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NOTwithftandiog the forbearance and good hu
mour, with which I have hitherto treated your
repeated invedives against me, yet I perceive you con
tinue an hardened irreclaimable finner. In the Penn
sylvania Packet, of the 9th instant, you again tax my
paper with being a vehicle of lies; even you, who have
no feruple to assert in print, " that the capture of
" lord Cornwallis, was the occasion of laughter in
" New-York l —and at Charleftown they carried the
41 joke farther, they illuminated the city."--Neither you,
nor the rebel printers your coadjutors, can deceive any
but the lowest and most ignorant of your readers,
with your frequtnt abuses of my press; and it is this
failure in your attempts which gives you such great
concern, and induces you to take such unremitting
pains to destroy its credit. You well know it propa
gates many truths that contribute to fruftrate your
nefarious purposes ; and that many have thereby had
their eyes opened, whom you would fain continue to
lead blindfold.
It is that circumstance, however, which gives the
Royal Gazette such a general circulation, and makes
it so eagerly fought after ; nor can all your art and in
dustry prevent it. Magna est Veritas et prevalebit ;
sooner or later.
I am far from denying that my Gazette does fome
timescontain articles of intelligence which afterwards
appear to be not well founded, But this is a misfor
tune incident to all such publications, in which our
readers exped to find, not only the fads but the re
ports of the day. But I defy you and all your host
of rebel typographers, io point out a single inflance of
my ever publishing, as a serious faR, what I knew to
be falfe at the time, as you have in the inftanee above
quoted ; and as they hav&all, in innumerable instances,
to serve the wicked designs of a traitorous fa-ion.
I likewise hereby offer and engage, that for every
falfebood you will point out in the Royal Gazettes
since the commencement of the rebellion, to produce at
least a dozen in any of the rebel news papers published
in the fame period; orforfeit all that flock in trade
which you so much envy me for, and which you have
had the flock of impudence to advertise for sale.
Till this challenge is accepted, you ought to hold
your peace ; but if you will not mend your manners,
I shall think myfelf perfectly excufeable hereafter if I
handle you and your abettors without mittens.
J. RIVINGTON.
As shines the fun from eaf lto weft,
Good Bouille's deeds, from friend to foe,
Have shot as pure a ray confefs'd,
1 '^ me can ^' ve an d honour know.
Old-Road, Jan. 28th. TRUTH.
SAT URDA Y,
VOL. XI.I Published every H ESDAY, THURSDAY and SATURDAY.—Price Six-Pence.
From the ANTIGUA GAZETTE.
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Come, tell it out man—glad? or fad?
For by my troth I scarce can read ye,
Though sure 'its more of good than bad,
Which hence so much in haste does speed ye,
QUIDNUNC, my cronie, thou dost look
As if some tidings good were in thee,
Yet on thy phiz's deep-lin'd book,
There's something mixt that does mifgive me.
How goes St. Kitts ? Quoth Nunc, “ No ill,
" I promise you I've heard to-day;
* The French have loft at Brimftone'-hill,
" Full fifteen hundred men they fay.
* And Bouille's horse shot, by the fall
" His thigh bone broke ; his shoulder too
" Is wounded by a mufquet ball."
I'm sorry for't !—Nay, so seem you.
Why, friend, belie thy honest heart?
The world disjoin'd, has not his equal!—
Virtue, her candid tear will start,
Though joy with vi&'ry be our sequel.
When bravery in success unites,
With valiant deeds all gen'rous worth,
Fortune's severe reverse excites,
Of lib'ral thoughts, the pensive birth.
Nor o'er Britannia shall be found,
To make a brave man's hurt her glee,
Whilst genuine sons, the world around'
For England's weal, shew bold and free.
From the ROYAL GAZETTE.
STANZAS for the Antigua Gazette.
GENERAL ADVERTISER.
New-York, February 20th, 1782.
To Mr. F. H.
TO BE SO L D,
Hundred pieces of IRON ORDNANCE, ly
mg at the H%d of ELK, being the property of
the United States, viz.
Two 3 pounders without carriages,
Sixteen 6 pounders, 7
Forty 9 pounders, >on flhip carriages,
Sixteen 12 pounders, J
Twenty-fix 18 pound Caronade# without carriages.
The Prices are as follows for every Pair of the
above ordnance :
3 pounders 120 dollars, 6 pounders 226 dollars
and z-gds, 9 pounders 293 dollars and 1 3d, 12
pounders 333 dollars and 1 3d, and 18 pound caro
nades 213 dollars and r-gd.
Any person inclining to purchase, on payment of the
money to the Treafurtr of the United States, for a
part or the who'e, end producing his receipt into this
office, shall have an order for the delivery.
TO BE SOL D,
A new two story Bricic House,
with a Piazza and Kitchen, situate on the south fide of
North-street, in possession of the Jews minister ; the Lot
is 16 feet 8 inches front and ioo feet in depth ; fub
je& to a ground rent of 12 dollars per annum.
A PIECE of about 14 acres cf LAND, in Moya
menfing township, fronting the road leading from Paf
fyunk road to the Butcher's Arms, with an orchard
thereon of about 70 grafted apple,trees; subj-& to a
widow's dower, who i$ very ancient.
Another PIECE of about ,4 acres of LAND on
the New. Germantown road, about 3 and a quarter
miles from the city, it is under good fence, and has
an orchard of 100 grafted apple trees thereon. Any
person inclining to purchase any of the aboye premises
may know the terms by applying to ABRAHAM
SHOEMAKER, at his Office in Walnut-street, near
Third-fcer, PI i^delpbi ; who has a Number of other
REAL E LAIES for Sale.
Whereas Joseph Mufgrave hath some months rgo
conveyed to me, all his estate whatever, in tiuft fur
the payment of his just debts, &c. these are therefore
to desire all persons that have any jest demands against
him, that they make known the fame to me, in order
to have the fame brought open some proper mode of
payment : And all thole persons who are indebted to
the said Joseph Mu'grave, are requested to make im
mediate payment to me, in order to prevent furthc
trouble. ABRAHAM SHOEMAKER.
March 21, 1782.
February 26, 1782.
IRON ORDNANCE.
To be LET for a Term of Years,
An elegant three story Brick HOUSE, with a large
Piazza and Kitchen, situate on the weft fide of Fourth
ftreet ; now in the tenure of Edward Slippen, efq;
together with a good frame stable and coach house ad
joining. Any person inclining to rent the fame, may
know the terms by applying at above.
Also, To be Sold a good Ikely Herfe, and a new
top Chaise with iron axeltree.
Good House Maid, who can be
well recommended. Such a on?, by applying to the
Printer, may meet with Employment.
A Quantity of dryed HIDES to be fold
by Jacob Vanreed, on Walnut-street
wharf.
Public notice is hereby given, to
all persons indebted to the estate of captain STEPHEN
HOPKINS, deceased, late of this city, to make imme
diate payment to the fubferibe', at the house of Mr.
John M Kim, in W ater-ftreet ; and all those who have
any just demands upon said estate aie requested tohring
them in without d,elay, that the, m , v b , 3 djnft p .d and
fettled, by GEORGE HOPKINS, Administrator.
WANTED, a Quantity of
Block-Tin or old Pewter.
Apply at the Cloathier-General's Office, in Front
ftreet, above Vine-ftreet.'
Office of Finance,
W A NT E D, A
O R, THE
THE
On MONDAY Next,
(Brim, the 25th of March, instant) at the COFFEE
HOUSE, at Five o'Clock in the Afternoon, A
Lot of Ground in the Northern
Liberties, with a two ftorybrick Tenement thereon, with
a Cellar under the fame, a few doors above Colonel
William Coats's, containing 22 and a half feet on
Front-street, 200 feet deep ; , where the Conditions will
be made known and a good Title given, by
BY virtue cf a writ of fieri facias de bonis et terris,
to me directed and delivered, will be Sold at Pub_
lie Vendue, on MONDAY, the 25th day of March
next, at the Court-house in Salem, 435 xres and 64
perches of LAND, late the property of Josh a Cope
land, deceased. It is part of Vining's tra&, adjoins
lands of John Mountain, Abner Penten and others
lies in the townships of Manington and of Up er Alle•
way's qreek, in th* county of Salem and tia.c of New-
Jersey, is within a few miles of the town of Salem,a d
very near to several landings. The foil is exceeding
rich, and all the land ir woodland, and well timbered
except about 50 acres, from which the wood h?s been
cut off. It wi'l be fold in fev+ntecn Loh, containing
from 7 to 120 acres; a draught of the lots may be
seen at the house of JOHN INSKIP, in Salem, 2nd
at the Coffee-houfe, in Philadelphia. A Lot of a hun
dred and twenty acres is divided rff to make a fmzil
farm, it contains the a'orefaid 50 acres from which the
wood has been cut off, and about 15 acr't of swamp
which may make very good meadow. S.le to begin at
10 o'clock in the forenoon of fame day, and to conti
nue from day to day till all the lots are foid. S ized'
taken in execution, and to be fold by'
Jrn. 21, 1782. JOHN SMITH, fheriff.
TOBE SO L D,
A well improved Plantation,
beautifully fituted on the White-Marih road, between
12 and 13 mi ! es from this city, containing ijg ac>fr, ?&
and a half of which is well watered meadow^ or'
acres of woodland and the remainder oiowl,nd
d ,§^. fcnce and in fr or < ? er. For terms'^quire
of the Printer. Philadelphia, Feb 9 '
TWELVE DOLLARS REWARD.
Whereas, through the mifinfor
mation and advice of some mifehievous person the
fubferiber's servant, a negro man named Billy or Will
ill expectation of obtaining a legal difeharge from a
state of servitude by remaining a certain time in this
country and apprehending that I was soon to remove
? ut of "P' , hath deferf ed from my free and
secrets himfelf in hopes of being concealed until the
supposed necessary time of continuance here is ex ired.
This may inform said servant that as he is registered
agreeable to an ad of the general affably of this
state, made in behalf of the exiles from South-Carolina
there is no ground for such exp< Ration : if therefore he
will return to hisduty, he shall be forgiven this offence
as well as every other that he may be c mfcious he has
committed. And whoever will apprehend and deliver
him to me or Mr. Samuel Miller in Philadelphia, shall
receive the above reward and all reasonable charges.
He is about 40 years of age, s f eet Bor 9 irches high,
in general lusty, but has remarkable large legs, a very
large mouth and thick lips, and complexioned somewhat
like a muftee but rather darker. As he is an excellent
labourer in the farming business, s ve y handy with
tools, (having worked much amongst (hip carpenters)
V e " pe , rt / n ri ^ and faili ^ final! vessels, he will no
doubt seek employ in some of these ways. but all per
sons are ftrißly enjoined not to employ him in
way whatever; and a farther reward of four dollars
will be given to any person who will give such evidence
®f his being harboured by a free man as wl |convict
the offender, by THOMAS LEGARE.
Philadelphia, March nth, 1782.
FORMAN MOUNT.
N. B. It is the House and Lot that belonged to
Alexander Edwards, deceased.
TO B E R EN T E D,
For the summer season, a healthy, pleafant'.
ly situated COUNTRY SEAT'; the house
furnished. Enquire of the Printer.
To be Sold at Public Auction, on the
Premises,
MARCH 2g, 1782,
[NUMB 862.