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The Pennsylvania Gazette from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania • Page 3

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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7 Sanderfons lS ares (SlUlCOuV. -so i jitja. 22' Freeman's, StOUlUS. 23 vj, jfm. o5eof ije.

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Browns JpCittlUg. 39 JAV jattff. 40 41 LinJJeys 42 Codrinptoris 43 cijarle Witnefles to be lent on. Morgans Srculing. Lyncbe COM.

Col. TT7E cannot look upon this our Report as complete, or offer it as fuch, till we have done Juftice.tq our Brother ir Arbuthnot, lilq; whole Modelty will not, we nnd, fufter him to fubferibe to Truths, which happen to -be So advantageous to his Character, and fo meritorious as they tnuft be thought in the Eyes of this Country. At a time nvhpn ve were in a orofound Letharv as to anv Aoore- WTl MM Kl henfions of Dancer from our Slaves, this Gentleman took the Alarm at Circumftances whicrrpafs'd unobierved by 'us all, tho 'tij now plain they were too weighty to be neg-Icfled; the Diifparity of the Numbers between the whire Inhabitants of this Ifland and the Slaves he obferved long fmcc, and menrioncd it as too great to be ballanced, or rendered unhurtful by any thing but the Difcipline over them, of which he faw lb little, on the contrary, lb much Licentiouihefs among them, as to receive great Un-eafinefsfrom it and indeed as a Magiftratefor the Town of St. John, had always difcouraged and feverely pnniflit Delinquents whenever complained of: His well grounded Ap-prehenfions moved him to give ftrift Orders to Conftables and other Peace-Qfficers, to look narrowly into the Behaviour of the Negroes; and upon the; Encouragement and Invitation whick he gave for Intelligence, he was foon fur-niflit with Tufficient to found upon it thofei Informations, which being laid before your Excellency, induced fuch Meafures, as have hitherto leaned our Lives and properties; We fnbmit therefore, whether under the Preler-varion of all that is dear to us, be not in a great Mcalure ASHTON WARNER, NATH. GILBERT.

jSl. 'A. WW 1 A Paragraph in'a Letter from Saliee, 15th of June, 1736. As to News; at prefent it is chiefly the Emperots killing ilTiavv Salem, and the State Prifoners, and making it Death for any to name the. Dutch or French Ambafladors cicher for a Treaty or Redemption and the Englifh were never in higher Favour in Barbary.

They advife of the lid, of both the Dutch and French, Ambaflactors being lail irom Sallee. An Inventory of Bafliavv Salem Ducally EffeSs, viz. 500 Kentils of Money, 15000 Sheep, 1500 Cattle, Affes i 500 Camels, ucoOxen, 500 Mules, 300 Horfes, 10 Gold Saddles, 500 Saddles not Gold, ico MnTquers with Gold Rings, 5coGuns with Silver Rings, 3000 Plain Firelocks, 200 Rich Cloaks; Corn without mcafure, all which V3S feiz'd for the Emperor's Ufe. ISfulley Abdalah (Emperor of Morocco) his Letter to Bafhaw Hamct of Tangier, Thanks be to GOD 2i cur Brother in the Fear cj the lleffed God, -Bafiaw Hamet Ben-Alley God preferte thee, end the Peace bj Goa and his Buffings fix and attend thee. Ty 'E have rcceiv'd thy cftecmM and, elegant Letter, and know its Contents God receive thee according to thy Loyalty we acknowledge thy Love to us and thy Loyal Services, arid arc fatisfyed in thy Duty as thou writeft, and wc leave thee in thy Services, and renew to tnce our full Power; and Favour 'in what; thou haft been- and augment it.

Take care of defending againfl; the In-hdels, the profperity of thy Government, and its Inhabi: tants tor we have thee in great regard, and thou wilt be always fatisfyed of bur good Will. Wc fctnoi7 nhai' has paft In our' abfence relating to the lnhdeh, and fo vrould have thee take Care, and fliall fcrve thee with all things ncceffary. With God's leave thou art a happy Man, and it's God that hath favourd thee in that Poll and the State of thy true Religion. GOD preferve thee in Grace. -Bafliaw Hamct, to whom this Letter is was in the Intereft of the late Emperor, but upon his Bro p.ing to the Perlpicacity and Difcretion of this Gentleman I Lufh to Antigua.

jSntigua, December 501b 1755 JOHN VERNONl thers dethronement ot him, he tied to Lisbon, and there made his Application to Sir John Norris, who received him in a very handfome manner, lhcw'd him. the Men of Wart and lent him in the Dread-nought, a do Gun Ship, to Gibraltar, from whence he wrote to the Emperor, whole Aunt he married, tendring him his beft. Service, and cxcuilng for his artachment to the late Emperor. Mulley Abdallah was gra-ctoufly plcafed to receive him into his favour, and to fend him this Letter inanfwer Arid in return for SirJohnNorris's civilities, Bafhaw Hamet has made a very favourable Report of the Englifli who arc now in the greateft Efteem while the Dutch and French are not permitted to, appear at his Court, nor to follicit for any Redemption of Slaves, or to treat tor any other Buiinels. often Feb.

7. Laft Saturday fev'ninght, in the Evening' wasdifcovered in the W.S.W. a ftrangc Meteor in the Heaven, at a fmall diftance from the 'Planet Venus, appearing a faint Stream or Blaze of Light It was alio feen on feveral other Evenings, when the Weather was fair, and caufed various it is thought by moft to be a Comet orBlazing Star and the vaft Diltance of it, at its -fiift Appearance, occafions the Dimnefs of it as to us. -Cuflom-Houfey New-York, Evtred in, March 8 15. J.

Boon from Bofton, J.Cannon aud Good from IflandA. Skinner from Coracoa, G.Leacraftfrom Jamaica J. Stephensfrom Madeira Hi Lawrence from Coracoa, F. Burrows and T. Fowlers from Bermuda, D.

Griffith from N. Providence. Entred out. la. Weffels for Georgia, T.

Barnes for S. Carolina, Cannon for, Bofton, D. Griffith for Coracoa, Skinner for Antigua, J. Boon for Cadiz. Cleared.

J. Boon to Cadiz, J. Tucker to b. Carolina, J. Cupom-Houfe, Philadelphia, Entred in.

Sloop Beginning, Edward Sunderland, from Madeira. Ship Molly, James Ulwald, trom Ditto. Sloop Two Brothers, Gabriel Wayne, from Cape-Fear, Entred out. Brigt. Clymer, Henry Coombe, for Barbadoes.

Ship Bacchus-Orally, John Deveral, for Ditto. Rundal-Gally, Robert Creag, for Briftol. Snow St. Andrew, Patrick Montgomery, for Dublin. Cleared.

Sloop William, Daniel Chefton, for St. Chriftophers. aronna-facket, 1 nomas curgels, tor q. uaronnw Snow Langhprrie, Richard Budden, for Gibraltar. Brigt.

Hampfhire, George Boardm3n, for Ditto. AD VE RTISE ME NTS. ET. 'Piece of Land jituaU below Armftrong Smith's, cn Delaware River, about 5 Acres.alldeard ari fencd; viith ageed, Houje, it was the Place lately belcngmg to Swan Bankfon. Enquire ef Ebenexer Tomlinlon Carpenter, in Walnut-Stieet.

To be SOLD, Peter DEtkGE Sugar-Baker, at the upper una 01 oecona otrccr, ritiLAfiLijtiiA, v-nuicc double reflnd Sugar at I7d. per. Pound by the half dozen Loaves, fingle rcfin'd Sugar at nd. per Pound by the half dozen Sugar, Mufcovado Sugar fuitable fo Shops or Family ufe, Sugar Candy, Mollaffes, and Bohea Tea, vcryreafonably. VERT good Live-Geeje Feathers, to beJoU aithe Hcufe cf John Boyd rttjki tftx Ezi ff hhil' Street, Philadelphia,.

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