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Z_]4lg t— he Office of a JUS '^^B <, " rA ' V.
Tor JOURNAL
Of the Proceedings of the
Continental Congress,
Held at Philadelphia, May 10, 1775.
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<R perfectly eradicating every Degreeof a certain
ad Disease, withontthe le-aft Trouble or Con- ts
% finement.
The Public mafbe affured,that this er
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JK Foulnefsand Impurities of the Blood, having
¥? performed many astonishing Cures (inibisand eg
I W the <,i7khoHriT!^ Colonies) in Scorbutic Erup
fy) tidi^Leprote,WhiteSwelliiigs,Stiff Joints, /g
^ Gout, and Rheumatic Disorders, &c. ^;
^ A late Supply, «'
(Directly fromiP ARIS)
& Of the above Pills, (§
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& In Boxes,of 10s. %cs, and 40s. each, \p
«i\ Who has in his Hands a Letter from the ft,
Widow Keyfer, and a Certificate from under \
, her own Hand, of their Genuineness: which
:^y any Person may have the Perufa! of by ap- 6^
fl§ plying to him at his Book Store in Hanover )fy
^j Square.—Where the Public ingeneralcan be /?
fupnli.edwith rnoft Sortsof
^ Books and Stationary Ware.
SIR, Paris, August 1, 1775.
"jf N Confluence of the Letter with which you have
X honcured-me, the 14th of June last, I have lent
you a fmAll Box containing the Ante-Venereal Pills
you wrote for, and have been paid for the fame. In
the Box you will find a Certificate which proves that
the Pills I now fend are of my Composition : And
have the honour to be finc^rely, Sir,
Yourhumble Servant,
Mr. Gaine, Printer and W. KEYSER.
Bookseller, at New-York.
I The Widow cf Joseph Adrian de Keyfer, Esq;
one of hi's Majority's Pensioners and Provider for
theMriitary and other Hospitals of this Kingdom;
Do hereby Certify, to all whom it may con
cern, That the Boxes of ANTI-VENEREAL
PILLS now sent, are verily of my Composition ;
in Truth of which, and tofatisfy all thole who may
require it, I have given this Certificate. Sealed with
the Seal of my Arms, at Paris, theist of August,
1754. W. KEYSER.
("seal.) ^ Beware of Counterfeits.
The following, B OOKS
May be had of H. Gaine, in Hanover-Square.
The HISTORY of
I R E LA N B,
From the Invasion of Henry If.
With a Preliminary Discourse
On the antient State of that Kingdom.
By THOMAS LELAND, D. D.
Senior Fellow of Trinity College, and Prebendary of St.
\ Patrick's, Dublin.
LETTERS
Written by the late Right Honourable
PHILIP DORMER STANHOPE,
EARL of CHESTERFIELD,
To his SON
FHTLIP STA NHOP E,
Late Envoy extraordinary at the Ce^rt of Dresden.
The Voting Clerk's
VADE MECUM:
Or, Compleat Law Tutor.
Being a ufeful Cdlettion of a great Variety of the most
approved Precedents in the Law, and adapted to almvft
every Trnftiou in Life wherein an Attention to le
gal Fowns is jndi,en@ly.neceflm..
. And consisting CHIEFLY of
Bonds.
Special Conditions,
Letters of Attorney,
Awards,
Articles of Agreement,
Phils of Sale,
Contra6ls,
Covenants,
Charter Parties,
Leases,
ASSIZE of BREAD. Flour at 17$. per Cent.
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A White Loaf of the fineft FLOUR, to weigh.
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Putlifhed March 18, 1776.
Proceedings upon Difirefs
for Rent,
Alignments, Deeds,
, Indentures, Mortgages,
Marriage Articles,
Wills,
Fines and Recoveries,
Writs,
Declarations and Proceed
ings ar Law.
*, Any perfen flill doubtful of the efficacy of th&fe
drops, may (by ?pplying to Mr. Norton, surgeon, the weft
fide of Goldenfquare, near Piccadilly, London, the au
thor and proprietor, or to the Printer) be more fully
convinced of their good effe&s, by being emerged to many
people of good credit, who have been cured of the above
mentioned diferders. They.may betaken in anv season,
without the haft inconveniency or hindrance of business.
They also perfedl digestion, and amazingly create an
appetite.-—None are genuine hut what are signed by John
Norton, in his own hand-writing.
Brojre of Counterfeits.
Mr. NORION having again difeovered that bis
bottles, bills,of direftior, together with his hand-writing,
have been counterfeited, in order to impose on the public
a spurious medicine, for his (Marine's) drops; he
therefore hopes, for their health's fake, they will be ex
tremely cautious of wnom they buy them.
N ° B : Th ? ^'? s are n figure bottles, with the fol
°" n ^ inscription on them, viz, " lobn.Norton, only
proprietor and author of Mvedant's d'rnps.”
Sold in New-York, by H, Gaine, and I Rivinfy, at
izs. a beetle.
Lieutenant-Colonel Feyrac, late of his M,jefty's 18th
or Royal regiment of foot, in Ireland, cured of a most
violent feurvy, having no par? free from pimples, fcurf
and ulcers, exceprthe palms of his hands, his face and
breast, attended with a total want of appetite, fleet )and
fpirits.'
WRITING PAPELq
Of excellent £%:,,
BY the Quire or Ream: Orderly Books, Sealing Wax
and Wafers, Dutch Quills, red and black Ink, Pen
knives and Razors, Middleton's best Pencils, Powder
Flasks and Shot Pouches, Pewter Standllhes and Logger
heads, Surveying Instruments, Back Gammon Tables
with Diet and Boxes, Leather Snuff Boxes, Pounce and
Pounce Boxes, India Ink, Fiddle Strings, Gold Scale, and
Weights, Straps and Hones for Razors, Scales a^d Divi
ders, German Flutes, Message Cards, Gun Hammers and
Screws, Silver Pencil Cases, Fountain Pens, and Temple
Spectacles..
Mrs. Mary Bride, No. 78, Snew-hill, near Weft-
Smithfield, cured.of. an inveterate scorbutic humour in
her fare ; her eyes.were so much atfe&ed as to render her
almost incapable of feeing; She had also fc piles.
Mr. John Foster, ar the Rose, at Welling, in Kent,
cured of a leprofy,attended with violent, rheumatic pain%
Thallowing crocs authenticated by James Cowper, M.D.
Mr. John Hall, attorney, in Johnfon's.c< urt, Fleet
ftreet, cured of a Scorbutic disorder on his (holders, nick,
and ears, attended, with a continual pain in the stomach,
and lots of appetite.
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I^>c'lean Linen Rags, and so in Prop6rtion <3
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BY HUGH GAINE.
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A NEW C URE.
pERFOFMEn BY
MAREDANT's DROPS.
Paltafb, M&rcb 11, 1775.
Io Mr. NORTON, Surgeon in Gulden-Square.
Sir,
IN gratitude to you, arid for the benefit of piners, I
think it my du'y to inform you of the extraordinary
cure my son has obtained, of an inveterate feurvy, by rhe
use of your crops, after having the advice of many phy
sicians and appothearies, at a very great expence, to no
purpose ; he was so extremely bad, that we not only
despaired of relief but thought his life in danger. I beg
this may bemade public ; and am, Sir,
Witnefler ,to the cure, Your humble fervan+
TZmer F#/&r.% ANTHON V*%j Q
r^ *Dr. following remarkable cures fufficiently provel
£ he efficacy of MAREdant's Drops, (prepared by,:
Mr. Norton, Surgeon or Golden-Square, near Picadilly)l
fupertor to any medicine hitherto known, for curing thel
leprefy, feuryy, ulcers, the evil, fifraUs, piles, the rheu-|
matifm, long continued irflammamns of the eyes, and 1
every offer disorder arising from a foulnefs in the blood.l
'1 e Mr. Norton, Surgeon in Golden-Square, London.
I HAVE here inclofed you my certificate of Roderick 1
Macdonald's being cured, in all appearance, of thatl
rank scorbutic eruption, which fer many years past, has|
conflantly refitted the power of a variety of medicines,|
(taken by him, to my certain Knowledge) until it vanishedl
by the pfe of your Maredant's Drops.
Your most obedient and humble fervaut,
JAMES COWPER.
P. S. I have just now fan, and examined the case of ;
Mrs. Mary Lute, on whom I find you have performed a |
most miraculous <nre of thru, years standing, es tl,el
Scrophula, commonly known by the name of the King's '
EviL-.-Youmuft be very happy, when refle&i% you
have irin your power to give relief to so many fuffenng
mortals, which inch extraordinary cures proves you have.
John-Street, Cayendifh-Square,?
January ! 3 th, 1775.
Mr. John Ingram-,of Codfordf St, Mary, Wilts, cured
of a mod inveterate Scurvy, of twenty years Standing;
hi^bodywis covered all over with blotches and ulcers,
which Scaled off like the fcaies of a fish. Witness, John
Cleaner, of -Herchbuiy.
Mr. Edward Marquire, of Long-Lane, Southwark,
cured of & most dreadful pain in the ftoxiach, with low
ness cf spirits, a^d a most severe pain in the head.
Mary Copfon, of Brom,ton, cured of a scorbutic hu
mourron her head and face, attended with a violent hoarse
ness and korinefs of breath. Witness, Mr. Orton, ccai
merchant, in.Whitcoml> street, near Leicester Fields.
Monday, 43 Min. after 11
Tueftia,, 33 Min, after 12
Wednesday, 23 Min. after 1
Thursday, 9 Min. after 2
American manufactured
HUGH GAINE has for Sale,
HIGH-WATER at NEW-YORK, U Week.
Friday, 50 Min. after 2
Saturday, 28 Min. after 3
Sunday, 15 Min. after 4
Fir, Quar:sr tye 25th.
, & MOST unnatural murder was committed lad
I FL Friday, ne,r Roanoke-island. A Granger came
j to Nexenton, about the firftinftant, and finding that
jpCaptv George Oaks, late of the town of Marble
-Ibead,Mn New-England, intended, in a small boat,
I 'o go to Tar river, begged a paffige with him, which
I was given. The murderer, whole name is Joseph
, Evans, late of Salem county, in the province of
I New-Jersey, before he went off, bought for his hot-
I rid purpose, a carving knife. The villain, the firft
! night they were in the boat, whilst the unhappy man
I was aileep, (tabbed hint. The boat being near the
§ fnore, the lamentations of the Captain were heard
iby the inhabitants, who secured the villain. He has
;left for the use of his Family (a widow and (even
:children) in money and goods, to the amount of
[ about gool. which is in the hands of the widow
I Todd, or Nexenton, in Pafquotank county.
;WiHia r mfburgh, [in Virginia) May 4.
{A, circular letter sent by order of his Excellency the
General to the commander of the teveral battalion;
VSTR,'
[„ You'll pl^fe ,0 give orders to the federal re
; crafting.officers of your regiment, not to take
4,any. natives iof Great-Britain or Ireland as re
[ cruits, unless they have been some time residents in
f thereon,try, -bfyy^ves and children, or unless they
I can bring a strong and fufficient recommendation.
lAsI As this, fir, is a matter 'f mo final! importance, a
, coioneL,viJ|bu appointed to examine and pass all the
ferth recruits ; add whoever does not come under
'th,s predicament wiil be thrown on the officer's
'hands.
“ We on-the 6th instant, had before Quebec, up
wards of 2500 men,
“ In the late fkirmßli between our troops and a
party of the enemy, th re were 7 Canadians killed,
4 wounded, two of which are since dead, and about
30 taken prifoaers ; the red diverted, and delivered
up Carleton's letters, which induced them 10 take up
arms. We have here 800 troops. Sinclair's regi
ment will reach this on Tuelday."
Extract of a letter from the Landing, at the North
End of Lake George, dated April 21, 1776.
“ I have just seen a gentleman who left Quebec
ft f'^ 6th instant, who informs me, that General
&A'ler arrived theie on the lit instant: On the 3d,
-we ,rfnd a four gun battery of 9 paundeis, on
Itoin: Levy; another was erecting on the Plains of
Abraham ; and a third on paffige, which would be
finished in a few days.
" I have just seen a gentleman who left Quebec
the 16th irritant, and fays, that our army (tee c^n
fitts of about 3090 men. He brings a confitmation
of the report ot a fknnnfh between our people and a
part{ of the Canadians, and relates, that about 2.0
Canadians were collected together, under one of
their prints, and b, intercepting out provisions, and
other a&s of hoftijity, began to give our people some
uneasiness. General Arnold detached a party (of
winch this gentleman fays he was one) to endeavour
to difperle them. They came up with the Canadi
an^, and a skirmish &niued, in which several of the
Canaday wetr killed, wounded, and taken prifen
ers, an!o; g the latter were two officers, who had re
Extras of a letter from Albany, dated April 30.
“ General rhumpfon with his brigade, arrived
here on tye 26th, in good order, on their way to
Quebec.
We have advice from Portfabuth, that our troops
entered that town without opposition, and have taken
a number of waggon loads of effects, viz. rum,
sugar, molrifles, and a variety of,dry goods, belong
ing to persons who are enemies to the American
cause ; they have alle defrayed two or three heufes
&/o.h jweertfee QOWCT^ <»_L±9 G^wrtrtrh, trt
hhougbl ouj^me prisoners. Lord Dunmore is very
strongly entrenched at Tucker's mills, and has a
great quantity of cannon mounted, defended by
about 500 men. .His Excellency General Lee re
turned here from Portsmouth lalt Thursday evening.
BALTIMORE (Maryland) May 8.
Extras of a LePer from Fort George, dated April
18, 1776.
“ I arrived at this place last Tuesday afternoon,
and ex^e^ed to find the lakes open, but am difap
po:ntedr---General Thomas left this yesterday morn
-1., and intended to break his way through ; and
'mm^y about 4.0 bateaus went off with the fame
Evruion, and carried about s.oo'men ; the residue
of die troops here (about 300) and the cannon,
from 32 pounders, four 24 pounders, four 18, and
some 9, with eight tons of powder, go off in the
morning. The batteaus which went away this day,
we iull hear have got above 12 miles.---Col. Sin
coir's regiment is at Fort-Edward, 14 miles below
this, and are ordered here to-morrow.
" This day arrived, with their interpreter (Mr.
Dean) the Indian delegates of the Seven Tribes in
Canada, from the Congress of the Six Nations, at
Ona dago ; I was introduced to and had the honor
to take them by the hand.—-Mr. Dean fays, they
have refolded to observe a ftri& neutrality, and have
appointed Deputies to attend our Indian Commjffi
oners at Albany, and may be daily, expe&ed There.
“ I write this from the spot, where the battle was
fought, and Defkau taken Prisoner by Sir William
Johnson, and within a quarter of a mile of Fort-
William Henry, which Montcalm took."
Edenton, (N. Carolina) April 22.
By the 'General's orders,
THOMAS BULLITT, D. A. G.
Wheatper Bushel, ss. 6d.
Flour, 16s. od.
Brown Bread, 15s. od.
Weft-India Rum, Qs. od.
New-England, do. 6s. od.
PRICE-CURRENT, in NEW-YORK.
Mufeovado Sugar, 61. 10s.
Single refin'd ditto, is. ,d.
Molasses, „. 6d.
Beef per Barrel, 60s. od.
Pork, 803. od.
The maker of the vessel from Coik failed from,
that place co in;it,.Api d, but fays ite brought
.ft. no net ti^p..^ ;x:7,r T IT; :...,.:' ...at
live regiments were at Cork when he failed, ready to
embark for America ; and that he heard nothing of
any foreign tipops having failed for this continent.
'^ II E conclusion from tire foregoing confidera &
I tions, duly 'weighed, will, I conceive, be
found and decisive, whether it be for ww or peace
and reconcilement. The auction is great. A
greater never before called for our atgenuon. The
fate of empi.^shmg m % m it. The ProtHtrnt reli
gion, the Briuth C<dilution, the prosperity, the
opulence, the existence of Great-.Biitain, depend
upon the rilue. Let us then give it that attention,
which its high impstance merits.
The armaments of last year against America,
were 10,000 fowlers and 3000 teamen. It was then
fuppoled, the Americans would not refill. The
event has proved they will. That armament is half
c.mAmed, without dieting a single thing of an,
consequence. I have converted with no officer on the
fubj/H, whothinks a main army of less than 30,000
men, with aicadrquare train of unllery, 10,coo men
lor the foubheip part cf the Continent, and 10,coo
teamen, inducing marines, can open -the campaio,
with poffibdi^ 3f success. ''
This e&matC purpefely fiatsas low as rcCblj
B O STON, May 9.
Almost every able-bodied inhabitant of this place
has voluntarily engaged to work two days in a week,
for fix weeks, on the fortifications carrying on here
for the general defence. They began to fortify
Noddle's island last week, since which they have
been joined b'y ftveral of the neighbouring towns ;
and it is not doubted but others will follow the
laudable example.
Lift I uefday in the forenoon, twobrigs were seen
binding in for this harbour, on which Capt. Tucker,
in die Privateer late commanded by Capt. Manly,
tien off in the Bay, gave them chace, and followed
tatm near up to the Tght-Houfe, very fortunately
to^k them both, in.light of two or three of the Bri
tj^p'ps of wa, lying in King Road. Capt.Dsw
-1011 in one of the enemy's armed vessels came to fail,
any endeavoured to get out to the assistance of the
b igs, bufwns prevented by tire winds bcingEafterly.
I ne two prizes, accompanied by the privateer, were
the fame day^lafely carried into Lynn, and properly
secured.---! he largest is from Cork, James Fulton,
matter, upwards et 10© tons burthen, and has on
'',?; 5° t° ns °l coal, 256 whole barrels and 130
hid barrels of beef, 300 firkins of butter, 200 boxes
of candles, 40 barrels of flour, 49 barrels of barley,
a quantity ot hams, 100 boxes of soap, &c. The
odier is from St. Michael's, about 90 tens burthen,
Richard Pine, master, loaded with wines and fruit.
1 he masters of these veflels, not knowing that the
British army had been obliged t& evacuate this place,
w. re bound hither, in order to dispose of their car
goes, for the benefit of our unnatural and cruel
Enemies.
PHILADELPHIA, May r 3,
On the sth inl departed this life, aged 61 years,
JOHN R OS S, E:q; long an eminent Couafek
lor of the Law in this city. His remains (koine
by the gentlemen of the Bar, and attended by afoum
ba ofthe nick relpid&able of his fellow citizens)
were deposed in St. Paul's Church, agreeable to
his own desire.
On I uelday last the Roebuck of 44 and the Liver
pool frigate of 28 guns, arrived near the nicuth of
Chriftjana Creek, Tuppofed so be on their way to
this city. The provir^tal Gondcloes were immedi
ately ordered to attack them, and on Wednesday
aiieiuoun they beg; n a severe canonzdirg upon them
which, was returned with equal warmth.by the (hips.
The a&on lasted about four hours, without much
dunage done to either fide. During the engagement
Captain Alexander, on board the Wasp fchaoner, of
fi^guns came cut of Christiana Greek, into which
he had been chafed the day before by the men of war
and retook a biig which had been taken by the Li
verpool. On Thursday afternoon the Gondcloes
renewed their attack upon the'ihips with 10 much
fpiptand (kill, that they were obliged to koift fail
and return down the river The gondoloes pursued
them, undera conftan'-fire for four or five hours,
after which they quitted the chafe, and moored at
New Castle. Nuulbtrs of balls were heard to strike
the thips in this nation, and discoveries were made
the next day of cquCdtfable damage being done to
them. Several of the Gondoloes were slightly da
maged-One man was killed in the firft, and three
wounded in the feedr.d.engagement. The novelty
of the fight, the gallant behavictir cf the officers sind
failorsj and the invariant confeouences of the cen
ted, afforded a most interesting fpe&acle to many
thousand foeaatofs who flood on the Chores. 'Tig
hud the flops are now a^oorqd at Reedy-Tlaud.
rtefallroing is extruded from a pamphlet lately p&
lifbed, entitled, " A Second Appeal to the
Judice and Interests of th People, ^ the mea
fares refteriing America.
cei ved commons from a New-England Colonel, to
'!''?. me ° '°. r ' >im i which they did ; but instead of
-diking their Colonel on this occasion, bad joined
the party against us.
“ This gentleman met D r . Franklin, Mr; Chace,
Mr. Carrol, L'rQabier^ General Baron De Woedlke,
a 11,4 feverri cnher gentlemen, between Crown-Point
and St. John's.".
L O ND ON, Feb. 22.
Fine Salt, ---None.
Coarse Salt, Bs. 6d
Indian Corrxperßu.gs. 6d
Coffee, is. id
Chocolate, 225. per Doz.