The Pennsylvania journal, or, Weekly advertiser — Philadelphia, Pa., 1776-07-24 00:00:00, page 4

THE Copartnerfllip of HAMILTON and LEIPER, fo
bacconifts, is dissolved: Those that have any demands
ag.1:11 hat concern, are requested to bring in their accounts
as soon as possible to Hamilton and Sou, in Second-Street, fix
doors below Market-Street, in the house lately occupied by
Mr John Wallace, or to Thomas Leiper, Tobacconist, in
the house lately occupied by the Company, at the corner of
Spruce and Water-Streets.
WAS STOLE N,
OUT of the Schooner fiG of May, Joseph Hazard Matter,
from Broadkiln, lying at South-Greet Wharf, on Mon
day nigh', theist instant, a Silver Watch, maker's name,
William Hendon, London, No 1810 midling sized, with a
China Face, and a leather firing in place of a chain; also, a
pair of blue neat breeches about half wore, lined with brown
lining, a small Leather Pocket-book with about three Pounds
in money, one bill of Thirty Shillings Congress money, one
bill of Fifteen and one of Ten Shillings, Newcallle money,
and as,many 'mail bills as would make the above fnm; three
pair (f Silver Shoe Buckles, one Griped Bengal Jaeket, lined
with white lining, the Jacket remarkable large, with sleeves;
sundry htngs belonging to the veffcl: In said pocket-book, a
Certificate to Col. Miles, for payment tor bringing up 64 of
his rifle battalion from Lewiftown, with sundry other papers.
Whoever deters said chief so as the goods and money may be
had again, ihab have FORTY SHILLINGS REWARD by
Joseph Hazard, or in his absence, by Nathaniel Donnell in
Fro: t-ftrect, near the-Di^-bridge.
N. B If said watch is offered to file it is desired the person
may be flopped. $
NOTICE is hereby given to the creditors of JOSEPH
MOUN TAIN, now confined in Newtown gaol, in the
couny of Suffer, Weft New Jersey, that the honorable
Ju tecs of the interior court of common pleas, for said coun
ty, have bcen'plcafed 10 appoint rhe twentieth day of August
next for said creditors to meet them there, and Grew cause,
if any they have, why the said Joseph Mountain fliould not
be difclarfed from his present confinement, agreeable to an
act f the General Assembly, intitlcd, " An Act for the re-
I r f < I ininivent debto s." March to 1776.
"June to, 17,6.
SIRAY^D or STOLEN, from the fubferiber, living near
Sb pperfburgh, in Hopewell Townfliip, Cumberland
Courts, aci Province of Pemifylvania, on or about the 17th
day o : April, 1775, a black GELDING,, ab ut 14 hands
high; -paces and uots, with a star and rrtch in his face, his
hied feet white, was shed all round, and the near fide of his
msec was ttined: A so a dark bay MARE, about 13 and a
half hands high, big wrh Colt, a natural pacer, has a star and
ratch in her face, one bind foot white, her mane lies to the
right fide, and was th d all round Whoever takes up said
C + a.ur;, and delivers them to the fubferiber, or to Captain
John Rodgers, at the loper ferry, on Sufauehannah, or
William Wiifon, near Newcuftle, on D laware, Grail have
FORTY SHILLINGS Reward, and all reasonable charges,
ard it ft Men, so as he gets his creatures, and the thief brought
to puniili ment, dial' have FIVEPOUNDS Reward, pad by
THOMAS COFFY.
N B. If any person knows any thing of the above crea
tor -, and will fend a line to any of the aforefaid men, it
*ill be grarehdly acknowledged, or please to put it in the
p blic News-papers.f
Juli pubi shed and to be fold by JOHN DUNLAP,
in Market ftteet,
OBSERVATIONS
On tbe Nature of CIVIL LIBERTY, the Principles of GO
VERNMENT, and the Juft,cc and Policy ot.the WAR
with AMERICA.—To which is added, An Appendix,
containing a date of the national debt, an eflimate of the
mony drawn from the public by the taxes, and an ac
count of the national income and expenditure since the
laG war.
H^u mferi cives; non boflem, inimicaque eaflra,
. Veflras /pesuritis. ViRG,
By R ICHARD PRIC E, D. D- F. R. S.
*, This learned, judicious and liberal author had the
thanks of the Common Council, and the freedom of the city
of London presented to him in a gold box, for this his much
admired most excellent pamphlet on CivQ Liberty.—And
for which he also deserves the united thanks of America.
XJ OW to be difpofcd of by wholesale, on reasonable
A terms for ready money, or Ihort credit, (giving fecuriry
if required) by JOHN MURRAY, at the Trap, Philadelphia
county, all the GOODS he has now on hand, amounting to
twelve hundred pounds, or thereabouts. —Also to be difpoled
of, the lease of the House and Stores now in his possession.
N. B. As said Murray intends quiting business in that part
of the country, he requests all those indebted to him, to pay
immediately ; and all those that have any demands against
him, are d.fired to fend in their accounts, and receive their
money. July to.
PHIL ADELP HIA: Printed and Sold by William W Thomas Bradford, at the Corner of Front and Ma; ket-ftreets, wh^
Perform ^a, be fa, plied with this Paper at Tea Shillings a Tear—rind where ridvertijements are ta^4 in.
RAN from the fubferiber, living near Talbot Court house,
the 15h of last April, a dark Mulatto Slave, named
HARRY, abouta6 years old; he is about § feet Bor p inches
high, flout and fhong made; he is of a mild temper, plau
sible in fpeecb, and deceptive in conversation. It is supposed
that he wib endeavour to pass for a freeman, he was lately
seen in Kent county, had on when seen a country cloth jack
et. tow liten shirt and trowfers, and a beaver hat with one
corner burnt. The abovereward will be paid if taken out of
the province, or 50 miles from home, and secured in any
goals that I may get him; FOR FY SHILLINGS if 30 miles,
THIRTY'SHILLINGS ifxo miles, with;reafonable travelling
cxprbce« if brought hone. ALEXANDER M'CALLUM. ft
ANDREW BUNNER,
HAVING left this city; requests all persons that are indebt
ed to him, to pay the fame to Messrs. Fuller and Fisher
in Water-Greet, near the Draw-Bridge, who are hereby em
powered to g ; ve receipts. He has a few articles on hand at
said Fuller and Fiber's store, which he will fell very cheap.
Philadelphia, May ir, 1776 6w.
TO BE L E T,
A GOOD three Gory BRICK HOUSE, now in the tenure
of George Graff, and may be entered on the rath day
of June next, and the large and convenient stores eu the
dock, which will contain above three hundred hogfluads.
For term, apply t° SAMUEL MORRIS in Second-Greet, a
few doors above Arch-Greet. ctf.
TEN DOLLARS REWARD.
ALL persons indebted to the estate of Alien M'Lane,
fkinuer and breeches-maker, late of this cry, deccafed,
or to the partnerfliip of Alien M Lane and Son, are desired
to make immediate payment. And all those who have any
demands against said estate, are also desired to bring in their
accounts fpeediiy, that they may be adjured and paid.
SAMUEL M'LANE, ALLEN M'LANE, SAMUEL DUF
FIELD, Executors.
SAMUEL M'LANE new carries on the business in all its
branches, at the usual ptace in Walnut fhcet. He has by
him a quantity of neat buck and doc skins, ditto breeches
and gloves. He hopes, by his care and attention, to merit
the favors of his late father's customers, and all others who
please to call on him.
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD,
RUN AWAY from the Province Ship (called the Montgo
mery) lying in the river Delaware, opposite the Fort-
Island: Five Marines, belonging to William Brown's Com
pany, viz. PETER ABLE, about x 6 years of age, $ feet 9
or ro inches high, fair curly hair, large white eye brows, very
light eyes, was born in Conogocheague, Cumberland coun
ty, fpcaks broken Dutch: had on when he went away, a
new oznabrig shirt and trowfers.
WILLIAM TINLY, born in England, about is years of
age, § feet 6 inches high, frefli complexion, curly hair, for
merly lived in or near Ledbury, Virginia, but enlisted in Lan
caster.
EDWARD THOMAS, born in England, about 26 years
of age, 5 feet 6 inches high, red hair and much freckled, for
merly lived in or near Harford, Maryland.
ANDREW PEGAN, country born, about 19 years of age,
5 feet 8 or 9 inches high, straight and well made, a weaver
by trade, supposed to have gone to his father's in Martick
townfllip, Lancaster county.
JOSEPH KENNIER, born in Ireland, about § feet 8 inch
es high, 14 years of age, well made, wears his hair tied; will,
it is supposed, go towards Harford in Maryland, where he
formerly lived.
Whoever takes up said Defcters and brings them on board
said ship, or confines them in jail, shall have the above re
ward, or FOUR DOLLARS for each, paid by
8 w. WILLIAM BROWN.
STOLEN or Grayed, out of the fubferiber'^ lot, near
the upper end of Market Greet, on Friday the 30th ult.
a well made brown HORSE, about 14 hands high, 8 years
old, with both ears cropped, a bright Gar in has forehead,
with a final! snip near his nose, shod all round, paces and
trots, has a short bushy tail, and few white hairs upon the
fore part cf his back. Whoever takes up the said horse,
and brings him to the fubferiber,Living in Market-Greet,
shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS reward, and reason
able charges, paid by
RICHARD YORKE, Post Rider. ctf.
TO BE SO L D,
A PLANTATION, lituate in the townfltip of Amwell, in
Hunterdon County, ,pon the York road, about two
miles frem Coryell's ferry,fox staining 130 acres of land, with
a dwclliog-houfc and barrt! on it, a good peach and apple
orchard of young trees, ard about 10 acres of good meadow
on it. Whoever inclines to purchase said place may know
the terms, by applying to the fubferiber in Amwell, about
3 miles from Coryell's ferry.
Amwell, June 21,1776. f PETER WILSON.
' T O RESOL D, BY
WILLIAM & THOMAS BRADFORD,
At their BOOK-STORE, adjoining the London Coffee-
House, in Maiket-ftrcet, A few copies of that scarce and
valuable BOOK, called
The OECONOMY of the
COVENANTS
BETWEEN
GOD AND M A N,
Comprehending A complete BODY of DIVINITY.
By Herman Witsius, D. D. Profeflor of Divinity in the
Univeifities of Francker, Utrecht, and Leyden; and also
Regent of the Divinity College of the States of Holland
and Weft Frieflahd.
Faithfully translated from the Latin, and carefully revised,
by William Crookshank, D. D.
In THREE VOLUMES, Octavo.
THOMAS LEIPER Tobacconist,
TAKES this opportunity of informing the public in general,
and his friends in particular, that the partnership of
Hamilton and Leiper is di(Tolved, and that he (in the
house occupied by the company, the corner of Spruce and
Water-Streets, below the Drawbridge, Philadelphia) manu
faaures in the heft manner Snuffaud Tobacco of the firft qua
lity, equal, if not superior, to any heretofore imported from
Europe, which he will be enabled to dispose of on as rcafon
able terms as any Manufacturer in America, and execute all
orders on the Ihorteft notice; as the works he has lately form
ed arc by far the most complete, not only for expediting the
business of manufacturing Snuff and Tobacco, but also 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.
Manufactured at Batsto Furnace,
In Weft-New Jersey, and to be SOLD, either at the Works,
or by the Subferiber, in Philadelphia,
A GREAT variety ofiron pots, kettles, Dutch ovens, and
oval fifh kettles, either with or without covers, skillets
of different fixes, being much lighter, neater, and superior in
quality to any imported from Great-Britain.—Pot alb, and
other large kettles, from 30 to Ixs gallons; sugar mill gud
geons, neatly rounded and polilhed at the ends; grating bars
of different lengths; grist-mill rounds; weights of all fixes,
from 71b to §6ro ; Fullers plates; open and close stoves of
different fixes; rag-wheel irons for saw-mills; pestles and
mortars; falh weights, and forge hammers of the best quality.
— Also, BATSTO PIG IRON, -as usual, the quality of which
is too well known to need any recommendation.
,6 m. JOHN COX.
COARSE SAL T,
TO SO L D, B Y
JAMES BUDD E N,
At Seven Shillings and Six-pence per bulhel, agreeable
to the Rcfolve of Congress.
TO BE SO L D,
And may be entered on immediately,
A TRACT of irx acres of as choice Land, as any with:
this province, situated on the east fide of tlw Wiflah;
con Ridge-road, in the Northern Liberties, n&ir the tint
mile done, whereon may be made 20 or 39 acres of got
watered meadow, with little or no expenca, by a conftai
and plentiful Gieam of water running through tie who:-
There arc on this tract a new brick house, two ftdn'es h.,'
and cellar, a pump, with a good well of water,, oven,
garden neatly paled in, and one of the compleateft ban
and Gables in the neighbourhood ; about 40 or 50 acre
have been limed. The whole being under fence, and ;
good order.
Also a piece of garden ground, situated on Turner's Laic
adjoining Buckridge Sims's place, now in the tenure <
James French. There is on this tract a brick dweLirr-houß
stable and oven, a large orchard, and garden with 16^ acre
of watered meadow and a constant flream of water funnir,
through the whole. This is allowed to be one of de mo'
convenient places both for pleasure and profit near iLir cir
being noted for the fertility of the foil and different qua
lities as well as quantity of choice fruit; being unier m
dar post and rail fence, and in good repair. For turtle
particulars enquire of Mr. BENJAMIN DAVIDS, Inn
keeper, at the sign of the George, in Second-Greet. IP. V
A LOT of good grass ground, in Spring Garden, co
taining near 4 acres, with a commodious brick hou
two stories high, 4 rooms on a floor, barn, Gables, fmoal
house, garden, and two pumps of good water, occupied 1
William Shipley.—For further particulars enquire of Dav
Pancoaft, in Fourth-street, between Race and Vine-Greet.
SEADY MONEY, and the higtyeft price given at t
Provincial Gun Lock Factory, in Cherry Street, ft
any quantity of old and new brals.
THE BEST PRICE
Will be given for
CLEAN LINEN RAGS.
BY
WILLIAM & THOMAS BRADFORD
B A BRA HA M
WILL be let to MARES, at JACOB HITZHEIMER'
ftabtes, in Seventh-Street, at three pounds the feafen
and five Shillings to the groom. He is a fine bay, full fift<
hands high, and five years old this spring: Babraham w:
got by the noted running horse Juniper, who started in th
four following years, 1757, 58, 59, and 176®, for 18 pto^
and won 14 of them. Col. Syme afte wads imported hin
into Virginia, and fold him for £.IOOO Virginia currency
Babraham's dam was got by Samuel Galloway, Efqrs;b
horse Selim, his grandam, by Pacolet; his great grandam, b
old spark; his great, great granelam, was queen Mabb; wt
was imported, and got by Moscow's gray Arabian ; her dar
by the Hampton Cowt Childers; her grandam, by govern:.
Harrison's Arabian; her great, great, grandam by Lerd
her great, great, great grandam, was a Barbarian mare.
N. B. Mares that are not left till they are done with tit
horse, must pay 30/ for the firft leap, for the second xc
and third 10J. which money must be paid down each time. *
3m March 13. 1,76.
WHEREAS the Gore of the fubferiber was broke op
last nigh , and the following goods stolen, viz. A pa
cel of hats made by Edward Brooks and Abbot William
amongst which is, one small English caftor; about fibe
pounds in Continental money of different bills; some filve
Maryland, Jersey and New-York money, and about thro
Killings in coppers: Also one piece of white drilling, co;
taining about eighteen yards; one piece of Griped line;
blue, white and yellow ; one piece of peach coloured hr
firing, containing twenty yards; one piece ot fiik and cotton
containing eight yards and a quarter, or thereabouts, with
narrow red Gripe in it; several broken doaen of (hoc ^
knee buckles; ieveral pieces of ribbands; two or three hut
dred pair cf brass sleeve buttons, New-England make; tv.
remnants, one of pink, and the other of white Persian, at
several forts of merchandize that cannot be recoiled
Whoever takes up and secures the person or persons wi
committed the robbery, so that he or they may be brought t
justice, and the goods returned, fliall receive the abates
ward, paid by EDMUND WILLIAMS. ,
f-O B— E
Just PUBLISHED and TO BE SOLD, by
WILLIAM & THOMAS BRADFORD,
At their Book Store, adjoining the London Coffee-Houfe,
PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
Provincial Conference of Committee,
Of the Province of Pcnnfylvania; held at the Ca'feot:;
Hall, at Philadelphia. Began Jvnr 18th, and continuer
by adjournments to June 25th, 1776.
Shreve fbury, 6th Mo. 29, 1776.
TEN POUNDS REWARD
HAMILTON and SON,
TOBACCONISTS.
HAVE moved from the corner of Spruce and Water- Street
to the house belonging to, and lately occupied by M
John Wallace, in Second-Street, fix doors below Ma=k<
Street, where they continue to carry on their, Scotch fnuff ar.
tobacco Manufactory in all the several branches as usual ; the
have laid in a large dock of the very beG Virginia leaf to
bacco, and are confident of giving the utmost fatisfiaion t
their former cuGomers and the public. Orders will I
punaually answered with all possible dispatch. They give cal
for good empty fnuff bottles.
T H ISis to give notice, that there is now detained in d
I hands of William P^tterfon, in New-Castle county, oc
ChriGiana Bridge, an old SILVER WATCH, China face
maker's name George Clark, said to be found near that plac
aboutthree years ago, by ascertain Cornelius Lafferty. Any per
son proving their property, and the other marks of said ward
may have it again, paying the -charges. Also detained,
lightilh coloured Mantua GOWN, of a scanty pattern, fu
posed to be stolen. Enquire of Capt. ARCHIBALD GARI
NER, living in Front-Greet, Philadelphia, in whofc haul
the fa ; d pown is n w left. *