The Pennsylvania gazette — Philadelphia, Pa., 1776-01-17 00:00:00, page 4

To be SOL D, by theSuUferiber,
THAT valuable L 0 T of GROUN D and premises,
wherein he n^ lives, at the corner of Fourth and Pine
ftreets, contains g i breadth, on Fourth-street, go feet, and ex
tends, on Pine-ftre-t, 60 feet, whereon is erected a good three,
story brick dweliing-houfe. a frame ditto, two-ftpry, with a
bake-ov^ ; aifo a good liable and yard. Any perfn inclining
to purchase the fame, may know the terms of sale, bv applying
JAMES BROWN.
„. B. The whole is clear of p.roundrent. ©
tobeToLD by the fubferiber, living on the
premier and may be entered ^n the beginning of April next,
1 VALUABLE plantation and traft ff 183 teres, and
144 perches of land, or thereabouts, situate in the town
ftip of Southampton, in the county of Bucks, ab ut 17 miles
from the city of Philadelphia, on the r ad leading therefrom to
Weight's : wn ; there are on t e premiss a new stone dwelling
houfe and log kitchen, smoke-horse, smith's (hop, barn and
ftabhs, a r : .war-failing faring of water near the door, alf a
young orchard of 120 trees; shout 106 acres are good arable
land.' 8 .cre, or thereabout® good meadow, and as reach more
may be made and watered ; there is water in ail the fields except
one, which may with very little inconvenience be Applied. A
ft earn of water, which fiercely ever fails in the driest feafn,
runs through the premiles, on which may be eroded any kind
of water works; the fituatton is hi^h a:g pleafan:, and near fe
veraj merchant mills and places of wrfhip ; the whole is in
c nd repair. The title and terms will be made known, by ap-
MATTHIAS FENTON, f
fl FT ENGLISH SERVANT Maid's Time, who has
ft , Yarn and 7 Months to fm v , can waffi, iron, and sow
•or&, -ell has been used to Children ; fold for Want of
f of tb° PRINTERS. IT
December >2, 17,5.
,~> A ME to the plantation belonging to the fubferiber,
C x living in Warwick township, Lancaster count), some time
B^Ame last, FOUR SHEEP. The owner thereof is de
f rd o com , prov^ his property, pay the charges, and take
ti rway. J ACOB £N K. q-
^ Cernnulee, Nev-Co,P, Offerer 14, ^„§.
A COMPLAINT having been made to tnis Commit
x 1 tee, at ^. former fitting thereof, ngainftCa.pt. Alexan
der Porter, for not obfervin^ the 20th of Jul, last as a da,
Siting and prayer, agreeable to the .appointment of the
Continental Congress, and for employing bis Negroes in
the bufineis of his farm Bn that d .<, thereby (hewing a
contempt of the Congress, Captain Porter now came be
fore the Committee, and, after dif.Miming all intention
of offering any contempt to that iefpedable body, af
fected to the following coaceflions, which were voted
fitisfadtory, viz.
Whereas Captain Alexander Porter has been charged
with employing his Negroes in the Butinefs of his farm,on
the day appointed and recommended by the Honourable
Continental Congress to be observed as a day of fading,
prayer and humiliation, at this alarming period ; he the
Aid Captain Porter acknowledges the charge, and declares
publicly before this Committee, that be is heartily sorry
for the fime, and for the uneasiness or difpleafire thereby
occasioned to his countrymen ; and promises, that for the
future he will carefully avoid such conduct, and ftridtly
ebfirve the rules and directions of fid Congre^.
A true Extras from t'e Minui§
J. BOOTH, Secretary.
ALTHOUGH my conduct upon tie above state is
apparently contrary to the relieves f the Congress,
yet as all tranfadions are to be confdev.d and judged un
der the circumstances upon which they are a&ed. I flatter
myfelf the impartial public will mb, upon being made
acquainted with them, think thru there was any intenti n
in me of anting in contempt to ib~t worthy body, but on
the contrary, that my conduct v . such as any man (who
would not with to injure his country, at this alarming
crisis, when a hearty and pe fed union, in opposition to
the mt iforee pursued by the minions of power in admi
nistration, is neceffar, and expedient, to free our coun
trymen in America fr< a a compleat system of flaverv)
under the fame . >cumfances, would have adopted.—On
Monday, the 17th < ' July, I began, with my Negroes,
to secure near four thousand dozen of wheat sh sves in
stack, Ac. which they had bberi cutting for two w^ks
^receediug, and daen rood in narcUs in the iidri; Ihe
Scarcity of men to be hired in 1 nweit laid me under the
necessity of ' ^"g all with my ^wn Negroes. —The
wheat frond fobmg ripe, beforecut, that it began t< >fpoil,
and rcrt.be' .cd the immediate femring of it the more vx
pedient, .es wet weather came, which would hive en
th v proved the crop; my tick people conthiu d
bhi.t :$ home the produce of the harvest ft Id on tlu day
r mounded as a day of fafting, &c. by the Congress,
a X for some time alter: and lin reality thought these-
Curing my wheat, widen had taken the greatest part of
the y~ar in railing, when in an immediate danger of spoil
ing, was a work of necessity; and as the works of neces
sity and mercy arc allows d to be done even on the Lord's
day, both by the laws of God and Man, T concluded, if
there was a difynfation from divine institutions in cases
of necessity or nwrcy, certainly no human efolve was to
be construed with more vigour than a divine la p . An
apprehension pi waiting in toe neighbourhood of the Ne
groes rising, and deftroymg the white people, occasioned
several families to keep watch all night, expecting every
min,ite to be attacked by them, was a further reason
which induced me to keep them nt work that day, thereby
preventing them running through the country, putting
good people in fear, and, if any rising to do mifehiefxys
on foot, of an opportunity of confuiti-g about the ways
aid means of eflcaing it.—For theft r^fons I employed
my Negroes in the business of my farm, and not in coh
icmpt of th? erdert ' the Congwh. wh fc salutary mea
fores, in defence of the liberties of America, I hold in
the greater reverence and esteem, and will furport them
to the ulmoft of my power.
But it is worthy of obfervatibn, that although the
Work w.^s done the 20th of July, and publicly km wn,
theiw?s no notice taken of it by he Committee, who
had rer^ntiy fat, until theist of October, the time the
election 'for the representatives for the county came on ;
then a few individuals, from principles of malice or envy,
or from a define of obtaining a feat in the House of Af
fembiy, either for themselves or their friends, made the
complaint to the Committee of Infpe&ion for New-Caftlc
county, and carried their malicious intention by a bare
majority o f votes; the Committee referring to me the
liberty of publ fhing to the w aid the circumftanc.es at
tending the tranfa&on, in justification of my eonduft,
together with their publication.
* ALEXANDER PORTER.
PHILADELPHIA: Printed by HALL and SELLERS, at the N,w Printing-
Office, near the Market.
Phiiadelf Lia, January 4, 1776.
SHIP TIMBER,
WANTED IMMEDIATELY.
A LARGE quantity, confining of rising timbers, floor
timbers and knees ; the rising timbers to be from eight
to nine feet lo^g in each arm ; the floor timbers from 17 to 19
feet long, to rife fr am 20 to 30 inches in 14 feet, and to be left
deep in the throat ; the knees to be about 5 feet long in tie
arm and 6 in the body; the whole of the timber to be very
large. Any pterion having a quantity of the above articles,
may apply to David Thomson, er Francis Grice, Ship
carpenters, who will pay ready money for the fame.
ALL perlons indebted to the fubferiber are requested to take
notice, that I have put my books, bonds, notes, and pa
pers into the hands of George Campbell, of the city of Phi
ladelphia, Attorney at law, and have impowered him to a& for
me in fettling them. I further request they will be speedy in
paying to him their refpeftive debts, which will prevent their
being put in fui ayainri them. Randle Mitchell.
Spermaceti LAMP-OIL
Is continued to be fold, at Four Shillings and Six-pence per
gallon, by
RICHARD WELL S,
In Arch-street, near the Sign of the Leopard. ALSO
Refined spermaceti, and sperma-
CETI CANDLES, in large and small Boxes.
An English STOVE GRATE
WAS some time ago sent to a person in the country by an
unknown hand, but as it is supposed to have been de
signed for so r.e other place, ths public notice is given, and the
ewner is desired to apply to tne Printers for further informa
tion. q
A few PIPES of choice Teneriffe WINE,
PORT WI NE, by the Quarter Cask or Dozen,
Old BARBADOS SPIRIT, by the Hoglhead or
Quarter Cask,
WEST-INDIA RU M, Molasses, and Coffee,
TO BE SOLD BY
GEORGE MEAD E, and Company.
4^
BY virtue of fur.dry writs to me directed, will be fold by pub
lic vendue, on Saturday, the 20th day of January inflant,
at 4 o'clock in the afternosh, at the house of Henry Faans,
the Sign of the King of Proflia, on the east fide of Second-flreet
continued into rhe Northern Liberties, a certain two flory brick
mefTuags or tenement, and lot or piece of ground thereto be
longing, situate on tire weft tide of Third-street, southward of
F p<ai Lane, in the Northern Liberties aforefaid, containing in
front 40 feet, and in dep^h 230 feet, to a certain intermediate
fireef, between Ibird and Fourth-streets aforefaid ; together
with ab and finguiar other the buildings and improvements on
the laid lot created ; fubjccl to a groundrent of Five Pounds,
cuireucy, per annum ; late t^e estate of Jehn Duffy ; seized
and taken in execution bv
WILLIAM DEWEES, Sheriff.
i, V virtue of a writ to me directed, will be fold by public
_, vendue, on Monday, the 22d day of January instant, at 4
o'.nch in the afternoon, at the house of Anthony Fortune, in
Southwark, a certain brick meffua^e or tenement, situate on
the wed tide of , hid-street, in the Diftrift of Southwark, con
taining in :ro t 19 feet, or thereabouts, and in depth about 80
feet; bounded by ground f Silas Ingles, George Hardin, and
others; lubj«a t^ a groundrent of ----- per annum; late the
estate of 3ar<uel Ridley; frized and taken in execution by
WILLIAM DEWEE), sheriff.
Cbfer County, Pweljtb-Mntb 13, 1775.
To be fold by public vendue, on the 20th day of
the rirll-.vnnt next, at the house of Joseph Gibbons, in
Weft-town, the t. ri wing a ticles, viz
^ WEAVER'S LOOM, Slays an* Geers with other
/1 utcuhls fin% to .r von the weaving fufinafs : also
a ft:we. and Ime we ring a,parel, mall and wed es pitching
axe, &c. <ike.ife Ili c: woch, with sundry other articles;
late the eff^s H Fr, cis Miller ; at ached tor the use of the
fail Mihir's creators, a., 1 Id by Ghorge Ashbridge,
Thomas 'layi.os, nd Ca ,B James, Auditors.
N. B. All rlo s:h bv any demands against said Mi!kr,
are desired b give then uce, t tne house of Jacob
Jaraes, in G (hen, on ' - y f said month, in order to
briug in then aioe^s that the dividend my b^adju^ed bv
fa : d Auditors f 5 W.
Ri ( ° ''~ s "^"by ' ^ '• the Credit rs of Jeremiah
L * '' Ute-Jen. Lie oi nift-a 1 iyi y. Hal the Auditors ap
pninrcd byt c. mt <..:.n, > : eet<t the houir of John Scott,
in .Or tow ifhi; .4 \. rins-n wb, 1,, Ti . cum ty, on the 30th
cay 1 this 'nlhmt, at 9.' lockin the ml#nt- ;at which cine
and pia e, h 1 &hc av. any dem mis agai, it t.,id Patterfen,
are celled '0 a tent wim t^eir ace-owls and vouchers, that b,eir
ace-unis ?y be gloved be tore t'em according to law ; the
Auo ns intu:l gto -ak e rheii report to the Court, as so-n
as puffi le that vid ^ may be made among the Creditors :
uh, her tor , ^d. I aimnd, may blsme none bur them
lelvs, if ihy& 4 e xclu,ed. Ail perfo:s mdebted to laid
Patterfen, are Nh:? t came and pay t e fame torch with, to
prevent rofla. JesauA '.iskbi .idgr,
F-rft M^to a, 1776. Isaac Massey
$1 lErsE *'ARRK7f,
r rHIS $ - tie: re all perfens, wh has 0 . demand 3
J. agar it Jam^ i utclefcm, lately abfe r . to attend at the
h use of John c? .lu keeper, f £Y-r .-o^l, e s, ie us on
Monday, th ? 22 ay .. his i-fran' jan'u.ny, with th if ac
counts or deman s, , Ly authenticated, in order to receive
their dividends of the m ey aihn F fiom the sale of the eflate
of the find James which was attaches b 1 the sheriff, and f,>H
by Michael Hahn, William Mathers, William
White, Audit rs.
r T riIS is to deorc all perfous, who have any demands
X at rind Wiiihrt Mur,by, lately abfeonded, to attend at the
hi,ufe of John Sh&itz Innkeeper, in York-town, befo e us, oil
Monday, t e 22c! day of this instant January, with their ac
ceu is or demands, properly authenticated, in 0 der to receive,
their dividends of tne money arising fr>m the file of the estate
of the fad Wutium thief ~ar -hed by the Sheriil, and fld
by Michael Hahn., William Matsirs, William
hitv. AuS f or£ rs
Germantown, January 1776.
To be S O LD, by PUBLIC VENDUE, cn
Thursday, the 25th instant, by the fubferiber, if not fold be
fore at private fa e,
AL ARGE commodious stone Dwelli'ng-houfe, suitable for
a Gentleman's country feat; with a Lrge. barn and cyder
houfe ; allo nine acres of very valuable land, being meadow,
orchard, and garden; the house is situated nearly opposite to
John Jones's tanyard. The vendue to be held at Andrew
Heath's, ira Germantown, at the Sign of the Sadier's Arms, at
one t o' clock in the afternoon ; where attendance will be given,
and the conditions made known, by
Mag'd alene Mackanet.
N. B. Any person inclining to purchase the said place, may
know the terhis, by applying to the abovementioned Magdas
lene MacKAnet, or Andrew Heath. OT
ALL Terfons who hag? any Demands against the former C, - -
mittee for this Cry and Liberties, for rhe purchase ^
Powder, Flints, Lead, &L are earnehly requested to fend in their
Accounts, on or before 'ie 20th Instant to us, the Subfiiberst
who are appointed a Sub-U ommittee for the receiving and feulirg
the fame. JOHN BAYARD,
GEORGE SCHLOSSER,
_ JAMES COPPERTHWAIT.
Ibiladctybia, December 177 c,
M R , B RODE A,V, from England,
TAKES this Methyl of acquainting her Trends and tie
Public in general, inat she has opened a BOARDINO
SCH OOL, in Walnutritreet, near the Corner of Fourth-street,
where young L ADIES will be genfeely boarded, and taught to
read and ipeak the French and Englilh Language, the Tam
bour, Embroidery, and .very Kind cf uLfui and ornamental
NEEDLE-WORK.
Mrs. Brodeau hopeg t prove by her Assiduity and Attention
to the Morais and Behaviour of thole Ladies entrusted to her
Care, that fire in some Meifure merits the Recommendation
she has been favoured v th from her native Country.
Any Person d^ous 0 Information concerning the Chara&er
and Recommendation < Mrs. Brodeau, may apply to either of
us, ROBERT MORRIS, B. FRANKLIN.
B'E N I XMI N S-
Has remaining on HanT at his Store, in Third-street, 5 Doors
bel w the Bench oi Gropes Tavern,
AQU A N : T:Y f 3d. 40. ^. 6d. and Bd. NAILS;
BRASS, IRO', ^d SADLEAY WARES;
STEEL; CAR%I,G,E BOXES; IRON POTS
and BAKING SETTLES; which he will fell very low
for Cafh.q
MADE hi: ESCAPE from the Conftab&f Piumftead
townfh p, Lucfo county, the night cf the 'r6th of No
vember, 1775, a certain Jojeph Doan, about 22 years of age,
about 5 feet § inches high, black hair; had on, when he
wdm away, 4 wh e fanout c at ; his other clothes unknown.
Whoever wJltgki up said Doan, and secure him in any ot his
Major's goals, f/ as he may be brought to justice, ffiad
have SEV I. N POUNDS reward, paid by
'' £""" p Hinkle, Conflable.
ALL Perhur indebted t® the Estate of LAWRENCE
GROWDON, Efy deceased, are desired to difeharge
their fe # e bJeb' .in order to ena!^ the Subferib^r to pay off
the Legacies de by the FT WUI of the fid Lawrence.
J J 1 t 11 E R, ! rafhmaker,
<f the Florugh of Lanca^r,
BEGS the f?;,.r if.lue public, especially thof farmers
who a,e presided with large troops of hogs, to save th,
brinks, a 4 briny t. <m to the next store or ft p, if too far
, from Laiff'fo ; inl the gr tiemen store and & : ple-piis are
hereby hu blyreq e Pe. to pay f r each pound 0: brittles (comb
ed, One chilli ,g '^nnlylvimia currency. The triples may be
taken off when K tiled c ,d then the wool combed out. The
gentlemen licit ar '/ q, ftf^pers are • c^.by further humbly re
quested, . < .?tri !' l oe..ura^e the faring if that ufeful ar
ticle the brittle and not to reßtf: any, hecberof eld or young
hogs, brought them i>r:?]. fhey flu.il run no,t'&, but be
very well fatisfied .Itheiitr uhie. The fid John Filler con
tinues to carry or % bru^uking business in a'l its branches,
as formerly; where A?life may be had Lie best thining black
ball for boots ar. flis; Jf a quanti yof brass wire fit for
wind-wills, an! 'thei uses. for a reasonable price. Likewise
hrir mi|l hever. and pack dito, and wheat riddles of all forts
on^lizes tai buckets, cvlkin whim c cry combs, &c. ^
hl GH f 0 I, L AR Reward.
\^ UN away from Re fubferiber, at New-Cefle, on t'^e
J. Ik. 19"'' August hr, a fervent newly conic from Ireland;
went under the name of Br:e M'Wbenney, and sometimes calls
himfelf M Kenny, a th:e cl.. ey fellow, .xbout cfc\t g ?ncL,s
high, dark complexion and bLek curled hat, kad on l-rio*',
dre& when he wentaw ,; it ilihQhr ne will pretend to he
a deserter from the ^e\ i*rs, the is capable 01 teaching the
horse end foot exercise. A. } pr r f n that will ficure fid feivnnt
in any of hrs Mnjefh's rih, io as h's ma^er m-v have him
again, shall na -e thr abuve reward, and reasonable chargefy
paid by JOHN MILES, living in Turbet township, Nor
thumberland cotinty.e
Leaver Merien, Phi? del,ba Cevny, Dumber Ig, j,7^
STOLEN last sight, chit of the liable es the f^fcriw A
BAY MARE, about it years old, near 14 funds high, a
small star in her forehead, ihod before, a naierai pan r, ne brand
or ear-mark. Whoever takes u, the said in r% f that I get het
again, and fc, res the thief, fiall have THRiB POU ILI, or
FORTY SHILLINGS for die mare only. The person ful,e&ed
of fteakng said mate is a yiung naA that squints, an^ ha. „: a
blue coat, red frekat, leather breeches, white ftockine*. & d a
red furtout. f STEPREN GOO ? M A N.
December 177 c.
FIFTEEN POUNDS Reward.
QTRAYED or STOLEN from Penriftury, Chester
I.: county, near Brandywine, on or about the 16th of August
last, a BAY GELDIN C, near two yens - Id, neither brand
nor ear-mark, a blaze, black mane , and tail, with a switch,
remarkably long tided and hollow backed, fomewhai lighter co
loured between the-hi.^ ^„, a.natural trotter. Whiter takes
up laid cult, so that dh? owner may get him arid, fhali h ve
'"'''a"""' rewar ^, w ' :h reasonable charges, and if Molen, for
the thref and horse, gifnen.Pounds, on conviction of the thief,
paid by JAM fS BRINTON. T^.iow.
RUN away, o n the night of the 11th cf November, :77g,
from the fubferiber, living in Springfield, Cheder crun'ty,
an Englilh servant hd, named John Slater, about 18 years of
a B e r 5 feet 4 inches E^h, a bashful down look, grey eyes, li^ht
bulky hair, thick clumx legs, remarkably large round the ancle;
had on, and took with hw,, an old beaver hat, prey napt furtout
coat, with two capes, striped linen coatee, an old light co cured
jacket, without fleevej, lecher breeches, mended with ch th;
brown yarn ribbed ft^kir;£,, two pair of shots, wit, listed
buckles. Whoever talas up and secures said servant, f. as 13
matter may have him again, shall have T WEN , Y
SHILLINGS reward, and all reasonable charges . aid
By _SAMUEL L T:VI .
STRAYED er STOLE N; from the fubferiber, living
in Cocalico township, Lancaster county, about the i6>h of
O&ober last past, a white grey HORS E, about 8 yea^s old,
and about 16 hands high, is a natural pacer, branded on the
near fide P. W. was (hod all round, and the hair of the poll
of his head, where the br ; dle commonly cresses, has lately been
trimmed very ffiort. ''here was taken also a new leather saddle
and bridle. Whoever delivers the tliief and horse to the owner,
/hall have FIVE P() NDS reward, and for the horse
only FOUR POUNDS, and reasonable charges, paid by
A'ov, 8, 1775. § Christopher WheiomaN.
December 4, 1775.
STOPPED, on the firft day of Decernbr, n usu cron of
being stolen, A small black CO VvH DE. ; Ee Owi er;
applying to the Subferiber, Tanner, in the Northern Liberties
of the City of Philadelphia, may have it, p ying tne Expense of
this Advertisement. William Corker' Coerr*. ^