Dunlap's Pennsylvania packet , The general advertiser — Philadelphia, Pa., 1775-02-06 00:00:00, page 1

City of Philadelphia, February 6, 1775.
The ASSIZE of BREAD.
Fine Flour, at Twenty-one Shillings and Six
pence, ptr Ct.
Middlings, at Seventeen Shillings per Ct.
Rye, at Ten Shillings per Ct.
Whitebread Ib.oz. Midd. do. lb. oz. Rye do. lb. oz.
id.loafiso 63 id.loafiso 7^ id.loafiso 11
zd.ditto,O 131 2d.ditto,o I§| 2d.ditto, 16^
4d.ditto,l 101 4d.ditto, 1 15^- qd.ditto, 2 12%
sd.ditto,g 5 Bd.ditto, 315 Bd.ditto, ; 9
I2d.ditto,4 I,lizd.ditto, g iqfcd.ditto, 8 5^
Set by SAMUEL RHOADS, Mayor.
SAMUEL POWEL, ?
SAMUEL SHOEMAKER, ^ Aldermen.
Muscovado sugars, ot the firft
quality, in hogsheads, tierces and barrels,
BARBADOS SPIRIT, fit for immediate
use, b'/ the quarter cask or hogshead,
WEST-INDIA RUM,
OLD MADEIRA WINE,
PORT WINE, in calks or bottle,,
And a parcel of R HUBAR B,
To be Sold by
GEORGE MEADE and Co.
STEWART HERBERT, Jun.
PRINTER, of the borough of Lancaster,
Has just published, and made ready for sale, (price
Eighteen Pence)
THE CHRONICLE of the KINGS of
ENGLAND, from the reign of William
the Conqueror, or firft King of England, down to
his present Majesty George the Third : Contain
ing a true history of their lives, and the character
which they Severally sustained, whether in Church
or Sta f e, in the Field or in private Life. The
whole attempted in that concise and verable di&ion
of our forefathers, the ancient Jewifli historians.
By NATHAN BEN-SADD I.
Cacil County, Maryland, Jan. 29, 1775.
COMMITTED to my custody, as
a run-away servant, JAMES BARTLEY,
an Irishman, about five feet five inches high, pit
ted with the final! pox : He acknowledges himfelf
to be the person advertised by Robert Lee, of Mid
dletown township, near Carlifle. His matter is
hereby requested to pay charges and take him away,
JOHN HAMILTON, Sheriff.
T O BE SO L D,
By the Subscriber, living in Little Britain town
ship, Lancaster county,
AV ALUABLE Plantation, or tra& of pa
tent land, containing two hundred and two
acres, with the usual allowance : About one half
of said land is cleared, the remainder good thriv
ing timber ; there is about fifteen acres of meadow
made and mostly well watered, and as much more
may be made ; also a good logdwelling-houfe and
barn, a good stone spring-house over a good spring,
and a young bearing orchard ; the Whole in pretty
good repair, well watered and pleasantly situated.
Any person inclining to purchase, may know the
terms of sale by applying to the subscriber, living
on the premises.
THOMAS PLUMMER.
T O B E SO L D,
ABOUT thirty tons of choice upland H A Y,
all of which is firft crop, apply to WILLI
AM STANDLEY.
N. B. All those that are indebted to said Stand
ley for earthen ware, longer than the usual cre
did, are earnestly requeued to make speedy pay
ment to prevent any further trouble.
TO BE L E T,
AL ARGE brick House, situate on the corner
of Bridge-street and Front-street, in Balti
more town, near the upper bridge, with a cellar
under the whole, four rooms and a passage on the
firft floor, two convenient lodging and one large
assembly room on the second, and four on the
third, with a brick passage, kitchen and smoke
house, a large stable, yard, and garden; the whole
in good repair ; suitable for an Innholder, or any
other public business. Any person inclining to
rent, may know the terms by applying to the sub
scriber. JOHN GRIFFITH.
A HOUSE, LOT and TANYAR D,
in Wilmington, TO BE SOLD.
A NEAT brickdwelling-houfe, kitchen, fpring
hsufe, a good garden, and meadow," plea
fantiy situated on a lot bounded 160 feet on Front-
Itreet, the fame on Second-street, and 260 feet on
West-street. The Tanyard is furnifhed with a
spring of water that commands, or is higher by se
veral feet than needful to convey water to any part
required, and more than fufficient for that use.
The mill-house, curries (hop and beam-house well
built of stone ; a neat slaughter-house adjoining,
also of (tone, furnifhed with water from the spring
aforefaid, almost all new and in good repair, with
fumlry other buildings and improvements. On the
whole it may be justly said to merit the attention
of those concerned in that branch of business, as it
is near the two market-houses in a thriving town,
and bids fair for being an advantageous stand.
About 5001. of the purchase money will be expect
ed ; the remainder may lay in the purchaser's hands.
For further particulars enquire of
ZECHARIAH FERRISS.
N. B. The Stock in the yard may also be had at
a reasonable rate, and whoever purchafeth may
have poliellion in the Fifth month next.
0 R,
GENERAL
V 0 L. IV.
MONDA Y,
TO BE SOLD BY
PHILIP BENEZET,
At his Store the corner of Market and Third-streets,
BEST English gun flints by the thousand, bar
lead, needles, sealing wax, mace, Saffron,
Turlington's balsam by the dozen, black Slk cra
vats and silk handkerchiefs, sewing silk, black gauze
handkerchiefs, ribbonds, blue longcloths, red paint
ed looking-glasses, Chapmans b oks, ftrrits, and
a large assortment of In lia callicoes.
IRISH LINEN S.
AVERY neat assortment of 3-4, 7 8, yard,
ell, and 9-8 wide brown and white Irish lin
ens, Sheetings, tickens, &c. from 42d. to ss. 6d.
Irish, per yard, lately received from the bleachers
in Ireland, now opened and will be fold at a rea
sonable rate, for Cash only, by
MARY EDDY and SON,
In Second-street, between Market and Chefnut
ftreets, Philadelphia.
TO BE SO L D,
A FINE large bay COACH HORSE, has
a star and fr.ip, is between fifteen and sixteen
hands high, trots exceeding well, and is fold for
no other reason than that he has too much spirit
for the use that is made of him : The price i> 501.
Enquire ofMr. Benjamin Davids, at the George
tavern, the corner of Arch and Second-streets.
TO BE BOUND OUT,
For a Term of Years,
ASTRON G hearty Negro Girl, about thir
teen years of age, has had the small-pox and
meddles, and can be recommended for honesty. A
place in the country would be most approved of.
Enquire of the Printer.
For CORK and NEWRY,
^^^Tf=-=^ The SHIP
BRITANNIA,
JOHN SOUDER, Master;
fail with all conve
'' nient speed, having feven
eighths of her cargo ready to
g° on board ; the is a fine cedar
and ] ive oak built ft ip , with
excellent accommodations for passengers. For
height or passage apply to Joseph Carson, or
said master on board, at Samuel Mifflin, Esquire's
wharf.
PENNSYLVANIA STEEL,
Manufactured by W. Humphreys, of an excellent
quality, and warranted equal to English, to be
SOLD in blitter, faggot, or flat bars suitable
for carriage springs, by
Uriah Woolman and B. Shoemaker,
In Market-street, Philadelphia.
Limeflone Run, Jan. 17, 1775.
TEN DOLLARS REWARD.
RAN AWAY from the subscriber, living on
, the weft branch of Susquehanna river, about
twelve miles above Shamokin Fort, in the province
of Pennsylvania, on the 3d inst. an indented Irish
servant boy, named THOMAS COULTER,
17 or 18 years of age, smooth faced, fair hair,
and frefh colored, his right hand and wrist remark
ably larger than the left : Had on and stole with him
a lead colored coat, made furtout coat fafliion, but
the tail of it lately cut off (bort, two shirts, one of
them striped and the other tow linen, two pair of
buckskin breeches, half worn, one pair of blue and
red stockings, all home made; an old wool hat,
half worn Ihoes, with large square brass buckles,
a pair of green Indian leggings, pitched with red
cloth. Whoever takes up and secures said servant
in any of his Majesty's goals in this province, fhr.il
have F IVE DOLLARS, and if taken up out of
this province, or brought home, (hall have the
above Reward and realonable charges, paid by
JOHN NELSON.
N. B. All masters of vcflels are forbid to carry
him off at their peril.
December 1774.
WHEREAS Matthias Dich,
of Brothers Valley township, in the coun
ty of Bedford, and province of Pennsylvania, hath
fold to the subscriber two trails of land, each tra&
containing one hundred and fifty acres, and hath
received fix pounds in part payment for the said
land, and a bond for eight pounds, bearing date
the 27th day of May, 1773, and payable from the
subscriber to the said Matthias Dich, the 27th
day of May, 1774: And whereas the said Mat
thias Dich cannot make me a fufficient right to
the said land, and hath absconded himfelf, I do
hereby forwarn any person or persons from taking
any alignment on the said bond, for I will not pay
it unless compelled th reto by a due course of law.
MICHEAL GAIGER.
FIVE POUNDS REWARD.
STOLEN out of the (hop of the subscriber, in
Weft Whiteland township, Chester county,—
four silver WATCH ES, one of which was
made by Isaac Rogers, London, No. 8023; ano
ther by J. Williams, London, No. 2340; another
by Edward Duffield, Philadelphia, No. 7; and the
other by F. Moore, London; No. 1391. Also one
pinchbeck WATCH, maker's name, C. Charlefon,
London, No. 10722, with three cases, one of which
is remarkably large, the other two of a common
size. Whoever apprehends the thief, and secures
the watches with the cases, so that the owner may
have them again, and the thief be prosecuted to
conviction, (hall receive the above Reward, paid
by ELI BENTLEY.
D U NLA P's
^l^^^
TO BE SO L D,
At the stables of the subscriber, in St.Gecu ge's hun
dred, Newcastle county, that famous Horse
PENNSYLVANIA FARMER.
E is equal, if not superior in beauty, tp any
horse imported to America; full blood,' bred
by Col. Taylor, of Virginia, got by that famous
horse Partner, and when in the poffiffion of Col.
Taylor, beat the most capital horses in the south
governments of Carolina. He is a duk chefnut,
fifteen hands high, eight years old; with a blazein
his face. He covered last season upwards of sixty
mares, in great character. For further particulars
enquire of WILLIAM CARSON.
N. B. If net fold before the fi:ft of March next,
he will be let to mares the ensuing season, at the
above mentioned place.
Philadelphia, December 26, 1774.
FORTY SHILLINGS REWARD.
WEN r AWAY from the subscriber, liv
in Market-street, at the corner of Sixth
ftreet, an Irish servant man named THOMAS
HAINES, five feet high, thirty-four years of
age, came in lad September wiffi Capt. Price; had
on and took with him, a blue body coat and another
of the fame colour undr it, a red jacket with
peeves, a pair of buckskin breaches, worsted stock
ings, a hat with a small brim, and new shoes with
round brass buckles : He has a final! face, is of a
sandy complexion, and has short light hair ; is very
much given to strong liquor, talkative, and swears
very much. Whoever lecures the said servant in
any gaol, so that his mailer may have him again,
fliall receive the above Reward, and all reafunable
charges, paid by ADAM POAT E.
T O-M ORR O W,
At ONE o'clock in the afternoon, a t
JOHN HAR T's
VENDUE-STORE,
At the corner of South and Front-Streets
Will begin the SALE of a neat assortment of'
M E R C II A N 1) 1 Z E.
4-*-4-*-+ ft --so -ft £ T*4^: 4-, -,^4-d.
From the London Morning Chronicle.
To the PRINTE R.
S I R,
r r".' '" ere punishments which we have in
filmed on the Americans for (in my opini
on) only imaginary offences, fufficiently counte
nance the resentment they have Ihewn in their
writings, as well as at their public meetings.
From a correspondent at Boston, I have re
ceived a pamphlet called a Summary Ffo of the
Rights of British America; who the author is, my
friend does not mention, he is certainly a 'very
<ible writer, and has proved the illegality, as well
as tyranny, of our proceedings to his fellow fub
je&s on that fide of the Atlantic, but the violence
of his anger hurries him into expressions which
should not, indeed, cannot be countenanced ; how
ever wrong government may a&, such a style
ought to be avoided; it is much more likely to
inflame than appease. The author, in expostu
lating with the King, holds the following lan
, g lia g e : —" Let not the name ofGeorge the Illd.
'be a bl.t in the page of history! the whole use
of government confitls in the art of being honest.
Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give
you credit Where you fail. Kings are the servants,
not the proprietors of the public." There are
several other passages, equally rude and impu
dently familiar. Many writers have adopted this
mode of addressing their sovereign, since Junius's
famous letter to the King, but I totally disap
prove of it. Neither is his Majesty blamcable for
the present commotions in his American domini
ons; his servants only ate amenable to the laws,
every man who advised the several a&s which
have produced these unhappy divisions, ought to
tremble for his head.
My principal motive f or troubling you with
this letter, is to complain cf the republication of
the pamphlet here, where it will i n j ur q, but can
not serve the cause it is meant to support." Are
there minds base enough to take pleasure in t^
increase of our unhappy divisions? forbid it Hea
", ' ™ quieter days such an attempt to disturb
the public tranquility would meet with the ex
emplary punishment it deserves, but now, the
times are out of joint.
ANTI.BR,UTUS.
~T he dedicaf i° n is an additional infort to
bis Majesty. I shrewdly fufpeft J unius ^ Tri .
bunus to be the fame person.
T H E
ADVERTISER.
FEBRUARY 7%
BOST O N, January 23.
The Printers in this and the other American Co
lonies are requested to insert the following in
their several News-papers.
To the P ÜBL I C.
TH E Committee appointed by the town of
Boston to receive and distribute donations
for the charitable purpose of relieving and em
ploying the fufferers by means of the a& of Parli
ament commonly called the Boston Port Bill,
from a due regard to their own characters, and
that of the town under whole appointment they
act, as well as for the fake of the said fuffeiers,
who depend upon the continual beneficence of
their friends for necessary relief; think themselves
obliged, in this public manner, to contradict a
slanderous report raised by evil minded persons,
Spread in divers parts of this province, and per
haps more extensively through the continent.
The report is, that “ each member of the
Committee is allowed Six Shillings, as some fay,
Half a Guinea, for every day's attendance- b>
sides a commission upon all the donations received,
and other emoluments for their trouble." The
Committee therefore thus openly declare that the
above mentioned report is in every part of it
groundless and falfe; and that they have hitherto
attended and aried in their office, and flill conti
nue so to do, without any intention, hope or de
sire of receiving any other reward in this life, but
the pleasure which results from a confeioufnefs of
having done good.—So fatisfied are they of their
own difnterefled motives and conduct in this re
gard, that they can fafely Appeal to the omnifei
ent Being for their sincerity in this declaration.
And whereas the Committee have this evening
been informed by a letter from the country, of
another report equally injurious, viz. T,hat “ the
Committee have employed poonperfons in work
ing for themselves, and gentlemen of fortune with
whom they are particularly connected in their
private concerns, and paid them out of the dona
tions received ;" the Committee do with the fame
solemnity declare the said report to be as falfe as
it is scandalous.
They were early apprehensive that the enemies
of Truth and Liberty would spare no peins to mis
represent their condor and afperfe their charac
ters; and therefore, that they might have it in
their power to vindicate themselves, they have
constantly kept regular books, containing records
of the ^hoie of their proceedings; which books,
as the Committee advertised the Public some
months ago, are open for the infpe^ion of such
as are inclined to look into and examine them.
The Committee now challenge any person
whatever to make it appear, that there is a just
foundation for such reports. Until this reada
ble demand is complied with, they confide in the
justice of the Public that no credit will be given
to reports, so injurious to the Committee, and to
this oppressed and insulted people.
If the friends of truth will inform the Commit,
tee of any reports they may hear, tending to de
fame the Committee, and by that means to dif
eburage further donations for the benevolent
purpole of relieving the fufferers above-mentioned,
it will be acknowledged as a particular favour.
Signed by order of the Committee,
SAMUEL ADAMS, Chairman.
Boston, Jan. 20, 1775.
NEW-JERSEY, Perth-Amboy.
House of dffembly, January 25th, 1775.
MR. Crane, and Mt. Kinley, laid before the
House the proceedings of the Continental
Congress held at Philadelphia, in September Lil;
which were read.
On rhe question, whether the House approve
of the said proceedings? it passed in the affirmative.
Rejoined, That this House do unani noufly ap
prove of the proceedings of the Congress.
Refolded unanimeufly, That James Kinsey, Ste
phen Crane, William Livingftor., John De Hart,
and Richard Smith, Efqrs. (or any three of them)
be, and they are hereby appointed Delegates V 3
attend the Continental Congress of the colortfes
intended to be held at the city of Philadelphia in
May next, or at any other time and place; and
that they report their proceedings to the next
sessions of General AfTembfy, inftruftip,g the said
Delegates to propose and agree to every reafoa
ble and conftiturional measure for the accommo
dation of the unhappy difference at present fubfiP~.
ing between pur mother country and the coLnies,
which the House most ardently wish fdr.
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do transit a copy
of the foregoing resolutions to the Speakers of
the A Cemb'ies ofNew-YorL anl Pennsylvania.
Refcßed unaniwoujly, That the thanks of this
House be given to James Kinsey, Stephen Crane,
William Livin^fton, John De Hart, and Richard
Smith, Elqrs. for their faithful and judicious dis
charge of the trust reposed in them at the late
Continental Congress.
A true copy,
JONATHAN DEARE, Clk.
N UMB. 172.