Dunlap's Pennsylvania packet , The general advertiser — Philadelphia, Pa., 1774-10-17 00:00:00, page 1

JAME S R E YNOLDS,
Carver and Gilder, opposite the Coffee-houfe in
Front-Street, Philadelphia,
HA. S inported a large assortment of Looking
Glares, and a variety of elegant Japanned
Ware, &c. &c. which will be difpoled of at the molt
reasonable rates.
FORTYSHILLINGSREWARD.
RA NAWAY from the fubferiber in Mun
cey townflrip, Northumberland county, an
indented servant girl named ANN DAVIS, this
country born, of a clumsy make, has loft all her
fore teeth, redifh coloured hair, about thirty years
old, and is well acquainted with the suburbs of the
city of Philadelphia: As die took with her several
forts of clothes her dress is uncertain. Whoever
takes up said girl and puts her in any of his Majes
ty's B a °l% °i brings her to the fubferiber, (hall
have the above reward, and reasonable charges,
paid by JOHN BRADY.
O R,
GENERAL
MONDA Y,
Philadelphia, loth Month 17, 1774..
To the P U BL I C.
WHERE AS a number of unkind and difaftea
ed people have indu^rioufly propagated,
through this city, that on the arrival of the Ships
from England this Fall, I made it my business to
purchase a large quantity of leveral forts of Dry
Goods, in order to fell them out again at an ad
vanced price; which report I do deciare to be falfe,
and do defy any persons to appear to my face and
prove that I have bought to the amount of one
Shilling's worth of Goods from them Since the arri
val of Did Ships : And I do further fay, that to the
belt of my remembrance I cannot recollect to have
bought to the amount of fifty pounds worth of Dry
Goods on (peculation, Since I have been in trade:
J am therefore really sorry that my fellow-citizens
Should be so unfriendly to me, and unjust to them
selves, as to propagate a report of this fort.
JOHN HEAD.
A LOT of G ROUND of about two acres,
half a mile from the city of Philadelphia, on
the Germantown road, and in Front-street conti
nued, whereon is a good brick three Story house,
two rooms on a floor and other out houses, and a
large and convenient tan-yard, all in very good
repair. Also to be fold, three or four hundred acres
of old rights, with a warrant to survey the fame in
any unappropriated part of the province of Pennsyl
vania. For particulars enquire of the Printer.
October 14, 1774.
TWENTY SHILLINGS REWARD.
STRAYED or STOLEN, from the Com
mons near this city, about four weeks ago, a
dark brown M A R E, between 15 and 16 hands
high ; (he was cured of the poll-evil about three
years ago, whereof the marks are left, and She has
a little white spot upon her back. Whoever brings
her to the fubferiber, living at the place called
Lebanon, in Southwark, Shall have the above Re
ward, and reasonable charges, paid by
DANIEL DUCHEMIN.
Newcaflle, October to, 1774.
THREE POUNDS REWARD.
WH EREAS a certain J O HN MELON,
who came into this country in the (hip Mi
nerva, Capt. M'Culiough, hired a korfe from the
subscriber about the 7th of September ialt, under
pretence of going a few miles into the country, but
has not since returned : The said Melon has been
in this country before, and followed pedling, horle
jockeying, and felling servants ; he formerly resided
in Charles-Town, Maryland, is well acquainted in
leveral parts of both Maryland and Pennsylvania,
and probably is gone to home of the back parts of
one or other of the said provinces, he is anout 5
feet 8 inches high, 28 years of age, has dark brown
hair cut short, andis a little pitted with the Small
pox ; had on a white fuitian coatee and waistcoat,
with black velvet breeches: The horse is about
twelve hands and a half high, eight years old, his
two hind feet and near fore foot white, and is brand
with the letter lon the near shoulder. Whoever
secures the horse, and the laid Melon so that he
may be brought to justice, shall receive the above
Reward, or for the horle alone, T lIIRT Y
SH ILLIN GS, and reasonable charges, paid by
ROBERT M'ELHERRON.
October 11, 1774.
WAS taken up adrift, about a week
ago, off Chrifteen creek, a „ small sized
BA I TO.. The owner, by applying to Willi
am Shaw, at Thomas Townsend's in South
wark, proving his property and paying charges,
may have her again.
WA S committed to the gaol in Sussex
County on Delaware, the middle of Febru
ary 1773, a negro man who calls himfelf HARRY,
about five feet ten inches high, forty ye,rs of age,
walks a little lame, and understands something of
the carpenters business. The owner is desired to
come, prove his property, pay ^charges and take
him away. WILLIAM DAVIS, Gaoler.
IF JOHN BRIDGES, a Gardener,
who lived in New York about nine or ten years
ago with Mr. Cornel Gems, be now living, and
will apply to George Way, opposite the city ta
vern, in Second-street, Philadelphia, or to the
Printer hereof, he will hear of a perfoil who has
very urgent business with him.
To be SOLO OR L E I,
For a TERM of YEARS,
VOL. in.
Newcafle, October 10, 1774.
This is to give Notice, that we the fob
fcribers, auditors appointed by the Court of
Common Pleas for the county of Newcafle, to fettle
and adjuf the accounts of the several creditors of Ro
bert and Thomas Slator, both late of the fame
county, propose meeting at the house of Mr. Daniel
M'Lonen, in the town of Newcafle, on the 12th day
of November next, for the purposes afrefaid, when
and where al persons concerned are defr^d to attend.
A I. EXANDERHARBEY,
JOSEPH ENDS,
J O HN. CLARK.
For CHARLESTOWN, (S. Carolina)
te^—^.. The Brigantine
SEA NYMPH,
VfoJOSEPH BLEWER,
Master;
~^<N''lT ^rii}ANEW veflel, conveniently
" provided with genteel ac
commodations for passengers ;
rfc^^¥%<^will fail with all convenient
speed. For freight or paliage apply to Joseph
Blewer, at his house in Southwark, or on board
at Mr. Joseph Sims's wharf, or to Daniel Robin
son, at his store on said wharf.
T O-M OR R O W,
At 0 N E o'clock in the afternoon, a t
JOHN H A R T's
VENDUE-STOR E,
At the corner of South and Front-Streets,
Will begin the SALE of a neat assortment of
MERCHANDIZ E.
Gloucefler, October it, 1774.
WE the fubferibers, admiraJlrators of tie
estate of] ames Bowman, Iff la+e of
Ghucefer, deceased, do hereby requefl, that all the
creditors of the deceased "would give their attendance
"with their accounts, properly fated, at Gloucefier, on
Wednesday the 19th day of this infant ; at which time
and place there will be a publicfale of ibe effeNs of the
deceased, which confifs of a variety of boufoold and
kitchen furniture, of the bes quality, such as mahogany
chairs, tables, a deft, beds and bedding, some plate,
an excellent borfe, a cow, a lot of ground in said town,
the time of afervant girl who has four years to Jerve,
a variety of law, and other books (amengf which
are chief of the bes Reporters now in efeem) 1 here
are numbers of other articles to be fold, too tedious to
enumerate in an advertisement. —All perJons indebted
to said efate, are desired to attend at said time and
place, without further notice.
Joseph E LLIS ,7 ^dminifrators.
And Joseph Hugg,)
N. B. As the Widow has engaged her passage for
England this fall, it is hoped all persons concerned will
pay due attention.
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By the HonourAbL E
JO HN PE N N, Esquire,
Governor and Commander in Chief of the province of
Pennsylvania, and Counties yNew-Caftle, Kent
and Sussex on Delaware.
A PROCLAMATIO N.
WHEREAS I have received information
that his Excellency the Earl of Dunmore,
Governor-General in and over his Majesty's Colony
ofiVirginia, hath lately issued a very extraordinary
Proclamation, setting forth, " That the rapid set
“ tlement made on the weft of the Alleghaney
“ Mountains by his Majesty's fubjeds, within the
“ course ofthefe few years, had become an object
“ of real concern to his Majesty's interest in that
“ quarter; —that the province of Pennsylvania
“ had unduly laid claim to a very valuable and ex
“ tenfire quantity of his Majesty's territory, and
" the executive part of that government, in cor.-
“ sequence thereof, had most arbitrarily and un
“ warrantably proceeded to abuse the laudable
" adventurers in that part of his Majesty's domi
“ nions, by many oppressive and illegal measures
“ in discharge of their imaginary authority, and
“ that the antient claim laid to that country by
" the colony of Virginia, founded in reason, upon
" pre-occupancy, and the general acquiescence of
“ all persons, together with the iuftru&ibn he had
“ lately received from his Majesty's servants, or
" dering him to take that country under his ad
.“ ministration ; —and as the evident injustice ma
" nifeftly offered to his Majesty, by the immo
“ derate strides taken by the proprietaries of Penn
" fylvania, in prosecution of their wild claim to
“ that country, demanded an immediate remedy,
" he did thereby, in his Majesty's name, require
" and command all his Majesty's fubjeas, weft of
" the Laurel-Hill, to pay a due refped f to his said
“ Proclamation, thereby ftrißly prohibiting the
“ execution of any ad of authority on behalf of
“ the province of Pennsylvania, at their peril, in
" that country; but, on the contrary, that a due
" regard and entire obedience to the laws of his
“ Majesty's colony of Virginia, under his admi
" nitration, should be otferved, to the end that
“ regularity might ensue, and a just regard to the
“ interest of his Majefly in that quarter, as well
“ as to his Majesty's fubjeds, might be the con
" sequence." AN D WHEREAS, although
the western limits of the province of Pennsylvania
D U N L A P's
^^f
have not been fettled by any authority from the
Crown, yet it has been fufficiently demonstrated,
by lines accurately run by the most fkilful artists,
that not only a great trad of country weft of the
Laurel-Hill, but Fort-Pitt also, are comprehended
within the charter bounds of this province, a great
part of which country ba, been actually fettled,
and is now held, under grants from the proprie
taries of Pennsylvania, and the jurifdidion of this
government has been peaceably exercised in that
quarter of the country, till the late strange claim
set up by the Earl of Dunmore, in behalf of his
Majesty's colony of Virginia, founded, as his
Lordflrip is above pleased to fay, " in reason, pre
" occupancy, and the general acquiescence of all
" persons;" which claim to lands within the said
charter limits must appear still the more extraor
dinary, as his most gracious Majesty, in an a&
puffed the very last session of Parliament, " for
" making more effectual provision for the govern
" ment of the province of Quebec," has been
pleased, in the fulleft manner, to recognize the
charter of the province of Pennsylvania, by ex
prefly referring to the fame, and binding the said
province of Quebec by the northern and western
bounds thereof: Wherefore there is the greatest
reafoo to conclude, that any inftrudions the Go
vernor of Virginia may have received from his
Majesty's servants, to take that country under his
administration, must be founded on some misre
presentation to them refpe&ing the western extent
of this province. In justice therefore to the Pro
prietaries of the province of Pennsylvania, who
are only desirous to secure their own undoubted
property from the encroachment of others, I
HAVE thought fit, with the advice of the Coun
cil, to iiTue this my Proclamation, hereby requi
ring ail persons, weft of the Laurel-Hill, to retain
their fettlcments as aforefaid made under this pro
vince, and to pay due obedience to the laws of
this government ; and all Magistrates, and other
officers, who hold commissions or offices under
this government, to proceed as usual in the admi
nistration of justice, without paying the least re
e'td to the said recited Proclamation, until his
Majesty's pleasure Shall be known in the premises;
at the fame time ftri&ly charging and enjoining
the said inhabitants and Magistrates to use their
utmost endeavours to preserve peace and good
order.
G IVE N under my Hand, and the Great-Peal
ofthefaid province, at Philadelphia, thetwefb
day of October, in the year of our Lord one
thousand seven hundred and seventy-sour, and
in the fourteenth year ofthe reign of our Sove
reign Lord GEORGE the third, by the
grace of G 0 D, ofGreat-Britain, France an 1
Ireland, Kin,, Defender of the Faith, and so
forth, °JOHN PENN.
By his Honor's Command,
Joseph Shippen, junior, Secretary.
GOD save the KIN G.
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For ffoP £ NNSYLVANIA Packet.
H £ following is an extract from a book which
made its appearance about four years ago in
France, entitled a political and philofephical biflory
of commerce. 'lhe noble freedom of language which
reigns throughout it, the liberal sentiments which it
utters, and the enthufafic zeal for the general li
berty and bappinef of mankind, which it displays,
soon drew down the thunder of that tyrannical go
vernment. The publication, or introduction of it in
to the kingdom was prohibited under tbefevereft pe
nalties. The authors were fufepfed to be Messrs.
D'Alembert, Helvetius, and the Abbe Reinell. With
Helvetius the translator had the honour of being in
timately acquainted : He may really call it an ho
nour, fom the tranfeendant talents of the man,
the great attainments, but above all, from bis glori
ous fervor in the cause of humanity. After the late
peace he came to England, and fayed feme time,
where he contracted a very great degree of contempt
and hatred for our court, but my Lord Mansfield he
held in particular averfon and abhorrence; be con-
Jidered him as the blackef of traitors to God and
Nature, in making so pernicious a use of the wonder
ful capacity which bad been conferred upon him. In
reading this performance, one can scarcely help tbi d
ing that the author or authors had Mansfield, Bute,
and North in their eyes, and that they were acquaint
ed with the execrable defgns againfi this country,
then forming in their bre Jis, and now attempted to
be carried into execution ; but be this as it may, the
piece now offered to the public is so extremely appo
fte to the prefont criss, that lam persuaded it will
be favourably received.
^ REAT-BRITAIN possesses over her
colonies, all the authority which (he ought
to wish for. She has the right of annulling all
the laws which they enaft. The executive pow
er is lodged entirely in the hands of her delegates.
Appeals in all civil causes may be brought to her
tribunal. It is her Will alone which determines
all the connexions of commerce which the colo
nies are allowed to form and maintain. Toaggra
T H E
ADVERTISER.
O C T 0 BE R 17th, 1774.
vate the yoke of a supremacy so wifely combined,
would be, to re-plunge a new continent into the
chaos from which it is with pain emerged, after
two ages of perpetual labour; it would be to re
duce the industrious men who have cleared the
earth, to the ne'ceffity of arming themselves for the
defence of the sacred rights which they hold
equally from nature and social institution. Can
it be possible, that the English people, this people
so passionate for liberty, that they have sometimes
Supported her eaufe, in regions the most widely
differing from their own in interest and climate?
Is it poffihle, I fay, that they Should forget senti
ments which their glory, their virtue, their inftineft
and their fafety impose on them as an eternal du
ty ? Can this people so far betray rights which are
so dear to them, as to wiSh to reduce their bre
thren, their children to Slavery? Yet, Should it
hereafter happen that some factious spirit Should
form so pernicious a design, and in some moment
of delirium and frenzy contrive to make it adopt
ed by the mother country, what, then, ought to be
the resolutions of the colonies, to save themselves
from falling into this odious state of dependance ?
Before this total inversion of politics takes place,
the colonists will recollect all the benefits they
have received from their mother country. En
gland has always been to them an advanced for
wefs against the powerful nations of Europe.——-
She has served them as guide and moderatrix, to
prevent and heal the civil diffentions which jealousy
and rivalry but too often excite, betwixt bordering
people who are in their growth and formation. It
is to theinfluence ofher excellent constitution that
they owe the peace and prosperity which they have
hitherto enjoyed. As long as the colonies find
themselves under so gentle and wholesome a poli
ty, they will continue to make a progress in pro
portion to the immensity of a career, which, by
their industry, must extend itfelf to the most re
mote deserts.
But let their love of their mother country be
still accompanied with a certain degree of jealou
sy for their liberties. Let their rights be conti
nually examined, cleared up, and difeufed : Let
'em accustom themselves to cherish those as their
best citizens, who are continually inviting them
to this tafl<. This spirit of inquietude is necefla
ry to every free Rate ; but abovea'l it is indifpen
fible in complex constitutions, where liberty is
mixed with a fort of dependency, such as is exadi
ed by a connexion of countries, separated by a vast
ocean. This vigilance will be the most Sure guar
dian of the union which ought, forever, to attach
the mother country and her colonics.
If the ministry (always composed, even in free
slates, of defignipg men) Should attempt increa
sing the power of the crown, or the riches of the
metropolis, at the expence of the colonies, they
ought, on their parr, intrepidly to resist. Every
attempt of government, opposed by Spirited pro
tests, is almost always rectified, whilst the grievan
ces which we have not the courage to attempt re
dressing, are constantly followed by new grievan
ces. Nations are, in general, made rather to feel
than to think. They have no other idea of the
legality of a power, than the exercise of that very
power. Habituated to obey, without examining,
they almost universally familiarize themselves
'with the hardships of their refpedive government ;
and as they are ignorant of the origin and end of
society, they imagine no bounds to authority.
As in states particularly, where the principles of
legislation are confounded with those of religion,
a tingle extravagance of dogma is capable of mak
ing the mind, once deluded, swallow a thousand
others, so the firft usurpation of government
opens the door to all the rest. It is by this dou
ble abide of credulity and authority that all the
absurdities and iniquities in religion and politicks
have gained an entrance in the world, to trample
on mankind. Happilythe spirit of toleration and
liberty which has hitherto reigned in the English
colonies has preferred them from this extreme of
weakness and misery ; they are fufficientiy sensi
ble of the dignity of man, to refill oppression, even
at the risk of their lives.
This enlightened people are not ignorant tl at
violent expedients are only to be juftified after
having vainly tried every means of reconciliation.
But they know likewise, that reduced to the alter
native of slavery or war, should they have recouife
to arms for the defence of their liberty, they ought
not to stain so glorious a cause with the hortvs
and cruelties usually attendant on feditjons; and
that with the fixed lefolution never to sheath the
sword but with the recovery of their rights, it
will be fufficient to limit the f r: 's of their victo
ry, to the re-edabiilhmeDt of their prior legiti
mate independance.
We should, in f^dl, be cautious rot to confound
the refinance which the Enghfh colonies ought to
make to their metropolis, with the fury of a peo
ple roused to arms against their sovereign by dint
of long oppression. When once the slave of des
potism shall have broken his chain, shall have
committed his fate to the decision of the sword,
he will be under the necessity of maffacreing his
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