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THURSDAY, v '
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G E N E RA L ^ ADVERTISER
Do be SOL D. by Public Auction
On SATURDAY evening next, at the Coff ^ oufe,
TP H E large commodious HOUSE, vacant LOT
= and WEAR F, in Water, street, between Arch
and Race streets, now in pofcffi/n of the Honorable
Thomas M'Kean, containing About fir.ty feet front on
Water-street, and about fifty three on the river Dela
ware. Further particulars will be made known at the
time of sale. July 3.
Two Hundred Dollars REWARD.
WAS STOLEN out of an entry on Sunday even
ing last, a travelling TR U NK, containing the
following things : fix new fine (hirts, marked AN or
IL, one caarfe ditto, IL, three pir thread ftock,ings,
a fiiort drilling coat, with four pocketr, two or the out
side above the waist, two pair drilling overalls, a ditto
wairtcoat with a belt, a linen and a nankeen ditto, a
buffcaffimir and a buff cloth ditto, a fattinet waift^oat
and breaches, a pair cloth breeches of a light colour,
with a pair silver knee buckles, five pocket handker
chiefs, a black barcelona ditto, two old white hats, one
of them lined with green silk, a black oil'd fiik bathing
cap, the third and twelfth vols. Shift's works, fifth
vol, of the English Theatre, new and gilt on the back,
seventh vol. of Sterne's works, firtt of Churchill, two
silver capt razors, &c. &c. Whoever will give infor
mation, so that the thief may be feeuted, (hall have the
above reward, or handsomely rewarded for any of the
articles delivered to the Pointer.
July 6.
TO BE S'O.L D
To RETAILERS ONLY,
BO HEA TEA by the chest, just imported, at
4.1. LOS. per lb. and Welt India R UM by the
billhead, at ^l. ss. per gallon. Apply to
J O. HN S H E E.
Port of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ff.
T O ALL whom it may concern^
V OTICE is hereby given, That a Court of Ad
mirrity will be held at the Court house in the city
wf Philadelphia, on the twenty.third day of July next, at
Ten o'clock in the forenoon of the fame day, ;hen and
there to try the truth of the fa&a alledged in the bill of
Samuel Tucker and Seth Harding, Efquiret, (who as
well, &c.) against the sloop or vessel called the William,
lately commanded by John Afhburner, her tackle, ap
parel, furniture and cargo : To the end and intent that
the corner or owners, or any person concerned therein,
may appear and (hew cause, if any they have, why the
fame thould not be condemned according to the prayer
of the said bill. By order oj the Judge,
June 29. ANDREW ROBESON, Reg.
Port of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ff.
TO ALL whom it may concern,
NOT ICE is hereby given, That a Court of Ad
miralty will be held at the Court house in the city
ct Philadelphia, on the twenty-third day of July next, at
Ten o'clock in the forenoon of the fame d^y, t!~% n add
there to try the truth of the fa&s alledged in the bill of
Samuel Tucker and Seth Harding, E quires, (who as
well, &c.) against the ichooner or vefiel called the Pat
fty, lately commanded by John Papley, her tackle, ap
parel, furniture aad cargo-.. To the end and intent that
the owner er owners, or any person concerned therein,
may appear and (hew cause, if any they have, why the
fame ihould not be condemned according to the prayer
of the said bill. By order of the Judge,
Jiine 29. ANDREW kOBESON, Reg.
Lancaster, June xx.
One Hundred Dollars Regard.
RAN AWAY from the fubferiber last evening,
the 20th instant, a Negro man named DAN,
about twenty-four years of age, five feet four or five
inches high, much pitted with the small-pox; his dress
when he went off is uncertain, as he took sundry eloaths
With him, amongst which arc, two coat; a light faga
thy and a brown with yellowy buttons, twepekets light
blue and brown, a pair of new buckskin breeches, seve
ral pairs of old striped and two pairs of row trowfers,
three good shirts, and a round hat. Said Negro is fond
of playing the fiddle, and has a good d@al of money
with him which he acquired that Way. No doubt he
will be particular in changing his dress, and endeavour
to pass as a freeman. Whoever tekes up and secures
said slave in any.gaol, so that his master may have him
again, (hall receive FIFTY DOLLARS r-cwauf,
and if delivered to me in L^ncafter, the zbove reward.
CHRISTIAN WIRTZ
N. B. A White-man is in company with Lid Negro,
for which there isa rewards ffaed.
[Price 2s. 6d. single, 2s. by the quantity.
Philadelphia Jure zß #
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD.
ON the night of the 23d inttant (trnerf away or was
stolen, out of a pasture at Mcunt-Pia riant planta
tion, in the Northern Liberties, a (bird M A R E,
about fourteen hands high, with a blaz, n be. tut
head , about (even years old, paces all, h-s lately had
bet for fore foot fore, and feme part of the hoof cut
away which is not yet entirely grown, marked on f^e
of her Buttocks X. Whoever brings her to .he fafri
plantation, or to the Printer hereof, rihall be entitldtb
FIFTY DOLLARS reward ; #nd the above re
ward for the mare and thief will be paid, if fUier.
TO BE SOLD BY
J AME S W 0 O D,
Next door to the Battle of the Kegs, in Wa&-fh\H,
above Race-street, Philadelphia,
A, COMPLEAT set of AWNING IRONS,
x l for an eight-oar'd boat.
W" EREA S I the fubferiber, on the .Bth
VV of this inftant,*(June) did give onto a certain
Robert Fry my note for Forty c i;btD liars, payable
on demand, for which I have receivedwoconfid^/ation.
This is therefore to forwarn all perlons jror kbi, an
alignment on said note, as I am determined not lo'pay
it dnlels compelled by Law. 1 .#
Buch, J^l s . PATRICK DOYLE.
WILL IA M AL R ICKS,
In Water ftrert, next door above W^L ut the^t, #
A NEAT affortraent of DRY GOODS, fuita
bh to the season; a fma!l allotment of GLASS
WARE; feme boxes of Clock-Face and Window
° L A ^ $ ' and 3 fcw hogsheads of WO? Irdra R UM.
A FEW pieces of IRISH LINENS,
and some dozens of Thread Hefe and Check
Handkerchiefs, just imported from St. Euftatius and to
be fold by
WOODDROP and JOSEPH SIMS,
In Water street, between Spruce and Vine Itreets;
Where also may be had, under market price, Muho
vado Sugars and green Coffee in barrels; also Madeira
Wine in pipes or quarter-calks, efa good quality.•
+*#o-++fo+*+* $4.44-# + 4^4
For the PENNSYLVANIA PACKET.
Philadelphia, May 177,.
My dear Friend,
TH E communication being now more open and fafe
than formerly, I embrace the present opportunity of
writing you a little more at large on the fubje&ef my bu
finefe here.
You know the plan in general, which I was one of those
entrusted to execute; but since our firft engaging in this
business, opportunities have presented themselves for ex
tending our views far beyond thefirft design. I have giv
en.you hints of these things from time to time; and indeed
it is scarcely possible that any man can have failed to ob
serve our astonishing success.
To depreciate the Continental Currency; to keep open
the channels of intelligence, were no light matters , —but
to keep alive tire hope of the friends of government, after
the retreat of obr army and their disaster at Monmouth,
when the French had guarantied the independance of A
snerica, and the British fleet was difyaced in the channel,
was an arduous talk. Would you believe that under all
these difficulties we were able to gain new proselytes ? To
enlist men into our schemes, who, even in the hourof our
greatest faccefs werf amongst our most violent oppofers?
Nay to lead men to fleps which promoted our interests,
who were ftilJ violent in their hatred of Great Britain?
Even to you, especially upon paper, all the means which
we have employed to these ends, must not be disclosed at
present. Hereafter I may entertain you with Scenes net
inferior to any of those in y©ur favourite Dalrymple. A
tew general Fetches, however, I cannot forbear 10 com
municate.
The fears of our friends in this place, when they found
themfelv.es abandoned, were violent ; yet their fondnefs
for home and their despair of our cause led many of tbem to
remain in the power of their rebellious countrymen. T®
save these men from deftruaion, to re animate their hope?,
and enable them once more to form a great and powerful
party in the very midst of our ecemy, was an advantage
which many vi&ories might have tailed to procure to us.
All this we have accomplished with a degree of success,
which we hardly durst hope for; altho' we were foiled once
or twice, yet we were victorious in a hundred trials, and
in the acquittal of a man who was deleted in cerrefpond-
TO BE SOLD BY
Publiilred every Tuesday,' Thursday and Saturday. ]
ing with the Britiffi officeisin Britain and New-York,our
' "'' cony'eat. Whatever is done nere you know
2 ''G"°" ''""^^^ Since the event of the trials
at B.,ilvlelphia tht spirit of perfection which had been
r'G i where kindled against the Tories, lias altogether
luohded. It is now rliigraceful to protect! te one of one
party; it is highly fafliibnable to protest them.
Thepart which many es their Lawyers in America had
taxen m tee present comroverfy, gavet.n m much weight;
and indeed in every Coort of Law engaging the bar on
your fide, is ^e greats step to success." Little you will
lay was decenary to Lis end but money, and the people
tr.emfelves who were preGruted were able to furnish fhis.--
hot this was not ad.— Means were found to engage these
men with a zeal which extended tar beyond the mere dif
c"arf.' "' "t.™ dut y as Lawyers. Taacquit criminals and
to 7b projectors, was their daily ftndy and their night
ly cheArrn I heir friends, their party were engaged in it,
apd a large eu über cried aload against severity ; so that
in thy moment when it was erpe&ed that all who had ad
nereo to us would be dedroyed with ignominy, the tide
turned so wrongly in our favour that forae of the pend
jaws v^ere repeal,! ? and a terrible outcry was railed against
thegovernmeat itfelf, which had countenanced the prefer
""if"'^{rilthe dhow tented and difappninted, together
with tiie oj^od; and relations of those who were prosecuted
for their adherence to us, combined With our secret friends
',° rn ™ ? body very confidhrabie for numbers and for noise
(which is of much importance ^ these occafions)a mighti
er party never exited. Nothing was wanting on our
part to inkame their opposition and dire& tiieir zeal.
Laving thus far fuceeded in the re eftabliffirhent of our
friends here, and by the influence of these prbceediugs ha
™.°^ COD 'ribut d to their security in all parts of America,
without dirtying ear attention :o the mere local squabble
aoeut the form of their government, our views wrie ex
tended to, objeys cf mere general concern : — Obiefts
which indeed had never been nerieded by us, but wtiieh
from the time when we deemed our friends to be once
more secure, engroLed our utmost attention. In. tee course
ota few months we have peifoned their trade, we have
alm®ft destroyed their finances, and we have cut up the
hopes of heir naval armaments. In trade every arrival has
been made to mhance the price of the articles imported ;
in finance foch a depreciation of credit has take place, as
would break the spirits of men, who were riot as sullen as
Devils: And fueh ha; been the management of prize-cau
ses; that by decays, by the extreme looseness of their
raws of trade, and the much looser conftruaion of them
in their high Court of Appeals, we have/pretiy effectual
ly impeded their cruizers. To give you some idea of this;
- I should not thirt it impossible with the help of some of
their Lawyers to clesr from condemnation a; armed ship
loaded with King's stores, which might happen to be tak
en in the tourfe of her voyage from London to Halifax or
New - York ; provided the Captain would only swear that
he really intended for Philadelphia. And due care is not
wanting to inftru& such unfortunate people how to make
their defence, neither are they left at a loss for the means
of supporting themfelve6 in the dispute.
Money alone will not do every thing here, and indeed
many a man has been led to assist us, who would have been
fiartled at the offer of a bribe. One great engine which
has much availed us, is the spirit of party. There are vi
olent parties amongst them, arid by mixing with a party,
and being very lend for some of their favorite measures,
you may lead them to any extravagance. It is no way
difficult to persuade some of their zealots, that it were bet
ter for them to be conquered by us, than that the adferfe
party amongst themfejves mould/ prevail; Others are no
sooner ciifappointed in some frivolous fcheme,.which they
had let their hearts upon, than they.begin to despair of
their cause, and from that moment Met them down for our
own. At all events the spirit of party takes off their at-
4 potion from us, and directs all their efforts against e^cli
; ther, Silas Deane's publi n was of infinite use to us.
Thedifcord which it excited ; .be jealousies : the confu
fian :--And besides, that piece in effect tript up the heels
of some of the very authors of this rebellion. I confefs
that for once I joined in a party, on that occasion, as well
from paffon as from reafoh. W&uM to H'eaven'we could
have led the people to exterminate the Lees and Adamfes,
and a few more I However, it has weakened if it has not
deffroyed them,
The war has enriched a number of individuals, It is of
excellent use to inspire these mushrooms with thoughts of
their being Superior to their neighbours. An American
Nobility isa glorious bubble. They fweli with imagina
ry grandeur and the people abhor them. In the squabble
we are fare to be gainers: for at leaf? the harmony oftheir
country goes to wreck; and it is, a hundred to one but
that the & reat man gets so much soured with the Mob for
disappointing him that he commences Tory.
I would Proceed, but for the present am called off. You,
may exped to hear from me further ; perhaps by the fame
conveyance, ihculd it flay any time for a f a fe parage.
Yours most sincerely,
r% know the hand.
Mr. Gzxythins, N, York.