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The Pennsylvania Gazette from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania • Page 3

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I fv. A jU November li. Laft Tuefday arrived here the five Indian heftages, efeorted by a troop ofXight dragoons, under the command of Captain Stalling: Their names are, Chuwocklie Mico, of the Cowetas Chu cas Mica, of the Cuffitaws Suckawokie, brother to the laft named, and on Sunday evening they marched into Worcefter, headed by uuiti, uic, nazcuonc, ana one vy unams, tan inioient icoun drel, adeferter from theBritiih army, and afterwards a ferjeant in the Continental. They took pofleffion of the Court houfe, where they now mount guard they were that night joined by another party of about forty men. Next day they placed centries at all the avenues of the town were joined by feveral fmall parties.

The principal leaders kept very clofe at their quarters it Patch's tavern. fl Volunteer hcrfcunder ths eoasin of Cel. after na head. Col.du Roli, painrfgef the'faid UgV died cn the pat' ving atchieved the objeft cf their expedition, by the capture of i fage of ficknefs, alfo a lad belonging to the veTel, iti a fit Shattuck, Parker and Page, who have been the indefatigable fo On Saturday laft, and the night following, we bad a violent aenters of (edition in the county of Middiefex. fhow ftorm, the wind at north eaft, which, with the fnow that 1 oo rnucncreoit cannot oe given tne oracers and men on this fell: the precedinz Monday and Tuefday, travel He ex 1fn nf the Culiifawi i'' F.riMAU1rA 'fA4 1...

i uiAu wuwuwujui fuv vagi ccauic marc a great part ceeamg cirncalt, the Inow beinrmucii more drifted, and laid to Arrow, oi cue neaa the or tne way in tne nignr, in a neavy laow itorm.and in a very fliort. be mofe.in quantity than ever was known at fo early a feafoW Swaglos A December z. Died, at Marbleheadj the wife of Mr. Beniamin Robinfon, jhip carpcmcr. ns circumuances ot ner death, lays, a cor refybndent, Were both noticeable and aft'efting.

She attended public worflnp the laft I ord'a day, and fat up in the evening after her hufband and the family had retired to He was arou period. The people every where in the country, through which by the oldeft perfons luine amongft ut." they pafled, fo far from the bppofition which the riotert threaten ed, cheerfully gave them every afllftance that was wanted. com paay of horfe under Colonel Wood, of Peperell, were p'srricularJy and had the honor of fecuring two of the prifoners before' the party arrived at Groton. Shattucfc, however, had found the means of eludine their vicilance but upon the arrival of thetrdoa led from number by her ihneks, and upon opening his eyes be in the vicinity of his houfe, a fecond fearch commencrd with re held her at the bei nJe.wrapc in fianic. He inaaily fprang to nevwed ardour, until he was foully Uncovered, uii'ueu nd appre to her relief, and endeavoured to fraother the flames at the fame hended, though not without a Jharp conflict with one of the horfe, the horfe, time calling out for farther afllftance, when a perfon appeared, in which much perfonal bravery was di relayed, but upon two and with a oucket of water extinguilhcd the fire.

deep coming he was obliged, to Shattuck was was uurn, mat iae cxpirca uu juciu, nuuuura ia iuc na ius jcunsiu.u immeaiaieiy engagcty iuai purpuic, nave tnought proper, to apoint Georee Waftlinfron faithful warning to all fu'vivors never to indole the practice of received a flight 'eut on his face. Thefe deluded and daring viola Pairick Henry, Edmund Randolph, John BUir Tames Madifon tea ing by a caudic afier drowflnefs ence begins to fieal opon the ters of the public peace had been in arms the day before in Con Georce Mafon and George Wythe) Efquires Deirurie? to'reorev fenfes, as this is fuppofed to be thf occufion cf the tragical cord, on their way to Cambridge to flop the Court of Cbmfnonferi Convention piopofed to be held here telatd. 'r' the fitting in that town. 1 in this ciry, in May next, for the purpofe of rev.fine the Federal Wednefday in the afternoon aVout 4 oclock, three feveral The moft abfWrd and contradictory ftories have been circulated Conftitutionv 6 ll0int GeoiVe Wafbinrnn. Jhcks bouring Eoft Extras MZ uecemDer a ciock We have en in an alarm far twelve das paft Their place of parade, is dlreOly before Mr.

Thomas's houfr, which Monday morning the" French Packet; and about nineteen is rery hear the Court houfe. On Monday the militia in the town fM of merchant. eflela failed. from this harbour for different porta or orceller was paraded, and 170 men appeared infupportof go ln Europe, America and 7 the Weft Indies. In the (hip Betfev.

uU tu iiiuici. in me imp oeuey, ineic men were men marcnea aown the itreet the infurgents immediately on their appearing in fight, beat to arms, nd by the time the militia had got oppofite the Court honfe. the mg. he inlurgents kept paraded until the militia returned. 'Soon after a moft violent fnow ftarm came onV 'and the main body of the infurgents had but juft turned into their quarters, xvhen they, were again alarmed with the cry Ltgbt borfe Again they were all paraded.

The. (how ftorm increafed. length they found the alarm to be ill founded," and after fam rim. they veiitered into their quarters, with ftricl orders to lav on their PHI A I AJl Dmir ExtraS of a letter from Mr Jefftrjon, plenipotentiary the Unit. Extratl of 'a letter from Paris.

Stfutembericn Commerce is likely to take a new turn, fince the eoncltr Jifn of the rew treiry between Fa nee and Great Britain channel will, in all probability, be the mraWof employing numbers of hands in both cdunrries, particufarly fuck as i ve been difcharged out of the public fervice fince the war, awf it will mor l.k?Iy sn aual ftop to every frecie of Cnugg lingi fo highly detrimental to the true intereft of. both nation The town on the cnafts of both countries on the channel, will others be myftvhighly benefited. 'ir i. badly The Gereral flmbly ofirginik, by virtue of an ail for of an eaitheiake were experienced in this a the reign the country and it, may be truly faid, thitlhey have Friday, the Honorable Thomas Mifflin; Fulr About the fame time was oilerved lupported a bad caufe by the moft fcandalous deception, as well to; General Aflembly of this refiened that nffire on. SJ theirownft of indifpofition; Juftice demands that a tribute of praife be paid 1 December 7.

4 Every body joins in giving praife to the volunteers, who have this gentleman for introducine and fuoDortinjr a fvftrn 1 ofa letter from a nntleman in fFrceftert dated Tuefday the moft eirenttal be naeement of. hufinef. f.V, 1 it Lift week the inforgents in this county and the county of BeikuSire, were colleft ni in order to join thofe from Middlefex and Briftol, to flop the Curts of Common Pleas and Sefiions at Cambridge Their place 'cf rendezvous was By the beft accounts, they were toIIeQine Monday, Tuefdav. Wednefday and Thurtdav, at which time their number is not luppoied to have exceeded 400. J.

hey rne hundred Centries were placed on the and kept a vigilant look out for nefit to the flat fhU rrUrl TVk ijuciu uwmg me order 4ecorum regu Groton i abut 43 miles from' this town, fo "that what with larityand difpatch, vifible in the proceedings of 'the Leeiflature 1 the direcVcourfe, and the chafe which they had before the feizu.e which equal credit on his judgement his finnnefs and of who immediately fled to the woods, upen being diico his impartiality, and which cilled forth the unanimous approbation yered behind a barn, many of the Company muft have de near of the late Houfe at its feilion. The Honorable Gerardus one hundred miles from Wednefday morning to Thursday rveo Wynkoop, Efquire one of, the. Buck's county Members haa been jng, and were'fome of them nine hiurs bn' without chofen Speaker in his ftead." 4 9 Icarcely dilmonnting in that time iThere wis not a gun fired "A gentte were headed by Shaife, who, it is faid, bad about too from Ham the horfe, in the whole expedition though it wa gem rillybeliev there. Were then lying at the piers about 2 fail of Ciire. They kept due fp.es, and fent feveral to Cambridge, Con ed that, Shattuck had fortified his hoole in order to a vigorous veffijls, which were generally fafe Vrom tbl IpW 'airKoi, oid, but the accounts brought them were fuch as made them oppofition proved not to be the cafe, for he hd of them had been in great danger.

0 xninK.it notpruacnicoproceeaTurincr on cneir marcn. nmiaay enacavorea co aoicond, arter. trying vatn to raife a party for his wiucn creait is aue to Uaptain Blkht. of the wallrtr evening they were alarmed by intelligence of the horfemen having The troop went in "aid of the Sheriff, by order of afforded very eflential and timely afllftance tofeveral veffels which captured Shattuck, Parker arid Page, and that a party of horfe his Excellency, when it was found that the late amnefty of no were in danger from the ice particularly the Favorite Captain tneo were dilpatched after fome of them. They inftantly decamp vernraent was without effet, in reclaiming thefe hardened often Lyon, from Malaga? 4 and marched that'night to Holden.

Wheeler wai on Friday der. v. 1 xhorning in'a houfe not far from where the horfemen pafled, and in The militia of, the town of Concord ftood ready to afford their The MeillbcrS of the SocietV all probability would have been tiken, had not the horfemen, thro afllftance, if required, and the artillery of Lexington turned out for the Relief of poo 'dl Arched Mafte of Shlnr rh a miftake, purfned mother man, whom they took for Wheeler. In with their ulual alacrity, as a guard to relieve the horfei were and Children, are deflred to attend a Penel 3il A their purfuit, it feems, they flijihtly wounded a man who violently 5 extremely fatuued with fuch unremitted ferricc Thev lodged Place in Lodge alley on Mondav tiTulrv iA tV inc uI al them, in the hand. The news of this lpread like lightn on their return, ton Thurftav niphtand arrived VPWlrin th 77, at try was, blood was drawn, and blood fhould be drawn for blood, feveral hours after the horfemen widi their prifoners laft Friday at noon, who were immediately Committed to the common taol where everv nrecautinn.

which gone, and it was found they were only a imail party ot aboutv, numanity dittates, has been taken for relief of the prifoners On oi cne iniurgents were leuc oacic ro amewioury wnoie, we cannot help "anticipating the moft haoov effecli rrom mis iraniactJon. v.t i Light horfemen. Of the remaining number of inlurgents ac Hoi 'V December! 15, den, thofe who; belonged to the adjacent towns were difmifled, ii Sbattucl, the State prifoncr now in this townV is amply provi with (orders to. hold themfelves in leadinefs to march the Mob ded with all the neceflaries and convemencies proper' for any per day following to Worcefter, to ftop the Courts of Pleas and Sefli ons, 'which were to be holden there. tShaife with his party mar Jched to Rutlandand.toak poflefllon of the barracks, where 1 am1 informed they now arc He fent dot bis orders for reinforcements, I am toldj that yefterday feveral parties from Hampmire couri ty and Betkfhire joined him, and that more are now on their fon labourine under fuch a wound a in hU vntnt and obfiir.ate refiilarice to the gentlemen who apprehended him f.he is conftaotly attended by a number of refpeclable gentlemen of the faculty, and treated with all the humanity that'could pofii be fhewn to any peVlon whaiever.t:V r.f On Saturday morning began and continued 24 hours a fnoW equally fevere and violent with that which ure ftnft I will now return to the party left in Shrewfbury.

iThey para a the, Monday and Tuefdav urecedinp si thi ouanritv of frvw iei about until Saturday and then marched to. Grafton, fuppoled to be gfeater hbw, jhan haibcenfeen in this country at any time fince that which fell about 76 years ago," commonly ter med thegreatifnow. a The travelling is very difficult, and in many places impracticable. y' 7 His Excellency the Governor has been plea fed to appoint, Col. Ifrael Keith, Adjutant General of the militia of this common wuu iuc ranic 01 origacier general.

N. Ki ao. 'y andlCay INFORM their friends and the public, they have removed to the weft fide of Front ftreet, the fifth door from the Horn formerly occupied by them at the corner of faid ftreet and Mar ket ftreet, where they are fliU carrying' on the grocery bufinefa tn as extenfive a rna oner and on the fame reatonable terms ai form. tf Dec. 26, 1786.

TOBE i uiu ui adiii next 1 ntuate in Providence townnSin. me puce caned tne rap, ad pining mgnway jeaaing trpm Philadelphia to Reading, containing 50 acres of land, with a toad ftone dwell; i I Vv ll I Captain Watfon, for London, went paflengers, Mr. WaddingtonH tnd Mr merchants of this city, and Mr. Barrow. ftoIen By all accounts, frrmr the north and eaftward in particular, we VV in Nockami TWENTY erecieo, a well of good water near the door, a good barn; and? about five acres of choice meadow and more may be made, a eood young; bearing orchard of choice fruit.1 Now in the teatuVof redenck Hefier, who was the former owner of the faid plantation, and has kept a public houfe thereon for feyral years paft, forvhicri bufifs it is very convenient.

A good and indifpuU bletitle will be given. For further particulars enquire of the fubfenbers living in Roxborough townftiip, Philadelphia ciuntr; JOHN GORGAS and v4 December Ij, 1786 BENfAMIN GORGAS. aft night out of the ftable of the fubferiber. i. 1 mixon townttip, Bucks county, a full bred infergents were all paraded, and appeared to be a little panic (truck.

t'V1 lt quantities of fnow have not been exceded at any" ta7 MA near 5 hands high, with one hind foot white to w.vw. VIM.AUIC, tne riancocic iiicmorj agea men. in tavern, and then returned by the fame route by which they came, nd farther is fo drifted as to render the roads, in fume the Meeting houfe, and were then difmifled until the next morn utterly impafTable by which means the detention nf rh mails, eall ot ConneQicut, due here on Wtdnefday laft," and laft evening, are accounted for. F.ohi every quarter melancholy accounts are received of the diftiefs of poor marinea upon the d.f icrcnt toaiTf. DOLLARS Reward.

the fetjock joint, and is fuppofed to be with foal 5 lhe is remarkably high fpirited and gay aid carries very eafy under the faddlel but has never teen in the gears. Whoever fecuret thcfaid mare and thief, fo that the owner gets his mare again, and the thier' conviaed, (hall receive, the above reward, or for the mare only, Tn Dollabs "and reafonable i. 4, anthonV shoemaker. Nockam'xony December 22786 X' 1 TWENTY Reward. nignt.

1 nia morning a ueiaay; norm was, as violent': night Wood'e as has been known for many years, the travelling almoft imorac xk. 'Ct. i IV Town; a lerrant man. "named Georee Smlrh. ticable.

About 50 men, however, from Holden, and fomeof tbele about five feet fix inches high, a down iU ookina feSow mighbouring town, joined the inforgents this day. A I have juJS Ireard that the militia from Brookfield are on their march in fupport to crla a ftatue cotncJ a brown coat, ftriped velvet j.ck and black breeche? he is' 1 government. andthatthemUid in readinefs. ftorm prevented a fufficiency of the Juftices to gave birth to foMrreat an faid fervant, and fecures him in any eaol, fo that pen the Coart from getting into town until late this afternoon. tokL of their eratitude Ind e' TfTr hii mailer may get him again.

Hull have the abvev3 paS I a0 this moment told that they got together and have ad brave an'aS I the buft of fo 5 6 4. vI LLI A PRols ER 1 JournedIfuppofeuntil to moW, buVam no but one or two comoaoies of vonr artillrv nA fruroPe 5 hich will prove to prefent and future 1 wv vmu.u. iwm nmery nire. ana lour unt yy i The number )f mfurjenu collected in this town, da not. I betn il 7 The King, who had confideot.Wunt to, tnore than sto.Sffi:.

efrPmitted the not be very numerous In this county we want nothing but ani houle' 'i Catisn Government mrtr ite erv nnm l.j yy w'j aiiww, nj fivi wc uui si few goci men from the metropolis, they would give fuch feints me ianu winca iiuuicif out or nis preient fituaticn drads coming to Worcefter fearful of hi nwn Caho Could he quit them, Arfew Worcefter militia by ftrataem faved. Ciiir. ried inlurgents, and earned off their arms ExtraEl cf a letter frn Hnflm. tttid. as would foon make the 'r wccs nomas, Jonathan too warn for an infargent to breathe in." away P.

S. wvrirL th abovV I li Coid. The v.w vuun is ao a gea, out tne car juur.iu, vudijjugnQnne aneriri ana twa jultices, to the cf January. A gentleman of veracity from Rutland has juft infor nea tr.e, cr.ac neiaw anaue ne has 200 men with him Shaife hear that a flop from Damafcott, bound for this por was drove aCiore on Lovell', Iftand, io thejate ftorm, with thir wara, I ot whom periCied. TWO SHILLINGS Reward.

RAN away on the third lnflr. from the fubferiber living in Roxborough townfhipr Philadelphia an appi entice Jad, namedBENJAMIW. SHRIVER, about "ao yearsf about 5 feet 7 or 3 inches high, had on when be went 'away a pair, of brown woolan trowfers, light coloured cloth coat and corduroy yeftr and took with him fome more cloaths; Whoever deliver! faid apprentice to his mafter, fhall have the abov re ward. JOHN G0RGAS Dce.ax, 1786. Peter Thornton Son, A CE lZ: "rlC Pnncetnd At their office, on the fouth fide of.ftace.tfreet, between Front People and Second Philadelphia, And "lV ciw'r I 1 7 'm' M8a8 r.

lucnii, licucn or irrncy aarier panies, oills or iiot whS brought the bJvfo leasable was ytHcrday oorning at Patch's tavern, in Vorcefter That by Extras bt rd' PenCu w01? 5 and.difpatch. tv lom; the beft information he co r( cf i a amounted to or toco men That by CapLin hj apttfo Shaife had taken pcSon cf the tracks at Rutland with coo on Point Shirlev rear were epz in Worcefter every ho cil cf war held cn Tuefiay evening by the infurgents, at Mr. Thomas Shacf 101 imn hkb Patens tivtrn, thercf.ltcf which was, that when their whole of this city, D.vii Perri Durv itJ tlloU Lc ba betnem force fron ths dICerent garters thej 1 leg roe, filers the if tf a i ced 3cco ctn) they were to much immediately but likJ to recorer fcelow Walnut f.reet 5 and a valualls Let of It with a etemlnatfoa to relieve and 11 1. 11 1 (lrr ijii 1 1 1 1 i iri i ri i a Mr mm tr.sircc Ve I. vsthz pl re cf announcing to the very sree and inf.jnuthn cf the fsSz return cf the corps of deira, ari fro.

thence to St. Croix, and was bound from the laft thistate or of New Jetfey. oentioprj to 4.ew yoik. The carSo is tayed the fate cf fhey have alfo forlfalefoae valuable Plantati s. the real, uncertain.

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