Dunlap's Pennsylvania packet , The general advertiser — Philadelphia, Pa., 1777-05-20 00:00:00, page 3

X!X. That the Qi arter-Mafr General, with the
approbation of the Commander in Chief or Commander
o. any lepardte department, appoint a competent number
G Deputy Qiarter-Mafters General, a Waggon-
M^hrGeneral; and io many Waggon-Matters as' the
fer^ from time to time may require, anti make a
refuel to the Board of War of the names of the per
foos lu appointed.
XT. Ihat Major General Mifflin be allowed fir
his eryices as Quarter-Mailer General Oue Hu Avril
and Sixty-fix Dollars per minth, in addition to his pay
as Major General hat the pay Of 3 Deputy Ouar
t«r Master General of a grand division of the army be
Seventy five Dollars per m nth.—That the pay of an
AGftant Deputy Qisr<cr-Mafb r General be fix ty Do!-
^rs per mjn.h, .'nd that he have the rank of Captain.—
•hac the #¥.ofaW^-^-&fiffe r ? -c^ r ^% S^^-v
.¥?. V /^'F fa r D'ilars per month.—
That the ,ay of a Barrack Matter General be Seventy/'
five Dollars per month, —That the pay of a Waggon-
Master or Conduct >r of Wagghns b'e'forty Dollars oer
month. —That the pay of a Forage-Metier be Ferty
Dollars per month. te"
XXL That every Officer, non commifHoned Officer
er Soldier in the Army of the United States, who sh ill on
any pretence whatever presume to take out ofacy ft ble,
pasture, park or carriage, any horse or horses bJopgin^
to the public, or any belonging to private pedons uftu r
ally employed in the public Service, without having au
thority fa to do by written order of the Commander
in Chief, the Commander of any department, the
Commanding Officer of ar,y , -ft where such herta may
be, the Qnrter Maste j General er any of hisDcpu<i^s
or Affi Unis, or by the Commanding Officer of Artillery
er anv detach ueot thereof, who may give order fur
the ~ak.bg of h^es aligned to that corps only, Inch
orders t> f; c ty die pa ticolar f^nre fur which such
horse or ho ^s are akeo, (han be for s uch offence, as
soon as may be, brou;t to a General Court Martial;
and if the fa& is proved to the UtisfaAicn of the Court,
the Commander in Chief or other General Officer,-
having fren rJers for such Court to convene, (hall
upon conviction immediately di mbs from the f.-ivice
such offender ifan Officer, unless from feme cireum
ft&nces the Commander in Chief or fijeh General Of
ficer (hall fee ciufe to pardon the office: And if 4
non commiifoGed Officer or Private, he 1L!I order
juth corporal pumfhmanr to be inflicted as he msy
th(nk proper, n t exceeding -uc hundred lafl^s; neirfs
from some cir'cumftances the Commander in Chief or
such Ge..e al Officer (hall fee cause % pardon the
offence. ' Extras from the Minutes,
CHiRLES THOMSON, Secretary.
To the Honorable HOUSE of ASSEMBLY of the
Stale of fei.niyivama.
Honorable Mrs;
A S we collide? the title of an" Honest Mxx"to
be o' the foil and mod honorable rank ^mor ;
mankind, lo it is with inexpr^r/de pkahreto us, that
the late proceedings of this.Houle have given us the
happy opportu icy of aadreffiog you by this eLv-toi
character. Ehriaryaffed with difficulties, and beset
with parties, at your firtt entrance into the public ser
vice, we admire the wisdom and candor Whh which you
conduced and difoa'ched hufioefs in the former meeting
of this Hoyle. The laws which were then puffed,
though few id num ; ?r, diftipguilh your profound atten
tion to the du 1 s of your Nation, and a liberal regard
towards the rights a^d felicities of ma kind.
. We coafi 'er America as a country rifi+g, under the
peculiar hvqr of Providence, to an elegance of fe dm
not attained by any nation now known in the world,
and the higher ambition of this society is to contribute
its mite tow'd $ he uro^e's thereof. We ret re in
our deliverance Torn the tyranny of the Am, and f,.r
liament of Great Britain, and, at the hz%id of evey
other enjoyment ri / mat a. uro us. wib contribute our
utmost service to th delete and fweoo ? of the fame.'
It is incompatible w ith the itbe< a) Bru ime;ts w 1 hold,
to differ upon trifles wi a any of our fellow citizens
who may have the fame general good in vie w with winch
this feciety is animated, and we conceive that we evi
dence, to all men, a Ik&Ub'e d:f,,fr.i n, by declaring
that altho' we think it our duty, for the ri ration of or
dir, to (upper: the p-ck^t legifi rive and executive
powers exiftiw in this St tt, we (hall neverthe efs con
cur with the fame obe? ooefs in the amendment ofany
part of thepie^eutConduir ; ?n, when, either upon ex
pediment or by a candid 1 juuvintoiby rights of things,
such amendment ffiall he ' md orjmfcd 1 be necAHry.
Our firft ebj^t is th Bence and Tcuti.y of our
country, ahd that not of this State oly, but of every
Sftzfeun the continent of A- ^rica. We claim brother
hood f r om H mpthire to Geo-gu. and we feel every
0 her matter rifl -g ^^ "" '?° : "-<- "^ n.wdtyfied in
this scale of gAcral b^rovole^T We ktow, Honor
/de Sirs, but two charriers o' men throughout this
<< e rive couriered those who are f^r fap,orting thy In
PePen hence of the Unital Mates as dec'ared by Congre/s,
and rF/e ^h? are not; and however fame, fur,ore, or
pr a ^rty of sentiment, may didin^ui % th? individuals
of reformer, we proudly cad them friends; and re
girdltfs of the fame diftintfio^ a nerg tie latter, we
c I them enemies 'therefore, our prayer to this
Honorable Houle is that they wid be pleaded to take the
creni^s into their confiderariuo, and provide some es
fe&ual means fyr th? pre'e^ion and encouragement of
the former, mr+fcrthe deletion and rippreffion of tl^
latter. And your petitioners will ever pray.
Signed by oxier cf the Seemly,
May 16. Charles WillsonPeale, Chairman.
PENNSYLVANIA WAR OFFICE, W^6, %„{
Reformed, Th9t it is the opinion of this Hoard that
no servant or apprentice ought to be ~d 0 t^ed as a sub-
Picute according to a resolve of CongreL of the 14'h
of April Lft, sot aily pc'iou ir perlons, except bi* own
matter, Without the ex r-fscon'ent of Gcb master ito
writing; and that wheic * or two persons bare deii
vered ft Servant or af.,re~«% belonging to souther per
form to any officer as.th.ir,u ftitare, aid received such
office:'s certificate there : f * : chp Boot pedons ought
not re be exenj^S' ^—w-..<iwvh
Mv>Mtf%tes. '' % : ^,^r i
GENERAL HOSPtTaL, /1f017,1777. Rv?..
late resolve of Congreri the pay of regimental Surgeons
is increased to two dollars py diem aaf four rations;
and regimental Mates to &% dollar and one third p.r
diem, a d &o>atitas.
Any gentlemen qua'fkdfr these places, may find
employment by applying to the Direadt Genmal. ^
1 he following Memorial is now handing about the cjw,
to be !: riej by t; g'g&bifoi'i
TotUU'enoraHe tt-e 'S3 EM BLf g Pernfylvama.
The ME MORIAL O sundry Inhabitants of
the City o r Ph lace'phia,
Refpe&fully fheweth,
THAT your Memorialing havvfeen, with great
diftrels. the Lngucr which pr/ %s x. tvrr,de
parment cf rhe gverrmm f t°is Star-, at a time
wher . herownlai ry and th- sari y ftlieU#.ted States
require the meft vigorous ^^r„ o 5a,,7 : qt evm
mpn c^my. Their Libels , a this c<^ n s
a peculiar poignancy from <fEßmg',>< here was a
time<.her. Pe nfy v.. : . e moist ied thefi ftr nk aim ng
her filer Spates to- v f gor ano union in he 1 onori's;
and at this time her natural ,r ng-h nd re-ewrecs a-e
such as, if property cd e^ed and employed, would
alone h^ fufficuiit to re;tl the prefect force which
threatens us with ah iovafion.
rmr Mcmo°iahftstee no prof e& of the force cf he
State heir g halted forth into ac'r.on by an, of -he meu
for? s that have been taken. fuey fan, wrhfurßr.ze,
your Executive Council adj mm themickfs in a man
ner unprecedented by T^L m dies in aa; country, and
at a time when the excHion, of sum supreme authority
were 6f the utrm ft importance to the fafety of rhe State.
T'hey saw, with regret, the Hon. Congfels, up tn this
alarming occ^fiun, ob iged. coofraty to -heir o-dir^y
line of cdndu& to interfere in the interna! price of
this State, in order to fate E from anarchy add ruin.
I hey ice therfbicro^ u#..Mnie: w ugri .*u<-iL.aiw
employed in fo r eading the reeds /nd puoctp-es of dif
a^fion among us; and, ifi „ne i^fence at least; trai
rcroufly alerting their /l. ( inteto the Crown of (hat-
Britain. TiryGe noregtilat admmift.wiuner jrilice,
whereby such highly criminal enemies of the c. aft; of
liberty may be puniibed, and whereby its friends may
be proved. They sec ao such medwes taken in this
as have been taken in other States, for checking the
exorbitant prices of every r.-cefl'ary of life, and ft-r fop.
posting the credit of the public money; and Ldriv, fcy
fee nothin before them, under the prefeot complexion
of affairs, but a melancholy profped cf an encr,/e of
all the evils they have described.
Your Memoririif* a?e of opinion, that all these
defers and d forders arite, in a great measure, from a
difference of f<mim<r,t receding the frame cf govern
meet formed by the Etc C'onv ntion of tins State. 1 he,
need A t, at this time, mid i? : y aiguo ems to ihew you
t^e iinpracUc'rcbi^ty u<c^rj ; ing<h^ .la:Q g<)vcr'm)- nt in
10 execution, they sere been raagh by experiment.
r 7 t only from the gen-n : dflke expre&d b, the pec
pleat Irrg• to the gov foment, but from your Own
coxdu? at your meeting and your own proceedings as
an dfcmbly (the firft be : rg directly cwi rv to the
Cooftiurion, and the lalfvarying from it in rainy elfen
tial points) that the Conft turion in its present fam is
wholly unequal to the exigencies of the Stale.
Your Memurialifls deprecate as the greatest evil tlat
can b- fa' a he country, a iegiflature affirming a power
of altering a Constitution m a tingle article, without an
authority derived from the people for that express pur
pole;and, therefore, they beg leave to requeL that you
would immediately (in ord^r to restore Strength and fo
nimity to the State) recommend the election cf a new
Convention for the pu pole of altering and amending
the present Corftitntioa, agreeably to the sentiments
o a m fairy cf the people. Your Memorialifts need
net remind you, that the inhabitants of Pennsylvania
have i ever had a lair - ojortuaity of eXpreffing their
term meats upon the piefem frame of Government; for
an oath, deciding that important point, was required
ns a condition to be complied with previous to their
voting for Representatives.
In the mean while, your Memorialifts will, as far as
they are ab'e, fuppert you and the Executive Council,
or the body formed under the recommendation of Con
gress, in the exercise or such authority ^s may be ne
cefLry for the iecwrity of the State; 'fuch powers to
be lodged in the Convention, as soon as they shall meet,
or in such perlons or bodies a, they shall appoint.
Frem E GUADELOUPE GAZLT'
C • i-rdNTUNOPL E, j^w
'r Envoy extraordinary from the Court of
&. a hiis pre: md a Declarat;:n to the Porte,
containing the motives which have determined ^ So
ve-ei^n t& lend a body of troops into the ;<-fAe-^
Tois Document, instead of fu.^rtiiQ C
approaching war between the two c-.op- - ^r,
in the Life of mode/ation and peace. '
Cpmrbas continued toexe:cifc the righ -„; ; v< .
in the Crimea, notwithstanding this pcnmiuL was re
dared independent by the Treaty of Kaignai- *e; snd
these unfair prances ,ie too much rooa. to f-4;
she bad refidved io p vTefs herfelf of it the ri^ -,vor
able crib. Copre^cu ririsdJaffer, which wo „.gain
dr^fb ri-e^ %qui!;ty rs Enr^t, her Majetty the Era
• • hi- h<^..... CT .!e,6
Ronnnzbw rd take prnTefuen ofiPredop, a donfym
the rertos in their independent forra of gurrnm.rr.
Lbw General is yefted with plenary powe 5 to tre-c
peremptorily wirh the Commiffion-rz of the Porte re
lative, to all objects sodetermiaed between the two
Rales..
- The Porte has not yet given an ar fwer to this De
chratinn, but it is probable that he
and the bur+bezfr.me war she is<
'affaire Forfar, wiA induce the ^Q coincide
wrh the terms of Russo, a- d wa% ,„ a
mifino ocrafion, the refriutiun of vindicating ^ ho^r
of the Crefetrit.
L-O N 1) O N, FUrvarr
The recruiting service for err two armies in.?mc
rica goes on with much fuccris, fed rhe levies will
be ready afoot the t-enty-nro 0 M^ci. W e ex
pc^t Bum Call, a new corps cf chaffers; coring
or Icoo th. fin men, fr a-.^h^ h^y as 0 MfieQte
fim Erttrfwickard F-nan• liv which r°<.#
tiz ins of the Minister flatter them^h/es w :; R| have
: $ e riiccecft campaign, an army 1 # ;. o regular
troops in Canada, and 3500.0 under G^ne-fr riu^L.—,
W,^ a pity should the ryfos, meddling W^iiagton
take it in his head to fpail so fair and ex.& a c^cu
-1 800.
It bar bees very lately diForexel thit the copper
p ! a-e which A made u r e of to ft-rike the fmerican ~iper
currency, wan em rav:n io Lonfo in the year 1766 for
a geptlen .n ?ho is 0 ,w a member of Qdtg*efs ; which
leads us 0 heb'eve rihat the pro : -A of re : .idcTh<rthe Cc
-Is# independent wag formed long foce by hune fac
tious peo, h, dexterous enough at covering theo sui
bitiote designs order the i.^ of psuioum^ [/
fugacious difcoveryQ '-.
, t^x^^x^
~ nnrßnv-c..ltogfe.Itogfe (P g„j. }.l).j,j d
^ ond ft tit, the u^c. <,: Kwth •
J r?*t, will ^ohi lie S A : £ of % L.r.orA c
BOUS E 4 Ofrb an- KITC 6 ° E '' F U< NI IT R?^
# ..o<Ui ting of fratner beds,.feritt-; # d«, bedrid. f
uri;%jis, f •les, dn&g chairs, looking • • ,pr fort#
pate, kettles, pot*,' plate*, kn ves .nd fork , & & 3 .
Also ab;u two tns • f exc^tnt ba,, a qoan of
oats, a gQd^olch cow, a quarter-calk of wire v s h 1 est
quahty, a h.^/he^d cf home made grape w 0& flahie
hfanufe, foodie, &,. & c . The money to he paid on
tlte drf^vety of the p.oocs. • . 1,
On reasonable temt,
;§ VALUABLE PHOTON and Iron Work fixate
{A in M.rruhind Sulix County, Nw je lev, r;t:-c
hnd of Muse ofkunek R ver, ahiut 33 mile from F:i
---z/wh Town, lame dt lance from h : c n, and ^ mfo
hum E-h>-, cmtainim, 103.0 aors of gp.-d find on
w ' - // : u : - '•r,
i-rge with sou fires? two a. nm%s, on^ Ri:;C done coal
'ou'e, -ne tar.*.dw./ng-hoLlc, and fit
fnrthb 111 ps, a.l in good or.er, where 300
iron can be made < year, as it never wants a
perlon harming to purchife may appi, to CH IRLES
EbDY,^ Puila O-hO, or to GARRET RAPA.LJE,
at Sq diiefoint, in.Aiew jersey.,
EIGHTY DOLLARS 'REWARD.
DESE RTRD trom my company, in tch John
kaon's regiment, the fottawtug.ty^.iers, viz.—
jA.\its Osburn, Amt icun bore abort five Let ten
inches M,ti; be terv d:n Capt. Cal.' v : |j\ ocp^nv, in
the oil Delaware regimes. Lazarus CAfc.M. # rY,
American born, about five Let fev^j iocuu hi has
ve-y fore eyes; by trade a tmne. # , and (erved iri C: pt.
D nb, '.company in the 1& .Dec, ware refmerit. S^'A
mix Jones, American bern, a great rogue, anl has en
ihted federal tones ; he forte,; in Capt. Lattimores com
pany in the Delaware Flying Camp. James Cole, a
Izbou er, bo-iiin Scotland about he her fix inches
high, inluLd in Seff.x County and is harboured there.
James Drigass, a mellow booking fecund rd, about five
feet leven in.be, bgo, is wolf known about Blackfoot,
Saflex County. Henry Watters, American born, a
y^ung lad, about jive L^ ten inches high.
weaver, and lata lived with bis father mI nt 0 .-
went o,f with IQk, 4 & John Jump, Amt;- - . 3
wed made fellow, about live feet ei.be inches high, a
gre^t&rper, and lately lived in Queen Ahn's County.
Richard Swift, American born, about five fe t niie
incites high, by trade a fho,maker, and lately worked
with his brother iiF'he neßr Dover ; he is a great cow
ard, and took to the fwainps to avi going to camp.—
Any person securing any of the above defertars, f* that
thy may be ^rdoght to the regiment, fhril be entitled to
TEN DOLLAR) for each, and ah r^fonable charges,
paid by t ALLEN M-LANE, Captain.