The Pennsylvania gazette — Philadelphia, Pa., 1776-11-13 00:00:00, page 1

both sensible, well behaved young men, and can give a
very good account of thcmfelves, having no figiis of
fear, and being supported by a confeioufnefs of the jus
tice of their cause. They are men of character, of good
families in New-England, and highly refpe&ed in their
different occupations; but, being dripped of their Al by
the burning of towns, and other dettrudive measures of
the present unnatural war/wcre forced to take the dis
agreeable method of making reprifols to maintain them
selves, and their children, rather than starve.
Numbers of gentlemen,-and friends of government,
who were 011 board at the fame time, will confirm the
truth of this my representation, being very sensibly
touched themfclves at the horrid light.
English prisoners, taken by the Americans, have been
treated with the mod remarkable tenderness and gene
rosity; as numbers who are Safely returned to England
mod freely confefs, to the honour of our brethren in
the colonies. And it is a fadt, which can be well atteft
cd in London, that this very surgeon on board the pri
vateer, after the battle of Lexington, April 19, 1775, for
many days voluntarily and geperoufly, without fee or re
ward, employed himfelf in dressing the King's wounded
soldiers, who but an hour before would have shot him
if they could have come at him, and in making a col
lection for their refreshment of wine, linen, money, &c.
in the town where he lived. This is a real fad, of which
the most affiple testimony may be had.
The capture of the privateer wiis solely owing to the
ill-judged lenity and brotherly kindness of Capt. Johnson,
who, not considering his English prisoners in the fame
light that he would Frenchmen and Spaniards, put them
under no fort of confinement, but permitted them to
walk the decks as freely as his own people, at all times.
Taking advantage of this indulgence, the prisoners one
day watching their opportunity, when molt of the pri
vateer's people were below and asleep, Shut down the
they may be thought to have been, are deserving of pity,
and entitled to common humanity.
They are twenty five in number, and all inhumanly
Shut close down, like wild beafts,' in a small finking
apartment, in the hold of a floop,'about feyenty tons
burthen, without a breath of air, in this Sultry season,
but what they receive through a small grating over head,
the openings in which are not more than two inches
Square in any part, and through which the fun beats in
tenfeiy hot all day, only two or three being permitted to
come on the deck at a time ; and then they are exposed
in the open fun, which is reflected from the decks and
water like a burning glass. ' '
I do not at all exaggerate, my Lord, I speak the truth,
and the refembknce that this barbarity bears to the ' me
morable black hole at Calcutta, as a gentleman prefeht
on Saturday observed, strikes every one at the light.
All England ought to know that the fame game is now
anting upon tire Thames on board this privateer, that
all the world criedout against, and Shuddered at the
mention of in India, some years ago, as pradtifed on
Capt. Hollowell, and other of the King's good fubjedts.
.The putrid steams, issuing from the hole, are so hot
and offensive, that one cannot, without the utinoft dan
ger, breathe over it ; and 1 ihould not be at all surprised,
if it Should cause a plague to spread. The miserable
wretches below look like persons in a hot bath, panting,
sweating, and fainting for want of air; and the surgeon
declares that they muh all soon perilh in that situation,
especially as they are alinoft all in a lickly Rate with bi
lious disorders.
The Captain and surgeon, it is true, have the liberty
of the cabin (if it. deserves the name of a cabin) and
make no complaints on their own account. They are
My Lord,'
IW AS last week on-board the American privateer call
ed the Yankee, cnmmanded'by Captain Johnson, and
lately brought into this port by Capt. Ross, who com
manded one of the Weit-Indil, sugar Trips taken by the
privateer in July last ; and, as an Englishman, I earnest
ly with your Lordihip, who is so happily placed at the
head of this great city (justly famed.for. its great huma
nity even to its enemies) would be pleafed'to go likewise,
or fend proper persons, to fee the truly ihocking, and,
I may fay, barbarous and miserable condition of the.un
fortunate American' prisoners, who, ' "however 'criminal
Philadelphia, October 29, 1776.
THE Publishers ofthe several weekly NEWS
PAPERS in this City, are under the dis
agreeable Necessity of informing their Subferibers,
that the extraordinary Advance in the Price of Pa
per, and other Materials in the Printing Business,
has obliged them to raise the Price to' FIFTEEN
S HILLINGS per Annum ; and they hope their
Customers will not take it amiss to find'that Price
charged from and after the First Day of 'January
next.— Fhofe who Should not incline to have the Pa
pers feat after that Time, are desired to call and dis
charge their Arrears ; such as do not, we shall con
clude they agree to the advanced Price, and shall
continue to fend them accordingly.—Persons sub
scribing for the Papers after this Date to be charged
Fifteen Shillings per Annum, one Half of which
to be paid at Entrance.
The Pennsylvania
Containing the Frejbefl Ad-
November 13, 1776.
L O N D O N, Augies.
To the L 0 R I) MAYO R.
Wm. and THOMAS BRADFORD.
JOHN DUNLAP.
JAMES HUMPHREYS.
HALL and SELLERS.
PHI LADELPHI A.
In C ONGRES S, November 5,-1776.
Refolded, That all Ferry ke pers be enjoined, as much
as they are able, to expedite the passage of post-riders,
And other persons charged with letters, dispatches, or
messages from and to Congress; and that it be recom
mended to the several Legislatures of the United States
to enforce the observance of this resolution.
That expresses and special messengers employed in the
public Service, taking and carrying private letters or
packets, ought not to receive the wages they would
otherwise be entitled to.
In COUNCIL ^SAFETY, Philadelphia,
November 7; 1776.
Refolded, That the S ALT purchased by the Council
for the use of the- inhabitants of this State,' shall be pro
portioned to the feverabcounties as near as may be, ac
cording to the number of inhabitants in each; and that
the quantity allotted to each county be delivered to such
perfons'as fliall apply for it by order of the several Com
mittees, bn their paying the prime cost of FIFTEEN
S I-lIL L-INGS per bushel, to be distributed by fold
Committees amongst the people, at the fame price, ex
pence of carriage only added.
Extrafl from the Minutes,
„ JACOB & HOWELL, Secretary.
%—There are in store a few waggon loads ready to
be delivered for each county. °^
To be LETT out at Tnfereft, on good Land Security,
.Sundry SUMS of MONEY,
From Two Hundred to Three Thousand Pounds.
Enquire of Lewis Welss, Scrivener, in Second-street. I
Philadelphia, Eighth-Month JO, 1776.
ALL persons that have any demands against the estate of
Ellis Lewis, late ®f this city, deceased, are reqtiefted
to bring in their accoippts that they may be adjured and paid,
and those that.are indebted to said estate by bond, note or book
accompt, are desired to pay the fame to the fubferibers.
To be fold,'agreeable to the last will and testament of said
Ellis Lewis, defeated, a merchant-mill and saw-mill ad
joining, in good repair, together with one hundred acres of hnd,
Situated in the county of Chester and township of Kennet, distant
from Chefler 20 miles, and from Wilmington 10 miles; the
county of Lancaster lies about 25 miles back of said mill,
where a Sufficient quantity of wheat may be procured ; the mill
houfe is built of stone and brick, about 40 by 35 feet, also a
stone addition adjoining, 30 by 25 feet. There are in said mill
two pair of mill-stones, one of French burrs, the other Cologne,
3 Boulting reels and hoisting works that go by water, a two flory
stone dwelling-house with 3 rooms on a floor, a florae kitchen
and a pump of good water in the yard; the barn is one story of
stone, and a frame upon it, with /tabling underneath ; there are
about 10 acres of very good meadow that is watered out of the
mih race, and two apple orchards; the place has always been
deemed a healthy situation and in a gocd neighbourhood. Any
person inclining to.purchafe the above defended ptemifes, by
applying to Joseph Musgrave, living near the fame, may
know the terms and view the place. An indifoutabl title will
be made to the purchaser by MARY LEWIS, Executrix
II 14s. JOHN MORTON, Executor.
To be SOLD by the Subferiber, at publit Vendue,
on Thursday, the sth of December next, on the premises,
A' ALUABE plantation, Situated im New-Britain town
ship, Bucks county, containing about 133 acres of land,
about 65 of which are cleared, and produce exceeding good crops
of winter and spring grain, about 15 acres of good mowable
meadow, which can chiefly be watered, and more may be made,
the remainder is very well timbered ; there is on the premises a
good bearing orchard, containing about 200 apple trees, and a
good new grist-mill in good running order, the mill is built with
stone, and an apartment therein convenient for a family to dwell.
There are at a distance from the mill a small stone dwelling
hou fe, with a log kitchen, a stone spring-house, with a never
tailing spring; as there are two dwelling-houses on the premises,
it will be fold separate or together as may belt answer. Any per
son or persons inclining to purchase, may view the premises and
know the terms, or 011 the day of sale the terms will be made
public, by Nathan Matthew.
N. B. The sale to begin at 12 o'clock. ff
hatches, Ind making all faft, had immediate possession
of the Ycflel without using any force.
I shall conclude with faying, that though this letter
is addressed to your Lofdfhip, I hope that all who may
read it, and have any influence, will do all in their power
to gain the necessary relief; and it is humbly apprehended,
that the well disposed, who are blessed with affluence,'
could not better bellow their bounty than upon those
poor objects. Vegetables and ripe fruits of all kinds,
with porter, &c. must be very ufcful, as well as the
means to procure other necessaries. The privateer lies
opposite to Ratcliffe Cross, a mile and a half below the
Tower; and, by asking for Capt. Johnson, admittance
may be obtained. HUM ANITA S.
We have been informed, since the receipt of the
above letter, that the crew of the American privateer,
the Yankee, were yesterday morning, at half part ' three
o'clock, conveyed on board a vcffcl, and carried down
the river, to be secured in Dover castle.
ST OLE N, in the night of the sth of November 1776, from
the fubicriber, living in Springfield townflrip, Bucks county
a large brown H OkSE, full 15 hands high, paces and trots
has one of his hind feet white, a star in his forehead, a very
small head, and carries himfelf remarkably well; he has a re
markable double tootn on the left fide of his mouth, it is very
easy difeovered by any person looking therein. Whoever takes
up the said horse, and brings him to Mr. B^aze Boyer in
Philadelphia, Mr. Teller, in Reading, or to the fubferiber,
shall receive Three Pounds reward, and for the horse and thief
the above reward, and all reasonable charges.
ftJoseph Sewitz.
FOUR POUND S Reward.
O
G^ZETTE.
vices. Foreign and Domestic.
Jpl printed, published, and now felling by
ROBERT BELL, in Third-street, Philadelphia,
Price Half a Dollar,
The Battle of Bunker's-Hill:
A DRAMATIC PIEC E,
Of five Afts,
I N HEROI C MEASUR E,
As it was performed by the American and British Armies,
By a Gentleman of Maryland.
VIRCIL.
— 'Tis glorious to die in Battle.
N. B, At said BELL's may now be had, all the new pub
lications on the Military Art; also a considerable variety of
Books in Navigation, and other Branches of the Mathematics ;
Likewise Latin and Greek Classics.
THE Corporation for the Relief of poor and distressed
Presbyterian Ministers, their Widows and Children, &c.
are to meet at the firft Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, on
Wednesday, the fourth day of next December, at ii.o'clock in
the. Morning, to choose a I'reafiirer, and to consult how to lay
out the Money that is now come jn, or that may hereafter come
into the Hands of the 1 reafurer, and to do whatever other Buli
nefs may come before them. Francis Alison, Secretary, ff
To be SOTD by' public' V~E N D UE, on the
30th day of this inflant November,-
ONE hundred acres of good land, well watered and timber
ed, above one half woodland, a small orchard, some mea
dow made, and more may be made ,and watered; the land lituate
in Newtown, Chester county, a great road running through said
land, leading from the Great-Valle, to Darby, andfrom Lancaster
to Philadelphia, and about 13 miles to Philadelphia ;.aifo one
other piece of land 20 or 30 acres, fuuate as above, well watered
and timbered, some meadow made and well watered, and more
may be made and watered, a good log house, 1 ith a stone chitn
", ' horses for draft and fiddle, a mill to clean wheat ; mares
with foal, and creatures unbroke. Any person inclined t pui
chafe one piece or both, by applying to RICHARD FAWKES,
living near the premises, will be /hewed the land.&
Bergen, September 1776.
SIXTEEN DOLLARS Reward.
De SERTEDfrom Captain Daniel Oldenbrosh's
company, in Col. J am is CuNN in G h mm's battalion .of the
'^^ Camp, a certain John Dollinger, aged ig years, about 5 fat
4 or 5 inches bigb, dark complexion, fmootb faced, blackfh fraight
hair ; had on, a dark bunting Jbirt and trousers, and has a Jh^rt
rifle voitb bim. Whoever apprehends the said deserter, and secures
bins, so that be may join my company, shall receive the above reward
of Sixteen Dollars; but in case the said deserter returns an 3 ivceks
from tbis date, be jhall be pa dotted, or else 'whenever found feall be
dealt 7vitb as a traitor to bis country,
Daniel Oldenbrush, Captain.
N. B. All officers or soldiers of the militia, and others, %übo have
tbe justice of the American cause at heart, ought, and are requeued
to use aubat in their potter lies to apprehend so base a defert&r from so
glorious a ca ^ t
WAS F OUN D, between the iztb and zoth of 08@ber
last, between Harris' s ferry and Carlft, a P OCKEd-
BOOK,~witb feme money and papers. Whoever has loft the fame,
proving their property, and paying charges, may have it again by
a^^g toGEORGE COOPER, in Second-freet, near Chrifl's
Cburcb. J '
SIX DOLLARS Reward.
RU N away from the fubferiber, living in Afton town/hip,
Chester county, the 6th of this infant November, a ser
vant lad, named JOHN CURREY, this country born, about 5
feet 2 inches high, about 18 years of age, a thick-let fellow ;
had on, a light coloured cloth jacket, with brass metal buttons
(a man s head) a white linen jacket, a new ffiirt, a pair of tow
trowfers, and a pair of blur ditto, pretty much worn, a pair of
brown yarn flockings, and halfworn /hoes. Whoever apprehends
the laid fellow, and secures him in any goal in this province, or
brings him home, shall have the above reward, and reasonable
charges, paid by James Pennall.
N. B. All persons ar^forbid to harbour"him at their peril. q
FOUR DOLLARS Reward.
RUN away in the month of September last, from the tavern
on the Falls of Schuylkill, a Negroe named DICK, aged
18 years, about 5 feet 5 inches high, could /have well, and was
a&ive at many other things; had on, when he went away, a
tow fliirt and trowfers, and flriped jacket without Beeves, but
p°ffibly may have since got other clothing. Whoever takes up
said Negroe, and brings him to me in the Northern Liberties,
shall be paid the above reward, and all reasonable charges.
Pbilad. Nov. 13, 1776. Rebecca Turner.
N. B. Those who have any demands against the estate of
Peter Turner, deceased, are desired to bring in their ac
counts that they may be adjured and paid, and it is requeued
that those who are indebted to said estate speedily make payment
!° Rebecca Turner, Executrix. C
RAN away the sth of this infant, from the fubferiber,
living in Darby, Chester county, a servant man named
GEORGE REA B, a native of Germany, but has loft his
mother tongue; is about 19 or 20 years of age, 5 feet 8 inches
high, of a sandy complexion, red hair sometimes tied, some
what freckled; of a proud carriage and walks veiy proper. Had
on and took with him, one green regimental coat lined and faced
with white, with large metal buttons; one blue worsted ditto
lined with the fame colour; one double breamed doth coloured
jacket, one linen ditto; one pair of new bucfkin breeches, and
one pair of linen ditto; three homespun shirts, two white and
one brown; two pair of blue yarn flockings, and one pair of
linen ditto; one pair of half boots, two muftin stocks and a
silver frock-buckle; a felt hat; one pair of half-worn shoes
with carved pinchbeck /hoe and knee buckles. It is likely he
will change his name and forge a pass, as he can write a mid
dling hand ; was seen to have money plenty before he went away
All masters of vessels, and others, are forbid to harbour or coT
ceal laid servant, as they will answer the fame at their peril.
Vv hoever takes up and secures said servant in any goal, so that
his master may have him again, shall have the.above reward Q
reasonable charges paid by me, Benjamin Brannan, q
THREE POUNDs Reward.
Numb. 24pp.