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to ccmraarta' all his Majefty'a Subject of 'Age and 'Ability, Ibe afiiftmg to them to feize and apprehend. And, they are hereby required to feize and1 appreHead fuch Perfon fo unlawfully, riotoutly, and tumultaoufly 'continuing together, after Proclamation made" as aforefaid. and forthwith rd Perfons fo difperfing, feizing, or apprehendtnaf, or endeavouring' aipreiaia, a i rcuuu ur rcnoni 0.0, or man, wun rorcc and Arms, vrilfully and knowingly bpofe, ooftrut, or in any Manner wilfully and knowingly let, 'hinder or hurt any Perfon that "Khali to proclaim, or' go to proclaim according to the Proclamation hereby directed to be rriade, whereby fuch Proclamation not be made, that then every fuch bp pofing, obi letting, or liurting fuch Perfun or Perioni fo beginning, or going to make fuch Proclamation as aforefaid, (hall be adjudged Felony, without Benefit of Clergy, and the Offenders, therein fhall be a ijudged Felons, "and mail fuffer Death, as in' Cafe. of Felony, without Benefit of And adjudged Felons, and thall fuffer Death, as in Cafe of vFelofiy, without Benefit ot Clergy. vMi.

Continuance thereof, by the Clerk of fuch Semons? by Order of Juftices thereof. v. 1 v'" And be it further EnaSled by the Authority aforefaid That this Aft mall1 be and continue in full Force and Virtue brih the Space of fix Months from the Publication thereof, arid Chared. to Lifbon. thence to'the End of the next Sitting of AlTembly, and no? loaget.

Faffed by lie Gwernor, February 5, 17 71; flJ': n. Jl 0 By the Honour abli 7 Efiulr? Lieuteriant GWernor, and Commander in Chief of he PfoyincV of Pinnjyhania, and Counties of Neiu CaJiiCf JCr and oil Delaware? i A ROC A A I. O'Nr" "TT yr A it appears, by fundry Depofutons ahd Slwwtions; that a certain hAVAFL (who was fonieTime fince apprehended for a Capital Critny, vith which he flood charged and afterwards made hisEicapc) being joined by a Number of other lawlefs People fiom Hanover in cbjler County, and other Places, armed with Guns and Clpbs proceeded in an hoftile Manner to'cwz where a Number of Families were feated by Authority of this. Government'arid On the Eighteenth Day of December laft, 4h open! Defiance KfLaw they violently broke open the Doois of their Howfes in tHeJMight time, and beat and abufed theni in 'the moft inhuman and cruel Manner, turning all the Women and out of Daors, and then took PofTejiioiiihemfelves of the Houfes, where they afterwards remained. A A it farther appears, from the afcrefaid fi 1 thii mv rneiamaiion.

nercuv irntr rnartunc 'One Night laft Week a Store on Market ftreet WharfF. was' broke open, and robbed of about Four Pounis in fmali Change, which happened to be left there by Accident. Brig Pittv. at. Haddonriehi Our River il now fo Hill of Ice all Navigation fioppc for the USE, Philadelphia, In wazbt kit si e.

'V. It Vutwards; Ship Ceotee. S. Martin for Schooner carry the Perfoas, fo apprehended, before one or. more of his Ma? William, ti.

Lamion, fir Boftori1 iefty Tuftices of the Peace, of the County or Place where fuch Perfons raall be fo apprehended, in order to their being proceeded againft for fuck their Offences, according to Law And that if the Perfons fo unlawfully, riotoufly, and tumultuoufly aiTembled or any of th.xn, mall happen to be maimed 6r hurt in the difperfing, feizing, or or endeavouring to dif perfe, feize, or apprehend them, by Reafon of their refitting the R. Hardie, and Brie Dove, Allen: oiuuu vv. smart, wew orK. vacneoner "wuiti ri nu rrice. Cla: at iif'ii: viiuini 3ur)ion, in Wew Ysrk and 'ocefter 1 Mr.

Mr. Stoiv. HA Si A AVI opened a E. FO 3 NOW OPENING bv A and I j. tn u4iiifWre iowr), iviryland.

A The will be jublifhed in i neat OflUvo Price Five. Sbijiwgs, bound. One Half to be paid at Tthe Vime of fub fcribing, and tthe other at the Delivery of the Book. The Subscribers Names to be printedk I V. AS the Completion of the grand Feaft if Hiftortcal Enter by tlte Publication of the Thi Volume.

of Robsrtf'ns celebrated HiHorv if Chariot rh PitVh. iV that alfo every fuch Perfon or Perlims fo being unlawfully, riot hand, all Gentlemen. that pofiefs a fentireental Tafte fo as to oufly, and tumultuoufly alTemblcd to; the1 Number of Twclvef wilh for a Participation of this as aforefaid, of more, to whom Prcclamation mould or'ought to NOP I A QjJX kaye been rriadc, if the fame had. not bee hindered aaf 61 efaid; at the moderate Price' of Three' Dollars (ajtho the Bi'tifh Edi ihall likewife, in Cafe they, or any cf them, to thcNumber of" tion cannot be imported for lefs tkan Fifieea Dolirs) are ie feiyes within one? Hour after fuch Let or Hinderance' fo madei havine KLnowledee fuch Let or Hinderance fo made, fhall bs qBtfted fend their Names Encrurars of ir tn artv cif th Bf kfeils. in fiyli.on, New York, PhilarfeJphia or to Mr, Williams, 'jn Annapolis James M'Beth, in Baliim re Mi, Benjamin Poultney, 'fn'Laucaael M'i lap AdamsV'in, Treriton Ifaac Collins.

5n 'And ii further EnaSfed by the Authority aforefaidThat this in'iSalem, 'iJew England Mr. Will iam AVoietnn in pflrtf.r Aft lhall be openly read at the next and every other Quarter mouth, Kev Hanp.flme. A Seffions of the Peace in each County B. The Firft and Second Voiumes are alreadv rubFm'ed and may be 'had at the'above mentioned! pncei, at 'One Dollar each Volume. A brge Cellar, with a good planked FJoor, linger the late Union Library, Thiid ftrect, may be rented at a moderate PricV.

tn Front fireet, below th Diawbriie, all thofc; that pleafc to favour them with their Cuftom, may depend on their beft E'rideavonrs to render Satisfaction. N. B. for SALE are rceivd st Store. At each of their TORE I Pieces Calicoes and Cottons, the Patterns new, and of the btft Work alfo One Hund ed ri sees of Iiifti Holland, from Three to Eight Shilling5 per Yrd, beft Ell wide Ruflia Sheeting, Ravens Duck, To be by A A Living in Front streit; in OUTH AR Quantity of TIMOTHY GREEN A and CLOVER HAY, of the firft Crop.

Alfo fee and Crop BLUB GR ASS, either by the fmall or large at reafohable RAT S. virtue of a writ to me dircdled, will be cxpotedtu public A3 fale on Friday, 4 the firft of March, at two cl ck in the afternoon, at the houfe of facpb Heifler, in wined T6wnhip, Depofitions, that the Sheriff of having ratfed the A certain melTuagi; or and plantation or tratt land, Pofle of the County; proceeded on the Eighteenth of January laft fituate in wined Townhip aforefaid, containing 15b acres, be tb yVyomingy in order 10 execntc the King Writ and Warrant' the fame mofe.orjefs bounded, by land of Rowland Ellis, Evan c. i rn. there fhut themfehres up in a Fort and that, on the Mtnday following, the faid Lazarus Stewart and his Party, bidding Defi 5 ahce to all lawful Authority, and fettingthemfelves in Oppofitirf to the Sheriff in the Execution of his Duty, Wfufed him Admit tance into tne iaia rort, to ierve tne uia rroceis on aivers rer Ellis, and Edward Morgan late the cftate of Robeit Ellis and wife, feized and taken rt execution by Judah Fouiee, SnenfF. TT virtue of a writ to me directed, on the zbtb day if Match next, at one clrti in the afternoon t' xoill be txpofed to fafe, fons therein named, who were then within the laid Fort, and; Jee f.

1 1 1 1 't? ttvo tratlstflapd, lytnp tonrtUiut ttrstver. fituate tn tbe Bo threatened to put him and his People to Death and, lathe End; 1 ri a a. 1 n. i ji Is rousb oi 7 Cbeier abtui mile from tbe Court tbe te the faid Stewart molt wickedly and treacheroufly, without any' 1 1 Zl 1 nt i j. 1 i tiure ef JortJtban Co tontatmng about I07 acres 1 bounaid Provocation, murdered Natbau Qedtn; one of the Sherirrs rL a 1 i a 1 i.

with Him in a incnaiy way; ana ac tne lame 1 imc tne ten: or f's AlTociates, his Orders, fired upon others of. the Sheriff's PoiTe, who. were unarmed, and) wounded three of them that they continued firing the Remainder of the Day at every Perfon that appeared within Reach of their in the Evening, abandoning tfce Fort, fled to' the Woods' and made their Efcape. AND A public Juftice, and the'Peace and Tranquility of Hii Majefty'a liee' Subjects, that the Perpetrators and Abettors of fucK atrocious Outrages and Crimes Ihould; be and brought to condigiuand exemplary 'Punifh ment: 1 rl A tnererorc tnougni ni, wun mcavice or tne Samuel Light foot, Jontei 'Mather, Daniel Sharp lefs, and otben ijj plantation may le faid to be a com hat farm; caving afrtntcn tbe navigable part If Chef er creek tf I So perches, along rubicb is about 6 actes of drained meadow, and a vey god Jlone qujrryt tbe upland is in extraifdinar gocd order batStng' within a itw years J' bad about 520 load of gocd blue mud hauled thereon; and is capable of greavimprovemtnt, ai' herg it'great quantity'ef mud on tbe premifes, whitb mey behaulcfiul al a fmaU ixpence is remarkably watered) every inclofure having either a 1 fprirg, cr 1 running water therein i tbe houfe is by oftttl yoems on a flttr, nuitb tvafb bsufe. fin lObLbisa pump of excellent water) there is on tbe premifes, a fpritg bejife, abtut 100 yards from the dxoelAng boufe, built over a nevrf ailing fpritg, and a fmokebeufe, VUUllhlll a.

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a. and commandins all Tudges, Tufticef, Shthfts, Comtables, ana tu if hu vuuiiiiuwua 0 J. abiui too trees of excellent fruit i late tbe eftart ef tbe laid Jor.a other His Ma efty a liege Sublets within this Government, to mi uurcr is fg Cow plan feized and taken execution, by diligent Search and Ensuirv alter UxAUrut Stewart, 4 'V Te'8sr MahisV T5c'nrinriQai Aecomniices. ramcs aiciuait William mjAVA AABkl I aW tW Vobn Simtfon. iVdliam Speed.

William Ttiinr, Jobn.M' Daniel (alias Donneli) and Richard Cotk, as well as aTrotrTers of hi Accomplices; and to ufe all lawful Means for app'reliendingi" fecuring and bringing them to Juftice. AND, as an Encourage ment, I HER EBY promife and engage, that the' public RE A of HREE RU RED POD tS" feall be paid to any Perfon, Perfchs, "who lhall apprehend the laid Lazarus Stewart, and Safely deliver him to tie SherirTof the and Countv of Philadelphia, in the Goal of the faid And alfo a Reward FIFTY for apprehending ground, in Kenfington, and is very conveniently fituated for and delivering to the laid Diierin, in me lame riacccam ui i ny perion oupoiea to ancna me mrK ci. rui icims, ppiy faid principal Accomplices, fames Stewart, iViiriam Stewart, John LeonpMhchek. Simpfon, VAlliam Speedy, Wilham Young, John M'DameL. (alias Domelfj and Richard Cook nty W.1 a LET A ODIOUS houfe," bake houfe, and lot of jr ground, nhiate In Race ttrect, between Secnd and Thiid ftreets, arid but a fewdoirs frorri the corner of the latter i they will be lett together, or fepAate, as may be mcll convenient.

Kojfe, wjth back buildings, in Second ftreet, next to; the fubferiber, and nearly oppofite Lyn Ford A fmair tenement, barn, Sec. with two (to five) acres of taken by Foce, left Sunday Night, out a GirFg Hands, landing at tbe Dosr of Captain Hugh Btwts, be panning mi toe wj ouiuii uj uwj a Tj GIVEN under my Hand, and the Great Seal of tbe faid Pro Uxo tbt. Drawbridge, a little Il" DO wub tZw, Philadelphia, tbe "Ninth Day of February, in 1 Eleventh Year of His Maiejls Reign, and in the Year of i i Ltrd One Tboufand Seven tiundrea ana zevenrj onc. 1 PEN N. By His Honour's, JojirH Shippin, junior, Secretary.

a I G. i' Ears, and bad 'a CAlar about bis Neck, the Name on it Mrs. Margaret Monedmery, her Dog, 1771. IVboevtr mill bring tbe faid Dog to pic jfball receive Five. Shillings Reward, and This, Pounbs for the Thief, paid by vPhiladv, Feb.

.12, 1771. Jamis Montgomery. Xo SO or Nff And may be entered on in April next, APLANTATION, in Wert Caln tuwnmip, Chefter county, containing about 230 acres, 40 miles from Phi uA 1 tv hard Gale ladelohiV. on a Dublic fireat road leading from Wilmington to fr Wind from the Southward, accompanied with Rain which Lancailcr. There is lately creeled thereon a two foay ftone caufed the Tide to rife higher than has been known for feveral dwelling houfe, well Hniflied is a.

good, place for keeping a Years paft but we have not heard cf any particular Damage, fur ftbre, having been ufed for fuch lately. For terms apply to ther than fomc of our IhuU Craft Wing funk and others drove Josi Dean, in Froat ftrcct, Philadelphia, between Maiket. alhtrelntb. Rtvr. 1 nd Chcftaut ftrccti JTbc.tW.

The Memberi of the American PlihbbKral ttn ir ill firei punctual in attending their Meeting, at the ir Had To atiorrdw Evening, at 6 o'Cloclc. i to be by public VENDUE: wn enc istn day or this mltant February: at 7 o'clock in the evening, at the London CofTee Houfe. Shirley, Hyhon, Virginia. Schooner MaryW 'Alexander moiety or five tenths of an undivided twO ftory brick Nevis; Schooner HSe.r Ton 'Rb PIK. Vjr houfc, and ground, litoate on Catherine ftreet.

Shield, Jamaica. Brig Sally Thori forf," to A igu a 7 Gentlemen who have rece.ved Suutcnptions fur puommng the EMS of the Rev. Nathaniel V. KM A 1 to Ciipene, leue, or appreneno tnem, mat tnen everyiucn luitice Pt 7 "i tlif PMr. SrJff nnr.Shrr.fF.Mvnr RaSUflft J.errl?haplaina..tbe Lord Vifcpu nt Ki I lmorey 4 and all high or petty Conftable, or other Peace officer and all and fin verrifeAtT agreeable to the Ad To verillement.tO'merlv, DubllAecTaife reon.m fndw in guiax renons oeing aiaing or auiiung 10 mem, or any or mem, xT .77 i1 Lll befree, difcharged, and' indemnified, las weirUainV the TNamcSto.

Mtflilu" WiHt.m andTho.rn.O large 1 ivi 1 1 1 1 a 1 1 a auu 11 111 1 ri 1111 a auainir jii 3nii rvrii 1 iH4tuis nan fane oeii rrinters. in rnaa An k. wia tiw maiming; or hurting of any fuKPen orPerfonsb uhlawlly "'V Number orCopusthjt riotoufly.and tumultuoaily aflembled, that (hairhapocn to be fo are taken in by the Epif killed, maimed or hurt, as aforefaid 5i i'l' Provided always, and be it further EnaBed by the Authority'' waik the. lot is ab feet front on the aforciaid flrret, and'85 feet deep, fui jca to a yearly groundrent of Fifty Shillings Cur icncy ror ever, or rurtner to. JOHN KA I GH N.

be LETT, and may be entered on immediately, 11 kj ts 1 kj iwg iiory none owening noule, witU ri ms on a floor, and about 16 acres of land fitu wefteily fide of the river Schuylkill, near the Corpo ration Ferry, kept by Jonathan Humphreys. It is very fit for 4 Shopkeeper er Tradefman, as it commandthe country cuftom, going iu ano irom ine city or rniiadclrhta, and may become a lha c5hbourin? Pc of great bufmefs, and. if properly manaeed, of ereat ad 7 qi. UrVanuer, Vanu to eh, undertaker. For terms cnauire of WILLTaW PH A living on the Premifcs.

Pbtlaaelpbia, February 1 NOTICE i'sherebgiven to all indcbied to rfoi uiable ProprieUries, for Qitrenis that AttVi auce will be given at the Receiver General's Office, in Phila dclpbia, from the 4th Day of March next, to Satur turd the 9th at Cheftsr, from the lath co the 16th at Pei.nibuij, horn 'the jh to and at LancaHer, tronx tH6 Kto.tc'ih inflvc Tw which Piaces all Perfon, concerned are required 10 repair, ani pay off their Arrears. Physick, Receiver General. A to the Plantation 01 Patjic Townmip, forne time laft KM A 111 ornmer, a dark bnndie w. aimolt ir. lh Owner is defi.ed to pay the Cnar.

of kgewinr er, an take her a 7771. Ap LL Peilons indebted to the Eltate ot CHKUTOPHEK. ROBINS, late of Whitemaffe Townmip, in the 'County or Philadelphia Innhb'idcr deceafed; ae defired to make fpeedy Payment who have any Demands aainft fa'iA EUate, to bun. in their Accounts, properly atterted, in order th the lame m) be axijuifed and paid off by. Fell fi 1 hiicZy Gtoct H.ETKirTt, atlinp "Executor7.

ttr rniMtLl.tiu, ivuiutn 11. 4. AL Pei fr.s i 'deb ed to the (Tare of Isaac WiLLUMf, late of this CifyV Tavern keeper, deceafed, by Bond. Note, or are rqurited to make immediate Payment to Wiiti Ams, Execuirix of the faid Dcccafcd thofe to wh ihe fa' Eft fe is in'debte'd, are riefired to exhibit their Account 10 the faid Executrix, as expeditioufly as cifible. Arid all Perfhs who are indebted to the faid Mary Williams, firce her H(ba; d's Dveceafe, ate deliied to pay their refptctiye fhc is dete mined to relinquifh her prefent BufiBefs, a foon as Honour will permit.

SOL ANT A I N' attaining ico Acres of gocd Ldfidpi ly ing in JVillifi Chejlcr Czunty, on tee great Road leading fr tn Lircafitr to Cbefler. therein a gocd Dxceltfrg bcufe, ivhb thrte Rhlms on a Floor a. gocd Barn, Stables, ar.d a good Sfrirgb ufe it is uU Kva'ereJ and timbe' td. thtre are fix Acres of good Meaddwf and mere tray be made and a large bearing Qrcb ar. Likeu'ijt anther TraSt cintainin 120 Acres of giod in the County and TiunJjit aJoejaidt havir.g thereon a goodDtcelU hg ufe, a good Barn, and a good Sprirg htvje it it well tua ered titnbfed there are iveiue Acres cj good mil noell watered, and a large bearing Orchard 5 all in good Repair.

For Terms ef Sale, opply to Abi ah'a Lt wis livhg on the Premifes. Monday, the 5 ft 01 April next, be expefe. at" public vndue in this cityat the Merchant's Coffee Houfe between the hours 12 and 2 o'clock, the fallowing, fix lots or parcels of lard, diftinguif ied by' the nameT of lot 500 acres lo4t No. 4, containing 50b acresj lot No. 27, containing 250 acres lot No.

44, containing 250 acres oc No. 5S," containing 250 acres and lot No. 77, containing 250 acres; in the whole 2000 acres of land, with the ufual allowance for highways, being part of a 28000 acre granted in the year 174a, unto Leonard Cornelius Tenbrooke, Jacob Wendell, Johannis H. Wendell, Peter Winne, Abraham Dow, Henry Holland, Abraham Hi Wen dell, Johannes Hun, Garrat C.Vanderbergb, Donive Funda, John Llndefay, Anne Johannis Wendell, and Edward Holland fituate in the coanty of Albany, commonly known by the name of Sachendage, divided, furveyed arid laid out into lots by Edward Collins, a fiirvcyor. The above lands are fituated near Albany, and the river, have a quantity of meadow, arc, well' watered and timbered, and very fufficientiy.

known to be equal to any lands in the county, for foil, and plea fantnrfs of fitaation. Anv porfon inclining to purchafe part, or the whole, at private falc, may have a particular deicription, and an irdlfutable title given, by the Ubfcriber attorney to Thomas Lane, Efq; one of the matters of the high court of chancery in England, the proprietor. York, y.tn.:i, 1771.. Thomas Tm. Moor.

SUPERFINE BILLIARD OT H.J To be cheap for FR A I I 1 At inr Frnt ftreet' To be ii by CHARLES MEREDITH, A 'QJJ' A I of the belt AND JT HAY, firffCrop. 4d. 5(1. 1 2(1. 2od.

And MUSCOVADO SUGAR, in Hogfiieads, To be SOLD ty A HA XO N. i 1 II I I Gmrai toji Vfjicc, Pcic Yark, "January 22, 1771. HI MA 5 Ys Post Mastzr General hav nx (for the better facilitating of Correfpondence betwcea cat Britain and America) been pleafed to add sr Fifth Paox et Boat to the Stationj between Falmouth and New Ycik;" MoTice is hereby given, That the A I for the future, will be clofed, at 'the Poft Qfnce in New Yorlc, at Twelve o'clock at Night, on the FIRST TUESDaY' in every' Month, and difpatched by a Packet the next Day foe Falmouth. By Command of tbe Deputy ofi Mafler General, Alexander Cold n. Secretary 1 1 be told at public le, on the piemiics, by virtue of the laft will and teflament bf Jane Culbertfon, deceafed late of Kennet townmip, Chefter county, province of Pennfylvania, on the 25th day of February inft.

at lz o'clock, a valuable' plantation, fituate in Kennet townihip aforefaid, containing 100 acres, more or lefs, of good land, 68 of whictrare cleared, being geod meadow, and more may be cleared at a fmall ex pence. The purchaser paying one third of the money dowfl, may have a good title on giving approved fecurity for the re 5 mainder, to be paid at two payments, one half in one year, the I other part1 in two jcars roa the time of fale, without intert fsr faid time. John M'Kim, Executor. sjs I.

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