Dunlap's Pennsylvania packet , The general advertiser — Philadelphia, Pa., 1775-07-03 00:00:00, page 3

IWheJ rt.rf.mufy, That agreeable to the re-
TUrions of the Grand American Congress, it is
the duty of us, and of all our constituents, the
inhabitants of the city and liberties of Philadelphia,
from henceforth not to have anj commercial intercourse
whatever with the said Henry Cour and Nicholas
Athton: And it is recommended that an inviola
ble regard be paid to this resolution.
Extract from the Minuses ofthe Committee of the
City and Liberties of Philadelfhia.
JONATHAN B. SMITH, Secretary.
'J U N E 29.
WHEREAS several persons through a
misapprehension of the resolves which have been
entered into by the Provincial Convention rela
\ rive to the killing of sheep, have purchased Ram
Lamb in the market of this city, contrary to the
intent and meaning of said resolve; the Commit
tee, in order to prevent Inch mistakes in future,
request the public will take notice that, agreeable
to the purport of the resolve aforefaid, nofteep
&f what denomination fever, may be killed or pur
chased under four years of age; and that the names
of all persons who (hall, after this { be discovered
to ass in opposition to said resolve, will be pub
lished forthwith to the world.
Ordered, That notice be given in the public pa
pers to all masters of vessels which may arrive in
This part, that the Committee of Infpc^ion will
meet every day at 12 o'clock, at the Coffee-boufe,
to receive a report of their refpe&ive cargoes.
And it is expected that no Captain will fail to at
tend the Committee the firft noon after his arri
val: And, that owners of vessels and consignees
will direct their Captains accordingly.
Ordered, That the following report of the Dis
-1 triA Committee, No. 2. concerning the ship
Christopher, Capt. Edwards, from Gibraltar, be
made public, viz.
“ We the Diftrift Committee, No. 2. appoint
ed to attend the difeharging a cargo of salt, from
•on board the ship Christopher, do report to the
General Committee, that we have attended said
duty with care; and that we are fully fatisfied
that no British goods were imported in said ship,
nor the Association of the Congress in any wile
violated." Extracts from the Minuter.
J. B. SMITH, Secretary.
Lord Dunmore's answer to theaddrefs of the House
^Burgeffes, of Virginia. (Inverted in our lafi.)
IT is with real concern lean difeover nothingin
your address that I think manifefts the smallest
inclination to, or will be productive of, a reconcili
ation with the mother country.
Pennsylvania, ff.
In ASSEMBLY, June 30, 1775.
The House taking into consideration, that ma
ny of the good people of this Province, are con
fcientiouily scrupulous of bearing arms, do here
by earnestly recommend to the Associators for
thedefence of their country, and others, that they
bear a tender and brotherly regard towards this
class of their fellow fubjefls and countrymen ;
and to these confeientious people, it is also recom
mended, that they chearfuUy assist in proportion
to their abilities, such persons as cannot spend
both time and substance in the ferrice of their
country without great injury to themselves and
families. ° Extract from the Journals,
CHARLES MOORE,Cik. of A£mbly.
Pennsylvania, ff.
In ASSEMBLY, June 30, 1775.
Refolded, That the sum of twenty pounds be
paid for every hundred weight of good merchant
able salt petre that shall be made and manufactu
red in this province, and delivered to the under
mentioned Committee, within the space of three
months from this time; and that the sum of fif
teen pounds be paid for every hundred weight of
good merchantable falt-petre, that (half be made
and manufactured in this province, and delivered
to the said Committee within three months next
following, and so in proportion for any greater
or lesser quantity.
COM M I T T E E.
John Dichinfon, Michael Swoope, William Thom,fan,
Gear e Gray, John Montgomery, Thomas Willing,
Henry Wynkoop, Edward Middle, Benjamin Frank
lin, Anthony Wayne, William Edmonds, Daniel
Roberdeau, Benjamin Bartholomew, Bernard
Dougherty, John Cadwalader, George Ross, Sa
muel Hunter, Andrew Aden, Owen Biddle, Fran
cis 'johnJlon, Richard Reily, Samuel Morris, Jun.
Robert Morris, Thomas Wharton, jun. Robert
White.
Extras from the Journals,
CHARLES MOORE, Clk. of Assembly.
On Friday last the General Assembly of this
Province adjourned to Monday the 18th of Sep
tember next, after passing the following A&s, viz.
An„Aa to amend an Ad entitled, a Supplement
to the Aft entituled, “ An Act appointing War
dens for the port es Philadelphia, and for other
purposes therein mentioned."
An Aidfor confirming the eflate of Daniel
Andrew in and to certain lands in Amity town
ship, in the county of Berks.
An Act for confirming theeflate of the Heirs
and Representatives of John Taylor, late of the
county of Chester, Practitioner in Physic, deceas
ed, in a certain trad of land in the townfliip of
Bradford in the said county.
Extraft of a letter from a gentleman in the townfoip
°f Rygate, on Connecticut river, to his father in
New-ferfey, dated June 10, 1775.
“ The Indian and Canadian war is all vanish
ed. We have had positive accounts from many
of the Indian tribes, who are certainly applied
to by Governor Carleton to distress the settle
ments, but they fay they have received no offence
from the people, so will not make war with |hem.
The French fay it is a war of our own railing,
and they will have no part in it."
Extraft of a letter from a Gentleman at Stockbridge,
^Maffachufetts- Bay) to a Gentleman of the Con
gress, dated June 22.
“ A firm foundation now turns up to view,
for the influence of the Stockbridge Indians
among the Six Nations, and matters stand well
with the Canadian Indians. If I had time, I
would relate to you every particular ofwhat befcl
the messengers of our Indians to the Six Nations,
and the Canadian Indian. To be short, they
Were taken and bound by the Regulars, and car
ried into Montreal, where, by a court martial
they were condemned to be hanged, for a flight
suspicion that they were sent to engage the Indi•
ans to fall upon the Regulars. This event turn
ed much to our advantage, and has fully fixed
the minds of the Indians there agairift the Regu
lars. High threatening words palled between the
General and the Indian Sachems, who were railed
far and rear on the occafen, and a wonderful
spirit of benevolence appeared towards the young
men that were taken by the Indians there. They
told them, in the strongest terms, That they would
take their place, they would die for them. The
whole story is very affecting. The Indian Sach
ems told the General, Tore have offered us money to
fight for you, but we would not take it, as we would
have nothing to do with your quarrel, but now we
shall know who are our enemies. If you think it
bes for you to hang these our brothers, that came a
great way to fee us, do it, but remember we fleall
not forget it. Upon these threatenings they thought
it best to let the prisoners go, who got awav with
some difficulty. The Capadian Indians farther
told our Indians, That if they did fight at all, they
would fight against the Regulars, for thy did Dot
like them."
Extract of a letter from Providence, June 20.
" Our government have ordered two cruizers
to be equipped and sent out to protest the trade.
1 hey have re-taken Lindsey's packet in fight of
the men of war. The men of war have taken
Mr. Gibbs's brig, with a load of flour from Phi
ladelphia, and have taken her cargo on board for
fear she should be re-taken."
A Letter to Major General David Wooster,
Etq; at Greenwich.
Fairfield, June 25, 1775, 12 o'clock.
STR,
Captain Jonathan M a 'tre, who went express from
here iaf Sabbath, has this day returned from Water
town, which place be left lafl Tbur,,dy at 4 o'clock in
the afternoon, and the intelligence brought by him being
so direct, l thought it my duty to forward it to you,
which is as follows : ait.
Copy °f a letter from Mr. Ifiac Lathrop, one of the
Provincial Congress at Watertown.
Watertown, June 22, 1775.
BE FORE this reaches you, you will doubtless
hear of the engagement of last Saturday, between
our troops and those of the army at Boston, but
least you should not be well informed, I will now
undertake to give you as regular an account as can
at present be obtained : —Laft Friday evening, a
detachment from the camp at Cambridge, marched
to Charleftown, and there took poffi flion of Breed's
Hill, about half a mile from the Ferry ; their in
trenching tools not coming up in feafdn, it was
12 o'clock before they began their woiks; as soon
as day-light appeared, they were discovered from
Boston, when the men of war at the Ferry, the
battery from Cop's Hill, and the floating batteries,
kept up a continual cannonading and bombarding,
which fortunately did but little execution, although
our intrenchments were very far from being com
pleated; this continued till about two o'clock,
when a large army of between four and five thou
sand (as we since hear from Beftbn) under the com
mand of General Howe, landed on the back of
the Hill, and marched up with great seeming re
solution towards our lines 1 our men reserved their
fire till the enemy had advanced very near, when a
general engagement ensued ; the fire from our lines
was so excelfive heavy, and made such a terrible
daughter, as obliged the enemy twice to give way,
although many ot their officers Rood in the rear
with their fwoids pointed at their backs ready to
run them through. Our men kept up a centum 1
blaze upon them for about an hour with such exe
cution as is Icarce credible. The enemy then can:e
on the flanks, marched up and forced their way
over the ramparts, with .fixed bayonets, cutlasses,
and hand grenades, which obliged our little brave
army, confiding only of about fifteen bundled men
at most, to retreat.
The town ot Charleftown was fired in various
parts during the a&ion, and is now consumed to a
wretched heap of rubbish. I kept my ground at
Watertown; but what with the thundering of
cannon and small arms,the conflagration of Charles
town, the waggons and hone-titters with the
wounded men coming to the hospital in this town,
and the dreaming of exprefles to and fro, exhibited
such an awful feene, as I pray God Almighty I
may never again behold. The brave and worthy
Do&or Warren was killed, dripped, and buried
within tiie intrtnehment. Our numbers killed are
not yet known, but by the belt account J can obtain
it will not much exceed fifty, and the wounded
Ihort of one hundred. Several credible persons have
since made their escape out of Bolton, some of
whom [ well know, she latest out fays, that up
wards of fourteen hundred of the enemy were kil
led and wounded, with eighty four officers, and
twenty-tight of our men were made prisoners, and
the enemy had buried forty-one of our dead. All
agree that thelols of the enemy in killed and wound
ed, is more than one thousand. General Howe
fays, y° u m'-ftalk of your Mindens, Fontenoys,
&c. but he never law, nor beard ot such a carnage
in so ihort a time. All the Surgeons in the army
with what they could get in Boston, were not fuf
ticient to dress the wounded. Although they were
twenty-tour hours night and day in removing them
from Charleftown, with the 'affiftance ot many of
the inhabitants of Boston, whom they pressed into
the lei vice, many died in the Itreets on their way
to the Hospital.
N. B. Dr. Mather had his wholefurniture, with
his library, plate, &c. consumed in the fire at
Charlctlown. 1 have employed Mr. Samuel Pen
field to go with this ; if you think it proper to for
ward this account to New-York, he will be ready
to serve you. You will excuse my fending it open,
as I think it is belt for every one to know with what
bravery our men have acted, and how God in hi#
providence feeins to appear for us. Mr. Penfield
will also hand you a paper from Cambridge which
contains some particulars.
I am, in the utinoft haste, Sir,
Your friend and humble Servant,
THADDEUS BURR.
" A letter dated in Roxbury, June 22, gives much
the fa >r accounts of the action of the 17th, that
we have in the above account, and that by the re
turns it appears that our lof's was 5S killed and
milling, and about; 90 wounded, and that the kill
ed and wounded of the Regulars were 990, among
whom were 70 officers', including the Majors Pit
cairn and Sherriff, and one general officer.
" Last night some of our Indians killed three of
their guards and took a watch and 30 dollars. Yef<
t rday our advanced party at Dorchester fired into
a boat that was founding, and killed 4, on which
they went off, Capt. Coit had 10 of his men wound
ed, z dangerously. We are fortifying here, and
hope to give them a warm reception when they
come out—we expert another vilit on the arrival of
the forces which they daily expea. %I. W. nf
Sayorooke fays, that at the time our people left the
ground we had much the better of the erfemy, and
only retired for want of powder."
Extract of a letter from Gbarlefown, South-Carolina,
dated June 10, 1775.
" Our Congress have done hard dutf this week,
and are Itill fitting—they have received to raise two
regiments (each 750 men) of foot, and another of
horse to consist of 450, exclusive of officers*—the
command of one regiment is to be given to Mr.
Gadsden, as chief Colonel, and Isaac Huger, as
Lieutenant Colonel; the other officers are to be
determined on this evening ;—about two hundred
Gentlemen I am informed are candidates for corn
millions in cur Provincials.
" We are informed the Whigs and Tories at
Georgia are disputing with each other, and that
Governor Wright is much alarmed for his fafety;
the officers of the Grenadiers Company in that co
lony, on receiving some orders from Governor
Wright, positively refufed to pay any attention
thereto—threw down their commillions, and de
clared they would fight in defence of their liberties."
Friday evening arrived here the troop of Light
Horse, belonging to this City, after escorting Ge
nerals Waflungton, Lee, and Schuyler to New-
Rochelle, (about twenty-five miles beyond New-
York) upon their way to the American camp at
Cambridge. 9 *
Chefler County, June 29, 1775.
AT a meeting of leveral Officers of several com
panies of the Militia in the county of Chester,
it was unanimously agreed, for the better regula
tion of tiie military order of said county, to have a
general meeting of all the Officers of the feverl com
panies; to be held at the house of Richard Cheney,
Inn-keeper, in the township of East Caln, on the
21st day of July, at Ten o'clock, A. M. which will
be the day immediately after the Continental Faji ;
then and there to divide this county into the most
proper and convenient diftri&s, in order to form
our several battalions, and choose our Field Officers.
The Gentlemen Officers are therefore hereby ear
nestly requeued to attend then for the abovelaid
purposes.
An A N ECD O T E.
MAJOR GENERAL PUTNAM
served in all the campaigns both on the Con
tinent and in the Weft Indies during the late war,
and was esteemed by all who knew him to be a brave,
and active officer. When he heard of the battle
at Lexington, on the 19th of April, he was fol.
lowing his plough. As loon as he was fatisfied of
the truth of tne news, he took one of his horses out
of the plough, and bid his servant take the other,
and follow him with his arms to Boston. [Should the
boafling General Burgoyne ridicule the Jimpiicity of cur
American Cincinnatus, and be asked at the fame time
where his maser's orders found him when he was
commanded to re,air to Bofon —the answer would
moftpro,ably be, in " a gambling- house or a brothel."]
An Elegy to the Memory of Doflor WARREN,—
WarreN the learned, bra ve and good,—amiable
and efeemed in bis private cbarafler, admired and
applauded in his more public J,here. —He was an
eminent Pbyfeian, a fncere and affeHEnate friend,
and afaitkj ul undaunted affertor of bis Country's
rights ; in defence 0, which be nobly fell with a true
magnanimity and btroifm of foul becoming the great
cauje in which be fruggled, and which did honour
to the dignity of the fiation, in which bis Country
bad ajew days before placed him.\
HE'S gone—Great Warren's foul from
earth is fled,
Great Warren's name is number'd with the dead ;
That breast, where every patriot virtue glow'd,
That form, where nature every grace bellow'd,
That tongue, whicti bade in Freedom's cause com
bine
T^uth, learning, sense, and eloquence divine ;
That healing hand whicluraifed the drooping head,
Which led pale fickriefs from her languid bed,
Are now no more—rall wrapt in sacred lire,
On Liberty's exalted shrine expire;
While the great spirit which the whole inform'd,
Glow'd in the breast, and every feature warm'd;
Mounts midst the flame, to its own native Heav'n,
Where Angels plaudits to his deeds are given.
Methinks 1 fee the solemn pomp afeend.
See every Patriot shade his foul attend,
Immortal Ham'den leads the awful band,
And near him Raleigh, Russel, Sidney Land ;
With them each Roman, every Greek whose name
Glows high recorded in the roll of fame,
Round Warren press, and hail with glad applause,
This early victim in fair Freedom's cause ;
With gen'rous hearts the laurel crown they twine,
And round his brows they bind the wreath divine.
Oh glorious fate, which bids the gloomy grave
Throw wide the gates of triumph to the brave !—
Sure, Godlike Warren, on thy natal hour,
So me Itar propitious shed its brigheft power ;
By Nature's hand with taste, with genius form'd,
Thy generous bread with every virtue warm'd;
Thy mind endued with sense, thy form with grace,
And all thy virtues painted in thy face ;
Grave Wildom mark'd thee as his fav'rite child,
And on thy youth indulgent Science fmil'd;
Well pleas'd ihe led thee to her sacred bower,
And to thy hands confign'd her healing power.
Still more to bless thee, frothing friendship drove,
And hade thee (hare an Adams', Hancock's love;
With them united in great Freedom's cause,
Thou flood'd the brave affertor pf her laws.
While ever watchful for thy country's weal,
No arts could warp, no dangers damp thy zeal.
Thy grateful country to thy virtue's just,
To thee committed each important trud;
Call'd thee o'er all her counsels to preside,
And midst this dorm the helm of date to guide.
Equal to all; alike in all thou fhin'd.
The Patriot, Friend, and Counfellor combin'd.
Heaven saw thy virtues to perfection soar,
Till nature fail'd, and earth could bear no more !
Approving saw, and burtt the bonds of clay,
Which Itay'd thy passage to the realms of day.
And that e'en death might to thy fame conspire;
Bade thee on Freedom's glorious field expire;
Allow'd thee once to mingle in the Ib ife,
That thpumight'ft give thy country e'en thy life,
Bade Liberty and Honour, guard thy grave,
And countless thousands for thy mourners gave ;
And dare we then thy sacred triumphs mourn,
Or with the fear of grief prophane thy urn ?
Illudrious shade! forgive our mingled woes,
Which not for thee, but fur oup country flows ; —
We mourn her loss, we meurn her Hero, gone !--
We mourn thy Patriot foul, thy Godlike virtue
flown—
Rut Oh I from yon bright realms vouchfafe to bend
On us thy looks, and to our fate atte^l,
Thy country's guardian angel deign to prove,
And watch around us with thy wonted love ;
Still o'er cur councils may thy foul preside,
'I by light direct us, and thy genius guide ;
Let thy great spirit glow in ev'ry bread,
And be thy virtue on each heart imprefs'd;
So (halt thou not alone in glory Hand,
And other Warrens shall adorn our land —
Philadelphia, June 28, 1775.
We hear that John Macpherson. Esq; is %~
pointed Aid de Camp to Majcfi Geneial S'chuylf ß.
Married at Princeton. The Reverend Mr.
SAMUEL SMIT H, to Mils ANNE WE
THERSPOON, daughter of the Reverend Dr.
Wetherspoon.
CUSTOM-HOUSE, PHILADELPHIA.
Inward Entries.
Sch. Hannah, J. Wells, St. Croik.
Scb. Podv, M. Van Alftyne, Ditto.
Brig Katherine, T. Love, Senegal.
Sloop Sancho, J. Rider, Grenadoes.
Sch. Tryal, j. Warden, St. Kitts.
Brig Matty, C. Cragg, Dublin.
Sloop George, R. Justice, Virginia:
Sloop Liberty, T. Mulford, North-Caroling,
Sloop New-York Packet, J. Buck, Ditto,
Brig Triton, J. Morfs, Pifcataqua.
Sloop Venus, D. Newton, New-Providence..
Snow Charlotte, W. Gaffney, Waterford.
Ship Dolphin, j. Randall, London.
Outwards.
Sch. Honduras Pac. A. La Croix, N. Providence,
Brig King George, G. Giddis, Hispaniola.
Ship Charming Peggy, T. Dowman, Lilhon.
Sloop Lady Catherine, D. Ord, Ditto.
Sch. Phoenix, B. Darrell, South-Carolina.
Brig Matty, C. Cragg, Dublin.
Brig Katherine, T. Love, Falmouth.
Snow Penn, J. Magee, Liverpool.
Cleared.
Sloop Dolphin, W. Church, Grenadoes,
Ship Sally, J. Burrows, Lisbon.
Sch. Polly, B. Throope, Rhode-Ifland.
Brig Hannah, P. Caffady, Liverpool.
Sloop Polly, J. Garrigues, Jamaica.
Sch. Polly, A. Guy, Lisbon.
Ship Hancock and Adams, C. Forrest, Dublin.
Sch. Honduras Packet, A. LaCroix, N. Providence.
Brig Hawke, L. Coffin, Nantucket.
Sloop Bentham, J. Rivers; New-York.
+-i—±.4-t- -f-$-J —<34-6+ § —,,s~r-, 4,
TobeSOLD by PUBLIC VENDUE;
on Wednesday next, at Six o'clock in the even
ing, at the London Cofte-houfe,
A LO I of GROUND fruate'd between Se
cond and Third-streets, near the New M r
ket. Any person inclining to purchase, may know
the terms by applying to the subscriber near Graft
Ferry, in Kingfefs. MARY GREEN.
F ~s~6—L~
A HEALTHY Servant LAD, has about
three years to serve ; is fold for want of em
ployment.— Enquire of the Printer.
j U-ST'TR-R 1 V E D,
In the brig Dolphin, John Randal, master, from
LONDON,
A NUMBER of healthy SERVANTS and
REDEMPTIONERS, for four years ;
such as bricklayers, butchers, silk, woollen and
linen weavers, house carpenters and joiners, wheel
and mill-wrights, pitt-fawyers, white and black
finith, watch-makers, watch chain and wa ch q ring
makers, farriers, taylors, buckle makers, garden
ers, rope makers, bakers, comb makers, glass
blowers, lath renders, breeches makers, grooms,
farmers and labourers. Women, mantua makers,
cooks, diary and house-maids, &c. &c. &c
Apply to Joseph Cak&an, in Market street, or
said Captain on board off Market-lbeet wharf.
TO BE SOL D,
A STRONG hearty Negro Woman, fit for
& town or country. Enquire of the Painter.
Newtown, June 26, 1775.
ALL Persons indebted to the partners
X X drip of Macßay and Hovenden, by bond,'
note or ,book-debt, are earnestly requeued to fettle
and pay oft their reipeaive debts before the i 5 li
day ot next month, in order to prevent the sub-;
scriber, who is empowered to receive'tue some, from
taking such Iteps as will be disagreeable as well to
him as to them.
RICHARD HOVENDEN.
TO BE SOLD BY
WILLIAM SHIPPI N, Coop er,
On the lower fide of Market-street wharf,
A QUANTITY of SHAD and HER
RINGS, put up in the belt manner for, fa
mily life, in barrels and half barrels.
'ALEXANDER POWER?
Has for SALE or to LET, on reasonable teus,
A TRACT of good LAND, in Shearman's
Valley, about twelve miles from Susquehanna
and twenty from Carlisle ; containing 300 acres,
with 20 acres of cleared land'and a huge house
thereon. Another Plantation about four miles
from the above, with a good dwelling.houfe and
40 acres of improved land, pleasantly situated, two
county high- ways intercepting h ne Another in said
premises. Also, three other Plantations in that
neighbourhood and up Sufquehanria.
N. B. Alexander and William Power con
tinue their Vendue as usual, on Wednefda,s and
Saturdays, at their new VenJue-hcufe near South
ftrect wharf, in Water-Itreet, below Mr. John Hart's
Vendue-dcie.=-Alfo to be let, a dwelling home,
stores and wharf near said Power's Vendue-fture.
x fune 9, 1775.
WAS STOLEN from the sub
scriber, a Pocket-book with a Fifty Pound
B nd therein, bearing date, the 18th day of Febru
ary, 1771, payable the id of April, 1775. Ths
is to forwarn all persons from purchasing laid bond,.
as I never gave an alignment of it to any one.—^
The bond was due by Jacob Carpenter, of L m
peter Townfllip, Lancaster County, to, be pud 10
the subscriber, .of Bait Townflrip, in the ( ounty
atorefaid. RdfERT CUNNINGHAM.
N. B. It is supposed the thief will forge an af
fignment.on said bond.,
Thirty Shillings Reward.
P AN AWAY from the subscriber, in Flart
" ford, Chester County, a servant man named
WILLIAM DUNAGAN, twenty two } CT ,
of age, a well set fellow, about five Let high, rod
short cut black hair ; had on when he went r. v a\,
a white shirt, an old grav coat and trowfers nuu h
patched, and a striped finfey jacket ; he 'peaks
much with the brorgue, is tender footed, and ft <ns
a good deal. Whoever takes up i d servant and
secures him in any gaol, so that Is 1 bbl , t y
have him again, shall receive the above Repaid,
and all reasonable charges', psid bv
MICHA EL"BOWE R.
N. B. All matters of vessels are desired at their
peril not to harbour or carry him off.
V/ A N T E b,
AN APPRENTICE to a Mantua-n
and Millend, lately from England. Enqu .e
of the Printer.
CA RTRI DGE PAPE R,
By the Ream or Quire. t 6 be SOLD by 0
JO HN DU N LAR