Dunlap's Pennsylvania packet , The general advertiser — Philadelphia, Pa., 1777-07-08 00:00:00, page 4

tortin+nfa! Natty Boara, PhildJelpbid, June 26, 177,.
^ ,< / tIEREAS an exchange of prisoners in
,'V the Naval D p^rtment is now in agitation, and
likely t> be accomp ifhed, NO TICE is hereby given
to all officers, fe men, ma< ns, and others, in or near
this city, belonging toB tfh vefEls of war, or merchant
ron, who have been taken by American privateers, or
Continental vrffs of war; and to all officers, seamen,
marines, and othe s belonging to the American navy,
privateers, ormerchantmin, # h> are prisoners on parole,'
that they apply to tns offi e M fpeedity as poffi 4e, in the'
forenoon, between the hours of nine and one o'clock,
and enter their names and Rations, with the tines cf
their capture, for the purpose of negotiating an exchange.
JOHN NIXON.
hOHN WHARTON.
F. HOPKINSON.
TO BE SOLD BY
JONAS PHILLIPS,
At bis Store the south fide of Market,ftreet, between.
Front and. second, streets, Philadelphia,
A FEW DRY GOOD), confining of checks,
c.mhlets, cotton caps, twists, threads, Indian
wampum and beads, golofhoes, pattens, best pro-patria
wri* n., caper, mufeovado iugar, Carolina indigo, cloves
and cinnamon, &c-
Sai 1 Phillips acquaints his friends arid customers that
he buys and fells goods on commiffi >n, either wet or dry,
grocery, &m free of Horace, it the goods are fold. Those
genttunen who please to fend their goods for sale, may
defend on a (peety return of the cash, with assurance of
his diligence, integrity and fictecy. He returns his tin.
feigned acknowledgment and thanks, to his friends who
w re pleated to employ han with the sale es their goods,
an I lolici's their favour again, whenever they have goods
to dispose of. .
N B Cash will be advanced on goods if required.
James'River, Kirgizia, June 5, 1777.
A LL travellers from Penfinlvania or any of
the Northern States, to Carolina or any of the
Southern States, will find a ready passage at the Fork of
James River, at M. Samuel Martin's Ferry, lately
ettablifhed, where there is a boat and two (hong hands
kept for that purpofe 4 and plenty of corn and oats for
travellers At a reasonable price. This new way turns
out at Randolph Watson's, about three miles above the
Bird ordinary, and leads over at the above ferry, and
into the Carolina road, in Cumberland County, arid is
a much nearer way.
WILLIAM HARRISON,
for
§ SAMUEL MARTIN.
Jtf pvHijled and to be fold by
JAMES HUMPHREYS, Junior,
the orn vol R ! 'ck-horfe Alley, Front-hreet,
I) URAL (ECONOMY, or Essays on
\ toe Pr Flierl Parts or HUSBANDRY. De
fyned to explain several of t< inc.ft imp>rtant methods
of conduaing Farms of various kinds ; including many
ufeful hints to Gentlemen Farmers, relative to the • {eco
nomical management of their bufirefs. Contain ng,
among other enquiries,—Of that proportioned Farm,
vhiJi is, of all others, the inert profitable. Of the b ft
method of conduct n^ Fares that coufift all of graft, or
ah of arable Ian 1 . Of the merits of keeping, the year
round, tue rf mft cattle jn a given quanri'y of land.
< onfiderations on the economic al condu& of-Gcntlemen
Fanners. Of the cheaprit way of manuring l,nd. Of
tre comparative profit of firming different foils. Of the
New Hefbandrv. O experimental Agriculture. Of the
management of borders of arable fields. Of periodical
pu'Mcath ns concerning Rural Oecenamics.
Tc w ich is add'd. The RURAL SOCRATES:
Bring memoirs of a Country Philosopher.
Subscribers are requeued to lend for their books imme
diately—The Printer hopes they will not take it amiss
that in cm sequence of the extraordinary rife of every ne
c ffary fines he firft published his piupofals, he adds Half
a Crown to the prle.
Of raid Humphrey's may be had, Simes's Military
Guide; Sterne's Woiks; Young's Works; JoPyhus's
Woks; Roderick Random; Cook's Voyage; Bailey's
Diaionary ; Latin Grammars ; Greek Grammars, &:%
WAS S T O L E N,"
On the tenth of March last, out of the fubfcribeHs stable
at Back-creek Larding,
A SMALL chefnut brown MAR E, about fourteen
f 5 h nds high, has three white feet, a ftarin her fore
head, trots and gallops : Sae ws ffolen by a certain
William Glenn, who lived then at the fubferib r's
home, but fotmeWj about Wilmington; he is about fix
feet high, able bodied, wears a claret coloured coat, pale
red jacket, clouded dockings, leather breeches, new
<h>es and plated buckles : He has lately received feme
cuts on his head. Whoever takes up and secures the said
mare and thief, so that the fubferiber may have the mare
again and the thief be brought to justice, fhdl receive
THIRTY DOLLARS for the mare, and TWENTY
DOLLARS for the thief, paid by
THOMAS WIRT.
N B. He has one grey and one blue eye, plain to be
perceived.§
~T 0 BE 'S'O LD,
At Edward Violet's Tavern, near Col. Samuel Wafh
ington', in Berkley County, Virginia, on Thursday,
the 10th of July inst. to the highest bidder, for ready
money,
BETWEEN twenty and thirty fine blooded young
Horses, Mares and Colts : There are ten or twelve
young bay Horses among them, by which time they will
break to the saddle. They are the property of Captain
Francis Willis, and will he fo'd by
§2 RICHARD WILLIS.
? HILADELPHIA: Printed by JOHN DUNLAP, at the Newfl Printing-Office in Mar&et-flreef, where
sul feriptions at Fifteen Shillings per Annum, Advertisements, &<. are thankfully received for this Paper.
WexanJria, Firguia, ,un.~«), 1777.
TO BE SOL D to the highert bidder,
for Ready Money, on Tuesday the 16th of July next,
TH E House and Lot where the fubferiber now k^eps
'tavern. The house is a commodious brick bu 1 -
ing, two fories high, 37 and a half feet by 30, has (even
rooms with &e places, and three without, good cellars
under the whole, with a good brick kitchen, a large
liable, meat-house, &c. The situation is one orthe bed
in this town.
There will also be fold at the fame time, an excellent
Billiard-table, tome good beds, and ether articles necei
fary for a tavern. t ADAM LY NN.
Philadelphia, June 24, 1777.
FIVE POUNDS' RE W AR D.
LAST night, or the niglt before, was broke open,
a house belonging to the I%>fcribe„ near the F£U
01 Schuylkill, out of which was ftolcn, a frather bed
pieced with tickrm of a d ffererit (tripe, a small ma+trafs
lacking, bottom and cord, some pewter and ftont dtfhes
and plates, an ax quite new, with some small articles not
particularly remembered. Whot.in r ditcovers the thief
or thieves, so that he or they may be brought to jutrice,
and the goods recovered, (hell be enti 1 d 10 the above
Reward. TURBUTT FRANCIS.
To THE P U B L I C.
Cl EORGE HAUGHTON, next the Coffee-
J Houle, Front Itie^t, Puildoeiphia, in ends, on the
I2^n of July instant, to open his House as a GENERAL
REPOSITORY, or a LORE lor all kinds ol FURNt
lURE, WARES, and iviERCHANLIZIL by tommii
fion; therefore al merchants, traders, end others, who
plcate to favor tins undertaking, are desired to lend theirl
goods by that time, or when molt convenient, and the '
aiff-lent articles wul oe inserted in the w^ki, end other
paper., with the Icwett puce fixed.—Ha fl.iters himielt
it will be ot general utility, as his itand is the melt con
venient for that put pole in the city, -boh for bu, ei and
feller. Gentlemen may h^vepart v.dh paid, if required,
tor any quantity of mechmubze if they are laleabie, and
lent in on as low terms as the times will ad.nit.
As this undertaking is or public bero. fir, without any
view to enhance the price ot any article, he hopes he
111111 receive proper encouragement. Terms of Cumirdf
tim, storage, &c. may us Known by enquiring at laid
Iture
*#* Convenient cellars for wet Goods —Gentlemen of
the army farniih d lor tbe camp, as u u.d. X 2
TO BE S O L D,
On Wednesday the ±oth day of August next,
r^ HE Plantation where the tuoicriber now dwells,
(entailing 223 acres of land, abo^t >oo acres ot
wnich wood and, 1 ing in Montgomery County, Mary
land, about so miles from George Town and about 35
from Baltimore Town, whereon isa good dwelling-haute
with five rooms on the lower fl or, the boule new and
well fimfheu eff, good kitchen and all other convenient
out houies, with a paled yard and garden, a new barn
32 feet by 24, and t,O good tobacco-homes, an applc
orchud win three hu.d:ed bearing trees noted for mak
ing fine eyder ; the land exceeding level, and wella apr
ed for making tobacco, Indian con or (mail grain, is|
well watered, and a (efficient quantity ci g-od meadow
ground, 15 acres new in giaf and about tire iam< quan
tity partly cleared % The plan anon all in goon repair.
To be lold at the lame time, 90 acres of wood land,
lying on each fide of Rock C e^k, aYout 15 miles from
George Town, whereon is a noted fine null-feat well si
tuated for a merchant mill, the land full of fine timber,
and about 40 acres cf good meadow ground, the whole
of which may be watered with little trouoH. Any per
lon inclinable to purchase is nefired to apply te the mb
fcriber, who will shew the lands a#d m^ke known the
therms of sale. fg JOHN BAKER.
Philadelphia, July 1, 1777.
FIVE POUNDS RE W A R D.
OA N AWAY iromthe a: med vHTeI Ranger, un
der my command, On the zift of salt inomh, CON
RAD cMALLIS, a hearty stout made fellow, a little
pock marked, about five feet ten inches high, twenty
one years of age, burn in German?, (peaks bad En,<lifh;
he is since enlifoed in one of the battalions of this cry.—
Whoever secures and delivers him on board the said vel
fel, or any gaol, ihall have the above Reward.
§ JOHN MITCHELL.
W , June 10, 1777.
HERBAS the General AHembly of the State
„ of Pennsylvania have appointed the fubferibers a
Committee to fettle the accounts of the late Committee
and Council of Safety, and have also “ Refebed, That
“ the said Committee be authorized to call far all books,
“ papers, and vouchers relative to the said accounts ; to
" call upon all petfons whether in public or private ftati
" ons who have received money, by order of the above
“ Boards, and have not already accounted for the fame,
" to fettle their accounts; and to receive irom them ibe
" balances (if any) due thereon to this State ; and give
'' receipts ; and alio that the said Committee be impower
“ ed to draw upon the State Treasurer in favour of such
" as have advanced money for this State on account of
“ the said late Committee or Council of Safety, or either
"of them. Therefore, all persons who have received
money by order of the said late Committee and Council
of Safety, or either of them, and have not already ac
counted for the fame, are hereby requested to bring in
their accounts with proper vou< bers to laid Committee,
who will attend for that purpose from the 28th day of
July to the 16'h day of August next, at their office oppo
site Mr. John Reynold's in Front-street, mtween Chefnut
and Walnut. Greets, in the city of Philadelphia.
PHILIP MARSTELLER, CALEB DAVIS, RO
BERT LOLLER, MAURICE ROGERS, WIL
LIAM THORNE, Committee of Assembly.
D E S E R T E, D,
IFrom the Frft Clais of the Philadelphia County Mi'iiia,
Icommanded by Col. Daniel Heefter, the following
I men, to wit.
r", D WAR D CARREDON, five feet eightinches
XS high, a thick set ma., walks upright, of a daik
cvi pl:x on, black hair tieir behind, about 23 yas of
age: Had on when he dekrud, a short jacket, 3. (mail
lound hat, end a pair of coatee linen breeches. He be
;longed to Capt. J- hn Young's company, and has lived
and vo ked abrut Daib, ; it is hoped that every well
vCfh?i to his connuy will u(e hi. endeavour to apprehend
this person, as "he engaged to feive as a fubfffnie, and
received a valuable confidierrt ( nn for the two months.
FREDERICK ULMORE and HENRY
UNKLE; t ! eir place o'abode, üb*n at home, is in
the.ownfhipof Roxbormi h DANIEL ANDREW
of Cheftnut-HilL All 0: Capt. Planter's company.
As tee three lab men; on<d p r rons have been seen
lurking abc^t ibeir reipTive places of abode, and are
w'tl known, it is not thought wcr:h while to describe
their p rfon^ pnri< nHrlv.
A Reward of EIGHT DOLLARS so each will
be paid, and reafurw^e rh^g-s, for apprehending the
above Defirters, and c^nfin ng them in any goal in this
State, so that the may be b ought to juftire, by
WILLIAM COATS, Lieutenant
June ,g T7?7 °f the con-ty of Philadelphia.
' hiaa^phia, Ju) r, 1777.
I UST opened, and will be Sold at JONAS
J PHILLIPS's iture, i, Marktt-ftreet, and tote
Sld ir CAS fl O NLY, white and coloured hit
ft ickings-f he left quality, fi k w^ittcoat patterns, few-ng
fi ks ot all colours, gold and fi!vr lace, perp r, cinna
in n, closes OU- .meg<, and a few pieces of fine stout
white linens, & rt .
And ra y be entered on the &h of August next,
TH AT rioted and well acevrtomed INN, in Mar
ket ffreet, knovnby the fgn of the Conehogoe
Waggon, lately kept by the Widow J^nkms, and now
in the tenure of liaic Greentree. For terms enquire of
the Wdow Jen kins, between $ xtn .nd Seventh ftieets,
in Market street, Philadelphia.
N. B. The tenant if he chafes may have the house next
'door.l
Philadelphia, July 1, 1777.
EIGHT DOLLARS REWARD.
, ^ A N AWAY about five months ago, an in
&& dented ferv^ntman, named DENNIS BULKLEY,
30 years of age, about fie feet and an half high : He
lived eighteen months vn a plantation near the Falls of
Trenton on this fi Ie of the river, and inlifted feme time
ago, but has been discharged from tie army. He was
in town last May with a woman of bad character who
p f!~d for bis wi'e, and he war then in Mr. Hiitzheimer's
employ a few days as a waggoner. Whoever secures the
said fervent, and delivers him to Mr. Measr, or to the
Subscriber, shall have the above reward and reafonat/e
chargesTHOM AS BARCLAY.
Philadelphia, June 30, 1777.
FIGHT DOLLAkS REWA R D.
VITAS #olen out of the r4ern of Alexander Car
1' Michael, Lieutenant of the Eleventh Pmnb,!va
nia Regime nt in the Barracks of this city, between the
20th and 23Iinft. One large H.ffin hussar's sword, three
inches bread in the Scabbard, lined with red, biais gilt
hilted, with a finale guard ; one pair of buckskin breeches,
one grey bearskin great coat, three shirts, two black fide
docks, and fix pair of white worsted dockings. Who
ever difeoxers any of the above articles, so as they may
be had again, and the thief or thieves conviaed, fhail
have the ahove regard and reasonable charges, by apply
ing to the Commanding Officer of said Regiment at the
Barracks.§
Jwn c 0 1/7/
TWENTY DOLLARS REWAR D.
P AN AWAY last night, from Mount
fl. Royal Forge, nen Baltimore Town, i* Maryland,
a Mulatto slave, named BE N, but sometimes calls him
felf JOHN WEAK S, a well made fellow, 28 years
of age, 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high, is a very while Mulat
to, pretty much freckled, and wears short yellow wool :
Had on wh, n he went away, an old felt hit. white kec
fey jacket, new tew linen fhiit and trowfers, new flhoes
with large hob-nails in the heels. Whoever secures frid
slave, so that he may be had again, shall have, if t ken in
the county, Ten Dollars, and if out of the county, the
above reward, ano rcafonable charges if brought home
paid by JAMES FRANKLI N^
N. B. It is likely he will inlift in fame company.
NOW in the possession of th^ fubferiber, at the
White Horse tavern, in Ridley, a bright bay horse,
eight or nine years old, about 14 hand - high. The
owner proving his property and paying ch r r,es may
have him asain, by applying to
+2 _ MARK ELLIOTT.
Just published, and mo<w falling by
STYN E R and CI S T,
(P iaeF teen Pence, 0? Twelve Shillings per dozen)
OBS F R VATIONS upon the p r esent GOVERN
MENT cf PENNSYLVANIA. In Fowr Letters
to the People of Pennsylvania.
" A Republic, which is an empire o'laws and not of
men) is the befl of governments ; and that arrangement
of the powers of society, or, in other words, that form
of government which is best contrived to secure an impar
tial and exa& execution of the law®, is the best of Re
publics." , Adams on Government.
" Nothing is more certain ftom the history of nations,
and the nature of man, than that feme forms ^govern
ment are better fitted for being well adminiftred than
ethers." Item.