The Pennsylvania ledger, or, The Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, & New-Jersey weekly advertiser — Philadelphia, Pa., 1776-10-19 00:00:00, page 3

REWA R'K, New. Jersey, October 12.
Lust Thursday fe'nnight, Capt. Coffin and Gren
nell, with a boy, made their escape front Staten-
Island in a canoe, .and got fafe to Bergen Point,
and from thence came to this place last Saturday:
The former was taken going from New-York to
Nantucket fame months firce, and the latter, on
the 2e'th of August, in lat. 3g, 30, long. 66, 20, in
a brig from the Wcftern-Iflands for Nantucket, by
a new English 20'ghn ship called the Galatea, John
Jones, Esq, commander, iheathed with Copper, and
a most extraordinary Ihiler, being part of a convoy
for forfie Palps from London bound to New-York,
some of which are arrived at Sandy-Hook.
Wednesday morning last the Phenix, and Roe
buck, of 44 guns, with,a frigate and two tenders,
went up-the North River, and came to an anchor
opposite Tappan.
P H !LA DELPHIA.
By Express from General LEE, at Amboy, dis
patched on Saturday last, we learn, than the enemy
had evacuated Staten Bland, and that our people
had taken possession of it.\
Saturday last arrived here the ship Thetis Capt.
May, taken by the brig General Montgomery, with
310 hogsheads of fitgar 90 puncheons of rum, &c.
from Montego Bay fo'f London, and belonged to a
fleet of near 200 fail, who left, Jamaica in August
last, under convoy of two men of war. The above
ship, in coming up, pouched on the Chevaux de
Frize, where Ilie would have, in all probability
funk, had it not been for the timely affidance she
received from the Row-Galley-Men. >
Extract of a letter from Harlem, October 13.
'•'Yefterday morning about 4000 of the enemy
landed at Faggs, or Foggs point, in the found,
about' fix)niles above us ; a detachment was imme
diately font to oppose them: The enemy got ppffef
fion of the point, but as I was informed last night,
had made mo further progrefsy our people, 1 am
told, had taken up a bridge which was there, and
fell trees acrofs' the road to obftru& them, till a
reinforcement could arrive. In the afternoon forty
two faibpaffed the mouth of Harlem River in their
way to the poi,t, they confided of sloops, Ichooners,
brigs and nine ships. I expert there will be bloody
work there do day. From the number of men
landed, andAhe ships which went tip, I think this
can be no feint, but the main body of Howe's army
rauft be there, and that there he means to make his
coup de main. This week will probably finiin the
Campaign. Upon the arrival of the enemy's ships
at Dobb's Ferry, they landed some men and plun
dered a dore house. I suppose the enemy who
landed yesterday are to cross the country and form
a line from, Faggs point to Tarry-town (four miles
above Dobb's Ferry) where the ships now lay, but
in this, I exped they will be mistaken."
"Tuesday 'arrived from a cruize the continental
fchocner Wasp, Captain Baldwin, and brought in
a large Guinea ship, bound from Jamaica fori Li
verpool, 305 hoglheads of sugar, 55 puncheons of
rum, &c. part of the Jamaica August fleet.—This
is the third of that fleet sent in here.
At a meeting of the Committee of the town of Carlifle,
at the Court houje, the Sth day of October.
Refolded unanimously, That the inhabitants of
this town at large be called together, to meet at the
Court-house at two o'clock this afternoon, to coh
fider of the Oath directed by an ordinance of the
late Convention of this state, passed at Philadelphia,
the twenty-sixth day of September last, to be taken
by every elector in this State, at the ensuing electi
on, before his vote for Representatives ihli be re
ceived.
At a meeting of the Inhabitants of the town of Carlifle
in the afternoon of the fame day, on notice green, in
pursuance of the above Resolve,
Robert Miller Esq; was appointed Chairman.
After the occasion of the meeting was opened to
the people, the oath above referred to was read and
considered,; and the question was put, viz. Whether
the inhabitants present will take the oath aforefaid,
on the fifth da) of November next at the eiMuing
general Election, previous to their delivering their
votes for Representatives to the Infpedors? It was
Resolved, N, C. D. That they would not take that
^oath.
Refolded N. C. D. That the above proceedings
be printed in the Newspapers
Extract from the Minutes,
ROBERT MILLER, Chairman.
On Tuesday the eighth instant, at one o'clock in
the morning/ departed this l ; fe, in ,the sixty second
year of hit age, Mrs. ELIZABETH ROSS, re
le& of JOHN ROSS, Esq, late Councellor at Law
in this city; and on Wednesday her remains, at
tended by a number of the most refpe&able inhabi
tants, were interred in St. Paul's church.
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Mr. Humphreys,
Tour inserting in your next Paper, the two following
Tefls or Qualifications, will oblige a Iriend to
Christianity. 1 ,
Old Tef by the Laws of Pennsylvania, and now
tfablijbed in other States of America, to wit.
“ I; A. Bl profefs faith in God the Father and
in Jesus Christ his eternal Son, and in the Holy
Spirit, one God bluffed for evermore; and do ac
knowledge the holy Scriptures of the Old and New
Testament to be given by divine Inspiration."
New Ttf efablifhed instead of the foregoing in Penn
fylvania, by the Convention in their new Frame of
Government, to wit.
" I do believe in one Goh the Creator and Go
vernor df the Universe, the rewarder of the good'
and puniSher of the wicked. And Ido acknowledge
the Scriptures of the Old and New Tertament to be
given by divine Inspiration."
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DROPPED or Stolen the 15th inst. a SILVER.
WATCH, Makers name Charles Gilefpy,
Dublin, N o . 1059, with a Steel Chain and a Cor
nelian Seal in a gold swivel carriage. J. C. on a
cypher on one fide, and a coat of arms on the
other, with a Swan and chain for the crest. SIX
DOLLA R S' reward will be given Iw the Printer
hereof for the Watch and Seal, and if tiolen, FIVE
POUNDS for^the Thief. * October 17.
Port of Philadelphia, ) T ,
nr, . > lo all whom it may concern.
Pennjylvama, 11. ).'
NOTICE is hereby given that a Court of
Admiralty will be held at the State-house, in
the city of Philadelphia, on Monday, the eleventh
day of November next, at ten o'clock in the fore
noon of the fame day, then and there, to try the
truth of the fads alledged in the bill of John Bald
win, (who as well, &c.) against the, Ship or Vessel
called the Leghorn Galley, burthen about 150 tons,
with her Tackle, Apparel, Furniture and Cargo,
lately commanded by Alexander McDaniel. To the
end and intent, that the Owner or Owners of the
said ship and her cargo, may appear apd Shew cattle,
if any they have, why the fame Should not be con
demn'd according to the said Bill.
Oil. 16. By Order of the Judge.
ff ^NPRE,^ ROBESON, Regifter._
RAN-AWAY from the fubferiber the 9th inst,
an Apprentice named DAVID GLAT, about
13 years of age, a finart a&ive lad, Short fair hair;
had on a brown coat, leather breeches, is gone off
with a servant boy of Dq&or William Smith, about
the fame age. It is likely they are gone or will try
to get on board some of our armed vessels. All
Matters of veflels and others are forbid to harbour,
conceal, or carry off said Apprentice at their peril;
and whoever apprehends or Secures said apprentice
so that his mailer may have him again Shall have
TWENTY SHILLINGS reward for their
trouble. JACOB MAYER
Peruquierjn Chefat-Street.
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