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To be Sold by Public Sale,
At the Cofte-Houfr, on SATURDAY the 7th J u ne
next, A
V'^UABLE PLANTATION, lituate on the
Frankford road, four miles from the city, con
taining 60 acres, about 10 of which are meadow, and
more may be made. For further particulars enquire
at the Gore of REED and FORDE, in Front Greet,
two doors above the Market. The payments will he,
one-third in 6 month,, one third in 12 months, and
the remainder in two years. M^y 26.
To be Sold by Public Vendue,
At the Coffee-House, on SATURDAY the 7th
of June next,
A ?' 9<° U V in Fifth - fref , between
Walnut and Spruce-street,, twenty-four feet nine
mche, front on Fifth .street, and one hundred and nine
ty-eight feet deep, in fee simple, whereon is ereßed,
Gory Brick House i n front, and two Frame
two story high each, with cellars underneath
the whole, now in the tenure of Mr. Alexander Hale,
per annum, who will shew the premises. An
inaifputable title will be given, and the terms of pay.
reent made easy to the purdh^fer, Possession will be
firft ° f Au ^ uft , or on the payment of one
third of the purchase money.
^%Q , , J ° HN BAYARD, Auctioneer.
£ <At the fame time will be fold, A LOT
GROUND situate on the south fide of Lombard-Greet!
between Second and Third ftreeti, containing in
breadth, on find tot, 20 feet, and in length or depth
77 feet, clear of all incumbrances.'
At the City Auction, on
FRIDAY Next,
The 6th of June, 1783.
At THREE o-Clock in the AFTERNO 0 N,
Will Commence the S ALE
OF ? Large and very General ASSORTMENT of
MEROHANDIZ E,
(Particulars of which will be published by the Bell on
the M rning of the Da, of Sale)
With a QUANTITY of
Houfhold Goods, Kitchen Furniture,
WEARING APPAREL, &e.
JOHN BAYARD, Audicneer.
Southwark Au&ion.
THIS
M O R N I r N G,
Will be Sold hv Public Auction,
A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF
MERCHANDIZ E,
As USUAL; ALSO,
Houffiold Furniture & Wearing
APPARE L, &c. &c.
William brown, Auctioneer.
RB. Hand-Bills will be difeontinued for the future,
except on particular O:cafions.
T O BE SO L D, A
(CONVENIENT two story BRICK HOUSE in
Fourth-street, near Walnut Greet. A good title
, be given and poffeffiun may he had the joth day
Of June. For further particulars enquire of the Prin
ts M^ 22.
T O B~E
A Lot of Ground in Fifth
ftreet, about half way between Market and Arch
ffreets, containing on Fifth-ftreet thirty feet, extend
ing eighty feet back : the Lot is now incumbered with
two wooden Tenements. For Terms of Sale enquire
the Printer. April 15.
Wanted, a Wet Nurse, in or
°ut of thehoufe, who can be well recommended. Est.
quite of the Printer. May 26.
iffi^e
T HURSD AY,
VOL. XII.I
GENERAL ADVERTISER.
Published E v ER y TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SATURDAY.-Price Six-Pence.
At this period of the war it is with peculiar pain we
find ourselves Constrained to address yourauguft body,
on matters of a pecuniary nature. We have Gruggled
with our difficulties year after year, under the hopes
that each would be the last ; but we have been difap.
pointed. We find our embarrassments thicken so sass,
and have become so complex, that many of us are un
able to go further. In this exigence we apply to Con
gress for relief, as our head and sovereign.
To prove that our hardships are exceedingly dispro
portionate to those of any other citizens of America,
let a recurrence be had to the paymaster's accounts, for
four years pad If to this it fhnuld be objected, that
the refpeflive Bates have made Settlements and given
securities for the pay due, for part of that time, let the
present value of those nominal obligations be„afcer
tained by the monied men, and they will be found to
be worth little indeed; and yet, trifling as they are
many have been under the fad necessity of parting with
them, to prevent their families from actually Garving.
We complain that shadows have been offered to us,
while the fubflance has been gleaned by others.
Our fixation compels us to search for the cause of
our extreme poverty. The citizens murmur at the
greatness of their taxes, and are astonished that no part
reaches the army; The numerous demands, which are
between the firft collegers and the soldiers, (wallow
up the whole.
Our diftreffesare now brought to a point. Wehave
borne all that men can bear—our property is expend
ed—our private refoutces are at an end—and our friends
are wearied out and disgusted with our incessant appli
cations. We therefore mod seriously and earnestly beg
that a supply of money may be forwarded to the army
as soon as possible. The uneasiness of the soldiers for
want of pay, is great and dangerous; any further ex
periments on their patience, may have fatal effects.
The promised fubfifiance or ration of provisions
consisted of certain articles fpecif^d in kind and quan
tity. This ration, without regard, that we can con
ceive, to the health of the troops, has been frequently
altered, as receffity or conveniency fuggefled, gene
rally losing by the change some part of its fub'dance.
Oh an average, not more than seven or eight tenths
have been issued; the retained parts were, for a snort
time, paid for ; but the business became troublesome
to those who were to execute it. For this, or some o
ther reasons, all regard to the dues, as they refpefted
the soldiers, has been difeontinued (now and then a
trifling gratu ; ty excepted.) As these dues refpeßed
the officers, they were compensated during one year
and part of another, by an extra ration ; as to the re
tained rations, the account for several years remains
unsettled ; there is a large'bslance due upon it, and a
considerable sum for that of forage.
The eloathing was another part of the soldiers hire.
The ar earages on that (core, for the year 1777, were
paid off in continental money, when the dollar was
worth about four-pence; the arrearages for the fol
lowing years are unliquidated, and we apprehend
scarcely thought of, but by the army. Whenever
there has been a real want of means, any defect in sys
tem, or negleA in execution, in the departments of the
army, we have invariab y been the fufterers, by hun
ger and nakedness, and by languifliing in an hospital.
We beg leave to urge an immediate adjuGment of
all dues ; that, as great a part as possible be paid, and
the remainder put on such a footing as will reflore
cheerfulnefs to the army, revive confidence in the jus
tice and generosity of its constituents, and contribute
to the very deferable effeft of re-eftabliffiing public
credit.'
We are grieved so find, that our brethren, who re
tired from Service on half pay, under the resolution of
Congress in 1780, are not only deflitute of any^effec
tual provision, but are become the objects of obloquy.
PAPERS referred to in the Address and
Recommendations of Congress to the ref
pedive states, inferred in our paper of
Thursday the 29th ult.
( Continued from our last. )
, [PAPER No. VII. ]
To the United States in Congress assembled.
The Address and Petition of the Officers of the Army of
the United States,
Humbly Sheweth,
THAT we, the officers of the army of the United
States, in behalf of ourselves and our brethren the
soldiers, beg leave, with all proper deference and re
fp^G, freely to slate to Congress, the supreme power cf
t^ United States, the great difirefs under which we la
hour.
OR, THE
TH E
H. KNOX, M. General,
JOHN PA PERSON, B. General,) On the part of
J. GREATON, Colonel, C the Maffachu-
JOHN CRANE, Colonel, C se tts line
H. MAXWELL, Lieut. Colonel, )
J. HUNTINGTON, B. General,
H. SWIFT, Colonel, ?On the part of the
SAMUEL R. WEBB, Colonel, SConnearcut line.
E. HUNTINGTON, Lt. Colonel?
P. CORTLANDT, Colonel, ) 0n thp P art of the
/New York line.
JOHN N. CUMMING3, Lt. Col. )°" ! he ,par'ofthe
/New-Jersey line.
WILLIAM SCOTT, Major, ''Y .° f '^
J 7New-HampShire line.
W. EUSTIS, Hospital Surgeon,) 0 " th ° the
r ° '/general hospital.
MOSES HAZEN, Brigadier General.
Cantonments, Hudson's River, December, 1782.
[PAPER No. VIII.]
Extras of a Letter from His Excellence
General Washington, dated Head-Quar
ters, March 12, 178,
"ST R,
"". wi ' h ir#ex r re ^ ble concern I make the fd-
A lowing report to your excellency :—Two days
ago, anonimous papers were circulated in rhe army
requeuing a general meeting of the officer, on the
next d^y. A copy of one of these papers is enclofrd.
No. T.'
" About the fame time another anonymous paper
purporting to be an address to the officers o f the 'ar
my, was handed about in a clandefiine manner—A.
copy °f this is marked No. 2.
so prevent any precipitate and dangerous reso
lutions from bring taken at this perilous moment,
while the passions were all inflamed: as soon as these
things came to my knowledge, the ne±t morning 1
mued tbe enclosed order, No. 3. And in this fixa
tion the mater now refis.
Since writing the foregoing, another anonimou^
h^ been put in circulation, a copy of which is
inclofed, No. 4.
T , heir edition has a very difeouraging foa on us
who mufi sooner or later retire, and from n v r y cerfi-'
gratitude and policy, demands
mention and redress.
We regard the a & of Congress refpeßng hfoay
, an honorable and just recompence for foal
hard service in which the health and fortunes of the
have been w °rn down and exhauded. We fee
with chagrin the odious point of view, in which ' the
citizens of too many of the Gates endeavour to place
mfn" e °i e °'"| d T" We h °P e> for he honor of hu
man nature, that there are none so hardened in the
Wehr:"'"'/'"l°r e " y the i" fti ce of the reward.
We have r eason to be teve, that theobjeftion general.
A is against the mode only. To prevent therefore
^ny altercations and diftinAions, which may tend to
injure that harmony which we ardently desire may reign
'^ ,^ m u nity, weare willing t oc o mro ute
the balf.pay pledged, for full pay, fora certain num
ber of years, or for a sum in gross, as Shall be agreed to
by the committee sent with this address. And in this
we pray, that the disabled officers and soldiers, with
.he widows and orphans of those, who have expended,
or may expend their lives, in the service of their coun
try, may be fully comprehended. We also beg. that
some mode may be pointed out for the eventual pay
ment of those soldiers, who are the fubjeßs of the re
folutiou of Congress, of the 15th May, 1778.
To the representation now made, the a^my have
not a doubt that Congress will pay all that attention,
whicn the serious nature fl it requires. It would be
r'^' na ' 10 the officers to conceal the general diffatis
faction which prevails, and is gaining ground in the
army, from the pressure of evils and injuries, which
in the course of seven long years, have made their con
dition in many instances, wretched. Th, y therefore
intreat, th.t Congress, to convince the army and the
world that the independence of America Shall not be
placed on the ruin of any particular class of her citi
zens, will point out a mode for immediate redress.
^ MEETING of the general and field officers is
requeued at the public building on Turiday
next, at it odock. A commissioned officer front
eaC " h tz p p . a e^, ^d a delegate from ^
medical nar. xhe obje^ oftthis convention, is to cote
j UNE 5,
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