The Pennsylvania evening post — Philadelphia, Pa., 1776-08-08 00:00:00, page 2

Just pul lifned, and now felling by ROBERT BELT, in
Thiid street, price Ten Shillings,
Six Sketches on the History o£ Man,
CpN«T AININ G CT \.
The Progress of ME Nas Individuals.
I. The Diversity of Men and of Languages.
11, Of Food and Population.
111. Of Property.,
IV. 1 he Origin and Progress of Commerce.
V. The Origin and Progress of Arts.
VI. The Progress of the Female Sex.
With an A P P'E N DI X concerning the Propagation of
Animals, arid the. Care of their Offspring.
By H E N R.Yy H O M E, Lord K, A IMS,.
Author of the Elements of Criticism.
, N,B. Atlaid Bell's may be had Simes's Military Guide
for Officers, 2 vol. Also all the new Pamphlets.
es the United States of America, and authorized you, or a
majority of such of you as shall at any time be present, to vote
for and in the name of this state, in all and every quellion
there to be decided ; and this Convention apprehend it to be
a duty, which they owe the public, to give you the following
general directions for your conduft, confident that you will,
at all times, pay the utraoit attention to the inftruftions of your
constituents.
The immense and irreparable injury which a free country
may sustain by, and the very great inconveniencies which
always arise from a delay of its councils, induce us, in the
firft place, ftridly to enjoin and require you to give not only
a conitant but a punctual attendance in Congress.
The present necessity of a vigorous exertion of the united
force of the free States of America, against our Britilh
enemies, is the most important object of your immediate
regard, and points out the necessity of cultivating and
strengthening, by every means in your power, the present
happy union of these States, until such a just, equal and per
petual confederation can be agreed upon, and finally effected,
as will be the molt likely to secure to each the perfect direction
of its own internal police : In the forming of which confede
ration you are to give your utmost affiftaace.
We recommend to you to use your utmost power and influ
ence in Congress, to have a due attention paid to the establish
ing, and maintaining a refpe&able naval force; as such a.
force is absolutely necessary to every, trading nation, and is
the lead expensive or dangerous to the liberties of mankinds
With relpeftto the forming of treaties with foreign powers,
it is necessary only to fay, that we llriblly charge and enjoin
you not to agree to, or enter into any treaty of commerce
or alliance with Great-Britain, or any other foreign power,
but (on the part of America) as free and Independant States :
And that whenever Great-Britain shall acknowledge these
States Free and Independant, you are hereby authorifed, in
conjun&ion with the Delegates of-the other United States,
to treat witli her concerning peace, amity and commerce, an .
just and equal terms. , (To'be cdninue^.)
Philadelphia, August 8, 1776.
ISAAC HASLEHURST, in Water-street, a few door a
beve Market-street, has for sale Weft-India and Phila
delphia RUM, COFFEE cf an excellent quality, good
Mufcovado SUGARS in hogsheads, tierces and barrels, CIN
NAMON, POWDER BLUE, aad old Jamaica SPIRITS
0f an extraordinary quality.
392
Philadelphia, August 6, 1776.,
# SIXTEEN DOLLARS Reward.
I) AN away last night from the fubferibers, two Eng
\liih servant men, named THOMAS , and GEORGE
MILTON. They are brothers, and gardeners by profef
fion, and ins not doubted but they are together. THOMAS
MILION, aged about twenty-eight years, near five feet
fix inches high, brown hair, likely frefh coloured counte
nance, and Lovell set fellow. He had on, and took with
h;m, a brown broadcloth coat and veil, with yellow metal
buttons, an old drab coloured cloth coattee, a blue striped
bnfey jacket with. Heaves, not lined)two red ftiiped Damascus
waifteoats, three Russia, sheeting shirts, three pair cf c®ayfe
brown linen troffers, one pair of black knit breeches, one
pair of buckskin ditto, three pair of worded dockings, one
pair of white (ilk ditto, one pair of fine brown thread ditto,
two muslin neckcloths, an half worn round beaver hat, a,d
two pair of ihoes, one pair quite new.
GEORGE MILTQN is about twenty-four years of age,
near five feet four inches high, fivarthy complexion, pock
marked, black hair cut short, and has rather a down look.
He had on and took with him, a fuperfine,daik brown broad
clotn-coat and vett pretty much worn, a dark blue broad
cloth coat and vest, the backs of the veil fiq erfine black
c l°tb, a yellow flriped Damafeus veil without sleeves, a blue
flriped ditto, two new homespun shirts half whitened, twe Hol
land check do, a pair of check trousers, a pair of brown Hajen
ditto, one. pair of buckskin breeches, one pair of shoes almost
new, a round cador hat half worn^ and sundry other things
not remembered. Whoever secures said servants in any jail
so that their masters gets them again, shall have EIGHT
DOLLARS for each of them.
ARCHIBALD M'CALL,
JOSEPH- SWIFT,
THE Proprietors of the TRACT of LAND on the Chfo,
called Indiana, are her eby notified that, agreeable to
their minutes, the meeting of the body is to be held in the
city of Philadelphia on the 20th day ot September next, when
it is expelled the Proprietors will punctually attend, as mau
ters of great importance will then be laid before them.
Fhilad. Augull 8, 1776.
Port of Philadelphia, )
Pennsylvania, If. f 1 ° ALL whcm ma y concern.
NOTICE is hereby given that a Court of Admiralty
for taking cognizance of and trying the justice of cap.
tares of vessels made pursuant to the relolves of the Hon.
Continental Congress, and brought into this port of Phila
delphia, will be held at the Court-house, in the city of Phila
delphia, on M on.day, the twenty-sixth day of August, inst,
at ten o'clock in the forenoon of the fame day, then and
there to try the truth of the facts alledged in the bill of Lam
bert Weeks, commander of the ship of war called the RE
PRISAL (who as well, &c.) againd the ship or vessel called
the FRIENDSHIP, burthen about two hundred and forty
tons, lately commanded by Charles Ma'cky, together with
her tackle, apparel, furniture and cargo. To the end and
intent that the owner or owners of said ship called the Friend
ship, and her cargo, or any perlon concerned therein; may
appear and ffeew cause, if any they have, why the fame thoirld
not be .condemned according to the prayer of the laid bill.
By order of the judge,
Aug. 7, 1776.. ANDREW ROBESON, Register.-