The Pennsylvania evening post — Philadelphia, Pa., 1776-03-21 00:00:00, page 4

For the PENNSYLVANIA EVENING POST.
,To C A T O.
YOUR third letter is published, and you modestly think
your firft has " no claim to merit in forming the reso
lution of Committee for recalling their former vote"—What
do you mean, Cato ?—ls poftponingameafure for afenro days,
recalling a vote ?—The public ascribe it, you fay, to prudence
—and is not this a very uhful virtue in private as well as pub
lic life. It gives me pleasure, however, to find you candidly
altering your sentiments concerning them, for you have
heretofore represented them as then poffefed of Inch " afto
nifhin^ boldness as to aim at a total deltruXion of our charter
constitution, and desirous of seizing, into their own hands,
cur whole domestic police," and Purely you cannot extol the
prudence of such a determination.
The last convention assigned the office of judging relative
to the necessity of a future one, to the Committee of Corre
spondence for this city and liberties; notwithstanding which,
'' those who correspond in behalf of the Committee," in
the present case took no step in the business without a very
solemn debate in General Committee, and their positive in
junctions for the purpose. Had they appointed you, Cato,
your prudence would not have deviled a more regular line of
conduct. In order to prevent your falling into any mistakes
in future concerning the " few who correspond in the name
of the Committee," I would beg leave to inform you (and
others who may be milled into an opinion you ieem willing
to countenance) that those “ few" do not assume the right
they profefs, of corresponding, but hold it by the hes title
men can enjoy a public fiatiosi, the unbiaffed voice of their
constituents, having been elected, in a very full Committee,
to that particular duty. Had the Committee of Correspon
dence used the language you have paraphrased for them, it
would have been lordly, and affirming, indeed! but unfor
tunately they have spoke the language they were intruded to
speak, and used a Rile becoming those that were intruded
to convey the sentiments of FREEMEN.
You jeim unwilling “ to wound their dignity" and there
fore hope, when you are thus informed that there really is a
dignity in their appointment, you will be kill more cau
tious in “ throwing draws," for remember—a young ensign,
beating an old ferjeant, received this sarcastic advice, I befeecb
your honor not to hurt yourjelj. No ENEMY.
AS the price of printing paper is greatly ihereafed since
the firft publication of the Pennsylvania Evening
Post, and the labor and expence of publishing and deliver
ing it to the fubferibers three times a week much more than
the printer expected, the plan being original in this country,
consequently speculative, he finds himfelf obliged to raise the
fubfeription to fifteen Killings a year instead of ten. He hopes
they will seriously confider his lituation, when he declares that
it is impossible for him to do any other business besides this
paper, small pamphlets, and hand bills. Those who do not
approve of this advance, are desired to call and pay off before
the publication of next paper; and they who think him net
unreasonable in his demands, are requeued to pay up their
former fubferiptions, which will prevent confufion hereafter.
0 The printer has lately received several pieces, some of
which he would have been happy to have inferred immedi
ately, and others he will not publish on account of their na
tional and personal reflexions, which will be returned upon
proper application.
To the SUBSCRIBERS.
146
By the New-York Poss, which arrived this afternoon, we have
received the following intelligence, viz.
N EW-YO R K, March 20.
By an Express arrived last night from Cambridge, which
place he left the 14th, we learn, that Gen. Howe intended a
feint of embarkation, in order to draw off our troops from
Dorchester point, who intended to attack his lines, which at
the fame time were doubly manned. The bait did not take,
General Washington secured the heights, with seven thousand
men, and a reserve of.five thousand were ready at Roxbury,
to Isftain them in case of need. Our army was soon increased
to the amount of thirty thousand men ; every thing conspired
to render Gen. Howe's, designs fruitlefs, and he has at last
been obliged to turn his feint into a real embarkation. He
can no longer stay there, as he is infiladed on every fide.'
The Admiral's ship, and a number of the transports had
left the hai bour, and were in Nantafket road. The rest of the
army embarking as fad as possible, and there is no doubt but
their destination is for New-York.
General Wafnington has already detached fix regiments
for this place, who are already advanced one hundred miles
towards it. Two thousand men from ConneXicut are coming,
thirteen other regiments will soon be here, so that we shall Tn
a few days have an army of at least twenty thousand men, to
oppose our enemies, and we have a train of two hundred
pieces of cannon ready to salute them.
YJ'ULLER and FISHER have for SALE, at their STORE
„in Water-street, a little below Walnut-street—Striped
and plain Mantuas, white and black flowered Satins, plain
black ditto, black Taffaties and Persians, black and white
Gaufes, womens black and white silk Gloves and Mits, Cam
bricks, Ribbands, Fans, Shalloons, Durants, Velvets, Hair
and Worsted Plushes, Worsted Hosiery, Ofnabrugs, fine
white Raffia Drillings, Dowlaffes, Pins, Sheeting, and coarse
Linens.
STOLEN out of the shop of the fubferiber., in the night
of the 16th or 17th infant, almost a complete set of
COMBMAKING TOOLS, with a parcel of small tooth
COMBS in the rough. Also was loft by the. fubferiber, three
weeks ago, in Chefnut-ftreet, between Second and Fourth
streets, or in Fourth-street between Chefnut and Market
streets, a parcel of MONEY, near sixteen pounds, consist
ing of Pennsylvania, Continental and Maryland bills. Who-
^OO be SOLD, a small PLANTATION, containing
I about twenty-five acres, four miles from Philadelphia,
on which is built a large good DWELLING HOUSE, with
other convenient buildings ; and a great variety of bearing
fruit trees. It is a pleasant situation. For farther particulars
inquire of Robert Lewis in Philadelphia, Hugh Frazer in
Market-Rreet, or Joseph Mitchell, miller in Chester county.
March 21, 1776. *
ever will give information of the money that it may be had
again, shall have FIVE POUNDS reward, and for the
thief or thieves, on conviXion, shall have FIVE POUNDS
reward, and reasonable charges.
WILLIAM HASLEWOOD,
Combmaker, in Fourth-street.
IXHILADELPHIA?T^ed by BENJAMIN
TOWNE, in Front-street, near the London
Coffee-Houfe.
Philadelphia, March 20, 1776.
TEN POUNDS Reward.