Dunlap's Pennsylvania packet , The general advertiser — Philadelphia, Pa., 1777-08-19 00:00:00, page 3

Partly thro' the representations which I had the honor
of making, a commercial company, with the far&im
of dminidratioa. is formed under the firm of one of
t' e rest reputable Houses; by that channel you will
fnon receive a r ms, eloathing, tents, cannon, mortars,
gun p wder, and every other neceflary article for an
army of 30,000 men, together with a few good officers
of artillery. We had for a long time received co cer
tain intelligence f om Co^grefs, while Engnfh emissa
ries were bu y in retailing the gr&heli talihooas, fiift,
that rhe dispute was like to be soon accommodated,
and when the declaration of Independence made that
impossible, they pretended that diffentions prevailed
am ng the Colonies, and that the vast armaments em
ployed by Great Britain would infallibly finish the ccn
teft in one campaign.
“ Our total want of intelligence had for feme time
rendered the Ministry at Variables -imid and ?p?rehen
five; in this fixation of affai s I quitted France, in
order, if poflible, to negotiate a loan in fl-I and and
to open an intercourse with the Court of Pruffii, which
by its Ambaffidor in France had expieffed a desire of
knowing the true flare of the I hirteen United Colonies,
and of making some essay in our trade.
" At Am%rdam, Bremen and Hamburgh, I endea
voured to excite (peculators to open a direA Commence
wih us, and nothing but the total want of proper and
dim intelligence from Congress, or of an equal share of
abiy y in the art of coining, to cbuntera& the abortii
nab'c lies cf England, who Ruck at no' .ing to make
Eur pg helitve we were on the point of übjnn&tßn,
Ihas hi herto p^evente- my further fucces Com,a ies,
however, are Aual'y formed even in the hart of Ger
many, from whence cur wants will certainly be suppli
ed, and good markets found for vending our commo
Willet ti^n mr-hrf! with his booty into the fort, inhere
he arrived at sou: trie fame day, having not a fiagle man
killed or wounded. This account we h-d fen a mw,
who was in the engagement and le tthe fort ch Thiir&y
night last. We exped daily to fear of another engage
ment *t that place.
u w e have this motaent received an account that the
enemy h vejeft Saratoga, but what route they have i&:cn
is unknown.
PHILADELPHIA, ^gtf 19.
Extrafl of a letter from Paris to a Gentleman in Penn
felwnia, dated April to, 1777.
“ I think it my duty to give you every information
in ray power, which through your means in your pub
lic character can pofhbly be ufetul to the United States
of America.
" I found the Mini^ry at this Court anxious to know
the success of our opposition to the violent attempts of
Great-Britain ; they were surprised they had not re
ceived more frequent intelligence and applications,—
duties.
" At Bedin I met a more favourable^ ception than
I ouN pHfibly have exp^ed. I made th^e, proper
repre eatarmns to the King ad Mmiferr, who gave
roe strong ?(Tarancrs that all the great powers in Eu
rope ,dh d our Independence, but Eis Majedy was
pleaded to fly, " that until we threw sixes they m ft
keep poearances with England." I std- have the
hroo f cArrefponding wi^h the Prussian Minder, and
fever; -erf ns of rank about th? Court, a^d I long to
be en ed to inform the King that we have thrown
fixes. The pr sent King is infirm; his presumptive
successor is rather inclined to ease and plealure, whence
'tis ,be prefamed he will prefer commerce t-» war. I
will soon transmit you a sketch of the Fruffian trade
and marafaaures.
“ In my way thro' Saxony, Luface and the 1 ala i
nate, I found the capital merchants mediating a future
commerce w"h us. I received a thousand civilities
from them; =hey fenc after me to Puis patterns of va-.
virus manufaaures of the different countries. 1 have
cultivated this good dJp^^on, and make r^e me
chans the vehicles of communicating thre' Germany
true accounts of every important event tae Ameri
can States, to confront the Life reports^pread by the
creatures of the Bntifh Ministry.
" There is no daabt of obtaining very large fa,plies
of money to enable you to carry on the war a. long as
England is mad enough to continue it, and very large
f^s are already actually obtained for your use., The
French nation is clamorous for war wi h England ; the
nobility breathe the fame feutiments, and the Court in
general lean towards us. The Ministers wiih to pro
veke Great Britain to attack them; in that event .heir
allies the Emperor, Spain, S veden &c. will be obliged
to Support them. Your Commiffionert are provoking
them by taking English drips in the British channel
and felling them in French ports. Upon the whole
it appears that war on this fide is inevitable although
to deprecate the stroke the Court of London has stoop
ed verv low.
“ Tins letter will be put into ymr hands by the
Marquis De , of a noble and ancient family
in France, connected by birth and marriage with the
firft in the kingdom, and in possession of an estate ^f
upwards of 14,000 b sterling per annum, beloyed and
almost adored by his numerous acquaintance, but pre
feting glory to every enjoyment which these, in the
arms of a young and beautiful wife and young family,
could give him, he courts danger in defence of our
cane., which is here universally celebrated as the cause
®f mankind; and nothing amazes sensible men in Eu-
rope more th^n to hear there are any difafe&ed people
among you.
" The fixation cf every friend to America refining
in England is mow becorr e critical. Tre American
refugees are parcelling already our Spoils, tod deputing
about offices and their different ffiares oi onr estates.
The infatuation of the people of England rimoft equals
the wickedness of their Ministry -We hid an oppor
tunity of feeing their intended /IW^, when before the
affair of Trenton they expected entire tonqueft. I hope
no proposals for accommodation will be accepted by
you until that country Ihall be lo reduced as to leave
America no room to fear her further tyranny. From
the best authority I can assure you their force this year
will not equal that of the former. Th?ii tew German
hirelings, go out with great re; : u&ance, anW many of
them have been brand hands and feet and lent dev.n
the river to the ports of embarkation. Befirm on your
part, your caule is good and must therefore be crown
ed with fyccMs."
W fiam Atlee, Esq ; ofLancafter county, is appointed
Second Judice of the Sup erne Court; ahi John Evans,
Eq; of Chester county, Third Justice.
S tur/ay the r^th inst. nas married, Do&or Thomas
PapRE. Surgeon in the General Hospital, to Mils J.
Langdale, of this city.
*, Any inhabitant of the city or count, o' ™~riladel
p ria may be fapGed wrh a copy of the CinHitution of
this State; gratis, by appl, ing to the Printerof this paper.
A LEGACY in HOLLAND.
PROCLAMATION was made, on the tenth of
September, 1776, in the free and imperial city of
Hamburgh, to Daniel ScHomacker (who lived fiur
years a,e a preacher in a certain diftri& of America call
ed Weifenburg To^nfhip, having then five children)
arid to his lawful heirs, to appear id person or by pro er
attorney, before the tenth ot January, 177,, 'd claim
E?ved Thousand F^Ur Hundred Maik* banco, left by
Ebzbech Havbruch; whole midden nam* vis B^ne, the
mother of Lid Daniel by a tirft marrri,, A fecend
IProclamation of the thirteen h o f Janiurr Hft, rave a
further term to the fourth cf Ju'y foil 0* n ; and ?. third
will allo be procured bv the care of a friend to tie rishis
of mankind, who gives this intelligence from the ha ue
to the Committee of Foreign Affairs, which the Ameri
can Printers are defied to circulate.
Philadelphia, Aug^f 1777.
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Philadelphia County, fl.
W N pursuance of a Precept of the Justices to
me directed, Notice is hereby given that a County
Court of Grheial Quarter Session- of rhe Peace will be
held at the S-ate-fl uein the City of PhibA-lphi r on
Monday the fi ri day of September next, at Tea c'clock
in the forenoon of the frid day; where. 4 all Croners,
keepers of orisons and hou'.-a of cerre&ion, Constables,
Baa-iff-;, &c. cf the I id Course, are to take notice and
attend accordingly. Ad m Wedn.fday the thiid d^y
of September «f?ref?id, at the place ahref^id, wih
opened the Court of Common Pleas ffy the laid Com
JAMES CLAYTOOLB, Sherif
TO BE SO L D,
On Mond y the firft ^September rex', for re dy m ney,
in Wefhrreelan Court , on Nompry, near Stratford,
.BRIGANTINE on trie hocks, about one bun
fi dred tons burthen, belonging, to the estate of the
late Honora'le,PhillP LUdwell Lee, EQ deceased ;
by the EXE! U LORS.
A YOUNG WOMAN with a good
breast 0 milk would gladly lerve as a wet nur^ in
a genteel family ; Acne else need apply : Her char &e
will beat the ftri#fl enquiry. Enquire of the Printer.*
TEN DOLLARS REWARD.
V: jrAS STOLL Nat Cmyell's Ferry, on the gift
^' of Jul Git, from the waggon of the lubicriber,
rivu. 7 .n Germ intown, Philadelphia County, a black
H OR $ E, between eight and nine years old, fourteen
hands high, has lome white hrirs in his face, a very thin
mane, is burr by the saddle, one of his hind feet white,
and is a trot er. Whoever rakes up laid horse and thief
and k-cures them so that the fubferiber may get them,
shall have the above reward, or for the horse alone
LIGHT DOLLARS, and renewable charges, paid by
I NICHOLAS LINDEMAN.
ds%te of A^v ) y o ALL whom it may concern.
ferfey, & S
NOT ICE is he eby given, That a Court of Ad
miralty vill be held at the house C Gdbitße ton,
at Allen Town, in the County or Monmouth, on Satur
day the 30th of Augult inst. at Ten 6 ack in the fete
ri -on of the said day, then and there te try the truth cf
the fa^s alkdrfd in the bill of J me I lorgan, Captain
of a company of the M^itia in the State of New j^rfey,
(who as well, &c ) against the brigairi'-e ; T veffti called
he William and Anne, burthen about one hundred and
forty tons, lately commanded by Capt. Jaco : % with her
ta kle, apparel, furniture and ca go, and rken as a
prize by the laid Jones Morgan, near Long B anch, on
the sea coast o' New-Jericy, to he end,and intent that
the own-r 0- owners of the laid brigantine and cargo,
or any person concerned therein, may rope r and shew
cauf (if any the, have) why the ian^fhuid not be
condemned accoring to the prayer of tbe'faid bill.
By order of the Judge.
, 17ILLIAM LIVINGSTON, Ton. Reg.
Bash County, Aognji 16 1707.
^ L L those persons who found substitutes
/I during too war or for three years, are,dJied to
meet at Newton on the eleventh of September, in oroer
to petition the 0 orfe of Affmblv, at thrir next meeting,
to pass the above recommendation by Cong e^ into a
Law.§
rh'U?lrrA; /nyv, 16, 1777.
LivE POU N OS FEWA R D. .
{vT,OLR^ dut ci the rubferiber's b# ne, on Mouda,
1/ ni ht Lite the following 21ticicA, viz, a chariot ce^er
of c3uabriss or tick'eubv-g; it was very little the worse
for use ; a mati's fanWie ohh bon (ftrreps, cn? an old
laddie cloth to ri bound <-::? vcf.o6 hs...rif,'; t' 7
bridges; cue hr... a rut. hi of coc'h^d freu, f. ri' r ,
apverbikr con.r:'"",'".' n r en it had f n '.• °^ -' 1
fixed ; the other 01 Tie was, a c< mmon curb, v~'th a rim. ;e
reih. Whoever difCGver^ the thi'f< :f thieve o , lo nm he
or they may be prc'ecv'eri to ^or-iAion and trie things
recov red. (hall receive the Jm- -Reward.
STRAYED or STOLEN out e a lot in C^f
hnt-ftr*et, about a niqgh o g°, a olack EORI E, seven
years old, between thirteen rod fourteen bands high,
his offi-ind foot whie, a dmdft. : rin his forehead, rd
has a thick mate mA 12b. W.^ve.-t^kes up the tid
hdile fh.4l receive, Tft ^y--I, THIRTY SHILLINGS
Rm,rd. cdblGien rd t .•thiet secured, THREE
POUNDS, with reaf Mhte chirgm.
f SAR Am FRANCIS.
FOR S A L E,
VIRGINIA TOBACCO.
C A IPLES may be icon at the well corner of Front
° and Union ftreers, Philadelphia.
t "RICH ARD GLASSCOCK.
LD Weft-InTa rum, country ditto, peach
biandy An o wiilk in 1.0 Cid; bi ad, floor,
pb k and idfin in barrel ; Indian : -r. by the bushel;
TO BEHOLD BY
LEVI HOLLINGSWORTH.
I t
L O S T,
Near Middle-Brook Camp, afour two mortis ago,
4 BLACK leather FOt KRF-BOOK, ^ th
/"I st ee l elafps; it co tailed a Capai '.c mmiffion,
four State Lottery Ti- kert, No. 91,036, 37, ,8 aud 39,
,wih several m^mo.ahdptfs, eight pr nice debars Mv. .-,
land mouev, and a &Ad lock t with , hn-f=,e on it,
and movo, Lo*k and Renarde r Wlurr, h? c fouvri.
Did pocket ^o k and . -ill ecru it - an; oftl c Ab .
of the 8:h Viginia rerimr fr , c-r to th Printer h tr.
ffiad have T KN DOLL ARS Reward, over and above
the: money therein curtained.§
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.
DE SERTE D from C 71. WeittailL company, cf
the 2 hVr/ da re jr.ienr, a cer'am G EORGE
VILLARS, about n.Tty-two years old, five feet fix
or.fe ven inches high, bmu in England, dark brown hair
tied b.hihd, a ::oh pitted with the fraif pox ; had on a
(hot blue coat, linen jacket and breeches, and thread
forking#, but itis supposed he will change nis dress. fc
is thought be is lurking ahou : Philadelphia. Whoever
secures said deferti , so that he may be conveyed to h ; s
regiment, (hall have the 3.bcy< ;R ward and all reafon-ible
charges, front WILLI.A M CROGHAN,
§ C^pt. 8 h Virginia R g.
E GHT DOLLARS REWARD.
'2 EL )homtheHarte. ' ? '
my com- nfl, t-'-four "!b-.w
WILLIAM BRO fHERS, abort file ;0
high, of a hir compicrior arid much pitted with the
small pox ; fays he ^ ? s born iir England. ABRAHAM
MYERS, ahput five feat feyen iuch-s high, of a,<b”k
complexion and flout made; court:y oorn. MICHAEL
BOWERS, five feet fire or fix inches high, of a fair
complexion ; country born. 1i a e above three-men are
lurking about Billingfport, for their people live near th,t
p-.^ ABRAHAM DAVIS, about five feet eight
i rs i : ct made, had headed, hollow eyes, a
1-. / rt.- - itli the mall-pax, about thirty-five
) v o,b or ug~ , Lorn in Ireland. Whoever feciires fa id
deserters so that th-y mny be had 3g. in, or puts them on
board any cf the GT+ in the river D daw-re, ft,:ll
have the above Rew-ud, or T WELVE DOLLARS
for each of, them, and Al reTonabk charges, paid by
THOMAS MOCRE, Catin.
IF N DOLLARS REWARD;
DESERTED from Capt Michael Bowyer's com
pany, 0: frt tah Vir/nR . &
by Col. Jam-s W^od, c:h ti ° r .,^.l _
tain AIhXANDE? ,M QtNLLLvb, 1
about five tret seven inches high, well made, brown hair,
for com, lexica, his free much blotched and pitted Gth
t ^ final! prx, remarkably fond ofliquor; had on wh<a
he went away, a ccarie Epen frock ?nd a pair of overalls,
but it is probable he ma^change his dress is he has ta
kna fo!dieC; pack with him. I lufpea he is gone to
tone 01 the Iron Wo ; ks in the J. f-vs Whoever rakes
up fa d deserter and brings him to General Tort's bri
£d- .at HeahQ trs, 01 secures him in any kaolin the
United States and fives information thereof, shall have
the above reward and reafmable charges, from
1 G E'ER r GAM ELL, F.rft Lieut.
ooTTXrs^&Ward.
nESERTE 1) yekerdav from Capt. William Vaufe't
'company, of the nth Vtgi.-,ia regiment, command
ed by Coi. lamet W od, in General Scott's brigade, a
certain JAMES HALfTFAD, l:orn in the jerseys,
about twe ;t> -fever, years of age, fire feet ten inches high,
fimder o aie, fti it bbek hair, clack eyes and eye-brows;
had on a hunting shirt 2nd trowfers, a fmail round hat,
and took with him a f LierL knvpfack and some shirts.
It is thought he will make far V rginia; be having a wife
there within twenty miles of Win - -- .^.t--
up Aid deserter and briosb-Ti tc>^ - ^Q r
or secures h m in eny gaol o'o< ~
information thereof, thill have th. -hove reward and
reasonable charges, from
August 16. § WILTTAM VAUSE, C-dTA.
A FEW COTI IL3 01 L/octor FkiCL's
AOBSEKVA, lONS on CIVIL LIBER
-IY, to be fold by JOHN DUNLAP.