The Pennsylvania journal, or, Weekly advertiser — Philadelphia, Pa., 1776-08-28 00:00:00, page 3

King, rioters, ;ffftufrrs of the public .pesce, plunderers;
robbers, affaffi is, or murderer,, arc on no occasion to be
admitted ; that Should emilfaries from fueb Uwlcfs men again
prefame to approach/he army, whether under the name of
flag of trucemen or ambassadors, except when they come to
implore the King's mercy, their persons (hall be immediate
ly feezed and committed to c^ofe confinement, in order to be
proceeded against, as the law directs ; their papers arid let
ters, for whomsoever, even tor the Commander in Chief,
are to be delivered to the Provost Marshal, that, unread and
unopened, they may be burned by the hands of the common
bangman; at the fame time the Commander in Chief ex
perts that neither the assassination of Brigadier General Gor
don*, nor the late notorious breach of faith, in refolvipg
not to re urn the troops aid Canadians taken at St. John's,
in exchange for those rebels who fell into the hands of the
favagesat the Cedars and Quo chin, purchased fiom them at
a great price, and restored to their country, on those express
conditions, be imputed to the Provincials at large, b.K to a
few wicked and defining men, who firft deceived, then step
by step milled the credulous multitude to th brink of ruin,
afterwardsufuiped authority over them, eftabiifhed a despo
tic tyranny not to be borne, and now, want mly and foolish
ly endeavour to provoke the (pilling the blood of our un
happy countrymen ~of this continent, in hopes t covering
their own guilt, or c>nfi ming their tyranty, by the general
deft teaea of their country. Let th if crimes purine these
fai hrfs, bi tody minded men, who assert that black i^ hit,
and white black, it be! n^s to Brians to diPi u I them
selves not less by ihrir humanity rh\n their va o.; # he., ngs
to he Ring's troops to five he blood f his deluded fu6-
je&», w!^fc grta IS tauh perhaps s having been deceived
by forb men to their own d flro& n; a belongs to he
crown, i is the duty of all faithful faVad's $f the ci r v%
to rtfcue from oppi Ilion, and e's ! c b. y I. on%
happy, free, and oval people of th s cn r ,a
Ad prifonersfom rhetebe li< w provinces who ch of- to
return home, are to hold <hemfe ver i oad oHs ..emba 4
at a thort notice; s he CommilLry Mr. Mu ray, fh< 1 x&t
the transports defined for them a:. f<ih< wh: clWie
provifi us, n.ci ffary coadhnp with . p ffiitcon nience
for their paflh.gr, be prepared For th- u. rtunatc men ;
they are to look on &ir refoedtivr pr^n.cs s the ; r prison,
and there remain, til turhl tniatpd or inmmomd 'o ap
pear before the commander in curo ^ province, or
any other commander in chief for h;s Mjen , for the time
being; which Summons they shall -hey.
Gen. Howe will regulate their place of landing.
E. FOY, Deputy AdjutantG n
(A true Copv.)
FRANCIS CARR CLARK,
Aid d, camp 1 L<<ute ^ tfreneral Burgoyne.
* It it imp ffible to conjeß^e '•hat i meant, in this extra
ordinary proOu ion h, ''he affaflinjtio > of Brigadier Go.
Gordon " the public having neror bem inform.d of org.thzn^
concerning ar, feck perfcn, until the ^f^i g tester, which Came
to hand jince the frf public it (of the above
Extract of a letter f,m Alban,, August 19.
" General Schuyler ha< ictur id mm the Cong els at the
German Flats, where he had to Satisfy near 1,000 Indians.
The, promise a Brief neutrality. S me scalps have been tak
en near Oneida Lake. A Scouting party of ours were attack
ed by a partv of Indians, htee killed and Scalped, two
wounded and efeiped, who fellin with Some of the Indians that
had been at.the treaty, who brought them fafe to fort Stan
wick — A report .of a Wge body of troops from Canada at
Tert Ontario and that Ciaufe and Bu ler are there.
" You will fee Carlton's t tiers of he 4h of August that
were brought by Major Bigelow, who went with a flag of
truce to cary the declaration of independency and the refo
furions of Congress, relative to the affair at the Cedars. An
officer of outs who went to reconnoitre St John's and
Chamblee, fell in with a regular officer on hors back alone, on
the road between La Prarie and St. J hn's Summoned him to
Surrender himfeb prifoncr, but claping spurs to his horse he
rode off, our officer fired at and Shot him ; it turns out to be
3 General Gordon 7
Ertraft of a letter from Nev-York, dated August ax, 1776.-
" This night we have reason to expect the grand attack
from ottr barbarian enemies, the reasons why, follow, rhe
nights before last, a lad went over to Staten-Iflind, supp d
there with a friend, and got fafe back again undiscovered,
fonn after he went to General Washington and upon good
authority reported —That the English a^y am tinting to i§
Or %0,000, had embarked, and were in reauioefs for an en
gagement — That Seven Ships of the lire, and a number of
other vessels of war were to furroti ;dthi dir, and Stover their,
landing. —That the Hessians being 15 000 were tooemain on
the island and attack. Per hAnboy, E zabeh-town point,
and Bergen, while the main body were d>lig heir best here ;
that the Highland is expected America was a ready conquer
ed, and that they were only to come ovar and fettle on our
lands, for which reason they had brought their churns,
ploughs, &c. being deceived, they had refund figh^ng upon
which account General Howe had Shot one, hung fit or fix,
and flogged many.
" Lad evening in a violent thunder-storm, Mr ———, (a
very intelligent perlon) ventured over; he brings tea the
fame account as the above lad, with this addition, That ail
the ho fes on the island, were by Howe's orders killed, bar
relled up and put on board; be wretch.s thinking that hey
could get no landing here and of consequence be Soon out of
provision. That the tories were used cruelly, and with the
Highlanders were compelled to go on board the Ships to fight
in the character of common ftidiers agairift us. The Briifh
army are prodigiously incensed against the tories, and curse
them as the instruments of thewar nowraging- Mr. — fur
ther informs, that bft night the fleet were tr come up, but the
thunder Borm prevented. The truth of this appears, from
the circumstance of about three thousand red coats landing at
ten o'clock this morning on Long-island, where by this time
it is Supposed our people arc hard at it. There is an abun
dance of fmoak to-day on Long Iflaad our folks having fit
fire to Backs of hay, &c. to prevent the enemy's being bent
feted in case they get'any advantage against us. Ail the troops
in the city are in high spirits and have been under a r ms most
of the day, as the fleet have been in motion, and are now, as
is generally thought, only wa tag for a change of tide.— For
ty Height hours or less, I believe, will determine it as to New-
York, one way or the other.
“ The thunder-ftoim of last evening, was one of the most
dreadful I ever heard, it lifted from seven to ten o'clock Se
vftdi claps Bruck in and about the city—many honfes damag
ed, —Several lives loft—three officers, a Captain a d two
Lieutenants belonging to Col. McDougal's regiment, encamp
ed opposite to ut, were Struck instantly dead—the points of
their swords for fevcral inches melted, with a few silver dol
lars they had in their pockets, they (the persons) were seem
ingly roasted, a dog in the fame tent was also killed, a fo'di
er near it Struck blind, deaf and dumb. One in the Main
ftreet was killed, as likewise 10 on long-11l nd, two or thfree
were much burnt and greatly hurt. When God Speaks, who
can but fear ?"
tn CONVENTION of the State of NEW-JERSEY.
Brunswick, August 17, 1776.
RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY, That the Bills of Credit
emitted by the Honorable Continental Congress, be a legal
tender within the State of New-Jetfey for ail fumj of money
due, and owing from one person io another.
Whereas, the difference of the leveral currencies within
this State very great y perplexes many of the good people
thereof, and row especially Such of the people or the neigh
bouring States as have come hither fur ouf defence againfthe
common enemy, and gives occasion tor great impositions and
deccipts..
Refolded Udarimoufy, That ail payments and receipts be
made in every part of this State in Proclamation Money of
New Jersey, at Seven Shillings and Six-pence the Dollar,
reckoning the ditierence between the'ufual prices heretofore
taken in any oth: cu rency, and reducing .he fame to Pro
clamation. Extracts from the Minutes,
VviLLIAM PA'S ERSON, Secretary.
In COUNCIL of SArrLY, for the Site of Pennsyl
vania, Pnilade'phia, August ax, 1776.
Whereas a certain GEORGE CROWES has been dete&ed
before this board, of fraudulently obtaining divers funis of
money, on mortgages on a trail of land which he pretend d
a right to by Several forged deds and certificates ; this is
therefore to pprize al pofous &: the aforefaid fraud, in or
der that proper Steps may be taken ty hem for the recovery
of their rights.
it is recommended to. al! persons who have been so de
frauded by him, to make application to this board by the 9 h
of Sep ember next, that a juh rod fuhab?c distribution may be
made to the/n of such rnoD,ef a- heve been or may be found
-inthe poßeffijn of the said G.ORGE CROWES.
THOMAS WHARTON, Piefident.
In CONVENTION for the State of PENNSYLVANIA,
Saturday, August 24 1776.
Whereas it appears to this convention upon due enquiry
and information of the circumstances, that the salt now in
this city has be«n imp red at low prices and under moderate
insurance. And whereas divers ,6rfons in contempt of the
ju.i>d whofefome regulations of the colnrhiftee, &c. of Phi
ladelphia, under dre& ns of Congress, have continued to
dfpofe of thciifait at most exhorbitant priced, to the great
grievance and distress of their fellow fubjc&s of this Bate, it
is therefore
Refc!v d, Thar the said regulations be hereby confirmed,
and al persons whatever, are hereby ftriaty enjoined to pay
due obedience thereto, andthe said committee, are authoriz
ed and directed, to (< 2: ansitake into their poffeffioh, the
salt belonging to such persons as have refuted, or Shall refufe
conformity to the regulations so established, or Shall altoge
ther withhold or refuse to fel their salt, during the continu
ance of such regulations, allowing to the said persons upon
the fa e thereof, the fixed ard Settled prices, fftft deducting the
Expellees incurred upon the Sale.
And whereas it is but reasonable that every part of this ex
tensive Bate Should be accommodated as near as may be with
theii proportion of this article So jaftly eftecmed a necefTary
of life..
Be it Resolved, That the Committee of Philadelphia, are
hereby further directed to distribute the salt that may as afore
faid come into their pofleffion, in equal quantities, in the Se
veral counties, having repaid to the reputed number of inha
bitants contained in the laid counties;
Extract from the Mautes,
JOHN MORRIS, jun. Secretary.
In Committee of INSPECT lON and OBSERVATION for
the city and liberties of Philadelphia, June a 1776.
Whereas the Hon. Continental Congress, by their resolve
of tbe 3cth of May, impowered the Said Committee to regu
late the price of fait,
Therefore Refolded, That the said article of SALT Shall
not exceed the foll,owing prices, viz, Coarse salt Seven Shil
lings. and Sixpence pe r oudieh three Shillings and nine
pence the half bufnel aud two Shillings per peek. Fide salt
eight Shillings per buShel, four Shillings the half bushel, and
two Shillings and two pence per peck.
And whetcis Stephen Shewed, and Joseph Shewell, "in,
habitants of this city, have knowingly counteraaid said re
folu^ion of the fifft of June, by veiling coarse salt at twelve
Shilling, per bulhel, and one Shilling and fix-pence the half
peck, and tinefalt at two Shillings the half peck, and being
charged with a breach of Hid resolve before this Committee,
Joseph Shewed being pfefent, acknowledged the charge to
be just.
Therefore this. Committee, in difeharge of the duty they
owe to the public, and in order to Shew to the world their
ref-urion to Support their limitations, which they are of
opinion are rounded on just and generous principles, after
giving them previous notice, do delate and hold up to the
wrld'the ato-efad STEPHEN SHEWELL, and JOSEPH
SHEWELL, as Enemies to their Country, and pre
clude them from all trade or intercourse with the inhabi
tants of theft States.
NATHANIEL DONNELL, Sec. pro tempore.
Committee Chamber, August %3, 1776.
EIGHT DOLLARS REWARD.
RAN AWAY on Sunday molding the xSth August, instant,
from he subscriber in Carlisle,
A SERVANT MAN. named JAMES HUTTON, born in
Ireland, bur came to Philadelphia from England about
two years ago, aged about xo years, § feet 7 or 8 inches high,
a Bender heathy looking lad, one eye squints, rocks as he
walks, Short dark brown hair, which he commonly wears tied,
cut Short on the top of the head; had on when he went away,
a brown bread cloth coat not lin d, but faced with browh
Shalloon, p ! ain yellow gilt buttons, cat-gut eyes, a light blue
broad cloth jacket, lined with blue Shalloon, without sleeves,
white metal washed buttons, Gat-gut eyes, a coatfe homespun
Shirt, and trowfirs nearly of the fame kind, made with a fall
before, Strong flioes, brass buckles, an half worn hat, mads
part or beaver and part ®f racoon furr mixed, cut in the new
fafhion, a black ribband round the crown, the top of the
crown of his hat much faded; He can write well, and will
probably foige a pals, as well for himfelf as for a certain Wil
liam Hawthorn, a Shoemaker, fovant of Edmund Carne of
Carlisle, with whom it is thought he is in company. Whoso
secures the said servant in any goal Shall have FOUR DOL
LARS Reward, if taken within 40 miles of Carlisle, or the
above Reward, if taken any greater distance, and reafonabic
charges, if brought to Carlille, paid by
6 GEORGE STEVENSON.
THE time of an active healthy IriSh servant girl, about
18 years of age, who has three years to serve, She can
do house work, and spin well on the little wheel. For terms
enquire of the Printers, or of Capt. Alexander Boyd, living
ia Third-Sheet, the Second door above Market Street, Phi
ladelphia. §
TO BE SOLD,
TO BE SOLD,
In the City of Burlington, at public sen ue, on Friday the
thirteenth day of August next, at three o'clock in the
afternoon,.
A BRICK HOUSE.and LOT, pleasantly Situate on the ri,
ver Delaware, the aforesaid lot extending back as far as
Pearl Street, late the property of ABRAHAM COTTNAM,
Esq; and to be Sold by
ELIZABETH ANN COTTNAM) *
ROBERT HOOPS, and f Executors.
GEORGE COTTNAM, )
T O BE' S O L D.
A VALUABLE plantation, Situated in Wcfl-Caln town
£l thip, Cheßer county, containing 256 acres of lard. I'oo
of which are cleared and in good fence, the tefuainder *ell
timbered ; there are twelve acres of choice meadow and a
great deal more may be made at a small expence, the whole
of which may be watered from different forings. There is
created on the premises a new large well finished tub Story
stone-house, containing two Spacious rooms on a floor, and a
large hall, with a cellar under the whole; aTo, a large Bone
kitchen at the back, wi h garrets, and a pump of good water
at the djor. A large barn, ftabies, &c. ard a good bearing
orchard. The situation islremarkably healthy, and would
answer very well either sos 4 TAVERN or a STORE being
Situated on the great road leading from Lancaster to Wilming
ton, io aa agreable neighbourhood, and condgucu. .to differ
ent places of worShip, The title it indifpirable. For terms
aply to Mr. DOMINICK JOYCE, in Philadelphia, er to
the Subscriber on the prenofis.
STOLEN out of the Stable of the fubfeiber living in
Warwick, in Orange county, and provinc of N w-To k,
on the night of the third instant, a dark hr iwn STALLION,
Efopbs beed, is§ hands high, seven yeas old with a large
star in his forehead, and a number of whie hair in hi- tail,
his right forefoot remarkable and much drifigurfd orcafin, ed
from a diforderin the hoof, he pac s and trots well and is
esteemed a good fiddle borfe., branded on his left high with
P. S. A; the fame time was taken a fiddle and buddle. Who
ever takes up the said horse saddle and briddle, and tb^ f,
and recures them so that the owd. r may have, them again,
and the rogue apprehended so that he may be brought to
justice, Shall have T^.N DOLLARS, or f^r the hos and
fiddle EIGHT DOLLARS, or th & horse alone FIGHT
DOLLARS reward, and aU reafo n able chags. paid by
THOMAS orRtCHARD WILLING f
GoShen Piecin&, August 4, 1776.
Avg It 27, 1776.
Port of Philadelphia, 7 T 1
Pennsylvania, ST. f To all whom it mg con en.
NOTICE is hereby given, that a Court f Admiralty for
taking cognizance of and trying the justice of captures
of vessels made puifuant to the Removes of the Fl notable
Continental Congress, and brought into this port, wil be
held at the Comt-Houfe in the cuy of Philadelphia, on Satur
day the thirteenth day of September next, at ten o'clock in
the forenoon of the fame day, then and there to try the
troth of the facTs alledged in the bills of Lambert Weeks,
commander of the Chip of war called the Reprisal, against
the Schooner or vcflel called the Peter, burthen about eighty
tons, lately commanded by John Muckcino, with her tack e,
apparel, furniture, and cargo, to the end and intent, that
the owner or owners of the said fchooncr aad cargo, er any
person concerned therein, may appear and Shew canfe, if
any, why the fame fh ri ife!d not be condemned according to
the prayer of the said bill. By order of the judge,
* ANDREW ROBESON, Reglfter.
Bth month, z6tb, 17,6.
This is to give NOTICE,
THAT the subscriber having found out a CURE for an,
person affliaed with a fever, takes this m<th d for the
public good, to inform them that any person ass &cd with
the above disorder may by calling at his house in Strawberry
Alley, be Supplied with the medicine, when it will be hit to
their own generosity when they have experienced the efficacy
thereof, whether they chufe to reward him for the fame. Last
evening the subscriber administered the medicine to a neigh
bours child who had a very bid fever, and on ca sing in the
morning, found the fever entirely abated. Also a young wo
man at Mr. Edward Tatnals, fen. in Willming'on, who was
given over by two Doctors, by taking the medicine was per
feaiy reftoied in two hours. Also at the above place may
be had a medicine for the flux.
T^is i)a, is P^tifhed, Printed and Sold by R. AI T K N*
renter ard Biokfeller, Promt Street PiHL’D L'lLa :
(Price Three Dollars.)
LINGENIEUR De C zMP^GNE:
OR
FIELD ENGINEER.
Written in French by the Chevalier dp CLAIR A C,
And Translated by Major LEWI S NI CHO LA.
To which is added, hv way if APPEN D I X
A Short Treatise on SEA BATTERIES Shewing their
Defcas, and an Attempt to Remedy then.
Likewise, an Explanation of all the Technical Terms uLd
in tbe Work.
By the T RA NSLA T O R.
Illustrated with a variety of Copper-Plates.
NOTICE is hereby given, that there came to the plantati
on of ROBERT BROTHER TAIN, hying in Warticks
townfllip, Lancaster county, two BULLOCKS, the one a
BLACK BROWN, the other BLA K rod WHITE. A<y
person claiming right, are difired to come prove property,
pay charges, and so take them away,
N. B. Supprfed to be about for years o'd. §
Ou MONDAY the Second of September, at to c% ck,
in the morning, on PLUMSTEAD's wharf, will begn the
Sale of the CARGO of the Prize Ship FRIENDSHIP.
CONSISTING of rum, Mnfeovada a d elaed Sugars,
condemned in the Court of Admiralty.
MATTHEW CLARKSON, Martial.
ALL persons indebted to ANDREW BUNNER, late of
this city, merchant, are requeued to pay their balances
to Mr. Samuel Fisher, in Matter Street, opposite the Coffec-
House, or to MefTrs. Fuller and FiSher, ia Front Sueet, be
low the Drawbridge, who are hereby separately empowered
to give receipts, and all those who have any demands against
him, ate desired to leave their accounts a either of th above
places. Those who have been long indebted to him mu&
not expert any longer indulgence. 6w.
JAMES DER-KINDFREN
JOHN TELLE S.