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An ACT for laying an embargo on the exportation from
this State for a limited time.
WHERE AS the last harvest of wheat and other
grain in this and the neighbouring States hath not
proved so abundant as was supposed, and it is highly ne
cessary that the exportation of victuals and provisions
from this State, by sea, should be prohibited for a limited
time, in order to retain a fufficiency within the fame for
the fuftentation of the inhabitants, and for the armies and
fleets of the United States of America and their allies.
Be it therefore enacted by the Representatives of the
Freemen of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General
Assembly met, and by the authority of the lame, That
an Embargo be and hereby is laid on the exportation, by
sea, of wheat, rye, barley, oats, fpelts and Indian corn,
and on all meal and flour madeof wheat, rye, barley,
oats, fpelts or Indian corn, and on bread, rice, beef, pork,
bacon and live stock, and on all othei viduals and provi
sions for the food of man : And the exportation thereof,
by sea, from and after the publication of this Aft, is here
by prohibited and forbidden until the. day of
next.
Provided always, That this Afl shall not be construed
to restrain the lading upon any ship of war or other vessel
which shall actually be in one of the ports of this State,
such quantities of provisions as may be necessary for the
flores only of such ship or vessel for the cruize or voyage
of such ship or vessel, nor to the transportation by sea, or
exportation of any victuals or provisions for the use of
the armies, or ships of the United States of America, or
their allies, such transportation or exportation being firft
certified to the Supreme Executive Council of this Com
monwealth, and the licence of the said Council obtained
for the fame.
And be it further enabled by the authority aforefaid,
That if any wheat, rye, barley, oats, fpelts or Indian
corn, or any meal or flour made of wheat, rye, barley,
oats, fpelts, or Indian corn, or any bread, rice, beef, pork,
bacon, live flock or other victuals or provisions whatsoever
for the food of man, except as herein before is excepted,
shall be fllipped or laden from and after the publication of
this Aft, on any ship or vessel within this State, with de
sign to export the fame by sea, contrary to the intent and
meaning of this Ad, it shall and may be lawful for the
naval officer, and he is hereby enjoined and required, on
proper information, or it shall and may be lawful for any
other person te enter on board any such ship or vessel and
to seize all such wheat, rye, barley, oats, fpelts and Indi
an corn, andmeal or flour, bread, rice, beef, pork, ba
con, live flock and other vidualsand provisions, together
with the fllips or vessels in which the fame shall be found,
and her tackle, apparel, and furniture; and such victu
als and provisions so fhi,ped and laden contrary to this
Aft, and the ship or vessel in which the fame shall be
found, together with her tackle, apparel and furniture,
shall be forfeited, one third part thereof to the use of
the State, one third part thereof to the use of the said
naval officer or other person who shall seize the fame, and
theother third part thereof to the use of the informer.
Provided always, and it is hereby enabled by the au
thority aforefaid, That no claim for any ship or vessel, or
provision seized or pretended to be seized in pursuance of
this A&, shall be admitted, unless security be firft entered
for payment ofallcofts, in case such seizure be condemned ;
and that no suit or adion agianft the officer or person or
persons making such seizure, or his or their affiftantt,
shall lie, unless such suit or action be brought within
months after cause shall be given.
Philadelphia, November 9.
NOTICE is hereby given, That on
Thursday the fecund of December next, kt Tn
o'clock in the forenoon, at the Continental Yard the
corner of Chefnut and Seventh Greets, will be fold at
Public Sale, for Cash only, a number of HORSE S,
the property of the United States.
By order of the Quarter -Mafler Qenet al,
JACOB HILTZHEI M ER.
~ w AN T E D ,
A CLERK who writes a good hand, and can be
well recommended. Enquire of the Printer.
On Tuesday last the Honorable HENRY LAURENS,
Esq; fat out on his journey to Charles-Town, in South Ca
rolina ; —from whence, it is said, he will embark, to exe
cute, at one of the principal Courts of Europe, an impor
tant trust Committed to him by Congress. The great abi
lity, and ftrid integrity, with which this Gentleman filled
the important Ration of President of Congress, acquired
him universal esteem and refpea,—And his truly patriotic
attention to the rights of the several States, gained him the
warmest affection of all who knew him, and of the people of
Pennsylvania in particular. Several Members of Congress,
and a number of the principal officers ofthe State warted on
him, as far as the Lower Ferry, on Schuylkill.
On Saturday last, arrived at Chester a cartel brig from
New-Ywik, with 160 seamen, carried in there by the Eri
tifh cruizers.
The fleet of ten fail of transports, with three regimen's on
board, which failed the beginning of September last from
New-York for Halifax, under convoy of theßenown man
of war, is disposed of in the following manner: Four ofthe
transports returned, much fluttered, the Renown return
ed difmafted, two of them taken by Capt. Taylor, (as
mentioned some time since,) one of them funk at sea, (the
troops taken out by some New-York privateers) two miffing
and one arrived at Halifax.
We are told from New-York, that the British army has
been very sickly this summer, so that at one time, (our in
formants fay, ) above one fourth of the army were incapa
ble of duty, and that there has been great mortality among
them.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY, November 9, 1779.
The Bill entitled, “ An Aft for hying an embargo on
the exportation of provisions from this State by sea for a
limited time," was read a second time, and being debated
by paragraphs, was ordered to be tranferibed for a third
reading and published for consideration.
Extract from the Minutes,
THOMAS PAINE, Clerk of the General Assembly.
PHILADELPHIA, November 11
The ADDRESS of the Editors to the Public.
'"'jl" 1 H E general introduction wnich the French lan
g guage has obtained in moll of the nations of Eu
rope, and in all the States of America, rendts it not
only a part of polite education, but a Serviceable and
necessary accomplishment.
In the several departments of life, whether in the
great business of the nation, er the extensive arrange
ments of commerce—whether in the fields of military
faience, or the peaceable retreats of literature—or whe
ther in the fashionable or mechanical world, the ac qui
fition of it will be accompanied with numerous and pre
dominant advantages. As the mort universal of ail
living languages it, in a great measure, luppHes the
w nt of all others, whether ancient or modern, and be
comes an easy introduction to the Rudy of many.
Tne Grammar we now prefect to the Public is esteem
ed, for its conciseness and corre&neh, the molt uleful
and perfect of any extant. The reception it h^s met
with in all places where the English language is fyoken,
is an evidence of its great merit, and the high recom
mendations it has obtained from the bed judges on the
fubi& have put its pre-eminence beyond a doubt.
The part which fell to our (hare, we presume to hope
is executed in a manner that will add to the reputation
we have, with much industry, fought to deserve. We
have spared no expence or trouble in rendering the edi
tion not only complete, but elegant. To the 'eft paper
we have added the fined type, and paid the ftri&eft at
tention to grammatical nicety and corre&nefs.
If our endeavours, in this instance, (h mid meet with
the encouragement of the Public, we shall, as future
opportunity offers, seek the continuance of it by intro
ducing such other Publications from the fame language
as may tend to promote the honor, interest and litera
ture of our country.
We are the Public's most obliged,
And obedient humble f rvants.
Philadelphia, STYNER and CIST.
oa. 25, 1779.
SALE of Forfeited Efates.
WHEREAS the estates of John Roberts,
Samuel Shoemaker, Joel Evans, Christopher
Sower, Joseph Grilwald, and Qfwald Eve, late of the
county of Philadelphia, having been in due course of
law for'eited and seized to the use of this State, Wr,
the subscribers, Agents for the said county, do hereby
give notice, That the estates of the said John Roberts,
Samuel Shoemaker, Joel Evans, Christopher Sower,
Joseph Grilwald, and Oswald Eve, confining of the fol
lowing tracts and parcels ofland, viz. John Roberts's,
No.i, Three hundred acres in Lower Merron township,
one large and sundry other dwelling houses, two grid
mills, a law mill and a paper-mill, with barns, (tables,
and a great number of other buildings of divers kinds,
all in excellent order. No. 2. Seventy-eight acres ad
joining the above; a dwelling house, barn, &c. there
on. Samuel Shoemaker's, One trad: of land on Point
no Point road, in the Northern Liberties, containing
about seventy acres, sixteen of which is banked meadow
on Delaware; two brick houses, one large barn, and
other improvements, Joel Evant's, about fifty acres,
lying on Cobb's Creek, in Blockley township; two
dwelling-houses, a barn, stable, and other improve
ments ; one m # iety only of the above to be fold. Chris
topher Sowers's, About eleven acres of woodland on
Schuylkill, in Roxborough township. Joseph Grif
wald's, No. 1, About fifty-eight acres on Germantown
road and Turner's lane, in the Northern Liberties ; on
Aid place is a brick house, a good orchard, and about
ten acres of watered meadow. No. 2, About thirty
acres of wood-land near the above. Oswald Eve's, One
tra& of land at Frankford, containing two hundred and
two acres ; a powder mill, dwell ing-hou e, and other
improvements; a good orchard and a large quantity of
meadow. All which will be fold by Public Vendue, at
the Court-hcufe, on Wednesday the fifteenth day of
December next. The sale to begin at Ten o'clock.
The terms of sale will be according to law, as follows,
to wit, One fourth part of the purchase money to be paid
in ten days after sale, or the premises again to revert to
the State, and the bidder liable co forfeit the said one
fourth of the purchase money. The remainder thereof
to be paid in one month ; and on a certificate being
produced from the Agents, or either of them, of full
payment of the purchase money, a deed will be given,
as by law directed.
And we the Agents, do also pursuant to law, hereby
notify all the claimant; of the said premises, or any of
them, and creditors of the said John Roberts, Samuel
Shoemaker, Joel Evans, Christopher Sower, Joseph
Grifwald, ana OfvJd Eve, to exhibit their claims and
demands to the Judices of the Supreme Court, within
the time limtrd by law, or they will be for ever barred
from the recovery thereof.
Nov. xx, GEORGE SMITH, ].
1779. THOMAS HALE, n "°
C> AME to the plantation of the fubferiber,
> at Point no Point, about three weeks ago, a bay
MAR E, with a white streak down her forehead, and
one of her hind feet white, between thirteen and four
teen bands high, goes lame in one of her fore legs, and
is about five or fix years old. The owner, by applying
to me on Abel James's place, proving property and pay
ing charges, may have her again.
November 10. JACOB RINK.
Just printed and to be full by STYNER and CIST,
in Second -street, four doors above Race-street,
GRAMMA R
OF THE
FRENCH TONGU E,
Grounded upon the Decisions of the French Academy,
Wherein all the reerffiry Rules, Observations and
Examples are exhibited in a manner entirely new.
By JOHN PERRIN.
Neceffaria pueris jucunda fenibus. Quintil.
According to the Second Edition, printed at London.
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD;
STRAYED or STOLEN on Sunday evening
' the 31st of O&ober lalf, out of Chats', Alley, a red
COW, with dim long hoins, a blackish face, about
ten or eleven years old. Any person finding said Cow
and returning her to the iubferioer, or to the Printer
hereof, (hall receive the above reward, and no questions
alked. JOSEPH BRAIDEN.
N. B. Said Cow has ear marks in each ear, the marks
unknown. Nov. I@.
C^aME to the plantation of the fubferiber,
, in Norrinton townihip, sometime in June lalt, a
fmail red and white (potted BULL, about two years
old. The owner proving his property and paying costs
may b^ve him again, otherwise he will be fold accord
ing to law to ^y carges.
October 27. WILLIAM DEWEES.
WOOD WANTED.
A N Y ierfon having a quantity of WOO I) with
£l in 5 miles of Philadelph a and 'hires to difpoie
thereof, are rqutfled to communicate their terms to
GIBBS JONES, at bis offic in th: ba racks.
W A N~TE D IM M FpTatTlyT
A NUMBER of good WOOD FLATS, to
engage for two months, or longer, if the navigati
onin Delaware is not impeded. Apply to G. JONES,
at his office in the Barracks.
Choice Old Teueriffe W I N E,
In pipes and auarter-cafc, to be SOLD by
BUNNER, MURRAY and Co.
To be SOLD by Public Vendue, on Saturday next,
at Six o' lock in tne evening, st the Coffee house,
The Brig BURGOY N E,
Laying at Thomson's wharf, as per inventory.
Philadelphia, November 8.
New Jer/ey, Nov. 6, 1779.
2o 6t SOLD by Public Vendue,
At Chefaut Neck, on Tuesday the 16 h intt.
THE Privateer Schooner M ERCUR Y, with eight
' carriage guns, together with her provisions, (lores,
&:. compieatly fitted tor lea, having been but twelve
hours out from New-York; a Virginia built vessel, and
remarkable lalt iailer.
By order of the Court of Admiralty,
JOSEPH POTTS, Marshal.
New-'jefey, Nov 6, 1779.
L'o be SOLD by Public Vendue,
At Chefnut Neck, on Tuesday the 16th inst.
TiiE Sloop WILLI A M, with her cargo consist
-4 ing of 112 hogsheads and 8 tieices of St. Kitts
Rum. By order of the Court of Admiralty,
JOSEPH POTTS, Mrtfhal.
N. B. The money will be expected at the ciofe of the
sale. No person need expert indulgence.
The State Salt-Works to be Sold.
ON MON DAY the fifteenth day of November
inst, will be fold by Public Vendue, the SALT
WORKS belonging to the State of Peonfyivania, li
tuate on Barnegat Bay, in the County of Monmouth,
in the State of New-Jersey, together with the tra& of
Land, containing about fifty acres, on which the fame
are built, and all the privileges which have been pur
chased for their accommodation. These Works have
been erected on a very extensive plan, calculated to
make a great quantity of S.lt, and in a tituation the
most favourable for the purpose. The buildings are
large, commodious, and in good order, confining of a
dwelling house, bciling-houie, drying-home, two store
houses, a wind-mill tor raising the sale water by pumps,
and a smith's (hop, &c. &c.
On the fame day will be fold, a great variety of
Utensils for Salt-making, Houfhyld and Kitchen Fur
niture, Oxen, Cows, Calves, Hogs, about thirty thou
sand feet of Pine Boards, a Cart and Geers for four
horses, a compleat set of Blacksmiths Tools, Window
Glaf, &c.
The sale to begin at Ten o'clock in the forenoon, on
the premises.
FREDERICK HAGNE R.
Philadelphia, November 4, 1779.
Philadelphia, November 3.
BY virtue of an appointment from the Honor
able Board of War as Commissary of Rides for the
Counties of Philadelphia, Chester and Bucks, in Penn
sylvania, and the State of Delaware, directing the most
speedy collection of all debts due to the United States
lor Continental Hide, which may have been received
from the late Commissary General of Hides, or other
ways, either in exchange for (hoes or leather, or to be
tanned, ail perlons indeb &1 as above are desired to be
as speedy as poffibie in the diicnarge thereof.
There has repeated application been made in this
way, to which little or no attention has been given, and
thole concerned may rest allured of this being the last.
The fubferiber will attend at his office in this city to
receive and fettle all debts due as above; and all who
do not comply immediate^/ may exped! to be proceeded
agninit without farther notice as their delinquency me
rrts, by WJ LLIAM SHANNON.
One Hundred Dollars Reward.
CTRAYED or STOLEN about the 20th inst,
° from the Continental Yatd in Philadelphia, a black
i(h HORS E, about fifteen hands high, about ten or
twelve yeais old, has a blemish in the near eye, and one
white foot. Whoever takes up said horse and delivers
him to Hugh Lusk, at the Continental Yard aforefaid
or to Robert Gibson, in Bucks county, shall have
the above reward and reafonahle charges, paid by either
HUGH LUSK, or
Oft, 3% ROBERT GIBSON,