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CONSTITUTIONAL SOCIETY,
October 6, 1779.
On motion, Resolved, That two or more persons be ap
pointed in each ward of this city and diftri&s, to obtain
a fubferiptien for the relief of sundry distressed persons.
Which subscription shall be headed in the following form,
to wit:
A Subfcript'ron for the Support of the necessitous Families
of those unfortunate Men, wh® were killed and wound
ed on the 4th Inil ant.
Which Tunas are to be placed in t e hands of Mr. George
Schlosser, as Treasurer, and afterwards distributed a
greeable to the directions of a Committee of two persons
appointed from each ward, who are inftruHed to make en
quiry and find out who were killed and wounded belong
ing to their wards severally, and what are their circum
fiances, in order that proportionable relief may be granted.
Resolved, That the following persons be appointed :
For the Northern Liberties. Captain Kling, Captain
Mills, Captain Piercy, Captain Salter.
Mulberry Ward. Captain Heyfham, Jacob Schriner;
Jacob Utrie, George Schloffir.
Upper Delaware Ward. George Seitz, John Hewfon.
High-Street Ward. Thomas Francis, William Bon
ham.
North Ward. Benjamin Harbefon, John Barnhill.
Lower Delaware Ward. Robert Aitken, Benjamin
Candy.
and the whole country explored in fearcb of Indian fettle
ments,and ( am well persuaded, that, except one town, situ
ate near the Allegany, ab6ut 50 miles from Chinefee, there
is not a single town left in the country of the Five nations.
Itis with pleasure I inform Congress that this army has
not faffered the loss of forty men in a&ion or otherwise
since my taking the command, tho' perhaps few troops
have experienced a more fatiguing campaign. Besides the
difficulties which naturally attend marching through an
enemy's country, abonding in woods, creeks, rivers,
mountains, morales and defiles, we found no small in
convenience from the want of proper guides, and the
maps of the country are so exceedingly erroneous that
they serve not to enlighten but to perplex. We had not a
single person who was fufficiently acquainted with the
country to conduct a party out of the Indian path by day
or scarcely in it by night; tho' they were the best I could
possibly procure. Their ignorance doubtless arose from
the Indians having ever taken the best measures in their
power to prevent their country's being explored. We
had much labour in clearing out roads for the artillery,
not with fianding which the army moved from twelve to
sixteen miles every day when not detained by rains, or
employed in destroying settlements.
I feel myfelf much indebted to the officers of every rank
for their unparelleled exertions, and to the soldiers for the
unshaken firmnefs with which they endured the toils and
difficulties attending the expedition. Though I had it
not in command I should have ventured to have paid Nia
gara a visit had I been supplied with fifteen days provi
sions in addition to what I had, which I am persuaded
from the bravery and ardor of our troops would have fal
len into our hands. I forgot to mention that the Oneida
Sachem requeued me to grant them liberty to hunt in the
country of the Five Nations, as they would never think
of fettling again in a country once subdued, and where
their settlements must ever be in our power. I, in answer,
informed him, that I had no authority to grant such a li
cence; that I could not at prefect fee reason to object
to it, but advif d them to make application to Congress,
who I believed would,in consideration of their friendly con
du&, grant them every advantage of this kind that would
not interfere with our settlement of the country, which I
beleived would foori take place. The Oneidas fay, that
as no Indians were difeovered by Col. Butler at Cayuga,
they are of opinion they are goile to their castle and that
their Cheifs will persuade them to come in and surrender
themselves on the terms I have pfopofed. The army began
its march from Conowalohala yesterday, and arrived here
this evening. After leaving the necessary force for secu
ring the frontiers in this quarter, I shall move on to join
the main army.,
It would have been very pleasing to this army to have
drawn the enemy to a second engagement, but such a pa
nic feiz'd them after the sirs ta&ion that it was inspoffible,
as they never ventured themselves in reach of the army,
nor have they fired a single gun at it on its march or in
its quarters, tho' in a country exceeding well calculated
for ambufeddes. This circumstance alone would fuffici
ently prove that they fuffered severely in their firft ef
fort.
Congress will please to pardon the length of this narra
tion, as I thought a particular and circumstantial detail
of fads, would not be difagreable, especially as I have
transmitted no accounts of the progress of this army since
the adion of the 29th of August. I flatter myfelf that
the orders with which I was entrusted are fully executed,
as we have not left a single settlement er field of corn in
the country of the Five Nations, or is there even the ap
pearance of am Indian on this fide of Niagara. Meftengers
and small parties have been constantly passing, and some
imprudent soldiers who straggled from the army, mistook
the rout and went back almost to Chinefee without difco
verring even the track of an Indian. I trust that the fleps
I have taken with refpe& to the Oneidas, Cayugas and
Mohawks, will prove fatisfa&ory. And here I beg leave
to mention, that on searching thehoufes of those pretended
neutral Cayugas, a number of scalps were found, which
appeared to have been lately taken, which Col. Butler
Viewed to the Oneidas, who laid that they were then con
vinced of the justice of the steps I had taken. The pro
mise made to the soldiers in my address at Newtown I
hope will be thought reasonable by Congress, and flatter
myfelf that the performance of it will be ordered.
Colonel Bruin will have the honor of delivering these
dilpatches to your Excellency. I beg leave to recommend
him to the particular notice of Congress, as an officer who,
on this, as well as several other campaigns, has proved
himfelf an active, brave, and truly deserving officer.l
ha ve the honor to be, with the most exalted sentiments
of esteem and refpe&,
your Excellency's most obedient
and very humble servant,
JOHN SULLIVAN.
His Excellency John fry, Esq;
Publfad by order of Congress,
CHARLES THOMSON, Secretary.
Port of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ff.
TO ALL whom it may concern.
NJ OTICE is hereby given, That a Court of Admi
ralty will be held at the State-House in the city of
Philadelphia, on the twenty-ninth day of O&ober inst: at
Ten o'clock in the forenoon of the fame day, then and
there to try the truth of the fids alledged in the bill of
Jonathan Harridan, (qui tarn, &c.) against the armed
(loop or vessel of war called the Royal George, lately
commanded by Jame, Park : To the end and intent that
the owner or owners of the said sloop, or any persons
concerned therein, may appear and shew cause, if an,
they have, why the fame should not be condemned ac
cording to the pra; er of the said bill.
By order of the fudges
Gaober 7. ANDREW ROBESON, Reg.
Port of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ff.
TO ALL whom it may concern.
FOTICE is hereby given, That a Court of Ad
miralty will be held at the State-house in the city
of Philadelphia, oh the twenty ninth day of O&ober inst;
at Ten o'clock in the forenoon of the fame day, then
and there to try the truth of the fa&s alledged in the bill
of Yelverton Taylor, (qui task, &c.) against the Negro
flives Jack, Will, Cato and Dick, lately taken as prize
on board the sloop A&ive, &c. To the ihtent and pur
pose that the owners, or any persons concerned, may
appear and shew cause, if any they have, why the fame
should not be condemned according to the prayer of the
said hill. By order of the Judge,
ONober 7. ANDREW ROBESON, Reg.
f?b ^SOLD- ^PUBLIC" VENDUE,
On Monday the 11th day of O&ober inst, at Twelve
o'clock, on the premises,
A THREE ftor, brick House, and Kitchen appur
" tenant thereto; lituate at the corner of Lombard
and Front streets. The house is extremely commodi
ous, in good repair, and hath long been an accustomed
tavern known by the name of the Khuli Khan. The
terms will be made known at the time of sale.
To be SOLD by Public Vendue,
On Wednesday next, at Twelve o'clock at noon, at the
Coffee-boufe,
THIRTY barrels of Picked Fish, four barrels of
very fine Spermaceti Oil, and a quantity of Shoot
Hogthcadi, as they lay in Roberts's itore on Market
ftreet wharf.
Philadelphia, O&ober 7.
To be SOLD by Public Vendue,
At the Coffee-houfe, on Wednesday the thirteenth inst.
A VALUABLE Plantation containing two hun
dred and sixty-sour acres, within four miles of the
Head of Elk and the fame dittance of the town of New
ark, on which are a pretty good square log house, barn,
&c. &c. twenty-five acres of which is meadow well wa
tered, and about one hundred acres of woodland, the
remainder good upland for any grain, an orchard of
160 apple and 70 peach trees ; the whole in good fence
and repair. A good deed clear of all incumbrances
will be given by,
JAMES CUMMINGS.
TO BE SOL D,
A QUANTITY of WOOD, flanking within
five miles of the Court-House, on the best road
leading to the city. Enquire of the fubferiber living in
Campington, Northern Liberties.
THOMAS HUMPHREYS.
CAM E to the plantation of George Canady,
between Germantown and York road, a sorrel
HORSE, with a white mane and tail, ablaze in his
forehead, no brand or ear mark. The owner is desired
to come, prove his property, pay charges and take
him away.
September it. ADAM ENGER.
Middle Ward. Captain Smith, Captain Peale.
Chefnut Ward. William Adcock, Esq; and Edward
Pole.
Walnut Ward. John Byrns, William Tharp.
Dock Ward. John Purdon, Captain Donnell, Tho
mas Hale, Thomas Shields.
Southwark. James Rowan, James Skinner, Captain D.
M'Cullough, Captain William Brown.
Nezu Jersey, O&ober 1.
To be SOLD at Public Vendue,
At Greenwich, in the county of Cumberland, on Mon
day the eleventh inst.
THE Prize Brigantine SEA H 0 B. BE, with her
cargo confiding of twelve hundred bushels of salt,
ten barrels of sugar, fix barrels of loaf ditto, one pipe
of wine, ten barrels of pork, and a variety of other ar
ticles. The Vendue to begin at Ten o'clock.
By order of the Court of Admiralty,
JOSEPH POTTS, Marshal;
Ne^w-Jerfey, Oa.ober 6.
To be SOLD at Public Vendue,
At Chefnut Neck, on Wednesday the twentieth inst.
THE Schooner DISPATCH; also her cargo
coufiftirig of about one thoufind bushels of coarse
salt, a few hogsheads of molasses, and some tobacco.
By order of the Court of Admiralty,
JOSEPH POTTS, Marfhah
THE Owners and Possessors of the Schuyl
kill-Point Meadows, are earheftly requested to
meet at the house of the fubferiber in Third-street, the
izth inst (O&ober) at four o'clock in the afternoon, to
choose Managers and a Treasurer for the enfu ; ng year.
WILLIAM CARSON.
EIGHTY DOLLARS REWARD.
STRAYED or STOLEN out of the pasture of
° Jesse Hawkens, the twenty third inst. (September,
a Black Horse about fourteen hands high, in good
order, one of his hind feet white, a small far in his
forehead, trots and paces, is not shod, and has neither
brand or earmark that can be remembered. Whoever
delivers said Horse to William Michener living in
the manor of Moorland and County of Philadel
phia, shall receive Forty Dollars reward, and for the
thief, if brought to justice, Forty Dollars more, paid
by WILLIAM MICHENER.
She has had the pleasure to pra&ice in the general
way of Physic and Surgery with very great success, both
in Baltimore and different parts of Virginia, from which,
if it was desired, the could produce good certificates.'
Mrs. KAYS EjR is to be consulted with from fen
to Twelve in the forenoon, ?nd from Three to Eight in
the afternoon, facing Ton Alley, in Water-street; Phi
ladelphia.
MR S. KAYSER begs to inform the
Public That ffie has a fafe and peculiar method
for th e cure of the fever and Ague, and will undertake
to perfe& the cure in five days. She likewise cures the
feurvy in the guths, and makes the teeth most beauti
fully white in a few minutes; also cures the rheumatism,
chin cough, fore eyes, the flux, all forts of ulcers, and
many other diseases too tedious to mention.
FIVE HUNDRED POUNDS REWARD.
tyHEREAS a certain Daniel Callaghan,
' 7 Clerk to the fubferiber, ran away on the fifteenth
inst. with a certain turn of Continental money, not less
than Eleven Thousand Pounds, belonging to the Conti
nent. Said Callaghan is of a fair complexion, about five
feet ten inches high, full eyed and wry nose, very elo
quent in complimenting gentlemen. The said Callaghan
had on and took with him, a caftor hat, two fine shirts,
one white stock, one black handkerchief, his hair tied
behind with a black ribband, one pair white ribbed
stockings, one fnuff coloured coat, one ribbed jacket,
and breeches of the fame ftuff, one pair of leather
breeches, and other things not known. Whoever takes
up and secures the said Callaghan in an, gaol, so that
he may be brought to justice, shall receive the above
reward and all reasonable charges, paid by
JOHN WHETZE LL, A. C. P.
Macungj, Northampton County, State
of Pennsylvania, July 16, 1779.
(SUPERFINE white, blue, brown, green
O and light colour Broadcloths; fine Coatings, Shal
loons, coarse Cloths and Drawboys, to be SOLD by
BENJAMIN SEIXAS and Co.
In Water-street; near Market-street, by wholelale and
retail.
Philadelphia, ONober 4.
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.
WAS LOST, five silver tea spoons, three mark
ed H. one I. B. and the other I. N. also two
silver table-fpooils marked GxL. Whoever returns the
fame to the Printer hereof shall have the above reward,
and no questions asked.
N. B. Should they be offered for sale to silver smiths
Or others, it is hoped they will be flopped.
TO BE S O L~D7
A PAIR of strong GREYHORSES, between
fifteen and fixteep bands high, fix years old last
spring. Enquire of the Printer.
WANTS A PL A C ET
(Either in Town or Country)
ACompleat and profeffed COOK, and PASTRY
COOK, who has served some of the most refpe&-
able families in Europe in the above capacities, viz. his
late Royal Highness the Duke of York's, his Grace tle
Duke of Manchester's, &c. and can produce an urquef
tionable chara&er with refpe& to his abilities and beha
viour. Any Gentleman wanting such a person, may
know further particulars by leaving a line at the White
Swan in Third-street, near the Barracks.
STRAYED or STOLEN from the fubferibcr's pasture,
' in Charleftown .ownfhip, Chelter county, in the night
of the 27th of August last, a dark bay MARE, about
fourteen hands high, very heavy with foal when flie
went away and is supposed to have a colt now ; the is
about ten years old, had large saddle marks on both sides
of her back, and is a natural pacer. Whoever will se
cure said mare and the thief, and inform the fubferiber
thereof, shall have the above reward, or Fifty Dollars
fob the mare and colt only, paid by
JOHN GRAHAMS.
,To be SOLD by Public Sale,
On Saturday the sixteenth of O&ober instant, at Four
o'clock in the afternoon, at the Coffee-houfe,
AVERY valuable Lot of Ground, situate in Se
cond-street, between South and Lombard-streets,
containing in front on Second-street twenty feet, and
extending towards Third-street seventy seven and a half
feet. On said lot is a commodious and well finished
two story brick house, with a good cellar under the fame.
Also a Lot of Ground situate in. the Northern Liber
ties, containing in front on Second-street thirty-eight
and a half feet, and extending from Second Street to
ward Third-street about seventy feet, on which are two
good frame two story buildings, lately repaired in good
order, with a cellar under each;
Any person inclining to purchase ^y of the about:
mentioned hpufes, are desired to apply to the fubferiber
near Union-street in Fourth (treet, who will show the
premiles, and give such information as may be required.
GOTLIBROLL.
One Hundred Dollars Reward.