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GENERAL
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Citv of Philadelphia, January 2, 1775.
The ASSIZE of BREA D.
FINE Flour, at Twenty-one Shillings and Six
pence, per Ct.
Middlings, at Seventeen Shillings per Ct.
Rye, at Ten Shillings per Ct.
Imtebreid Ib.oz. 'Midd. do.lb.oz. Rye do. lb. oz.
id.loafiso 6-| id.loafiso 7^ id.loafiso 11
2d.ditto,o 13% 2d.ditto, 0 15-} 2d.ditto, 1 61
zd.ditto,l 10l 4d.ditto, 1 15^ gd ditto, 2 12;
Sd.ditto, 3 5 Bd.ditto, 315 Bd.ditto, 5 9
i2d.ditto,4 if^izd.ditto, g iqpizd.ditto, 8 5;-
Set by SAMUEL RHOADS, Mayor.
SAMUEL POWEL, ?
SAMUEL SHOEMAKER,^ Aiaermen °
At a special meeting of the Board of General Proprie
tors of the Weflern Divijion of NewJerf y, at tie
City of Burlington, on Thursday end Friday, the
10th and nib days of November, 1774, it was
Refolded,
THAT as it is evident the Eastern Proprietors
are not disposed to come into the equitable
measures proposed by this Board, for fettling a true
line of partiton between them, this board will as
sert and maintain their right to the lands lying to
the westward of a line, to be run from the Mouth
of Machackamack, lately eftabliflied as the North
ern Boundary of this province, to the Station Point
at Little Egg-harbour, and to the eastward of the
ex parte line, run by Mr. John Lawrence.
Alfa Refolded and Ordered, That every Proprietor,
or others holding under them, who have a right
to locate lands within any of the firft four divi
dends, may be allowed to survey the fame on any
part of the lands within the angle, lying to the
Westward and Eastward of the lines before men
tioned, fubjeCt to the Revolutions of this Board
already agreed upon. And provided also, That
those who have warrants now to locate, fba!l locate
and return the fame to the Surveyor-Genet al, with
in fix months from this time, and all others who
may obtain warrants hereafter, within fix months
from the date of such warrants. Resolved a!fo,
That a sixth dividend be granted, to be located
within the angle only, at the rate of 1500 acres to
each Propriety, the warrants therefor to be grant
ed by the Council of Proprietors, at their meeting
in February next, or any subsequent meeting.
At another special meeting of the said Board, on the
fifth of December, 1774.
This Board having understood that very ungene
rous and undue means have been taken by the
Eastern Proprietors, or their Agents, to induce
such persons living within the angle, and who are
usually bona fide purchasers under the said Eastern
Proprietors, to believe that the Western Proprietors
mean and intend to disturb their possessions and
improvements, and to take their lands from them ;
this Board do resolve and agree, that they have no
such sinister intention, but mean to give to every
such purchaser, or those under whom they hold,
the full opportunity of covering such their poffeffi
©ns and improvements with West-Jersey rights, at
a reasonable and moderate price ; and that, in the
mean time, such possessions and improvements be
secured to them without interruption or disturb
ance, or until an aft of Assembly can be obtained
to regulate the fame, and finally determine all
matters in controversy between the said Proprietors;
but that it is nevertheless to be understood, that no
such favour is intended or can be (hewn to any
person whatever, who may hereafter chufe to run
the rifque of making any future purchases of the
Eastern Proprietors, of any of the lands that are
contained within the said angle—this Board pro
testing against any sales of the Eastern Proprietors,
which they may hereafter think proper to make.
The above Resolves are directed to be published,
for the information of the General Proprietors, and
all others who may be concerned.
By order of the Board,
DANIEL ELLIS, Register.
WANTE D,
A YOUNG NEGRO WENCH, from
fourteen to twenty years of age ; die must be
lober, honest, industrious and good tempered :
one that has been bred up in the country will be
most agreeable. Whoever has got such a one to
dispose of may hear of a purchaser, by applying to
the Printer.
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SILK firings for watches and canes, manufac
tured in the neatest manner by ALLAN
MEUROS, of Philadelphia. Merchants, store
keepers, watch makers, cane makers, and others,
may be supplied with any quantity by applying to
William Woodhoufe, bookseller, in Front-street,
near Chefnut-ftreet, Robert Aitken, bookseller,
opposite the London Coffee house, or Frederick
Dominick, watch maker, in Second-street, the
corner of Vine-street.
N. B. Proprietors of silk may have it manufac
tured into watch or cane firings, on reasonable
terms, by the manufacturer ; who may be spoke
with every day at Lewis Farmer's, at the sign of the
Buck in Second-street, a few doors above Race
ftrcet.
APE RSON well acquainted with the
English method of F ARMIN G, if fuit
ablv encouraged, would undertake the manage
ment of a plantation. Enquire of the Printer.
VOL. IV. NUMB. 16%
DUNLAP's
CAME to the plantation of the fubferiber,
living in Newtown township, Cumberland
county, in July last, a dark brown HORSE,
about fix or seven years old, branded with a kind
of an O on the near shoulder, has a small blaze in
his face and a snip on his nose, and trots. The
owner is desired to come and prove his property,
pay charges and take him away.
JOSEPH PARKS.
December 28, 1774.
CA ME to the fubferibcr's plantation, called
Mount Pleasant, the beginning of last month,
a black and white C O W, with a rope about her
head : She calved this day. The owner is desired
to come and prove his property, pay charges, and
take her away.
JOHN M'PHERSON.
Philadelphia, December 28, 1774.
At the Desire of several Gentlemen.
PROPOSALS
For Printing by Subscription,
An AMERICAN EDITION of the
SPIRIT OF LAW S.
By the great and immortal M. DE SECONDAT,
Baron DE MON TESQUIEU, (so honour
ably mentioned by the Continental Congress.)
Translated from the French by Mr. NUGENT.
CONDITIONS.
TH E work to be printed in two volumes, ofta
vo, page for page with that most elegant Lon
don edition, printed for Nourfe and Valliant, in
the Strand, on a good paper, and neatly bound,
lettered, and edgerolled with gold,
The price to fubferibers will be Twenty Shillings,
Pennsylvania currency ; Seven Shillings and Six
pence to be advanced the time of fubferibing, and
Twelve Shillings and Six-pence on the delivery of
the work.
When three hundred fubferibers are pleased to
approve of these conditions, the work shall imme
diately be put to the press, and finiflied as soon as
possible.
A lift of the fubferibers will be given in the fiift
volume.
Subscriptions for this valuable work are
thankfully received by John Dean, (the Editor)
bookbinder, in Laetitia Court, Mr. Joseph Dean,
merchant, in Front-street, Mr. John Dunlap, and
Mr. Joseph Crukfhank, printers, Philadelphia ;
Mr. James Adams, printer, Wilmington ; Mr.
William Aikman, bookseller, Annapolis ; Mr.
Isaac Collins, printer, Burlington; Mr. Hugh
Gaine, printer, New-York; and Mr. Robert Wells,
printer, Charles-Town, South-Carolina.
Philadelphia, if month id, 1775.
TO BE SOLD BY
JOHN PEMBERTON,
TRENTON STEEL, either in blister or
faggot; mill saws, tanners (having knives,
cart and waggon boxes, cogs for wheat fans, &c.
One moiety of the steel furnace in Trenton, being
a substantial stone building, in good repair; and
a house and lot in Bridgetown, New-Jersey.
THREE POUNDS REWARD.
STOLEN from the fubferiber, living in An
trim township, Cumberland county, about the
29th of November last, a lambskin Pocket book,
with the following bond and notes therein, all
payable to the fubferiber, viz. one bond and one
note, both supposed to he about 621. 10s gd. pay
able by Robert ThomfAn, late of Lancaster county
but now of Weftmoreland ; one note of 251. pay
able by John M'Clelland ; two ditto of 61. each,
payable by David Mitchell; one ditto of 71. by
Joseph Denny ; one ditto of 181. 17s. 6d. by John
Gibson ; one ditto of fl. 10s. by John Taylor ;
one ditto of 41. jos. by James M'Bride; one ditto
of il. ss. by William Stewart ; one ditto of il. 2s.
6d. by Thomas Gordon ; one ditto of 21. ips. by
James Hopkins ; one ditto of 131. by Samuel Oar;
one ditto of 51. ss. by Alexander Wright; and
one ditto of izl. iis. 6d. by William Baird, all of
Cumberland county. The thief is supposed to be
a certain George Stevenson, a servant belong
ing to Allen Ralston, of said county, which ser
vant was lately bought out of the Work-house in
Philadelphia by a certain William Mufgrove, and
fold by him to the said Allen Ralston for a late im
ported Irifli servant. Whoever takes up and secures
the said George Stevenson, so that he may be
brought to justice, shall have the above Reward ;
and if any person finds the said Pocket-book and
rotes, so that the fubferiber mav have them again,
fh-.il have THREE POUNDS Reward, paid
by JAMES EVANS.
JOHN D E A N,
BOOK-BINDER, next door to Knight's
Beer-house, in Laetitia Court, 1 jiladelphia,
BEGS leave to inform the Public, that he car
ries on the business of Book-binding in all its
different branches.—As he has for several years past
been foreman in some of the firft binding-rooms in
London and Dublin, he flatters himfelf with being
able to please such Ladies and Gentlemen as favour
him with their commands, in leather binding, ei
ther in the English, French or Italian methods,
gilt or plain, vellum or parchment ; And as he is
determined to work at a moderate price, thole who
are pleased to employ him may depend on having
their work done with neatness and dispatch.
Merchants may have sets of books, on the short
est notice, ruled to any pattern, by leaving their
orders with Mr. Joseph Dean, Merchant, in
Front-street, between Market and Chetnut streets,
or their humble servant JOHN DEAN.
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Baltimore, December 27, 1774.
USHER, R O E, and Co.
At their Store opposite the Market-House,
HAVE just opened a most extensive assortment
of European and East India GOOD S,
which they will fell extremely low, for ready mo
ney only, among which are the following articles:
— Coarte, fine and fuperfine broadcloths, with
trimmings suitable ; double milled, blue and drab
cloth, for great coats ; fuperfine coatings, duffils,
kerfeys, German serges, druggets, kalfthicks, red
and white flannels, emhofled serges, spotted fwan
fkins, &c. linceys; mottled, green and blue rugs;
silk rugs ; rose and Indian blankets ; cloth cloaks
and cardinals ; silk cardinals and new fafhioned
shades, &c. a great variety of silk and cotton vel
vets, velverets, corded velverees, maccaroni vel
vets, thicksets, dyed jeans, fuftians, serge denims,
everladings, fattinets, royal cord, and worsted and
hair plushes of all colours ; a large quantity of
linen and cotton checks, linen stripes, cotton hol
lands, cotton stripes, Bengal stripes, ginghams,
silk Dunafcus, &c. a choice assortment of hosiery
of the best worsted, plain, ribbed, knit and wove;
worded and silk breeches patterns; a large parcel
of Irifli linens and Meetings, Russia fheetinc/, ra
vensdurk, dowlafs, Scotch and German oznibrigs,
blown rolls, Russia drillings, striped ticken, bed
bunts, Fl inders ticken, diaper and damask in pieces
and table cloths ; an elegant variety of cottons,
calicoes and chints, cambricks, French and Scotch
lawns plain and flowered, lawn handkerchiefs,
lawn aprons, white and black plain and flowered
silk gauz s in pieces, aprons and handkerchiefs,
humhums, tanjeb, mulmul and book muslins;
yard wide, 5-4 and 6 4 wide Persians ; taffaties,
plain and flowered farfanets, alamodes, peelongs,
fattins, lutefirings, m/ntuas, &c. filverets, pop
bns, crapes, silk and other camblets, durants,
tammies, damasks, callimancoes, ruff Is, rattinets,
Walloons, yard wide figured fluff-, &c. silk and
cotton gown patterns, silk and cotton romals ;
check, map and spotted lawn handkerchiefs; ban
dano, Barcelona and Irish silk handkerchiefs, of
all colours; silk, leather and worked gloves and
mits ; thread cap lace and edging, blond lace,
black silk lace and edging, Dutch lace, garters,
pins, needles, &:c. a great variety of Persian, taf
faty, paduafoy, fattin and farfanet ribbends ;fi
gyred and fattin lav ribbonds, and grogram figured
ribbonds for cockades; a large parcel of brass,
copper, Bath metal, pinchbeck and plated shoe and
knee buckles; pocket and penknives of all forts ;
split bone, sham buck, real buck, camwood, and
green and white ivory handled knives and forks,
by the dozen and in fhagreen cases; common,
plated cap'd and Bariow razors ; paper and Japan'd
fnuff and tobacco boxes ; common and razor me
tal feiliars ; small and large taylors shears; horn,
ivory and box combs, and ladies stained horn and
tortoise-shell bent combs; whips; (witch, half and
full hunteis, silver mounted; common Dutch,
white and green glass temple fpe&acles ; J pin'd
plate warmers, Japan'd knife trays, pewter of all
kinds, carpenters tools in chests and in parcels,
ladlers tools and fadlery ware, cabinet ware, black
smiths tools, nails ; H, HL and brass hinges; dock
locks; closet, cupboard, drawer, chest, brass knob
and elegant brass chamber locks, with handles ;
London, Bristol and German steel; school, sermon
and entertaining books, &c. &c.
They have also for tale, country and merchant
boulting cloths, warranted good ; logwood, red
wood, flixfeed, lamp and tanners oil, copperas,
allum, brimstone, antimony, yellow oker, argol,
madder, fuftick, French indigo, cinnamon, nut
megs, cloves, mace, faffron, pepper, ginger, al
fpice, mustard, Weston and Keppen's fnuff, cut
tobacco, wines, rum, salt, loaf and mufeovado su
gars, rice, raisins, currants ; bohea, green, fu
chong, and fine hyfon teas ; coffee, cotton, wool
and cotton cards, &c. a quantity of genuine Dutch
red clover feed, Queen's ware and glass ware as
sorted, in crates and calks, corks by the barrel,
lampblack by the pound or cask, and a quantity of
fine toledo steel, proper for cutlers.
Lately Imported, and to be Sold by
WILLDAY and MONTGOMERY,
At their Store in Fourth-street, a little below
Market street,
A QUANTITY of BANDANOE
HANDKERCHIEFS, with other India
GOOD S, which will be fold on reasonable terms.
Salem County, December 26, 1774.
BY virtue of leveral writs to me directed, will
be exposed to sale, agreeable to adjournment,
on the 26th day of January next, at the house of
Mr. Peter Louderback, Inn keeper, in the town
ship of Piles-Grove, a certain plantation or tra&
of land containing i s o acres, be the fame more or
lets, lituate in Upper Penn's Neck, and adjoining
lands o' Charles Daulbo, deceased ; the land has
two dwelling-houses on it, and a good piece of
meadow cleared and more may be made, the land
being well timbered. Any perion inclining to pur
chale may view the premises before the day of sale,
by applying to Gabriel Daulbo, on the p:e
ndles, or to Mr. Lockart, near the fame; seized
and taken in execution, and to be fold by
BATEMAN LLOYD, late Sherin
T O- M O R R O W,
At ONE o'clock in the afternoon, a t
JOHN H AR T's
V ENDUE - STORE,
At the corner of South and Front-Streets,
Will begin the S ALE of a neat affortraent of
MERCHANDIZES
T HE
ADVERTISER.
JANUARY 2d, 1775.
L O N D 0 N, November 2.
Extraß of a private Letter from th Hague, dated
OElober 21.
" 'T' H E treaty of peace between Russia and
the Forte (however secret the most es
sential parts thereof are kept) seems to have al
tered the whole system of politics in the North
of Europe. It is greatly fufpe&ed that Russia
joined her interert with France and Austria,
both of whom assisted her in finifhing so glorious
a peace; but what these three very powerful
courts are going to undertake on the continent,
is not yet certain, but most probably they will
attempt once more to reduce the power and glory
of the King of Prussia. It is certain that the
Austrian troops are joining the Ruffian grand ar
my, a circumstance which is very suspicious, and
which cannot possibly escape the notice of the va
liant Frederick, whose minister at Warsaw took
an opportunity to ask the Austrian minister the
reason of that junction, and of marching vast
numbers of Austrian troops into the provinces of
Moldavia and Wallachia, being the dominions of
the Ottoman Porte; when the latter gave him an
answer, that because the Ruffian troops were so
prodigiously fatigued by the late different engage
ments with the Turks, the Austrian troops join'
ed them in order to afford them all manner of as
sistance upon the march. This answer, as we are
informed, has caused a great motion among the
Prussian troops; and the gariifon6 and army in
Silesia, and the new acquisitions in Poland, have
been greatly augmented since; and General Rep
nin is said to have received orders to march in
stantly into Poland at the head of thirty thousand
men."
The political affairs in the North of Europe are
become more and more suspicious; and it is a faft
that near forty (hips of war are now finishing in
Sweden on account of the French court, who
no doubt have their eyes on the different ma
noeuvres of the court of Great-Britaia and North-
America.
By accounts from Portugal it appears as if they
were preparing for war; by recent advices it is
certain they have raised 10,000 men ; that a ge
neral muster has been made of all their forces,
confining of more than 40,000 men; and Spain
has very lately fitted out a second fleet for Ame
rica with land forces on board.
Extrafl of a letter from WarfirN, OLI. 10.
“ It is not without the greatest sorrow and af
fliction that we have learned the unhappy end of
several of our Nobles who were the chiefs of the
Confederates. The people at Constantinople,
joined by the janissaries, and privately supported
by several members of the Divan, became so ri
otous about the fhameful peace concluded by the
once glorious Porte, that a general rebellion wa^
feared, and in order to appease the enraged mul
titude, the consequence was, that all the Polish
Confederates that were at Ccnflantinople fell a
victim, were delivered to the people, and their
heads struck off publickly, as they were consider
ed as the only caule of the late unhappy war.
Two or three were fared through the protection
of the Prussian minister, who behaved in a very
spirited manner, and went into the midff of the
mob to several members of the Divan, declaring;
that if they prefunded to deliver up those unhappy
Poles who had taken shelter in his hotel, he would
immediately declare war against the Ottoman em
pire. This declaration put the people in a fright,
and the inhuman carnage ceased. How glorious
for a Duke of Brandenburgh to prescribe laws
to so remote and powerful an empire !
" Prince Repnin, the Ruffian ambassador to the
Ottoman Porte, is already arrived at Foczany,
where the Turkish ambassador is likewise arrived ;
and the Ruffian army in consequence have entire
ly quitted the Turkish dominions; and magazines
are filling up in the different diftri&s of this coun
try for 80,000 Ruffians, who are to flay h< re
during the winter.
" The King of Prussia, though to outward ap
pearance in perfect friendfllip with Russia, seems
not to put great confidence in the faith of treaties,
but, as becomes a prudent warrior, is putting bis
dominions in the most formidable situation. His
troops are uncommonly assiduous to fortify several
places, and his garrifohs every where are consi
derably augmented. Nothing is more apt to change
(laid that facetious Prince on the occasion) than
the private cabinet council of a woman.
“ The commissioners that are to divide the Po
lish territories from those of the three united pow
ers have already begun their business; but Mr.
Benoit, the Prussian Minister here, has declared,
that his rafter would riot give up the diftri&s of
Great Folard which his troops have already taken
possession of, alledging that these diftrifts (bouhl
have been more particularly mentioned in the
treaty of Peterfburgh, in case they were not
intended to be the property of his Prussian Ma
jesty-