Dunlap's Pennsylvania packet , The general advertiser — Philadelphia, Pa., 1776-01-22 00:00:00, page 3

WORCESTER, %^r) 12,
^Officer in the Continental Army in Canada,
/we are favoured with the follows, viz.
E XC // enC yGUY CARLETON, %
' fen^i and Governor in ( htef m and over
t „. prince of Quebec, <^d the territories de
ffrt^^n in friea,. I^ ^^ the
'f@ ,Zal AI hr G^er .Irf^ Majeflysforces,
{ommunhng the Northern Of/rt^, / & * ^^
A PROCLAMATION.
<-IT 7 HER FASit Ms been found expedient
W V^fe and ^dy a militia w ft, s
city, to co operate with, and to alhft hisib ys
troops in this garrison in the ptelervat^
city and of the persons and property o . ^'
lefty’s good and faithful fubje&s rehdent therein,
adrift' certain rebellious perlons who have in
vaded this province, a number of whom have
lately appeared in arms before uie w 4 is o tns
town :AND WA E REA S informant has
been given me that some persons reticent here have
contumacious refund to enroll their names in
the M^tia Lifts, and to take up arms in con
junction with their fellow citizens for the purpose
a forefaid; a-d that others who have enrolled
their names, and had for feme time carried arms
in the defence and preservation of : he city, have
lately laid them down : And alto that some per
sons are bafy in endeavouring to draw away atu'
alienate ite^edz^ ^ fr , ~^| f
ft hint tubj^ts of this city from his Majertys
perlon and government, for these reasons, and in
order to rid the town of all ufelels, disloyal and
treacherous perlons, I have thought fit to ifTue
this Proclamation, And I do hereby ftri&ly order
and enjoin all and every person and persons what
soever liable to serve in the militia, and residing at
Quebec, who have refufed or declined to enroll
their names in the Militia Lifts, and to take up
arms in cqnju&ion with his Majesty's good hib
jefts of this city, and who still refute or decline
so to do ; as well as those, who having once taken
up arms, have afterwards laid them down, and
will not take them up again, to quit the town in
four days from the date hereof, together with
' their wives and children, and to withdraw them
selves out of the limits of the dulnct of Quebec
before the firft day of December next, under pain
of being treated as rebels or spies, if thereafter
they shall be found within the laid limits.
And inasmuch as the persons who in obedience
to this Proclamation are to quit the town and di,-
tri^, may have bought up a confide able quanti
ty cf the promfioos brought in for the tubfiftence
of the inhabit ns of the town ; and it would be
imprudent to fuffer thole provih ns to be carried
out, more especially as the country abounds with
necessaries of life; I do hereby further order and
enjoin all and every such perlon and nerfoos to de
liver in forthwith to the Hon George ilk,, Eq;
CommifTary, a true inventory or lift of their pro
visions and stores, in order that they may be fairly
andjiAly.valued, and the full price paid to the
refpefbve proprietors before their departure.
GIKEN under my b^nd and foal of arms at
toe ' a flle °f Stu L^f^id : ^ c:t y of^i&c
find seven hundred and seventy five, in the
fifteenth year of the reign of our faereign Lord
George the Third, by the Grace of God of Great-
Britain, France, and Ireland, King, defend
er of the faith, and fa forth.
GUY CARLETON.
By his Excellency's command,
H. T. Cramahe.
GOD save the K I N G.
On Monday night about eight o'clock, a de
tachment consisting of three or four hundred men,
under the c immand of Major Noltoh, crofted over
tn Charleftown; part of them went over the Mill
dam, part past through the enemies abbetie on
the common road fmm Cambridge to Charleftown.
They were conducted, as it is said, by a young
deserter from the Welsh fuzileers; but be,that
as it may, their obje& was to burn the houses
which escaped from the great conflagration on the
17th of June ; and to make prisoners a body of
fiddlers and carpenters who were reported to
lodge in these houses. The affair was conducted
with the utmost silence, ' prudence, regularity and
fpirit;—the houses- wefe set on fire as directed,
and the footers (sve in number and one woman)
brought off prisoners. The Regulars in the fort
or Bonkers Hill, did not aft with that regularity
which thole gentlemen who labour hard to inti
midate us, with the fuperiorit„f red coats over
brown coats, would persuade us that Regulars
always do; for they kept a very hot and close fire
on aofolutely nothing at all, that is, they fired
without an nbjefl. Our people calmly executed
tieir purpose, laughed m security, and in securi
ty : «- u V-!ed wiLtheir camivea.. without afinale
man Killed or wounded.
NEWBURY-PORT, %„% 5 .
, "'f?' Lee wh ° arrived here last Wednesday
^ft we are informed, that on his pfo
a ??^e HoreJhrp, from London,
"T'^ " ^ the minist erial goops at
,°ff— 1 he Captain of which informed, that he
, in company with a number of other ve fc !s
loaded for toe fame purpose— an d that the Mmi
*espri ^
Captain Lee also informs, that the King o f
"'^ '"° tb " army ^3^o men, to go
S^^ ^ ^ A! ^ne S ;_ and that the
)pamard 3 were greatly in our favor.
^%^ % ""° CT ^ ero f a %^An.
ft ft """ & ^ out ^ daf e d ate.
^ ^""^ from Gibraltar, and
arrive", u ^ n s, amounting to near 9 00, had
for Eno^" a ' ' he h "^'' h embarked
hit Comm&r^ ^ r "Y : s ''"'^ °?
ft«& s 0 LD." ^ P 1 °" ° P " &ibs
, N EW-t 0 R K, January ^.
Coty of a letter from General Montgomery to Gene
'ral Carleton," dated Holland House (near ^e
bec) Dec. 16, 1775°
"S I R,
" Notwithstanding the personal ill treatment I
have received at four hands, notwithffanding the
cruelty you have Shewn to the unhappy prisoners
you have taken, the feelings of humanity induce
me to have recourse to this expedient to lave you
from the destruction which hangs over your wretch
ed garrison; Give me leave to ioformy: a that
1 am well acquainted with your Situation: ^ great
extent of works, in their nature incapable of .de
fence, manned with a motley crew of Sailors, most
of them our friends; of citizens who wish to fee
us,whhi* the walls; a few of the world troops that
ca|l themselves soldiers; the improbability of re
lief, and the certain profpe6t of wanting every ne
cessary of life, Should your opponents confine rhem
felves to a Simple blockade, point out the absurdity
of resistance—such is your lunation. lAm at the
head of troops accustomed to Soccers, confident of
the righteousness of the cause they are engaged in,
inured to danger and fatigue, and so highly incen
sed atyour inhumanity, illiberal abuse, and theun
generous means employed to prejudice themin the
minds of the Canadians; that it is with difficulty
I retrain them, till my batteries are ready, from
_3&u'ting your works, which would q£rd,bem a
far -.^/i^ntty of ample vengeance, and just re
taliation.—Firing upon a Flag of Truce, hitherto
unprecedented, even among lavages, prevents my
following the ordinary mode of conveying my feh
timents; however, I will at any rate acquit ray
conscience. Should you persist in an unwarrant
able defence, the consequences be upon your own
head. Beware of destroying Stores of any fort, as
you did at Montreal, or in the river; if you do,
by Heavens there will be no mercy fhewrr"
Extra# of a letter from Montreal, dated Dec. 17.
3 " There is in this city a neat grand parade, he
<o'e a large Church, in which is a set of bells. On
the parade Hands a holy Cross, by the fide of
which was placed the bust of a person, formerly
honored, esteemed arid beloved by people of all
ranks, but now, like Milton's Lucifer, alas horn
fail'n! how chang'd! to the reverse of what he
was. Ou the nigat of the 15th instant, his head
was fevered from his body, and being faftened by
his fide, in the morning was carried to the Hospi
tal, but it is Said the best Surgeons declare they
can do nothir g ;or him, and that ha is absolutely
past all cure.
" Ourbrother folders new before Quebec have
thrown up ramparts of Show and water, which,
when condensed asd frozen, are proved by expe
rience to be Sufficient for rhe purpose. Who but
Yankons wcu'd havethuught of Such a contrivance?
or who but enthufiills for Liberty would carry on
a siege at such a season of the year.
" The Compares of the Captains WeifenfJt,
Cbee'eman. Mott, Varrick, and Q^/ckenbos,
are before Quebec; Captains Goforth's arid Lynn's
are Stationed here, under C'L Ritzma. Captain
Willet has the command at St. John's."
That no bought indented servants be employed
on board the Fleet or in the Army of the United
Colonies, without the consent of their inafters.
^xtraßs fr^n the Minutes,
CHARLES THOMSON, Sec.
^r Toe ivev. Mr. Daniel M'Cauley is appointed
Chaplain to the firft battalion or the Pennsylvania
regulars.
By an express arrived here last week from
Canada we are informed that General Montgo
mery was most unfortunately killed in storming the
city ofiQuebec; that the Provincial Troops were
drawn off; and that John M'Pherfon, jun. Esq;
Aid de Camp to General Schuyler, was allo
killed.
THE Freeholders and other Electors of each
Fownfhip in the County of Philadelphia,
are desired to meet at some convenient place in
t^eir refpedtive townships, os Saturday the loth
day of February next (which place of meeting the
present 1 ownfhip Committee are requeued to no
tify by fixing advertisements at the mod public
places) to choose one suitable person for a Coun
ty Committee-man, and two or more perlons for
'°"°*"P Committee-men, that the persons so
chosen as County Committee-men meet at the
house of Jacob Neaff, on Saturday the 17th enfa
ing, at which time this Committee dissolve.
T hat an allowance ofTen Shillings per man be
made to the Recruiting Officers in lieu of their
sixpences in recruiting, exciwfive of the subsistence
money allowed them, and that in cate any men be
inlifted contrary to the foregoing regulations, the
pay they may have received and the fubfiflence
money that may be paid for them shall be flopped
from the pay of such Recruiting Officers.
1 hat the Colonels of the Several Pennsylvania
Battalions be supplied with money for the recruit
ing Service by the Committee of Safety of Penn
sylvania, and disburse the fame to the several Re
cruiting Officers, the Colonels and other Officers
to be accountable for what they shall receive, and
all arrears they may fall into to be flopped from
their pay.'
—- —T" "• ! '... —''I —A „ - Aw jnjft&;<ry 22.
In CONGRESS, January 17, 1776.
PefolveJ, That the Colonels of the Several Bat
taboos, ordered to be raised, do immediately order
their Officers n recruiting service, to such parts
where tf/ey are belf known and have the greatest
probability of fuccels.
That me Rec uiting Officers ought to be care
ful to inlift none but healthy, found, and able bo
died men, not under sixteen years of age.
That the Colonels of the fcveral Battalions
aforesaid appoint some place or places of rendez
vous to which the rec uits may be Lent, and where
the Battalions may be quartered.
That the greatest attention ought to be paid to
the behaviour of the Croups in quarters, that they
may give no lea'onable cause of complaint.
Char the quarters of the Troops be duly dis
charged once every week.
# # * The COMMITTEE of Privates are re
quested to take notice, that their regular monthly
meeting will be held at Mr. Thorne's School
house, in Videll's Alley, at Six o'clock in the
Evening, on Saturday the 27th instant.
Princeton, Neiv-ferfey, fan. 12, 177 6 *
An ExraACTjrom a Refolme of the Committee of
Safety.
Refolded, That a man and horse bekept in con ftant
r ad n is by each of the Several Committees of New
ark, LlikabethTown, Woodbridge, Newßrunfwick,
Princeton and Trenton, who<e bufinefe shall be, to
forward all express to and fiom the Continental
Congress, and that the aforefcid Town Committees
Shall, on every intelligence of any invasion or alarm
fend ex,refles to rhe neighbouring Town Commit
tees, who are riire&ed to provide Exprefles, to for
ward the fame from town to town, to the Town
Commtrees and such Officers of the Militia, as they
may think proper, to notify thereof throughout the
- with as much expedition as may be in their
power, and that ad expences incurred by such Ex
pit.f'es, the Treasurers of this Colony, appointed
by the Provincial Congress, or either of them, are
hereby required to pay on order or orders, signed
by the Chairman of either of the Committees of
the Townfllips of this Colony, which orders, with
indorfmepts thereon, by the person or persons to
whom the fame is made payable, shall be fufficient
vouchers to the said Treasurers, or either of them,
for such sums of money as they or either of them
may pap thereon as aforeftiJ.
Signed by 0-a'er of the Committee,
ABRAHAM CLARK, D. Sec.
Qft4 —H~t4 —bfoft-Hb4 —1 —,+#*+
BY virtue of a writ to me directed, will he fold
br public vendue, on Friday, the rd day of
February next, at three o'clock in the afternoon,
at the house of Edwmd Stroud, the fi n o'the Lime
Kiln, a certain two story brick meffuage or tene
ment, and lot or piece of ground thereunto oolong
inf, situate on the north fide of Spruce-hreet, be
tween Fifth and Sixth wrests, in the city ' Phila
delphia, containing in front 17 feet, and in depth
about 40 feet ; fubj^a to a ground-rent of 3/ 6d. per
foT per annum ; late the efta;e of James Fulton,
drayman ; hized arid taken in execution by
WILLIAM DEWEES, Sheriff.
TO BE SO L D,
AS TRON G, lively NEGRO GIR L,
about fifteen years of age; she can wash and
do any kind of hou/e work, and may furt either
town or country. For further particulars apply to
the Printer.t
TO BE SO L D,
THE TIME of a Scotch indented fervent,
who has two years and three quarters to ferve^
he is a stout young fellow, has had the small-pox;
is perfectly fobr and good tempered, fit for coun
try work, and fold fir no fault whatever but want
ot employment. Enquire of MOSESYOUNG,
at Mr. Joseph Dean's, in Front Itreet. f
Q Y virtue of a writ to me directed, will be fold
° by public vendue, on Saturday, the 3d day of
February next, at three o'clock in the afternoon,
a^ the house of Mr. Yeager, in Spring Gird.n, a
certain lot or piece of ground, situate in Spring
Garden in the Northern Liberties aforehrid; and
on the ead fde of Garden-ttreet, containing in
breadth 40 ft, and in depth 140 feel; 1 te the es
tate of John Chrififiod Wolfe, deceased ; seized
and taken in execution by
WILLIAM DEWEES, Sheriff.
n Y virtue of a writ to me directed, will be fold
" by public vendue, on Tuesday, the 6th day of
February next, at four o'clock in the afternoon on
the p.emifes, a certain two story brick melluage or
tenement, and lot or piece of ground thmeunto ap
pertaining, com. ining in front 36 fee, aid in
depth 90 feet; together with ail and every tiie ap
purtendoces on the laid let e Chd; subj &to a
ground-lent of 51. perineum ; late the estate of
James Bio 11 ; feiced and taken in execution y'
WILLIAM DTWEES, She iff.
IQ Y virtue of a writ to me djefUd, will be sod
• ^±t p_ty^ — i, lg.,v, v 4 ii" , toc ^in uay or
February next, at three o'clock in the afternoon,
on the premises, a certain two story brick mchu.ge
or tenement, and lot or piece of ground thereunto
belonging, with toe appurtenances, lituate on the
north fide of G/eeu (Lett, between Front and Se
cond-ltieets continued into the Northern Liberties;
containing in front about 33 feet, and in depth
180 feet ; late the eflate of John Forft ; seized and
taken in execution by
WILLIAM DEWEES, Sheriff.
™T oil N MEA S E,
Blow the Drawbridge, has for SALE,
GENUINE Jamaica and Antigua fpi it, old
and fi. for immediate ute; red Port wine of
the th ft quality, by the dozen ; Teneriffe wine by
the pipe or quarter calk ; but fto/d bit, and a few
barrels of ihad in good Older; ber.des a general
assortment of articles in the Grocery way.
To be DISPOSED OF by
JOSEPH CARS O N,
In Muket-ftreet, Philadelphia,
TH E Indentures of EIGHT SERVANTS,
toat has each throe years and an h if to serve;
a butcher, tanner, watchripring maker, weaver,
barber, and two fpinftejs.
Alexander KHnTT^Z
ing to leave off business, desires all peifons
that have any demands against him to bring in their
accounts, that they may be paid ; and all persons
who are indebted to him by bond, note, or book
debt, are desired to pay off their refpe&ive balances
immediately, or before the firft of February next
otherwise he will be under the disagreeable necessity
of putting their accounts into the hands of an At
torney. §
G UN LT-d-eTT-S
TO BE SOLD BY
BENJAMIN POULTNEY,
At his Storria Market-street, above Fourth-street
and oppefite the sigh of the Coneftogo Waggon;'
WHERE also may be had a neat and general
assortment of Ironmongery ; likewise a
quantity of Red Clover Seed, 'of the last rear's
growth. fi'
d"'BT s'o'L~D,'
A PLANTAETON containing eighty-three
acres of land, with a fuffiJenr proportion of
meadow and woodland: On the premites is a hand
forne done-house, with other improvements ; the
whole in good repair, situate on a public road
miles fiom Philadelphia. For further particulars
enquire of the Printer.+
EIGHT DOLLA RS REWARD.
QTR.AYED AWAY fiemtie iobfniter,
Ml living on Puffy tick Road, in M yamtirfog
l ownfhip, on the 9 h inhan. (fonuar ) a dark
bay H ORS E, abot fourteen nam.s nrih, re
markable clumsy and it ong, has been 1 dought
horse, carries his head very iow, is marked >n ui^
hreaft with the collar, limps a little, h.s < fhert bob
tail, paces and trots, is bout eleven yc^o h^ and
in ver, good orthr. Whoever takes rip said horse
and rings him to the fubfe ibe, flui; have the
above Reward and removable charts, cai be
t JOHN Tl f'T^RMA RY.
Pbila fefbia, January 9 1776
FIFTEEN POUNDS,REWARDs
QROKE Out of the co ninon Gaol• this chy,
O in the evening of re Bth infant, the fU
lu ring per.oris, vz. James Ehlilos, George
Harris, John Kelley, Lewis Kaile, and
Michael Dilling, committed for ^r . , y
pejoji that will apprehend and return Tip p c i o , s
or either of them, sh 11 be entitled to FHkFP
POUNDS Reward fore,ch, fam
THOMAS DEWEES, Gaoler.
Gloucefler Gaol, January 8, 1776.
A S corcmitted to my custody, ont
Vy suspicion of bem^ run aways, th ol'i w _
ing pirf n% ELIAZER TRAESEY, % ho
fays he belongs to Peter Leathermount, of Jrillpa
hock.l Township, in the County of L nci er
ABRAHAM DORCHESTER, belo^-l
ing to Thomas Carmichael, of Little-Bri, n
Townfllip, in the County cf Lahcaffir. JOHN
M'F A RLON G, belonging to Thomas Iwius, cf
tire City of New York The^r makers, if any trey
have, are defined td come and pay charges, and
take them a^ay, otherwi.e they will hr ol;t< T th m
""— U ICHARD JUDSON, Gacier.
Aho the following Mifcellanechs Works.
, Macaulay's fliftory of England, 5 vols. Lvttle
ton's Hiltory of Henry the Second, 4 vcls Dal
rymple's Memoir's of Great- Britain^ 3 vcl Totze's
Preient State of Euiope, 3 vols. Millot's Hittorf
of England, 2 vols. Grey's Debates of the House
of Commons, 10 vols. Duke of Suin 's Memoirs,
6 vols. Neal's II story of the Puritans, 4 vols.
Stewart's Political Oeconom;, 3 vols. D ssh nary
of Arts and Sciences, 4 vols. The Works of ^nift.
Pope, Homer, Sh kefpear, Shaf fboy, Addison,
Shenftone, Cowley, Dryden, Waller, Prior, Pla
to, Tacitus by Gordon, Ind percent Vhi,,, Cam's
Letters, Nature Difp!ayed, Burke on the Subijme
and Beautiful, &c. &c. With a variety of New and
Old Books too numerous to insert.,
WAS left at the fubferiber's, (inn
keeper) in the town or G-cuceih r, Welt
New-Jei fey, in June Ids, by a perf n unknown, a
roan HORSE, with bridle and faddl. ; the oan
er is desired to come and probe his prop rty, pay
charges and take him away, or he he will be fold
to pay the fame by
t "WILLIAM hugg.
TWENTY SHILLINGS REWARD.
ON Saturday evening, the 20th inst. (January)
fume villains entered the fopfe of toe üb
fcriber, in Front street near the Dowbrid, e. wh # Lt
the family were up, and carried off the folio, ing
articles, viz. one large patch work bed qui;;, one
leaflet long cloak almost new, and one brack furr
tippet. Whoever returns the above articles far 1
receive the above Reward.
BENJAMIN JANUARY.
N. B. It is requeued that if either ofthe above
articles fhouid be off red for sale that they may be
flopped, and notice given thereof.
^ ENTLEMEN who uiffi to nc^fs
any of the. following excellent and scarce
BOOKS, are reqtetted to observe they may now
be had at R OBERT BEL L's, in Third-ltreet,
Philadelphia, viz.
LA W B OO K S.
Reports by Burrow, Lord Raymond, Athyrs,
Wilton, Leving, Salkeld, Strange, Ventris, Ve
zey, Saunders, Lilly, Skinner, Vaughan, Coke,
Croke, Cases in Equity, &c. &c.
Swinburne on Wills, Wood's Institute, Haw
kins's Pleas of the Crown, Tremaine's Pleas of the
Crown, Coke on Littleton, Jacob's Law Di&iona
ry, Inllruaor Clericalis, Bacon and Selcien on Go
vernment, &c. &c.,
PET ER M'KINLE Y,
T A Y L O R,
TAKES this method to acquaint the Public,
That he has removed from his Ihop in Fiont-
Rieet, near the Drawbridge, to the shop lately oc
cupied by Mr. Levi Marks, Taylor, at the corner
of Taylor's alley, in Second .tireet, between Chef
nut and \FJnut-ft<eets, Pbladelphia.
The said Peter M'K^irtY returns his sincere
thanks to his triends and curtomcr. -for their put
favours, and hopes for a continuance of the tame;
their oideis shall be e:ped tioufly and pun&t&iy
executed, by their molt o' client humble let cart,
PETER M'KI N LEV.
LEWI) N ICO LA,
q, AKE S this method to inform bis Friends,
and the Public in general, that he nas opened
AnAMERICANPORTFR \iOU^E,
ar his dwelring in Water flirt, next door tot•
Old Ferry houle, where thole who will pleale to
favour him with their cuttom may depend "pm his
belt endeavours to plcafe.'+
Burlington, January 1756
TO BE SO L 1),
A COMMODIOUS dwelling-boufe and lot,
fl fronting High-ttreet, containing j^ f. e .in
front, a good garden well stored with iron, an ex
cellent well of water in the middle of the ,;.;rder
betide a pump near the kitchen, and a brick mfr
house ; a clover lot, with stables, cow houses, and
chair-lioufe. Any person inclining to purchase laid
house and lot, m ^y know th. , terms by applying to
the fubferiber on the premises.
tC OJLI N CAMPBEL L.
Philadelphia, "January i r 1776
FOUR DOLLARS REWARD.
RAN AWAY from the furfcriber, an Eng
lish fcrvant girl named AMELIA WAY.
about five feet two or three inches high, middling
thick, h'as light coloured hair, a little on the dark
complexion ; had on and took with her when the
went away, an old Eagldh lincey petticoat, a bird
eye yellowish ftuff ditto, a brown cambist ditto, a
Mecklenburg redifh ground short gown- grt'en
flower muon faded, a purple and white India doto
a pair of leather Pays, a pair of leather high-heeled
shoes, an old red short cloak, imd a black silk bon
net; talks in the Weft country dialect, and Hoops
forward in her walk ; was seen doffing Rudulph
Ferry, at the mouth of Schuylkill, the da/ die went
off, in company with a young lad about sixteen or
seventeen years of age. Whoever fecu^es Grid Cr
vaut sq that her miilrefs may hrve her again, ihall
be entitled to the above Reward, and realondole
charges, grid by MARY MAGEE.