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pedc/nd impend upon, ft is so belamehted that tie un
info-med, the unwary and the timid are sometimes de
ceived, notwjthftanding the whole experienceof the war.
Beware, Americans, that they who cannot fight you
out of your liberties be not (offered to EVE you out of
them, is the advice of a gentleman in Europe, who has
,he best means of information.
Philadelphia, July 14.
His Excellency th* President of Congress, has ap
pointed DAVID WITHERSPOON, junior, and SA
MUEL STERETT, esquires, his Private Secretaries.
On Wednesday tfie 4th inff.the anniversary of our glo
rious revolution, the commencement for degrees in the
arts was held in the hall of the University ; at which were
present, by particular invitation, his excellency the pre
sident and the honourable congress of the United Bates,
his excellency the president of this Bate and the honour
able council, and the family of his excellency the Che
valier Lucerne, the minister of France. Besides these,
the hall was honoured with a very great concourse of
officers of the army, foreigners of diffindion, ladies and
gentlemen of the firft rank from the different states, and
refpeflable citizens.
An excellent band of music firiking up, as the honour
able congress entered the hall, and playing until his ex
cellency the president and the honourable board of trus
tees and faculty of the university were seated, ushered in
the exercises of the day, and by interludes, between the
several performances of the young gentlemen, heighten
ed the pleasure of the entertainment.
ORDER of thbEXERCISES
IR. Prayer by the reverend John Ewing, D. D. pro
Vofl.
2d. Salutary orati n in Latin on th€ advantages which
the United states may expefl to drive from a tree trade
with the whole world, by James Wade.
3d. A Forensic disputation on the queflion, " Is it
for theinteref ? of America to remain independent of Great
Britain !" in which all the cand dates took part, and
supported with great spirit and addtefs their refpeaive
fades of the queflion.
The debate was opened, the advantages of indepen
dence described, and the folly of reunion pointed, by
William Clarkfon.
He was replied to by Andrew Proudfoot, who was fol
lowed by George Swift; both in favour of depen
dence.
Their arguments were replied to by James Wade and
William Ewing, and the irovoft concluded by observing,
that the fubjed was chosen as an exercise of genius, not
as a doubtful question ; every reason pointing to the wis
dom of the declaration of independence.
4th. An oration in praise of ignorance, by Wm. Clark
fon. The genuine humour and attic salt of this per
formance gave universal and high fatisfa&ion, and pro
duced general applause.
sth. An oration on the advantages of peace, by
George Swift.
6th. An oration on the advantages of cultivating
oratory in a free government, and the utility of the
healing art, by Solomon Drown.
7th. Conferring of degrees by the provost, when the
degree of bachelor in the arts was conferred on Willi
am Clarkfon, William Ewing, Andrew Proudfoot,
George Swift and James Wade ; of bachelor in medi
cine on Ezekiel Bull, Solomon Drown and Samuel Pow.
el Griffitts; and the honourable degree of mafler in
arts on William Bradford, Esq. attorney general of
Pennsylvania, and Wiiliam Barton, esquire.
Bth. Valedictory oraions on the duties of a good citi
zen, and the glorious profped of the tffufion of learning
in the United States, by means of the University of Penn
sylvania, by William Ewing
9th. The provost concluded the business of the day
with a very warm, affecting and sensible charge to the
graduates, on that dignity of conduct becoming men
of education, who with to become ufeful and r^fpeß
able citizens.
The pleasure Which so brilliant and sensible an, as
sembly expretied in every part of the exercises of the
day, was the best and nloft honourable testimony that
could be given to the merit of the young gentlemen.
The alliance with France was mentioned in the perfor
mances of the day repeatedly in the most honourable
terms.
The distresses of our lifter Bates, which have (offer
ed by the ravages of the enemy, the southern Rates
particularly, were described in so lively and pathetick
a manner, as to draw tears from many of the auditors
and shewed that the citizens of Pennsylvania were not
insensible to their misfortunes.
The exercises being over, the honourable board of
trußees and faculty of the university partook of a cold
collation, given at the Rate house by the ho ourabie
Congress, to the officers of the army and navy of Our
illustrious ally and these United Rates.
A further SALE of the PUBLIC LOTS of this city,
for the redemption of the bills of credit of this Rate, da
ted April 29, 1780, will be held at the coffee house, on
Tuesday, the 17th day of July inflant, gat ten o'clock
in the forenoon. A plan of the lo*s may be seen at the
coffee-houfe. The Conditions the fame as in the former
files.
.4 Frame House,
Of 20 feet front and 24 feet deep, 2 stories
high. Raiding on a lot at the # orrer of Lombard and
Front-ftp ets, TO BE SOL D on rrafonable
Terror, by WILLIAM WHARTON.
Wants Employment,
A Person who writes a good hand, under
stands Accounts, and can be well recom
mended, Enquire of the Printer.
RAN- AWAY from the Chip Revolution,
captain M'Nacht?ne, laying at Chefnut-ftreet
whirs, two NEGROE MEN, both Bermudian born y
the one a lusty flout fellow, named THOMAS HALL,
five feet eight inches high, about thiity-four ;e rs old,
a good sailor, had on when he went away, a fmali
found caftor hat, almost new, check shirt, White long
trowfers, a white jacket with Aleves, a pair of half
worn sh ^s, with round buckles. & may probably
change his cloaths, as he had a variety f he is a sulky
four looking fellow, very blacky and (peaks proper En
plith. The other a fhorf well made many about twenty
four years of age, named KIT BUTTERFIE! D, of a
yellowifli complexion ; his eloaths cannot be exactly de
scribed, as he had a variety; when he left the ship, he
Wore the fame kind of cloafhs as the above ne t roe.
The above reward will be given'fo any person that will
secure them in any goal, -so that they may be had again,
and reasonable charges paid, iff brought to the fubferi'.
ber. CHARLES MILLER.
All maffers of veffeh or others are desired not to har
bour or carry them iff at their peril.
Four Hard Dollars Reward.
STRAYED out of the pasture of Samuel Richaids,
in the Neck, on Monday the 23d of June, a bright
bay HCRSE, about 14 hands high, shod all round,
branded on the near thigh H, but not very easy to be
feen;trots and cantes well. He was seen in the Butch
er's Arm's L ne, on Wednesday lift. Whoever will
bring the said Hoffe to Davis Bevan, in Second street,
one door above Pine-street, or to Samuel Richards', in
Fron -street near the Draw-bridge, fhallhave the above
Reward and reifonable Charges.
July 2. DAVIS BEVAN.
N, B. The above horse ver, generally has the inline
of bis fore fetlock joints fore, by reason of striking his
Chocs against them.
THIS DAY,
At TWELVE o'clock at Noon,
On M-ffrs. James and Dnker's Wharf, between
Arch and Race.ftreets,
Will be Sold by Public Auction,
Thirteen Six Pound Cannon,
and Two Cannonades,
With all their Sponges, Rammers, Worms, Ladles,
Beeches, Tackling, Shot, &.
And Mt Half after Twelve o'Clock, of fame
Day, at the Coffee-Houfe,
WILL BE SOL D,
The Copper-bottomed Schooner
PORCUPIN E,
With all her Tackle, Apparel and Furniture; agree
able to an Inventory to be feeri at the Place of Sde;
being a Prize to the Privateer Fair American.
By Order of the Court of Admiralty,
July 14. CLEMENT BIDDLE, Martial.
^^Mol^Jrlto,
At Twelve o'Clock, at Noon,
At the Cefft House,
Will be Sold by Public Au&ion,
T H E
Prize Ship Barrington,
With all her Guns, Tackle, Apparel and Furniture:
Also, A large Quantity of
LU M B E R,
Ou board said ship; of which fu<h Account as caff he
obtained, will be fhren at the Time of Sale, and will
be S)ld with the said Ship:
At fame Time will be Sold,
One Pair of 4 Pound Cannon.
By Order of the Court of Admiraltv,
July 1, CLEMENT BIDDLE, Martha!.
On FR 7d77Fa?%
At TEN o'clock in the Forenoon,
At the Marshal's ST OR ES, # on Merfrs. James and
Drinker's Wharf,
Will be Sold by Public Auction,
A large Assortment of
Dry Goods, Cordage, & Brandy,
Taken by the Letters of Marque Ship Minerva and
Schooner Governor Livingston, out the Prize Brig
antine Friendship: Among the Dry Goods are,
A large Quantity of Irith Linens,
Sheetings, and Ozn^brigs,
Checks and Striped Hollands,
Indian Blankets and Strouds,
Rose Blankets and Rugs,
Worftad and Thread H fiery,
Cloths, Coatings, Shalloons,
Wool and Cotten Cards,
Wool Hatts, & r . &c.
AL S 0,
Eleven Coils Cordage, one Hauser,
And Eight Calks of Brandy.
By Order of the Court of Admiralty,
July 1, CLEMENT BIDDLE, Maiffid.
Philadelphia, July 12, 1781.
Two Half-Johannefes Reward.
Will be Sold by Public Vendue,
By ABRAHAM SHELLEY, Thread-rtiaker, in Pine
ftreet, between Second aid Third streets, on WED
NESDAY, the ifth instant, at Ten o'clock in the
Foren< on,
A cornpleat Thread-Mill,
Wth Forty-fi Spindles, and all other Articles belong
ing to the Bufi^efs, in good Order. The Puichafer
may have, on Terras, Liftru&rons for dying all colours
on either linen or woolier, and proper receipts for the
fame. ,
A Negro Girl to be fold.
She is healthy, sober, strong, hoheft, well
tempered, and used to take care of child
ren. The reason of her being fold i§, her
not being capable of country work, for
which her present master bought her. En
quire of Jacob Morris, Front-street.
TO be SOLD by the Subscriber,
A PLAN FATION and trad of land, in the tenure
of Daniel Dunham, Containing two hundred and
fifteen acres, lituate in the townships of Bethlehem and
Ringwood, in Hunterdon county. Weft New-Jersey.
The upland is good, and as it lies contiguous to a traft
of limestone land, the purchaser will have it in his
power to manure it, when necessary, at a moderate ex
pence. There is in said Tra& between 30 and 40 acres
of meadow, 20 acres whereof, on the south branch of
the Rariton, is an extraordinary rich bottom. Three
fourths of the purchase money to be paid at the time of
Sale the remainder in one year. For further parti
culars, apply to EDWARD PENINGTON.
To be Sold, by Private Sale,
AVERY valuable TRACT of LAND, contain
i”g 500 acrer, situate on the river Leheigh (a
branch of th; Delaware) about four miles from Bethle
hem : the foil is excellent, and is capable of being im
proved to great advantage.
Likewise, A Brick HOUSE, in Secdrid-fheet, one
door from the corner of Chefriut-ftreet,. 15 feet irt
front and 20 feet deep, now id the tenure of Thomas
Bryan. For further particulars enquire of WILLIAM
BINGHAM, in Philadelphia.
ALL pedons indebted to the estate of JOHN CA
REY, esquire, late of the city es Burlington, At
torney at Law, deccafed, by bends, bills, notes of
hand or bills of drift, are requeued to make speedy pay
ment ;arid thofethat have just demands againff the said
estate are deffred to fend them in to the Executors, in
order to be fettled and adjusted. As many bonds, ac
counts, and other papers, upon which a&'ior.stave been
commenced but are undetermined, remain in the hands
of the fubferibefs:thofe persons concerned are requeu
ed to pay the fees already due, and receive their pa
pers, &c. T 6 BE SO LD,
A genteel floufe and Lot, plea
finly situated on Green-Bank, in the city of Burling
ton, commanding an extensive and agreeable pfofpe&
of the river Delaware; the house has every convenien
ce for a gentleman's retreat from bufineUf The Los
contains about an acre of groufid, and extends front
lo^ water mark to a back street, with a handsome Gar
den well flocked with the best fruit and vegetables^
good Stables and Carriage-house : The filtration and
conveniences equal to any in the city Also, to be
So'd; Seven Acres of good MEADOW, near the town
of Salem, within the town-bank. Any person inclin
ing to purchase may apply to Catherine Carry and
John Lawrence, in Burlington, or to John Mitchell,
in Philadelphia, ^nd know the terms. The payments
will be made easy.
CATHERINE CAREY, Executrix.
July n JOHN MI CtiELL. )_
JOHN LAWRENCE, ) Executors.
Beft~LTv E^-oTL;
In BARREN S and KEGS, of all fizu, TO BE SOLD
bj RICHARD WELLS, in Arch-ltrest,
Among which are
BEST fuperfirie and second Cloths, of white, blue,
green, brown, orange, and Barree colours,
CsfTimerS of different colours,
Irilh and French Liners, Britannia# and Dowlafs,
Cotton and linen Checks,
Chintzes and Calicoes,
CamSlets, Cambletee, and Mecklingbergs,
Crapes, Poprins, Meffinets and Brilliants,
A neat variety of verry fine thread Hole,?
Cambricks, Lawns and Rentings,
Catgut and Guzes,
Best Luteftrings, farfenets and Persians,
Feclongs, AlLmvdes, &c<
A L S O,
Weft India Rum and Jamaica Spirits by the hogtheadj
Mufeovado Sugars,
Coffee in barrels and brtgs,
Soap and Candles in boxes; with a variety of other ne^
celtary Articles.
Reed and Forde,
Have now opened, at the STORE formerly occupied
by Budden, Lawrence, and Company, in Front-ftreetj
two doers above Market- street,
A neat Assortment of MERCHANDIZE,
Which they will fell low for Specie, Bills of Exchange,
or the new Emirfions of any of the ftates.=