Dunlap's Pennsylvania packet , The general advertiser — Philadelphia, Pa., 1777-07-29 00:00:00, page 4

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, Princeton, July to, 1777.
NOTICE is hereby given to the Public,
That the COLLEGEot New-Jersey was open
ed on Tuesday, the eighth instant. It is therefore re
quested that the Under Graduates would repair to Prince
ton immediately, taking care to provide themlelves with
books, as none are to be had there.
JOHN WITHERSPOON.
Lancafler, July 9, 1777/
WHEREAS several invidious afperfive
refleaions have lately been cast on my charter,
and induttrioufly propagated, that I made plunder of a
number of mates and a black fallion in the Jerseys hit
December, at the time of General Washington's retreat
to Trenton. And whereas in December last I did buy a
number of mares and a black ftaliion, but purchased
them in and between Philadelphia and Laricafter, for
which I can produce vouchers for the honest purchase
and payment of each of them. Ido therefore, in this
public manner, call oh those who have cowardly and un
manly attacked and strove to ahaffinate niy chara&er in
my absence, by propagating and circulating filch infa
mous fallhoods, to stand forth and maintain the charge
alledged against me, or difeever the inventor; ctherwife
they thall forever be deemed unworthy the notice of
f WILLIAM BRADY.
Philadelphia, Ju'y 19, 1177.
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.
STRAYED or STOLEN the 26th of June last,
from the Artillery belonging to the Honorable Ge
neral Sullivan's brigade, a white GELDING, four
teen hands high, branded LS on the near buttock, eight
years old, God all round, Itrong made and strait limbed.
The brigade lay wear Middle- Brook when the horse was
miffed. Whoever returns said horse to Colonel Biddle,
Qiarter Master, at Head-Quarters, or to Isaac Lort,
in Strawberry-alley, fhali have the above Reward.
X LAWRENCE SHEENEY.
~W A N T E N
A PERSON who understands the management of
a FORGE. Such a one that can be well recom
mended may hear of a birth by applying to the fubferiber,
at Mount P!e:fint, near the mouth of Sufquehannah,
Harford County, Maryland.
JACOB GILES, Junior.
EIGHT DOLL ARF^E WARI>
RAN AWA Y from the fubferiber, living in
Third-street, Philadelphia, an English servant man
named RICHAR D SELDON, a taylor by trade,
about thirty-five years of age, five feet five nr fix inches
high, pretty much pock-marked, ha; thick lips, and
limps a little in his walk t He has been in the city guards
four or five months. Had with himalight coloured and
a brown broadcloth coats, and otherwise well clad
Whoever takes up the said servant and secures him, s o
that his matter may have him again, fhali have the above
Reward, and if brought home reasonable charges, paid
by JOSEPH PA'RKER.
Worcefier County, Mayland, 'July 10, '777 #
„ AN AWAY from this county, on S -
H luiday the sth init a certain ELIJAH ISAACS,
who for tome time past lived with tee iubfe iber in the
chara&r of an overfeere He is a middle sized man,
wears a brown fagathy coat with x piece let in on one of
the shoulders; his e,es are very finall, hair ftr.it, and
speaks remarkable quick. There is about :400b in
counterfeit Thirty Dollar bills, that was lately taken
from one So'omon Truitt, ot Sbffex County, (yho has
likewise snade his escape) that is mining, wbicu it is flip
pofed the laid Isaacs has taken off with him, as it was
locked up in a room in whi h he slept the night ucfjre he
wot off. There went off with him. a certain KtNDAL
HYSLOP, who formerly belongs d to Caption Solomon
Long's c mpany of Maryland Regulars ; he has a very
red head; and is remarkable homely, which is ^^^ e ^e
fcipdon can be given of him. —Isaacs weht est on a
small bay mare; and it is supposed he has to the un^nht
of 601. 0 70!. iogOd money ^uh him. It is allo fup
pol d he carried off a Holland ruffled fort, marked on
the hip with t v letters S. B. It is imag^ntrihe interims
for the ba k parts of Virginia or North-Carorina; It is
hoped that 11 fri-n Is to their country, in whole way tl;e
said Isaacs map happen, will endeavour to (cure him.
SMITH BISHOP.
IVefi Cah, Chefler County, July 15, 1777.
'^'' H E following articles were last night stolen
A from the fubicriner, viz. a brown regimental
curbed with yellow; t^ojeked, one white, the other
foiled with red and whie ; a pur of buckskin breeches
almost new, a pair of shoes, a beaver hat bound with
flk ferret, a silver bit band, and a fiber watch.——
The thief is a ceferter from +he English army, named
Henry Mitchell, nrar five feet ten inches high,
about twenty five years of age, m^ch pitted with the
small-pox, and <ho~t black hair tied behind % Hr H-d on
him a Regular coat of th^ tenth regiment, face I with
yellow. Whoever fe-ures said cloaths and thief, fhali
have EIGHT POUNDS Reward, or in proportion
for any of the cloaths.
f PATRICK SHIELDS.
TWENTY POUNDS REWARD.
CTOLEN from the fubferiber, living in Sowerian ,
° County of Somerset, New-Jersey, on the night of the
16th inst. (July) a chcfnut brown stone HORSE, about
Sixteen hands high, a natural trotter, not food, long
docked tai), four years old, and half blooded ; no saddle
or bridle tdken rRh him. Any perlon securing said
b^ so th^t & owner may have him again, (halt have
7 e v^^.^ rd for horse and thief, and reasonable
ft ?y
4ALBERT VOORHEESE.
fofifeubHJbed and to be fold by JOHN DUNLAP,
in Market-jtreet, Philadelphia,
L A W S
ENACTEDINA
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF THE
REPRESENTATIVES 0: the Freemen of the
Common-Wealth of PENNSV LVANIA.
Begun and held at Philadelphia the nth day of May,
A. D. 1777, and continued by adjournment to the
19th day of June, A. D. 1777.
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.
0 AN AWAY on the evening of the z§th infant,
" (June) from the fubferiber, at White-clay Creak
Landing, Newcastle County, an apprentice lad named
ELISHA BROWN, between nineteen and twenty
years of age, about five feet fix or seven inches high,
much marked with the small pox, short strait light co
loured hair, has been about three years at the honfe
carpenters and shop-joiners bufinefe, at either of which
he works pretty well ; had on and took with him, Sun
dry wearing apparel, confining of a blossom colour'd
broadcloth coatee which has been turned and is much
faded, a light coloured fagathy ditto, a led coloured coat
and jacket of broadcloths early new, light coloured da
mask jacket and breech^ ilmoft new, white jacket and
breeches, two white ffiirts, one of them quite new, Seve
ral pair of thread stockings, a new pair of shoes with
pinchbeck buckles, several stocks, one of them black,
with a small carved flock buckle, and a small beaver bat,
pretty much worn. It is fuppoied he is gone in compa
ny with a young man who went away the fame evening
from the fame place, an apprentice belonging to Daniel
Byrnes, who is about five fe^ t eight or nine inches high,
between fefenteen and eighteen years of age, of a ruddy
colour, short brown hair, by name SAMUEL GRAY.
Whoever apprehends the above named Elisha Brown,
and secures him in any gaol, or delivers him te his mas
ter, fhali be intitied to the above Reward, and all reason
able charges, paid by f WILLTPM ASKEW.
TO BE SO L D,
On Wedriefday the zeth day of August next,
r^ H E Plantation where the fubferiber now dwells,
L containing 233 acres of land, about 100 acres of
which woodland, lying in Montgomery County, Mary
land, about 20 miles from George Town aid about 35
from Baltimore Town, wh reon is a good dwelling-house
witn fi e rooms on the lower floor, the house new and
wd finished off, good kitchen and all other convenient
out nouies, with a pahl y?rd arid garden, a new barn
32 ^tb ?4, old two good tobactu-houfes, an apple
ocirntiwith three hundied bearing trees noted for mak
iig fine c,dut ; the land exceeding level, and well adapt
ed for making tobacco, Indian corn or small grain, is
well watered, and a fufficient quantity of good meadow
ground, ;§ acres new in , raf, and about the lamequan
tity partly chared . •The plantation all in good repair.
f 0 be fold at the fame time, ^0 acres of wood-land,
lying on each fide of Rock Cieek, about 15 miles from
George 1 own, whereon is a noted fine mill-teat well si
tuated for a merchant mill, the 1 nd full of fine timber,
and aoout 4.0 acres of good meadow ground, the whole
of hhich may be watered with little trouble. Any per
lon inclinable to purchase is detired to apply te the lub-
Iciiber, who will Ihew thelands a^d mike known the
tomt of Tale. ft JOHN BAKER.
Peters Toavn/Wp, Cumberland County.
^'"J HERMAS Elizabeth, the witeef Rowland
wV Harris, hath eloped from him without cause or
provocation, under pretence of being lunatic, and hath
returned home to her father, WilliamWiKon, where foe is
harboured contrary to my will, as I have frequently given
her invitation to come home but have been refufed I "This
is therefore to forwarn the public from truftirig her ch my
account, as I will pay none ofher contrails : And all
persons are forbid to harbour her at their puil, as they
mav expeft to be dealt with as the Law directs for such
offences. § 5 ROWLAND HARRIS.
WHEREAS I Elizabeth, the wife of
James Shanks, of Cumberland Township, York
County; and Province of Pennsylvania, having been de
fei ted by my husband above the space of seven years with
out any cause known to me, have petitioned the Honor
able the Representatives of the Freetaen of Pcnr,f,lvania,
at ther meeting in Geheral Affemhly; in May last, to be
divorced from the above James Shanks, for the reason
aforefaid: I have therefore thought proper, upon further
advice, to give this public notice to all whom it may con
cern, That if any person or persons have any lawful ob
jeaions to offer against my obtaining a free and legal di
vorce, they may propose them to the Assembly at their
next meeting, the third of September; when I design to
prosecute my petition according to the premises.
X ELIZABETH M'FARRAN, alias SHANKS.
CA ME to the plantation of the fubferiber,
living in Sadfoury Township, Lancaster County,
about the middle of last summer, a black and while
spotted C OW, with neither brand nor ear mark. The
owner is desired to come, prove his property, pay charges
and take her away.
t JOHN COChPER, Fuller.
CAME to the fubferiber's plantation, in
Kingfeffing Township, Philadelphia County, on
the 3d intt. (June) Two MARES; one a sorrel, near
fifteen hands high, with a blaze in her face, (hod all
round : The other a brown, about fourteen hands high,
with a blaze in her face. The owner or owners are de
sired to come, prove their property, pay charges and take
them away. J MATTHEW JONES.
™}^f^ e ^^^^
.E D WARD POL E,
Has for sale, at his TACKLE SHOP in Markets
street, near the Comt- house, Philadelphia,
FISHING TACKLE of all forts, for use of
either sea or river, viz, Red cedar, hazel, dogwoods
&c. filing rods, for fly, trolling and bottom fiffiing.
6 8. 10. and ix stave pocket reels, furniflied with lines,
&c. Trebling wheels for rock, trout or perch, with or
without multipliers. Bottom or layout, and sea lines,
cable laid, from large dolphin down to whiting, with
hooks suitable from Bohettar to the smallest size. Best
green or white Fair, sik, he deft, hempen, fl x*n and
cotton lines, for angling, trollfog, teepfeas, and other
filing. Trimmers, and rran of war trimmers, and (nap
hooks, with or without springs, for ri'ke fifhing. A va
riety of cork floats of all sizes. Arti^ial files, moths,
and hackles, with fu'tabb; lines of any length. Silk
worms gut, in knots arc quarter-knots. Rest Indian
grass. Salmon, roek, Jack, trout and perch, box and
plain swivels. Deepfeas, with or without swivels for ri
ver fifhing. Leads made o' various patterns, for the use
of Black Point, arid ohe fifhing. All forts and fives of
best Kerby and common firh-books, ready hung on silk,
hair, silk worms gut, g r af so: Indian weed. All forts ard
sizes of hooks, without flooding. Small portable boxes,
comp'eatly furnifhed, with a variety of fifhing tackle.
Casting, minnow, landing and scoop nets. Shad, her
ring and pearch seines.
Any person inclining to make their own tackle, I^7
he furnifhed with any kind of materials.=All kind 0$
tackle mended at a short notice.—Tackle made to ary
pattern.,
N. B. As said POLE has now followed the FiGirg
Tackle business for several years past, he flatters bimfeif
he can furnish the public With better and neater tackle,
and on lower terms, than any other in the city.——All
orders from town or country will be thankfully received
and carefully executed.
*, To be Sold, a larg^ and commodious frame build
ing, 40 feet long by 16 feet wide, two hories.high, and
sash windows, the upper part divided into four different
apartments, grain, with hoppers to convey the grain be
low, the building is built in the bed manner, and would
make a very good Grain Store, School House, or Dwel
ling House, is about five years old, and will be fold now
for the fame price it ceft then, which will not amount to
the present expence of the boards and fcantling where,
with it is built ; the reason why it is fold is, because the
lease of the ground on which it stands is nearlv expired.
Also a Silversmith's large GLASS CASE to be
Sold. Enquire as above.
WAS taken up the 30th. of June last, by
the fubferiber, at the Falls of Schuylkill, ?n old
, ray HORSE, fifteen hards high, afri a bay FILLET,
three years old, of a very filial! nze. The o/ner is de
sired to come and prove his property, pay charges and
take them away. JOHN PALMER.
Philadelphia, July 8, 1717.
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.
RANA WAY in January last (and wasieenc offing
Cholbana-Ferry, on his way it is fupp-fed to Suffix
County, where he came from) an apprentice lad named
BENJAMIN RILEY, by trade a Sad ler, about
five feet fix or eight inches high, pretty thi k set, a sur
ly down look, brown hair : Had on and took with him,
sundry good cloaths, a blue uniform coat, a drab ditto,
a pink royal rib waifecoat, a red clotri ditto, and one
white ditto, &c. He also took wi'h him his knapfick,
blanket, powder-horn and pouch, h h ing had liberty
to Inrol himfelf in Capt Ming'^ rifle company of Militia,
which he did, and received his month's advance. He
deferred at Burlington, Whoever takes up said run
away and secures him in any gaol, so that his master may
have him again, fhali have the above Reward and all
reasonable charges, paid by
JOHN YOUNG, Junior.
Philadelphia, July 8, 1777.
LAST Friday evening, about four o'clock,
was left at a certain stable in this city, a dark
brown HORSE, about eight or nine years old, four
teen and a half hands high, marked with the letter D.
on the near buttock, and an old fear on the off rump,
shod all round ; with a saddle and bridle middling good,
the saddle has green hotefings fringed. The owner or
owners proving their property and paying charges, may
have him again by applying to DAVID JONES, at
his Beer-honfe by Lodge alley.
N. B. Said JONEb has a large quantity of good bottled
ALE, fit for present use; to dispose of.,
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD
W A S LOST or taken out of a gentleman's pocket
" last Saturday evening, in Second-street, between
Walnut and Chelnut-ftreets, a white cambric handker
chief, and a pocket-book, containing E : ghty-6x Dollars,
Continental money, a Certificate of the Oath of Allegi
ance to this State, No. 776, and a few other papers, of
no consequence to any one but the owner. Whoever has
found or taken the above articles, and will return them
to the Printer, fhali receive the above reward, and re
questions asked.
FEWCOPIESof Dodor PRICR
OBSERVATIONS on CIVIL LIBER
TY, to be fold by JOHN DUNLAP.