Dunlap's Pennsylvania packet , The general advertiser — Philadelphia, Pa., 1776-03-18 00:00:00, page 1

O R,
GENERAL
City of Philadelphia, March 18, 1776.
The ASSI Z E of BREAD.
Fine Flour, at Seventeen Shillings and Nine
Pence per Ct.
Middlings, at Fifteen Shillings per Ct.
Rye, at Ten Shillings per Ct.
Whitebread b.oz. Mid.do. lb. oz. Rye do. lb. oz.
id.loafiso 7 id.loafiso 8^ id.loafiso 11
2d.ditto,o 15! 2d.ditto, I if 2d.ditto, 1 6?
4d.ditto,l 14' 4.d.ditto,2 2f qd.ditto, 2 12^
Bd.ditto,g 13 Bd.ditto, 4 5 ! Bd.ditto, 5 9
!2d.ditto,s ll|i2d.ditto,6 7- I2d.ditto,B 5;
Set by SAMUEL POWELL, Mayor.
JACOB DUCHE, 7
SAMUEL RHOADS, [ Aldermen.
AMOS STRETTLE, J
TO BE SOLD, and miy be entered on at
any time in May next,
A PAPER M I LL,
With about one hundred and thirty acree of land,
r, HE Aid MILL i< lituate at Spotfwood, in
I New-Jersey, ten miles from Amboy Ferry;
it was built by Frederick Keemer, who for totare
time occupied the fame: It is fuppbed by a stream
of water which never fails in the driest season. The
greatest part of the land is in meadow ground, with
a great many fruit trees thereon. One mile and a
half from the premises there is a landing on naviga
ble water, by means whereof all fort's of commodi
ties may conveniently be lent to and received from
New-York. As the owner of the premises, John
Klein, lives at Albany, any person inclining to
purchase may be informed of the particulars and
know the terms, by applying to William Will,
Pewterer, in Philadelphia, or Henry Will, at
New York.X
frH REE PENCE per pound is
I given for best clen WHITE LINEN
RAGS, by JOSEPH CRUKSHANK,
Printer, in Market street, and by JAMES
TR UMA N, in Elbow-Lane, Philadelphia.
Just printed, published, and now felling by
ROBERT B E L L,
Printer, in Third-street, (price Three Shillings,
wi:h large allowance to thole who buy per the
dozen or hundred)
PLAIN TRUTH; addressed to the Inhabi
tants of America, containing Remarks on a
late pamphlet, entitled COMMON SENSE:
Wherein are fliewn, that the Rheme of Independ
ence is ruinous, dclufive, and impracticable: I hat
were the author's a ffeverations, re(pe&ing the pow
er of America, as real as nugatory, reconciliation
on liberal principles with Great-Bruain, would be
exalted policy : And that, circumstanced as we
are, permanent liberty and true happiness can on
ly be ohtlined by reconciliation with that kingdom.
Written by CANDIDU S.
Willye turn from flattery, and attend to this fide?
1 here Truth, unlicenc'd, avails ; and dares accost
Even Kings themselves, the monarchs of the free.
Thomfen on the Liberties of Britain.
N. B. To this paiAplet is Subjoined a Defence of
the Liberty of the PRESS, by the sagacious and
patriotic JUNIUS, author of the celebrated
Free Letters to his present Majetty and his Mi
nisters.
Just published and to be fold by
LAMBERT WILMER,
Near the corner of Church-alley, in Third-Street,
[Price One Shilling]
AN affectionate ADDRESS to the Inhabi
tants of the British Colonies in America;
by a Lover and Friend of Mankind.—At the fame
place may be had, an Extract of Baxter's taints
Everlasting Rest; with an Extract of the Christian's
Pattern, and several other ufeful and Spiritual
books.f
March 9, 7776.
WAS DROPPE D, between the Sign of
the Bear in Market-street, Philadelphia, and
the Five-mile Stone, Havreford Road, a wrought
Pocket-book, with green lining, con
taining one Continental Three Dollar bill, some
other money not known, and sundry papers.
Whoever leaves it with the Printer hereof, or the
fubferiber in Burlington, fliall be hand Gamely re
warded. f THOMAS ADAMS.
Berkeley County, Virginia, Feb. 20, 1776.
NOTICE is hereby given, That [ the
fubferiber passed a bond to Andrew
M'Gennis, for the sum of Twenty fix Pounds,
Pennfylyania money, bearing date the tenth day of
December, 1774, hud as the said bond was unjuit
ly obtained, I do hereby forwarn all persons from
taking an alignment on the fame, as I am deter
mined not to pay the said bond, or any part there
of, unless compelled thereto ly law. Given under
my hand, f JOHN DAVISON.
THREE POUNDS REGARD.
RAN AWAY jrom the fubferiber, living near
Choptank River Branch, in Caroline County, a
servant lad named John Boulder, ab^ut seventeen
years of age, five feet two or three inches high, of a
fair complexion, thin visage, and has a high long nose ;
bad on when he went away, a narrow" flriped jacket
and breeches, a homespun Jbirt, an old pair of Jboes,
^ad old fiockings: It is fappofed he will change bis
name, as he has done before. Whoever takes up the
jaid John Houlder and secures him, so that bis mafler
my get him again, Jhall have the above Reward,
ana all reasonable charges, paid by
4 THOMAS STUDHAM.
VOL. V.
MONDAY,
Eafi-Nottin ham, March 12, 1776.
L 1 B E R T Y.
^ ^ HAT noted voung "orfe, full fifteen hands
.a high, t ree qu rters blooded a bright bay,
only five years old this graft, will be let to mart
this season, at Mr. George L get's, at the sign of
the Cross Keys, near the Brick Maenng-houfe, and
it Mr. Richard Dowdle's, at Chriftiina Bridge.
The time to commence as follows : Tire tirft week
in April at Mr. Bowdle's, tbe fee nd week at Mr.
Legget's, and 1o on during thefed<n. He will co
ver at Thirty Shillings the season, or Twelve
Shillings he tinglelap. Liberty will fully
recommend himfelf to any foe& oor, without giv
ing a long preamble of hi pedigree. He may be
seen at Mr. Legget's, where good pasture may be
had for mares t Two Shillings and Six Pence per
week, and good attendance will be given by
Jl ' JONATHAN dunn.
YOUN G ELI STzE
^^ /
#rc™¥\Nft
foster
'r"" famous hune cm d Kouno D. RESIZE,
five years old next grab, wet cover mares r e
approaching fe fori, from roe fiift < f April to tl e
Hut of August, at Robert Kirk:u ide's, living with
in halt a mile of Alexander Brown's tavern, in
New Britain Township, Bucks Countv, at Four
Dollars the fcalyn, the rooney to be pad at the
t me of covering, and Three Pounds to insure a
foal : His colour may be said chiefly to confri of a
fine black, variegated with a few white hairs; has
a star in his forehead, mounts sixteen hands hi, h,
well limbed and otherwise Prong and de : ntly
rn.de, which renders him likely to get good 'colts,
either for the faddls or gears ; trots, gallops and
draws well, runs fwift, is of go d spirit and tem
per, carries himfelf lofty, and is allowed by com
petent judges to be superior in figure and strength
to any half blooded horse in the province. Good
pasture will be provided for mares at Two Shillings
per week, and proper care taken of them, by
JESSE REECE.
N. B. The said horse was adverti fed to cover in
Slab-Town, West-Jersey; but for some reasons the
owner thought proper to move him to the abovefaid
place.f
FOUR DOLLARS REWARD.
DESER FED from the Pennfilvania Naval
service, David Denton, alias Foster,
about five feet five inches high, of a swarthy com
pLxiou, black hair and eyes; he was enlisted by
the fubferiber at Bridge-Town, Cumberland Coun
ty, West-Jersey, and it is supposed may be found
about that place or Fairfield. Whoever apprehends
f id deserter, and delivers him on board any of the
Provincial Gallies in the river Delaware, (hall re
ceive the above Reward, wi h reasonable charges.
JOHN HAMILTON, Captain.
F o"uiTDOLL~A R s"rEWARK
DESER FED from the Pennsylvania Naval
service, James Kelly, alias Caley, about
five feet fix inches high, of a dark complexion,
black hair, pretty square and well set, born in the
North oflreland, and bred a flax dresser; is fup
poftd to have gone to New York. Whoever appre
hends said deserter, and delivers him on board any
of the Province Gallies in the river Delaware, (hall
receive the above Reward, with reasonable charges.
JOHN HAMILTON, Captain.
FOUR DOLLARS REWARD.
DESERTED from the Pennsylvania Naval
service, Patrick Hill, about five feet eight
inches high, of a fair complexion, with curled Tan
dy hair, and round nose ; born in the North of Ire
land, and has been formerly in the Enghfh army.
Whoever apprehends said def.rter, and delivers
him on board any of the Province Gallies in the
river Delaware, (hall receive the above Reward,
with reasonable charges.
JOHN HAMILTON, Captain.
Berkeley County, Virginia, Feb. 24, 1776.
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.
RAN AWAYjrom the fubferiber, on the third
day oj las May, an indented f ervant man named
John Wood, an Injbman, near ft feet high, about
thirty years of age, of a sandy complexion, red hair,
foop fbouldered, heavy built, droops a good deal in bis
walk, and what is ver, remarkable, the toe next to
bis great toe oj each foot is turned down to the ground,
so that a person to look at hi, feet would imagine tbofe
toes were cut off: Had on when be went away, a
country linen Jbirt, lincey check trowfers, a Jbort green
waifeoat, an old felt bat with a small bole in the
crown, and a pair of new Jhoes with thongs in them.
Whoever apprehends the said run-away and secures
him in any of bis Majefly's gaols, so that I ma, get him
again, Jball be paid the above Reward, by
ROBERTCREIGHTON.
D UN L A P's
-LOH!'
^pe^~jjrct&ratwtar=&'
To the PEOPLE of PENNSrLEAN/A
LETTER I. ° :
My dear Countrymen,
THE wisdom of some nations hot been great
ly commended, because they never eha&ed
any „,w law, nor fuffered any innovation in their
ancient constitution, without firft proposing the
natter to the people, and giving them a full op
,o tunty to express their approbation or dislike.
It is true, we have never come up to the perfecti
on of this rule, yet in the former happy days of
this province, it was a good and salutary custom
among us, freely to ddeufs and examine all pub
lie affairs, in conversation as well as writing,
when occasion required. And although, since the
commencement of our present troubles, this rule
could not always be observed, yet every unnecef
ary deviation from it has but added to the affiidti
-10 of many real friends of America.
Qievous as the least restraint upon the prefe
always be, to a people entitled tty freedom,
it must be the more so, when it is not only un
warranted by those to whom they have committed
the care of their liberties, but cannot be warrant
ed by them, consistent with liberty itfelf. Ne
vertheless we readily lubmitted toit, while any
colourable pretext could be offered for requiring
such a fubmiflion. Nay we have done more—we
have too quietly yielded to a few who have been
claiming one power after another, till at length,
encouraged by their fuegefs, and prostituting the
cry cf public neceffityto clcak an ambition, which
needs as much to be checked in the loweJi as the
^gkfl, they have now the aftoniliing boldness to
aim at a total deftruffion of our charter confiitu
tion, and seizing into their own hands our whole
domestic police; with legislative as well as execu
tive authority.
To prepare the way for affecting this most ru
inous design, the Majesty of the People of
Pennsylvania has been grievously wounded,
in the persons of their legal reprefen'atives, by re
peated attempts to intimidate them in the discharge
of the great trust committed to them by the voice
of their country, and the most scurrilous misre
presentation of patriotic exertions which have
not been exceeded by any other body upon the con
tinent.
Since the Press is at length become so free, that
fucli publications are thought tolerable on one fide,
it cannot but be judged reasonable, that it should
be equally free on the other fide also; Specially
where charges are to be answered, and innocence
defended. At all rifles lam determined to make
the experiment, and to offer one appeal to the re
mainder of our ancient virtue. Nor need any
persons be alarmed ; for an indecent or angry ex
preflion (hall not difhonour my pen, nor yet a
single sentiment, which is not calculated to ce
ment all parties in the province, upon fafe ard
popular grounds, more firmly than ever, in exe
cuting the Resolves of Congress and maintaining
American Liberty. So far as our Committees
confine themselves to the purposes oftheir appoint
ment, which are merely executive ; so far as
they are exerting themselves to affe& what is well
expressed in the Evening Post of Thursday
week, to have been their original design, viz. " a
" faithful execution of the association entered in
" to by the Continental Congress, relieving and
" assisting those who may fuffer by the suspension
" of trade, promoting reconciliation upon con
“ ftitutional principles between Great Britain and
“ her colonies; the encouraging the manufactory
“ of such articles as are necefTary for our exist
“ ence, eloathing and defence; the preventing
“ manufacturers or venders of goods and mer
“ chandize from felling the fame at unusual 01
“ extravagant profit," and holding up transgres
sors of every rank to public censure, without fear
or affection—fo far, 1 fay, they ought to have
the thanks of their country, for generously bellow
ing their time and attention to its service, and
ought to be supported by all good men. In this
view they deserve the greatest commendat'on, for
their late vigorous endeavours to refeue their inju
red fellow citizens from the avaricious gripe of en
groffers and foreftallers.
But if, i stead of being confined to such pur
poses as the'e, any individuals of our Committees,
who I trust will never amount to a majority, (hocd
by the bait of power thrown out to them by de
signing men ofthis or any other province, be led
out of their line, to interfere in matters foreign
to tlifir appointment, I am persuaded, that when
they feriotifly confider what may be offered on this
head, they will perceive that such a conduct (as
it never can be <ubmitted to by the people of this
province) would give a more effectual stab to our
domestic harmony, and to the public cause, than all
the efforts of all the difaffeHed perlons in America
can give.
In carrying on our great controversy with Eng
land, Pennsylvania has no need either to make the
least facrifice of its c institution, nor yet to yield in
zeal tn the foremolt of the colonies, It has been
our singular happiness from the beginning, that
T HE
ADVERTISER
M~ A R CM 18th, 1776;,
we have been able to grant, and have, afrca
granted, as large funis for the common fei
as any of our neighbours, in proportion t
numbers and that these grants h^e bee
in a way to which the people ere acc,
and to which they have given thUr fantt
re electing the fame men, lince the centeft
England had advanced into open war; th
pledging themselves to submit to whatever
may be adopted by future assemblies for
the immense sums with which ;he prov
charged,a/well as ligni fying thefulleft
on of the measures, which have been conc o a
our defence. ~t
This great privilege which we enjoy, of ^
our free unbiased voice annually in the choice
an AiTembly, who, from that moment, by char
become a constitutional body, vested with the
thority of the people, and can meet when the
please, and fit as long as they judge necefTary.—
This privilege, I fay, and the case and quiet with
which our public bufnes las been tranfiried;
(hiring the prefect contest, have been the erivv
and admiration of our neighbours, who, enjoying
no such perfeaion in their civil constitutions, have
been driven into the measure of Conventions, and
forced to hazard the emission of money, and other
a&s of state, under disadvantages which need not
be mentioned here, as we are yet happily free
. from them. IVou'd any wile people, eejoyi
such a constitution, ever thick of defraying
with their own hands ; or does any other colony,
whose A/emblies can exercise their authority,
ever think of committing the conduct or ton;
Conventions?
But fu-ppofe our ATembly really charge
with any culpable r.egle& of duty, with ' r hat face
could those of our present Committee, wh^ are so
loud in their clamours against them, pretend
step into their feats? Were thev chosen for that
purpose? No. They were co fidered as chosen
for the purposes already mentioned ;&nd although
they confit of a hundred members, tFev bad not
two hundred votes. Few people gave themselves
any concern about the elevon.,Wag w^| ,farisfi
ed that any number of refpe&a^fe citizens
would take the trouble of a Committee of If.:
tion, fhoulti be thankfully indulged wi,h the .^ce.
But would this have been the case had it been
imagined that any among them would ever a'p,re
at the powers veiled in an Aff&bly, fairly and
constitutionally elected, to reprefeift two orth'ree
hundred tboufaad people ? For, whatever may be
pretended about the necessity of a Convention, it
is certain,, that if such a body were to meet, and
cou'd succeed in assuming the powers of govera
m?nt, they must all at length be vested, for so
faxe of execution, in the hands of a few n?en whe
confider themselves as leaders in the city of Phi
ladelphia; and the province in general have bcft
little to fay in the matter.
These are very serious and alarming confedera
tions iojmany; and therefore, after difeuffing a
certaithpoint of equal importance in my second.
letter, I wi,^proceed in the succeeding ones,
enquire into thejtiftice of fu@h cornpffints as haw
been;made against the AfTembly. In fomeindan
ces,probably, these complaints may appear to be
weftfoundedi Where they are so I Shall ben
dy so confers it ; and as perfection is not to
expected in the firft hasty essays of are public b:-.
dies, providing for new and unprecedented cases,
l doubt not they will readily make such amend
ments as may appear nec-ffary to themselves, or
be suggested by reasonable men. In some instan
ces, I Shall Shew that they deserve public thanks,
for refufing,to comply with some requisitions for
merly made ; and that others are new made
which they cannot aflent to Without a maoifeft
violation of our constitution; such as blending the
military and civil power, and giving Field-Offi
cers, who may hold their placestfor life, the pow
er of determining appeals, and discharging MhT
ments, which is now fafely lodged in the consti
tutional way, with commissioners tffen by the
people. .-CA.T O.
(For Letter 11. fee our last Paper.)
To the PEOPLE of PENNSTLFAfII
AT length the lung wished for opponent of
Aißer'iCan Independency ha/miie bisp.o
lic appearance, and already addi ~
cond letter. In this letter, Ifo much 0 I red
to the author for entering "with' Tfr ommft
consideration of the treatment the C< : mm,innnef?
said to be in reading's to e »ba,k tor ^u^r^c^^L :
order to nugociate a settlement- of cur inba^y
differences, Should receive from this pecble, I
His ffrft animadversions fall heavily upon the
writer Signing Cassandra, whole sentiments. he ac
coUnts difgracefui to America and'pernirirw^o
Society ; a heavy cha^gerindeeri! " ike pmom ,
(fays the writer) to have Satisfied hoOT
the sole view in this commifhon h to a^
deceive, to bribe arid corrupt us.
Supposes us so very corrtip'Rjle. ,
deuce Caf';nd r a fa , *
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