The Pennsylvania journal, or, Weekly advertiser — Philadelphia, Pa., 1776-07-31 00:00:00, page 4

July 17.
r r 1: E copartnerfh'p of WILLING and TAYLOR being
l dniolvM,a'l pro ,ns in eb ed to hem by bonds ^ro,
Of book acc u ts, arerequ rod .0 pro rhe fame imm.diately,
and a I those who have any d.minds find 'hem, are de
sired to bmp, inthen accounts, that hey may b fettled and
paid. There aro a tew hoglheads ffu r d y goods &c.
belonging to lad partnership, whi h will b - (old On very
rcaMaablc tom tor cadi by the fubfe riser, (who has re
mov.d from Ft nt to Second-freet. between Market and
Arch Tree's, 0 the honfe ia cly occupied by Mr . Alexander
Houston,) to whom applicate m may be made tor the lettle
ment of accounts, and in whole hands th r books are.
JOHN TAYLOR
A LETTER, dated Wiliamfburg, June 15th, 1776,
was dropt about ten days ago; the person who fi uud
it, will muck oblige the owner, by leaving it at the Brin cis
hereof,
Sussex County, New - Jersey, May, 1776.
1) Y virtue of a writ to me dir died, mill be fold by public
) vendue, on Thun'day, the 29th of Augiift next, between
the hours of twelve and five o'clock in the afternoon, at the
boufe of Mrs. Jane Aden, in Newton, a valuable plantation,
and traa of land, pleasantly titrated in the towulLip of
Haidtfton, about one mile from Sharpfborough iron works,
and the fame distance from Col. Ephraim Martin s, contain
ing about ago acres, more or left ; now io pollution Of the
widow No hrop. There is on said tract a commodious log
dweiling-boirie, a franro barn, (tables, and a young bearing
oich od of apple trees, &c. more than 60 acres of upland are
already cleared, befidcs 20 acres of meadow in Eng'ifli grass,
and tit for the fcvthc : The whole in good fence. The land
in general is clear of rocks and (tones, and extraordinary
good tor railing grain of ail kinds. About 60 acres more of
bo> nd iwamp meadow may eatily be made at a Imall ex
pence ; the former, in its present fiae, produces yearly a
la'gc quantity of wild hay, and when daiued, will answer
equally well for tailing hemp or grass Lite the estate of
Benjamin Northrup, deceafcd; seized and taken in execu
tion, and to be fold bv ARCHIBALD ShWART, Sheriff.
A DELPHIA : Printed ani Sold I, William aW Thomas Bradford, at the Corner of Front and Market-streets, where
' ' Ferjons ma, be fufflied with tbit Fa„r at I^R Shillings ^ 2 ear-—^^ where A^ertye^^ are ta^.iin.
RAN away, on Thu. May night aft from toe subscriber,
an Engbdi servant man, named JOHN BAGGER, aged
about nineteen years, five feet three or four inches high, of
a ruddy completion, his eyes grey, bis face a little pock
ma ked. and h i s hair of a brown colour, cuiled b;hird, and
turned up b 1 re. He bad on, a lightifh coloured (hort cloth
c< at and waistcoat, 'with white me al buttons, buckskin
b eeches, blue and white worded deckings, a pair of new
floe-, a vhue (hirt, an English corked hat, wi r h small gold
tsift ton id the cr-wn, and pinchbeck sh >e and knee buckles.
I is probable that he wiil change his dross, having carried
a^v *ih him a claret coloured fupertine cloth coat and
waistcoat, a whi.ilh coloured c oth coat and waistcoat, and
d 1 kco iu^d dt o, fever/ white flints, a pair of English
b is aim ft row a pair of fp= k'^d fru flocking# with linen
f ^s to th' feet, two pair of waite thread di to, a pair of
b ck as i(ler dro a blur and white (ilk waistcoat, and a
rid rod wbtea-d linen ditto. It is thought he intends to
i) lift binfef ilh, r in the a-m, or on board some of the (hips
p> g ndolas Whoever r akes up the said servant, and secures
him so tbat h's mM r may ,' him again, shall have a r e-
V : - THRE POUNDS. 2nd if brought home reasonable
c ages. Philad. June 8. 1776. BENJAMIN CHEW.
EIGHT DOLLARS Reward,
RUN,! ay from the subscriber, living in Dur. town.
. fbw Cu beriand couroy, an I.ifh ftivant man nam d
JAMES fINIGEN, about 23 years of age, of fwar hy c m
pixi.m b ack ft right hair, five feet seven or eight inches
|,,,h. —Had on when he went away, a light coloured h mr
ma'de c!oat> coat, an old jacket wi bout sleeves, a new coarfe
thirt, coarse linen drawers, linen leggins, oid (hods, and a
half worn fur hat; it is supposed he is g me towards Phila
c.lphia.—Whoever takes up laid servant, and fecurrs him
in any gaol, shall have the above reward, and rcafooable
Charges if brought home, paid by me
6 , SAMUEL HOLLIDAY.
SEVEN POUNDS Reward.
n UN-AWAI from the subscriber on Su day night lad,
living in Cheffer courty the two follo^in^ 1 ^ van s,
vz. one named EDaVARD GRAY, about 5 feet 6 incuts
high, pock-marked^ with dragl black hair, about 26 years
of ^e, fay' he was born in London, and fervid his time
with William Hicklin, in Ncw-Caftle ^mroy; he unde,- (lands
all forts if plantation work, and favs he worked at the mi
le ing bofirifs two years, wi h nr R ynolds io No trogham,
Cz A cow iy.—Had on, when he wont away a white ihnt
a doowf r, made of count's linen, country cloath era* and
ja.Le, Lather .proa, and took a cy be and haugi igs with
hi . —Said Gr y w^- bailed out of gaol by the subscriber,
ad so imy security iudetred himfclf to me; it is hoped that
ev : y honelt perlon will endeavour to apprehend said Gray,
not for the reward only, but in order to bring him to jufhyc.
The other named JOHN DILLIS (who ramaway thi se
cond <1 Jane,) about 2$ y ars of age, born in New Eng
land, is a ftolh well built fellow, abou' 5 feet ic<r 11 inches
high, with di ty coon ed hair, his foreteeth wide a part ;
fays he belongs to the Row-galleys, and has been seen
L'o.ut Port-Peon — Had on when he w<nt away, white shirt
and rrowfers, red under jacket without Reeves, no fhocs 1 or
ft eking.;; is food of dr k and company, and a very groat
1; r.—Any perton tak gup the fame and fearing them so
that the fobferibet niy g t ivm again, shall have FiVE
P)U IDS for Gray, and FOR IY SHILLINGS for DiGes,
w #icdfonahl charges for Diller, paid by
%h z d. § WI HIM KERLIN.
LLVERSObud to I HOMI PRIOR, or toe
ft City - P Tadciphia, (particula ly hole who are in
d -M,r iofy,%ng FLOUR) a<e drirn dto call and pay he
fa ato his WIFE, his abfeuce on public- bufinef, requires
r tc ,, heh re' wi Ihe attended to' +
- T O'BESOL D,
BY THE SUBSCRIBER,
rp HE Ronft and Lot a- the emmet of Frol and Walnut
-1 ft eets. where Mr. David Sproat lau.v lived. Enquire
TOS-PH SHIPPEN, jun.
T O BE SO L D,
A Large quantity inch PINE BOARDS, that are well sea
ted. L ; \ewife a NEGRO WENCH; (he is to be dif
p fed of for no fault, but only tha die ^ at present with
c d, fli is abou' 20 year- of age, has had the small-pox
and measles, and is fit for cipher town or country business.
Enquire of the Printers.
JOHN HINDE, hi Adam's To&n, Laceafter, has for L'%
by th barrel or fmaHer quantity, Muicovado SUGARS,
Motinim 'OFFT^, Well bdia RUM, and a few articles of
DRY GOODS, on reafonaW terms.f
i^nrDTY-TsTu~b LisHIK
Price Nine Pence, (with allowance to those who take
quantities.)
Four LETTERS on < Nj'ZESTING SUBJECTS,
CONTAINING (.mon.<Gn.r things) remarks on the
G Cha er of Chales the'^oud to William Penn.—Ou
Wiliam Penn's will—Ou fur.us of g vcinmeut, conEAUueus,
&c. Proved and Cid by
STYNE R and CIST,
In Second-direct, a few doers above Arch Ttreet, nearly op
potite to Michael HUlegas, Efq.-'s.
TlGffr-bOLLA^^EW^^
T) UN AWAY trom the province (hip called he Mantgo
mery, lying opposite Foat lftand, in the river Dela
ware, the 2ifl of May lait, two Marines belonging to
Wiliam Brown's company, viz
ISAAC BUSH, About 22 years of age, 5 feet 8 inches high,
frefh complexion, light colour'd hair, tyed: American burn;
was echfled in Baltimore county, Maryland, where he moldy
lived
ISAAC WILSON, about 22 years of age, § feet 8 inches
high, pale comp cxion, light colour'd lark hair, b ru in Eng
land, a carpenter by trade, mved Iris tirae in Maryland, where
he was inlidcd.
Whoever secures said deserters, or fends them on board
said fliip, (hall have Four Daliars Reward, and reafonabic
charges paid for each. 3w. WILLIAM BROWN.
WANTS EMPLOYMENT,
AMAN who thoroughly undeiftauds the FARMING
BUSINESS, and is not above work, writes a good hand,
is master of accounts, measuring land and buildings. Would
be glad to engage with a gentleman as his Sowaid, or as a
School-maller in any place where a School is wanted and a
hnufe could be had for that purpose, as his wite could un
dertake to teach the girls needle-work in the bed manner.
Or a gentleman having a cavern to dispose of, coming in «aiy,
where diligent and obliging b. haviour won d be uled .0 gain
cuttom. Any perlon tb;fe may fair will be dirtied to the
advertiser by e quiriog of the Printers, or by leaving a line
where to be sud will be wanted or.l
n UN-AWAY from ie subscriber, an apprentice lad,
nanled Ai LEN PRINGLE, ab^ut 17 or 18 years old,
about 5 tcet 4 inches high, a thick let lad, faudy coloured
hair, ruddy face, few words and low fpc-ct'd: Hau on a
brown coat without the cufh, acd bn wn jacket, b tie plush
breeches and guy ftocEigs has lolt the tuft joint off o, § left
fore finger ;he formerly tollcwd plantation work, and has
bion upwards of a year at the black finith's trade; he has
been absent since he twenxy-feventh of Notcm er :/t.—
Whoever takes up laid lad, and securer hm in any gaci,
shall have the above reward, by
JOHN PATTERN Bbckfmith.
N. B. All makers of veffek are terbJ . ^y meffi
ALL perform indebted co ANDREW BUNNER, late of
ths city, merchauv ,are requeued to pay their balances
to Mr. Samuel Fisher, in Market Street, opposite the Cuffee-
House, or to Meftrs. Fuller and Filher, in Front Street, be
low the Drawbridge, who are hereby feparatety empowered
to give receipts, and all those who hare any demands against
him, are dtfired to leave their accounts at either of the above
places. Those who have been long indebted to him mull
not expert any longer a dug occ. 6w.
Seven Shillings & Six pence Reward.
STRAYED or stolen, the firft dry of this instant July,
frem the subscriber, living it K nfington, a dark br wo
COW, one of her horns faw'd off mark'd on the remaining
horn with th- letter M. She has a big belly, high hips, and
flint eg; Whoever takes ^ said cow, and brings her to
the subscriber, shall have (he al, .Ue reward, and teafonablc
charges, pridby MICHAEL SHARP
„ AN awav from th, iulucriber. living in Third-street, be
h tween Ma ket..nd C^elout streets, Philad:lphia an Idr
* servant man named Thomas Dunn, ab u' .five feet fix
or seven inches high, by rade a : nner ; red faced, fto. ps a
Hole in his Should rs, diort light h/r, cocked b< averhat, talks
but little, supposed to be twenty four or twenty five years of
age; has be.n 11 the continental fetvice in Cal. Pemofe's bat
talion ; had on and took with him a fliort brown coat of a
reddilb cast, tuned up with red, the uniform of said batta
lion, a daik mixed scanty coat with yellow gilt buttons, a
light col ured linen frock with yel'ow gilt buttons likewifc,
black hacking b ecchesand brown linen flr t, writes a to
lerable hand. Whoever takes up and fecurcy laid servant, so
that his master may have him again, shall receive the above
reward and all rcafcoable charges, paid by
, JONATHAN MEREDITH.
T, UN AWAY m>m Birulb^ u.E^ oße s County,
1§ Penofyivahia, on he 16 Jun 1776, Negro Man,
common^ called CUFF DiX; he - an cti.c w<| irade fel
low, and a 1 oft < xc km namco.a ;9 is abiu 5 feet sor
6 inches high, fond or liquro. u^e hat d> E# gtiili well, tho'
he ftamme'sr his fp e<b: 1 cre i an non ring in on of
his ears, which if he can take rut, a hoi whi remain in it
Urge enough to receive he small end f a ppe stem, in winch
case he wii very probab.y endcav nr to conetai the hole by
fi ing ii up: ile wore when he <xii away, a small old hat,
ligk coloured home-fpou jacket, tow shirt and trowfers.
He has often run away, changed his name, denied that the
subscriber was his maocr, and been confined in fevcral goa ? s
in ths province. He was employed the greatest part of lad
summer by a person near Dilworth's- I own in Cheder county.
Ary perlon who IhaLhnburfaid Negro shall be dealt with
as the law directs, and hi, name net omitted in afu ure ad
votifement. As Negros in general think that Lord Dunmore
is contending for <h ir liberty, it i, rot impr babie that said
Negro is on his march to join his Lordship's own black re
giment, bu- it is hoped he will be prevented by some honest
w ig from riT&t g it. Any person who shall br,-Qg said Ne
gro home to hi> oafter, or secure him in any goal 10 that he
may be had aga n, ihali receive the above reward, and rca
isnabie charges, by MARK BIRD.
THREE POUNDS REWARD.
TEN POUNDS REWARD.
CTWTS hto give notice, that a GnHI bay MARE w^ be
1 at the fuhferiber's. about the br inoi% <' Mro Lft,
without (far. briz, or brand; laid mare followed foun per
forms that was prong toward- Pittsburgh. The o-vac r r. ~
qu Bed to come, prove h's property, pay icafonabb cll ^ \
and take her away. § Paxton, lune 14, JOHN HARRIS.
YVJHEfi AS Elzbeth. the wife of me the lubfcrih 1, f:G
vV eloped from mv bed and board, and has behaved in
rcanvttfpe&s very unbecoming a rite. Ih. is to I it ?ar
any Perlons trum putting her, as I will not pay, or be 0-
fwerable for any dtbts or her contraaing after the do;
heret-f. * LAWRENCE V^NC^
PhilaGetyon, j^? ! -- rTVd;
RUN-AWAY from the subscriber, living i^ Kent County,
l .Maryland, on Monday the find irritant, a young Ne„o
fellow named Mefheek, he is about rive feet ten inch s btgo,
ffout and wed ma r e, very talkative and trope rioter, mtfb
addi&d to lying, drinking and Iwearing ; he has the ap, I v
ance of a Mulatto, and make no doubt will aqemp id rrif
for a freeman: Hd o n and rook with him a very good wbne
shirt, two Oznabrig Drifts, a pair or cnuutiy linen upw< % a
good beaver hat and kericy jacket without sleeves. I am ap
piehenlive he intends down the bay in order to ft to Dun
more, as he was in Eafton Neck ifiaird, on '; uetday night !aft
and endeavoured to persuade a negroe fellow to go wnh hini
down the Bav, but made his efcap, from thence, and „ is con
jectured crofled the river to Queen-Ann's County. 1 would
can ion those who Ihc,uld tales him to secure him well, other
wise he will make his escape. Whofoevc shall take uo and
bring home said negro, shall receive th:ec pounds and all
reasonable charges, or wall rec ivc the laid reward ff con
tined in fame goal, where the subscriber mav get him.
ROBERT BUCHANAN.'
RUN-AWAY from the subscriber, on the n^ht of tin rob
ult. living in York county, Cadoris towirihip, and on
the, Baltimore toad, an Eagliih servant man. named TH(I
MAS RIEF, abeut 20 years of age, 5 f<e 2 inches high,
factii coloured, full fared with yellow curled h or, and Ifops
a little in his walk : Lad on and took with him, a new trt
hat, a red coloured b.mdktrchief, with do s, a white lincey
woolfy jacket, and under jacket, tin a ter Proewfat newt*
than the former, but both aro too ho e for turn, as he 110 e
them, two thins; one row, the o h r fhx. one pair ot rw,
a done do. of flaxen ffriped trowfers, and a parrot rc.-,
lately (baled, with yellow buckles in them. Wherve take.s
up laid servant, and secures him in aiv goa', so fn^r his
master may have him again, shall have THREE POUNDS ;
but if l> ought home to his owner, FIVE POUNDS iew 2 r„
and reasonable charges, p aid by JACC3 ri EDER ICIL
N. B. He can tib a little of the German zoguage. j
MAREDANT's DROPS.
Inc molt fuccefstui remedy in all Icorbutic cars ever disco
ver d. T y have reproved gr a oumb.rs in this pre
vnu, as well as in New-Yoik, Neu Epaud, and Oro
Cat ro and are to be had at 12 s. ab tile: f
N 1 CHOLAS I}KO OK S,
At tro Diy Go r s;, Pifturo and J< weUtry Shop. ,in Second
facet, three dorrs above Slack ho fc-a^cy.
fr HAT Maicedlnt's- Anti Scorbui 1 c DROPS,
1 prepared on yby John Norton, Surgeon, will pet fed y
cure the mod inveterate Icutvy, leproly, pimp to tecs it
ever io long (landing, so as neve? to r^ura again : E '« wire
the evil or luuma, fibulas, pils, rod ooitinate fr-.e- o: u ccr.
and, by purifying ths blood, prevent malignant humours of
every kind from being thrown upon the lungs, &a. the fol
lowing rem kab e cures fufficunriy prove.
To Mr. Norton, Su geon, in Gohlenf^uare, London.
Sir. I am cured by th uu 01 Maredaar's drops, <.f a m ft.
afik frog difordet of tie ro bate kind, afer trying cve^
medicine drat could be thought ox fa my relief in vain. 0„
case was as follows: 1 firii had final! pimples come 01 f :.
my head and face ; in a little tme after my face was cover
ed with blotches, and on the fide of my nale fpungv d..k
grew, as big as a small nut; Jie fame round my cyc> rod
mouth, though not 10 large, with blotches on my b^dy, a.a
and in the palms of my hand, attended with so violet a
pain in ma h ad, that 1 had alm ft.loft the fight of my t t
eye, the pain being mostly upon that fide. I was Hr this hiu-.
ation till January tad, when, by Providence, I arm agro
tieman, who was then at Bath, but qfiuce gone to the Weri
Indies : He recommended Mt . Norton's drops to me b,
which medicine he had been cured of molt (hocking ulcerated
legs. lam now i perfect health, and am coctinuauy pin
ing for the welfare of the author, of so varoHuc a m cicr
John Attwood, 'Toy-maker, Ma.ket place, Ban.
See the j.lo-^g C:fe.
I was afll &ed with a mod ihocking uprofv,.tended with
violent rheumatic pains, so hat my life was <iu e milciabß;
I tried every thing hat c<#uM be thought of f 1 my relief in.
vain. lam now p-rf/Stiy coral by ihe uro of Maredaro
drops, as my neighbours can testify, who knew tie thocf.ro,
condition I was in. John Forster, at the Rote, at \va
ling, in Kent.
Mary Cupful cured of a fee, hutic hum ar on her head n!
fact, a tended with a violent L arfeneri and roottucri ua
breath. , '
^ most extraordinary cure 6/ tie tfe of Mcedant's Drfo.
To Mr. Norion, Stegeon, in Gulden fiume London.,
Sir, I take this method of returning you my mottfimrorc
thanks for the cure of my fan, which was eh. &i-<iby
mod excellent d ops; two years anti an h.df ago he had a
final! p<x, immediately after h.t a most violent ku -our P
tied in both his hand', which verc so bad that he etrrr
loft the us. of them : the bones were fu much a'leasci the
two pieces separated and came away. The hum.or in hu
hands was attended with almost a> violent a one in his sow,
which formed an entire scab over the whole, and rich i f<
ferably : In flout, he was in so much nailery, nd with.
hopes of ricoverv (as I had had the opinion or the molt run
nent without effea, who cah<d it the king's evil) that :
defpaiud of his life. In granude for so cxuaoidioary
cure, f have defied this to be made public. Any perioc
by calling at my house, the Talbotdao, in the Strand, may
be informed of every particular, and fee the child.
Charles Ashley.
N B. KEYS! R' sgenuine PILLS w h< I^4 at the abot.
(hop. Good allowance is made to people r^ho fc^agaiu.
J C) H N M E A S E,
Below the Draw Bridge, HAS FOR SALE,
J[7 XCELLENT old Madeira wine rod jama-Cd fyirit,f
hd tor immediate us - ; Port w ne, <f the best quaity, by
the dozen ; a few kegs frefh rariins ; roelaln s and PcLadrt
fehia sum ; Iliad in barrels ; and a imaii quantity or ruuig.
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