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GENERAL LEE having left the city, I shall cease
any consideration of his character, military, poli
• tieal, zoonical or literary, at least until he returns, and
flail have it in his power to defend himfelf.
'TNe Compiler of the United States Magazine.
In GENERAL ASSEMBLY of Pennsylvania.
Saturday, March zoth, 1779.
The petition of J mes Martin, and the report of the
Committee appointed to confider his case, were again
rhad and considered, and thereupon
Refolded, T at the said James Martin have leave to
bring in a bill the next session of this Assembly, for the
purposes of divorcing him from his wife Elizabeth Martin :
And that the said James Martin be required to publish this
resolution in the Pennsylvania Packet, or some other pub
lic newspaper of this state, two months before he brings in
the said bill. Extract from the Minutes,
JOHN MORRIS, Junior,
Clerk of the General Assembly.
XW^^^X^XX^X»^^X
General Pofl-Ofice, Philadelphia, April 16.
WHEREAS on Monday last, the ilth
instant, -be Post on his route from Annzpehs to
this city was flopped between Wilmington and Chester,
and forced to return several miles back to Wilmington,
by a person who said his name was Hopkins, and that
he was a Deputy Commissary of Purchafts, pretending
at the fame rime that he expected letters from Governor
Johnson, of Maryland. Jn juftic, to the Public, and to
prevent in future like impositions, it is requested of thole
that can give any information of the above described
person, to furnifh the Postmaster General therewith,
that an example may be made of the offender.
JAMES BRYSON, Surveyor of the
Poll-Offices, Middle Diftri&.
N. B. An honest, careful, sober man, that will un
dertake to ride Post between this city and Annapolis;
coming properly recommended, may hear of good en
couragement by applying at the General Post Office.
WANTS A PLA C E..
A YOUNG WOMAN of a good character, as a
" chambermaid or child's nurse. Enquire of the
I Printer:
& &;$ Excellency the PRESIDENT, and COUNCIL cf
the Commonwealth of PENNSYLVANIA.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS the Congress of the United States of
America, by their resolve of the twentieth day of
March dart, did recommend in the iollowing words, to
wit:
<< WHEREAS, in just punishment of our manifold
tra'nfgreffions, it hath pleased the Supreme Ddpofer of all
event's to visit these United States witn a calamitouswar,
through which his Divine Providence hath hitherto in a
wonderful manner conduced us, so that we might acknow
ledge that the race is not to the fwift, nor the battle to the
firong: AND WHEREAS, notwithstanding the chas
tisements received, and benefits bestowed, too few have
been fufficiently awakened to a sense of their guilt, or
warmed with gratitude, or taught to amend their lives
apd turn from tneir fins, that so he might turn from his
wrath : AND WHEREAS, from a confeioufnefs of what
we have merited at his hands, and an apprehension that
the malevolence of our disappointed enemies, like the in
credulity of Pharaoh, may be used as the scourge of Om
nipotence to vindicate his flighted Majesty, there is reason
to fear that he may permit much of our land to become
the prey of the spoiler, our borders to be ravaged, and our
habitations destroyed:
" Refolded, That it be recommended to the several States
to appoint the firft Tburfday in May next, to be a day of
Falling, Humiliation, and Prayer to Almighty God, that
he will be pleased to avert those impending calamities
which we have but too well deserved: That he will grant
us .:is grace to repent of oyr fins, and amend our lives ab/
cording to his holy word : That he will continue that
wonderful protection which hath led us through the paths
el danger and distress : That he will be a hufbind to the
widows and a father to the fatherlefs children, who weep
ever the barbarities of a favageenemy: That he will grant
ns patience in fuffering, and fortitude in adversity: That
he will inspire us with hum lity, moderation, and grati
tude in prosperous circumstances: That he will give wis
dom to our councils, rirmnefs to our resolutions, and
victory to our arms: Tout he will bless the labours of the
huft^ndman, and pour forth abundance, so that we may
enjoy the fruits of the earth in due season : That he will
eaufe union, harmony, and mutual confidence to prevail
throughout these States: That he will bellow on our great
ally afi tnofe blessings which may enable him to be glori
eufly instrumental in protesting the rights of mankind,
and promoting the happiness of his fubjeds : That he will
bountifully continue his paternal care to the Commander
in Chief hnd the offi ers and soldiers of the United States :
That he will grant the^bleffings of peace to all contending
nations, freedom to those who are in bondage, and com
fort to the afflided : That he will diffufe ufeful knowledge,
extend the influence es true religion, and give us that
peace of mind which the world cannot give: That he will
be our shield in the day of battle, our comforter in the
hour of death, and our kind parent and merciful judge
through time and through eternity."
Wherefore, as well in^refpea of the said recommendati
on of Congress, as the plain dilates of duty, whereby we
are called to acknowledge and implore the providence and
protection of Heaven ; WE do hereby earnestly recom
mend to the good people of this Commonwealth, to set
apart the firft Thursday in May next for the pious pur
pefes mentioned in the said revive, and that they abstain
From all labour and recreation on that day.
GIVEN by order of the Council, under the band of his
• Excellency Joseph R-eed, Est; Prudent, and the
Great- Seal of the State, at Philadelphia, this sixteenth
day of April, in the yeay of our Lord One thousand [even
hundred and feveny-nine.
JOSEPH REED, President.
Attefl. T. Matlack, Secretary.
GOD SAVE THE PEOPLE.
TO BE SOL D,
TH E noted STALLION known by the name
of YOUNG JUNIPER, at Samuel Simplon's
in Paxton township, Lancaftcr county, any time before
the tenth day of May next, aad is fold for no fault that
will prejudice any person that wants to purchase.
To be SOLDat Public Vendue,
On the premises, on Saturday the 24th instant, at Three
o'clock in the afternoon,
ONE three-story brick building, with a kitchen;
the lot eighteen feet in front, and in depth fixty
five feet, situated on the east fide of Second-street, be
tween South and Shippen-ftreets, fubjea to 2 grounds
rent of (even pounds two Killings and fix-pence per an
num: Three ditto on the weft corner of Second and
Shippen streets ; one frame two-story building bn tkh
corner ; twoditto brick, two stories high, fronting Ship
pen street, the lot on Second-street twenty feet by seven
ty fevea and a half on S'dppen-ftreet, subj?& to a yearly
ground-rent of fix pounds sixteen shillings and eight
pence. For further particulars apply to the fubferiber,
living in Second-ftieet, near the premifrs.
JAMES BARNES.
On the twenty-sixth of April, at Ten o'clock in the
morning, at the house of Mr, Duch®, will begin the
SALE of
SUNDRY HOUSHOLD GOODS, late the
property of the Rev. Mr. Duebe, now confifeated to
the State; such ar bedsteads, tables, chairs, looking
glaffs, &c. and also Kitchen Furniture.
Likewise some Old Don, late th" property of Alex
ander Smith. ROBERT SMITH, 7
WILLIAM WILL, ,Agents.
CHARLES W. PEALE, J
To be SOLD by Public Sale,
, On the firft day of May next,-
A LOT of four acres and twenty quare perches of
Land, on Little Duck Creek, Kent County, in the
Delaware State, whereon is erected a brick malt-house
and brew-house, with a vault along fide, eighty feet
long, with a hop-yard producing yearly from twelve to
fifteen hundred weight of hops, a wharf before the de,r,
a good dwelling-house, gard%i, &c. a good sand for a
tan-yard or any other bu^neis, as it is on a very public;,
landing. Also feather beds and bedding, chests of draw
ers, tables, chests, and several other household furniture
too tedious to mention. Conditions will be made known
by the fubferiber, living on the premises.
1. THOMAS PARRY.
TO BESO L b,
At ANDREW HODGE's, in Water street, be
tween Arch and Race-streets, Philadelphia,
A few BOXES of
FRESH LEMON S.
Philadelphia, April 13. .
This Day was published, (price One Dollai) and fold by
PETER BARKE R,
On the south fide of Chefnut-ftreet, near Second-street,
almost opposite to Strawberry Alley, Philadelphia,
ECHO from the TEMPLE of WISDOM:
Or a Constitutional Answer and Refutation of an
ADDRESS to Mri Silas Deane, by Mr. Common
Sense.
Young Juniper was got by Mr. Jacob Hilizheimer's
Old Juniper, which was one of the highest bred horses
ever imported into America. He was Parted the four
following years 1757, 1758, 1'59, an d 1760, for eighteen
plates and won fourteen of them. Col. Syme afterwards
imported him into Virginia, and fold him for one thou
sand pounds Virginia currency. Young Juniper's dam
was get by Bullyrock; he is a beautiful bright bay,
with a star and snip, his legs, mane and tail black, kis
hind feet white, full fifteen and a half handle high, ve^y
ftroag and handfeme ; he is remarkable good for breed
ing, and his colts generally of his own colour.
Provided he is not fold he will cover Mares at Forty
Dollars the fealon, where he is kept.
Philadelphia, April 16.
Oue Thousand Dollars Reward.
ON Friday the ninth instant; as Captain
Trapp was on his way from Bolton to this city,
between fix and seven in the evening he was met by two
men in the road from New-Windsor to Morristown, in
the Clove, when one of them with a musket flopped hint,
arid (wore if he did not immediately dismount he would
blow his brairis out. Capt. Trapp asked by what au
thority ? He replied if he did not get off he would show
him. By this time the other one came and took the
horse by the bridle, and took a pistol out of his pocket.
Capt. Trapp then alighted, and they took him and his
hwrfe cut of the main road, where they tied the horse
and took off the saddle-bags, 'in which were upwards of
Eight Thousand Eight Hundred Pounds, lawful money,
and all his cloat^s, and ordered him up the mountain,
where they flopped and demanded the key ; he told
them he had loft it; when they with a knife cut them,
open. One of them then guarded him almost to the top
of the mountain, when feeing an opportunity he ran and
made his escape from them, and came to the firft house
from the place, where he found some riflemen, who
went in pursuit of them, found his horse where they left
him the next morning, and found his whip, but could
find nothing of the robbers. The night before they
broke open and robbed a house near the fame place.
One Cole and one Straw, who belonged, to the lame
party, were executed the fame day at Hackenfack.—
There have thirteen of them been seen, and it is sup
posed there are between forty and fity now on the
mountains near the fame place.
Whoever takes up the robbers and secures them in
any gaol on the Continent,, so that they may be brought
to justice and the money be recovered, shall be entitled
to the Above reward; >?
PUBLIC AUCTION.
STATE of PENNSYLVANIA!: %
THE Auditors, appointed by the Honorable House
of Assembly to fettle- the accounts of this Statty
finding little attention paid to their lat? advertisement h
the public news papers, refpe&ing that bufinefe, do new
inform all those concerned, that unless their refpeclive
accounts (with proper vouchers) are produced for set
tlement at their Office before the firft day ol July nex%
they will immediately take such meafnres to compel the
parties to furnifh them, as the Law dire&s.
All persons who may have accounts with the late Bo^rd
of War and Navy Board of this State, unsettled, are de
sired to bring them in to the above-mentioned Office.
JOHN NIXON.
April s, i 77 9. JOHN M.'NESBJTT.
BENJAMIN FULLER..
N. B. The Office is open from Nine e'clock to Twelve
in the forenoon, and from Three to Six in the afternoon,
i t Left for SALE with
JOHN DWNLAR
DR. Johnfon^ celebrated English Dictionary, % vols o
large foli®. 0
Livy's History, in English, folios /
6 ,C TA V 0.
* vols, of a very fire edition of Shakefpear's Plays.
Poetical Miscellanies, by Dryden, Addison, Rolcorc
mon, &c. - j
Complect History of the Turks, from their origin to 171^.
Life oNhr Walter Raleigh; to his death on the fcaffoid.
Dr. Cheyne's Eflay of I e # lth and long life.
Memoirs of Ireland, from the Refto^afion, by the au
thor of the secret history of Europe.
Poems on several occaficns, by Stephen Duck.
ff, l.i^i Hiftrte.
Ingenious and civerting Letters, of a Lady's travel
into Spain. d-
Logic, by Isaac Watts, D. D.
VARIOUS SIZES.
A neat set of the Tatler, compUat in 5 vois.
Political Writings of Sir Richard Steele,
Hoole's Common Accidence, Latin.
Jewffh Spy, by the Marquis D'Argens.
C^far's Commentaries, Latin. -
Memoirs of Prince Eugene of Savoy.
Treaties and Tracts upon Religions Subjects, federal rs
then: rarely to be met ^vitb, &c. &c. &c.
WANT E K
A NUMBER of Artificers, fwch as Carpenters,
and Waggon or Wheel-weights. Any perfonsdf
the above callings that are willing to enter into the ser
vice, may meet with good encouragement by applying
to the fubferiber, living at the corner of Arch and Fifth
ftreets, Philadelphia.
MATTHIAS SADLER, Capt. of Artificers.
FORTY DOLLARS REWARD.
CTRAYED or STOLEN from off the Commons
° near the Barracks, Philadelphia, on the night of the
thirteenth inst. (April) .a black MARE, about four
teen hands high, about nine years old, trots some but
commonly paces, (hod all round, one of her fore boofa
a little broke, ore spot on each fide blacker than the rest
of her body occasioned by the lor^ hair being rubbed
short by the stirrup-leathers. Whoever takes up the laid
mare, and the thief if stolen, (hall have the above re
ward, or Twenty Dollars for the mare only, by ap
plying to the fubferiber at the Barracks.
ABRAHAM WOOD, Lieut. Invalid Reg."
N. B. The above mare is (uppofed to be stolen by a
certain Thomas or Timothy M'Lemarra, deserted from
the Invalid regiment on the twelfth inst. and is adeferter :
from the British regiment known by the name of Inni-
Ikillin's or 27th ; he is about fix feet high, of a dark
complexion, short hair, very coarse voice, and abou^
twenty-two years of age ; took with him a red coat faced
with white, No. 27 on the buttons.
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.
TXT AS LOST, on the ninth inst. (April) a silver
VV WATCH, with a new steel chain, bra.s key and
seal without a (tone, the chryftal broke, the maker's
name and number unknown. Whoever has found the
fame and will deliver it to the Printer hereof, or to Mr.
Samuel Homes, at the corner of Lombard street, in
Third-street, Philadelphia, shall have the above reward,
N, B. All watch-makers are desired to stop said watch
if offered for salt.
FORTY DOLLARS REWARD;
CTRAYED or S TOLE N from off the Commons
° of Philadelphia, on the 6th instant. (April) a black
MAR E, about fourteen hands high, two hind feet
white, has a fear on one of her hind feet, five years old,
paces and tests well. Whoever takes up (aid mare and
the thief, if stolen, and brings them to the fubferiber
living in Race-street; near Fifth-ftreet, Philadelphia,
(hall have the above reward, or Twenty Dollars for
the mare only. PHILIP OHELER, Butcher.
WANTED IMMEDIATELY,
As a Clerk to a Com pting-houfe hi this city,
A PERSON thoroughly versed in accompts, that
writes a tolerable hand, and can be well recom
mended; thi highest salary will be given. Apply t@
the Printer.
An Apprentice is also wanted, of a reputable family
rind good morals. No fee will be required.
TWENTTDOLLARTREWARD.
CTRAYED or STOLEN from the fubferiber,
0 living in Spruce-street, near Fifih-ftreet, Philadel
phia, on Tuesday evening the sixth instant, a black bald
faced Horse, about fourteen hands high, neither brand
nor mark, has been worked in the gears. Whoever
takes up and secures said Horse so that the owner ma,
have him again, shall have the above reward and rea
sonable charges, paid by
ALEXANDER MILLER.