Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-05-24
BEN. FRANKLIN's GAZETTE.
What Was Read Through tho Spectacle
OF Our Greaf-Grandfaahers-P
phia's Farst Paper.

phia's Farst Paper.
lPhadeiphia Times.
The Pennsylvania Gazette was ''printed
by B. Franklin, Postmaster, at the New
Printing Office, near the Market" and
the issue of the date mentioned was
Numb. &c.," From an original copy,
now before the writer, of May 81, 1747,
it is seen that the first and second pages
were devoted to European news, with a
few American items, and that the third
and fourth pages were set apart for the
use of advertisers.
The first item, dated ''Hague March 7"
tells of " melancholy Inundation !"
whereby Utrecht and Leyden suffered
severely. Following is bit Of news
from Liege, around which Imperial
troops were marching; just below is
Parma item about fifty pieces of cannon
to be used in the siege of Genoa, and
further down the column appears the in
telligence that France had spent 189
millions of ivres in the cruel war with
England. can extract of Letter from
very authentick Perfon at Stockholm,
dated March 12' gives particulars to the
effect that "the Empress Of Rufia will,
before the End of June, have above
400, 900 Men on Foot" Then, as if Ro-
man types were unequal to the proper
telling Of actual battle news, there comes
in italics the following paragraph:
Genoa, March 4. Submitting has within a
day or two begun again. One of the Auftrian
detachments has attempted to furprize in
poft near Vollri, the Independent company of
Barbaroffa, but that company defended itfelf
with 70 much bravery, that the enemy were
obliged to retire with the lofts of feveral killed
and wounded. their Commander being Of the
number of the latter.
From London are accounts of many
disasters to shipping at the hands of the
enemy and of pirates as we'll, and on the
second page are found budgets from Bos-
ton and New York. In the Boston Nea0s
is the following:
By Letter from the COAT Of Guinea dated
the l4th of January laft, by tho Way Of Bar
bados We have Advice, that Capt. Bear OF
Rhode Ifland, being of Cape COAT Cattle with
a Number of Slaves and comfortable Guam
tity of Gold Duff on board the Negroes rofe
upon the Crew. and kilrd the Matter and all
the Men, except the two Mates who jump'd
overheard, and by fwinming, favd Their
Lives.
Before quitting the news for the adj
vertisements poor Richard tells his read,
ers the names of the vessels that had
GO Entered Inwards at the Cufton
Houfe," and Immediately below is q list
of the vessels that had Entered Out
wards"
The many editors of this day who SO
conduct their papers that the advertise
ment are more interesting than the news
and miscellany may be gratified to learn
that the pioneer Of journalism gave them
an illustrious precedent in the matter
Whatever the Philadelphia reader OF
1747 may have thought of it, the Phila-
delphia reader of 1881 finds the adver-
tisements in the Gazette much more en-
tertaining than the correspondence. A
fair specimen of the former is appended:
PHILADELPHIA May 81, 1747.
DUN tway about three weeks ago. from the
Al fnow Bonetta-packet, Charles Lyon, maj
ter, failor, named William Crofs, an Irish
man, and has good deal of the brogue on his
tongue. about 35 years of age, about foot and
y half high, q well-fet fellow, and much peck.
iretten: Had on when he went away, an old
hat, a llnnen cap, blue jacket, aud a white fan
mel one under it, trowfers, good yarn ftockings,
and old shoes. Whoever takes up faid Crofs,
and fecures him, TO as he may be had again,
fhall have Forty-fhillings reward, payed by
SAMUEL POWELL, junior.
N. B. He had a months pay from owners
of faid veffel, and is fuppofed to be lurking
about town.
NUTMEGS AND RATTLE PICTURES.
Smith and James must have been
among the leading mercantile houses
then for they required hah-column to
tell of oznabrigs, 7-eight garlix, hol-
lands, cambricks, nutmegs, sets of flow
ers and butterflies, brass ink-pots, allom,
snuff boxes, representations of the bat
tie of Culloden, frying pans and other
articles too numerous to mention" that
were Just imported from London, in
the ship Bolton, Edward bowers, com.
mander, And to be sold for Ready Money,
at their store on Ifrael Pemberton's
Wharf, " Thomas Cadwallader gives
notice that all who have any demands
upon the eftate of Martha Cadwallader
are defired to bring in their accounts to
Samuel Morris, tanner, at the lower end
of Second-ftreet. In those DAYS the
reader learned Of robberies from the ad-
vertising columns, as witness the follow.
ing:
Philadelphia, May 81, I747.
| M Hereas, on the Gift day Of April laft. fome
w perfon or perfons enter'd the houfe OF
Timothy Scarth, of the Northern Liberties OF
the city Of Philadelphia, broke open his eferu.
tore, and ftole the following goods, viz: A gold
necklace and locket, and gold locket, and q
pair of gold buttons, fix filver teafpoons. and
two large filver fpoons, bed quilt, and fome
bed linnen, fet Of fine hugabag napkins. and
fundry other Things, to the value Of 40 pounds,
or upwards. If the perfon in Whole poffeffior
the above medtioned goods are will return the
fame to faid Timothy Scarth in eight days from
the date hereof, there fhal be no aueftion,
Affixed concerning the fame, or if any perfor
will inform faid Timothy Scarth where faid
goods are, he fhall receive Five Pounds reward
paid by TIMOTHY SCARTH.
When the foreman of the Gazette Of
fee came to make up the paper for tina
issue he found he had five inches left
and as if to fill out he babe goodbye a,
follows