The Pennsylvania journal, or, Weekly advertiser — Philadelphia, Pa., 1776-10-23 00:00:00, page 4

Twenty-four Dollars Reward.
DESERTED from the Province flop cadd the Montgo
mery lying in the iver Delaware, three marines, be-
Icngiog to Annam Hr w.'s company, viz.
A NDREW PECAN (before advertised)deferred the x,h
of Ju e HI, born in Itc'a d, a weaver by trade, it about
aoyears of ag., five feet nine inches high, ft eigf t and w II
made, bat tied; entitled in Martick townfh;, Lancaftcr
county, where his father lives, and by whom it is laid he is
harbourdo
EDWARD THOMAS, (before advertised) &fcrted the
20 h inst. born tn England, about 26 years of age, 5 feet 6
inch shigh, well made, short yellow hJr, fair eye-brows,
for ever, much freckled; may pre'end to be a seaman, (as
he is actve on board fliq) and change bis name. Had on
when he went away, a dark coloured hunting shirt and
trow fers.
JOHN ANDERSON, defected the 20th ioO. born in Ame
rica; fuppovd in D ry townthp Cumberland county, about
24 ye.it of age, § feet 6 inches high, loote brack hair, inclin
ing t. curl, smooth face, and Simple lo k.
Whoever takes up and secures Lid deserters in any gab!,
All have eight d liars for each, and if feet on board afore
faid Chip, reasonable charges, paid by
aq 3 0. ' william brown Ca p t.
I^ENjooVilN HARBLdON, on ihe north tide of Market
, rtreet, oppoGte the Court-House, has for tale, SI ILLS
of various tizs ready mede, ana c,u furaifli an Sizes that
may, be wanted at a short notice.
W A in'^-^ro"^^
A SERVANT MAM (either white or black) th'ar under
stands the care of horses, and waiting at table; any
fuco who can be well recommended, may hear of a place and
fui able wages, by applying to the waiter at the Coffee-Houfe
or the Primer.
PAN-AWAY, ill the hid of this inrtant, (September)
^ from he Subferib&t, riving in New London Township
C.ftcr County ; an English Levant woman named SARAH
PHILISTER aboufthi ty tears of age, of a brown comelec
tion, very a kative and f nd of liquor ; die has lived in se
veral far 1 ; of ft; Hyland, and feived part of her time with
WILLIAM MILLER of N.^ Garden town!!.ip, took with
her one calico gown and peo.rat of be lame, wo linccy
a d cue ft LF petticoat, t rec short gowns ,f different forts,
two check and rour white aprons one black cloak and bon
net and fundiy other ck,a hs too tedious 0 mention whoever
takrs up and hearts said ftrvant so as her maffcr may have
her again; ih&l receive SIX DOLLARS reward and r.afma
b : charges if be upht h me paid by * DAVID MACKEY.
"TWENTY DOLLARS' Reward.'
T) AN AWAY on Sunday thr 29 h of September tart, from.
K the fubferiber boHic-sarpemei opposite the Sfatc-Houfe
wall, in Walnut (feet, Philadelphia, an arprenrie lad
named WILLIAM SEFTON, about 5 feet 7 inches high,
born in Maryland, iris father, Mr, Joh 1 Sefton, now lives at
a ^0 near Annapolis; said lad is about 18 years • f age,
has his face broke out as the effects of a furfeit, and is flow
of speech. Had on or took with him when he went away,
a bile regimental coat faced with white and white buttons,
white coarse linen waistcoat with a beh, a pair of nankeen
breeches and wailfcoat, a light brownish mixt coarse cloath
Goat, an half-worn cocked hat, a pair of new pumps, in
which ae cither a pair of pinchbeck or plated buckles, a
pair of leather breeches and a light fuftiau coat, two Goarfe
flirts aim P new, one old ditto finer, marked I. B. M. who
ever Secures Lid apprentice, so that his matter gets him again,
Shall have the above reward paid by
§ THOMAS HALE.
PHIL ADEL? AIA : Printed and Sold by William and Thomas Bradford, at the Corner of Front and Market-ftreecs, w&rr
Persons ma, be sapped with this Paper at Tea Shillings a Tear—-And wbcre Adwtijteents are taken im.
FIVE POUNDS Rewald.
WENT away yesterday evening, a young Negro woman,
named BET, of middling stature, fat and likely, She
had on a blue ihallocn jacket arid petticoat, white linen
handkerchief and apron, black leather high heel Ihoes, silver
bulkier, and blue worsted stockings with clocks. She took
vih her a new check black and yellow ftuffjacket and pet
ticoat, a blue and white damped cotton ditto, with to dry
other eloaths. and has had her ears bored for ear rings. The
faiQ Negro belongs to a gentleman of Mayland, and it is
fappef-d die is concealed in this ciy. Whoever brings her
Ip me, a the sign of the Bluebell in Che Aut-fttect, Philadel
phia, flull have the above rcwa d
* MICHAEL CLARKE.
' FIVE -POUNDS Reward.
DESERVED from Capt. Jacob R.uugAComp<my of the
Flying Camp, five men, viz. FA IrICK. KELLY §
fret 8 inches high, well fer, hirc-upi xim, dark han.—
Had on ^hen he w<nt away, a blue hunting shirt and row
fc. LAWRENCE MLRPHY, of the fame comruance
and ilze but fa d, colouud bfi, and the fame uuf; th.,
both nllfted the the d of Sep'e abet and deferred the toith.
JAMES PHILLIPS, about 5 feet fix inches high, brown
com, cxion, black hair, a little pock marked. -Has ! on a
white coat, old leather breeches, and half-b ,00 : Heenlithd
the 13h of September and deferred the fourteenth. JOHN
HUN PER, about § teet 7 inches high, brown complexion,
fair hair, down look; had on a brown coat and a pair of
hnnen trowfeis; enhtted the level teenth of September and
del red the twenty Seventh. CHARLES BLANCHFLOW
ER, for compexion, and peek-marked, brown hair; about
s feet 6 inches high, well set; had on a blown coat and
jacket, leather breeches and new Shoes.—He euiifled the r7iii
of September and defeated the 29 h.
Whoever apprehends the above dTerters. and delivers
them to the Captain, or ftepres them in any gad so as he
may get them again, Shall receive the above rewa.d, or twen
ty Shillings for each. JACOB FAUNS. Captain
§ lathe Firing Camp.
qo HIS day is punched, printed, and to be f id by RO-
I BIRT AITKEN, Printer and Boo^fellcr op elite the
London Ceffec-H use, Fr nt-ftr^er, containing nearly 240
pages, large O&avo, io blue boards (nice One Do'lar)
th. JOURNALS of the PRO EEDJNGS cf CONGRESS,
bed ar Phi^dephia, from Jamia y t May 1776 3^.
WAS n't in the liable of the lubfcribcr living in £arlifle,
on ?'-e eleventh in am, a brack HORSE, about 12
or 13 hint's high, won a fta# in his face, the nigh hind foot
w'uo, paces and nets, fh^d before. —- fl corner is r queried
to c me prove his proper y, pay ch ges, and take hili away.
Carife. 9 f „ 23 | WILI I M HOLMES.
Weft Neu-je.fi y, Batft, August 27, 1776.
FORTY DOLLARS Reward.
RAN-AWAY last night from Batfto furnace, thr- e ftrvant
meu, oc of th^m named FRANCIS LAWRANCE
PIDGINETT, a Portuguese, about 5 feet 7 or 8 inches
high, Loops in his walk, yellow complexion, middling long
black hair, brown eyes and chews tobacco : He had ro and
tor k with him, one blue Short coat, one brown dufth under
jacket, one p i/rf light coloured worsted push breaches,
Ozoabrug shot and trowfers, nt w hat, acd-old Iboes. MAT
'I HEW SH,ERONE, a Frenchman, by trade a th remaker,
about 3c years nt age, 5 ieet 7 or 8 inches high, dark com
plexion, black hair £ied behind, gr<y eyes, black heard,
and has a fear on the lower part of his left jaw. EMANU
EL RODRIGUES, a Spaniard, about 30 years of age, §
feet 6or 7 inches high, short mack hair, black eyes, and
dark complexion. Both Sherone and Rodrigues took with
them the f me kind and fame coloured clothes as Pidginett.
And the 24^ of June, the two following runaways FRAN
CIS BIRRARA, a Spaniard, about 36 years of age, 6 feet
2 inches high, black hair, brown eyes, thin vifagc, takes a
great quantity of fnuff, his fore teeth remarkably wide, and
has a down look. The other named JOSEPH RODRIGO,
but generally goes by the name of JOSEPH, about 5 feet 5
or 6 niches high, yellow complexion, black hair, and black
eyes. JOSEPH LOVETT, a Frenchman, who ran away
July 14th, is § feet 9 or to inches high, long brown hair,
fair complexion, grey eyes, and thin visage ; the three last
tock wih them the fame kind and fame coloured clothes as
Pideinett. Whoever takes up the above runaways, and se
cures them in any jail, so that their master, JOHN COX,
of Philadelphia, gets them again, or delivers them at Batfto'
Furrace, shall have the above reward, or EIGHT DOL
LARS for each of them, and all reasonable charges.
JOSEPH BAL L.
THE BEST "pTTc-E
Will be given for
CLEAN LINEN RAGS,
B\
WILLIAM & THOMAS BRADFORD.
r rHF RECORDER of DEEDS for the City and County of
I Philadelphia, hath now in his possession, A number of
Ohl Deeds far Ptemiffes, situate in ftveral parts of the pro
vince of Pennsylvania, the Lower Counties on Delaware and
New Jeriy: The persons who are intiried thereto may have
them on producing proper vouchers and payment of fees.^
WAS loft on Monday the second instant about noon, be-.
tween this city and the four mile-fl ne on the Wiffa
hickon road, a Short Heavy KEY of an Iron Chest. Who
ever has ft u^d the fame and will bring it to the Printers ffiall
have FOUR DOLLARS REWARD.
FOUR-DOLLARS REWARD?
IM UN-AWAY the xoh ult, from the fubferiber living in
£ Kent County, on Delaware, a Malt water Negro man
named BROWN, talks bad Englifli, about five feet eleven
inches high : Had on when he went away, an old white
twilled jacket, a brown ditto without sleeves, one striped
ditto, a pair of tow trowfers, two tow flirts, a pair of half
worn foots, one felt hat half worn: It is thought he has
crafted ever to the Jerseys and tells people that he is free.—
Whoever takes up said Negro, and fecuies him in any goal,
or brings him to his marter, flhall have the above reward
and reasonable expences, paid by
t CHARLESCAHOON.
THE partnership of KING & HARPER being expired, all
th®fe who are indebted to them, are defir^d to fettleim
mediarely, and those who have any accounts against them to
bring them in, that they may be paid.
TO BE SO L D.
A MULATTO Have, about thirty years of age, under-
ILrcl all plantation bufi'nefs, and is handy to merd any
thing hat breaks, h can hoop 3 tub, &c. upon becafiun, or
do any thing in he hdtofe. He is a healthy able bodied fel
low, and Airy durable for a farmer. Enquire of Mr. AN
DREW LODGE, of Philadelphia, or Mr. ANDREW
DOZ. 0+ M un'-IJolly.
LO 3 f on Monday evening on the road between Mr*
M VEAUGH's tavern at Frankford, and the George-Irin
in town and ILC.et Book, wanting a clasp, containing a cor
ncoau ring, Sundry papers of use only to the owner, and a
b ut thirty dollars in call ; Whoever brings the fame to the
P inters hereof (had receive TEN DOLLARS Reward. *
ANY person who has business with CURSON and SETON,
late of New-York, may hear of them at New-Bruns
wick, in the Jerseys.
'r I: E cuputnerih p or WILLING and TAYLOR being
J Lunsolved, all perlons indebted to them by bonds. Notes,
61 book account-, are requefled to pay the fame immediately,
and al thef who have any demands againri them, are dc
fre to br ng in their accounts, that they may be fettled and
paid. Therearc a few hogfluads of sugar, diy goods, &c.
bchrging to laid partnership, which will be lold on very
realonable terms, tor call), by the fubferiber, (who has re
mov.d frrm Front to Second-street, between Market and
Arch Greets, 0 the houle lately occupied by Mr. Alexander
Houston,) to whom application may be made tor the Settle
ment of (counts, and in whose hands the books are.
July 17. JOHN TAYLO R,
RAN-AWAY from the fubferiber, living io Eve fliam, Fri
the ctn: yof Burlington, on Monday the 9th irritant,
(Septurber) a N.go man named MOSES, about five feet
lour irchesfigh, a thick well let fellow. Had on when he
went away, a Short light coloured coat, with binding of the
fame colour, a ,air of Iliong new shoes, with large plated
buckles, a pair of hqmefpun linen trowfers, a black flock
wih a ftwel buckle. He aifo hole and took with him, a blue
great coat with white metal buttons; the other part o' bis
clothes not known. As he has been .endeavouring to prevail
Upon the Negroes in this neighbourhood to go with him and
join the mniftcrial aimy, it is hoped every lever of his
country wHI endeavour to apprehend io daring a Villain.
Win ever will fe^ure him in any gaol in this State, IhaH
b^e^thied to the above reward, with reasonable charges if
brou,t home, paid by § . CHARLES READ.
TEN DOLLARS Reward.'
THOMAS LEIPER Tobacconist,
TAKES this opportunity of informing the public in general,
and his friends in particular, that the pamicALio of
Hamilton and Leiper is driTolved, and that bt (ig the
house occupied by the company, the corner of Spruce a,d
Water-Streets, below the Drawbridge. Philadelphia) manti
faCtures in the best manner Snuffand Tobacco of the Gift equa
lity, equal, if not Superior, to any heretofore imported from
Europe, which he will be enabled to dispose of on as reahw
able terms as any Manufacturer in America, and execute all
orders on the fhoiteft notice ; as the weeks he has lately form
ed are by far the most complete, not only for expediting the
hufinefs of manufacturing SanlF and Tobacco, but a Ifo doing
it in the greatest perfection, of any works ever yet erected on
the continent.
N. B. Two Tobacco Spinners will meet with encourage
ment by applying as above.
HIRED from John Granger's , liable, at the back of the
City Tavern, a brown MARE, four years old, fifteen
hands high, ,white face, white hind feet, many white hairs
in her body, main, and tail, which is a long switch, four
new shoes, trots in 1 ehair, but will pace with the saddle,
two odd stirrups, a curb bridle with two reins; flic has th<
hair rubbed off her sides and hips with the chaifc harness.
The man who hired her is about 5 feet.io inches high,
dark complexion, frefh coloured, a long chin, black hair tied
behind, pompadore coloured coat and waistcoat, buck-Aria
breeches, new boots, with spurs buckled on the instep: He
said he had lived live years io Arch-Street, and whs a shoe
maker by trade ; went away on Wednesday the xph of Sep
tember, and was to return next day, but has not been heard
ct hacc: EIGHT DOLLARS Reward wirtbe given for the
person and raare by the fubferiber, JOHN GRANGER.
N. B. Came to the above stables, on the firft irritant at 8
o'clock at night, a bright Lay MARE, 15 hands high, very
old and poor, has a fhr on her forehead, near hind foot
white and very fore with riding; the owner is d&fired to pay
the expences and take her away. § Oct. 7.
W A N T E D,
A SERVANT CTRL, either white or black, that would
be likely to fuir a public house in the country ; any
pcifon having such an one to dispose of, may hear of a put
dhafer by applying to the printers hereof. § Od. 7.
Dr. RYA N's i^comfe^ab/e WORM deftr ^
SUGAR P LU M B S,
Neccffan to be hr, in all Families.
exceedingly valued byari people who have had 'of them
O in Great-Bt I tain and Irelaiid, rot their tranfeendent ex
cellency in the dertfoying Worms of all kinds, both in the
bodies of men, women and children, by net only breaking
the knots of the duodenum, or guts next the ftomaeh, but
they pass throvghthe fraalhrt p..ffag&s of the body,' and
purge away those topy aid slimy humours which are the
caule of those perr/cuus Vermin, and the source of mi
other disorders; they arc one ot the best purges in the who^
world for grofi bodied children that are apt to heed worms
and have large bellies; their operation is mild, fife, L?
pleasant, they wo; deriuliy ck.nfe the bowels, of all ft.-
and clammy hums ms; which flop up the parts, led prUn'
the juice of food be ng conveyed to the liver and made bleed
which is often the case wi h children, and is attended with
a l^rd belly, ftmkmg breath, frequent fevers, rickets, acC
a decay of ihengih in the lower patts : ; Lkewfte, fettled
head-achs and pansin the head, fwelbpgs, old lores fcai,s
tetters, or breakings out, will be perfectly cored, L.d'tl^
blood and Ikin reltored to its original purity and fmoothnef
they purge by mine, and bring away the gravel, aid erf c
tually cue all obfintaions of the mine, or ulcers in the kid
ntys. They at once fttike at the true cause of the feurvy anc
entirely destroy it, and ah scorbutic humours arid effects
root and branch, so as never to return again; and what
makes them m< re comm<ndeliie is, they arc full as agreeable
to both taste arid fight ^s foaf fwgar.
I have by thde plumbs cu^d a great many children cl
whooping or chin coughs, and agues, which diAempcis a:t
very common and troubTfome to families, and the want cf
these plumbs are the ruin of many childrens constitutions.
These plumbs enrich and sweeten the whole mHs of blobd.
carry of all gross, corrupt, and putrid humours, and cre^
a frefo and healthy completion in luch as are affected by any
putrid matter.
Di gr^fic Signs cf, Worms.
PALENESS in the ucc, itching of the nose, hortownefs of
the eyes, gracing or the teeth when asleep, dnincs.
pains, and heavinef in the head, a d.y cough, aid richu
in the fundament, whit, and thick brine, unquiet Sleep,oft.
flatting, left appetite, • Swelled belly, knawiog and biting
about the Oomatb, frightful dreams, extreme 'hriils, the bo
dy decayed and lean sis, often vomiting, Stinking breath &c.
Dreßcns fir taking them.&
A child from 1 to 2 years may eat one plumb ; from 2 to
4 one and a half ; from 4 to 6 two ; from 6 to 8 two and 3
half; from 8 to 12 three; from 12 to 15, and all ah, v e that
age, may eat four plumbs, one hour or two beforeup rifin%
not to drink during that time, but afterwards drink war^\
tea, whey, or water gruel; in taking them, the patient muff
flay two or three days betfrix' .each dole.
in agues, the fame quantity muh be taken, two, three, or
four hours before the fit c.nyes on, and he repeated three
times In whooping or chin Coughs give the quantity above
mentioned. " tb c.
The plumb is a great diuretic, cleaning the reins of hime -
it expels wind, and is a f.vr,eign medicine in the cholic and
griping of the guts. Tt allays and earlier off four vapows
which occafibn many dividers in the head. It opens afob
ftruftions in the Stomach, lungs, liver, reins, and bladder'
causes a good appetite and.helps dig^ftion It hath b^J
found wonderfully fuccelsful to such performs as are goin,
into chronicle dittempers as asthmas, phthifics, or thortnefs
of breach, dropsies and yellow jaundice. Now 1 hope all
impartial perforis aie Satisfied, that the medicine i+hfth works
upon such humours, will aimed: reach any distemper if not
too far gone, since cowepti n and putrefaction are the fore
runnersof all ditcafes; ri.l fore no better physic can be
tak n 'for all ages, Sexes and conhitunons, f^m infancy to
old age. These plumb? arc h ghly Serviceable to the female
sex, fiom the age of fourteen to trenty years, and from 40
to 50. Each box contains oned.^cn of these ,lambs. P.A
seven Shillings and fix pence with printed directions.—so;
by Nicholas Brooks, at his dry goods, picture, and ];v c U
flop in Sceohd-ftfeet, the fourth door above Bl£k H^fc
Alley.