The Pennsylvania evening post — Philadelphia, Pa., 1776-05-21 00:00:00, page 4

PHILADELPHI A, May 21.
The Hon. Continental Congress have promoted Horatio
{Gates, Esq; late Adjutant-Gen. to the rank of Major General,
and Thomas Mifflin, Esq; late Quarter Master General, to that
of a Brigadier General.
This day Major General GATES arrived in this city from
New-York.
In COMMITTEE of SAFETY, May 21 , 1776.
Col. Cadwalader having introduced the report of the seve
ral gentlemen appointed by the board to examine the musket
cartridges made up by the Commissary, Ordered, That the
fame be published in the different newspapers.
" We the fubferibers appointed by the Board of Officers of the
Associators of the city and liberties of Philadelphia, for the
purposes of examining the cartridges delivered by the Com
missary to the said Associators, have carefully examined the
fame, and find the weight of powder, therein contained, is
two fifth parts of the weight of the ball. It appears clearly,
from experiment, that the powder is very good, that the above
proportion is fully fufficient, and that more would be useless, if
not dangerous. T. MATLACK, Col. R. B. FRANCIS
WADE, Capt. 2d Batt. FRANCIS GURNEY, Capt. 3 d
Batt. WILLIAM WILL, Capt. ill Batt." Extract from
the minutes, WILLIAM GOVETT, Secretary.
To the Public in all Parts of the Province.
Friends and Fellow Countrymen.
THE question which will come before you is short and
easy ; we know not how it may have been disguised or
misrepresented to you by designing persons, but to prevent
your being deceived, we tell you concisely, until we can pre
pare the matter fully for you, that you either are or will be
called upon to declare, whether you will support the union
of the colonies, in opposition to the inftruftions of the House
of Assembly, or whether you will support the Assembly
against the Union of the Colonies. We have declared for the
former, and we will, at the hazard of our lives, support the
Union, for if the Union be broken, every province on the
continent will be upon us.
We have been open in our affairs. The sense of this city hath
been publickly taken, and we will not be belied by Tories.
Weproteft against private machinations, and we shall confider
the',authors of such as enemies, and treat them accordingly.
"^'^ men come forth who are endeavoring privately to un-
BOSTO N, May i 3.
-'We learn by the extracts from the St. James's Chronicle,
.of the nineteenth of March, inferred in the Halifax Gazette,
that Gen. Burgoyne was to fail for Quebec with ten thou
sand troops, and retake it if in the hands of the rebels, and
then proceed to Montreal, St. John's, &c. That General
Gage and Lord Howe, with seven thousand troops, were to
join Gen. Howe at Boston, at which place it is supposed there
is eight thousand , ! — Gage to remain as Governor of
Massachusetts, while the Generals Howes are to attack and
beat the Rebels from their posts ; they are then to secure their
embarkation and proceed to New-York, land there and oc
cupy Hudson's-River, andproceed up and join Gen.\ Bur
goyne from Quebec, and eftabliffia chain of forts round
New-England,—Alfo that one hundred fail of frigates and
Roops of war are to line our coast, it is said three deep, to
cut off all communication between the Colonies. That
the above troops are to be Hessians, who enter into pay before
they, march, and Hanoverians and British ; the foreign States
are fubfedized for two years after the troops shall be returned
• to their own land again, if ever that should be.
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A genteel saddle HORSE to be fold.
Inquire of the printer.
Philadelphia, May 21, 1776.
THE well known DABSTER is now at William Dibley's,
at the Fountain tavern in Chefnut-ftreet, where he
will cover mares at twenty (hillings aleap, or thirty (hillings
for the season, and five (hillings to the groom ; the money to
be paid at the time of covering. DABSTER is a beautiful
bay, fifteen hands high, remarkable for krength and lofty
carriage. He was got by the noted running horse VALI
ANT, in old Virginia, imported by Col. Cox; came of the
mare EXPRESS ; she was fall blood, and sprung from the
best stock in Europe, and was likewise imported by Colonel
Cox. He won three grand purses in old Virginia, and was
allowed to be one of the fwifteft horses there.
Philadelphia, May 20, 1776
TWELVE DOLLARS Reward.'
RAN away from the fubferibers, three Spanish ervant
men, viz. GABRIEL ANGUEDAS, twenty-five years
of age, five feet four or five inches high, of a swarthy com
plexion, has long black hair clubbed or cued. He had on
and took with him, a felt hat, a brick coloured Wilton coattee
with wooden buttons, a blue cloth jacket, and a blue duffil
ditto with sleeves, a pair of black everlasting breeches, two
hempen shirts, a pair of tow trowfers, one pair of worked flock
ings, and a pair of old ffioes, with carved plated buckles.
FRANCES PERVANA, about five feet four or five inches
high, marked with the smallpox, and a fear under his cheek
long black hair clubbed or cued. He had on and tool; with
him, a brick coloured Wilton coattee with wooden buttons
a fwanfkin jacket, one blue duffil ditto with sleeves, two pair
of flockings, buckskin breeches, and a pair of new shoes
with brass buckles, and two coarse shirts.
APOLITO PORSILIA, alias FERDINAND ANDERUS,
about twenty-two years of age, five feet fix or seven inches
high, swarthy complexion, and long black hair. Had on and
took with him, a beaver hat bound with velvet, with a silver
band, button and loop, an olive coloured short fuftian coat
with white cuffs and collar, silver washed buttons and holes
bound with silver, a red and white flriped jacket, light co
loured corderoy breeches, dark ribbed dockings, half worn
shoes, and odd buckles.
Whoever takes up and secures them in anyjail, so that
their matters get them again, shall have the above reward,
or thirty shillings for either of them, and refonable charges'
ISAIAH WORREL,
ROBERT HARPER, or
JAMESBUTLAND.
N.'B. It is supposed they are lurking about the town, as
they have been ieen among the French Neutrals. *
PHILADELPHIA; Printed by B. TOWNE"
dermine the Union—we will seek to find .them out —we dare
them to it at their peril.
Seven thousand who appeared at the Statehouse, and
'have sworn to support the Union.
P. S. Our situation make us a kind of centinels for the
fafety of the province ; and, to prevent our friends\being de
ceived by specious imposition, we give this open notice as an
inkance of our good will to them.
^ The Printer, for want of paper, is obliged to omit ma
ny advertisements and essays.