Dunlap's Pennsylvania packet , The general advertiser — Philadelphia, Pa., 1774-09-12 00:00:00, page 1

Front the LONDON GAZETTEER.
Tothe PEOPLE ^ENGLAND.
4", w"^ °'' ' e Preservation °f the balance
Z3L )of footer in Europe, what lives
,X F ^1 have been loft! what sums ex
%% ^f pended ! —But the preservation of
,m'*^ 1 public liberty seems a matter of
%'«sfr\o/'t? perfect indifference to you.
Kings, when their power was in danger, made
you believe that par interest was concerned. You
know the conferences, and your posterity will
feelingly remember them. But Kings fee the de
molition of public liberty with indifference:—in
difference! nay, with fatisfadion ; witness our
Gazettes, where the strides of despotism are ex
hibited with triumph.
Corsica, emancipated from the tyranny of one
state—a little tyrant, and easily controuled—was
Seized bv a great one, and fubjedted to absolute
monarchy irretrievably.
Sweden is no longer free ; liberty is absorbed
by monarchy ; and the many mutt be fubjed to
one.
Poland enjoyed a kind of public liberty; if all
were not free, force were. The King .was chosen
for the good of all ; and be, as the firfl fubjebt,
had a just preheminence. All this is at an end.
Poland is divided amongst three absolute mo
narchs, whose sovereign will is to give law to a
vast multitude of freemen. All this, my country
men, you have seen within these dozen years al
moft:—A greater annihilation of public freedom
in Europe, than was seen in a century before.
And what remains are there yet? The Swiss
Cantons, and the Dutch.
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GENERAL
MONDA Y,
And if the Emperor, the Kings of France and
Pruflia, agree to divide these Cantons among
themselves, and treat the Swiss as they have done
the Poles, what can prevent them? Not the Swiss
themselves. The moment this partition is agreed
upon, that moment it is effeded. For who will,
Or who can interfere ? No absolute monarch will
interfere, because it is their interest that no free
state should exist. If Holland should take the
alarm, a partition of their own country will inevi
tably follow; for the Swiss and themselves can
never be able to oppose the united power of Prus
sia, Austria, and Fiance, the immediate gainers,
together with Russia, Sweden, Denmark, confe
derates for the fame purpose of enslaving mankind.
But I bear you fay, my countrymen, that En
gland will never fuffer this. lam not of this opi
nion : if England, or those who guide it, loved
public liberty, they never would have permitted
France to enslave Corsica; never would have per
mitted a Swedish King to become absolute; never
would have allowed the partition of Poland. But
the balance of power, and the public liberty of
mankind, are viewed by Sovereigns in a very dif
ferent point of view.
I have been led into these reflexions by a consi
deration of what is at present agitating in our coun
cils, and whi r h (hews the unfavourable afped cf
those who are at the helm of your affaiis to liberty.
—To break through all the charters granted to
America, and reduce the whole to absolute defpo
tifnr, is rather at prelent too hardy an undertaking,
pliant and submissive as we are.—To gain a firm
foundation for it, seems no difficult matter. —The
cftablifhment of absolute monarchy at Quebec,
instead of moulding it into a free British govern
ment, will serve as a model for future attempts ;
and tolay the foundations as wide as possible, let
the limits of all the preferit governments be abridg
ed, in order to enlarge the boundary of despotic
power.
Do you need any other proofs, my fellow-citi
zens, of the complexion of the times ? Arc you
tame enough to bear these encroachments on the
general liberties of mankind ? Do you think your
superiors will permit you efficacioufly to aid the
Hollanders or the Swiss, when their liberties are
at stake, whilst they are making encroachments on
the freedom of their own country ? introducing a
fyftemof laws, inconsistent with freedom, with the
genius of English government, and with the ma
nifeft view of trying your temper. —Another elec
tion is approaching; I hope not the last.—Look
to your men ; on your choice depends, under a
Superintending Providence, tlie fate of your poftc
iity, perhaps your own fate. 0.
To the PUBLICin general, but more in particu
lar to Owners and Masters of Vessels.
HA V IN G had an opportunity of making
some observations on the manner of the
working of Grips pumps now in use, and as the
lives of thousands of men greatly depend on the
relief expeffed by them in cases of springing of
kaks at lea, which often proves fatal to those un
fortunate men ; and for want of a more expeditious
method of difeharging the water occasioned by
loch leaks, many vessels and lives are loft. In or
der to remedy this great difficulty, I have con
ftrti&ed a pump on an entire new plan, which
wll cull but little more at firft than those now in
V 0 L. 111.
I am not about to fay much more on this head,
as I have at my house in Second street, the third
door from the corner of Race-street, the model
of the machine in miniature, which will discharge
near one barrel of water in halfa minute, and one
as large as (hips pumps in common will difeharge
near fix times that quantity in the fame Space of
time, with great ease to the workers. As this
machine is conftrufled on such plain and Simple
principles, it may be thought by some to be scarce
worth notice : But give me leave to tell them,
that the more Simple and plain any machine is con
ftrufled, provided it answers the purpose intend
ed, the more extraordinary it is thought by those
of judgment: And in order to confirm and make
appear what I have here inferred, any persons that
will please to call at my house as above directed,
may fee the machine, and its manner of working.
EBENEZER ROBINSON.
Phi'adelphia, Sept. 9, 1774.
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SILK FACTOR Y.
THOSE persons who are Candidates for Pre
miums for railing Cocoons and reeling Rave Silk,
agreeable to the conditions formerly published by
the Managers of the Filature, for the year 1774,
are desired to produce proper certificates refpeXing
the fame, on or before the 15th day of next O&o
---ber, otherwise they will be excluded from any pre
miums.
Il MUSCOVADO SUGARS of the bed
quality, in hogflieads, tierces and barrels;
Wed-India RUM;
Barbados SPIRIT, old and fit for immediate use ;
Genuine red POR F WINE, in quarter calks and
bottles;
Old Madeira WINE, in pipes, hogsheads, and
quarter calks ;
A few dozens of right good CLARET;
A parcel of RHUBARB;
A new London made CABLE, about 9 and a
half inches; 0
And some calks of offence V INEG A R.
TO BE S OL D BY
GEORGE MEADE and Co.
use, and will last fifty or more years, and when
worn out will fetch halfits firft cost, as it is made
all of copper and iron except the boxes. Two
men will raise more water with one of these pumps,
and with far greater ease than eight men can with
four pumps that are now in use, as they can work
from morning till night and be no more tired than
at common work, although the pumps now made
use of takes a whole fllip's company, who are often
worn out with labour and fatigue, and all loft.
1 here is another conveniepey in this pump, as
it takes far less room in a vcffcl than the others,
which in a few voyages will pay for the cost of
the pumps in the extraordinary flowage in the vef
fcls hold.
P A R C II M E N T,
Which by those who have tried it, is esteemed supe
rior to molt imported from England, made and
fold at reasonable rates by
R O B ER T WOO D,
In Fifth-Street, a little below Walnut-Street, Phi
ladelphia.
Sold also by John Dunlap, and Joseph Cruk
shank, Printers, in Market Greet, Philadelphia,
and by Isaac Collins, Printer, in Burling
ton.
TH E demand for this Parchment being much
increased of late, hath encouraged said Wood
to extend his works, sq that he now experts to supply
his cultomers in a manner more fatisfa&ory than
heretofore, without fear of a disappointment.
*, He hath for sale aquantity of wool, amongst
which is a parcel Suitable for hatters.
d' A'V'l I) *W 1 S E,
Silk Dyer and Scowbker from London, in Wa
ter-Street, a few doors above the Drawbridge, in
Philadelpffia.
DY E S, scours, and colours all kinds of silks,
fattins and cloths after the belt and molt ap
proved methods in London, he scours, cleanses and
refrefhes all kinds of men and womens apparel, ta
king out any spots, Rains, &c. and making them
look as new : He also scours and cleanses buck or
doe Skin breeches, and will dye them of any colour;
cotton, woollen or linen yarn or thread, dyed blue,
red, green, or any other colour ; Gore-keepers or
(hop keepers who may have any silks, fattins, cot
tons, jeans or cloths damaged or Gained, may have
them intirely repaired or dyed of any other colour.
Orders for sea complied with on the shortest notice.
As he is a new beginner in this city, he hopes his
care, afliduity and the merit of his performance will
entitle him to the countenance and friendship of the
public, which it (hall be his constant Study to de
lerve, both by a punctuality to his engagements and
at the molt moderate ptacQ
A Qu ANTITY of
N U T M E G S,
JuftIMPORTED, to be SoLDby
SAMUEL GARRIGUES, Jun.
At his Warehouse in Market-street, the fourth
door from the London Coffee-lloufe, Philadel
phia.
D UNL A P's
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September 1, 1774.
THIRTY SHILLINGS REWARD.
TEN POUNDSREWAR I).
DANA WAY last night, from the fubferiher,
living in New-Castle Hundred and county, near
the Red-Lyon, an Irifn Servant man, named JOHN
TURNER, about 22 veais of age, five feet Seven or
eight inches high, of a fair complexion, a little
pock-pitted, wears his own long fair hair, which
he keeps platted and tied up, and is a pretty good
Scholar: Had on when he went away, a coarle tow
flint and trowfers, two linen ditto, a Short nankeen
coat, a coarse wool hat, old buckskin breeches, new
double foaled Shoes, with brass buckles, and a pair
of worsted flockings. Whoever takes up laid Ser
vant and Secures him, so that his matter may get
him again, (hall have THREE POUNDS, if taken
in the county, and if taken out ol it the above Re
ward, andreTouablu charges, paid by
JOHN JACQUET.
THIRTY SHILLINGS REWARD.
RAN AWAY 011 the 27th of August last,
from his special bail, living in Fencader,
Hundred, New-Cadle County, WILLIAM
PAGE, a lhoemaker by trade, about 33 years of
age, almost fix feet high, a (trait fellow, of a dark
complexion, wears his own hair of a dark brown
colour, tied behind : Had on when he went away,
a locking pattern jacket without Sleeves, with orange
and green colours in it, the back parts of blue cloth,
a white Shirt, a pair ofcheck trowfers, a pair 0#
black grain pumps, a pair of old large plated buck
les : It is fuppoied he is gone to Warwick in Mary
land, having a wife there, but not living together
agreeable for some years, it is thought he will pro
ceed further. Whoever takes him up and Secures
him in anv ofhis Majesty's goals (hall have thcabove
leward, paid by
JOHN BROW N, and
WILLIAM BLACK, Constable.
RAN AWAY from the (übferiber, of Wil
, mington, Newcastle County, a servant lad
named MATTHEW MACCHEON, about
fifteen yeais of age: Had-on and with him when
he went away, one pair of striped trowfers, one tow
and one oznabrigs ditto, one striped linen jacket,
one pair of (hues, two pair of buckles, two caarle
Ihirts, one pair of blue ribbed dockings, one flag
handkerchief, one black milled lea hat : He is ra
ther long visaged, out mouthed, frefh completion,
light hair and cut (hurt lie came from Briftul last
April with Captain Seymour flood. Whoever
takes up said servant and brings him to the fuidcii
ber, or lecures him in any goal la that his mjdrefs
may have him again, (hall receive the above re
ward, from
mar y. h Arve y.
N. B. All rafters of velFls are hereby warned
not to caii)him off at their peril.
Germanic tun, September 7th, 1774.
M INES and O R E S.
'1 1 H E public is hereby acquainted, that the fub
' scriber intends to apply himfelf to the trying
all forts of ores and metals. Such as are inclined to
know the value of their ores of any kind, may de
pend upon being served with all accuracy. The
price of gold is two Dollars; of filvert, copper, lead,
&:c. &c. one Dollar. Enquire at Mr. Lofch's ta
vern, or at Mr. Christopher Sower's, Printer, in
Germantown. JACOB VIEDEBANT.
September 8, 1774.
TWO DOLLARS REWARD.
RAN AWAY from the fubferiber, living
at Sunbury, in Northumberland county, tlie
fecund of August lad, an apprentice lad, named
JOHN BUR T, about 15 %•ars of age, of a dark
complexion, dark eyes, (trait brown hair, and of
an effeminate voice : Had on and tools vrith him,
when he went away, a kerfey furtout coat, two cloth
and two linen jackets, a pair of Kuflia Meeting trow
fers, and one white shirt: He has been guilty cf
Several diffioned actions, w hich can be too weil pro
ved against him. Whoever will apprehend the said
apprentice and deliver him to Mr. Joseph Fox,
blacksmith, in fixth-dreet, Philadelphia, thall Lave
the above reward, with reasonable charges.
CHARLES GOUG H.
September ytb, 1774.
TWO DOLLARS REWARD.
RA N AW A Y from the fubferiber, living in
Upper Merion township, Philadelphia county,
a fc:vantlad namedENOCHBALLART, 15
years old, and well set : Had on a cearfe white thirt,
a light coloured cloth jacket without sleeves, coarse
tow trowfers, no dockings, but good thoes. He
took with him a young dog. Whoever takes up
laid lad, (h ill have the above Reward, and reason
able charges, paid bv
LAWRENCE STUART.
Southampton, Bucks-County, Sept. sth, 1774..
THE Partnership of WRIGH I and
M U R R A Y, (hop-keepers, being diiTolv
ed, all persons indebted to them are desired to fettle
and pay off their accounts before the firft day of
October, to Wright and Flack, who continues
th: business and ire properly irnnowered to receive
the fame. Also they who have any demands against
laid partnership are defiled to fend in their accounts
to he fettled ah I paid.
Wright and Flack continues the Store with a
I irge and general alTortment of goods, where all
who are pleased to favour them with their custom,
may depend on being Supplied on the most moderate
terms.
THE
ADVERTISER.
SEPTEMBER 12th, 1774.
TO BE SOLD At
JOHN MITCHELL'S
Wine, Spirit, Rum and Sugar Store,
In Front-street, between Market and Chefnut Greets,
Belt genuineMADEiRaWINES, - , by the pipe, hogs-
Old Jamaica SPIRITS, > head, quarter-
BRANDY of the bed quality, > calk or gallon.
Genuine Old Port, .
Teneriff, WINES, by the pipe,
Lisbon, Sherry, r quarter calk or dvzeu.
FyaLl and Mountain )
Excellent bottled CLARET by the dozen,
A few dozens of old HOCK,
Shore's belt London bottled PORTER,
Wed-India and Country Rum,
Mufeovado Sugais of all lefts, by the ho<fhe^d,
tierce or barrel,
Molalfes, Coffee, Cotton, Pepper, Alfpi e,
Carolina new Rice in tierces, Rosin in barrels,
Green and Bohea Tea by the chest or smaller quan
tity.
Belt French and Carolina Indigo, by the large or
small quantity, 6
Ground Red Wood cf the bed quality, Madder,
Copperals, Allum, Brimllone, and ground Ginger,
Ground White and Red Lead in small calk, and
Prussian Blue, &c. &c.
As be is determined to keep a constant supply of
the above articles, all of which he will be careful
to have the bed of their kinds, the Public may de
pend on being served ®n the mod reasonable term .
And his friends in the country may depend on be
iig as well and punctually supplied by letter, as if
they were oerfonally pretent.
Lancafler, A^ffi goth, 1774.
„(f Pubrtfoea, and to he Soid by
Francis bailey,
Printer in King's Street, near the Market,
The LANCASTER
A LMA NA C K,
For the YEAR 1775.
jud Pub/ifted, and to be Sold by
JOH~ N I) U N LA P,
In Market-Street, Philadelphia,
The Second Edition of a
PR ET TY STOR Y,
Written in the Year of our Lord ^774,
BY PETER GRIEVOUS, Esq; A.B.C.D.E
Veluti in Speculo.
TH E potent enemies of America laid
open, being some account of the baneful
effects attending the use of Ai/iiSedJprituuus liquors,
and the Slavery of the Negroes, to be told by
HALL and SELLARS, JOSEPH
CRUKSHANK, and JOHN DUNLAP.
WILLIAM SEMP LE,
Hath just imported from Glasgow, via New-York;
A NEAT assortment of silk gauzes, checks,
brown Hollands, lawns, lawn hancikerchiefs
and apions, &c. &c. Which he will fell at iris ftoie
in Front-street, upon reafonahle ter ms - Those
who are indebted to him beyond the ufucl credit,
are requested to dilcharge such balances.
ALL PE R SONS indebted to the
1 estate of MAR Yli U GG, late of Lewts-
Town, in the counts of Sudex, deceased, either by
bond, note, or book debt, aie desired to pby off
their refpeftive balances ; and those who have any
demands against said estate to furnifh their accounts
properly attelted, to JAMES KING, of Phi
ladelphia, or JOHN WESTLEY, of Lewes-
Town, Executors.
Fl:#adflp6ia, Au°vfl 22, 1774.
SIX DOLLARS REWARD.
D AN AWA Y from on board the Ship R^.
nown, ROBER F IRWIN, a caiprntr
by trade, a low let man. marked with the finall
pox and much freckled, about thirty years of are;
be wore a leddifh wig, a fine Englifn hat, a brown
coat, a drugget jacket Griped with red 2nd blue,
and leather breeches : He had a woman with him
whom he called Iris wife, with a child abort nine
months old at her bread. Whoever takes up fad
fervint and lodges him in any gaol in this province,
'fail have the above Reward and Icafonahlc charts
paid by JOHN PR INGLE."
J O H N H A R T's
VEN DOU E - STOR E,
At the corner of South and Front-Streets,
Will begin the SALE of a neat assortment of
M 1. R C liA N D i Z E.
N. B. Abraham Usher, requests those indebt
ed to him, whole accounts .Ire due, to make pay
ment.
Abraham Ufoer and George Henry, ,
Have jud imported in the St. George, Capt. Inglis,
and the Caesar, Capt. Miller, from London, and
are now opening at their dore in Front-ftrect, the
filth door above Walnut-street.
AN assortment of merchandize, suitable to the
season ; they also expe& a further supply by
the firft (hips from London, Liverpool and Glas
gow, which will be fold on reafohable terms, for
cash or short credit.
T 0 - M O RR O W,
At ONE o'clock in the afternoon, a t
numb.