Dunlap's Pennsylvania packet , The general advertiser — Philadelphia, Pa., 1776-07-22 00:00:00, page 3

D COHERE ,% %, r% % „G.
Refolded, That a copy of the circular D+~ct and of
t l ^ rt^ci,ration, 'hryfnctofcd from Lod Howe to Mr.
W. Fmklin, Mr. Penn, Mi, Eden, Lord'Danmore,
Mr. Motin, and Sir Jamies Weight, late Governors,
feat to Amboy oy a ng, pad forwarded to Coityre&oy
Grierat Wafnington, be publhhed in the feverai Ga
z.t e% that the go>ci people ot the,e United States m.y
beinformed of wait nature are tite Comnuffioners, ard
what the terms, with the rxpe&ution of which t e inf -
diaus court of Britain has endeavoured to amuse ahd
disarm them; and that tm% few, who (till remain fuf
pmd&i by a hope founded either in the jutice or niode
ra ion of their iat ; e King, nny now, at length, he co-r
---v need, that toe valour ahme ot teeir country is to fate
its Liberties. Extract from the journals,
Charles rB^Ms&N, Secretary.
"EAGL W , ts the Cofi of the Province of
chuieub-Biy, 1776.
“STR,
nE I N G appointed Commander in Chief of the ffiips
X) an i Vcffris of his Maja's fleet, employed in North-
A aerifa, and inving th& honour to be by his M jefty
ccn&tutal one of iris Commissioners for relieving
P acf w bis Colonies, and for granting Pardon; to inch
ct hr; fo'jjects th rein as ihall he duly felicitous to benefit
by that theft of ns gracious indulgence; 1 embrace this
opportunity to inform you of thy arrival on the Arne
r^wr coaff, where my fieft ch; :& will be an early meet
ing with Gen H>we, whom his M?jrtty has been pleufed
£u°r n with me 11 the said Commission.
In the mean tinv, I have judged it expedient to if
foe tee inclosed Dilatation, in order that all persons
may have immediate information of his Mfyll /s most
gracious intentions: Ard I desire you will be pleated
forthwith to caule the laid Declaration to be promul
gated, in such manner, and at such places within the
po/irce of New-Jersey,„ as will render the fame of the
roo^ public notoriety.
Ail red of being favoured with your aflidance in eve
. T meafute f sr the speedy and c^eQual reiteration of the
public tranquility, I am to request you will communi
cute, frym ti e to time, filch information as you may
think will facilitate the attainment of that important ob
feft in the province over which you preside.
1 have the honor to be,
with great relpe& and consideration,
Sir, your molt obedient humbly (errant,
HO W E.”
PRICHARD viscount howe, of the
Kingdom of Iroam, one of the KTNG's COM
MISuIONER. S for refloring peace to His Majef
tys Colonies and Plantations in North -America, &c.
DECLAR A T I O N.
I,^7' "EREAS by an aft puffed in the last ieffion
Vt yf ?uhament to prohmit all tr?fe and imer
coarfe with tne colonies of New-HampOwe, Mahachu
ferts- Bay, Rhode-Blind, Connghcut, New-Ymk, New-
Jersey, Penn Avahia, the three lower counties on Dela
ware, M.v/ard, # Virginia, North Carolina, South-Ca
rolin= .nd Georgia, and for other purpo r ct toerein men
tioned; it is enaebd, that “ it (had and may be lawful
to and for any perfan or persons, appointed and au
£l© n.^ Iby Maj ^ ; , co griot a paru mor pardons
'' to any number or deferipion of pt/fems, by procla
" mation in his MJetty's name, t'j declare an, colony
" or province, colonies or provinces, or any county,
' town, port, diftnhf, or place, in any colony or pro
“ rince, to be at the peace ot his Majesty;” and that
" fromand after the issuing of apy such proclamation, In
" any of the aforefaid colonies or provinces, cr if his Ma
" jetty (hill be graciously pleased to lignify the fame by
'' his Royal Proclamation, then, from and a ter the if.
" filing of such proclamation," the said “ a&, with re
'' fpe& to such colony or province, colonies cr pro
' voices, county, town, port, district, or place, fliKll
" cease, determine, ana be utterly void."
And WHEREAS the King, defirbus to deliver ail
bis lubfofts from the calamities of war, and other o;pref
fans luhich they nvw undergo, and to restore the said colo
nies tq his p^neaion and peace, as soon as the cordUtu
timal authority of government therein may be replaced:
Hath been graciously pleased, by letters patent, under
the Great S al, dated the sixth day of May, in the fix
te,^ year °'bis Majesty's reign, to nominate and ap
point tile, Richard Vicount Howe, of the kingdom of
Ireland, and William Howe, Efy General of his forces
in North-America, and each 01 us, jointly and feverlily,
to behs Mjefty s Cemmiffianer and Coinmifiipners, for
granting his free and gene l al pardons to all those who in
the tumult .n^ (.Border of the times, may have deviated
from their just allegiance, and who are willing, by a
foeedv return to 'heir duty, to r^p the benefit of the
Royal favour: And allo for declaring, in his Majesty's
irone, any colon;, produce, county, town, port, dif
tri&, or place, to he at the peace of his MajNty. I DO
THEREFORE, hereby declare, That due consider
ation fhallbe had to the meritorious services of all oer
fons who (hill ai- vand ?(n'+ in restoring the public tran
quility in the hid colonies, or in any part »r parts there
-0 ; Fuat pardons (halt be granted, dutiful reprefent'a
-lions leceived, arm every Ratable encouragement given,
for promoting su c h measures as fliail be conducive 'to the
ertablifhment of legal government and peace, in pursu
ance of hi, Majeltyl meft gracious purposes aforefaid.
Cloven on board his Mfef.fsJhy the Eagle, iff the Co°aft
of the Province of MJhchuftt^lfiy, the zeth day
- ^ June, 1776. H 0 W E.
By order of Congress,
JOHN HANCOCK, Refdent.
Extras from the Minutes,
Charles Thomson, Secretary.
In Committee of Infje&ion and Observation for the
County of ffbiladelpbia, July 20, 1776.
Refolord unanimoujly, That this Committee most ear
netlb exhort the Cartons of the Militia of this County
to ute tireir utmori anilities to compleat their Companies
and mated them under the orders of their commanding
<>|{i_e. to rienton, and that the affbciitors would with
becoming aierrnels join their refpe&ive companies asth^y
vilue the repletion of freemen, and with to hold the
foremoft place in the esteem of their countrymen.
18, order of the Committee,
JOHN BUL L; Chairman.
Tuefdary 1;Q arrived here the firft battalion of Ma
ryland Regu,ats, commanded by Col. Smallwood, and
yelt^ day marched far New-Jersey.
Ihe Rev. JacobDuche, Reftor of Chritt-
Chuich and s<. Peter's, in this city is appointed Chap
lain to the Honourable Continental Congress.
Dr. WILLIAM ShIPI< 3N, Jun. is appointed
'!'*.''" Cugreh, Surges- General and Director
of tre I'olpu:i tor tie Flying.Cuw). , $
On Hcdncfday, the loth i^urt. ^eparteddhis life,
at an advanced age, the Reverend Dr. RICHARD
PE lERS, whole excellent qualities and amiable
philanthrephy are very generally acknowledged.
Last Saturday the Provincial Convention appointed
tue following gentlemen to reprtfent this province; as
Delegates in Cungrefs, viz,. Dr. Erankin, George Ross,
George Clymer, Robert. Morris, fames Ififa, John
Morton, Ehf; Dr. Rufo; jantts Smith, and George
Taylor, E'qs..
IHpg°°d people of this city and province, and of
the province of New-Jersey, are earoelMy desired to
fend ail the old Sheets and other o|d linen they can pos
sibly spare to Doctor Shippen. junior., for the ole of
the Military Hospital in New-jency. None will refute
complying with this request; when they coafi ler that
the lint and bandages to be m 4 f of this linen may be
uled in dressing and curing the wounds of their own
fathers, husbands, brethren or sons. The good people
of New-ferfey are requefted.to lend their donations to
Dodor COWEL, in Trenton; Dr. Bainbridge, in
Princeton; Dr. Cochran, in Brunswick; Mr. Pet-.
tit, in Amboy; apd the Reverend Mr. Caldwell,
in Eiizabeth-Towr,
In CONGRL S S, July it, 1776.
THE Marine Committee, in pursuance of the order
pef Congrrfs^reported that they have called before
them divers of the inferior officers belonging to the ships
Alfred and Columbus, and having heard their com
plaints against the Captains, Saltonflall and Whipple,
in their presence, are of opinion that, tb^ charge a
gainst Captain Salronfall d^es not appear to be well
founded, and that 'he charge against Captain Whipple
amounts to nothing more than a rough indelicate mode
of behaviour to his marine officers. Whereupon Re
folve'd, That the Marine Committee be directed to or
. der the Captains Sahonihli aid Whippleto repair to
their ref,e&ive commands, and that it be recommended
to Captain Whipple to cultivat: harmony with his offi
cers. _ Extract from the Minutes,
CHARLES THOMSON, Sec'ry.
By order of Congress,
JOHN HANCOCK, President.
In COMMITTEE of SAFETY,
Philadelphia, July 17, 1776.
It being recommended to rids Committee by the
Convention to take the haeffiiry steps leipeL.ng the
guard directed by Cong'els to be kept in this city,
Revived, That the four companies of rhiritia of this
city and liberties, detained by General Roberdeau as
guards for this city, namely, Capt. Smythers of the
tirft battalion, Capt. Peters of the second, Capt. Whar
ton, of the third, and the company late commanded'by
Capt. Burkhard of the fourth, be required to attend
their duty regularly and punctually under the orders
and command of Capt. Peters, And the commanding
officeis of the said companies are required to enrol into
the fame all such Affociarors as, from particular circum
ftaoces, cannot march with the militia now called into
lervice for the Flying Camp, and all such, Associators
are earnestly exported to enrol themselves in some one
of the said companies for this necessary and important
lervice, in which they are to continue during the absence
of the companies to which they refpedivety belong.
Extract from the minutes,
WILLIAM GOVETT, Sec.
Philadelphia C^t, COMMITS EE, July 3, 1776.
Rejobued, That this Committee in consequence of a
letter from the Honourable Continental Congress, as
well as from a recommendation of the provincial Con
ference, do proceed to raise our part of the dying camp,
and that the follo,wing gentlemen be appointed officers:
Colonel, Robert Lewis; Lieut. Col. Isaac Hughes;
Major, John Moor, Eiq;.Surgeon, Enoch Edwards;
Quarter-Matter, Marfhdl Edwards ; Adjutant Solomon
l^uih; aptains, Archibald Themfon; George Smith,
fienry Derringer, Jacob Lang m, Rudolph Neff, Aaron
Levering, Christin Schnyder, Henry Pawling, Joseph
Jones;, hrfl Lieutenants, Marshal Edwards, Solomon
Bulb, Samuel Swift, William Wilson, Casper Doll,
Samuel Hainds, Graudus Sclatter, Mordecai Morgan,
David Schrack, Stephen Porter, and Thomas Roffet
ter; SecondjLieutenants, William Armstrong, Leonard
Doll, James Hazlet, George Bringhtrft, Matthew
Holgate, Jefe Roberts, Alexander Hall, Peacock Ma
jor; Ensigns, Andrew Barge, William North, Wilham
Noa, Abraham Duffield, Nathaniel Childs, Alexander
Wright, James Potts, Rees Nanna.
Extract from the Minutes,
ENOCH EDWARDS.
, N. B. The Officers appointed by the Committee of
tnis county to compole the Flying Camp are requested
to meet at the Coneftogoe Waggon, in Philadelphia, on
Saturday the 20th inst. at 9 o'clock in the morning.
ROBERT LEWIS.
*Q The COMMITTEE of the. County of
BUCKS, are requeued to meet on Monday the 29th
day of July, inst. at 9'clock in the forenoon, at the house
of JOHNBOGAR T, oh hufinefs of importance.
JOSEPH HART, Chairman.
FILES
MADE^d S OLD tySTACY POfTSand
JOHN FII CH, in Trenton, New-jerie,.
Au, person having 010 fil^ may-have them cut ,vera„.in.
This day is ,ub ifad pia^da?d to bej /y
R. A 1 I ' K E N, Printer and Bookseller,
Opposite the Louden CerfecH afe. Fro;t Rice.,
— . [Price one foiling &/fix p £ ,tct]
HE Downton cj Prou^ae# ov & r the p,of men -
A SER M 0 N preached at P.^,:
17th of M y, 1776, Ixi.^he General Fall arointed by
tb !°^ "' ' U "' ed Colonies. % ^Licb
a^dtcl, An r , DDRE3S to the Natives of Scotian 3
reading in America.'
By JOHN WITHERSPOON, D D
President efthe College of New-Jersey.
PHILADELPHIA, and FORT-ISLAND
S T A G.E-W A G G O N,
K E P T by "the fabferiber, goes from Mr. Riddle's
at the figo of Kuh ICban, the corner of Front and
^moard-ftreets, at fcven o'clock in the morning ? n.|
_our 0 deck in the afternoon, and f,cm Mr. Rudolph's
* rr, near the Fort, about nine oWo, kin the nmnA. <r
an. (even o'clock m the evening, which he intends to
^tifue every day. The fa;ei s for e?c h pAkruT.
I P "' t 0 ^.t'^ " ? dc aking m .,)
on hrs heft endeavours to give (atisfzftion.
DANIEL RFYBCLD.
Tobe SOLD at PUBLIC VENDUE
At the late dwelling house of John Geo.ee, butcher.
hnp v °" Saturday the 27^ inst.
R h °ufliold and krtchcu furniture, confiftirg
00. pate, feather Q and bidding, tab) „3 locking
s: ¥ d ?y.'?. ck > r ^ b bottomed chairs. a
c °P? e [ k',^ an < IvrflQrs utenffis, a g. o d gun, Ho
pair of Intolsfnd a cutlafe. L^wife m o hones and
two carts . The sal e to begin at r o'clock in the after
noon, and continue till all is fold.
CATHERINE GEORGE,
PHILIP hall.
rOLR DOLLARS REWARD
Y ' °" snndd y tlie 3°th ult. fiom it,;
lubfenber, living rn rhe dilbid of Southwark a
negro man named NEWRY, by trade a cooper, about
h °' 9 '""" h ''" H ' d °" and tock'with him
^hen he went away, alight colored fuftian coattee, a
c^fo' the ,^ color, Q fine and one
and a r '^7^ ^ lrof ^kftiu breeches,
and a pair of white ticken ditto, good (hues, a pair of
kin^ % pa " '/ °"' d br °" n and white % v° rftcd
'', n ^ s - Whoever secures the said negro, so that ts
f, , m a ß^in, ihril have the above reward and
_. becharges 'JOHN JONES.
FORTY SHILLINGS REWARD.
A WAY 011 the 2 ^ th ult - (June)!rmthe
HO 0 £ L, by tradv a cooper, about 37 years of ^e,
5 feet s , 9 „ L hc.Q3 L unmade, has lon , ft
Bail: Had on end took %itlihim when he went away
a b.UD mixed ch.th coat and red jacket, an old I^vct
nA bound, a pair of bud fkia breeches not foiled, good
ffi ° es > % a pa> r of blue yarn itockings. Whoever fc
f?'' ^r.'™\ f °^ '* rafter may get him again,
fo^ya/t lauty ohirmgs reward if tfcn up in the
tj'> out of it the aoove reward and reafombie ch?re
v JOHN JONES.'
A. he ,s a tolerable good LimHr, talks much in the
IrdG brogue, anu has been seen with a pair, of blue a^d
white striped trowfefs.
1 ~N 7) r ^ Q
From of. to 20,. To be SOLD by
J O, A R T.
TEN POUNDS REWARD.
P AN AWAYlaft night from the subscriber, living
I.\. oppolite the New-Market, Philadelphia, an Erg
lilh servant lad named WIL LIAM SIMONS, by
trade a huff shoemaker, and can make coayft mens flioes
he is about 5 feet 3 or 4 inches high, thick made, ftco^
Mouldered, pretty much fpecklyd with the final! pox,
and has a fm,all black (car above his right,eye fcarcei;
dilcernable, Ihoit dark brown hair, and of a fair com
plexion: Had on when he went away, a brown j elect
with sleeves and block tin buttons, a brown Irßh flieerin,
fiiirt, a pair of tow trowfers and one ditto striped liner;
a pair of black locking breeches; a coarse felt hat, and
calf-ficin (hoes. Whoever takes up and fixtures die said
servant, so that his matter may get him again, (hall re
ceive, if taken in this city, Three Pain ds, if ; mil^s out
of the city Six Pounds; and if out of the province Ten
Pounds and all reasonable charges, paid 1y
,^20,1776. , SAMUEL BURMAN.
N. B. He took his working tools with him.
July 20, 1776.
TEN DOLLARS REWAk D.
OTRAYED or STOLEN from the Sub-
J fcribei's plantation in Providence tuwnfhip, Phila
delphia county, on Monday the %th inttant/a Sorrel
HORS E, near fifteen hands high, with light coloured
mine and tail, two hind sett white, with a far or blszc;
about fevzn or Qght years eld, and rrc>f. If (traced a
way; whoever brings him to the fid briber, either at
the plantation above dderived, or to his boule in Front
ftreet. P riladelplii„ (hail have Four Dollars reward :
ah'd if ftulen ; whoever di covers t e oit anti thief, so
that he may be prosecuted to conyia^ 1, fliail hate the
above reward, ^ai.lby JOHN Mil CHEL L.
-TO~B E D 1 SPOSED OTT
THE time of a Scotch SERVANT MAN,
who h?s about fluee years to fe<ve : H is a good
I postilion, and underfunds taking cute of corks. Eu
;quire of the Printer.;