Dunlap's Pennsylvania packet , The general advertiser — Philadelphia, Pa., 1777-08-05 00:00:00, page 4

''"I":??''"' P ™ lted '' JOHN DUNLAP, at the Nroeft Printing-Office in Mar^-foT^tal
Cunfcriptions at Fifteen Shillings ,er Annum, Advertisements, 0%. are thankfully received for this Paper.
PHILADELPHIA.
IN C 0 NG R£S ^, » 3° 5 ,77-
VX/dEREAS the States of New Jersey, Penn
fl' yb^rL, and Delaware, are in danger of an
im mediate eolian from the enemy's army, a powerful
fl e ,. heir : ; daily exposed within the capes of Delaware;
arJ taere'is th : strongest reason to^ppok that the eno
my will endeavour to iecure, without delay, all the
cattle, hordes and teams, which are ex^ed to the
water, io order to subsist their army ^facilitate their
military operations; and wtam ,,em,f 1
measure only ^ ^f to the general
weal, will %fl , d to ^"^
of the rood n^ of thele States from creel ravages.
R° r o~ " ''" "'" recommended to the Executive
p/,^ of the States of Pennsylvania, New-jersey, and
✓J^aware, to cause the horses, waggons, carts, cattle,
and other live dock, contiguous to the bay and river
Dela vare, to be removed into theinterior parts of the
country, whenever the arrival of the enemy's forces .at
the capes (half announce the neceffey and propriety of
such a mea/me.
Flefcved That all Continental officers, and officers
of " m^t ain Continental ray, in the laid States, do
off rd the laid Executive Powers such aid aid affidance,
in performing this Service, as thev may require.
,ULry
Refolded That ri be recommended to the Executive
Anth fines if each of t' # e United States to divide rhsir
r ps .crive Stares into diftriAs and to appoint a proper
f id n in each rt&a to recruit men to fill up the re
gimen 3 Li( din inch St^e; that they take .good fe
cmuy o' he person so a printed for the 'aith'ul hi
cha ;0 of his dory, ?nd r nder'cg just accounts of all
pub'c monies that fh^ come to his hands; and that
th, I r ' fur each ahr bodied recruit so raised, who
fb&.e rift or three y>ars or?dui ng the war, the sum
or ,;;.•.dirs, i full 'or his trouble a^d expence;
that .he eno prYln v Securing deleters has ai
ff 1, >ee -'Ue by h law- of the State, t!rv give to
each /Trin so appointed, fid peer retake u, and fe
cu e a l deserters that (had come' w Tin their re!p^Qk^e
diftridi, and w ere so c 1 is neouToy for this rurp.de,
that th ydi est /he offices f the militia to give Each
affi :? c? as Owl he required, that they allow him the
film of five lolLrs for every deserter so t^ken tip and
fecmed, in ful' for his trouble and expense therein,
and r the encouragement of men to enter the ferv ee,
th°y On fhive liberty at the time of their ertifhiient,
to mike choice >f the regiment, troop, or company in
wbi b they til serve, provided inch regiment, troop,
or company is not full, if it is, they may choafe any
othe regiment, troop, or company, which is not full,
which (hail he entered against their n^rnes, and return
ed to the office- appointed to receive such recruits, who
r 0 s 0 L D,
For Continental Currency only,
,& VA L UABLE tr^ of LAND, situate in Lan
A &. cjuei Ccuuty, Virginia, containing 700 acres,
j rising the rive, Rappahannock, one of the best n vi%.'
barriers in that State, about 3 or 4 miles from the
month, and about 120 miles from Eiltimore Town and
the fame diftanc? from Alexandria, centrical to all tie
sea-port towns in the State, commanding a inoft beauti
ful prof^a by water as well as land, exceedingly fertile,
and well adapted for farming . •Upon the said t. r a& there'
are about 300 acres cleared, aboutls acres of meadow may
be made; the river abounds with ail kinds of fi(h, e fpe
cially cyders and crabs. Upon the premries are a dwell
-ing-hcaiie aimoil finished, and out hou es, a good bear
ing orchard of excellent fruit, &c. Any person iaclinina
to purchase may know rhe terms by applying to M ir
Elihu Hall, of Cafcil County, Marfland, or the sub
fenbe, X RICHARD HALL.
fhb" at the tin they are hit to j>in their c^rps, tranf
init the fame to he General or emroanding officer.
Refolded T°'>at ri be recommended to the Executive
Author ties of each of the United States, to appoint
c ivenient places of lendezvons, in their refpeaive
States, for receiving recruits and deserters; and that
they trambnit to General Wethington, with as much
ex duo- as poffiMe, the names of fetch places of req
&-Z7 IUS; in order a- proper officers may be sent to
receive recruits and deferred.
r'ejohed, bar Ger a! Warrington be directed to
order A- 1 Comrie: a b ffic-^f, now absent from their
corps, LuoT-t j-i th m. except only such as the
Gt"e ri (had b-!< ecriLry to receive recruits, and
me ch them to the army.
Extract iron the Minutes,
CLARLFS • n )MSON, Secretary.
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fart Frederick Furnace, June 11, 1777.
LAN D TO BE SOLD.
* E : )U [' 3000 acres, being part 0 a ir.%& ceiled
JU K.'u v-/ on the mounain o' Wales, 600 of
"-^D- sa j, ning to Great QnicQchcague, on which
the r e are tw> mail improvements; the other p^rt lies
on bit : Corn ..cclieague. on w u h there is a small arm
0 ayur fifty acres cleared, fifteen of which is good
meacjw; the foil 1 xeeang good and well scripted
for fina. gaoi, and a very fine range for stock. For
tiileand irrms apply to the iubferi er, living at Fort Fre.
derick Furnace.
§6 DENTON JACQUE S.
WAS STOLE N,
On the tenth of March last, out of the fubfcriber'^ liable
at Back-creek Landing,
ft SMALL chemut brom MAR£, about fourteen
1 hands high, has three white feet, a star in her fore
head, trots and gallops : She ws ttoien by a certain
William Glenn, woo lived then at the fiihlcriber's
house, but formerly about Wilmington ; he is anout fix
feet high, able bodied, wears a claret coloured coat, pale
red jacket, clouded stockings, leather breeches, new
(hoes and plated buckles : He lies lately received some
cuts on his head. Whoever takesup a, ^ fecarts the laid
mare and thief, so that the subscriber myh ve the mare
xgtin and the torii be brought justice, shall rectiv.
THIRTY DOLLARS for tre man, anti TWENIY
DOLLARS for the thief, paid by
THOvIAS WIRT
N. B. He has one gny and one blue eve, 1 lain to be
perceived §
R E W A R D.
DESER FE D from Captan Hump ry's m. pany,
CT toe Six: Prnnfylvania zegimenr, Toroer nama
Alexander Commen, an .Iderly man about five feet
fix inches bis-, grey hatred ; had on a hunting Ihnr,
narrow tow t offers, and old hat: H is very miun
glen to drink ; fays he has a ton in L mealier C unty,
and is fuppoed to ^ gone that way. W uever taker up
said soldier and h in^ him to me at Newtown, dial! have
the above Reward.
t THOMAS BULL, Lentenant.
FIVE POUNDS REWA R 1).
WAS LOS F on Sunday last, between Perkiomen,
Creek ad Sraddhr'x Inn, a 1* tucr P CKET
BOOK, conramug Fifty Pounds crih, an ace unt oi
S venty five Pounds, ev^rri notes an° other writings.
Whoever his founn said Pocket-berk nr will bring it
to die hi' fender, in N.w.Providence T wnfoip, Phila
delphia Count, or lei him know where he may have it
r 'gam, thaii receive the rbee Reward, pair by
,^ 3, 1777. § JACOB KLINE.
FU R S A L e7°
^*~ WO very valuable tr^as of LANO, the cne ccr
{ tailing '„7 acres, the ether 410 and a half acres,
fi tate;pn thi river Ohio, upon Jack's Creek and
Yohogan River, two m lev dittant , om his Excellency
G^ner \ Waning ton's laud and mill, extremely well
timbered mb wat red, arm a run trough both tracts
C Iled Spring Run. O' the larger tr cf is 30 acres of
era nd i^f:.!, Ifo . rifl z,acres, all undei good new
fences. On die larger aft are all- tn?ee log houses, on
the li-fler, on-; th foil v^ry rrib, fi.emellow 1 nd ad
upland on both. For ti e e and terms apply to Michael
Perkey, in Market it ect, Baltic, F-town, Mary
81 t
THIRTY DOLLARS REWARD,
L'° K apFr^^omg a certain JOHN HOOKS,
"ho has run away, and taken with r i ro the ioriow
mg articles viz. cne fiver watch with the chryftal
ci eked, one hroa+Jot. ) coat of a light blue mixed with
white, one velvet jacket of a light colour made with a
belt, a pair of 1 uh coloured velvet breeches, a pai of
nankeen ditto bonn^ with green tape, a pair of buckskin
ditto newly worthed, a beaver hat, a pair of pumps and
pinchbeck shoe buckles, one bed sheet, a very cost e
thirt, also a fine one wsh uncommon brerd neck and
wnftbands. 'I he laid JOHN HOOKS is a well
rrpde fellow, ri a yellow complexion and a fluttering
iprech, dark buffiy hair, is about 5 feet 9 inches: i?b, 27
or 2% years of ge ; had on when he ran away, an old
w ol hat, a coarse blanket jacket, oznabrigs (h ft a Kind
01 brick woollen neckcloth about his neck, a pair of dark
striped lincey trowfes, ffrong fnoes and no flockings.
Whoever secures the said thief and goods shall have the
b.^e Reward, or for the goods alone half the Rewards
nd all reafonahle charges; paid by
t mary Armstrong, Blue Dyer,
J^e 15. living in Wilmington.
Ealtimore-To^n, June I^, 1777.
W A N T E D,
RCT WO or three good SAIL-MAKERS, who
^ will meet with constant emplo ment, and the belt
encouragement given by the subscriber, living on FeU's
Point. X WILLIAM JACOBS.
Pbiiadelphia 2
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.
DESERT ED fro I Captain Neal's C mipa.y, in
the Tm.teenrt V rginia Re^mea', a cemis
ROBERT KIRKPATRICK, about five feet
eig^t inches high, red curled short hair, much freckled,
an iI counte &;c% veiy Fbj& to liquor, and when
crankv ry q^rreifome ; T6k with him a blut regi
mental coat cuffed with yeliow a pair of rluf breeches
ana a pair o. whi, e traded flockings. Wh # ever rh^sup
aid deserter and delivers him t>any Conti ent 1 cffi er
Io th t he may be reiunud to his company, f n 11 receive
the above Reward and reafo.iable ch res, paid bv
JAMES NEAL Captain,
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD
STOL EN ro^ the subscriber, livin ; in Brandy
wine Hundred, NewcaffL County, on the night of
the 13th instant (July) a dark brown MARE, part
flooded, four years old, about fifteen hands high, with
a few white hairs in her forehead, her tv 0 hind feet white
half round the nerr fide, partly as ligh as the footlock;
paces, trots and canters well, and had no ihoes on
^ben stolen. Whoever secures said marp and the thief,
'o that the owner may have the mare again and theihief
^ brought to justice, ffiall have the above Reward, or
„ r the mare alone TEN DOLLA RS, and reasona
ble charges, paid by I
1 SAMUEL M'CLINTOCK.
Fi/daWpkia, June 27, 1777.
THE Managers ot the UNITED
A STATES LOPTERV have tn picture to
acquaint the Public, That be drawing c the Lottery
will begin on Monday, the Eleventh of Any ft next, at
the College. Hall in this city, and continue from day to
day until n i(hed. All peror.s therefore, defoous of
becoming adventurers, are to be fofry in their applica
tion for Tickets re 1 fining unfold.
h„ HE Managers of the UN ITBD ST ATES
& LOTTERY reqn=ft h Gentlemen WAD have
undertaken the fate of Tickets in th St *s r Penn
sylvania and New-Jersey, to - Turn 'l. • Tickets as
may remain unfold, t the Office i. Phil utel;;b,<, by
the E vventh of August, the time fixed for drawing tne
Lottery.
TEN POUNDS REWARD.
[} AN AWAY the fi ft 01 Sert, mber lad, from the
h subscriber, living in Mon* cm?ry Co u^y, Mary
land, N f tan nam # "om # omtimes. calls him
fif ''CM Hall, abruc 5 feet 50r6 in bes high, his
coth unknown: he was rt rn Philadelphia, and for
tn Iylv inth + Jeifrys. W: eer t^k^ up fai. Ne
gro md iecure > m in n! gaol, so that his matter may
g-t him gain, sh. 11 h ve the above Rewa d, and if
tr > 'nom: eafon.ble changer, paid by
^,25. 1777. f JOHN MUSGROVE.
WAS LOS T,
On M May the seventh inf? ni, (J^y) fomewfere in or
a ut t - d^eriof hone 0 v Mi Valentine Weaver,
in thr borough of Ch:fte~.
LARGE Silver SHOE BUCKLE, weight
A 64 pinny weights, with a ri el arc << id 'engue,
ad ma k; Iwi~h the letter W. M. andG I. Whoever
has fecund the fame and will juice it to th- 'o.!;ri<> r
living at the fd M.W I r ' ~ shall havr TWENTY
FIVE SHILLINGS lor thei irouble, ^nd no nr e ftions
aile d.JOSEPH WILKINS'
N B Ali Sjlver-fmit sar requited to ftnp he above
m%nri<n?d Buck! ,if it fliould be p efented t ^h.m for
fal Cbefler, July 6,
TEN DOLLARS REW '.T.
STRAYED or $ TOLEN from the übfen^es
, living in Chut am, Mor- is County, Ner-Jerfey, cn
T nrfday nightlafr, alight bay horse, near fi eenfrtde
high, half-blooded, rites high on the withers, has been
nicked, is eight yeas old, trots and canters, ann ha> a
far in the corner of his mouth. ^ny person that ill
return him to the owner, so II have the above Reward
and all reasonable charges, paid by
Chatham, July ^. fJACOB MORRELL.
TWENTY-FOUR DOLLARS REWARD.
DE SERTE D from Captain Weatlerhi' scompa
ny, in the fifth Jersey regiment, commanded by
C # lOliver Spencer, a certain JAMES ROGET F,
a Serjeant, twenty-seven years of g e , fi ve 'eet O U
levin inches high, a feart looking fallow, with b!z,R
hair tied behind, hnd favors dress: He lifted uith trie
'u crib.rar Roads lown, but has taken ou f hiscockade
and now thinks to pafa fora Filer. Allo deserted fzo m
l od con^ay on th- 2 3 d of May last, rn Lft ^n nmd
DANIEL MURPHE Y, twenty-eight yens cf are,
hn a do % n look, round fhqnldered and black Mi^ ; tup!
p. cd to be at P tts Grove, in the Jerseys: Hr ulifud
with the subscriber at G >ucef??r Ail m (Hrs of ferries
aid other persons are d-fi.^d to keep a lock cut for rid
f Ikwr., and whoever apprehends and cot fines them in
any gos so that th.y rosy be brnQt to juftirt, ffiall
receive TWELVE DOLLARS for each, and rea
fonabie charges, paid by
1 DAVID BROWN lri~- ^fr-nt.
FORTY DOLLARS LEW ARD.
DESERTED from my company, of t! )ele< nth
regiment cf P>nnf:hui„ on tm ?5 ! -J , ne ,
so Reading, the folio ?mg men, viz JOHN MlSs'
a as JOHN MILLS, a wed sits, w. about five
fret fix inches heh, ver ta rdive ano ru h given to
liquor; had on when he ^ nt awy, a lj,hi coloured
upper jacket, a white Cen ine 1 I order ditto, I'|e_-
ther breeches, Lgh: blue wc.de-i Lotkings a>id sh T
he is ebout twenty yeafs of ^e, and fore fed to r link-'
ing in or about Berks county, WILLIAM ALLEN
about fire feet eight inches high, fhen light hair, for
m-riv belonged t> the fourth P nnfylvania ret ment ; his
cloathirg unk own. Th above j^r. Mills ans>Woi
rm Alien are fnppoft d to be toge hr about Reading or
Warwick Furnaces. Whoeve- fakes up 'h fid dart
ers and feruns themi an gaol, or delivers rhu. /,ny
Militia officers, Ora'l bre tha above Rew? ~ n. rev ca
ble Gorges, paid by GEORGE ROSS Cam,in,
t E eventh Reg Peru f,it ’
EIGHT DOLTArsITe WAR'D.
QTOLEN ou of the ul rs th fold riber, liv nr
0 at Maurice River, in Cm ed-nd County, Newt
Jersey, on the night of the z d inll. (July) a China-faced
filter Watch with 3 fttel eftain, and a beaver hat almost
new: Surpofed to have been taken by a fellow who calls
himhlt WILLIAM GLA N, who ran away from
said boule the fame night, and had on when he went
away, a yellowish wilton coat, red jacket, striped trow
fers, half-wo n shoes with plated buckle in them, and a
round hat : H likewise took away a blue and white new
wil on cca', and sundry homespun flirts and trowferg,
with other cloaths ; alfoagun and bayonet. Said fellow
is about five feet nine or ten inches high, down look,
dark complexion, black short hair, long visage, and
ft iop shouldered. Whoever takes up said goods and fe
enures them for the owner, and fecur^s the thief so that he
may be brought to justice, (hall have the above Reward
and reasonable charges, paid by
t JOSHUA BRICK.