The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1779-07-06 00:00:00, page 3

PHILADELPHIA, July 6.
In CONGRESS, id July, 1779-
Whereas the Xegiflature of the State ot North Carolina
have represented, that from the difficulties of communicat
ing intelligence in that State, and the remote situation of
many of its inhabitants, it was impossible tiiat they (hould
receive seasonable notice to carry the money of the emis
sions of May 20, <7'77, and April t , 17 8, to the prop r
offi e, by the time limited by Cpngrefs, and have there
fore requeued Congress to grant such further time for that
purpose, that the inhabitants of t e said St G te may not be
injured. And whereas it is also represented to Congress
that many persons in the different States have been pre
vented by unforeseen c.ufes from complying with the said
resolution. And whereas it was not the intention es Con
gress that individuals possessed of the said bills fheuld fu
fiain any further inconvenience than such as arose from
the necessary cautions against counterfeits.
Rooked, Therefore that all bills of the said emissions
which fhail be brought into the Continental Loan Offi es
before the firft day of January next, shall at the election
of the owners be received either on loan, or to be exchang
ed Brother bills, and that the fame rules and precautions
as arc provided for registering, certifying and defacing the
bills of the f id emissions, received by the r efpe&ive Com
t ffionrrs of the Laan Offices, before the firft day of June
last, be cbferved, in refpt& to all bills of the said emissions
which shall be brought in by virtue # >i this resolution Pro
vided that each holder of such bills shall previously take
the following oath or : ffirmation, and cause to be delivered
to the refpedive Commissioners of the Continental Lovn
®ffi es, a certificate thereof, signed by the Magistrate,
adminifhihg the fame.
I do swear (or solemnly affirm) that dollars
of the emissions of May 20, 1777, and April 11, 1778, of
the following numbers and denominations,, viz.
were my property or in my possession on the firft day of
June, 1 779, or at the time of my being informed of the re
solution of Congress, of the 2d of January, 1779, for tak
ing the said emissions out of circulation, and were not ob
tained diredly or imdiredly at a difepuat.
That the Commissioners of the Continental Loan Offices
be authorized to pay off the indented certificates which
they fhail have iffuad for exchanging bills es the emissions
of May to, 1777, and April> , 1778, to any persons to
whom such certificates may 1 e endorsed, provided that each
endorsement shall be witreffed by a Magistrate.
That the Commissioners of the several Continental Loan-
Offices make returns to the Board of Treasury immediate
ly after the firft day o' January next, of the amount of
the bills received in their ref,e&ive offices after the said
firft day of June, to be exchanged as aforefaid, and that
for tnis purpose proper bills be lodged at the said offices,
within sixty days from and after the firfl day of January
aforefaid.
Whereas it will require time te provide Loan-Office Cer
tificates for borrows twenty millions o' dollars, in pur
suance of the resolutions of Congress of the 29th of June
last.
Refolve>d, That Loan Office Certificates of any denomi
nation already struck by order o' Cpngrefs, be issued for
te purpose of the said loan, any < in,, contained ig the
fail certificates to ti e c ntrary wtwith Handing.
Extras ,rom,h Minutes,
r HARLES THOMSON, Secretary'.
Mr. PRINT L R,
Y 0 U have told us in a late paper that a Commence
ment is to be held on Monday next for the College
of Philadelphia. From the notice it is doubtiil whether it
is to be a public or a private ceremony. But it is general
ly expeded to be the former, and li<e every thing else in
these times, is became a fubjeft of speculation. The time,
the circurp fiances, the auspices under which it is to be
conducted, are all surprising, anJ unlefeall public deco
rum is to be violated, it must be diffinguifhed by some of
the most shining specimens of human ingenuity. As vir
tue, the love of our country, and military herpifm, art
the ufuai themes of juvenile eloquence on such decafions,
many are at a loss to guess how the young orators will ad
dress those worthies who composed the old Board of Trus
tees, and most of whom yet remain Some of them in
deed, attainted of hi^ h treason, are fled from the hands of
justice. But the residue, (with an exception of two or
three) is composed of those who were prisoners during the
invaion of the State, either on parole, that they would
In C ONG RE SS, July 3, 1779,
It being repr&ented to Congress, that their resolution
of the s'n of June last, vacating the commifnon of Major
grated t r >Capt Proweli in the nth Fenafylvamia regi
meir' ha been miftin ,erP < 1
R^ wed, Tat + he sole reafal for vacating the said com.
it ffion at ecLms of tier Capt ins in the Pennsylva
nia line, 0 er whom it appeared that he had been promot
ed by reiflake, and n< . any fault or want of men in
Cp ain Proweil, cf whf ®;ara&er, as a ufeful officer,
Congress entertain a favourable opinion.
txt'oa ^ mthe Chutes
CHARLES THOMSON Secretary.
When men, whose fafety is obfeurity, and whose
prudence is to remain unknown, seek to obtrude
themselves upon the public, they must expert the disci
pline of the press, which if duly attended to may save
them from farther notice. In this view I fend you the
inclofed, and as your press has been generally employed
in the advancement of public virtue and our glorious cause,
l expert you will give it a place in your next.
A City Court|will be held bn the lift instant (July) at
ten o'clock in the forenoon, to which the City Constables,
&c. are to make their returns, and persons petitioning for
licences for pbl choufes in the city, are then to apply.
Eafowt, June 17.
Yesterday the army under the command of Major Gen.
Sullivan, set out on their expedition to the Indian country.
During the month's flay, of this brave army in this place,
their behaviour was so regular, and both officers and men
behaved with so much politeness to the inhabitants in ge
neral, that they merit the thanks of all ranks of people.
That with the blessing of God their valour will be crowned
with fuceefs and a fa'e and happy return, is the mutual
wish of every one in this little place.
Tothe Printer of the PENNSYLVANIA PACKET.
S I R,
not aid the enemy, or because they would not give it, and
and others, imitating that illustrious character handed
down to posterity under the appellation of the Vicar of
the Vicar of Bray, must be much embarrassed. As to the
learned and refpeaabte Provost, his abilities being equa
to any situation however perplexing, and never distressed
with that diffidence which is observed too frequently to
affed men of great learning, he will doubtless acquit him
felf with that dexterity which he displayed so emiently in
the oration on General Montgomery, and for which he is
on other occasions so conspicuous.
But let us for a moment suppose the assembly met, the
Congress, the principal Officers of the State, and Minister
of France, (for we cannot imagine they will be uninvited)
ranged on the one fide; the late Officers of Government
and Heady oppefers of American Liberty and Independence
on the other. In what language shall the orator address
the motley audience? His youthful breast warned with
Grecian and Roman virtue from the classics he has just
left—Shall he tell how sweet and beautiful to die for one's
country, to those who have lived only, to injure .and dis
tress it? Shall he swell the ftrgihs of just panegyric on the
great and magnanimous Prince, the friend and ally of
America, to those who are in secret pouring forth hourly
execrations upon him and his nation? Or how will they
bear the tale of British eruelty and human woe, who but
the other day were carefling these very sons of riot and ra
pine as the dearel lof friends ? How must every encomium
on their brave rnd virtuous cotemporaries (and which truth
itfelf will extort) ftiag them Ivith envy and anguiffi as the
bitterefi satire on themselves ? But sure the venerable and
virtuous Alison will not disparage his declining years, or
the patriotic Profeffors whose fouls have been tried by pub
lic adversity, rifape their well-earned honour by so unna
tural a union. Much iefs can we believe that the fathers of
their country, the fripporters of national dignity and pro
priety, will fanftify and honour by their presence an as
sembly which otherwise can only owe its fafety to con
tempt.
As to the Provost, he may if he pleases convey the most
ftiort, ufeful and easy lesson to his departing pupils, by
which they may be refpe&ed while they live, and lament
ed when they die, which is to be precisely the ieverfe of
what he himfelf has been and is.
A PENNSYLVANIAN.
Philadelphia, July 1.
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.
CTR A YE D out of the back yard of the fubferiber,
0 last Wednesday night, a speckled black and white
C O W, middling size five or fix years old, the white is
moftiy about her hind quarter, a triangle small foot of
white on her left shoulder and another on her forehead.
Whoever brings her to the fubferiber, in Front-street
near the Bridge, fhail have the above reward and reafon
ale ch s es, paid by
JOHN PURDON.
WHEREAS Barbara, the wife of
William Fow, hath eloped fiom him: This
is th^ref .e 10 forewarn all persons not to trull her on
my account, as I will not pay any dzbts of her contract
ing from the date hereof
July §. - WILLIAM F 0 W o
To ibe P BBL I C.
I HAVE observed that many of the late papers have
been filled with productions of anonymous writers,
conveying to the' world general accufatioris of a very heni
ous nature against a set of men who, I have reason to be
lieve, by, no means merit such treatment—l think it my
duty thus publicly to require the authors of those pieces,
to point out the persons the, allude to. and to ascertain
the fa&s wherein they have offended or committed fraud.
The virtuous claim this as their right; arid the citizens
claim it as a debt due from the author of such publications.
Vain is the pretence to serve the public by general charges,
wherein t u e innocent and guilty fuffet alike; nay, the in
nocent most severely, because they know their characters
to be injured, and are deprived of the means of vindication.
I therefore call on all persons acquainted with the mis-
Conduct of any Assistant Commissary of Ptirchafe within
the Middle DinriCt, ov^r which I have the honor of afting
as Deputy Commissary General of Perchafes under Con
gress, to convey to my office in this city, a regular charge
thereof, together with the evidence to fapport the fame,
which, if complied with, I do pledge my honor that the
offenders fhail be prosecuted with the utmost rigour; re
serving only this privilege, that the informer's name be
given up to the persons so charged in case of acquital. It
is notorious that persons afting for the public are fubje&
to the laws of their country, both civil and military. This
induces me to believe that the authors of those producti
ons have no well grounded reasons for making the general
charges they illiberably hold forth to the public.
I entered into the business at an early period ; not from
a view of any great advantage, but merely from a desire
of serving my country, which I hope I have done faithful
ly.—The honest man I request to make known to the pub
lic, what fraud or mifconduQ he may have difeovered in
my execution of public business—The malicious I ever
will despise.
EPHRAIM BLAINE, D. C. G. P.
3^,2,1779.
AL L Gentlemen Sailors, and others, who
are willing to rifque their lives for Liberty, Glo
ry, and English Guineas; and are also willing to enter
on board the sloop Tyger, commanded by Capt. Martin
Parkifori, carrying two carriage guns, howitzers, &c.
and seventy men ; or on board the fchoorer Cat, com
manded by -= —- carrying two carriage guns; how
itzers, &c. and seventy men ; or on board the schooner
Sackall, commanded by =— —— carrying two carriage
gars, howitzers, &c. and sixty men; all under the
command of Commodore John M'Pherfon. They will
certainly fail, with the Almighty's permission, on or
before the tenth instant, and will cruize for one month,
to commence the day they leave the C pcs. To prevent
trouble, none will be permitted to sign the articles but
such as are known, or can be well recommended. No
advance will be given except to seamen who may be in
diftref#.
For the PENNSYLVANIA PACKET.
FO R S At E,
AH ANDSOM£BLACKGELDIN 6, not
more t^an seven fear: old last fpripg, fifteen hands
high; it well broke to faddie and carriage, and war
ranted found. For particulars apply to Mr. Forsyte;
at the Cross Keys in Chefnpt-fbeet, Philadelphia.
WH EREA S the Assembly of Pennfylvan^ £
in tne year of our Lord one thouffid seven hun
dred and seventy-sous; patted an A& intitlqd, An Aft
to prevent infectious difeafa being brought into the ci
ty of Philadelphia, of which the following is an extract r
" And be it further enacted by the authority aforo
" said, Tnat no Commander, Matter, or other ptrfon
" having charge of any ship or veffd bound to the port
“ of Philadelphia, or to any other port or place in this
<' Province, having on boarfl at the time the said flip
" or veffd departed from any port or place whatsoever
“ beyond the fcas, any greater, number of per far s,
" whether pafferigers or servants, or both, than forty,
" or having any persons disordered with any infectious
" disease, er coming from any sickly port or place, lluli
" bring his Drip or vessel, or buffer or permit the fame
" to be brought, nearer to the ciry than the island call
" ed Little Mud ty+nd, near the mouth es the River
"Schuylkill, or fhail land or bring on there, or cause or
" fuffer to be landed or brought on shore, at any port
" or place within this Province, any of such pafcngeis
" or Servants, or any part or parcel of their goods or ef
"fe&s,or the goods or effects of an, other person or per,
" loss wharloever, urtlil be fhail have obtained a licence
" or permit in writing for that purpose under the hand
" of the Officer or his Deputy appointed by virtue of
" the ACt iftitled, An Act for imposing a duty cn per
" foils cpnvi&ed of heinous crime;, and t® prevent poor
" and impotent persons being imported into this Pro
" vince, order the penalty of five hundred pounds, be
" ing thereof legally convicted in any Court of Quarter
'' STHon^ within this Province."
AND WHEREAS the Honorable the Supreme
Executive Council of the State of Pennsylvania, taking -
into ccnli legation the above Aft, haye been p.l?a fed to
nominate and appoint the fubferiber Health Officer for
the Port of Philadelphia, of which all Commanders,
Masters, or other persons having charge of any ship or
veflel coming in o the said port, are desired to take no
tice, and govern themselves accordingly, or they may
depend on being prosecuted with the utmost rigor, by
PETER DEHAVEN, Health-Officer.
July i, 177^
JACOB MANWARING;
In Market-street, next door to the Indian King,
GERMAN STE EL,
And a quantity of COR K S.
A LL person or persons who pretend to have
" any right or title to an inheritance of about 250!.
sterling, pn the 10th of June 17^ left by jan Huys,
whilst living, master ship builder and merchant in the
city of Rotterdam in Holland, to bis sister fannetje
Huys, and in case of her decease, to her lawiyj issue,
and which inheritance rests in the hands of Mr. Gerrit
Post, of said city of Rotterdam, wine-merchant, are
lately summoned by edift at Rotterdam aforefaid to ap
pear in person, or to fend an Attorney at Law in court
of the Worfhipful the Schepens of said ci:y of Rotter
dam on the ,th day of September ofthe year 177, ne±t
ensuing, there to hear the demand made by the issue of
Celitgen Huys and Aaltjen Huys which were also sisters
of the said Jan Huys, to be decreed entitled to the
said inheritance, &c.
N. B. The said Jannetje Huys was on the tilth of Fe
bruary of the year 1685 married at Rotterdam to Jerfen
Van Vtiedden, and they, along with two children, went
from thence to Pennlylvania (as is supposed) in the year
16,6 or 1697. Apply to the Printer.
O^e Hundred Dollars Reward.
RAN AWAY from the fubferiber, on the 16+h
day of june last, a Negro Woman named SUE;
the is abont thirty years of age, .about five feet two or
thre^ inches high, is big with child j the is more darkly
coloured than a Mulatto, ^though not so black as Ne
groes are in general. She wears high caps, and wa:
dressed in a blue and white Cnort gown and petticoat. It
is fufpe&ed the went to camp with a white woman com
monly called Captain Molly, who hat a husband in the
4th regiment of Light Dragoons. Whoever apprehends
the said Negro woman and secures her so that the owner
may have her again, fhail have the above reward and
reasonable charges, paid by
EbWARD HAND.
Gloucefler, July 5.
One Hundred Dollars Reward.
sys ADE hit escape last evening, from the gaol of the
4 county of Gloucester, a certain Daniel Githins,
who was committed for burglary; he is a likely well
made fellow, about five feet fix or seven inches high, and
about twenty-two years of age; had on an old hat, a
light coloured homespun jacket, a spotted under ditto,
old shirt, ft/iped lincey frowfers, no ffioes or flockings#
As he has friends living in said county it is likely be may
btrange his cloaths. Whoever will apprehend said Da
niel Githins arid secure him in any gaol so that he may
be had again, shall receive the above reward, and if de
livered at Gloucester gaol, all reasonable charges, paid
by ISAAC DUFFIELD, Gaoler.
WHERE AS Elizabeth Depre, the
wife of the fubferiber, living within fifteen miles
of Bethlehem, in Northampton county, has absconded
from him the second of this instant i This is therefore
to forewarn all persons from trusting her on my account,
as I am determined not to pay any debts of her con-,
trading from the date hereof.
June 6, 177,. JACOB DEPRE,
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