Dunlap's Pennsylvania packet , The general advertiser — Philadelphia, Pa., 1776-03-11 00:00:00, page 3

} " The appointment of gentlemen, as Delegates fr*m
this Province in Congress, who are not of she Afem
bly ; and the inflruaions given to them, by which thy
are bound to disclose every, even military, movement ;
and are prevented from the free exercise of their ja 'g
ments as the necefity of the times may require ; appear
unfae, as well as Ji^onorib!e; to have a di r eEt ten
dency to countenance the illiberal injinuations of our
enemies ; to createfalo fes and dioijions among our
selves; and to mijlead the neighbouring Colonies into a
faife opinion of he fnfe of this Province.
'' Theje, Gentlemen, are the objeHs the Committee
had in view to recommend tojour attention They al
- wfbed to confer with you on the means of giving
the aid of the back counties to the exposed parts of this
Province on the navigable wat rs, Jhould they be ac
tually invaded, and their trade fufp?n 'ed. a,^abl
to your virtuous reflation at the late Convention.
Tbefe being provided for, we doubt not the Province
wouldfuflain is part in the prefect unbapty, y 4 t no
ble contef, with dignity to ifif and fafety to the
whole. And we rey that the united re,ref station of
the Deputies of the Province on that occafon c nvnd,
or such other means as their kufd m miebt have pro
pofea. would have been effectual to give lull re/if.
" But, Gentlemen, we have farther to inform you
that, afte having paged the vote for holding a Con
mention, the Committee had the pleasure of a conference
with federal of the members of the House And they
found, with great Vistaflion, that thfe Gentlemen
indulged th, mfelves in the hopes that a fu I and equal
representation would be obtained in cnfrquence ofye
titions now before the Honorable Ho fe fom feve r al
ofthe counties; and that the otbe r masters wield be
attended to. Ibe Gommitee therefore have ordered us,
their Committee of Correfi onden /, net to forward,
for the prefnt, their letters f, calling the Convention ;
and have infrafted us to communicate to you the fore
going injormation; and also that t^ey bav r prepared
petitions, to be jigged by she inhabitants of this city
concurring in the fayer for a more equal reprefenia
tion, the even' of which we nuait
By order up the .orrßL *ee, and in their behalf, we
are, Gentlemen,four tri ads, @^ c
The Committ F > Correspondence
Extras of a letter from Pilhatyburg, dated Feb. 27.
" Coonel Co,bn is returned from is LuMefs
journey to Lord D inmore who refund 0 give a
commiffiou so hol ling an Afembly, and only pro
poled that the principal gentium n in the country
ihouH sign proportions >or an Lcommodation, with
which he would go rune ; u* wr pr.fnme he molt
get them signed by hiso d Limds in the frv, or
about Norfolk, as hr wi'l get very few Gentlemens
n ms toil. ID said Comnuffioners w. re to nego
ciate, but did not fay who they were.
" His Lordthip is not recalled, bo has leave to
go if he chutes it. His condiXis ippr v of, end
he has unlimitd power r, oraw on the treats y.
Col. Corbin favs that he, General . linton, and
Capt. Hammond, all anp ar d n good humour,
the latter declaring he h:d forbid his tenders to of
fer inju y to individuals or theirpoprtv, his sole
design vein; to watch t^e wat r, and e force the
a&s of trade. General Clinton had fu companies
who had not landed, but, on the contrary, the
transports with the Mercury had fallen down into
theroad (Hampton) under failing orders; be did
not mention his detonation, hut it was gathered
from the young officers, that they w eto nay avi
fit to G >ver or Martin, t Cape Fear, aid then
proceed to South Carolina. O 1 hearing that part
of our letter to Col. Corbin read, “ tht we wer
not authonfe lor inclined to int rma die in the
inode of negotiation, which must be left to Con
gtefs," the G~ner I laid there w-s n thing hroe c
eoull ask in a constitutional way but would be
granted, btif e rei d,n th. Congress, v e had
nothing to x Acf from Parimrnt LodD nmoie
wanted to bor ow his t 00 s to drive ours from
Kemp' ; he ask di ours would "not return ? the
other said he fuppo rd th would; then, five the
General, I don't think it worth while to meddle
with them.
“ P. S. We have just received intefige ce from
Hampton, that Gen. Clinton, with his roops, the
Mercury, K % filher, and two <r three tenders,
went out ol the capes yefterdav."
IN the Evening Post of the 2 4th alt. and in the
Packet of the Monday following, is inferred
a judgment of the Supreme Court in a caule
wherein a Corporation, cal ed by the r arc of the
Committee of the F,rt and Third United P>ef
byterian Churches in this city, w^re plaintiffs,
and Robert Knox, Alexander Alexander, and
others, were defendants, in b. half of the Third
Prefbvterian Congregation in this citv.
The relation there given appe rs intended to
make persons, unacqu inted with the mat e r , be
lieve, that the persons named, and their affiliates,
had forcibly invaded a House of Worship occu
pied by others, and to which they had no right;
and had, in contempt of a l '! law and good order,
taken and maintained a violent poffeilion thereof.
—ln justice therefore to their character, it be
comes necessary (tho' at a time when privae de
bates ought rather to be buried in hleuce, than
made the fubjeX of a newfpape r ) to recite the
few following faffs relative to the affair.
The lot whereon the Third Prefbyte dan Church
is built, was a Proprietary gift, granted by a war
rant, October 19, 1764, in the following terms :
" Whereas on the petition of William Alien,
" Esq; and others, members of the congrega
“ tion belonging to the 011 Presbyterian Meet
" ing House, lituate on the south fide of High
" (or Market) Street, and near the Coart-Houfe,
" in the city of Philadelphia, representing, That
" the said congregation is now grown so name
" rous, that the said house is not Efficient to ac
“ commodate all thole of that society who are do
" firous to attend divine service there; and that
“ the burial ground there is much too small for
“ them. —We have, therefore, condefeended and
“ ; greed to give and giant unto the said Socie y
“ of Presbyterians. a certain lot, &c.—in order
" to accommodate those of the said society who ice
06 to the southw ird of High-Street aforesaid, with
“ a site for a church, or meeting^houfe, there to
" be ereXed; and a burial yard within the limits
c< of the laid lot, &c."
That the house to be built on the said lot was
intended, not for the use of Market-Street Con
gregation in particular, bur to accommodate such
of the Presbyterian denomination in general, as
refilled in thole parts of the city and subu r bs,
and might choose to worship there, is mold ex
plicitly declared in a letter from Market Street
Congregation to the Arch Street (or Second
Presbyterian) Congregation in the city, bearing
date July 1, 1765; in which is the fallowing pa
ragraph: •' And as it would be a breach of that
" charity and brotherly-kindness which ought to
(l subsist between ohr congregations, for as to be
“ gin to build a new chuich in this city, which
'• as much concerns your society as our own, with
" out communicating onr designs and intentions
“ to you for your approbation and concurrence ;
“ we have appointed some of our members to
" wait on y^u with the inclofed prop fa!s, which
“ fully explain our plan." And in these propo
sals it is expressly declared, " That the Third
“ Congregation fltail be allowed and confeffed to
" have the fame una ienable right with other
" Presbyterian churches in the Synod, of choof
-6 ing and fettling their own patter, according to
“ the Presbyterian plan of church government —
“ and be governed like the other two, by a fef
" fion and committee, chosen out of the mem
" bers of said congregation." N®r was this sus
pended on any conditional proviso; but expressed
in absolute terms.
The money expended in building the boufe,
was collected from the public; part by fubferip
tion, and the residue, about £ltoo, bv a lotte
ry, granted for that pu po f e among't others, by
the AfTembly of the Province.
The money raised by fubfeription, was ex
pressly for accommodating such of the Prefby
terian denomination in the city and suburbs, as
could not so conveniently be elfewh<re accummo
dated with a house for public worship; as is evi
dent by the preamble to the said fubfeription,
which bears date July 1765, and is as follows:
“ Whereas the number of Prefbvterians in and
" near this city has so greatly increased of late
" vears, that they cannot be accommodated so as
" to attend on public worfh 0 with 'atisfißim,
" with' ur a third church. And hrear the Ho
" noraVl7 P wrietarirs have, fo< that pur, fe, ge
“ nerouflv given a ot :fy mmd, h uate &c.~-
“ We, whose names are hereunto fubferi ed, do
“ promise to contribute and nav to Meffs&c —
" the fev< tal and re'peHive (ums annex. I to our
“ names for the purp eof erecting a Prefbyte
-66 rian Church a the. lot given as aforesaid. Bcc."
And this ful-lcripri „ pap?r as accompanied with
a declaration io wr % t eg, tha the bird Congre
gation should enjoy all -he rtghts and privileges
belonging to other Presbyterian Congregations,
And in this contribution the peop eWh afterwards
Formed the Con^egTob a t Pine Str e r exerted
them'elves t< their ot mod,according totheii ability
The dot of AfTeorbiy, d^wo Feb. ',, 1769,
grantir g the lottery, points out the peop'e for
whose u<e the money was defaced, and the rea
f n of the g art ir the following terms: " That
' c the people. *C f mthei F refidt>ce in the 7i
" Arid and /outrern parts of the citv, form he
" congregation which worship in that church, be
" i"g in general poor, are altogether unable ei
“ ther to finish the fame, or to pay off the large
" debt alreadv contraded."
When the hu r e was so far finifhed as to admit
public worship being performed in it, on the zzd
of Feb. 1768, the pews e r e let; and in the fame
manner s is usual in other Presbyterian Church
es; (no nvfr^n being made that Pine-Street was
to be considered as a part of Market-Street Con
gregnion) and were at that time taken by the
people who now worship there: many, if not the
greatest part, of whom, had formerly worshipped
at Market Street, but now rave up their pews
there. And being thus regularly pofleffed of
their house of w f rfhip, enjoyed it without mn'ef
tation; held three several election, for chodfing
a minister, before that wherein the Reverend Mr.
Duffield was chosen ; had a minister of their own
choosing and Supported by themselves; with their
own church officers; and were, in all refpe&s, a
diftind congregation, trarfa&i- g their own af
fais; and as such, repeatedly acknowledged by
Market-Street, without any objection made there
to.
On the sth of Auguff 1771, Mr. Duffield was
chosen; and afterwards called as pastor to that
church: and this was done in the fame regular
manner they had formerly proceeded; and as is
ulual in other Presbyterian Churches. The Rev.
Dodor Allison, one of the ministers of Market-
Street Congregation, being invited by Pine Street,
presided in the choice, declared it a fair ele&i.n;
and gave his assistance in drawing up a call.—
And when an opposition to their prosecuting their
call, afterwards rose from Market-Street, the
whole affair was re,u'ar|y laid before the Synod
in May 1772; both parties fully heard; and the
matter determined, that Pine Street Congrega
tion had a right to prosecute their call.
In the June following, the Committee of Mar
ket Street privately applied for, and obtained, a
charter of incorporation, including the First and
third Congregations in one incorporated body:
in which meafare the Third Congregation had
never been confuted, nor ever in anywise con
sented thereto And bythis corporation thus ob
tained, the action was afterwards brought for the
recovery, as it is termed, of their church in Pine-
Street, from the original piffeffors; the people
for whom it was built.
The forcible entry charged on Pine Street Con
gregation, was nothing more than taking off some
unufuai faftenings that had been clandestinely put
on their church by some unknown person or per
sons; and going in to worship as usual. And tho'
great pains were taken to have feme of the mem
bers indided for lo doing, they were honorably
acquitted by the Grand Inquest of the county.
The above fa&s with various others, exhibit
ing the case in the fame view, the third con
gregation apprehend themselves fully able to
prove ; and earheftly pleaded for an opportunity
in the course of the trial before the inferior c6uft,
but were not so happy as to be allowed the privi
lege of their evidences being heard, and for this
reason as well as for their having been obliged to
confefs an a&ual otifter at random, oh a claim be
ing made to their house of worship, without know
ing under what title the claim was made, or whe
ther there was any title at all, as none was set up,
they appealed to the superior court, where having
been unfortunate, they were reduced to the neces
sity either to surrender up their church to a claim
which they conceive to be very unjuff; or appeal
to the King in Council, the only avenue now open
for redress: The latter they therefore chose; fully
confiding in the goodness of their cause, and recti
tude of their designs and conduct through the
whole of the affair ; from a confeioufnefs of which
they have more than once offered to refer the
whole matter of debate wi h all tranfa&ions and
evidences relative thereto to the final decision of
any number of arbiters mutually chosen; and are
still of opinion that the determination of the points
of law in question will finally issue in their favour.
ROBERT KNOX.
§0554,<,4,5,-^4,--,,.^>,^,^s)
Lately published and to be fold by John Dunlap,
in Market street, Philadelphia,
An O R A T I O N,
Delivered February 24, 1775, before the Ameri
can Philosophical Society, held at Phila
delphia, for promoting Useful Knowledge.
By DAVID RITTENHOUSE, M. A.
Meniber of the laid Society.
The folly-wing is an Extrafl from the above-mentioned
ORATION.
HO W far indeed th? inhabitants of the other
planets may refembie man, tie cannot pre
n; to fay. If like him they were created liable
to ta I, vet some, if not all of them, may still re
tain their original r &itude. We will hope they
dor Ihe t ought is comfortable.—Ceafe Galileo
to improve tty optictnbe. And th ugr at New
ton, for' ear thy ardent search into the dilhnt mys
teries of nature , elf ye make unwelcome discove
ries. Deprive us noto r the pAaftire of believing
mat yonder radi nt orbs, travelling in silent Ma
^dy the ethereal regions, arc the peaceful feats of
inqu.farce and blify.Where neither natural nor
mma l evil has ever yet intruded; wlyere to enjoy
w th gratitude an 1 adoration the creator's bounty,
is th., bufintfi of exigence. If ther irihabi ants
re^ni de man in their faculties and affections, let
u- luppofe that they are wife enough to govern
th. ;mielves acr ording to the dictates of that reason
their cheater has given them, in such mar ner as
to conin' them own and each 0 hers true haopi
pes on al occafoos. But if on the contrary thev
h ve found it n c ffarv to ere& artific al f bricksof
government, let us not suppose that they haveddne
t with so rittle (kill, and r fuco an enormous ex-
P ence , as mud render them a misfortune inftea 1 of
A messing. We will h p that their flat- men are
p triois, nnd drt^i Kin s, if that crier of be
1 gHias found a uni ar e there, have the feclr/s
of humanity.— H^ppy pro Ie ! and perllaps core
u?c?y fti.'l, tht all communication with us ts de
ned We h v c neither corrupted you kith our
1L es nor injured vou b, ri dence. None of your
mnsand d lighters, de ra el from th ir native
di nity, have been doomed o end fs slavery by us
in mrici mer-ly'ec nd? their boris maybe 'i(-
" 1 fleet er rbhrbihe rays 0 light, in aw y
Thient frsours Even yot, i^/ abitnts o' the
moon, ii u ted i 1 our v ry ne ; g'doirhood, are ° ( -
1-dutally 'turd, aliki from the rapacio s hand f
t'e haughty Span Id, and ofthe unelng B itifh
"a',' _ Even British thunder impelled by B.itifh
t^-ft of gain cannot reach you : And -h: utmost
iff iris of the mighty F^derick, that tyrant o f the
Rotn and fcontge of mankind, if aimed to disturb
jour peace, becomes inconceivably ridiculous and
impotent.
PirJon these tefleaions ; they rife not from the
gloomy Spirit of misanthropy. Tla- being before
whne piercing eye, all the intricate foldings and
rk recess-s of the humm heart become expanded
and illuminated, is my witness with what sincerity,
vih what ardor, I wlh fpr the hapoinefs of the
w '° e r . ace of mankind ; How much I admire that
ddpqfoion 0 lands and for, which affords a com
muic tion between distant region, and a mutual
exchange of benefits: How fincerelyl approve of
thi fe foci I refii^uents whica reallv addtobui hope
pioefs, and induce us with gratitude to acknow
ledge on great creator's good nefs.—How I delight
in a participation ofthe dis overies m de from time
to time in nature's works, by our Philosophic bre
thren in Europe.
Bt when I confider, that luxury and her ebnftant
follower tyranny- , who have long since lad in the
dust, nevei to rife, again, the glories of Asia, are
now advancing like a torrent irrefutable, whose
weight no human force can stem, and have nearly
completed their conquest of Europe; luxury and
tyranny, who by a vile affectation of virtues they
know not, pretend at firft to be the patrons of sci
ence and philosophy, but at length fail not effectu
ally to destroy them ; agitated I fav by these reflec
tions, I am ready to wish —-vain wish ! that nature
would raise her everlasting bars between the new
and old world ; and :nike a voyage to Europe as
impracticable as on: to the mcon. I confefs indeed,
that by our connexions with Europe we have made
most surprising, I had almost laid unnatural, ad
vances toward the meiedian of flery ; but by those
connexions too, in all probability, our fall ^ill be
premature. Miy the G>d of knowledge inspire tis
with wisdom to prevent it : Let onr harbours, our
doors, our hearts, be shut against luxury.
Philadelphia, February 23, 1776.
For C O R K,
^A r ^ The SHIP
I^l^^ C . H A N C Ej
Will fail with all expedition,
Q H E is an exceeding sass filler,
¥j&@frD but two years old, and has
excellent accommodations for
''" passage apply uo
Joseph Carson, in Market-ttreet.
Philadelphia, March 9, 1776.
WHEREAS John Henry Beechner,
my indented fervanr, died on the 25th of
February bit, of a lingering illness, and some ma
licious people informed Mr. Robert Jewell, Coro
ner, that I was the cause of his death ; on which
the said Coroner, with twelve Jury-men, and Doc
tor Cleniford, had an inquest, and after a very
narrow infpeXion gave me, by said Mr. Robert
Jewell, the following certificated" That it was the
“ opinion of the jury said John Henry Beechner
" died a natural death.”=4 find myfelf there ore
necessitated, in older to clear myfelf from said Faife
and malicious charge, to publifti the above cafa
with the Coroner's certificate; that every one may
be convinced of the falfenels of said malicious re
port. If any one in future ffiould endeavour to
hurt mine or my family's charaXer by said report,
he or they may expeX to be ,unified tor the fame
according to law.
_ £OHN ANDREW ROHR.
WAS FOUND last Wednesday, id
Market-ttreet, near Second-lheet, a wo
man's NEEDLE-BOOK, corbaihing a sum of
money. The owner proving property and paying
charges, may have it again by applying to' the
Printer 4
_ Lt Persons indebted for this P^perl
jll whose accounts have been. Twelve
Months standing, are requeued to discharge
the fame.— f the) did but cphtider the vail
expence and trouble of its publication, the
Printer is certain they would be more punc
tual in their paymentt-Gentlemtri at a dis
tance fioro IhiladelfWa lecolka the time
and the terms of their fubfenbing, therefore
may fend the amount of their accounts by
letter, Post paid or an, other foeedy, fife
way that answers thorn belt; and should
they, by miflake, fend more thah what is
due at present, it ffiall be carefully placed t@
the credit of their accounts. ,
JOHN DUNLAP.
IWTO4
L ¥m&r\ r^?.^%te 1
The Subscriber has purchased (hat noted HORSE!
W H Y NO T,
Rising nine years old, from his Excellency Gover
nor Eden, 2nd he will cover Mares this feafori
till the firft of August, at bis plantation in Glou
ceft r, Weft New Jetfey,, at Forty Shillings
the jingle leap, I hree Pounds the fealon calh
or to r Pounds if credit fix months, and 2/6
to the groom.
W HYNOT is a beautiful bright bay, full
, V fifteen hands high, wth a star and snip,
black legs, mane and tail, an i is allowed by com
petent judges to be one of tie hanbfomeft h@rfes
on the Comment : He was got by Fearnought, a
son o Od R ulus, !is fire the Godolphin Arabian :
his dam was got by Othello, his grandam by Sp.uk,
and his great-gr, ndam was the noted O.lcfield
Mire. He won the following prizes—in 17-3;
50!. at Nottingham ;in 1774, s oi. at Nottingham,
501. at B.dtimoie, and 5 01. at Ne itown, Cheder $
he likewise won a purit of 5 01. id Virginia wren
in t! e post ffion < t Mr. Lie. He covered 77 m res
lad feuon, and they are nearly all with so I - -
Good pasture will be provide ' at ^ per vt c k
Any. Gentleman making choice of Whynot, dial!
be gratefully acknowledged by their hervue Er
vant, JAMES TALM AN.
t LREE I £NCE per pound given
1 by WILLI..MTRICKETT, Sta
tioner, at his h use in Front street, ac:ng Black
hoife Alley, and in Water ft cet, in the lown r : tf i
of rtid home, 11 Philadelphia, tor the Left fort of
CLEAN WHITE LINEN RAGS,
and frin proportion for that of an inferior fort.
Tebeft price give for OLD SAILS.
wanted immediately,
a WOMAN of a good c .adt r, that can
wok well at her needle, and is capable of
taking care of child en. Also one that can c<yk;
and undtrftands all kinds bf houfe-woik. Enquire
of the Printed.
M^rch 1776.
W'HEREAS Hannah Bell, ms
wife, has ma e ?n elopement f om me, and
threatens to run me in debt: This istetch re to
warn all persons not to trust her on my account, ag
I will pay no debts of her cOntraXing r om the
date hereof. ft GEORGE BELL.
Philadelphia Barracks, March 8. y- 76.
SIXTY-FOUR DOLLARS REWARD:
DESERTED tr,m Captain John Kees's
company, belonging to the Sec< nd ^attaHort
o< Pennsylvanians in the Continental Arrav, com
manded by Col. Arthur St. Clair, the follow
ing men, vO.
HUGH TAYLOR, born in Ireland, about
23 ye.-rs of age, 5 feet 9 inches high, bur hair, d t rlc
countenance, f llov ed farming, and has formerly
retided in Welt N^ntmill towidhifo Chester co my.
JOHN VISLER, Ameticah h rrn, 5 feet 4
inches and a half high, aged 25 years, by trade a
frhith, fair complexion, ot Griman extraXi n, and
lately resided in Gofoohoppen township
JOHN TRACEY, 5 feet § inches high;
aged 26 years, by trade a joiner, dark compl xion,
much pock-marked, has a fear on his left check,
arid lately resided about Frank ord.
ABRAHAM DEHART, American born;
5 feet 7 inches and a half high, his brown curled
hair, by tra e a famufr, lived in Amity township,
Berks county, aged 19 years.
MATHIAS MAYER, American horn, cf
German extraction, 5 feet '6 inches high, fair com
plexion, aged 24 years, lately drove a team for
Mr. Laic Potts; in Potts-Grove.
WILLIAM ©TTY, Americanßorn; 5 feet
9 inches high, aged 22 years, by trade a farmer,
dark complexion, pbck^maiked, and lived lately
in Weft Nantmill townfh/p; Chester county.
ISAAC M'l SAA C, American born, 5 feet
9 inches high, fair complexion, well made, about
27 years of age, and lived in cfrnear Peach-Bot
tom, in York county.
JAMES M'KNIGH T, born in Ireland;
about 5 feet 4 inches high, fair complexion, winks
with one of his eyes when he speaks, fond of liquor;
about 46 years of age, lately resided in Philadelphia;
Whoever takes up the said deserters and brings
them to the barracks of Philadelphia, foil have
the above Re ward, or EIGHT DOLLARS
far each, with reasonable charges, paid by
JOHN REES, Captain.
N. B. Ifany of rhe above deserters return to their
company in eight days from the date hereof, shall
be pardoned.—All persons are hereby so bin har
bouring or concealing either of the aforelaid def rt
ers, under the penalty of Fifty Dollars for eVery
such person.
Philadelphia Barracks, March 9, 1776;
TEN DOLLARS REWARD;
DESERTED from Captain join Rees's
company, belonging to the Second Battalion
ot Fenn'ylvanians in tut Continental Army, totn
manded by Col. Arthur St, Clair.
LEBON ROGERS, this country bain, about
26 years of age, § feet 7 inches hi^h; 01 a 4ult
complexion, thin visaged, by trade a mafoii; lately
resided in Carnarvon township, Lancatftr count,.
Whoever takes up the said defertefr and brings him
to Philadelphia barracks, ffiall have the above Re
ward and (calculable charges, from
JOHN REES, Captain
N. B. If the above deterter returns to hit chhip.l
nany in four days hum the date hcriQh 12 shall be
pardoned;