Dunlap's Pennsylvania packet , The general advertiser — Philadelphia, Pa., 1774-01-10 00:00:00, page 3

The brig Prince of Wales, Capt Mason, of
Philadelphia, arrived here last Saturday night in 8
days from Charleftown, in South-Carolina.
fox. 6. The following evtraft of a letter, dated
Virginia, July 2, 1770, written to a neighbour
ing colony on its defective condu^, refpetting to
the non importation agreement, is taken from the
Magazine for September 1770, and thought to
be properly applicable, to the late conduct of ohe
of our fitter colonies, (S. Carolina) is facrificing
the grand and important interest of all America,
to private pique and domestic contention, certain
ly contrived and promoted by some secret enemies
to the rights of the colonies, to effed the landing
of the tea, and fubjedtthem to the payment of
the duty on importation, laid by the British Par
liament for tailing a revenue in America.
Extract, ^c.
" I am sorry to find the noble cause of Ameri
can liberty to be betrayed by its pretended friends
with you. Can it be possible that men who have
foar'd so high, as to attract the admiration and
edeem of alt the virtuous part of mankind, fhoul'd
at once fink so low, as to become the contempt
and derision of every individual? But I hope it is
not possible that for a mess of pottage you should
fell your invaluable liberties, and entail the curse
of llavery upon your defeeodants for ever, when
perseverance but for a little longer, secures the
prize, and makes your names immortal. We are
• all patriots here, and will hold no intercourse or
connexion with you, if you basely desert the cause.
On Sunday last arrived from London, last from
Cowes, in 6 weeks and 3 days, the ship Dutchefs
ofGordon, Capt. Winn, with whom came the
following passengers, viz. The Countess of Dun
more, Lady of his Excellency, the right Hon.
Earl of Dunmore, Governor of Virginia, with
their children, viz, Lord Fihcaftle, the Hon.
Alexander, and the Hon. John Murray, Lady
Catherine, Lady Augusta, and Lady Susan; Capt.
Foy, Capt. Defagulier, Mr. Leonard Lifpenard,
Revd. Mr. Ogden, Mr. Lugrin and son, Mr,
Uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Long, and about 20 other
passengers.
To the Printer of the New-York Journal.
S [ R,
WE hear from Charles-Town, South-Caro
lina, that the fending back the tea ship,
having been by accident or design, delayed till the
expiration of the 20 days, after which by the ad,
the duties are to become payable, the tea was then
seized by the Custom-house Officers, and landed
in their custody. We have no circumstantial ac
count of the affair, nor by what means the patri
otic designs, which, by our last accounts were so
warmly and unanimously pursued by the Carolini
ans, were defeated, nor what is likely to be the
consequences of landing the tea. It has been re
ported that a difference had arisen between the
merchants and the planters, and that through pri
vate animosity, public duty was negleded. It is,
however, conjedured, that both parties will re
cover their senses before it be too late, and unite
in support of the rights and liberties of their
country.
If the tea should be destroyed in the hands of
the Custom-house officers, they will doubtless be
liable, both for the duties and value of the tea,
which otherwise would have gone back fafe to the
owners; and in such a difficult case, their offici
oufnefs was inexcufeable; not only as it may
prove the sole cause of the loss of the tea, but as it
may call the authority of the Custom-house itfelf,
Courts of Admiralty, Poft-office, &c. into ques
tion. While they operate merely as regulators of
trade, for public conveniency, people are not dis
posed to examine their foundations, but as soon as
they begin to appear as instruments of tyranny to
deprive the colonies of their rights, it is time to
confider the authority on which they are esta
blished among us.
TACITU S.
Mr. H O L T,
AS the house in fort George has lately been
burnt down by accident; and it is highly
probable that application will be made to the Ge
neral Assembly to rebuild it ; —though we sincerely
condole with his Excellency, on account of his
loss, we hope that no such step will be taken by
the House of Assembly, before they have made
themlelves acquainted with the general sense of
their constituents, upon this fubjed.—You will
therefore be pleased to insert the following quere,
in your next Journal and you will greatly oblige
many of your readers and fellow citizens.
As the Governors of this province do no longer
depend upon the people for their fallary, and sup
port; and as the crown has rendered them totally
independent of us, (for purposes too obvious to
need being mentioned) with what propriety can
the people be taxed, to provide a house, and fur
nifh it, with fire and candle, for the accommoda
tion of a Governor, under these circumstances?
PHILADELPHIA, fa. lo .
Captain Hanfe from Jamaica, on the 26th of
November, in lat. 17 : 43, spoke a brig, Capt.
Farper, from New-York.for Savanna La-Mar, in
Jamaica, out 14 days: On the 29th, in lat.
19 : 17, spoke the brig Industry, Capt. Morford,
from Rhode-Inland for Jamaica, out 20 days:
On the 14th ult. in lat. 27 : 22, spoke a ship,
Capt. Smith, belonging to London, from Africa
for Charleftown, out 43 days: and on the 17th,
in lat. 28 : 4, spoke the brig Marquis of Granby,
Capt. Fuller, from Turks-Island for Boston, out
12 days, all well.
The Snow Penn, Capt. M'Caddon, and the
brig Polly, Capt. Shields, both failed in company
with Capt. Hanfe.
On the morning of the 7th instant, Mrs.
MARG ARET STUA RT, the amiable con
sort of Mr. JAMES STUART, merchant,
of this city, took her final leave of this transitory
life, and entered into eternity, with that joyful
confidence which the favourites of heaven partici
pate at the disuniting the foul from a long affii&ed
tabernacle, in order to reap the fruits of a well
fpent life.—Her husband and family, her relations,
her neighbours, and the poor, all join in lament
ing the loss of this valuable member of Christian
fociety.—Het remains were yesterday interred in
the First Presbyterian Church burying-ground, in
this city, attended by a number of refpedable in
habitants.
<f H E joPowing letter was thrown into my house,
' on the evening of the 3ft ult. incised in a note
desiring me to give it a place in my paper of last Mon
day. —Had it been delivered to me by the author, IJhould
have thought myfelf unj ufifiable in negle^ing to pub
lifbit. Bur as I have confantly avoided publijb ng
any thing of a personal nature, witbout c aiming the
fatisfaciion f knowing from what quarter it came, I
thought myfelf excufeable in anting with the Jame cauti
on in this injiance.
The PRINTER.
From the Pennsylvania Journal of Jan. 5.
To Mr. R D S. S H.
TH E public are much disobliged with the piece
you lent to the Printer of the Pennsylvania
Packet, under the title of " Part of an Epifilefrom
the yearly meeting in London, to the quarterly and
monthly meetings of Friends tn Great-Brnain, ^c."
What your views were in desiring it to be printed
at this juncture, you are doubtless best able to ex
plain. It would appear your motives were such as
you did not care to avow, when you took such pains
to conceal yourfelf. You were not content with re
nouncing your province and skulking under the
assumed name of Philadelphus, but you renounce
the tenets of the religious lecf to which you belong;
and hope to conceal yourfelf more effectually, by
addressing the printer in the common stile with the
epithet, Sir. Allow me therefore, to drag you
trembling from your covert, and present you to
the venerable tribunal ofthe public, whom you have
offended. Stand forth, culprit, tell your insulted
county, what+you meant by this ill timed publica
tion. Did you mean, under cover of that refpe&a
ble body, whofc mutulated epiltle you have pub
lilhed, to introduce your ewn tory principles the
old antiquated doctrines of indefectible hereditary
right, and of non refinance, and passive obedience ?
Or did you mean to draw down contempt on the
fathers of your church, by insinuating that the
whoiefome advice they gave their brethren in Great-
Britain was by them intended as a rule or conduct
fur their brethren in America ? Or are you so ig
norant of the constitution under which you were
born, as not to know, that a stria obedience to a&s
of Parliament, which becomes every good fubje&
in Britain, would be slavery in America.
The Quakers in America dare to vie with the fore
mo^ oLthtir brethren in London, in loyalty to
theirq&ng, and obedience to the laws of their
country, at the fame time they think themselves
justified in uniting with their fellow fubje&s and as
serting, that the Americans have a right to proper
ty, that no perlon on earth can, as of right, levy
taxes upon them, or take away their money with
out their content. Actuated with these sentiments,
they have chearfully and readily joined in the op
position to the Stamp A& # of 1765, the Revenue
Act of 1767, and to the claim of Parliament to raise
a revenue in America, and make laws to bind us in
all cases whatever. Their principles do not carry
them to refill unto blood, but as far as petitions,
renonftrances and joint associations, not to import
dutied articles could prevail, they have chearfully
lent their aid. And in the present opposition to the
attempt of the East-India Company to introduce
their Tea, while it remains subject to the payment
of a duty they have, as far as their peaceable prin
ciple would permit, (hewn themselves animated with
the fame spirit as the rest of their fellow fubje&s.
Your publication, therefore, is an insult on the
body.
How far your ignorance and youth may influence
them in their conduct towards you, I cannot
pretend to fay. But the Itaft punishment your
folly deserves, is, to be obliged to make an ^open
acknowledgement of your fault, or to be can out
from a body, which you have insulted, and by your
affected stile in a manner disowned.—l with you
more difereuon, and am, S I R,
Your's, as in future you demean yourfelf.
"HENDRICK.
To the Printer of the Pennsylvania Packet.
SI R,
By publifoing the foUowiug extras from the works
of a Qq&d Man, you will oblige one who wishes
comfort to rhe diflrefcd in all parts ofthe world.
M.
OH, 'tis severely cold! Who is so hardy as
not to (brink at this excessively pinching
weather? Every face is pale; even the blooming
checks contract a gelid, hue, and the teeth hardly
forbear chattering.—Ye that fit easy and joyous
in your commodious apartments, solacing your
selves in the diffufive warmth of your fire, be
mindful of your brethren in the cheerless tenement
of poverty. Their shattered panes are open to
the piercing winds, a tattered garment scarcely
covers their shivering flefh, while a few faint and
dying embers, on the squalid hearth, rather mock
their wishes, than warm their limbs.—While the
generous juice of oporto fparcles in your glasses,
O remember that many of your fellow 'creatures,
amidst all, all the rigour of these inclement Ikies,
are emaciated with sickness, and benumbed with
age. Let their loins bless you for comfortable
cloathing; supply them with food, with fuel, and
baffle the raging year; so may you never know
any of their diftrefl.es but only by the hearing of
the ear, the feeing of the eye, or the feeling of
tender commiseration.
“ Methinks the bitter blustering winds plead
for the poor indigents; may they breathe pity in
to your breasts, while they blow hardships into
their huts !—Obferve those blueflames, and ruddy
coals, in your chimney; quickened by the cold,
they look more lively, and glow more strongly.
Silent, but seasonable admonition to the gay circle
that chat and smile around them. Thus may
your hearts, at such a jun&ure of need, kindle
into a peculiar benevolence ! detain not your fu
perfluous piles of wood; let them hafteri to the
relief ofthe starving family ; bid them expire, in
many a willing blaze, to mitigate the severity of
the season, and chear the bleak abodes of want:
So (hall they afeend, mingled with thanksgivings
to God, and ardent prayers for your welfare;
afeend more grateful to heaven than curling co
lumns ofthe most costly incense."
We are dejired to give the following extraft of a let
ter from Kidderminfter, a place in our paper.
"XA7 ERE you to travel through this country,
\ V you would be convinced ofthe utility of
canal navigations, which I remember the Dean of
Gloucester, in an essay on trade that he published
twenty years ago, recommended as one of the
means of remedying the inconveniencies, and in
creasing the trade and credit of Great-Britain by
lowering the expence of carriage.—'The cutting
a canal, fays be, is ‘ much preferable to the ma
-6 king a river navigable, even where both might
' be done; for the canal is kept and repaired at a
6 much easier rate than the river, nor is it fubjeft
‘ to inundations, or the drifting of the sand and
' gravel, and is generally much ihorter and straiter;
' but what is still better, a loaded boat on a canal
‘ may be drawn by a single horse up or down the
' stream, whether there be a flood or not, and
' requires btittwo men to guide it.
" The Worcestershire and Staffordshire canal is
an evidence ofthe truth of this aflertion. It passes
by this town, where it is conveyed by an aqueduct
over the river Stour. I rode yesterday from hence
alongthe towing path of the canal to the place
where it communicates with the Severn. This spot
has lately been named Stour Port, and bids fair to
become a feat of great trade. The canal firft falls
into a fine spacious bafon of a square form, in extent
about four acres, in debth fix feet, where 2oor 30
Severn barges, and great numbers of canal boats
were loading or unloading. A quay extends
around the whole bafon, on one fide large ware
houses are ereding for the use of trading compa
nies, on another fide the proprietors of the canal
have a warehouse, a noble building, 60 yardslong,
that stands on lofty arches over a part of the bafon;
under this warehouse vessels may ride, and secure
ly receive or deliver, through trap-doors, such
cargoes as might be damaged by being exposed to
the weather. This was the contrivance of the'
great Brindley, and I believe it is a convenience
that no other place in the kingdom can boast.
From the bafon to the Severn is a space of 200
yards, and a fall of 36 feet, which the vessels de
feend with the greatest ease and fafety, by means
of two locks, in about 30 minutes. The fall
from the highest part of this navigation, near
Wolverhampton, to the Severn, is no less than
295 feet. The boats employed on the canal are .
of a singular conftrudion; they are 72 feet in
length, but not above seven in breadth, and about
fourin depth; sharp at both ends, with a redder
that hangs on at either, by which means the in
convenience of turning is removed. They carry
about 26 tons, and go generally about 19 miles a
day. We were told that Birmingham was three
days, and the colliery at Bilfon about two days,
voyage from the Severn.
The proprietors of the canal receive three half-.
pence per ton per mile for all commodities carried
up or down, which already yields so considerable
a profit, that (hares are risen go per cent. The
pleasure of observing the air of business that pre
vails at Stour Port, is heightened by the reflection,
that what was about three or four years ago a
plowed field, is now a considerable wharf. In
Ihort I think this place as well worth a traveller's
curiosity as any place in England. Altho' there
were 3000 tons of coals on the banks, yet the
Severn barges were carrying them off so faft, that
it was supposed this flock would not last a week.''
CUSTOM-HOUSE, PHILADELPHIA.
Inward Entries.
Schooner Amelia, P. Barry, Miffifip >i.
Sloop North-Carolina P. A. Dyar, North-Carolina.
Sloop Ranger, J. Young, Maryland.
Schooner Tryron, E. Sylvester, Boston.
Schoon. Elizabeth, B. Greenaway, N. Carolina.
Brig Nancy, J. Hanfe, Jamaica.
Schooner Molly, A. May, Sr. Croix.
Outwards.
Brig Bolton, J. Hair, Cadiz.
Brig Recovery, W. Lawrence, Liverpool.
Ship Bluffing, J. Atkinson, Cadiz.
Ship Betly, S. Kvle, Newry.
Brig Betly, M. Rufhl, Belfaft.
Cleared.
Brig Unity, P. Flynn, Georgia.
Ship Elizabeth, W. Shreudy, Cadiz.
Brig Monmouth, S. Devonshire *Jamaica.
Brig P. of Orange, H. Norris, Curacoa.
Brig Broker, G. Giffin, Jamaica.
Ship Clementina, P. Brown, Cadiz.
Brig John, J. Alhmead, London.
Brig Elizabeth, C. Stuart, Lifoon.
Brig Lowther, M. Power, Barbados.
Schooner Neptune, J. King, Antigua.
Schooner Abigail, S. Snow, Virginia.
Schooner Tryal, D. Harrow, Anguilla.
Schooner Belvidere, R. Bifhoprick, Maryland.
Brig Mount-Holly, G. Bayley, Dominica.
Sloop Polly, W. Shines, North-Carolina.
Sloop Ranger, J. Young, Maryland.
Ship George, XV. Pinkerlou, Londonderry,
efoefo-te^^^^* ^ofo^>fo*rs
Philadelphia, ift Month 7th, 177 b
On FIFTH-DA Y Next,
The 13th inst. at One o'clock in the afternoon,
Will be fold by Public Vendue, at the late dwell
ing-house of JOHN FISHE A, deceased,
in Shippen's Lane,
AL L 'his Houfhold and Kitchen Furniture ;
also a Milch Cow, a (tack of Hay, and sundry
Implements of Husbandry.
£
FORTYSHILLINGS REWARD.
MADE his escape from the Sheriff of the
county ofGloucefter, on the nth day ofthis
init. (December) a certain WILLIAM WOOD
COCK, a taylor by trade ; he is about+o years old,
5 feet loor 11 inches high, of a sandy complexion,
flattifh nose, has loft his upper fore teeth, stoops
much in his walk, talks much of his wrestling by
the back, and is somewhat bald on his head: Had
on when he went away, an old coat that is turned
of a dirty colour, a light cloth coloured jacket,
check or white shirt, cloth breeches of a brownish
colour, blue yarn flockings, brass buckles, half
worn (hoes, and a good beaverhat. Whoever takes
up the said WILLIAM WOODCOCK (if in Pen
fylvania)fhall receive the above reward on delivering
him in Gloucester gaol ; if in any other government,
(New-Jersey excepted) a reward of FIVE FOUNDS
on delivering him in the gaol aforefaid, to be paid
by fIIO M AS_D ENN Y, Sheriff.
ALL PERSONS indebted for this
PAPE R, whose accounts have been twelve
months handing, will much oblige the Printer by
difeharging the fame, as loon as convenient.———
Country Gentlemen are requeued to fend their sub
scription money, or appoint some person in Phila
delphia to pay it, in order that the great difficulty
of collecting such small funis may be obviated.
BY Virtue of a Writ to me directed,will be fold
by public vendue, on Monday the 24th day of
January inst. at five o'clock in the afternoon, at the
London Coffee-houfe; a certain three story brick
ipeffuage or tenement, with the appurtenances, and
lot or piece of ground thereunto belonging,fituate on
the east fide of Second-street, in the diftria of South
wark, containing in front on Second-street aforefaid,
17 feet 6 inches, and in length 200 feet, bounded
southward by a meffuage and lot of John Kaign,
traftward by a lot late of Francis Hardin, northward
by ground now or late of Joseph James, and west
ward with SecondHtreet aforefaid, fubje& to a
ground rent of twenty (hillings sterling per annum,
Jate the ertate of John Merton, seized and taken in
execution by
WILLIAM DEWEES, Sheriff.
BY VIRT UEof a WRIT to me dirti
ed, will be fold by public vendue on T UES
-1) A Y the 25th day of January (inst) at the Lon
don Coffee-Houfe, at five o'clock in the evening,
a certain distillery, with the appurtenances and lot
or piece of ground, situate on the south fide of
.Walnut-street, the corner of Fifth-ftreet, in the
city of Philadelphia; containing in front on Wal
nut-street aforefaid, 8 3 feet, and on Fifth-ftreet 40
feet, bounded by ground of Garret Grim, Plunket
Fleefon and others, fubjeft to a ground rent of r 2 o
Pennsylvania currency per annum ; late the
of William Hornby ; se ized and taken in ec
tion by WILLIAM DEWEE S, Sheriff
B' ''I RT°E °f a WRIT to me di
reded, will be fold by public vendue, on
T HURSDAY the 27 th day of January i„h at
three 0 clock in the afternoon, at the house of James
Riddle, on Paffyunk Road, near the new playhouse,
in the diftriE l of Southwark, two certain frame me/
uages or tenements and lots or pieces ofground there
unto belonging, situate on the welt fide of Paffyunk
Road aforefaid, and nearly opposite the said Rid
dle's; one of them containing in front on Paffyunk
Road aforefaid, 20 feet, and in depth on the south
fide, 172 feet, and on the north tide, i 79 feet
bounded by ground of Richard Famar, and the lot
herein after mentioned and described ; fubje& to a
ground rent of £3 Pennsylvania currency. The
other of them containing in front on Paffyunk Road
aforefaid, 20 feet, and in length or depth about
170 feet, bounded by ground of John Philip Mertz
and the above described lot; fubjeft to a ground
rent of £3 Pennsylvania currency; late the 'eftne
of John Campbell, deceased; seized and taken
in execution by
,WILLIAM DEWEES, Sheriff.
Next Friday will be publifted, (handsomely
printed in Duodecimo) and fold by
JOHN D U N L A P,
In Market-Street, Philadelphia;
THE Harmony between the Old and New
Testaments refpe&ing rife: Messiah: Being
the substance of TWO SERMONS preached
before the United Congregations of Christ Church
and St. Peter's, Philadelphia, on Christmas-Day,
1773; and on the Sunday when a collection was
made for the relief of the poor of thole congrega
tions.
By T. COOMBE, M. A.
Chaplain to the Most Noble the Marquis of
Rockingham, and one of the Assistant Ministers
of Christchurch and St. Peter's.
“ Religion must arifefrom an inward conviflion, and
" there can be no convißion without examination."
Imported in the last vessels from London, Brftol
and Liverpool, and now on sale, by
JOSEPH STANSBURY,
Opposite Christ-Church, in Second-street, Phila
delphia,
AL ARGE and elegant assortment of ufeful and
ornamental China, confining of nanquin tea
table sets; common blue and white ditto; rich ena
melled ditto ; common enamelled and Dresden dit
to; nanquin dining-table sets ; common blue and
white ditto; best nanquin and common blue and
white plates; fine enamelled and common ditto ;
very rich enamelled bowls, large sizes; ditto jarrs
and beakers, ditto diamond and flower jarrs ; ditto
myrtle pots and stands; large nanquin jarrs; Dres
den enamelled ditto ; fine nanquin bottles and ba
fons; blue and white cream tureens and stands ;
enamelled ditto; enamelled breakfaft.fts, nanquin
ditto ; red, orange, and pink coloured beakers ;
enamelled custard cups and covers; a great variety
of groups, single figures, animals ami rafts of the
C'hcltea China, highly finifhed ; a neat assortment
of japanned waiters, tea boards and card trune,
good patterns, India japan cabinets and drefiing
boxes; India fans, the (ticks finely pierced ; fowl
ing-pieces of various prices ; faddie pistols ; plated
stirrups, biits, f?urs, buckles and tankards; mens
heel watch chains ; trinkets for watches; a neat
and well chosen collection of fenis, after antiques,
verv fine iuipreffiens; low priced silver watches ;
paper (nuff-boxes and bottle stands; a fine affort
mennt of callers or cruet frames, cut aid plain
glass, with silver and common tons ; a neat allot
ment of looking-glazes, with plain and ornament
ed frames ; London cut glass fallad dishes, decanters,
salts, sugar dishes, water glasses, butter tubs, tum
blers, cannisters, candietticks, and smelling bottles;
wine funnels; bottle cranes ; window glass, seve
ral sizes ; flieet glass by the crate ; pipes by the box;
a good assortment of Apothecaries fliop furniture ;
crates of phials aborted ; marble mortars, federal
sizes ; retorts and boltheads for chymical uses; a
quantity of red lead and litharge, &c. &c. Country
orders for China, Glass and Earthen Wares made
up as usual, charged at the lowest prices, and pack
ed in the fafeft manner.
THIS is to certify to whom it may
concern, that a certain JAMES COOKE
did obtain in a fraudulent manner, from me the
fubferiner a note of hand of Five Pounds Five
Shillings, bearing date the 14th day of October,
1773 , for which I had no value received; I do
hereby forbid any person or perlons to take any
alignment on the said note, as I am determined
not to pay any part of it, unless compelled to do it
by law -The abovefaid James Cooke has ab
sconded from li'is bail: He is a fliort thick set fel
low, about 24 or 25 years of age, weais his own
dark brewn hair tied behind and turned back 011
the forehead ; had on a green coat and jacket, black
velvet breech^, and white flockings; he is an
Irifhruan, and,faid he was one of the clerks in Mr.
Ibilcn's Intelligence-office in ?i iladelphia. Who
ever apprehends tne fai'd Jarhes Cooke, and confines
him in anv of his Majelt,'sgaols, so that he may
be brought to julLce, (hail have EIGHT
DOLLARS reward, paid by
MOSES MARTIN, living 111
Thornbury Township, (belter Conntv.
* * RYAN's incomparable worm-dedruying
SUGAR PLUMBS, to be fold by JOHN
DUNLAP.