The Pennsylvania gazette — Philadelphia, Pa., 1776-06-05 00:00:00, page 1

The BL £AC HFIEL D,
h Merion Township; near John Robertas Mill, belonging to
the United Company of Philadelphia, for promoting .American
Manufactures, and Daniel Farrell, is now ready for Business.
Cl 6 ODS are taken in at the Manufactory in Philadelphia,
^ the Corner of Market and Ninth -fleets, and at the Bleath
ftld, where proper Receipts will be given. As the said Dqnid
Zurrell has had long Experience in this Branch, the Public may
depend on being well served, and the Company hope for general
Encouragement, in this Attempt to bring Bleaching to as great
hrfeaiom in America as in Europe.
The (owners of the Cloth are desired to mark their Names on
one End of the Piece, and the Number of Yards bn the otter;
the Pieces Should be cwt as nearly as may be to about 25 Yards
each.
WEAVERS may have cenftant Employ in the Manu,
factory, or be supplied w : th Looms to put up in their own
Cellars, in any. Part of the City. 3 M.
_= _ _ _
ri 1 O RENT or PURCHASE, a well-improved small
& PLANTATION, with a proper Quantity cf Meadow
and Woodland, within Bor id Miles of Philadelphia. Enquire
if the PRINTERS hereof.
To SO LD FT
WILLIAM SIFGREAFES,
In Market-street, near Third-street,
RUSSIA Meetings; bro^n and white Dutch meetings;
ozenbrigs ; Britannias; | and f checks and stripes ; bag
holiands and white yard wide linens; hair plufo. ; check
handkerchiefs ; tammies; mens and womens worsted flockings ;
writing paper; Dilworth's fpeiling-hooks; pafte-boands; pewter
hafons ; table and tea spoons ;, damasks; camblets; cloth co
loured fatties; peelings ; ftfiped silk mozeens; 1 yard perbans ;
laces; needles, and a variety, cf other goods., r
,BEMTN ^A V~JE3'
Has for SALE, at his HARD-WARE SCORE,
In Third-street, between Markel and Arch-Greets,
, VARIEtY^f SADDERY-W A RE, IRON-
A.I MONGER Y, and other HARD-WARE, which
he will fell on the lowest Terms for Ca/h, by Wholesale or
•Retail. , ff, ~,
To be fold into the Country,
^N ENGLISHSERVANT MAID, who has two
Years to serve; she is handy, apprehensive and honest,
and under the eye of a flirring MifirVs would make an excei
lex Seiv^ai^ui^sf xh^Bß I NTE RS. - . Ts-
Saler, New-ftrfey, Mayi^, 1776.
To be fold, on the premiss, at public vendue, on
TuefAy, Wie !?th flay of 'June next,
A VERY valuable plantation, fiturite in Hains's Neck, in
"f^ the county of Salem, containing ?.5 # ut 560.acres'. of 'land,
YSO acres of which are improved marffi and meadow, the rest
is fine cleared upland and woodland ; there are a new frame
dwelling-house, and another building on the premises, and the
whole is in good order and' repair. The estate has an ihdif
,stable title, and was late the property of Joffe Miller, deceased,
j, .IT.^> ;.'C : Hr\ri..UK& # li&v „t¥ -&rrf^^
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Weft-Bradford,. Chef hr County, May 20, 177'0
WAS FOUND in the cufhfy ot a certain Da. # ib:
Boyle (late servant to the fub'eriber) the following
articles of c'oathirig, which are foppofed to have been Rolen,
viz. 3 fine holland Shirts, 2 whereof are ruffled 5 Rocks, 2 pair
of co,tn lickings, 1 ditto of worß : d, z ditto of yarn all
marked P, I. The person or performs to whom the above arti
cles belong, are requeued to apply to the fubfeiiber, within a
month fr^ro the date hereof,, and prove their property,' pay the
cost of this advertisement, and they m_ay have them again.
-^ -n, .SaMV.RI^ Ma&SH-AZ.L.o
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1 7AS TAKEN, foppofed to be ftolW, out of the house
Vv °f Hugh Morion, between the 24th.pf April and the
sth of May last, a middle fifed SILVER WATC H, with
a china face, and has B. Eridley, London, in the face, number
forgot, the letters E. B. are line R. R. She had a black ribkn
to her, and br fs key, and a Reel fe#l inform of a compass seal.
Wh ever secures the watch and thief, fa that the owner may
have it again, fliall receive Three Dollars foe watch and thief,
or Two D. I)ais for the watch only, pvd.lv Hugh Morton,
in F.lls townihip, Bucks county, 2 mitafaro^reaton ferry.Jf
fuf pubiybed, and to fee fold by Hall and Sellers, at the
• New Printing-Office, in Mafket-ftreet. Price zl. 7s.
rpHE ACTS of ASSEMBLY of the Province of
Pennsylvania,, carefully compared with the Origi
nals. And an APPENDIX, containing foch Afis, and
r'arts of Alts, relating to Property, as are expired, altered
or repealed. Together with the Royal, Proprietary, City and
Borough Charters; and the original Concessions of
the Honourable William Penn to the firft Settlers of the
Province. Published by Order of Assembly.
'June 2, 1776.
FORTY SHILLINGS REWARD.
WAS STOLEN, Lit ni^ht, from the plantation on
which the fubferiber dwells, in the Diftri& of South
wark, a MARE, of a bright bay colour, with black mane
and tail, a star in her forehead, both her hind feet white, is a
natural trotter, used to the gears, and has saddle marks on both
sides of her back, about 14 hands high, Shod behind and not
before. Any person who Shall apprehend the thief and secure
the mare, so that the owner may have her again, Shall receive
the above reward, or Twenty Shillings, with revocable charges,
for the mare only. Jacob Woolslater. g
Tredyffrin towrfsip, Chester county, sane 1, 1776.
RUN array from the fubferiber an Irijh fervent GIRL,
about 19 years cf age, pf a fair complexion, light brorun hair,
of a lew fature; bad on, and took with ber, a black bonnet, a cap
with edging round it, a calicoe fart gown, two friped imcey pen
. coats, check apron, two fefh, a pair of calf skin pumps, with
earned Pinchbeck buckles all new ; Jbe was seen last TbUrfday morn
ing in the town, enquiring for her foipmates, who came pafag^s
with her last August from Ireland, and supposed to be in or about the
city yet. Whoever takes hr up, and secures her, so that her master
may pet her again, Jhall receive the reward of THREE DCL
LARS, paidby AB E~L RD £ 5. fl
The Pennsylvania
Containing the Frejheft Ad-
June 5, 1776.
.fuf printed' ,publifad, and to be fold by
R. AITKE N, Bookseller, Philadelphia,
Printed with a new type^ on a good paper, in one o&avo volume.
(Price in boards One Dollar, bound Ten Shillings.)
A NEW SYSTEM OF
MILITARY DISCIPLINE,
FOUNDED UPON PRINCIPLE.
By a GENERAL OFFICER.
CONTENTS.
Chap. I. Se6f. 1. Of dress. Arty 1. Of eloathing; 2, of
convenience; 3, of appearance. Se& 2. Of arms. Art. 1.
Of the bayonet ; 2, of the firelock. Se&. 3. Of accoutrements.
Chap.ll. The duty of the Corporal. Se&, 1. Ireftru&ion;
2, of reSpeed to superiors. Art. x. Of deportment; 2, of the
handing faiute; 3, of the paring salute. Seft. 3, To hand.
Art. 1. Of handing ere^; 2, of planting the feet. Sedh 4.
The facings; 5, to march. Art. I, To balance the body; 2,
to ground the foot; 3, to limit the ftdp ; 4, to preserve equality
pace. Pbur propositions on the regularity of Stepping and form
ing the ranks. Art. 5. Of averting by files, wheeling, &c.
Chap. 111. Duty of the Serj rent. SeR. I. Inftruaions in
twenty particulars. Sea. 2. The parade exercise, with ufeful
observations thereon.
Chap. IV. Duty and inßruaions of the Adjutant. The me
thod of performing the different kinds of parapet and rejoicing
fires. Se&. 3. Cf the column, exemplified in a variety of cases.
Of passing a bridge. Sea. 4, Cf the square, The square form
ed out of one battalion, confining of four grand divisions, exem
plified in twenty-seven particulars.
Chap. V, The exercise as it is to be performed bv.fgnal or
word of command from the major or from any other officer. A
Sketch of a battalion confining of ten companies, in each 69
privates and 3 corporals, making in the whole 720 men rank
and file, drawn up in reviewing order and according to Seniority.
Rules for telling off the battalion ?,d for posting the officers
both at exercise and for action. A Sketch of a battalion form
ed for action or exercise, with the ranks at wh le distance or open
order. 'Signals, words of command, and particular references..
Rules, maxims, and observations, for the government, cundud,
and difciplihe of an army.
To the P ÜBL I C.
ALL feiences have their peculiar graduates as well to in
ftru& pupils in their rudiments, as to bring them on to"
the higher elements of their profit n; our author has therefore
allotted to the corporal, to the Tt„nt, and to the adjutant their
different degrees of inftruaion, that each may be responsible for
those committed to his charge; and by that means that the ex
ercise may be more correctly and expeditiously learned. He then
introduces the whole exercise complete, as it is to be performed
by word of command from the major, or any other commissioned
officer, or by Signal. In that part wheie our author treats of
the Field Exercise, he comprehends such operations as are ne
ceffiry to be performed against the enemy, as different exigencies
may there require. In treating of the Column, the Line, and
the Square, this author points out their various uses and purposes,
Shows some of their capital defeds, and proposes Several amend
ments., The whole is conclti&i with an appendix, containing
rules, maxims, and observations, for the government, conduct,
and discipline of an army.
This work is written upon a new plan, and is peculiarly
adapted for the use of young officers, fliewirig the articular du
ties of each, had the most eify method of training their men in
order -to- become expert Soldiers.
Philadelphia, May 29, 1776.
WHEREAS a Gentleman unknown went on board
the last Packet at New-York, and paid for and carried
away a Letter, directed to Mr. Richard ShefJhanks, Merchant,
of this City, which I suppose cam'e from his Company, Mes
sieurs Sheepshanks and B.rtwbiJHe, Merchants, in Leeds, rerkfdre,
which from Advices bes ?re received, I have reafun to suppose,
had fi>me returned Bills aad Pfoteft inclofed; I am therefore
a:thoriled to forbid any Drawer or Indorfer of any such Bill or
BilFs paying the fame, except being lawfully auth orised by his
Attorney in this City ; it is therefore requeued that the above
Letter be immediately forwarded to
Philip Marchinton.
Philadelphia, May 30, 1776.
Tn/" AS committed to my cutt dy, about the tenth day of
VV April last, a certain ANN FRY, fupp< fed to be a run
away Servant, belonging to William Kelley, of New-Castle.
This is to give notice to her matter to come, pay charges and
take her away, otherwise she will be fold, in three weeks from
this date, for the fafoe, by
§ THOMAS DEWE.E S, Coaler.
OTRAYED or STOLEN, on the 28th of May, from
dthe door of Peter Paris, Tavern-keeper, in Second-street,
Philadelphia., a black Horse, with a star on his forehead, brand
ed on the near Shoulder O, he is a natural trotter, about 13
hands high, and about 10 years old; had on a hunting saddle,
with green fringed housings, and good doublerein bridle. Whoever
takes up said horse. Saddle and bridle, and Secures them, so as
the owner may have them again, fh.ll have Eight Dollars re
ward, or Ten Dollars if Rolen and the thief Secured, paid by
Thomas Davis, living in Mount-Bethel, Northampton coun
ty, or_by_ Edw-ar dl-Lane, in Perkiaraen, ((,
I'TRAYED from the" Subscriber, at the iign or the Har-
O row, on the road from Philadelphia to Bethlehem, a two
years old FILLEY, of a dark brown colour, and mealy
mouthed, both trots and paces, and is not yet docked. Whoever
takes her up and delivers her to me at the above place, /hall re
ceive THREE DOLLARS reward.
. : .May,3o, 1776. § Elizabeth Wilson.
Bart dwwrjfop, Lanedjkr County, fyrit 15, 1576.
STRAYED away from the plantation of the Widow
q) M'Connell, an old black MARE, with a ratch down
her face, a natural pacer. Whoever takes up the said mare, and
brings her to Captain James Black, in Mill-Creek Hundred,
New-Cart.'e County, near Newark, Shall have Two Dollars re
-wrl and reasonable charges, paid by James Black. f
& ^ / Ao taken up by the fubferiber, living in Lancaster, on
*¥ the tenth of May, 1776, a black HORSE, about
10 or 12 years old, his hind feet are white, has a white flar on
his forehead, and a Snip on his nose. The owner thereof is
defiret lto come, prove his property, pay charges, and take him
away. Christopher Hewar. §
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vices, Foreign and Domestic.
At a meeting of the Associators of the fourth battalion
in Northampton County, held at the house of Major
Benjamin Van Campen, the 29th day of May, 1776. °
Colonel JACOB STROUD informed the said As
sociators the occasion of the meeting, &c.
Whereupon NICHOLAS DUPUI, Efa; was ap
pointed to and seated in the Chair, and was moved th^t
the Resolve of Congress of the 15th instant be read
whereupon it was read, &c. The people in testimony of
their warmest approbation gave three cheers, &c.
Moved, That the inftruftions given by the House /if
Assembly to their Delegates in Congress be read and the
fame were read accordingly, &c.
Upon Motion, Refolded unanimously, That it is the opi
nion of this meeting, that the said inftruafone have a
dangerous tendency to withdraw this province from the
happy union with the other Colonies, which we conlider
both is <ur glory and protection.
On Motion, Rfoived unanimouJly, That the present House
cf Assembly was not elected fur the purpose o f forming
a new government. °
% Motion, Refolded unanimoifo, That the present House
of Assembly, not having the authority of the people for
that purpose, cannot proceed thereon'without affirming
arbitrary power.
It being moved and the question put, whether the pre
sent government is competent to the exigencies of our
affairs, the fame was carried in the n. gative, unanimously.
Refolded unanimously, That a Provincial Convention
ought to be chosen by the people, for the express purpose
of carrying the said resolve of Congress into execution.
Refolded unanimously, That the Chairn an be directed to
sign these resolves on behalf of this present Assembly.
Refolded unanimously, That we will support the measures
now adopted at all hazards, be the consequences what
they may.
Ef'ZGhrtb-ToQn, May 27, 1776.
Refolded unammouf!,, That we join with you. Gentle
men, in your Prated, fr the late Resolve of Congress
for totally luppreffing all power and authority derived
trom the Crown of Groat-Britain, and the contents of
the above mentioned papers.
Refolqaed una^mouJly, That we will support you in the
measures you have now adopted at all hazards, he the
consequences what they may< as our views and interests
are the fame with yours.
JOHN JAMISON, fen. President.
To the Committee of Privates, RbiladpipNa.
At a meeting of the Associators belonging to the fe~
coni battalion,, and others, inhabitants of the county of
Northampton, near to Lawrence Good's plantation, in
Whitehall Township, the 27th day of May, 1776, con
lilting of about nine hundred men.
Major PHILIP BOEHM being unanimonfly cho
sen, was seated in the Chair.
The Resolve of Congress of the 15th instant being read,
was unanimously approved of.
The Protest of the 20th instant, of divers inhabitants of
this province in behalf of themselves and others, to the
Honourable the Representatives of Pennsylvania, being
read, was unanimously approved.
It being moved, and the question thereupon put, whe
ther the present government is competent to the exigen
cies of dur affairs? the fame was carried in the negative
tuianimoufly.
Refolded unanim^y, That a Provincial Convention
ought to be chosen by the people, for the express purpose
of carrying the said Resolve of Congress into execution.
Refolded unanimously, That a reasonable number of the
Committee of Northampton County be appointed (by the
Committee) to meet a number from the other County
Committees, at Philadelphia, the 18th day of next month,
to held a Provincial Conference, in order to determine
upon the number of which the Convention tor framing a
new government flrall be composed, and the manner in
which they shall be elected.
Replied unaximorJly, That the Chairman be directed tc»
sign these Resolves on behalf of this present Affeirbly.
Refolded unanimoufy, That we will support the mea
sures now adopted at all hazards, be the consequences
what they may. PHILIP BOEHM, Chairman. °
Philadelphia. May 27, ,776.
THREE POUNDS REWARD.
WAS folen out cf the pafiure of the fubferiber, the 23d
infant a bay HORSE, about 141 bands bigb, trots
and canters well, will pace a little, about 13 or 14 years old, food
before, has a little white on one of his bind feet, is fo^rt docked,
which be carries high, a few white hairs the back :f each ear,
a little grey about bis bead, is very remarkable for kicking up, when a
per,an is on him, if they put their hand on bis back near the saddle.
h/hoever secures the thief and borfe, so that tbs thief be btsug ' to
justice, and the owner gets the borfe Jhall receive the above reward,
or Forty Shillings for the borfe only, and reasonable charges, paid
by Ihomas Humphreys, Tanner, living in Second-street, tn
the Northern Liberties.§
_PHILAI? £ £ p H 1
the Committee of Privates of Colonel Bartraim Gal
braith's battalion having received the Circular Letter from
the Committee of Privates of this City and Liberties,
with the copy of the Protest entered into, the proceed
ings of the public meeting held on the 20th uit. and tle
Alarm, after due and manure deliberation on the.-
papers, unanimously entered into the fo":o ' -resolu
tions. °
CAME to the plantation of the fubferiber, tiveg nt
Horfbam townGup, Philadelphia county a hj-Wn MARE
COLT, Supposed to be about two years old, 13 hands and 1 inch
high. The owner is defined to come, prove his property, pay
charges, and take her away. William Jerri
The meeting was conducted with the utmost decorum
and harmony. NICHOLAS DUPUI, ClWfmam
Numb. 2476.