The Pennsylvania gazette — Philadelphia, Pa., 1776-09-11 00:00:00, page 1

JUST PUBLISHED, and to be SOLD by
HALL AND SELLERS,
At tbe New Printing-Office, in Market-street,
(Price Two Pounds Seven Shillings)
The ACTS of ASSEMBLY
Of the Province of Pennsylvania,
Carefully compared with the Originals.
And an A PPEN DI X,
Containing such Adts, and Parts of Ads, relating to Pro
perty, as are expired, altered or repealed.
TOGETHER WITH
The Rdyal, Proprietary, City and Borough Charters;
AND THE
Original Concessions of the Hon. William Penn
to the felt Settlers of the Province.
Pj^fc^by ORDER of ASSEMBLY.
Germantown Bleacbfield; September 3, 1776.
THE Subferiber received five small pieces of fine Linen
to be bleached, which he fufp&ls to be : stolen goods, by
its being all mildewed, and those who brought the linen not
fiving a fatisfaftory account how they ' came by it; the linen
seems to be all of one piece, and looks as though it had a small
bleaching, and been taken up wet and concealed in some
bye place, which makes him think it his duty to advertise, in
order that the right owner may get the goods. The owner apply
ing to JACOB COLEM AN, at the above Bleachfield,
proving his property, and paying the cost, may have the goods.
N. B. It was brought the 26th day of last month, and con
tains 54 yards.X
WAS FOUN », on the great road leading from Phi
ladelphia to Lancaster, near the Sign of Admiral War
ren, a few days ago, a worked Pocket-Book, with a small
sum of money in it, and some writings, confining of a Taylor's
account. The owner coming, proving his property and paying
charges, may have it again, gfSAMUEL JOHNSON,
at the said Tavern. August 27, 1776. f
September 2, 1776.
KEN UP, » stray HORSE, a dark brown, about
& 141 hands high, with three white feet. The owner may
have him afyrin, on proving his property and paying charges, by
applying t) Alexander Douglass, in Trenton. f
Philadelphia Barracks, Sept. 4, 1776.
SIXTY-FOUR DOLLAR'S Reward.
DESERTED from my Company, of the Bth Rnfalioh.
Lancaster county, commanded by Col. Peter Grubb,
the following persons, viz. Andrew Mortar, John Li+perd, fa
cob Roade and Philip Roade, Philip Stagleman, fohn Mast, Alex
ander M Ilwain, Jacob Rencard. Whoever will apprehend any
of the above Deserters, and bring them to my Company, to the
Camp, in the Jeofeys, shall have Eight Dollars reward for
each, and aH reasonable charges, paid by
CONRAD LAUB; Captain.
N. B. It is supposed they are gone to Earl township, in Lan
caster county.J
Philadelphia, Eighth-Month 26, 1776.
TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward.
STR AYED away from the fubferiber's meadow in Ti
nicum, a dark bay HORSE, 5 years old, 14 hands 3
inches high, carries his head and tail well, trots and gallops
well, has no brand nor ear-mark, ffiod before, the hind shoes
lately taken off, has on& white hind foot and ar small streak of
white on the other, par^nglifli. Whoever takes up said Horse
acid delivers him to the owner, /hall have the above reward, and
reasonable charges, paid by Joseph Pemberton, Grazier.
Just publijbed, and to be fold by F R ANCIS BAILEY,
Printer, in King-street,
THE Lancaster ALMANACK, for the year 1777;
containing, besides the usual agronomical calculations, and
tables, a number of ufeful and inftruEti^e eflays, falcated from
good authors, viz. A new method of making hogs grow quickly
fat. Sir Thomas Brown's curious prophecy, concerning Asia,
Africa, Europe and America ; published in the year 1684.
The party-coloured shield.-— A curious and exa& account of the
national debt of Great-Britain.----Hints on good manners, by
Dean Swift.—Reflexions on titles.---Excellent remedies for the
following disorders incident to the human body, viz, To stop a
bleeding wound ; To remove corns; For a pearl in the eye ; A
method of recovering persons over-fatigued ; For a bad flux. &c.
Poetry; Verses on the entrance of the new-year ; Admonition
against swearing ; The voice of th& conjuror; On happiness ;
The May-morning salutation ; Verses on the evening, &c. &c.
' German CALENDARS, for the year 1777, may be had
of said printer.^[
The Pennsylvania
GEucefier County, N^at-Jetfey, Augufi 24, 1776.
RUN away from the subscriber, living in the . township of
Newton, in said county, a Dutch servant, named Hunt Hen
drius Cbriftian Bremer, about 19 or 20 years old, about 5 feet 5
or 6 inches high, well set, darkilh yellow hair, dark eyes, peaked
nose low between his eyes, a down look, speaks broken Engljfh;
expeded he had on a new caftor hat. a striped woollen jacket,
a white, linen ffiirt, an old pair of trowfers, new homespun thread
flockings, good shoes and plated buckles carved. Whoever.takes
up said fervent, and secures him in any goal, so that his master
may have him again shall have Four Dollars reward, be
sides reasonable charges, paid by Samu.l 'l/meat. f
Lantajer Goal, AugeJ 26, 1776.
WA S committed to my custody as a runaway servant, a
certain John Conner, who fays he belongs to Mr.
Thomas Barr, living in the Neck near Baltimore; his master,
if any be has, is desired to com-e, in three weeks from the date
hereof, pay charges and take him away, otherwise he will be
then difeharged, on paying his fees. Made his escape from
the goal of this county, a certain Stephen Archer, a servant to
Mr. Benjamin Rittenhoufe, pretends to be a Gun-lock. maker
and to have wrought at the Gun Factory in Philadelphia ; he is
about 5 feet 6 inches high, pock-pitted, stoop shouldered, has a
mark on his cheek resembling that of a blackberry, and parti
cularly described by said Rittenhoufe; whoever secures said
Archer in any goal in the State of Pennsylvania, so that f may
have him again, shall have Forty Shillings reward, and fcfonable
charges, paid by Peter Riburt, Coaler, §
Containing the Frefeeft Ad-
September 11, 1776.
To be SOLD by the Subferiber,
AV A LUABLE plantation or tra& of land, lying on the
east fide of Tilberry Branch, in Motherkill Hundred,
Kent county, on Delaware, containing 250 acres of land, 120
whereof are cleared, with a large two story brick house, and a
kitchen joining the fame, a certar under the house, a large new
frame barn, and othef out-houses, with a large apple and peach
orchard, with various other kinds of fruit trees, within two
miles of a good navigable landing, bounded on a creek that
might be Suitable for a mill, and within four miles of Dover,
Any person that has a mind to purchase the fame, may apply to
.Thomas Wilson, living in Ridley township, Chester county,
near the White Horse, or to Jonathan Neal, living near the pre
mises, who will ffiew them the place with all its co^venienties;
and the terms of sale. Thomas Wilson, ff
RU N away, the 19th day of the Firlt-Minth last, from
fofiah Hibberd, of Eaft-Whiteland townArip, in Chester
county, an indented servant girl, named Barbara Aber^
crombie. a Scotch woman, she is bulky and well set, of a fair
complexion, dark brown hair, about 27 years of age, speaks in the
Scotch dialed ; had on, and took with her, a 1b rt jacket and pet
ticoat, of brown flannel, one petti oat of blue Bristol ftuft, a red
and white striped lincey ditto, a check apron, two handkerchiefs,
one blue and white, the other red and white, a pair of leather
heeled shoes, with sundry other things not remembered; the
commonly wears a red and white ribbon on a laced cap, is sup
posed to be in or near Philadelphia, and was advertised some
time since in the Evening Post. As I the subscriber have pur
chased her time of the above named Josiah Hibberd, do therefore
offer a reward of Three Pounds to any person that will secure
her in any goal on the continent, and inform me thereof; or
Four Pounds, if brought home to my house in Wilmington, in
the county of New-Castle, on Delaware, with reasonable ex
pences, paid by CALEB SHEWA RD.
N. B. Wanted, a LAD of about 14 years of age, as an ap
prentice to the malting, brewing and distilling bufinefs.^
WHER EAS the subscriber, of the Borough of Lan
caster, committed a valuable Dog to the care of Dennis
Swinny, of Mountjay town/hip, in the county of Lancaster, to
be delivered to the subscriber, for which the said Swinny was to
be genteely rewarded ; notwithstanding which the said Swinny
has hithetto neglected delivering laid Dog, though often requested
so to do, and now absolutely refufcs delivering said Dog, infilling
that he cannot now be sued for the fame, as the affairs of the
State' are unsettled, and as the fi scriber can by his own testi
mony, and that of others, prove the said Dog being now frau
dulently detained by said Swinn?. be is hereby requested to deli
ver him up, ^hcivife he may cxpeU'lQ %. trea'?? in the rotuner,
he deserves, when laws are established in the State.
August 26, 1776. J CHRISTIAN TS H.
Weft New-Jeffry, Baflo, August 27, 1776.
FORTY DOLLARS Reward.
RUN AWAY last night from Bafto Furnace, three servant
men, one of them named Francis Lawrence Pidginett, a
Portuguese, about 5 feet 7 or 8 inches high, stoops in his waik,
yellow complexion, middling long black hair, brown eyes, and
chews tobacco; had on, and took with him, one blue short coat,
one brown duffel under jacket, one pair of light coloured worsted
plush breeches, ozenbrigs ffiirt and trowfers, new hat, and cld
shoes. Matthew Sberone, a Frenchman, by trade a flioemaker,
about 30 years of age, 5 feet 7 or 8 inches high, dark com
plexion, black hair, tied behind, grey eyes, black beard, and'
has a fear on the lower part of his left jaw. Emanuel Rodrigues,
a Spaniard, about 30 years of age, 5 feet 6 or 7 inches high,
short black hair, black eyes, and dark complexion. Both Sberone
and Rodrigues took with them the fame kind and fame coloured
clothes as Pidginett. And the 24th of June, the two following
runaways, Francis Berrara, a Spaniard, about 30 years of age,
6 feet 2 inches high, black hair, brown eyes, thin visage, takes
a ^reat quantity of fnuff, his fore teeth remarkably wide, and
hal a down look., The other named Jofpb Rodrigo, but gene
rally goes by the name cf Joseph, about 5 feet 5 or 6 inches
high, yellow complexion, black hair, and black eyes. Joseph
"Lovett, a Frenchman, who ran away July 14, 5 feet 9 01 10
inches high, lo'ng brown hair, fair complexion, grey eyes, and
thin visage; the three last took with them the fame kind- and
fame coloured clothes as Pidginett. Whoever takes up the above
runaways, and secures them in any goal, so that their matter,
Mr, John Cox, of Philadelphia, gets them again, or delivers
them a Batfto Furnace, shall have the above reward, or Eight
Dollars for each of them, and all reasonable charges.
JOSEPH BALL.
STRAYED or STOLEN, from the place of Mr, Abel
James, joining Frankford creek and Point road, the 31st of
August last, a two year old sorrel Horse Colt, near 14 hands
high, a star in his forehead, has been cut, and well broke, not
docked, his fore part very curly, has no mane nor foretop, paces
natural. Whoever takes up the said Colt, and brings him to the
place aforefaid, or to Richard Crane, one mile from the Corpo
ration Ferry, in Blockley township, shall have Three Dollars re
ward, and reasonable charges, paid by Richar d Cr^ne. q
L ONDO N.
PROCEEDINGS in the HOUSE of COMMONS, Mon
day, May 6, 1776.
/COLONEL BARRE ^rofe, and holding a paper
{ x in hi, hand, which he informed the House he had
cut out of the London Gazette, and which, he observed,
was the only account, or reart a assigned, for the Brltilh
troops quirting B ft -n ; and followed this Ihort exordium,
with moving, " That copies of the last dispatches re
ceived from the firft of March last, from General Howe,
and Vice-Admiral Shuldham, be laid before tbe House,
before they proceeded to grant any farther supplies for
carrying on the said war." The Colonel observed, that
the only paper published by authority was become a dis
grace to the nation; that the mofc IhamefuLefforts had
been made to rnillead the people without doors; but,
what was infinitely of worse consequence to the nation
at large, that House had been grofly milled in every single
communication which had come from his Majesty's ser
vants, or, which amounted to nearly the fame thing,
every degree and foecies of information had been refufed.
Lord NORTH averted, that the troops were not com-
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vices. Foreign and Domestic.
Mr. BURKE observed, that the noble Lord had dis
claimed amy intention of giving falfe colours to the ac
count which appeared in the London Gazette, but there
w#» wum iert.^r a pdffibißty of mifreptefentation ; for'
though the Boston extraordinaries for eight thousand
men, in the course es twelve months, had amounted to
one million and a half, or nearly two hundred pounds a
man, for salt beef and four creut, he would be bold to
affirm, and called on the noble Lord to contradict him,
that the troops could not have remained in that town ten
days longer, if the heavens had not rained down manna
and quails; and, in a similar expectation, he presumed,
the troops were embarked for Halifax, a land flowing with
milk and honey.
Mr. ELLIS and Mr. LYTTLETON spoke against the
motion. They infilled that the communication would
be exceedingly improper in the present critical situation
of affairs.
Gen. CONWAY was bold, animated, and persuasive.
He said the British Councils had fallen into contempt,
and the honour es the nation was deeply wounded. He
condemned the conduct of Administration without re
ser ve, and said the army, which 'was defined for the con
quest of America now lay inactive and fluffed into trans
ports, waiting at Spithead; that some of them were in
Germany, some of them at Spithead, and none of them
where they should long since have been; that he always
thought the measure of coercing America, for the purpose
of raising a revenue, an unjust one; he always looked up
on it to be impracticable ; but was certain it was to the
last degree cruel, oppressive and deftruCtive ; deftru&ive in
either event ; of the commercial importance and dearest
interests of this country, in case it fhould^mifcarry ; de
firtCtive of what was Rill, if possible, more valuable, its
liberties, if it should succeed.
Lord GEORGE GERMAINE said, by what little of
the correspondence he had seen, he never understood that
Gen. Howe intended to begin bis operations in Borton.
His opinion was well known, it was the opinion of the
majority of the House; as long therefore as the House
thought it proper to continue the war, or support it, he
thought it w&uld be right to pursue it, and no longer.
Whatever his own sentiments were, if the House should
change theirs, he was ready to aequiefee. When he
came into office, tbe nation was already engaged in it,
so that, on either hand, he remained perfectly contented.
Col. BARRE again spoke to his motion. He was, if
possible, stronger in his expreffiens than before. He ob
served, that the embarkations were all made too late last
year; that convoys were neglected; that the mrTions,
ammunition and stores, by that means, had fallen into
the hands of the Provincials. That the haval force was
inadequate to the < -vice, and that unequal as it was to
the service, it was still worse provided, and more impro
perly directed. He should be glad to know to whom
those delays, mismanagements, if not malverfations in
office, were to be imputed. He then took a View of the
eonduC t of administration since the commencement of
the present year; and desired to know, bow it came to
pass, that now, on the sixth of May, the greatest part of
the army should be lying at Spitlvead, of what was the
reason that some of the Hessians, who ought to have
been at the place of their destination in America, have
not yet left Germany.
Mr. HOPKINS spoke against the motion; said secrecy
should be observed, otherwise all our plans Would short
ly come to the knowledge of our enemies.
A few minutes before nine o'clock the question rts
put, and the House divided ; Ayes, 54, Noes, 171,
pellet to abandon Boston. He confirmed tbe contents
of the London Gazette; said that as the British troops
met not with the least interruption from the rebels, nei
ther did the General come into any compromise whatever.
He said, the stores, ammunition, &c, were not abandoned;
that the army fuffered no lots, either immediately before,
or on its embarkation; that the troops embarked with all
possible coolness and regularity, and even, as he emphati
cally. expressed it, " perfe&ly at their case.”,
Lord JOHN CAVENDISH spoke warmly in defence
of the motion. He observed, that the nation had been
insidiously led into a war; when once embarked, it wab
too late to recede; and, from the very firft day the sword
was drawn, his Majesty's Ministers have refufed to impart
a single tittle relative to the conduct of this war; and the
Minister comes down, day after day, to this House, and
experts an implicit obedience and assent to whatever de
mand he pleases to make, without any other preteefions
to their favour or confidence, but what he can buHd<oh
the information ; that under his administration the whole
Britilh Empire has near loft all the colonies, at the na
tional expence of twenty millions of money, precifeJy iri
eleven months from day to day, that is, from the date of
the defeat at Lexington to the celebrated embarkation,
which was the fubje^t of the present debate.
Mr. BING spoke on the fame fide. He said the nuhlfc
ought to be informed whAt was doing in Amtrca, andto
what purposes the money was to be applied, which the,,
were granting out of their Own pockets.-
Sir GEORGE YOUNGE arraigned the conduct of Ad
miniftratiou in very pointed terms. He said it was im^
possible but the consequences of the present war must be
the deftru&ion of the nation. In any bands the event
would be doubtful; but in such hands the ruin and dis
grace of the nation, and the loss of America, were ine
vitable.
Mr. HARTLY spoke very full on the fubjeft. He con
tended, notwithstanding the bold and unqualified affec
tions of tbe noble Lord at the head of the treasury, that
Gen. Howe was DRIVEN from B®ftoh, and that nothing
but the dread of having his whole army ctit to pieces, or
made prisoners, induced him to make so precipitate and
unexpected a retreat.
Numb. 2490?