The Pennsylvania journal, or, Weekly advertiser — Philadelphia, Pa., 1776-11-27 00:00:00, page 4

STOLEN or ftraycd out of the pasture of the lubfaiber,
on Friday, the B t h inst. a BAY HORSE, about 14 hands
high, about 8 years old, branded on one of his thighs with
the letter W. hi> mane hangs on the ncai fide, a little lame
in his right hind leg, natural trotter, and Iliod all rout d.
Whoever takes up said horse, and brirg, him to the fob
fcriber. in the Northern Liberties of the city of Philadel
phia, fall receive FOUR DOLLARS, & rcafonable charges,
and fortecufing the th es, (0 that he may be brought to juf
tic'*fliall receive EIGHr POLLARS rewad, o^ his con
vision. I THOMAS BRI TTAN.
Middletown r v unthip, in Cumberland County, Nov. 4.
On Monday, the xc day of 19cccu.be> next, will be Sold by
Pubic Vendue, by the fublcribers, Executors of the Last
Wilf,nd rJtament ol Robert Qlendcr, tn the tovrnihip
afurtfaid deccafed, upon flu premiffes:
ALL that va uable Plantation and tract of about rzoo acres
at excellent timeftoue land, lately adverribd to be fold
as private 'file,' situate in Edt-Pennlßurgh owntlrip, in the
county aforelaid, about ten miles cast 'aid ot the town of
Carlisle, in the great road leading from Harris's Ferry to the
fad town: Whereon ate erected and built, an excellent
merchant- aid and lawmill adjacent, both in very g rod repair,
and now in the tenure of Mr. Francis Stivers, at uric hundred
and forty pounds per annum, oa a never tailing (beam of
water, known by the name of Silvers'; Spring, the head of
which is not one mile dutaut from he said mills, and abounds
with rhe tipett o, trout, is in a p capful country for wheat and
and all kinds <f gram. The mill-house is built Ot lime stone,
two dories high, a. d has in it two pair of hones, two boult
ing cloths, and huffing works, the whole of which go by wa
ttr; together with a new two ft 01y.None dwelring-iioufe and
lafe'llonc burn, now, with part of the laid in the tenure of
M^ j^au M Curdy, who keeps a public h.ue ot entertain
ment, for ^ .ch bufim Is inis mod advautageouflly litua edl
AH% ore other very large two ftoty tone dwelling hold a, d
flam'd bain, with other tables ^ d out boules, which is with
another part 0 the said land in the tenure of another pelfon.
This tract may be conveniently divided into three plantations,
each getting a (efficiency of water and timber, and ground .0
turn into meadow, and is by th, fe who know it deemed va
luable an estate, according to the quantity ot land, as is now
to be fold 11 the conrin<.B'; and will be lad cither t< gather
or in separate tracts. A clear and indisputable title wil be
given for he fame, and nedis for par of the purchase money
on paying in.er f lfor the fame if required, by
FRANCES CALLENDER, Executrix.
WILL! vA NEAL, 7
WILLIAM IRVINE, § Executors.
MAT fr*iAS SLOUGH, )
N. g. Any perlon or perfuns inclining to view the said land
before the day of fa-c, wi I be ihewu tin b unaarics, by ap
plying to M r F^rfc, Si vers, on the p^milfo.
"EIGHT-DOLLARS Reward.
RAN AWAY last January from the Subferiber, living i^Kent
county, on Delaware.
A MULATTO SLAVE, n med Peter Brrwn, ab r ut forty
five years of age, five feet eight if ches high, chews to
bacco; he has past for a free man, aid winked about Ger
mantown and Schuylkill last Spring and summer, in September
he was taken up in Gemantown and put on board a fhallop
at Philadelphia, to be sent to his maftcr, but made hi, escape
the fame night. Any person or p rfins tAi:g up said Mulat
to and figuring him in Dover goal, or in Philadelphia g al or
work houfe,lha'l receive the above reward and reri liable
charges Com JAMES HUNTER, Merch nt Philadc phia,
or me, hp mailer, t Th'OMAS IRONS#
Was LG~S-for STO L E~N,
on the 91th instant.
A SILVER tankard which will hold about three pints,
masked E H, with a worm <n the bardie. Whoever
has got it and will bring it to the Printer dull receive
THREE DOLLARS, reward. If offered for sale plcafe to
flop it.J
To.be SOLD by PUBLIC VENDUE, on the aid of De
cember u xt on the prtmifts.
A VALUABLE STONE HOUSE wih a Stone Kitchen,
a log tenement with a good cel ar, late the Property
of fizabeth Ross. The above ptemifes is very fuitabie
for either here or tavern, as its liquation is near the Mar
ket-boufe on Hghrfhect; A good draw well belongs to said
lot. Tht file to b€gl^&t to o'clock where attendance will
be given by
WH LIAM J.YONS,
THOMAS fid'LT, and > Executors.
S MUEL LARDB, )
Carlife, No- CT^er ra, 1776.
TN BT S O L D,
CT™WENTI "IT\ - fls of god patented land in the
I c-pivy of Venn The ab ve oa& are moil of
them Aneed in a thick i^thment near W fund y mills
ir^ ^^jn a f-' v miles of the Court-House, federal of them
ae h nr,ed ~9 a Du Hi feelement where the laud has cn
erca^d m va^ ^rAdetab) wi bin the last two years ;
the laud iu that c unty is equal in quad y to any in this
ria-e, and 'he c. unty i, thick fettled Ay person inclining
to pntc^/e one 01 1 ore of he above tracks of land, may
know tne terms by af p^n* to
I WILLIAM JENKINS, in Philadelphia.
RAN AW^Y from the Subtefib^r, riv! 2in Abington tewn
fhip, Philadelphia county, on the 18 h of this infant, at
night.
A SERVANT lad nam d JAMES ERWIN, abnut sixteen
or seventeen years of age a tali film mide fellow,
with a remarkable c 0 ked leg and knee, had on and took
w th him a hat worn felt hat, a blue grey coatee, flriped
liafey j cket, « # w fieri, cl tided yarn Tickings, half worn
fins, a white linen jack and breeches, thread flockings,
flax and tow Ihht ; it is mppofed he is going towards the
camp Whofoe'er takes up said f vant, so that his roas
ter may have him again, fhali have THIRTY SHIL
LINGS, Reward, and real liable charges, paid by
§ JACOB LIPPINCOTT.
WANTED immediately, one or two PAPER MAKERS,
to whom good encouragement will be given. Enquire
of the Printers.
P,HIL ADELPDIA : Printed and Sold by William arm Thomas Bradford, at the Corner of Front and Market-streets, whCT
Peruns may be juty^d with this Paper at Fifteen Shillings a Tear —^rf%d wb^e Adverti^ments are taken in.
TWELVE DOLLARS Reward.
WHEREAS a Meeting of the United Whaling Company
of New-York was advertifd in Mr. Gain's paper to
appear this day at the house of Mi. Josiah Pierson's at New-
Ark, and a number of members having met accordingly, and
finding that large sums of money arc in hands ot different
members of said eompany; they hereby request that the mem
bers of the said company do attend without fail at the house
es the said Josiah Pierson in New-Ark, in order to receive
their dividends of the said money on the 6th day of December
next.
TT B~ E S~O~ L D,
For no FAUL T.
THE time of an English Servant GIRL, who has about
three years w' serve. Aifo, A WAGGON and four
HORSES, with GEARS, &c. Enquire of the Printers.f
To be SOLD, on the Premisses,
On Tuesday, the thrdday of Dec< mber next, for cafli,
to the high ft bidder,
THAT noted Plantation, belonging to the estate of the
la<e Capt. Howard, fi uated on the post road about a
mile trom Princetou, containing 160 acres, with\a proper
proportion of meadow, pasture, arable and woodland, 21
acres of the latter being about three miles from the build
ing, which consist of an GXCcileat dwelling-house, kitchen,
barn, flabies, coach, pidgeon and other out-houses ; there
is an hiciofed gaiden, and a good well of water; also a
good apple nichard, and a great variety of fruit trees : A
considerable part of the fence is well laid (tone, and the
other part n good repair. The p eafant and healthy fituati
un of this feat is<oo well known to need mentioning.—At
the fame time and place will be fold, horses, cows, flicep
and hogs ; bay, waggons, a cart, plows, and a variety of
other (aiming utenhls; together with bids, tables, looking
gjafles, and a quantity of otne ugenteel houfhold and kit
chen furniture.—Poff ffion of the tarm may be had, and a
gord title given, as soon as the purchaser plcafes.—The falc
to begin at ten o'clock in the forenoon.
N B. There is a c.op of wh at in the ground.
DESERTED frop rhe RANGER armed boat commanded
by JOHN kItrCHELL, r.lq; three private hucn, viz.
EDWARD SARGENI, born in England, is abou. live
fee fix inches nigh, of a fair compn&on, Ihort firait hair ;
he had on when he went away, a white , jacket, a pair of
canvas nowfurs, around hat, old fhocs, wi h b^fs buckles.
JOSEPH STEPHENSON, born in Philadelphia, is about
five feet eight or nine inches high, of a fair compleaion, fair
hair tied behind ; he had on when he went away, a flriped
jacket, a pair 01 canvas ton lets, a cock'd bat, he is vciy fond
ot hr oig liquor ar,d m.y be very easily known on account of
his eyes feeding cut of his head 0 d by his d un*en look.
PATRICK M CARTY, b. a r Inland i abeut five
feet fix uches high, of a is .tompt&f . f.tr ba^ tied
behind; he bad on whib|. c # f p. ^ay a dark grey jacket,
nahkeen breeches, white ftucKings, and cock'd bat; oe talks
very 0 uch on the briguc.
GEORGE MILTON a fTvarrof V.J<f ph Swift, born
in Eo/and; is about five ft five inches high, ri a dark
com plcaion, short b^c* 01% a ii tie pitted with the (mail
pox, had on when Le went away a round hat half worn,
a striped white and yellow jacket, wih a pair of ozua
brug trowfers.
As it is supposed they may endeavour to enter themselves
on board some of the continental or privateer vcffcls of
war now fitting out here, it is eatnchly requeued if such
application should be made, the commander or command
ers will confine them, and give immediate notice thereof,
the neighbourhood of the enemy rendering it absolutely ne
cessary to be in the Pronged Date of defence.
Should any attempt be made on this city it is confeffed
much of its defence cotfifts in the naval armament of this
Pate.
Whoever fecUres any of fald deserters in any goal of the
United States, shall have FOUR DOLLARS Reward for
each and reafouable charges paid, by
* ROBERT lIUME.
ALL persons who have any unsettled accounts with the
late partnerships cf CARSON, BARCLAY & MITCH
ELL, or BARCLAY & MITCHELL, or with the estate of
WILLIAM MITCHELL, deceafcd, or with THOMAS
BARCALY, are requeued to call on the fubferiber that the
accounts may be adjured and difeharged.
6w THOMAS BARCLAY.
Chambers Town, Offober 18, 1776.
FIFTY POUNDS Reward.
WAS taken out of the fubfcribei's fiote, at the Warm
Springs in Virginia, uo the 18th of September last, a
large parcel of PAPER MONEY, and about thirty pounds
in GOLD and SILVER tis supposed the above money was
ftolcn by a Robert Arniftfong, who was a clerk in the said
store, he is about five feet three inches high, about 24 years
&f age Whoever apprehends the thief, and lecures the mo
ney so as the owner gets it again, (hall receive the above re
ward, psid by _ _% JAMES ELLIOT.
"FOUR-POUNDS REWARD.
STRAYED away, or Stolen from a liable in Amboy, A
BLACK HORSE, about fourteen hands and one inch
high, his mane and tail thick and woolly, hind legs crooked,
one fore I, g thicker than the other, owing to a (train, but not
overvalue without particular notice; the horse trots remark
ably faft, but is apt to be taken with a lameness in the fore
leg. A SADDLE and BRIDDLE were also miffing about the
fame time; the ftirrnps and bridle-furniture are lilver washed,
the fiddle quilted, and the ladde-cloth with green stripes.
Whoever will deliver the said hmfe, laddie and bridle to Mr.
Hicks, at Amboy; or M r . V rhees, at Bruofwick; or Mr.
Graham, at Elizabeth-Down; or Ms. William Carson, in
Third-ltrect, Philadelphia, tavern-keepers, shall receive the
above reward. September 27, 1776.
October 30.
ALL persons indebted to the estate of Benjamin Chefoutt,
of Gonc.fter cuney, New-Jerfty, deccafed, are de
sired to take notice, tha if they don't dilcharge the fame in a
few days, their notes, &c will be put in suit, as the money
is wanted to pay off legacies. ISA C SNOWDEN, Executor.
Said Snowden has a good house in Sprucc-ftreet, near Se
cond ftrtet, for iaic. §
New-Ark, November ~ 17,6.
WHALING COMPANY.
LANDS TO BE SOLD,
(Or Exchanged forHoufes or Lots in the Chy of Philadelphia.)
AT a very low price for cash, by CHRISTIAN HUCK,
Attorney at Law, dwelling in Front street, near the
City Vendue House, at Philadelphia, one tra& of land, con
fiding of about 2000 acres, lyißg in the county of Berks,
within two miles of the river Schuylkill, and 30 miles from
the town of Reading, the foil whereof is middling rich, and
the tra& in general well timbered; it is most plentifully wa
tered, so that much meadow may be made on the premifles,
and there is a fufficient flream thereon for a grist or saw mill.
John Myer, or Joseph Fiiher, saw millers, living near th^
premiffes. will fh<w them to any bedy who inclines to fee
them. Also a tract lying in the county of Northampton, con
fitting of 3600 acres, is of a very rich foil, plentifully tim
bered, and about one third thereof wih very little pains
may be made meadow, and is in the neighbourhood of a -ve
ry extensive fine country, and distant about ten miles from
the river Delaware, which is navigable at lead sixty miles
above the premiffes. Aifo ore tract of 300 acres, equal in
quality to the last described tract, having a mill feat upon it,
and distant but two miles from the aforefaid river.
Also f ven lots of ground, lying in the Northern Liberties
of Philadelphia.%
RAN AWAY on Monday the 27th infant, a well grown
BOY with redifh hair, a freckled face and heavy down
cast look: Had on a brown coatee, with red cape, werfted
flockings and good (hoes, has been leen lurking about the
f'uthern bounds of the city. Whoever brings him to th sub
scriber shall have the above reward from JOHN MEAsE.
SIX~D 0 LLARs' Reward?
DESERTED out of Captain Faunss company, com
manded by Lieut. Col. Jolip Lawrence, of the Flying
Camp, TEAGUE RIGGIN, about 25 years of age, about
5 feet 7 inches high, well set, red bair tied, and some freckles
in his face : Had on when he deferred, a maccarony cut bat,
a sailor's blue upper jacket, and a red under jacket, a pair
of grey cloth breeches, a pair of grey ribbed flockings, and
a pair of Ihoes, half-worn. Whoever apprehends laid de
ferer, so that his Captain may have him again, or fecurct
him in Philadelphia goal, fliall h„vc the above reward.
JACOB FAUNS, Captain.
N. B. He inlifted Sept. 2, 1776, and defected Oft. 6. ,
RAN AWAY from the subscriber, an apprentice named
BENJAMIN POWELL, by trade a Taylor, this coun
try born, about 5 feet 5 inches high; had on when he wen
away, a brown regimental coat, hunting shirt and trowfers
lie came about two months since from Camp, but has not
yet returned home — Whoever secures said apprentice, so
that bis rafter may have him again, (hall have TWO DOL
LARS reward, and reasonable charges, paid by
f JOHN DOUGHERTY,
London Grove Townflrip, Cheder county.
RUNAWAY from the fubfefiber, living in Afliton. Chester
County, on the 13d of this instant. (October )
A Dutch Servant man, named NICHOLAS EERTCIT,
about 47 years of age, 5 feet 7 inches high, (peaks bad
English, is a little marked with the finall-pox, of a (warily
completion, thin visaged, and has fliort dark bair: Had on,
whan he went away, a good felt hat, a light coloured cloth
jacket wfrh cuffs; old leather breeches, a linen shirt worn, a
black dock, bhiifli yarn flockings, and half-worn (hoes tied
with firings. Whoever takes up and fe urcs said servant, so
tha his maftet may have him aga ; n, shall have the above
reward, and reafonabic charges, paid by
t REESPETERS.
Carlifle, oa<b r rg, 1776.
A ROB B E R Y.
TWENTY DOLLARS Reward.
IN the nigh between the 17th and ißh inst. the dwelbng
h&ofe of the lubferiber, io the town of Carlifle, and Shoe
^ Penafylvania, was broke open, aid the following articles
taken, viz. About 18 yards of fine linen, nicked into be?
and sleeve patterns for shirrs, obehalf worn fine linen (hirr.
marked on the fide bit I. A a short cloak of scarlet coating,
the cap of it lined with pink coloured Perfan, a pair of
rew black caljmanco pumps, lined with hemp linen, one
sheet, two pair if linen table cloths, four Drifts, one of
finer linen than the others, one pair of green Ruffe! flays,
enlarged by a flip in each tide, of a different colour, about .
pound of white woollen Hacking yarn, and the fame quanti
ty of blue ditto, about half a pound of white cotton ditto,
a pair of women's white cotton ftockit gs, not much worn
an half-worn book, entituled, " Paradise Loft," a pair or
knit white thread half lingered gloves, a linen apron, and
many other pieces of women's apparel, too tedious particu
larly to mention. It is thought the Robber will go to fume
distant place, before any of the goods taken will be exposed
to lale, and probably to the camp in New-Jersey. All per
sons to whom any of the above deftribed articles shall be
offered for file, are desired to apprehend the filler; and
whosoever shall take the Robber, shall receive the above rg<
ward, on convict,on, by HANNAH COLLIER.i
s— r— - §-{l'
A tra<St of LAND of between 2000 and 2500 acres, in Sbr«
nandore river, in Frederick county, Virginia.
THE land is in general exceeding good, well watered and
timbered ; about 200 acres, part of the above trarif, arc
fine low grounds upon the river, which makes as good mea
dow as any in the colony. The filiation is unexceptionable,
as it lies convenient to Baltimore town, in Maryland; Alex
andria, Dumfries, Colchefter, and Frcdericklbatgh in Virgi
nia; the distance from these towns not more than 60 miles.
Any Gentleman inclining to purchase the whole, or a moiety
of the fame, may know the price and time of paymen , by
applying to Robert Morris, Esq; in Philadelphia, Mr. Willi
am Lux in Maryland, or Mr. Charles M. Thrnfton who lives
near the land, and will go over it with any perlon inclining
to purchase.
T O B~E S' O'L~D?
A Negro WENCH, with a Male Child. Enquire of the
Printers. § Nov. 20.
FOUR DOLLARS REWARD.