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CARD S.
THE fub'c b*rs beg lervr to offer to th. Public,
a new invented G AME at CARDS, called
ORTH 0, defined not only for asnufement,
but inst u^ion in the orthography of the Englith lan
guage ; ioft^ad if the four suits, or pips, in common
use, these cards are furnifhed with four setts ofthe Eng
lilh alphabet, having such certain powers assigned to
the refpe&'ve letters as to admit of variety, ingenuity
and entertainment in the play, with the additional anl
important advantage cf insinuating a correAne's in
(polling, and a knowledge in the operation cf letters
in the 'omaticn of word?. Theft Cards, neatly or
namented and made up in packs of 104 cards each, with
full Directions how they are to be played, printed on
the wrapper, are made and fold hv the fubferibers, at
their Card and Paper-Hanging Factory, in Walnut
ftccet, above the New Gaol, Philadelphia, and may be
had at most of the (hops. Price, by the single pack,
7:. 63. With a large allowance to purchafe^ by the
dczm. EDWARD RYVES & CO.
N. B. The above CARDS art likewise Sold by the
Printer h reef.
Notwithstanding the street
Corr.m'ffioner: have heretofore published an ad.
v^rtifement in the news-papers, ss also parti ularly
notified the poss ff.rs of the City Lotts, not to enclose
any part cf the public streets, lanes or alleys, but to
throw open such as were enclied; yet they'find, that
many of the ftre^ts, lanes and alleys, or parts thereof,
remain fenced in ; This is therefore to direQ such poL
fcffors to have them opened by the 15th dy of March
next; ctlurwife the Commissioners wr| be under the
necessity of ordering it to be done at the &xpence of the
holders. Signed by order of the hoard,
JOHN GRAFF, clerk.
Philadelphia, Feb. 28, 1783.
HARD WAR E.
A QUANTITY of double fl nt pint, gill and half
11 gill Tumblers ; a large assortment of china and
queens ware Cups and Saucers, Knives and Forks, Bar
low and other Penknives, together with a general af
(ortment of Cutlery and other hard ware, by wmlefale
and retail, at JOHNand JAMES OLDEN's ftoie in se
cond-street, two doors below the church.
0,7 WEDNESDAY
t^ &h Inflat, rt XI( c'C'ock ?t Norn, at the
COFFEE- HOUSE,
Win be Sold by Public Auction,
The Galley Lady's Revenge,
A N!)•
Whaleboat Black Duck,
Wiri their Gurs, Facile, Apparel end Furniture, :s
th-y now lay rear Pin?-ftr,~t Wharff ; h?in% P r z:s
tAen by tbi S hooner Hawke, Captain Snyder.
By Order of the Court of Admiralty,
YDrch 6. CLEMENT BIDDIE, M^J.
To be Sold at the Coffee House,
OiSATURDAY, the 15th of M^r h iiltzn; by
PUBLIC AUCTION,
A full blooded Bay Stalion,
Sixteen hands high and eight years old.
JOHN BAYARD, Anameer.
N. B The pedigree of the hor'e and terms of file
will be made known it the time of fab.
For the Use of Students
in the French Language,
A very excelent E Vtion of Boyer's Di&ionarv, with
Perr : n's Grammar; inftmaive and entertaining
Exercises, and the Fules of the French S nt<x, b,
the fame author: together wih a Lift of the Fr. nb
auxiliary, regular and irregular V.rhs, alphabeti
cally conjugated after the true roe hod F. B^ffi r
and J. Perrin, grounded on the decision f the
the French Academy. Ako a very go,d Italian and
French Grammar,
TO BE SOLD BY
David C, Claypoole.
VOL. XII.I
TUESDAY,
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Life and Adventures of Sir Lancelot Greeves.
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Adventures of Peri rine Pickle, 4. vols.
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IN
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TO BE SOL D, A
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in the Anatomy and Medical way ; being the property
of rirerfeb deceased. Likewise, a Parcel cf DRUGS
and PHIALS. Enquire at Mr. PRICHARD'S Book-
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Dry Goods co be fold for Effaces
in the City or Lands in the Country.
Enquire of the Printer, March 3.
To be Sold or Rented,
And mar be entered on immedut^y,
A WELL finifhed two ftcry Erick HOUf F, two
rooms on each floo ,an elegant P ?z ,0 tret by
11, floored : Also, a small Frame BUILDING, m:t..-
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two large Gardens well fenced, with lufr ryjt Trees
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the middle and upp*r ferr'er, in the or, < PbdabU
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Copy Books
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Plus,
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Mathematics,
Hofb indry,
Tr?de,
Girdn'n,,
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Sealing-Wax,
Penknives, Quids,
Ink-Stands Ink-Sticks,
Send 3rd Pounce Boxes,
Playing Cird#,
Ditto New F fliion,
C^nes. German Fbves,
jCha? Books, &c.
Extra's from the Journal
Of the United States in Congress Assembled.
(Continued from our Paper of Tuesday last. )
MON DAY, December 23, 1782.
Try committee, confifling of Mr. Madison, Mr;
Hamilton and Mr. M'Kean, to whom were refer
h'T fr° m ma i° r ^ eneral Greene, of the 28th of
October la ft, and sundry papers accompanying the
fame, having made the following report :
That it appears from the papers referred that the
executive authority of the Bate of South-Carolina,had
cairned in behalf of the original owners, citizens of
the said date, sundry horses recaptured on land, from
the enemy, by a detachment of the forces cf the united
flatea, on the general principle that original owners
areentitled to restitution cf all recaptured property ;
that a council of war, to which the said claim was re
erred by major general Greene, had decided against
its validity, and that be has finally submitted the case
to congress.
On this fubj^a the committee beg leave to observe,
that by the 9th cf the articles of confederation, the
united slates in congrefe assembled are invefled with
the sole and extluwve right and power- inter alia, of
eflablifhrog rules for deciding in all cases what cap
tures on land or water shall be legal, and in what man
ner prizes taken by land or naval forces in the fer
vce of the united Bates, (hall be divided r appropria
ted, which power, as f t involves that of deciding on
the right of the enemy to the property captured, ne.
ceffarily extends to cases cf recapture:
That with refped to captures and recaptures on
water, general provision hath been made by fevtral
ordinancesand aßs of congress:
That with refpea to captures on land, partial pro
vision only hath been made ; and for cases of recap
ture on land, no provision at all, it having been h
to the diferetion of the military commanders to cor
form, in the cases omitted, to the general rules
iuftice and the customs of war, as observed by civi
lized nation's:
That the p rticular case in queflion, having be°n
decided in the mode praOifed in the army in like ir
fiance^ cannot with propriety be rejudged by c&r
gre^, to whr m is delegated in cases of capture, a le.
giflative only, and not a judiciary authority:
That nevertheless, fine? it is both the duty and di r
pofition of congress, to render the arms of the united
Bates ns subservient as possible to the just interests cf
individuals, as well as to the general defence ; and
since restitution has been or 'ained to the originalown.
ers, in cases of recapture on water of property pre
viously captured by the enemy on land, the commit
tee are of opinion, that it is expedient to remit in fa
vour of the original owners, the property recaptured
by colonel Kofeuizko, and retained for the use of the
united Bates.
Upon this view of the fubjeO, the committee pro
pose the following resolutions:
ift. That congress approve of the Beps taken by
major general Greene, in the case of the property re
captured on land by colonel Kofeuizko, and claimed
in behalf of the original owners, by the executive's^
thority of the Bate of onth-Carolina, as Bated in is
letter of the 28th of O^ober last:
2d. That so much of the property recapture as
aforefaid, and accruing to the use of the united Ues,
as shall be fatisfaftorily proven to have been ca^red
from inhabitants of the united Bates, be remind to
the original proprietors, excepting only so muh, or
the value thereof, not exceeding one fourth the
whole value, as the said major general Gree e ma y
have promised, or may be deemed by him proper
compensation to the recaptors:
3d. That leave be given to the committed to report
an ordinance, declaring in all cases what captures 00
land shall fe legal, and in what manner the fame shall
be divided or appropriated.
The supplementary ordinance for regulating the
post office was read a third time, and paired as fol
lows:
An ordinance for amending an ordinance for regulate
ing the poft-office cf the united Bates of America :
WHEREAS it hath been represented to congress,
since palling the ordinance for regulating the poft-of
ficte of the united Bates of America, that sundry al
terations therein, and additions thereto, are neces
sary:
Be it ordained by the united Bates in congress assem
bled, and it is hereby ordained by authority of the
fame, That tee privilege of franking letters, be and th?
fame is hereby extended to the infpeaor general, the
adjutant general, the director of the hofnitals, thequar-
MARCH 11, 178 L
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