
About 23 years of age, who can cook and do all kinds
,f house work. Enquire of the Printer.
ON the zift of March last, a Negroe Boy put into
a Livery Stable in this city, a Black HORSE with
a star in his forehead, 13 hands two inches high, about
10 or ti years old. If said Negroe or owner of the
Horse does not call before the 10th instant, and pay the
charge, the said Horse will be exposed at Public Sale
to defray the fame. Enquire of the Printer. Ma, 6.
The Circulating Library,
I# removed to the nnrth fide oi Market-street, about
b?lf way between Front and Second ftreete, where
BOOKS and STATIONARY are SOLD, at the low
est rates: Also, BOOKS taken on Comm^flion, The Pro
prietor returns his grateful acknowledgement to hie
customers, and requests a continuance of their favours,
which (hall at all times be punaually attended to, by
their most obedient,
humble servant,
May i 3. WM. PRICHARD.
NOTE, Those whole Quarter or Month is up, and
do not chute to renue their futfcription, are desired to
return the Books which they have out of the above
Library.
To be SOLD by Private Sale,
f\ N E full, even, and equal Moiety or undivided
half Part of a three Story Brick MESSUAGE
or TENEMENT and LOT of GROUND there
unto belonging, situate on the north fide of Arch
ftreet, next to the Prefb/terian Meeting-house, be
tween Third and Fourth-greets. The House has two'
rooms on a floor, with a good garret and cellar, a
brick kitchen two florins high, which is fomawhat out
Qf repair, with the privilege of an alley leading back to
the fame. The Lot whereon it stands, is 16 feet front on
ferch-ftreet, and extends: in depth, 149 feet, with an
equal Moiety or half Part of ail the Appurtenances there
unto belonging. It is to be Sold during the natural
life of Joseph Galloway. For further particulars en
quire of the Printer. May 8.
Large and convenient House,
with fix rooms, kitchen, garden, stable, chair-hcufe,
&c. about four miles and a half from the town, pleas
antly situated in the Northern-Liberties, late in tbe
tenure of Do&or Bond; junior. Enquire of E. LEWIS
TREICHEL, the upper end of Second-street, opposite
the Barracks.
N^ar Georgetown Potomack, Maryland,
TO BE SOL D,
And entered on as soon as the Purchaser pleases,
THIS remarkably healthy, valuable and
delightful SEAT. The seventh part of the Sale
must immediately be paid in specie or good bills of ex
change ; but (even years credit will be given for the
remainding principal, on unquestionable security of pay
ment at that period, together with an annual and
punctual interest of five per cent. The Land is of the
best quality, and is possessed of all the advantages de
rivable from meadow, water, wood and timber; the
House and Furniture excellent and elegant, and fit for
the residence of a family of the firft fortune on the con
tinent; which comprehends all that fan be conveyed
by the minutest description. The title is indjfpptable,
and tlie estate free from all incumbrance whatever.
March 25. ALEXANDER WILLIAMSON.
To be LET for the Summer Season
or one Year, to a genteel Family, as a Country
S^at, A
N. B. To he entered upon at any time.
THURSDAY,
VOL. Xl.] Published every TUESDAY, THURSDAY and SATURDAY.—Price Six-Pence.
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GENERAL ADVERTISER.
THE committee to whom was referred the letter
! of the 18th from general Waihington, contain
ing a certain printed paper sent from Philadelphia,
purporting to be the draught of a bill for declaring
the intention of the parliament of Great-Britain as to
the exercise of what they are pleased to term their
right of imposing taxes within these United States ;
and also the draught of a bill to enable the king of
Great-Britain to appoint commissioners with pow
ers to treat, consult and agree upon the means of
quieting certain disorders within the said flutes,
broughtin a report; wherein they beg leaveto observe,
" That the said paper being induftrioully circulated
by the emissaries of the enemy in a partial and secret
manner, the fame ought to be forthwith printed for
the public information.
The committee cannot afeertain whether the con
tents of the said paper have been framed in Philadel
phia or in Great-Britain, much less whether the fame
are really and truly intended to be brought into the
parliament of that kingdom, or whether the said par,
liament will confer thereonthe usual falemnities of their
laws ; but are inclined to believe this will happen for
the following reasons;
i. Because their general hath made divers feeble
efforts to set on foot some kind of treaty, during the
last winter; though, either from a mistaken idea of
his own dignity and importance, the want of informa
tion, or some other cause, he hath not made appli
cation to those who are invested with a properautho
rity.
It is an old remark, that there is nothing new
under the Sun; but there never has, perhaps,
been a series of events which has discovered, in some
refpeas, less of novelty or variety than the present
war with Great-Britain : every year has produced a
repetition of the fame patience under bufferings, the
fame firmnefs in sentiment, the fame intrepidity in
the field, and the fame abhorrence of insulting tri
umph over a vanquished enemy, on the one part ;
and the fame pimping petite guerre, the fame rob
bing of hen-roosts, the fame indolence and barbarity,
and the fame insidious attemps on the other. We
have therefore nothing to do, when we meet with,
either of them, but to recoiled and attend to similar
tranfadions which have already occurred, and repeat
the conduct which has been heretofore attended with
success. Perhaps there can be no case in which this
will be more proper than the present, in which Great-
Britain is repeating the artifice of 1778, and fending
commissioners to ensnare us by insidious propofols : I
beg therefore that you will give the tranfadions of
Congress, at that time at York-Town, a republica
tion in your paper; which will oblige one of your
constant Readers.
EXTRACTS from the Journals of Congress,
April 22, 1778, P. M. *
* At a' time when the enemy was in possession o f
therity of Philadelphia, and no account had yet come
tohand of the treaty of alliance having beer^ entered
into with France
That, upon a fuppofitjon the matters contained in
the said paper will really go into the Britifn statute
book, they serve to shew, in a clear point of view, the
weakness and wickedness of the enemy. Their weak
ness,
2. Because they suppose that the falagious idea ofa
cessation of hostilities will render these states remiss
in their preparations for w^r.
3. Because, believing the Americans wearied with
war, they suppose we will accede to their terms for
the fake of peace.
7. Because the impracticability of subjugating this
country being every day more and more manifeft, it
is their interest to extricate themselves from the war
upon any terms.
4. Because they suppose that our negociations may
be fubjed to a like corrupt influence with their de
bates.
5. Because they expert from this step the fame ef
fe&s they did from what one of their ministers thought
proper to call his conciliatory motion, viz. " that it
will prevent foreign powers from giving aid to these
states ; that it will lead their own fubjeds to continue
a little longer the present war; and that it will de
tach some weak men in America from the cause of
freedom and virtue."
6. Because the king, from his own shewing, hath
reason to apprehend, that his fleets and armies, in-
Read of being employed against the territories of these
states, will be necessary for the defence of his own
dominions; and
The committee beg leave farther to observe,
Mr. PRINTER,
O R,
THE
THE
1. Because they formerly declared not only that
they had a right to bind the 'inhabitants of these
states in all cases whatsoever, but also that the said
inhabitants ftould absolutely and unconditionally sub
mit to the exercise of that right : and this submission
they have endeavoured to exaftby the sword. Re
ceding from their claim, therefore, under, the present
circumstances, fllews their inability to enforce it,
2. Because their prince hath heretofore rejected the
humblest petition of the representatives of America,
praying to be considered as fubjeds, and protested in
the enjoyment of peace, liberty and fafety ; and hath
waged a most cruel war against them, and employed
the savages to butcher innocent women and children.
But now the fame prince pretends to treat with those
very represen tatives, and grant to the arms of Ame
rica what he refufed to her prayers.
3. Because they have uniformly laboured to conquer
this continent, rejecting every idea of accommodation,
proposed to them, from a confidence in their own
strength : wherefore it is evident, from the change in
their mode of attack, that they have loft this confi
dence. And
4. Because the constant language spoken, not only
by their ministers but by the most public and authen
tic ads of the nation, hath been that it is incompati
ble with their dignity to treat with the Americans,
while they have arms in their hands; notwithstanding;
which an offer is now about to be made for treaty.
The wickedness and insincerity of the enemy ap
pear from the following considerations:
i. Either the bills pow to be passed contain a di
rest, or indirect cession of a part of their former claims,
or they do not. If they do, then it is acknowledged
that they have facrificed many brave men in an unjust
quarrel." If they do not, then they are calculated to
deceive America into terms, to which neither argu
ment before the war, nor force since, could procure
assent.
5. From the second bill it appears, that the British
king may, if he pleases, appoint commissioners iq
treat and agree with those whom they pieafe about a
variety of things therein mentioned : but such trea
ties and agreements are to be of 110 validity without
the concurrence of the said parliament, except so f ar
as they relate to the suspension of hostilities and of
certain of their ads, the granting of pardons and the
appointing of governors to these sovereign, free and
independent states: wherefore the said parliament have
reserved to themselves, in express words, the^power
of the setting aside any such treaty,and taking the ad
vantage of any circumstances which may arise, to fub
jeft this continent to their usurpations.
6. The said bill, by holding forth a tender of par
don, implies a criminality in our juftifiable refinance ;
and consequently to treat under it would be an im
plied acknowledgment, that the inhabitants of these
states were, what Britain hath declared them to be,
Rebels.
2. The firft of these bills appears, from th,e title, to
be a declaration of the intentions of the Briti@ Parlia
ment, concerning the exercise of the rights of impos
ing taxes within these states : wherefore should these
states treat under the said bill, they would indiredly
acknowledge that right to obtain which acknowledg
ment the present war hath been avowedly undertaken
and prosecuted on the part of Great-Britain.
3. Should such pretended right be so acquiefeed in,
then of consequence the fame might be exercised
whenever the British parliament should find themselves
in a different temper and disposition, since it mult
depend upon those and such like contingencies how
far men will aft according to their former intentions.
4. The said bill, in the body thereof, contajneth.
no new matter; but is precisely the fame with the mo
tion before mentioned, and liable to all the objecti
ons which lay against the said motion, excepting the
following particular, viz. that by the motion, adual
taxation was to be suspended so long as America,
Should give as much as the said parliament might think
proper ; whereas by the proposed bill, it is to be sus
pended as long as future parliaments continue of the
fame mind with the present.
7. The inhabitants of these flutes being claimed by
them as fubje&s, they may infer from the nature of
the negociation now pretended to be set on foot, that
the said inhabitants would of right be afterwards
bound by such laws as they fhouid make; wherefore
any agreement entered into on such negotiation,
might at 4ny future time be repealed. And
8. Because the said bill purports, that the commis
sioners therein'mentioned may treat with private in
dividuals ; a measure highly derogatory to the digni
ty of national character.
From all which it appears evident to your commit,
tee, that the said bills ire intended to operate upon
.the hopes and fear: of the good people of these flat ; ,
M A Y 16, 17^2,
[NUMB 885.