Dunlap's Pennsylvania packet , The general advertiser — Philadelphia, Pa., 1776-11-19 00:00:00, page 4

Consider, my countrymen, what will be the end of
such measures. Reflect, but for a moment, and you
will perceive, that neither you nor your posterity can
have the least security for the enjoyment of your civil
or religious rights after this. You lye at the mercy of
every half dozen ofGentlemen in the State, who have
influence enough to laife a party, and who have hardi
ness fufficient to attempt the overturning the constitu
tion. Something of this kind teems to be intended, as
they are unwilling that the confutation (hould be fixed
even for seven years, though it amply provides for eve
ry improvement septennially for ever. Could men,
who wish to fee happiness and good oider return, lend
their aid to the eftablifliing Such principles?
The formation of a government, and the eftablifliing
a regular civil authority afterwards, are absolutely ne
cessary to the welfare of the society; now confider the
consequence of taking Inch liberties with your
laws The right is equal in both 'cafes. See
the confufi ms which must ever attend us in such a con
dition. Mark the distresses which arise on the change
of a government, and think what they must be when
we countenance such fluctuations. But one of the Gen
tlemen told you, that as loon as they have obtained a
government to their mind they will not permit any
perlon to open his lips against it. The man that dares
open his lips against the government we mean to esta
blish, said he, (hall be expelled the country. This is
the liberty of Speaking and writing they design to esta
blish, and their resolution to impose silence on the
people (hews what they aim at.
If rhe freemen of every county in the State, after
they have elected and sent their representatives from
the most dillant parts, and after these representatives
have performed the business for which they were
chosen ; I fay, if after all this, they are liable to be
called together the next month to undo the whole at
the pleasure of a few Gentlemen in the metropolis,
what must they feel, and what must they think ? Better
for them to let Philadelphia rule the State, and they
be permitted to attend their daily occupations, than be
thus kept in continual confufions, and after doing the
best they can for the public weal, find they have it all
to do over again, until they have pleased every one
whose vanity persuades him that he is intitled to find
fault without ever condefeending to shew his reasons
for it. This may do for a while in town, where men
can meet * and without giving themselves time to con
fider of the consequence, do the bufinels for which
these Gentlemen assemble them in an afternoon, with
out a farthing's expence, except the loss of so much
time; but is impracticable in the country. The people
after a little while's experience of such politics, I will
venture to foretel, will recline their heads on the lap
of the most absolute and uncontrouled tyranny, rather
than endure such misery and confufion. This is the
point to which we are faft verging, and nothing but
the most steady and firm opposition to such ruinous
measures can save us from it.
The Gentlemen deny all connection with Tories.
It may be so. This they must however allow, that
none but Tories and Non AfTjciators can reap benefit
from their proceedings. Has not this manoeuvre pre
vented the collecting the three pounds ten (hillings
fine from Non Affaciators ? Has it not defeated the
good intentions of the non associating ordinance of the
Convention? Has not this nearly destroyed the Associ
ation? These are the fruits of this tree, and if they
are good, the tree is good also. If evil, the tree is evil.
For by the fruit is the tree known.
They have pledged their honours, that they will
support the union and independency of the States; but
if a revolt from that union, and a submission of one
half of the continent be the effed of these measures,
in less than fix months, you will remember that I told
you of it. Let those Gentlemen who promote it so
strenuously look about them and fee where they are.
Who is it that rejoices now ? Whose countenance
glistens with inward fatisfa&ion? Who fays all goes
very well, the people will feon get tired of such pro
ceedings and will call for the old government founded
in royal authority ? For God's fake, my countrymen,
who have stepped forward to defend the liberties of
your country, and can nevpr merit pardon by recant
ing, confider where you are.
* However necefory Town-meetings may be on some ex
trqordina'y occafans, yet if employed to such purposes as
the, have of late, they can answer no end but to produce
confufion, and will at last become a public nuisance. Few
men will attend them, except the heads of the faffion and a
few of their partisans. Every wife man who is a jriend
to liberty and mankind will carejully avoid too frequent re
petitions of them.
Philadelphia, Sept 5, 1776.
THREE DOLLARS REWARD.
CTRAYED from a lot of Mr. Lee's, (of the In
° dian Queen) near the State-house, on Saturday, the
31st of August last, a black M AR E, about fourteen
hands high, twelve years old, with a hanging mane and
switch tail, has fevcral saddle spots on her back, trots
paces and gallops. The above reward will be paid to
any person who will deliver her to Mr. Robert Gilmore,
or Mr. David Sproat, of this city.
XTHOMAS REID.
PHILADELPHIA: Printed by JOHN DUNLAP, at the Newcfl Printing-Office in Market-street, where
Subferiptions at Fifteen Shillings per Annum, Advertisements, &c. are thankfully received for this ITper.
Port of Phladefhia^>rr l
whom it may concern.
Pennsylvania 7
NOTICE is hereby given, That a Court
of Admiralty will be held at the State-house, in
the city of Philadelphia, on Thursday the zß r h day of
November inst. at ten o'clock in the forenoon of the
fame day, then and there to try the truth of the fads
alledged in the bill of Nicholas Biddle, Esq; (who as
' well, &c.) against the following Negro slaves, to wit,
Luke, Baile, Jack, Phil and Ben, taken on board the
brig Betsey, J^hn Rynoe, master; Jacob, taken on board
the brig Elizabeth, William Ryfon Johnston, master ;
Henry and Jacob, taken on board the ship Molly, Brid
gen Goodrich, master ; Sol, Moses, Charles and Jacob,
taken on board the brig Maria, John Marshall, master ;
and Romeo, Joe and Frank, taken on board the brig
Peggy, commanded by Capt. Cook: To the end and
intent that the owners or masters of the said Negroes, or
of any or either of them, or any person or persons con
cerned therein, may appear and shew cause, if any they
have, why they (hould not be condemned as prize accord
ing to the prayer of the said bill.
Nov. 11, 1776. By order of the Jud^e,
X ANDREW ROBESON, Reg.
T O BE S O L D,
By the SUBSCRIBER,
AV ERY valuable plantation or trabt of hind, con
taining 162 acres, upwards of 60 acres of which is
woodland, 18 acres of meadow (and more may be made)
the remainder exceeding good for any kind of grain, and
remarkable for early palture, in a very healthy and
pleasant situation, whereon is ere&ed a brick house, a
frame barn, under which is room for fourteen cows, a
(table, a calf, poultry and spring house, which spring
never fails, a large and good garden paled in, a well ot
excellent water al the end of the boule, a young orchard
of 160 irees chiefly grafted, of the best kinds, and a num
ber of bearing trees: The whole situate in Nether Pro
vidence, Chester County, within sixteen miles es Phila
delphia and four of Chester. A clear title will be given
by § THOMAS VICKERS.
Warminfler, Bucks County, Ofl. 10, 1776.
FORTY SHILLINGS REWARD.
RAN AWAY from the fubferiber, on the 29th
day of September last, an indented servant named
ISRAEL JENKINS, about sixteen years of age,
but rather small, country born, short dark brown barn,
and hath loft a joint off the fore finger of his right hand:
Had on and took with him, a brown lincey coat, striped
jacket, neat's leather (hoes, felt hat, a white hunting
fhirt, &c. &c. Any person that will bring said servant
to his master, or fecuie him so that he may be had
again, (hall receive the above Reward, and all reasona
ble charges, paid by JOSEPH HART.
OFFICE for the Sale of Real Estates.
TO BE SOLD at Public Vendue, on Thursday the
14th of November, at Two o'clock in the afternoon,
at the sign of the Cross-Keys, the corner of Chefnut
and Fourth-streets,
FOUR Lots of Ground, situate on the north fide of
Walnut iireet, each 17 feet front and 80 feet deep.
One Lot adjoining the above to the westward, being
21 feet front and 80 feet deep, bounded on the welt by
an alley 11 feet and an half wide.
Six Lots on the weft fide of Fourth-street, between
Chefyut and Walnut-streets, each Lot 20 feet front, and
extending in depth about 125 feet to the alley above
mentioned, of which they have the privilege.
At the fame time and place will be SOLD,
A Yearly Rent Charge of " One Hundred and Forty
“ four English Shillings, or value thereof, in current
" money of Pennlylvania, according as the exchange
" (hall be between the laid Province and the City of
" London, payable by even half-yearly payments, on
" the second day of April and the second day of O&o
---" ber yearly for ever ;" the said Rent issuing out of a
Piece of Ground at the north-welt corner of Walnut and
Fourth-streets, containing in Front on Walnut street,
36 feet, and in depth on Fourth-street 80 feet.
Any person inclining to purchase at private sale may
treat with MATTHEW CLARKSON, and
EDWARD BONSALL.
PLANS may be seen at the Coffee-Houfe, at the
Indian King, the George and Indian Q^een Taverns, at
the place of sale, and at the said Office.
TO BE SOL D,
A LARGE, elegant an- convenient HOUSE,
with a coach-house and stable, situated in a very
pleasant part of this city. The lot on which the house
Hands is free from ground-rent, and fronts on three
streets, being 160 feet on one street and 30 feet on the
others. The lot on which the stable and coach-house
stand is 50 feet front and 90 feet in depth, adjoining the
dwelling-house lot, and is fubjed to a ground-rent. —
Enquire of the Printer.
TO BE S O L D,
At the London Coffee-houfe, on Saturday the 23d inst.
(November) if not disposed of before at private sale,
A COMMODIOUS and neatly finished three Gory
brick HOUSE, with a kitchen, store, chair
houfe, and the lot of ground thereto belonging ; situate
on the south fide of Elm-street above Race-street, be
tween Second and Third-streets, containing in breadth
on the said Elm-street 51 feet 9 inches, and in length or
depth 51 feet, bounded weftwa,d by Israel Pemberten's
ground, which has been left open for a street, south
ward by Samuel Robefen's, and eastward by Frederick
Biker's ground ; fubjeft to a yearly ground-rent of Ele
ven Piftoles and a quarter; late part of the estate ofcVa
lentine Shallus, now in the tenure of Mr. Jacob Winey.
Enquire of
§ LEONARD MELCHER.
FRANCIS DA YM ON,
Master of the French and Latin languages, and Libra
rian to the Public Library,
CO NTINUES to inftru& Gentlemen in the French
language in the most expeditious method, agreea
ble to the late improvements of the French Academy .•
He keeps a regular class every evening for those who
cannot conveniently attend in the day time. The said
Daymon lives on the south fide of Market-street, the
fith door below Fourth-street, Philadelphia.j
TO BE SOLD BY
MAURICE ROGER S,
At Col. John Nixon's Compting house,
JAMAICA SPIRIT, Weft-India and Country RUM,
and MOLASSES by the hogshead, MUSCOVADO
SUGARS, and some DRY GOODS. . f
CAME to the fubferiber's, in East Caln
Township, Chester County, on the 14th of July
last, a milch CO W, of a redifn colour, with a white
belly, very old, and was almost past her milk for want
of milking. The owner is defirecito come, prove his
property, pay charges and take her away.
XHENRY BARKER.
Philadelphia, October 25, 1776.
SIX DOLLARS REWARD.
P AN AWAY from the fubferiber, on the 23d inst.
"a Scotch servant lad named William Saunders,
five feet four or five inches high, about seventeen years
of age, has light sandy curled hair, is pitted with the
small-pox; had on a small bound hat, a coarse bl^e clo h
coat, waistcoat and breeches, white ribbed yarn dock
ings, good (hoes, and pinchbeck buckles. Whoever de
livers said servant to the fubferiber, at Francis Lee's, at
the sign of the Indian Qjeen in Fourth-street, shall have
the above Reward, paid by
Philadelphia, ,tb Month 30th, 1776.
ALL persons that have any demands against
the eitate of Ellis Lewis, late of this city, de
celled, are requested to bri^-g in their accompts that
they may be adjured and paid, and those that are in
debted to said estate by bond, note or book accompt,
are desired to pay the fame to the fubferibers.
To be SOL D, agreeable to the last will and testa
ment of said Ellis Lewis, deceased, a Merchant-null
and Saw-mill adjoining, in good repair, together with •
one hundred acres of land, situated in the county of
Chester and township of Kennett, distant from Chester
twenty miles and from Wilmington ten miles ; the
county of Lancaster lies about twenty-five miles back of
said mill, where a fufficient quantity of wheat may be
procured ; the mill-house is built of Hone and brick,
about 40 by 35 feet, also a stone addition adjoining, 33
by 25 feet. There are in said mill two pair of millstones,
one of French burrs, the other Cologne, three boulung
reels and hoisting works that go by water, a two story
stone dwelling-house with three rooms on a floor, a
stone kitchen and a pump of good water in the yard.
The barn is one story of stone, and a fraffie upon it, with
(tabling underneath ; there are about ten acres of very
good meadow that is watered out of the mill race, and
two apple orchards: The place has always been deemed
a healthy situation and in a good neighbourhood. Any
person inclining to purchase the above described pre
mises, by applying ta Joseph Musgrave, living near
the fame, may know the terms and view the place. An
indisputable title will be made to the purchaser by the
fubferibers. MARY LEWI S, Executrix.
§ 3 m. JOHN MORTON, Executor.
THIRTY SHILLINGS REWARD.
STRAYED or STOLEN, from Matthew
John's palture, near Hay-Creek Bridge, about the
6th inst. (O&ober) a large dark bay HORSE, fifteen
hands high, four years old last grass, was (hod all round,
trots heavy, had a small fore or two on his back, the
hair wore a little off his forehead. Whoever will bring
him to the fubferiber (hall have the above Reward and
reasonable charges, paid by
, DANIEL REYBOLD.
ChrifianaMridge, Newcafle countr^tb month 1 8, 1776.
TO BE SO L D,
By the SUBSCRIBER,
A PLANTATION pleasantly situated on the
great road leading from Christiana to Peaej^ot
tom and several other ferries on Susquehanna, ab|^Eone
mile from the Brick Meeting-house, containing :
of Land, whereon is erected a stone dwelling-house two
stories high, 28 by 34 feet, well finifhed, with three
rooms on a floor, cellared under the whole, a large frame
ditto two stories high, three rooms on a floor and cellar
ed, with a stone kitchen adjoining. Also a stone store,
cellared, and frame ditto with garners, &c. which has
been well accustomed for vending goods near 40 years,
and lately in the tenure of Mifflin and Irwine, merchants
of Philadelphia, who can give an information thereof.
Also one other tra& thereto adjoining, containing about
100 acres, whereon is ere&ed a water corn-mill. With
divers other trails advertised in the Packet of the 19th
of the 2d month last ; reference thereunto had may more
fully appear. § 6 JOHN LEWDE N.
DAVID HOOPS.
N.B. Recruiting officers are itqcefted not to receive
the above described servant.
AL L persons indebted by bond or book debt
to the estate of James Cochrane, (hop-keeper,
late of Philadelphia, deceased, are desired to make
speedy payment, or else they will be proceeded agairtt
by law as focn as the courts are opened : And all those
who have any demands against said estate are desired to
bring in their accounts, properly attelftd, that they may
be adjusted by JULIANA COCHRANE, Executrix.
f FRAZER KINSLEY, Executor.