The Pennsylvania gazette — Philadelphia, Pa., 1776-08-28 00:00:00, page 1

•A VALUABLE plantation, situated in Weff-Caln town
fl /hip, Chester county, containing 256 acres of land, ico
of which are cleared, and in good fence, the remainder well
timbered ; there are 12 acres of choice meadow, and a great deal
more may be made at a small expence j the whole of which may
be watered from different Springs ; there is erected on the pre
mtfes a new large well finished two story stone house, contain
ing two spacious rooms on a floor, and a large hall, with a cellar,
under the whole ; also a large stone kiteken at the back, with
garrets, and a pump of good water at the dcor; a large barn,
stables, &c. and a good bearing orchard ; the situation is remark
ably healthy, and would answer very well either for a tavern or
a store, being Situated on the great road leading from Lancaster
to Wilmington, in an agreeable neighbourhood, and contiguous
to different places of worship. The title is indisputable. For
terms, apply to Mr. Dominick Joyce, in Philadelphia, or
to the fubferiber, on the premises, John Telles. §
TW. LVE DOLLARS Reward.
RU b away the 13th inst. from the fubferiber, living in
Blockley town/hlp, near Philadelphia, a Scotch servant
lad, named Andrew Urquhart, about 20 years of age,
understands Something of weaving, full faced, dark hair, some
what curled, near 5 feet 7 inches high, well set; has Something
of the Scotch dialect, and can speak Erse tongue ; had on, and
took with him, an old grey cloth coattee, with fall down collar,
a double breasted silk and linen jacket, with red and yellow stripes
surrounding bis body, a felt hat, almost new, buckskin breeches,
with brass buttons, two pair of trowfers, one a cotton and linen
stripe, the other tow, more than half worn, a good flax linen
Shirt, neat leather Shoes abo^t half worn, with plain Square steel
buckles, and an old flag silk handkerchief. He came in with
Captain Brown in the brig Clementina from Scotland, in October
last, and is fappofed to be now in or rear Philadelphia. Who
ever takes up said servant, and secures him so that hismaker gets
Kim again, Shall have the above reward and reasonable charges,
%^ ! 4 # lONAS SUPPLES. %
<') A M 1, to tne plantation of the fubferiber, in Deny
^ township, on the firft day of this instant August, a sorrel
MAR E, with a far and Lip, between 13 and 14 hands high,
natural pacer f uppfed to b ra about nine years old, and is marked
on the near buttock thus £, The owner is defined to come,
prove hs property, pay he charges, and take her away.
fl F ACOBNISLE.
WA S'FOUND, on the thirty-firft day of July last,
between Philadelphia and John Dickinson, Esquire s,
A POCKET - BOOex containing a quantity of C A 3 H,
with feverd th-r Papers. The'owner, by applying to Dennis
Conard, in Her(ham townfliip, near the Crooked Billet, may
have it a^in" on proving his property, and paving Charges, ff
WHEREAS Sarah Kirby, the Wife of John
Kirby, of Talbot County, hath, w+hout any Provo
cation, eloped from her Husband; these are therefore to fore
warn all perfns from trufling her on his Account, as he will
pay no Debts of her contrasting from the Date hereof.
March 22, 1776. § John Kirby.
TO B E SOL D,
A LIKELY young NEGROE MAN; any person in
clining to purchase him, may be informed, by applying to
Anne Roan, or Joseph Boyd, in Londonderry township, Lan
caster county, executors of the reflate of the Rev. John Roan,
deceased, or to the goal-keeper in Lancaster. duly 17, 1776. J
.nt! TO
1 ne PENNSYLVANIA
Philadelphia, Augufi 22, 1776.
FIFTY-SIX DOLLARS Reward.
DESERTED, this morning, from Captain Copenhaver's
company, 2d Battalion of Riflemen, of Lancaster county,
commanded by Colonel Green, the five following men, viz.
Banzer Bomgardner, about 32 years of age, 5 feet 10 inches
high, well fit, fridy coloured hair; had on a green frock and
trowfers; took his arms and accoutrements with him.
Adam Bomgardner, brother of the said Baltzer, about 30 years
of age, near 5 f-et 10 inches high, black hair; had on a green
frock and trowfers.
Adam Tidier, about 20 years of age, 5 feet 10 inches high,
stoops in his walk, sandy coloured hair; had on a green frock
and trowfers; took his arms and accoutrements with him.
Jacob Muffer, about 20 years of age, near § feet 8 inches
high, a Shoemaker by trade ; had on a green frock and trowfers.
John Loops, about 25 years of age, $ feet 2 inches high,
well set, black hair ; had on a green frock and trowfers ; was
Drummer to the company.
They were all of Hanover township, Lancaster county, neigh
bours to each other, had 41 received the advance money.—-The
said Bakzer Pomgardner had entered in the place of another man,
who paid him Ten Pounds for the fame The arms and ac
coutrements were appraised in order to be paid for by the public.
"Whoever takes up said deserters, an' delivers them at the camp,
at Amboy, or secures them, so that th-y may be delivered to the
Commanding Officers of Did Battalion, /ball receive for the
said Baltzer Bumgardner, the reward of Twenty-four Dollars,
and for each o' the others Eight Dollars, and all reasonable
charges, paid by
§7ff Thomas Copenhaver. Captain.
THIRTY SHILLINGS REWARD.
UN away from the fubferiber, living in Carlifle, Com
fy berland county. Pennsylvania, an Engliffi servant man.
named John Smith, brn in Bathj a Carpenter by trade, his been
above three years in the country, is a flout well made fellow,
about # 30 years of age. stoop fhoullered, sandy complexion, his
hair tied behind, grey eyes, and has a rock is his walk like a
Sailer; had on a light coloured cl th coat, blue jacket, and buck-
Skin breeches ; was seen in company with one Thomas Perry,
and some others, who was a rifleman last year at Boston; as the
said fervantis - deleter from Gror ethe Third, and great tory
lam confer c he pers into the colory feivke that he 'll
desert and go ^ : "go Sir old mafe/s 'r 0 . 3thee e y
with I r ra, as ho has has. . # I a rd ro arD^ ft i
hope' '.yo's to /\rrco \r• .' i:ierrJe^vu< „^
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Aagvfi 11, 776 § f WILLIAM
Containing the Frefhefi /Id-
August 28, <776.
Cbefter County, August 20, 1776.
TO BESOLD,
Long-Island, August 5, 1776.
FORTY DOLLARS Reward.
DESERTED from the First or Rifle-regiment, com
manded by Colonel Edward Hand, now encamped on
Long-ffland, J O Fl N OLIV E R, about 5 feet 7 inches high,
brown hair, fallow complexion, a laughing talkative fellow, and
fond of strong liquor, a native of Ireland, by trade a weaver,
inlifted in Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, in June 1775,
had lived in Maryland before he came to Pennsylvania. On the
2d of July last, he got a written pass to go to Princeton, in New-
Jersey, with TWO MAR E S, the property of Col. Hand;
neither he or the mares have since been heard of. One of the
mares black, with a far in her forehead, 14 hands high, 6 years
old, trots, racks and canters well ; the other all black, not
quite 14 hands high, 7 years old, paces, racks, and canters
well, and trots a little; both are remarkably well made, carry
well, are high spirited, supposed with foal. Any person who
secures the above deserter in any goal oh the Continent, so that
he may be returned to the regiment, and the mares to Jasper
Yates, Esq; Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mr. James Milligan, mer
chant, in Philadelphia, or to Col. Hand, with the regiment,
shall receive the above reward, or Five Pounds for the deserter,
and Five Pounds for each of the mares, with reasonable charges,
paid by any of the above Gentlemen. | 6 w.
SIXTEEN DOLLARS Reward.
DESERTED from Captain Samuel Culbertson's
company, of Colonel Montgomery's battalion, of the
flying camp, two soldiers, viz. Thomas. Davis, about 5 feet 6
inches, a Welshman, a ftput clumsy fellow ; lived near Warwick
Furnace when he inMAed, John Kingfnger, alias Groomer, of
Dutch defeent, speaks good English, about 5 feet 7 inches high,
fore eyes, and has two fingers of his left hand almost cut off; an
arrant villain, and has Hole and taken with him a white broad
cloth coat. Whoever secures said deserters (as they are great
rogues) in any goal, /hall receive the above reward, or Eight
Dollars for either, and reasonable charges, paid by
X Samuel Culbertson, Captain.
EIGHI DOLLARS Reward.
RUN away, on Sunday morning, the 18th of August imft.
from the fubferiber, in Carlifle, a servant man, named
James Hutton, born in Ireland, but came to Philadelphia frem
England about two years ago, aged about 20 years, 5 feet 7 op
8 inches high, a slender healthy looking lad, one eye squints;
rocks as he walks, Short dark brown hair, which he commonly
wears tied, cut short on the top of the head; had on, when he
went away, a brown broadcloth coat, not lined, but faced with
brown fhaloon, plain yellow gilt buttons, with cat-gut eyes, a
light blue broadcloth jacket, lined with blue Shaloon, without
sleeves, white metal walked buttons, with cat-gut eyes, a cuarfe
home/pun Shirt, and trowfers nearly of the fame kind, made with
a fall before, Strong flioes. brass buckles, an half-worn hat, made
part of beaver and part racoon furr, cut in the new fafhion,
a black ribbon round the crown, the top of the crown of his
hat much faded; he can write well, and will probably forge a
pass, as well for himfelf as for a certain William Hawthorn, a
Shoemaker, servant of Edmund Kean, of Carlifle, with whom
it is thought he is in company. Whoever secures the said ser
vant in any goal, shall have Four Dollars reward (if taken
within 40 miles of Carlifle) or the above reward if taken any
greater distance, and reasonable charges, if brought to Carlifle,
paid by George Stevenson, ^
EIGHT DOLLARS Reward.
RUN away, on Sunday morning, the 18th of August inst.
from the fubferiber, in Carlifle, a servant man, named
William Hawthorn, born in Ireland, a Shoemaker by trade;
had on an half-worn grey cloth coat, with metal buttons, red
jacket, with white metal buttons, half-worn buckskin breeches,
old worsted flockings, one pair of pumps and one pair of shoes,
with round copper buckles, coarse tow shirt and stock, long
blade hair, tied behind, and the fore part of his hair turned up
high, one wool hat, bound with black tape; he is full 6 feet
high, stoop Shouldered ; he has a down look when fpokan to;
said servant is very talkative; and a great lover of strong drink,
aged about 25 years, and fays he formerly deserted from the
Innifkillen dragoons; he also Stole Three Pounds in caffi ; he
can write well, and will probably forge a pass, as well for hrtn
felf as for a certain James Hutton, servant to George Stevenson,
Esq; of Carlifle, with whom it is thought he is in company.
Whoever secures the said servant in any goal, shall have Four
Dollars reward (if taken within 49 miles of Carlifle) or the
above reward, if taken any greater distance, and reasonable
charges, if brought to Carlifle, paid by
Edmund Kean, Shoemaker.
The following LETTERS and ORDERS are Rublifbed
by order of th^ son. Congress of the American States.
M Head-gaiters, Nequ-Tork, yth Auguli, 1776.
BEING ^thorifed by Congress, as their Com
manders in every department are, to negociate
an exchange of prisoners, and presuming, as well
from the nature of your Lordship's command,
as the information Gen. Howe has been pleased to honour
me with, that the exchange in the naval line will be fub
jedt to your Lordship's direction, I beg leave to propose
the following mode of exchange for your Lordship's con
sideration, viz. " Officers for thole of equal rank, and
Colors for sailors."
If the above propofaifhould be agreeable to your Lord
fh;p, I am charged, in a particular manner, to exchange
any officer belonging to the British navy, in our hands,
and of equ4 rank, for Lieutenant Josiah, who was lately
made prisoner in a (hip retaken by the Cerberus frigate.
Ihe reason. y Lord, of my being charged to propose
the exch^n^e of /ariß^nant Josiah in preference to that
Ol ^ty, ot h~r officer is, chat authentic intelligence has been
lecr.^c, thafa regarclels ci his rank as on officer, he has
noc or, y been foijeded to the duties of a common fea
map, but aa, experience I many other marks of indignity.
As a Afferent I ne of co.nd.uft, my Lord, has been ever
mor. A. towards the officers of your navy, who have
'' "I'l °, r hands, it becomes not only a matter $f
/ bur of right in me to mention this to your Lordfuip,
CW^' ^^ ^^'
GAZE TA
so frig. ^ D^fa^
His Excellency General CARLETON's ORDERS.
QyOEC) August 4 . 1776.
TH E commanding officers of corps will take efpccial
care every one under their command be informed,
that letters or messages from rebels, traitors in artus
against the King, rioters, disturbers of the public peace,
plunderers, robbers, assassins, or murderers, are on no
occasion to be admitted ; that should emissaries from such
lawless men again presume to approach the army, whe
ther under the name of flag of trucemen or ambassadors,
except when they come to implore the King's mercy,
their persons shall be immediately seized and committed
to close confinement, in order to be proceeded against,
as the law diredts; their papers and letters, for whom
soever, even for the Commander in Chief, are to be de
livered to the Provolt Marshal, that, unread and unopen
ed, they may be burned by the hands of the common
hangman; at the fame time the Commander in Chief
experts that neither the assassination of Brigadier Ge
neral Gordon *, nor the late notorious breach of faith,
in resolving not to return the troops and Canadians
taken at St. John's, in exchange for those rebels who fell
into the hands of the Savages,at the Cedars and Quin
chin, purchased from them at 1 great price, and restored
to their country on those express conditions, be imput
ed to the Provincials at large, but to a few wicked and
designing men, who firft deceived, then step by dep mil
led the credulous multitude to the brink of ruin, after
wards usurped authority over them, established a despo
tic tyranny not to be borne, and now wantonly and
foolifhly endeavour to provoke the fpiiling the blood of
our unhappy countrymen of this continent, in hopes of
covering their ®wn guilt, or confirming their tyranny,
by the general deftruftion of their country. Let their
crimes pursue these faithlefs, bloody minded men, who
assert that black is white and white black, it belongs to
Britons to diftingufh themselves not less by their huma
nity than their valour; it belongs to the King's troops
to save the blood of his deluded fabjeds, whose greatest
fault perhaps is having been deceived by such men to
their own deftru&ion; it belongs to the crown, it is the
duty of all faithful servants of the crown, to refeue from
oppreffien, and restore to liberty, the once happy, free,
and loyal people of this continent.
All prisoners from the rebellious provinces, who choose
to return home, are to hold themselves in readiness to
embark at a short notice; the Commissary, Mr. Murray,
shall visit the transports defined for them, and fee that
wholesome provisions, necessary clothing, with all possi
ble convenience for their passage, be prepared for these
unfortunate men; they are to look on their refpedive
provinces as their prison, and there remain, till farther
enlarged, or furnmoned to appear before the commander
in chief of this province, or any oth^r commander in
chief for his Majesty, for the time being, which sum
mons they shall obey.
Gen. Howe wiLLregulate their place of landing.
E. FOY, Deputy Adjutant Gen.
(A true copy.)
FRANCIS CARR, Clerk,
Aid de camp to Lieutenant General Burgoyne.
* It is impofibk to conjeflure evhat is meant, in this
extraordinary produEion b, " the assassination of Brigadier
Gen. Gordon," the fabric having never been informed of
any thing c^ernirg any juch perform
Eagle, off Staten-Ifand, 19th Aug^f, 1776.
S I R,
Ci ONCURRING with the proposition y u have beeu
< pleased to make, in your favour of the 17th, for an
exchange of prisoners in my department, viz. “ Officers
for those of equal rank, and sailors for favors, 7 I will
take the liberty to propose an officer of the fame rank
with Lieut. Josiah when he arrives.
The Cerberus being absent, I have no other information
refpedting the Situation of Mr. Josiah, than what is com
municated in your letter, but the matter, you ma ^e
assured, shall be enquired into, and every attention . id
to the rules of propriety, as well as the dictates of hu
manity, on all such occasions.
Principles and conduct form the true diftinflion of rank
arnongft men; yet, without a competent habit in tie
manners of the world, fhey are too liable to meet with
unmerited disregard. But intuit and indignities to per
sons of whatever rank, who are become parties in these
unhappy disputes, cannot be juftified, and are, I persuade
myfelf, as much disapproved of by every officer under
my command, as they can never cease to be by me. I
am, with great personal refped, Sir, your most obedient
humble servant. H OWE.
To General George WaJhington, &c. &c. &c.
to the end that an enquiry may be made into the ca£
above referred to. e
From your Lordship's character for humanity, T am led
to presume, that the hardships imposed on Lieutenant
Josiah are without either your knowledge or concurrence,
and therefore most readily hope, that upon this represen
tation, your Lordthip will enjoin all officers, under your
command, to pay such regard t® the treatment of those
that may fall into their hands, as their different ranks and
fixations may require, and such as your Lordihip would
wish to fee continued by us to those who are already 111
our power, or who may hereafter, by the chance of war,
be fubjefted to it. I have the honour to be, my Lord,
your Lordship's most obedient servant,
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
To the Right Honourable Lord Eifcount Hoose, Ad
miral and Commander in Chief of the Britjb navy
in America, (Copy)
Numb. 2488.