Dunlap's Pennsylvania packet , The general advertiser — Philadelphia, Pa., 1777-02-25 00:00:00, page 3

PHILADELPHIA, February 2s.
Outran &fa letter from Morris Toivn, Feb. 21, 1777.
“ Yesterday a party of cur men rear Quibble-
Town, took twenty of the enemy's waggons loaded
with forage, drove in their picket guard, and fuftain
cdnolofs. A soldier killed two light-horse men of
tieenemy, and narrowly eferpee being taken ; the
forks and accoutrements were brought in. The fame
day a Lieutenant of the enemy's artillery was taken and
brought to General Sullivan's quarters, with seven
other p ifoners, most of them Highlanders. This
morning twelve hundred me^ were detached to bring
off forage from the enemies lines.l hope they may prol
per. A brigade of New-England troops arrived this
day from the White Plains."
Last Saturday the General AfTembly of this State
appointed James Wilson and George Clymer, Esquires,
Delegates in Congress; one in addition to the number
before appointed, and the other instead of William
Moore, Esq; resigned.
Last Saturday afternoon Major Stockton, with about
sixty men, lately made priloners in New Jersey, were
brought to this city under a strong guard, and are con
fined in the New Jail.
We hear Col. Simpson, with five hundred of the
Accomack county militia, marched the beginning of
this month to SaUfbury on the eastern shore of Maty
land, where a large body of Tories were entrenched,
underthe command of the famous General Gray. Upon
the approach of the Colonel and his Militia the dastards
ran away, but several of their ringleaders were taken
and sent to Congress..
On the fecood day of February inst. departed ttiis
life, at Freehold, in the Jersey State, Captain AN
DREW M'FARLAN D, of the Third Battalion
ofCumberland County, aman possessed of many vir
tues, among which were, the lover and pradifer of
temperance, the affectionate husband, tender parent,
sincere friend, agreeable companion, and zealous pa
triot, his life was remarkably innocent ; and on the
sixth his remains were decently interred in the firft
Prefbvterian burial ground, attended by the Honora
blethe Assembly, the Rev. Mr. Ewing, and a number
of refpe&able Officers and Citizens.
At the election held at the State House last Saturday
the following gentlemen were chosen, viz,— dfembly,
William Jatkfon, William Hollingfhead. Counsellor,
George Bryan. County Commiffione f, Isaac Snowden,
Jacob Bright, John Williams. Street Commissioners,
Isaac Howell, John M'Calla. City Affeffers, Andrew
Tybout, Frederick Kuhl, Samuel Wheeler, Joseph
Wetherill, William Young, Robert Smith. Wardens,
Benjamin Pafchall, William Colliday. City Commif
fcners, James Claypnole, Philip Boehm, William
Shute, Robert Currey, Jacob Laughlin, Isaac Coates.
Shillings, to he paid out of the State Treafurv; or if he
conveys inch deierter to the county goal, he (hall be en
titled to the fa ne reward as Constables by this u tt are en-
Ut^d to receive. JOHN JACOBS, speaker.
d^fed in General Assembly, on
lourjday, Februay 20, 1777.,
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BALI IMO RE, February 18.
H E General Assembly of this State have elected
1 the Hon. Thomas Johnson, Jun. Esq; Gover
nor—Charles Carroll, Sen. Josiah Polk, John Rogers,
Edward Lloyd, and John Contee, Enquires, are cho
sen members of the Council—Samuel Chafe, Benjamin
Rumfey, William Smith, Charles Carroll, of Carroll
top, Thomas Stone, and William Paca, Enquires, are
appointed Delegates to reprelent this State in the Ho
norable Congress.
War-Office, February ti, 1777.
THE Board of War having received information of
the good success the recruiting officers meet with in
railing the new levies; but that from a desire in the of
ficers to have their battalions and companies entirely
completed before they join the army, great numbers
of ufeful folders are idle in quarters, when their ser
vices are wanted at camp. I have it in direction to or
der and ftri&ly enjoin all recruiting officers, in the ser
vice of the United States, on the western fide of the
North River, and in the middle States, forthwith to
march their men to the several places of rendezvous ap
pointed for assembling the regiments, as soon as thirty
privates are raised in any company, leaving proper of
ficers to complete the refpe&ive regiments and compa
nies at the places of recruiting. And all officers com
manding regiments who have recruiting parties out on
Service in the (aid Middle States, are directed to at
tend diligently to the equipping and lending off the
companies to join General Washington, as Speedily as
pdflible, after their arrival at the places of rendezvous.
RICHARD PETERS, Secretary.
*, The printers of the several. news papers in the
middle department are desired to insert the above in
tteir papeis.
A ,native remedy a^ainft that deJiruaiDe infeß called the
Wheat Fly, from many observations and experi
ments made by the author.
ff O give a journal of all the experiments and obferv-
I ations which I have mode on this infeft, weuld be
tedious, and not necessary in the present case : The sin
gle point now is, the remedy in the most short and easy
wav. These infects begin to hatch or rather to come
out of the grain in the fly state, soon after the wheat is
reaped, and these axe the produce of eggs layed on,
In thi^ state let it lay flill until it is to be removed for
manufacturing. Either of thete ways will preserve the
grain from receiving much damage, for where the air
cannot circulate, the infe& carnet survive or come to
maturity, or where any doee near the sides or furface
they cannot come together to copulate, therefore the
fucciffian flops, and from the smallness of the number
produced from the field impregnation, the damage is
not new so great as that done by the rapid increase after,
where they can have access. These rules will undoubt
edly give fatisfa&ion, and be advantageous to those who
will give themselves the trouble so observe them, and if
done generally will prove a remedy against this destruc
tive infe&,
THOMAS GILPIN.
N. 3. If wheat must be kept in the Straw, the larger
the stacks is the better, and then those thatched thick
with draw, but the wheat to be put into barns with Straw
or hay, packed hard round the edges, and on the top is
still better, as it serves to Secure the furface from a second
impregnation. Although that is the principle object of
these infers, when they become very numerous, they
will at times occupy most other forts of grain.
%/be Printer of the PENNSYLVANIA PACKET.
WHAT sum must the Commanding General of
the Tyrants army have made from the inhabi
tants of Jersey, when each protection cost One Shilling,
York currency ? this must be accounted for in hard ca(h,
as the plunderers would not take Continental Money ;
Money that will be of value when Bank Bills pals only
for waste paper.
and in the heads ftandmg in the field, when the grain is
in the milky state, or betore harvest, from this brood is
produced a succession of broods or flies, each female fly
laying from fifty to seventy eggr, which hatch and go
into the grain, producing others in about fix weeks al
ternately, until they have eat up, corrupted, or spoiled
all the grain they can come at, until Winter comes on,
at which time, or soon alter hard frolts appear, they
cease, and all the fly without the graindies, and those
within, in the maggot state, remain inact ve, or nearly
f> till Spring, when some time in April, but mostly in
May or June they hatch, and the Syring flies produced
from the Winter maggot, is much Wronger and larger
than the Fall flies, tbele, when the wheat is in the milky
state, fly away to the fields, light on the (landing grain
in the dusk or evening twilight, where the lay their eggs
on and in the ears watch produce as before.
Now if every farmer will thraffi out all his grain, and
fell or depofite it in light granaries and cover it close, or
put it in calk, so that no fly if they hatch Can escape,
also deftfoy all straw so that hone may escape from the
flattering grains, arid every other person having giain
by them, be obliged to cover it close, io that none may
remain from which the flies might escape after the firft
of April till after harvest, the grain in the field cannot
become impregnated wich this infeft, by which means
the entiling crop will be clear and their ptogrefs flopped
in that degree. But as it may so happen, that every one
may not be alike careful, and where people live hear
each ofher, the negle& of one may affea many, and a
remedy against their progress from the impregnated field
may.be meceffary also, I propose the following as the
most effectual. Let your grain be got out and cleaned
immediately after harvest or as soon as it is possible to be
done, and when clean and as dry as you can, put it in
totalks, which head tip as full and as tight as may be,
or if you have not calks put it into a close granary, or if
no granary even in bulk, as thick and high as you can,
and then Smooth the top well and cover it close with a
cloth, to keep the dust from mixing with the grain, then
cover it about a fo®t thick with the dryeft dust, land or
ashes you can get, or even a large quantity of straw well
trod down on the cloth and weights on that may do con
siderable service, where the other cannot be convenient
ly had.
For the PENNSYLVANIA PACKET;
BEHOLD the valiant and the great,
The noble Washington!
Leading his warriors to the fight.
Bright as the rising fun ;
That like his countenance did fliine,
Upon that new-born day,
At princeton he his foes did meet,
While cannon they did play.
" Fear not, my trusty troops," he call'd,
“ The' you are thus furpriz'd:
'' May Heaven and your free-born fouls
" Scorn those the var devif'd.",
Virginia ! fair rising State!
Lament thy Merger's fall,
Who with a handful of^brave men,
Sustain'd the force of all.
Ye Britons ! blush-to have it told,
So brave a man t' abuse ; —
That very deed calls out for blood:
But stop—my vengeful muse.
New-England's sons soon did advance.
And rightly flank'd their foes;
Our rifle men them fore did gall;
The King's troops fell in rows.
Infpir'd by Freedom's glorious thoughts !
And our fair Mufe's feat;
Out from behind the trees and walls
Their reg'lars we did beat.
But cease, my foul, oh ! cease to vaunt,
In human blood to spill ;
Had Heav'n not fav'd, we (hould have lain
Like them on Bunker's Hill.
What's this I hear? a noble youth!
. The dying Lesley's groan;
Who thro' falfe honour, for his King,
His death must here bemoan.,
" O, to die here—in such a cause !"
Engrave upon his urn;
That men may learn thro' right'ous laws,
Such dire commands to spurn.
TWO DOLLARS REWARD.
RAN AWAY from the fubferiber, an apprentice
lad named WILLIAM GREEN, about 19
years of age, five feet nine or ten inches high, by trade
a brush-maker; had on when he went away, a blue
coattee and jacket, black leather breeches, and black
stockings. Whoever secures the said apprentice so that
his master may get him again, (hall have the above Re
ward, paid by || JOHN HANNA.
To be SOLD at PUBLIC VENDUE,
On Tuesday, the 4th day of March next,
A VALUABLE Plantation, situate in Bohemia
Manor, Caecil County, Maryland, containing
about 400 acres ot land, one half of which is cleared,
the other well timbered, the (oil of the best kind tor
producing grain of all forts natural to the climate, par
ticularly wheat of the very best quality. Likewise a
good house, barn, stable, and other houses, all in good
tenable repair, a well ®f good water with a pump in it,
a good bearing orchard of about one hundred trees ; a
great part of the uncultivated land may be improved
into excellent meadow. There is also on said plantati
on Separate tenement near a public cross road, well
-situate for public business, being in the neighbourhood,
of a fine wheat country, only eight miles from Appo
quiniminck Creek, on Delaware Bay, and two mile#
from Bohemia River, on Chesapeake, both of which
are navigable at that distance, which makes it conveni
ent to Philadelphia and Baltimore Town. The title is
good, being only fubje& to an annual quit-rent of two
(hillings and eight pence sterling. The whole late the
estate of Samuel Bayard, deceased, and to be fold by
the executors of his last will, who are living on the
premises, and will make known further particulars at
the time of sale.
WRITING PAPER
TO BE SOLD BY
JOHN DUNL A P:
1
To-mor'roras mnll be pubrfea, a^dfold h
JOHN DU N LA P,
In Market -street, Philadelphia,
JOURNALS and PROCEEDINGS,
J of the GENERAL ASSEMBLY 4 > tthe
Common- Wealth of Pennsylvania. Fiona Monday,
January ±7, to Thursday, February ±O, 1777.
r-j' H E fourth part of the brig B ETS Y.
X with a new (uit of SAILS, RIGGIN G, &i
to oe SOLD. Enquire Of JOSEP H RUSSELL. f
AL L non-commissioned officers and soldiers,
who deserted from Colorels Mles and Atlee's re
giments, are hereby defied to repair to theii refpc&lve
regiments, now at Philadelphia Barracks. Any peilon
neglecting to come, fhJl be advertised and treated as
tae raartial law dir & &s.
t LEWIS FARMER, M jor.
EIGHT DOLLARS REWARD.
DESERTED from Captain Dorsey's troop cf light
Dragoons, belonging to the Hon. Colonel Moylan's
regiment, THOMAS SMI TH, born in London,
has been a considerable time in Beland and speaks with
the brogue ; he is a well made young fellow, about 23
or 24 . years of age, 5 feet 5 or 6 inches high, frefh co
loured, generally wears a Pompadour coat and Speeches,
and frequently black dockings ; he is a taylor by trade;
and has the appearance of an aCtivs man. Whoever se
cures said deserter in gaol, or delivers him to Captain
Do fey, at his quarters in Market-ft; eet, Philadelphia,
(hall receive the above Reward and all reasonable charges
t EDWARD WILCOX, Q_Mifter
TWENTY POUNDS'rEWARD.
STOLEN from out of the pasture of the fubferiber,
at Cornwall Furnace, in Lancaster County, on the
night of the 13th of November last, a three quarter
blooded iron gray M A RE, three years old, about
fourteen hands high, no brand, has large ears, trots well
and carries high. Whoever apprehends the said Mare
and Thief, and brings them to Cornwall Furnace, (hall
receive the above Reward, and for the.Mare only,
THREE POUNDS, and reasonable charges, from
t CURTIS GRU3 R.
TEN DOLLARS REWARD.
RAN AWAY from the fubferiber, living
in Thornburg Town(h?p, Chester Co mty, on fl e
i§th instant, (February) an indented (errant m. ? n
n<med JOHN M'G LAUCHLI N. 23 years ofag#,
about 5 feet 6 inches high, broad fhouldcfed, his upoer
fore-teeth are double, or two rows; had <n and took
with him, a brown flaxen fltirt, a fco'loned half-worn
hat, a light coloured coat and jacket, buckskin breeches
a pair of black and white broad ribbed yarn (locking^
a strong pair of shoes with strings, a prir of pumps wirh
odd buckles, and a red and yellow small silk handker
chief round his neck Whoever takes uo said servant
and confines him in any gidl so that his matter may get
him again, fliall receive the above Reward, ard if
brought home, reasonable charges for their trouble, paid
by „X GEORGE BRINTON!
TEN DOLLARS RTW A R 1).
RAN AWAY from the fubferiber, in Walnut
ftreet, Philadelphia, on the 27th of December 1, ft,
a servant man named THOMAS SMIT H, by trade
a weaver, born in England, a short round (houldered
fellow, when he went away had both lips cut on the lefc
fide in a quarrel with a soldier; had on when he went off,
alight brown jacket, and brown jean coat ragged at the
sleeves, a pair of light worsted or hair plush breeches, a
pair of brown ribbed stockings, and shoes newly foaled ;
he has been lately in Thornbury Township, Chester
Cophty, but supposed row to be on bis way to Juniata.
Whoever apprehends said servant and brings him to h^
master fhali receive, if taken within 30 miles of Phila
delphia, EIGHT DOLLARS, and if above 30 miles,
the above Reward and reasonable charges, paid by
t THOMAS HALE.