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The HIGHEST PRICE
IS GIVEN FOR
CLEAN LINEN RAGS,
BY
JOHN D U N L A P.
Philadelphia, June 5, !,)%
On TUESDAY next,
At Eleven o'clock in the forenoon, before the door of
the Ceffee-houfe, will be exposed to SALE by
Public Vendue,
An elegant four-wheeled CHAISE,
With HARNESS for a pair of horses.
Philadelphia, June 2,
JOHN R O S S,
VENDUE.MASTER,
HAS opened a Vendue-Store in Front-street, near
the old City Vendue between Market and Arch
ftreet„ or at his house in Third ffreet; where he re
ceives and fells on commissi on, by public o r priv te
Lie, agreeable to law, houfhold furniture, wares, mer
chandize, grocery, carriages, &c. He has row for fak,
remnant broadcloth, gold lace, filter-mounted hangers,
fiber patches, silk and oil-cloth nmbrelloes, silk and ca
lico gowns, new bound books, silk bonnets, an eight
day clock, a few pairs of boots, ladies silk cloaks, a
neat silk flowered bed counterpane, &c. elegant chintz
bed and window curtains, alto very neat pittpls of the
firft quality. Houfhold Furniture, such as new and se
cond hand mahogany breakfast, tea, dining and bureau
tables; cbetf of drawers, looking glaff^s, pine table,
feather beds, chtftg, trunks, spinning and cotton wheels
and reels, a few suits of extraordinary second hand
cloathing, fuddles, saws 2nd carpenters tools, &L also
vessels, rigging, tables, anchors, & c . He likewise % !ls
" houses on the premises or other places appointed, (Cof
fee-houfe excepted) lots of ground, plantations, &c.
and has now for sale, a house and lot situated in Catha
rine-greet, between Front and Water Greets ; a neat
two story brick house, 18 feet front and 87 feet deep,
fubje& to 45/ ground-rent per annum; also two other
houses situated in different places.
Those who please to favour him with their commands
will ranch oblige their humble servant,
J. ROS S.
'T HE Managers of the United Company of
A Philadelphia for promoting American Manufac
tures, acquaint theProprietors, That a final dividend will
be made on the firft of June, when all outstanding ac
counts against the Faftory (if any there are) must re
main unpaid. The Treaftner, Richard Wells, in
Arch-street, above Sixth-street, will give attendance to
pay off the (hares, for one aveek from the said firft of
June; mid will be much obliged to the Proprietors to
call for their money within that time. Many of ttefrfl
dividends remain unpaid, and several pieces of Gooes
allotted in the second dividend are in his hands ready to
be delivered.
Philadelphia, May 3.
To be SOLD by the Subscriber,
A LOT of GROUND lituate on the weft fide of
Swanson-street, (commonly called Water street)
in the diftria of Southwark, twenty feet font by two
hundred and forty-fix feet deep, whereon is erected a
commodious three-story brick house fifteen feet by thir
ty one, with a good cellar under the whole, and a good
stone two-story kitchen adjoining.
Also another lot of like dimensions, whereon is erect
ed a good two ffory frame tenement ; and another va
cant lot of like depth, and twenty-one feet front, situate
between the above mentioned lots.
Likewise three twenty-feet lots on the east fide of
Swedes-Church alley, one hundred and thirty-five feet
deepe^ch; which hft mentioned three lots are to be
fold or let upon ground-rent for-ever, by the fubferiber
on the premises. JOHN JONES.
Philadelphia, May 26.
One Hundred Dollars Reward.
STRAYED or STOLEN out of the Continental
Yard, yesterday afternoon, a vry snug, round,
close-made BAY GELDING, in extreme good or
der, about 14 and a halffoands high, 5 or 6 years old;
has a blaze face, fhert tail, remarkably pieplant gaited,
and has one or two brands ®n the near (houlder, fuppoftd
to have been done with the end of a bayonet handle O
The above reward will be paid upon deliver- O
ing him to Colonel Mitchell, Deputy Quarter-Mas
ter General, in this city, or to William Heth, Col.
3d V. Reg.
SATURDAY ~ JUNE , fy
T E
OR THE
GENERAL L^^lllOa ADVERTISER
[ Price 2s. 6d. single, 2S. by the quantity.
To be SOLD by Public Vendue,
At the Coffee-houfe in the city of Philadelphia, on
Wednesday the ninth day of June inlt at Six o'clock
in the evening,
A HOUSE and lot or piece of ground, lituate ®n
the weft fide of the main ftree' in Germantown,
containing in breadth on said street fifty feet, and in
length or depth two hundred and seventeen feet; oppo
site ihe White Horse tavern. There is on laid lot an
elegant new stone house, two ftcries high, with two
rooms On a floor genteely finifhed, and a good cellar
under the whole house; allo a liable and other cut
houfes, with feme fruit trees. The lot is inclofed wnh
a good board fence. Free from any ground rent. Late
the estate of Daniel Meredith, deceased. For fur
ther particulars enquire of Colonel Bradford, at the
Coffee-houfe.
Ne-w-Jersey, May 27.
To be SO L i) by Public Vendue,
At the house of Col. Nicholas Stillwill, on Cape-May,
on Monday the seventh day of June, as (he now lies
Branded on Peck's Beach,
r^ HE HULL of the Letter of Marque Bri,
A DELIGHT. And at the fame time and place
will be fold, the C ARGO of laid brig, confining of
eighty puncheons of good Welt-India rum, about one
ton of gun-powder, a number of final! arms, and two
°r three tons of canr# n bah; together with the great
guns, cables, anchors, fails, rigging and furniture of
said brig, By order of the Court of Admiralty,
JOSEPH POTTS, Marshal.
T O BE S 6 L
A neat FA MILY COACH,
Enquire of JONATHAN PENROSE.
Philadelphia, May 28.
TO BE SOLD,
At JOSHUA DUDLEY'S ftpre in Water-street,
tw&)doors below Walnut-street, the following arti
cles, viz.
A BOU r two hundred pairs of choice mens shoes,
one chest of tea, about one thousand gallons of tan
ners ofc, a large assortment of earthen ware, a quantity
of hard soap, a few pounds of chocolate, and many
other articles, which will be fold on the lowest profit.
Also two Houses to be let near the China Manufactory.
For terms apply at the above store, or to JAMES
THOMPSON, at the sign of the Black Horse in
Market street.
Philadelphia, May 28.
AS there is reason to suppose that sundry
petfons in the States of Maryland and Delaware
are poiTefled of claims on the department of the late
Quarter-Matter General; and also that a number of the
inhabitants of other States in the union have demands
on said department for waggon hire and other services
or supplies rendered the army previous to the fecend
day of March, 1778, which probably wi.l not be pa'd by
either of the Deputies appointed Uy General Mifflin,
out of this city. All such claimants are desired to ex
hibit their accounts as soon as poffide to Colonel
Lutterloh, late D. Q_M. G. in Union-street, near
Third -street, or in his aufence, at General Mifflin's
offie, next door to Mr. James Merit's, in Front-ttreet,
where such as are esteemed just will be paid.
FORTY DOLLARS REWARD.
^TR AYFD or STOLEN, about the middle of
February last, out of the team of the fubferiber, then
at Philadelphia, finding in the yard, a sorrel MARE,
about fourteen and a half hands high, about nine years
old, branded C A on the near thigh, some saddle inaiks,
a natural pacer, goes very (mart, and had been steel
corked all round but one of them was bre ken off. Who,
ever takes up said mare and (rings her to Nicholas
Patterson a, (hall have the above reward and lea
fonable charges, paid by
NATHANIEL COALAN.
Just published and to be fold by JOHN DUNLAP,
In Market-street, Philadelphia,
ALL THE
LAWS
Enacted in the Second Sitting of the Third General
Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl
vania, which commenced at Philadelphia on Mon
day the firft day of February, A. D. 1779, and conti
nued till Monday th. fifth day of April of the fame
year.
Published every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. ]
The following account is taken from the Royal Gazette
Extraordinary, prized at Ne^.foE by 'fames
R^^ton,—Saturday, May 22, i 77 9. '
From the LONDON GAZETTE E. YTRAORDINAR
St. James's, March 17,
% of.^toh Mlforauh, tedvif
My Lord, & ^ o^ er „, ~^
111 AVE the honor t® inform your I ordffiin h <,k^ -
U'f" f the E ^
' ry ' n a .'' er a '^ e ° f tw ° months and ten days fronts
,ftmy^ of the p k ce . The town furredJby c^
relation on the I?t h of O^ober, and I have fa here
"Blithe terms of capitulation. I Lave to request
Lordship will be pleated to lay them I.efore his Ma %"
and as I have been (0 fortunate as to have had the hc'^
of commanding troops that have reduced a nl ac e o f
confluence to the British fettlemems in India!
'° h T hi ,^ a H^ approbate
f A L ° rc ^P ma y wi ^ be informed
the operations es the troops during the fi eoe I h vefc
honor to fend you the following account : ”
On the Sth of August, part of the trooLin^ended
siege encamped on the Red-Bill, within four mites o^^
dicherry ; but lt was the 2 ,ft before a Efficient n ^be^f
^T W A ' re affemb ,led, ft? that we could attempt to advice
On this day we took possession of the Bound Hedge, with
in camion ffiot of Pondicherry, which prevented'all com^
munication with the town by land. On th© 6th and -th
^^r br ° ke ^ r ° u ^ ^^ the ^ rth ^d
south fide of the town, it having been determined to c^rry
on two attacks ; and on the ,Bth we opened owr bfr s
with 2 8 pieces of heavy artillery, and ,7mortars. Though
our fire on the town was very great, yet the enemy's was
X a . y us . fr °^ ^y- brea k till towards the evening
vhe our batteries had apparently the advanfo ^
fire from the fortrefs decreased greatly. The
were c,ontmued with the ut mo st expedition poffbl'e ; fa
d ^ ° f the ^ a " ifoD ^de it n^ffary
the works' 'A :% an l the V '° lent rains that fe]l Warded
fl^ 'f ry bein ^ carried into the ditch to t^
ffward, a breach made in the bastion called L'Hcfpi
foe'd' i h t'wa c s" e f f | th A adjac ; n: bastions being also de.
FA as resolved to pass the ditch by means of 3
b ;'!' e of boats made for the purpose, and to assault the
° n / h u e n °" h attack > ou r batteries had ruin
ed the east face of the north-weft bastion, and a float was
P b' S the tr °° ps ° ver the ditch at X he fame time;
th " h™^ was '° have been made on the sea-side to
he :° a 't e : Wa Thi A ^ j' ad stockades running into
the water. This was intended to have been
cution the , sth of O& ober before day light; 'bu^nthfo
forenoon of the 14 th the water in the ditch to the south
ward was so raised by the rains for two or three days be
"%celitfelf.into the §all ery , broke , t so,
^% ed shef he b °at s intended for the bridge. It requi
red two days to repair the damage done; and every thi^
^" ": e h affault> jt would ba ve taken pl'ace4
? a i^' ^ the l6th M - Bellecombe sent me a Jetted
A 'h :d h' CamP c M ° de Villette > relative toacapitu-
ThP '^f?^ f was fi ^ ned by both P arties the ne xt day
The gallant defence made by M. Bellecombe will ever do
^^° r 1 andl ^ leave ' in j ust ice to thetrXps I
h A7° r , mmand , to assure your Lord^ip, ffiat
^cafion ' m % etermi n ed resolution cn every
A v " a m ° ft P artic u ! ar manner obliged to
S n Ld 7 a "^ ^ r °°"' and his Majesty's squadrons who
most chearfully g ave ever y assistance during the whole
^i a ? d u ^ en the assault was reso lved on, Sir Ed°
attack anded "' marines> and 200 s eamen, to assist in the
re^rn^h' D^ °' 'l°"^ y °" r Lordffii P herewith a
kled an ^ ,° unded 8n both sides, together
w % a ,,° f car ,° n and stores taken in Pondicherry.
^' e b rfp 7 c ^ s wi " be delivered to your Lordihip by
tamed A',° f i ''" 6th fe ^ i&ent of foot, whoob
he Jesty S e ™° t 0 come t 0 India with bis fa
one of^%"?°L thl r s fettl@ment - He has afl e d as
Ald de ' Cam P s since I have been on this coast ;
hPs c^du^T ^+°° '° be Perfeaiy fatisfied with
his conduH, I beg leave to recommend him to your Lord
as a young,man of merit. He takes with him the
• ,/', erry > to have the honor of laying then!
at his Majesty's feet. J
I have the honor to be, &c.
(Signed) HECTOR MUNRO.
[By the articles of capitulation the garrison of Pondi
after Piling their arms, are permitted to march
out with the honors of war, and to proceed to Madras,
where, or in its neighbourhood, they are to be properly
^+l' Pscan be prvided to ™ rf ^