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Philadelphia, OBohtl 1756. WHERE AS by an Afli mituled, An yffl for rai Thirty Tnouland Pcu..dscr e kVjfe, mJ Fund for ft filing tit fan ly an Excife onJFine, Rum, Brandy and other Spi rin, ic i enaatd, That there Ihill be throughout this Province r Aiiy levied, col.efted and paid, fr ill Rum, Brandy and other Stirita, fJid, . drawn, or barreled, by any Perfon or rerlons wnat - fjcvci by zny Quantity under Seventy Gallont J and for alt Wine fold, drawn, or Daittrtd, under the Quantity of one Hogfhead, and to be dtlmred at ore Time, and to one Peifon, and at any Time after the fiift Dy of Oclober, One Thoufand aeven Hundred and Fifty - fix, and during the Space of ten Years next following, the Rate or Sam of Four - pence ftt Gallon, and fo propor - tionably for a gieater or WiTer Qoantiiy. And that every Retailer cf all or any of tbefaid Lqiors, before he or they draw, feil or barter, any of the faid Liquors, fhall enter hit or her Name, and Place of Abode, with the Colleaors of their r - fpeaive Counties, ?r. their Deputies, and fliali take acd have from the faid Colleaora cr their Depuiiei, rcfp - aively, a Permit for drawing or felling fuch Liquors, for when Entry and Permit they wall pav One Shilling, fend no more. Provided always, That no foch Permit be granted to ny P. - rfon or Perfons, to retail the Liquors aforefaid, the Rates and Duties whereor (by this Aa impofed) do not amount in Value toTb'ee Pound per Annum, ad fo in Proportion for a lelTer Time, unlefs fuch Retailer or Retailers, it the Time of their obtaining ifuch Permit as aforefaid, will undeit.ke and give Security (if khire - iinto requi.ed by the faid Colleaora rv - fpeaively) well and troiy to pay fo much' to the faid Colleaora as (hall make up the Rates and , Datiea by this Act impofed, the Sum of Three Pounds per Annuni, and Jo .proportionably for a longer or fhorterTime. And ihat all and every. Reta ler of all or any of the Liquors afotefaid flail, on Entry of their Names and Places of Abode with rhe Officer aforefaid, give unto t he faid Colleaors,or their Dputi:s,an exaa and true Account of all Wine, Rum, Brandy and othei Sp.r ts, which (hall be in their Pofieffion atthcTimeof Entry aforefaid, and of whom purchafed 5 for which Ea r) ihe faid Retai!ei (hall pay Six - fence, and no mere. And that ll and every Retailer of all or any of the Liquors afertfaid, fhall alio from Time to Time from and after thefinl D.y of Ouster, before hey load or caufe to be loaded into any VtiTeljpr put into any Cart, Waggon, Dray, or any other Carriage, .for Transportation, aod before they remove or caufe to be removed from' the Houfe, Shops, Cellars, Vaults, Stores, or Places where polehafed, any Cifk or Quantity of Liquoia liable to pay' the Duties impofed by this Aa, make Entry with the Collector of the City and County of Pbtl&defpbio, of all and every fuch Calk or Quantity of Liquors", with the Marks, Numbers and Contents thereof, and of whom purchafed And the Colleaor of the City and County of Philadelphia, fl 11 certify to the CcT eaors of the Counties refpsclively, ufeder h'u Hand, the Entries fo as aforefaid maoe of all Quantities of Liquors - liable to pay the Duties impofed by this Aa, tranfported into the feveral Counties, in order xhe Coileaor. or Colleaora of the rBfpaive Counties may anke Entkiei theieof accordingly.; tor which Entry and Certificae, the CplStair of the Cttyand County of Pbiladelpbt :a fhall receive Srx - fence, and no mTi, And that ihe far! Colieaou, or their Deputies, may enter into any HjuC:, Cellar, Vaoit, Store," or other Room in the Day time, to feareh, examine. nd gauge the L'. cjuora of any Perfon retailing vutii or without Licence or Permit, as often aa he or they fee fir ; and upon their refufiag nim Liberty fo fo do,' h may force and break open Door to gauge and examine the fame j and in Cafe of Of;ofi?ion, if Ncffiity require, fhall take fo hit AYTifti iCi the Sheriff, or cne or moie of the Cehftablta of the Town. or County refpcaitely, who without any other Warrant, arc htreb - , uhtfe. the Penalty of Five. PdUndt for every Re - fufai cr Neglea, rctjuirfd to be aiding arid flitliog to the faid Coi l&ors and their Deputies herein, for. the better an i mare effectual coIUaing thei5u'tfef Penalties and Forfeitures .mpofed by thia Aft. And that if ab PeiHin or Psrfons (hall prefumf , during the Continuance of .thu AY to reuil within thia Provintclff than oneQarcof Wine, Rurk, Brandy, or 6Uie Siitt, to he delivered at one Time, ana to olift Penon: without being legilly recommended and I Cenced aa kKiefaid, he, fhe, cr they,, ofFtndihg, fhell forfeit and py the Sum of Fivr Pevtdt, over and above the Duties fcr all nd fuch L qU . a by them retailed is aforefaid, or be" commuted to th . Wvrk - Hufi!e xt Prifon of therefpetive County here the OfYer.c ih.l. Kc. corftmitred, arid ibereto be kept at hard Latiour, for The Spat? of five M nths.. And that ati iua every of the Cjhftib - Us dt the reCpraive rowcfh.pi cr Dift.ias in this Pro - ,Tutir, fStil, land Vfe exkby requited, unrier the Penally' of thk Forftitt.fi of Ttoebty JSbiUtfigi ftr every RefUfal or Ne ea, to're - tain, on Oi'hor Afnrroariwrt, unto the Court of Qjarter - S;fljjns, in their re(paive Ceilnttes; thi Names andPhces ot Atbdecf all. Pesfona in their jeveral Towi0lips.i3r Dift'icts, retailing or vending any Liquors liable "to - pay the Duties .impclld by this At $ and that the Collector of fuch tefpeaive County may and fhi J haveRe - couffe to the Returns of the Conftables, for the better colUaing the Datiea and Forfeitures arififtg opoh this Aa; Njtv the Suljcribtr'btifig by the Jatd Aft appointed CsUtBar of the Eictfe for the City and County cf , Phtfadtlphia, hereby givn Notice, t bat be it rady fo receive the Acieuttt, make the Ertrttt, grant the Permit i, aod execute every; ether Part of the faid Office of CoUcHor, at by Latu requited j and all Perfens concerned are to take Notice of the fle, and Jo make tteir gttriet, and pay their JZxcife accordingly, 1QSEPH. STRETC H, Collea.r. JT 1 - 1 G '.V'?16". vuJfcs. aoc decimal, fr.aiorjsi , Y,Y rCt echntjf eccomts, ths true il.raiian method, by .douo e enrry, Dr. and Cr. &cx Nviation in'all its parts, both io theory and praaice. Aifofphencal trigor.ometry, great ciicle 'failing, iflronomy, furveying, gauging, &c. and a compleat me - thoto keep the fhip's way at fea, called a Journal, wnereby I teach in my fcboolto find the - loD.gitude atfea eery day at noon, by tiue frpVnioaa,! ttireisithe Utitude by obfeivation of the fun. Lhtve the original journals to produce, in which tt will appear the the iirS link of which being fixed to the port departed from, each aty work, is a new iink joined to the other, till. the laii l.nk ia fixed to the - .porc arrived at i caca day'a work bein8 truly wrought, the .journal is complet. Mr, juinal from Eiig,nd to Cape HeulcbeH (or CipJames) in America, and f.om thence tp.the L;zm pomt. ajaia. I have proved to be within one alegreeof longuu 'e. (which - 1 near 140 degrees of Weft langitude) as appears in my j'u.hals to be piocuced, with others of the like foil, and g joo proof,. ct mj xue principle! : Altho fun and ftait hould dfap?ear,r ferial days and nights, my.planwiil find both lautudc and .ooguudt at ncn every day, or any other hour : It is rations pun, and fottnceu upon great and long experience at feai both on bo.:d the rya navy and merchant fhips, &c. . i,Nf ,,:h?e u8ht ntioo, and kept a joorhal above 40 7e' i A fchtme I now teach is new, and . never wis in printed bovka, tndhas.bren approved of by proper ;iudgesi Your log - 5ct between each knqt, and glafs juft - 30 feconds: nr amir Inx Um. .O C - - J ' TA fct iv toi f 'a Jsfian Miit Sbti city9' tti the 'iBtb of laI month at night, a large hay boift, near 1 5 bandt high, hot a far in bit forehead, branded on the near fieuldtr tuitb a heart, but not plain o be feep, bat feveral ubite f addle fpott on both fidtt bis lack,, hit iff hind foot is a little white, facet when mounted, 'but trots cut of band j bat been ufed to draw in a tbair, and when he trots fafi clafbet with bit bind feet againfi the fore ones, and ;t fhod all round. Whoever fecuro fd horfe, and brings him, or gives notice to the fubferiber in Philadelphia, fbaJl receive Twenty Shillings reward t and reafonable charges, fqidhy DAVID k D ESHLE R. ALL ptrfns tnaeb ga to the tjiute oj i bums hllit, late oj tb t city glaautr, deceafed, whether by mortgage, bond, fpecialtyf note, book debt, or otherivife, are defired fpetdtly to pay the fame : And thofe who have any demands againft the faid tjlate, are defired to bring in their accounts, that they may - be paid by me the fubferiber, who am fully authorized fcr that putp fe On Monday, the itb day of QElober tnjtant, will be expofed to fale, at his late duelling - hovfe in Front fireet, Biiftol and London crown window glaft, of fundry fzes, and crates of glafs, lead in fheet and bar, looking glaffes of fundry Jixes, fundry bookt of gold leaf, Pruffan blue, jlone oker, and vermilion. The fale to btgm at ten 0 clock in the m rning. JOHN KNOJVLE S. N. B. Any perfon inclining to purcbafe, may have what they want before the day of fale. r S'rl' 1 TV;; " nf op tne amy, niao - u enmmrs, &v. , Andrew Lams., 0 ' fWi U',CC ' h C'V - iycDt tnc p,rK P E T T K D G X?4 "'ni Bfiff - 1, in OU England, m,kca' aad (IU wheat - fx eeni. ano fl xfeed fk - eens, arret the beft manner j a lb riddles, Ma - cages, rat - tiapi, and fundry other iraa work of tint fort. "Mif ia Market - ftrcet, at the fiw of the HAi Ucoa, tppilli e c Je;fey ranker, . . .jfo . - . .1 : t Imported fom London, and to be fold by J O Ii N ELLIOT, Cabinet - maker . In.Cheftnut ftreet, the Corner of Fourth - ftreet, A Neat aflortment of looking glaiTiS, viz. Piers, froaces and drefling gliTest joiners and fadhrs furniture, Sec. Fine worked patterns or jackets thread and cotton blockings. Looking gLflea new quickfiiver'd, or framed, in the neateft manner. He lupp!ies people with new glafies to their own frames, and gives ready money for broken looking - glilTet, and compleatiy fixes up houfe bells and cabbin bells in the neateft and mod convenient manner as done at Londonj with cfanki and wire, which arc not liable to be put cut of order, as thofe done with pulliei. N. B. Said Eiliot has on hand a few books, intituled, Second Thoughts concerning War. Tbc. Philace phia, Oaobrr I, 1756. LAST night the fiore of Gervafe Burgefa, living in TredyfT - 'rin, wai broke open, and the following good tlolen, vie. five piece and remnants of KanchefUr chrck, ieveril paiceU of thread and yarn rlockingi, a piece of Irh Iheeiing linen, one piece of plain Englifh d.ab cloth, feveral parcels of fhu'ff boxes, and ftcel' teb.cco - boxte, three or four pieces of hit ting linen, with a great many other things which cannot now be defenbed. It is fuppofed there were three or four that broke in j they aifo took a quantity of money, both Piece of Eight and paper, amongft which weie two Twenty Shill rg b lis New Cattle money, the dates whereof arealmoft worn out. Whoever tak up and fecures faid thieves, or any o.them, lhall have Five Pounds reward for each, paid pn conviaionr by . Gkrvasx Burciss. sWMhMvaw m mmm w mm Juft imported in t ;e Udity, Magnus Bell, and other ihipa txcxh London and Hnfrol, and to fee fold by S O L G M G N F U S S. EX L, At the Hand - faw and Crown, in Second - ftreet, tippofite the Church for ready money, or ihort credit, FINE and fuperfioe broxdclothi, czenbrgs, German ftges, kerfeyi, flmne:s, haifthicki, nap coating, beaxfkifl, firiped linfeys and duihli, fine and fupeifne fhalcois, bl.ck and blue ever - larlings, fine c imancoes, rulTela, double arid fingls c.mblets, hair - plufo, tammies, durants Joan's fpining, thickfetts, befi double and fin'gle damafks, poplinsj ytights, 3 q - . yaid wide, aod yard 3 eights wide cotton and linen checks, 7 eights and yard wide Irih hnen, womem fine white glaizcd lamb giovea and double ghized kid mitts, Scots arid filk handkerchief, 6 and 7 qr, bed bunti13 hajl bed ticks, 9 qr.Flandera dftto, while, light a. - .ddith colourd Tewing filk and thread, Clltl.cei, long and clear lawns, canabrickj, printed cottons, fine chints and calicoes, flay trimmings, men and womenl hofe, womens florT fhoei',' vsorfted quality, blaek padua - fay, fealing wax, wafers, Holman's inkpowder, - quarto bible, young man's belt Companions, writing paper, tapes, pins, firrets, gartering, men and ycmhi felt hats, rugs, blankets, Variety of metal, horn, filk and hair coat and waiftcoat buttons, twift, fleeve button, bone fcate table knives and forks, Flocle's pifiolcapt and Howe's fhoe knives, variety of brafi and iron flock locks, files and rfps, falh and fcrew pulliesand 1 nei, pewter dilhes, plates, por - rlngrr, fpoons, tankards and tea pots, Various kinds of faws, bricklayers and plaifterers troweli, fhcemakers and carpenters hammers, fhingling hatchets, compsfits, ruies, brafs knob and thumb - latches, bold, wood fere wa,.fnufFrrs, augerr, gouges, chizels, various kinds of brafs and iron hinges, fmiths vizes, anvils, fh - e nippers and pinchers, a neat alTartment of joiners and faddlera furni - tre, gimbleti, fire fhoveli and'tongs, gun loiks, flints, ccfHn handles, fhae and knee buckica, brafs nd iron wire, ,virioui fcrrs of brufhes, rszarj, lancers, horfefleams frying pansbear and wine cocks, center, chair, wimble, gouge ncfe, and coopers bitts, fhoc tacks, awl blades and hafts; 6, 8, io, 12, 26, "and 24 d. nails, tenterhooks, fprigs, tiunkand clout nails, carpenters axes and adzes, drawing knives, warming pans,, iron pots, brals and iron kettles , cart boxes, madder, "ground and whole redwood and fuftick. red and .White lead, Spanifh brown, yellow oker, Venetian reo and yellow, whiting, logwood, linfeed oil, bnmftone, genuine Bate - man's drops, glue, roain, copperas, alloro, window glafs, mufco - Vado fogar - and fundry other goods, .too tedious to mention. N. B. There arealfo to be fold two houfes in Pewter - platter - al - oppofite the Printing - cffice, no ground - rent on them. For term of fale, enquire of faid Solomon FuiTell. To be S O L D, A PLANTATION, fituate in the townfcipof D;pt - ' ford, and county of Gloucefter, in the weflern divifion X UL"of the province of New - Jerfey, boundrng on tfie rier Delaware, about eight mifes be ow Phiiadalphia, tb'ntaining 130 acres, 100 acrea of which' ia meadow grcund; and ifhm good bank. Oa the faid plantation is a large new dwelllnghoufe and barn, with fereM other out. houfea. - rgood craw - well, ind a young orchard, For terms of fale. enquire of James Talman, in Phila - elphia.. or JohW;fi ambt..Mg the E!cnyfrs. &s ' ' w 10 tne tp.auvaiiW ji - Cnane i - inn, in Uaper Pro - ALL petfons indebted to'theeftatt 6f Enoch Armitsge, late of Horham townfhip, deceafed, for efTicls bought at vendue . or otherwife,.,are hereby defired to pay ; and thofe that have any demands againft faid cftate, are defired to bring in the.r accounti to Barbara and Benjamin Armitge, junior, adminillrato'rs, who will give attendance for thar purpefe at the houfe cf the aforefaid deceafed, on Friday the 8 h of 0tobr, and on Friday the 12th of November.1 Barbara and Btrjjmin Armitage, junior. N. B. Ibere it yet to be fold by faid admimflratirs, a pair of good fmittfs bellows. () AL L perions indebted to the cfiateof Adam CUmpifer, ltc of this city, deceafed, either by bond, note, or book debt, re defired to come and pay the fame : Aod thofe who have any demands againft the faid eftate, are defired to bring them in, that they may be adjufted by Willim CiroprTer, Executor. Tbctf. New - Jefjeyy Gloucefltr, May 10, 1756. TO be fold by the fubfettbert, living in Gbucefler county, New Jerfey, the following lots cf land, fituate at Cherry garden, ox Society Hill, in the city of Philadelphia, viz:, one bank lot, fronting IVaier - flrtet, thirty feet, and extending back to Front fteet and one water lot, fronting the faid bank let on the lower fide of IVattr fireet, and extending into the river Delaware two hundred and fif 'ty feet. For tiile, and terms of file enquire of SAmuil Harrison, and John HlNCHMAN. Tbctf. Juft imported in the Snow Unity, Capt. Bell, from London, and. to be fold bv EMANUEL j O S I A H, At hii (lore, at the corner of Arch - ftreer, in Water - ftreet, oppo - pcfite to Mr. Wiiliam Fifher't, at very reafonable ratei, BP.O AD CLOTHS, kerfeys, drab plains, blue, ied and green ha fthicks, red, white and firiped flannels, nap and beaver coating, - buff, bue and green hair fhag, worried caps, men and wome n wdrfted and thread hofe, camblets, worried damafks, ozenbrlgs, double rofe linena, 3 qr. 7 e ghti, and yard wide cot torn and hncn checks, coarfe end fine Irih linens, ivory and horn combs, printed l.nens, Irih meeting, fooKcap and common writing paper, lettering and fcarlet gartering, Pomerania linen, dow. las, Flanders bed - ticks, tandem double filefiar, tandem gsrlix, clear, flawer'd and piftol lawns; clouting diaper, cambricks, bordered bandahoes, lungee and fiik romals, Perfian tarTeties, cotton romils, 'floor carpets, fewing filk, tapes and binding, nutmegs, cloves end mace, and fundry other goods, fui table for the feafon, 7s. 6d. . '. To be S O L D, TW O Jikely .ynung Negroe boys ; both have had the fmali pot. Enqofceat the Nw Printing - Office. AliL. perions ifldeoteo to tne ctiatc or Geoige M iil, oe - crafed, cr have any accounts or demands agalfift the faid eftate, ae defired to bring them in, to Lvdia M'Call, Samuil M'Calls, fenior and junior, and others, executors, in order to be fet'led and difcharged. Xbc 3 M To be fold by the (aid Executors, ' AG OO D brick ho&fe, three ftoricB high, in FrQntftreef, in which he formerly lived. Alfo'a lot of ground In Ucion - ilteet,' being in breadth on faid flreet 24 feet 9 inchear and extending back 126 feet, or thereabouts Likewife feveral tracls of gpod'land, lying in "M'Calpa manor, and one trl lying in the Great Swamp. The titles to the above are indifyutable, and the quitrent to the proprietaries very fmall. Alfo to be fold by faid executor, a likely Negroe man, who underfttn'ds the Dutch tongue, and is a bandy fellow about a houfe, or" to wait on a en(kmn. Fr terms of fale, enquire of the executori. The. 3 m. NOTICE ia heieo giver, that WALTER SHEE, in Front - tlreet, at the corner of Cheftnui - ftreer, in Philadelphia, ha b optned an effice ifor the infurance of fhipa and - mer chindize. - AU .perfons who Want to have infurante madei tnzr aooW at faid nffice. where all nfks - wiil be Underwrote. ; - S C H ,E M E. ; Of t L OTTERY for raifing ooo Pieces of Eight for eree - . ting Battxiy at the town of Ncw - Ciftle, and purchificg . fome Guns for the fame. TH E defecelefs ftste of the totfnxf. NeW - Carlle, parti - , cularly at this junaure, when a war between Ceat - Britain and France feema almoft inevitable, rendera it exceedingly flangerous for the country around1, s a ttell at the Inhab'i - tanta thereof: And as the Jnhabi tan ta from the ftwneTs:of their number, are unable to ertft any fortification by fuVfcriplibn, tbsc may be of ftrvice in time of danger, Ym hoped an undertaking that my, with the divine affiftince, not only be the preservation of dur lives and fortunes, but, in a great meafure, of the laft im - portaoce even to Philadelphia itfelf, by warding orT fheltnpending evil, or - kseping an enemy at play till notice can be given thereof, will meet with encourigement from all lovtrs of their country tnd liberties. ' Number of prizeii ft of 6 of jz of iS of 40 of 85",, cf 664 of "1 Firft drawn Total Value 500 ' are . 1000 23 re 1 500 'S re 1500 loo " are leoo 50 (are ftpoo a5 ' 4150 5 f 33 25 vidence, on thea6th of. , ToIy ltfr. - a Javit ba hirf four veal 8 old; - near ic hindi hlh: nr. tm. . k,. - , - y f i at imU ftar,' Ihod before, :no brand rior e At - mark., . The owner Coming and defcribing his other marks', and paying charges, may have him again of aw ;:'Cmm Linn. . 5. 1 Laft drawn, 830 Prizes, 2500 Blanks, 3330 Tickets, at 4 Dollars eath, are 13320 So fcon as the drawing is finifhed, the prices Will be pobliffiedln the Pennfylvania Gazette, and the money paid to the pclTeiTora of the 166 large prizes, Twenty per Cent being fcr ft deducted, and the 664 fmll prizes to be paid without 'any deduflioa, which makes the deduction on the whole lefs than Fifteen per Cent, Prcper Notice will be given of the Time of Drawing. The perfons following are appointed managers of this lottery viz. Benjamin Chew, John Rofs, William Patterfon, David Wi - therfpoon, Jacob Vanbebber. and David Bum, Efqoires ; and William Armftrong, John Vtndike, Alexander Porter, Richard M'WiUiam, John Vangezell, William Bedford, George Monro, Zachinah Van Leuvenigh, and Nathaniel Silibee, Gentlemen who are to give bond And be on oath for tbc faithful performance of their truft. r Tickets are to bs fold by the fiid managert, at their refpcaive dwellings. For CAP E - VEAR, in North - Carolina, iic oLuur H A N N A H, BERNARD BADGER Commander, - Will fail in about 18 Days. For Freight or Paflage. antalv to the laid Command er. " or U Donaldon andj Fuller, ai ,heir I lacs Store in Water - ftrci. See the Balf - fbeet fvr the other MverlifemenU i X j 'I' ijimi l 'I'l'l'l'l'l'l'l'l'lili 'I1 in ! n 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 m 1 1 1 1 1 1

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