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Cbefter, April 22. •
SIXTY DOLLARS REWARD.
RAN AWAY last night from the fubferiber, a
servant woman named MARY O'BRIA N, hut
femetimes calls herfelf MARY 'DE, which was her
late husband's name, and formerly lived at Cbrifman's
Mill, near the Valley Forge: She is about thirty years
of age, middle fixe, fair hair, grey eyes, hoops in her
walk, and has the broague on her tongue. She stole
and carried off with her, one black cloth cloak, one
woite silk bonnet, one long callico gown, two white
lin^n short gowns, one striped ditto, two striped lincty
ditto, one brown skirt, one white diaper ditto, one
while linen apron, two coarse ditto, two coarse fllifts
and one fine ditto, one new cross-barred silk handker
ch^f, one lawn ditto, one cambrick ditto, oce pair of
white cotton mitts, one cap with a broad border, one
pair of blue ftuff (hoes, one pair of calf-fkin ditto, one
pair of mens shoes, one pair of thread flockings, and
many other articles too tedious to mention. Whoever
secures the above articles so that the owner may have
them again, and delivers the servant to her matter in
Chester, (hall have the above reward and reasonable
charges, paid by JOSHUA VAUGHAN.
T F-VI&DA Y, A PRIL 29, I„fc
THE
OR MSI THE
GENERAL^^ NW ADVERTISER
Eer & PENNSYLVANIA PACKET.,
Ma. Dunlap,
rs E spirited exertions of the people of Northumber
£ land, mentioned in your last paper, do them honor,
and I hope will be imitated by their neighbours in like
circum fiances—but as the queries subjoined, though pro
bably well meant, tend to convey ideas very different from
those which would arise upon a true representation of the
fads, I beg leave to slate them, as they will (hew that
every possible attention has been paid to their Situation of
their distressed people; tha, before, and at tic time your
paper was printed, they were actually enjoying the bene
ficial effeds of that attention. The Assembly, very early
in the feffious, appointed a Committee, of which Colonel
Hartly was a Member, to devise a plan for their relief,—
This Committee met one from Coogrels on the fubjeft,
and some measures were agreed on, which Congress readi
ly adopted. But in farther consideration they were found
not to be fully adequate to the end proposed.
Upon which, Congress being then deeply engaged in
some important matter of more general concern,\ which
took their whole time and attention, the Assembly con
cluded to refer the business to the Commander in Chief,
and to the Executive Council, a step more consonant to
the coßftitution, as being a mere executive measure. In
consequence of this resolve, His Excellency the President,
to avoid the loss of time in epistolary difeufions, immedi
ately proceeded to camp in very inclement weather, to
confer with General Washington on the fubjed. There
all meafvres were adjusted, and such as in their nature have
given all the relief the case would admit. General Hand
then Rationed at Minifink, was ordered down to Wyoming
and the adjacent parts. An unforefeen accident to one of
the letters, containing thf orders, occasioned some delay ;,
but whoever recollects the series of stormy weather during
jhe whole month of March, will easily account for farther
inravoiuaui© <.as r—
However, they did march -ana were arWyoming a„ m on
as the season and otber circumstances would admit. From
this by an easy communication to the other branch of Suf
quehannd, they will give all the prote&idn which is prac^
ticable to the inhabitants of these settlements.
The mode of conveying information by asking questions
has something ehfnaring and delusive. Will ithe writer of
these queries fay, there has been a gross deception, and
that no preparations have been made in that quarter ? (f
he realty is of that opinion he will ^0 well to inform him
felf better, and he will find he is mistaken.
There has not been any period, fine the prefect con
test, when greater attention was paid to the frontiers. It
is happy for them that they are recommended to the care
and protection of the Commander in Chief, one of whose
diflinguilhing charaderifticks is, that business in his hands
is ne^^r neglected. The care of their own autherity they
cannot doubt, after the recent proofs they have had. it
is hoped therefore, that doubts and insinuations will not
be framed but on some solid ground, and at toast faffs well
ascertained, before the public is addressed in any stile of
Complaint.
That this laudable effort in their own defence made by
Northumberland, ought to be encouraged and borne as a
public expence, is highly reasonable ; but we ought to be
careful how we make partial precedents of public expence,
which may prove very burthenfome to the state.
A Pennsylvanian.
.WANTS A PI. AC E,
A YOUNG WOMAN of a good chara&rr, as a
Chambermaid or Child's Nurie, who can be well
recommended. Enquire of the Printer.
[ Price 2s. 6d. single, 2S. by ihe quantity. Published every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. ]
The HIGHEST PRICE
IS GIVEN FOR
CLEAN LINEN RAGS,
B Y
JOHN DU N L A P.
Philadelphia, April 27.
To the PUBLI C.
LATELY arrived in this town, a French Do&or
and Surgeon, with King's patent, who wishes to
communicate bis talents in treating all kinds of ficknefA
in general: He is Stanfonary, Ocutift, is (killed in Mid
wifery, and was deceived in Paris as such. He pofftfles
an eminent for the eyes ; cures all forts of venereal in
dispositions with success, without hindering the patient
from his daily occupation. He has likewise a certain
medicine for fevers of any quality whatsoever. Any
persons who choose to honor him with their confidence,
may be fare to be petfeaiy fatisfied. He has also had
great success at Baltimore, where every one under his
care has been very well pleated.
The said Dedor and Surgeon lodges at Mr, O'Farrell s
in Spruce-street.
FORTY DOLLARS REWARD.
C^TRAYED or STOLEN from off the Commons
' near the Barracks, Philadelphia, cn the night of the
thirteenth inst. (April) a black MARE, about four
teen hands high, about nine years old, trots some but
commonly paces, (hod all round, one cf her fore hoofs
a little broke, ore (pot on each fide blacker than the rest
of her body occasioned by the long hair being rubbed
short by 'be ftirrup-leatheß. Whoever takes up the (aid
mare, and the thief if stolen. (hall have the above re
ward. or Twenty Dollars for the mare only, by ap
plying to the fubferiber at the Barrack,.
ABRAHAM WOOD, Lieut. Invalid Reg.
N. B. The above mare is supposed to be stolen by a
certain Thomas or Timothy M'Lemarra, deserted from
the Invalid regiment on the twelfth inst, and is a deserter
from the British regiment known by the name of Inni
fkillin's or 27th ; he is about fix feet high, of a dark
complexion, short hair, very coarse voice, and about
twenty-two years of age ; took with him a red coat faced
with white, No. 27 on the buttons.
ESTATE of PENNSYLVANIA.
*P HE Auditors, appointed by the Honorable House
of Assembly to fettle the accounts of this State,
finding little attention paid to their late advertisement in
the public news papers, refpe&lng that business, do now
inform all those concerned, that unless their refpe&ive
accounts (with proper vouchers) are produced for set
tlement at their Office before the firft day of July next,
they will immediately take such measures to compel the
portirslo furrifti them, as the Law dire&s.
All persons who may have accounts with the bite Board
pf War and Navy Board of this State, unsettled, ared
fired to bring them in to the above-mentioned Office
JOHN NIXON.
April's, 1779. 'JOHN M. NESBITT.
BENJAMIN FULLER.
N. B. The Office is open from Nine @'clock to Twelve
in the forenoon, and from Three to Six in the afternoon.
Left for SALE with
JOHN DUNLA P,
DR. Johnson's celebrated English Dictionary, 2 vols.
large folio.
Livy's History, in Englifli, folio.
O C TAV O.
2 vols. of a very fine edition of Shakefpear's Plays.
Poetical Miscellanies, by Dryden, Addison, Rofcom
mon, &c.
Con,pleat History of the Turks, from their origin to 171$.
Life of Sir Walter Raleigh, to his death on the fcaffold.
Dr. Cheyne's Efffy of health and long life.
Memoirs es Ireland, from the Restoration, by the au^
thop of the secret history of Europe.
Poems on several occasions, by Stephen Duck.
T. Liwii HiJiori^.
Ingenious and diverting Letters, of a Lady's travels
into Spain.
Logic, by Isaac Watts, D. D.
VARIOUS SIZES.
A neat set of the Tatter, compleat in 5 volt.
Political Writings of Sir Richard Steele.
Hole's Common Accidence, Latin.'
Jewiffi Spy, by the Marquis D'Argens.'
Casar's Commentaries, Latin.
Memoirs of Prince Eugene of Savoy.
Treaties and Tra&s upon Religious Subjects, several ts
then: rarefy to be met ^itb, &c. &c. &c.
ISAAC SIDM AN,
In Eafton,
ty IL L pay the interest due on Loan-Office Certi-
March CT'S dat ' d " '"' time b ''° r ° "' firft d ’> ° f
LEVI HOLLINGSWORTH;
Hath for sale, the third wharf below the Br dge,
BEST Weft India Rum, French ditto,' Country
diJo, Geneva in cases, French Brandy in kegs,
Mo asses, Tea, black Pepper, A-Cpice, imported Salt,
fuperfine Fiour, Park in barrel, Indian Corn, Bar
Irori, and a quantity cf Mens Shoes.
Rum in hagfheads and tierces, MokOes
in hoofheads, Geneva in cases, all of the belt qua
lity ; alfe coarse Salt in bags containing one and a half
bethel each, just imported and to be fold by
BUNNER, MURRAY and Co.
On Powell's wharf.
W A NTS a" A c '
A WET NURSE from the country; one that
can be well recommended for sobriety and honaU
ty. Enquire of the Printer.
WAS L OTV
On Wednesday last, between the Tun Tavern in Chef
nut-ftreet, and the Dock in Second-street,
A BLACK GAUZE APRON, trimmed with
4 broad lace. Whoever can give information of it to
tho Printer, (hall be handsomely rewarded.
Maidenhead, Hunterdon County, Ne^-Jersey, April ,6.
CTOLEN last right out of the yard of Capt. Quig
ley, in Trenton, a large likely torrel HORSE,
near sixteen hands high, has a white mane and tail,
clumsy trot, four years old, and fried all round. Any
perfoh taking up and securing said horse and the thief,
io that the owner may have his horse and the thief be
brought to justice, (hall receive the above reward; or
for the horse alone Sixty Dollars, and reasonable
charges if brought home, paid by
JOSEPH BREARLEY.
SIXTY DOLLARSTEWARD'.
STRAYED or STOLEN out of the pasture of
~ the fubferiber, near the Gap Tavern, a dark roan
MARE, with colt, and will foal about the firft week
in June, about ten or twelve years eld, and about four
teen or fifteen bands high, trots and paces, but trots
mostly, has a long narrow hoof behind, and stands very
wide, her mane hangs on both sides, (hod before, of
good courage, and middling poor. Whoever takes up
faic mare and the thief, so that the owner may get the
mare and the thief be brought to justice, (hall have the
above reward, or Thirty Dollars for the mare, and
reasonable charges, paid by the fubferiber in Salfbury
township, Lancaster county. J
April 12 GEORGE M'D IL L.
JOSEPH SIMS AND SONS,
Have for S ALE at their fiore in Wafer street, below
the Bridge, on the lowest terms,
MUSCOVADO Sugars of different forts, in
hogsheads and barrels; best powdered white Su
gfin boxes; excellent green Coffee in tierces and bar
reis; also Mclaffes in kegs. , #
A few pieces of Linens and dozens of Thread Stock
ing- yurt received from St. Euftatia, to fold by said
Sims # nd Sons.
JOSEPH H A G U E,
At his ftdre the next door briow the Indian King, in
Market Street, Philadelphia,
AQUA NTI fY of Indigo, of on excellent quality;
a good assortment of country-made Cloth and
Coatings; also imported Copperas; Weft India and
Country Rum by the hogtheari or barrel, and American
Silt cf tile bert qualify; al! which articles will be fold
for cash on the very lowest terms the circumstances of
the times will admit.'
Philadelphia, April
TO BE SOL D,
T HA T valuable House, at the corner of Front and
Pine-streets, three ffories high on Front-street and
four on Water-street, forty feet by twenty, with tw@
:°°^ s on . each fl °° r nicely papered and neatly
finished off, having a large store and cellar underneath,
with a large v,ult : The whole clear of ground-rent
and in excellent repair. It may be entered on immt
diately. For further particulars enquire of the fubferiber
in Front-street, near the Drawbridge,
_A^ CHIBALD M'SPARRAN.