Dunlap's Pennsylvania packet , The general advertiser — Philadelphia, Pa., 1775-05-22 00:00:00, page 4

From th London Evening Left, '/M&ri^g.
'% a Certain G REA T PERSO NAG E.
(Madam,
°R ff A Y I presume to address tho %*ofl ami^h,
Iyl the fy? of v/omco? Why do I fay ^e
, v fame? Where pride and ambition have no rh
dence, presumption cannot exilt My heart die
rates to my pen- —and Its fubje& merits attention,
' even from a Queen of England. What has not
this nation fuffered—fo what a wretched condi
-tion is it now reduced, by the fatal influence of
evil councilors ! The hope of an pppreffed peo
ple-—perhaps their only hope—is to secure an in
terest \n your fenfiWit} —one word from ,ou may
Leflore peace and happiness. Britannia, humbled
as (he is, claims your refpeß—l might fay a place
in your esteem—take her under your protection —
the thought of your so doing, would afford her
ions the highed consolation. In times like these,
public virtue implores your interpolation—the ef
forts of public liberty implore your voice and af
fidance—they exped much from the goodness of
I your understanding, the fweethefs of your temper,
and purity of ; our manneis—they indulge flatter
ing hopes—they fay your mediation must be fuc
celsful—and this they think will not be refilled
them, because they know your happiness confift
eth in being ufeful to your people. Who so pro
per as yourfclf to apply to the King? You have
airways his ear —your petitions he will not despise.
Never did so many disagreeable events meet toge
ther in this land ! Never was there a more alarm
ing cliffs than the present one ! The confeqnences
v ill be irreparable, unless speedily prevented—
'the affc&icQS of the people of England will be
loft— the allegiance of three millions of fubjeds
in America will be loft, unless speedily prevented
-—a moment's delay may be fatal. The King has,
for many )ears past, been deceived-—cruelly de
ceived—yet it is not too late, it never can be too
lite, to undeceive him. He will, he must soon,
open his eyes to conviction. Ob, fray he learn,
fiem,ourpur/uufaepleadings, not from experience,
how deficient his ministers are in thole good qua
lities, of which they know so well to affed the
appearance ! What opinion, Madam, can you
entertain cf servants, who have planted thorns
on the pillow of your consort? who have sowed
difientions in your family? who have scattered
the feeds of difeontent all over the nation? Alas !
have you not too much reason to believe his Ma
jefly is made their dupe; and that they would not
Scruple to offer up your smiling progeny a facrifice
to their detestable projects ?—What if another fa
mily has their confidence ?—They cannot be
faithful to both. Did not the anchors of these
men disturb this nation, and perplex the affairs
of Europe for years' together? Were their prin
ciptes-ahd practices any thing else, but a continued
Tries of hoßi ities against the liberties of their
country, the natural rights of men, and the prin
ciples of human society? Revolve, Madam, in
your mind, the events of fifteen and forty fee, with
their true causes? You will soon perceive who
were the friends and enemies of the illustrious
House of Hanover. Your unfufyeAing disposition
may, indeed, persuade you to believe, that though
the fathers have eat the four grapes, the children's
teeth are not set an edge. Rebellion, you may
think, is not- hereditary.—True—but the princi
ples that lead to it are—and these are such, as
must put it out of the power of any in the Bruns
wick line to have friendship or connections with
them. I have not heard that the Tories of the
present days have either recanted or difearded
the principles of their progenitors ; and feeing
the greater number of those Gentlemen who now
baflf in the sunshine of Court favour, are made up
of these perlons, I leave you to judge, what so
lid services or favours his Majesty can have rea
son to expert from them. Their servile flatteries
may, I confefs, be very pleating.—Compliments
to prerogative, and promises of absolute command,
have their charms—but true friends and faithful
servants are inestimable, and preferable to either
of them. His Majesty thinks be has faithfulfer
vants. —They may perhaps appear less guilty in
the eyes of their master, than those of the pub
lic.—Be that as it may—this nation has fuffered
severely by their mifeondud—which is a reason,
Sufficient of itfelf, for their difmiffion—they have
put things into disorder—and, what is worse,
they seem to have entered into a combination to
disturb your domestic peace. What a plan of de
ftfu6tive measures have they concerted and pur
sued ! With what little success you well know;
and your heart, awake to all the tender senti
ments of compafiion, wculdTecl inexpreflible an
guish, could you behold the miseries their errors,
and an pb'tinate petfeverance in ridiculous pro
jeds, have occasioned.
But a time will come, when treachery will no
longer deceive ; when Britannia, no longer able
, to bear her bufferings, will fay—“ Weep not for
me, but for yourfelf and children." Pardon me,
Madam, ifthe honest sentiments of a disinterested,
unpenfioned Briton, alarm you. It is neceflary
you Should be alarmed, when the fafety of all
that is dear to you, is put, by artful impostors,
into the last caftof state chances. This nation is
one hundred and forty millions in debt. Now I
would intreat, with due humility, our most gra
cious King, to inform you, how he intends to Sup
port a rreach and Sparifh war, should they (hort-
Jy, as they certainly will break out; and which
will demand an annual expence, of n,ot less than
twelve millions. Oh, I beg pardon—a virtuous
and wife majority, of about fix hundred individu
als, have promised to support a more wife and
really virtuous Prince, with their lives and for
tunes. I think the word fortunes ought to Hand
firft; for mould a confcience-fmjtten Nabob, by
the knife or any other extraordinary means,
chance to lose his life, his fortune, I apprehend
might be of little or no service , to the crown, un
less the great rich fool died intestate. Would,
PHIL/iDELPII IA: Printed by JOHN DUNLAP, at the Newefi Printing-Office in Market-Street \p c
Subscriptions at Ten Shillings per /Hn:% Advertifemencs, &c. arc thankfully received fox this Paper,
N. B. He proposes to dyb black every Friday, so
that his customers may expet their work returned
the week following.
T U B~E S O L D,
To the highest bidder, at Mr. Ninian Beall's, of
Ninian, on the 20th day of August next, if fair,
if not, the next fair dav,
TWELVE hundred acres of good land, ly
ing on Great Senech C^eek (near the mouth)
i.- iFrederick County, Maryland, whereon are three
plantations, a great quantity of valuable meadow
land, and two exceeding good mill feats : The pur
^hafer or purchasers to have immediate possession,
on giving bond with approved security payable the
zoth day ofNovember, 1776, to carry interest from
the date if not punctually difeharged at or upon
the aforefaid 20th day of November. The land
will be laid out in lots suitable to the purchasers.
Any person inclinable to view the land before the
day of sale, may apply to Ninian Beall, of Ninian.
CH A R_L E, BE A LL.__
r 0 B E SOLD,
A TRACT of valuable LAND, in Carolina
county, (formerly DorchelE.) in the pro
vince of Maryland, containing 516 acres, lying
between the north-ealt and north-weft fork of
Nanticocke River, about five miles from navigable
water, and twenty two miles from Mufmelion
Landing, on Delaware : About 130 acrejs of the
said tra& are cleared, with good improvements
thereon, 50 acres may be made into ineadow, the
remainder well timbered ; it lays high, and is ex
cellent for wheat. Time will be given for payment
if required, upon good security.
For terms apply to WILLIAM ENNALLS,
Junior, in Dorchester county.
FORTY SHILLINGS REWARD.
RAN AWAY- from the fubferiber, living in
Waterford Townfbip, Gloucester County,
Weft New-Jersey, an Englilh servant lad, named
THOMAS ROBINS, about sixteen years old,
and about four feet eight inches high, has a down
look, final! hollow eyes, a remarkable cast in one
of them, naturally of a fair complexion, but much
tanned, marked with the small-pox ; had on and
took with him, two suits of cloaths, viz. a fine
London brown homespun coat, with a fall-down
collar of a fathionable cut, and a jacket of the fame,
new corderoy breeches, with silver knee-buckles
marked J. K. new beaver hat something in the
fafhion, a pair of mens calf-ikin shoes, two kerfey
jackets of a lead colour, one without sleeves, lighter
than the other, old leather breeches, a pair of wor
ked dockings, old flioes with odd buckles, and two
coarse shirts. Also took a likely black mace, about
nine years old, with a star in her forehead, one white
hind foot, about fourteen hands two inches high,
low in flefh, no shoes on, a natural pacer, and of
high courage. It is likely he will change his name,
and try to fell the cloaths. Whoever takes up said
servant and secures him in any of his Majesty's
gaols, so that his master may get him again, shall
have the above Reward, and reasonable charges for
bringing the mare home, paid by
FRANCIS KAY.
N. B. Said lad is very fond of liquor. All matters
of vessels and others are forbid to harbour, conceal
or carry him off.
that the bluflcrLg zeal of these pliant time Servers,
was put to a fair trial ! For the fake of truth and
virtue, most amiable lady, prevail with his Ma
jesty to demand an additional four frillings in a
pound upon the land-tax : We (hall then be able
to form a trap judgment of their fneerity. Alas !
I fear these vunboafters, upon such a request be
ing made, would be the firft to desert from the
inrereft of their, to them, too kind matter. The
fideli y of courtiers and placemen are not much to
be relied on. How many of these sunshine friends
had Queen Elizabeth in her chamber at her last
hours ? Who of these bestowed a moment's atten
tion to the corps of Charles the Second, when it
lay unnoticed in the anti-chamber? Who ofthefe
attended the forfaken James, in his trip to Fe
verfham? Who of these met their oW friend, or
supported him with their fortunes, when he ex
pected them at Manchester? Far be it from me
to fill the mind of my sovereign with grouhdlefs
apprehensions ; but the present poftufe of affairs
is truly alarming—deftru&ion hangs over the pre
sent plan of measures— and I will flake my life—
the last drop of which I would expend for my
King and country —that our present Ministers
have plunged us in all the evils attending a civil
war, will endeavour, as a coup degrace, to (belter
themselves under the cover of aforeign war. The
antidote for these fatal poisons, is on that tender
sympathy, which will make you a (barer in our
country's griefs. Toyou England looks, as to her
kind mediatrix; and a period cannot exist, when
y>ur interpofitien would be more deferable or ne
cessary. Our with, our hope is, thatyou will at
tempt to prevail with his Majesty, to banish from
his presence, for ever, those who have treated his
fußje&s with indignity';and that he will be gra
ciously pleased to lay aside the prosecution of mea
sures, that promise only mortification and repul
fis. “ Bid him disband his chosen legions-—re
store the common-wealth to liberty—and regulate
his a&ions by the public judgment." —Hyftafpes
will then mount the rostrum in his favour —nay
more—the now starving poor (hall bless him, and
he will hear the joyful acclamations of a happy
people. That you, Madam, may dispense, and
enjoy uninterrupted felicity, is the ardent wish and,
prayerof H YSTASP E S.
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JAMES CLARK, Dyer,
BEG S' leave to inform the Public, that he has
removed from Kensington to Water-ftfeet,
nar Walnut-street, Philadelphia, where he dyes
fnk garments and fcane silk all manner of colours,
and dress s them properly; scours, dyes and dresses
mens cljath^ ; jeans, fuftians, worded and woollen
fluffs dyed all manner of colours, and properly
d.efed ; silk gauze and gauze flowered with cotton
dyed black, and well dressed ; linen and cotton
yarn died blue, and everp other colour.—The said
Clark hath been long in the practice of dying cot
ton and linen yarn for manufacluiers; and he flat
ters himfelf that he will give fatisfa&icn to his em
ployers, as he dyes his blue with real indigo, his
customers may depend upon the colour standing.—
Good ahowance made to manufacturers, and those
that fell. Commissions from the country speedily
executed.
FISHING TACKLE,
Of all forts, for use of either Sea or River, made
and fold by
EDWARD PO L E,
At his store in Market-street, near the Court
house, Philade phia, viz.
RE D cedar, liazle, hickory, dog wood, ash,
bamboo, &c. fishing rods, either hollow or
solid, plain or ringed, for fl,, trolling, or bottom
fishing; brass trolling wheels for salmon, rock,
trout or pearcli, with or without multipliers; bot
tom, layout, trolling and angling hemp and flax
lines, cable laid, from large dolphin down to whit
ing and pearch, with hooks Editable from Bonettar
to the smallest size; best green or white hair, silk,
hardest, hempen, flaxen and cotton lines, for ang
ling, trolling and deepfea fifhing; trimmers, and
man of war trimmers, and snap hooks, with or
without springs, for pike fithing; a variety of floats,
of all sizes, fitted with either fivan or goose quills ;
artificial chub minnow, flies, moths and hackles,
with suitable lines of any length ; silk worms gut in
knots and quarter knots ; belt Indian grass ; bullets
ready hung ; dolphin, salmon, rock, jack and
trout, box and plain swivels; deepfeas, with or
without swivels, for river and cape fifhing; leads
made of various patterns, for use of Black Point
and other fifhing ; all forts and sizes of best Kerby
and common fdh hooks, re,ady hung bn 61k, hair,
silk worms gut, grass or Indian weed ' ;all forts and
sizes of bed Kerby Ind common fifh hooks, without
snooding, by the hundred or (mailer quantity ;
(hark hooks hung on chains, harpoons, fifh giggs
and grains; (mail portable boxes, compleatly fit
ted with a variety of fifhing tackle ; 6,8, 10 and 12
Have pocket reels, furnifhed with lines, &c. calling,
minnow, landing and scoop nets ; large and small
seines for either (had, pearch or herrings.
All kinds of fifhing tackle mended.
JUST ARRIVED in the ship Ann, George
Fortin, Master, from Bristol,
A number of healthy
SERVANT MEN and WOMEN,
^ MONG which are tradesmen; also lawyers,
,1 farmers, coachmen, footmen, labourers,
hollers, &c. They may be teen at Mrs. Kryder's,
at tlie Golden Swan in Third-street, Philadelphia,
And their titnes to be disposed of by
WILLIAM FISHER and SONS.
A L L Persons indebted to the estate of
ALAWRENCE MANN, late of the
Northern Liberties, deceased, are requested to make
immediate payment : and those who have any de
mands, are desired to bring in their accounts to
MARGARET MANN, Administratrix.
Philadelphia, March 24, 177 c.
WAS F O U N D,
On Wednesday night last, in Third-street,
ASURTOUT COAT. The owner, by ap
" plying to Josiah Coates, proving his pro
perty and paying charges, may hare it again.
'< HIS is to inform the Public, that the
1 noted Tavern, known by the sign of the
Buck, in Worcester Township, twenty-one miles
and a quarter from Philadelphia, on the Reading
road, is kept as usual by their humble servant,
MARY TOY.
TWENTY POUNDS REWARD.
\Y ENTAWAY on the 14th and 15th inst.
(March) from the subscribers plantations,
near Popular Spring Chapel, on the upper part of
Elkridge, Anne-Arundel county, Maryland, two
convia servant Welchmen, viz. EVAN POWEL,
a well set fellow, about five feet eight or ten inches
high, about thirty-five years of age, wore short
black hair ; had on a brown broadcloth coat, and
jacket with sleeves, a black flowered velvet ditto,
an old caftot hat, a pair of old leather breeches,
grey yarn rib'd flockings, old nailed shoes with
buckles, and an old Irish linen (hirt. EVAN
WILLIAMS, by trade a carpenter, a lusty
well made fellow, five feet ten inches or fix feet
high, forty years of age or upwards, wore short
grey hair; had on took with him, a coat and pair
of breeches of dark mixed cloth, a fwanfkin lapel'd
jacket, a pair of blue flockings with whire tbps, a
pair of brown and a pair of mixed rib'd ditto, two
oznabrig shirts, two striped linen ditto, a pair of
oznabrig trowfers, a pair of 4 hoes with large plated
buckles, and a new felt hat. Whoever Takes up
and brings home the said servants may receive, if
taken ten miles from home, Four Pounds, or
Forty Shillings for either of them; if twenty
miles, Light Pounds; if forty miles, Sixteen
Pounds ; and if sixty miles, the above Reward.
JOHN B. HOWARD.
V. D. HOWARD.
N. B All makers of vessels are forwarned taking
them off at their peril.
Any gentlemen going on parties of pleasure in
the fifhing way, either to Black Point, sea, river,
or any other place, may be completely furnifhed
with any kind of fifhing tackle.
An allowance is made to those who purchase
quantities to fell again.
All orders from town or country will be careful
ly attended to, thankfully received, and duly ex
ecuted.
Sa,d POLE continues felling all kinds of the
beftGROCERlES,IES, as usual.
N. B. Any persons who understand making cf
casting nets and seines, may meet with immediate
employment by applying as above.
Bucks County, April 24., 1775.
WA S committed to my custody, on
the third day of March last, as a run-away
servant, a certain DANIEL CREELY, about
twenty-seven years of age, five feet nine or ten
inches high, with short dark hair ; had on when
committed, a light brown coat and vest, old buck
skin breeches, white flockings, old shoes with odd
buckles, and a cattor hat : He fays he is a servant
to James Burd, Esq; in Paxton township, Lancas
ter county. These are therefore to give notice to
his master, that unless he, the said Daniel Creely,
is taken away, and the charges paid within four
weeks from the date hereof, he will be difeharged
on paying his fees, by
JOHN ATKINSON, Gaoler.
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The BEAUTIFUL HORSE
W I L K E S,
Is in good order, and will cover this season at the
fubferiber's stable near Marcus Hook, at Three
Dollars the single leap, or Five Dollars the season.
WILKES is a fine blood bay, full fifteen
hands high, has a handsome carriage and
well made, seven years old this grass ; he was got
by the Old Dove, a full blooded horle, out of a
Pacolet mare three-quarters seven-eighths blooded^
It is allowed he has got as good colts as any horse
of his blood in Ameriea. Pasture will be provided
for mares, and proper care taken of them, by
SAMUEL PRICE.
To be let to M ARES this spring, by the fubferL
bei at Chrjftiana Bridge, the famous grey Horse
BOHEMI A,
EQU A L in beauty to any horse ever imported
into America, full blooded, bred by Mr.
Milligan; got by Colonel Sharp's famous imported
horse Othello, and came of a full blood hunting
mare, got by Colonel Ricket's Barb. He is six
teen hands high, covered last season at Salem in
great character, and is well known to get colts
Superior to any on the continent; he will cover at
so low a price as FIFTY SHILLINGS for the sea
son. Good pasture may be had for mares, proper
care taken, and due attendance given by the pub
lic's melt humble servant,
RICHARD DOWDLE.
N. B. He is to stand two days each week at New
ark.
BABRA H A M,
Will cover mares this season, at Jacob Hiltz
heimer's stables, in Seventh-street, near Mar
ket-street, at Three Pounds the season and Five
Shillings to the groom.
HE is a fine bay, full fifteen hands high, and
four years old this spring. Babraham was
got by the noted running horse Juniper, who start
ed in the four following years, 1757, 1758, 1759,
and 1760, for eighteen plates, and won fourteen of
them. Col. Syme afterwards imported him into
Virginia, and fold him for 10001. Virginia curren
cy. Babraham's dam was got by Samuel Gallo
way, Esquire's bay horse Selim, his grandam by
the late Col. Hopper's Pacolet, his great grandam
by Old Spark, his great great grandam was Queen
Mab, and his great great great grandam was Miss
Callwell, belonging to the late Col. Talker. The
money to be paid before the mares are taken away.
Good grass at Six Shillings per week.
JACOB HILTZHEIMER.
TO COVER this season, at the stables of the
Subscriber, That noted full blooded Horse
PENNSYLVANIA FARMER;
WITHOUT exception the greatest beauty
on the continent ; bred by Cel. Taylor of
Virginia, got by that noted horse Partner and from
a full blooded mare, fifteen hands high, eight
years old, a dark chefnut, with a blaze in his face.
He ran Several capital races, and beat the most fa
mous horses in the north and south governments cf
Carolina. The terms *re Three Pounds the season,
Thirty Shillings the single leap, Five Pounds to
ensure a colt, with Five Shillings to the groom :
The firft three days of the week at William Car
son's, at the White Hart, and the remainder of
the week at the fubferiber's, in Warwick.
JAMES M'CULLOUGH.
Gojben Tc^nftip, March 13, 1775.
TH E fubferiber hereby informs the
Public, that from the firft instant (March)
he has undertaken the business of the Strafburgh
Messenger, which he is determined to perform in
the most punctual manner: All persons desirous
to promote so ufeful an undertaking, by opening
a weekly correfpoadence with the city of Philadel
phia, are requested to leave their names and terms
at the taverns where the papers are left. As he is
confident the utility of it will be evident when re
gularly conduced, he does not demand any calk
before the expiration of the firft quarter, relying
on the public spirit of the inhabitants upon apd
contiguous to the said road.
ARTHUR MURPHY.
N. B. He sets off from William Dibley's, at the
Fountain Tavern in Chefnut-ftreet, Philadelphia,
evety Wednesday, and returns every Tuesday even
ing, where the public commands will be duly at
tended to.