The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1782-01-15 00:00:00, page 1

ORDER S.
AS it is expected, that in the course of the present
winter, many of the officers and men belonging
to the army of the United Sates, will be indulged with
leave of absence from their corps for a limited time•
and as itis absolutely necessary the ftrißefl punßualliry
Should be observed, in returning at the expiration of the
time for which their furloughs are granted; the com
mander in chief has thought proper, thus, early in the
season, to fignify his fixed determination toall concern
ed, every ° ffi . ce . r ° r . foldie D who shall absent him
&n°l'°°° " e Imitation of his furlough (unless he
be prevented from returning by some inevitable
'misfortune, or other casualty, which shall be deemed
a fufficient reason for his detention) shall for such con
duct be brought to trial before a court-martial.
Upon the return of any officer, who may have vio
lated this order, by absenting himfelf beyond the time
of his furlough, report is immediately to be made there
of, to the adjutant general or deputy adjutant general.
who , to represent the fame to the general or com
manding officer, that the necessary fleps may be tak
w''h°ut delay. The mode of proceeding against
absent officers, as pointed out by a resolution of Con
gress, is to be invariably pursued. Soldiers are alio
, tne d and punished in the most summary manner,
" be ^ uilt y of a crime so injurious to the
public feryice, as well as to the interests and feelings of
their brother soldiers, who may, in con sequence of the
L ce °' '° ch delinquents, be unavoidably de
bared the gratification of visiting their friends before
the opening of the campaign.'
[The general, however, cannot but hope, by taknie
Me precaution of causing this public notice of his in
-ntion to be given to the army, the disagreeable coa
Be it therefore ordained, by theVnited States in Con
grefs assembled, that no share of any prize shall be ad
judged to a vessel being in fight at the time of capture,
unless the said vessel shall have been able at the time
when the captured vessel flruck, to throw a shot as far as
the (pace between herfelf and the captured vessel ; and
that every vessel coming in aid of the captors, whici ifhall
have been able at the time when the captured veGel
struck, to throw a shot as aforefaid, and shall have
been duly authorised to make captures, shall be intitled
td share according to the number of her men, and the
weight of her metal ; provided that nothing herein con
tained shall be construed to effect any agreement, which
shall have been previously made beetween vessels cruiz
ing in consort.
And be it further ordained by the authority afore
faid, that whensoever an armed vessel belonging to, and
commissioned by the enemy, shall be captured by any
armed vessel belonging to the United States, and duly
authorifedto make captures, the net proceeds of the
sales of the captured vessel, and of her rigging, tackle,
apparel aud furniture, shall be adjudged to the captors,
and where a car?o shall be on board of such captured
vessel, one moiety of the net proceeds of such cargo
shall be adjudged to the United States, and the other
moiety to the captors.
.And be it further ordained by the authority afore
faid, that upon the capture of any vessel belonging to
the enemy, and laden with masts o spars, by an armed
vessel belonging to the United States, and duly authoris
ed to make captures, the net proceeds of the sales of
such captured vessel and her cargo shall be adjudged to
the captors.
This ordinance shall take effect, and be in force from
and after the last day of February next.
Done by the United States in Congress
Assembled, the eighth day of January, ir. the
year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and
eighty two, and in the sixth year of our inde
pendence.
JOHN HANSON, President,
Attest. Charles Thomson, Secretary.
Head Quarters, Philadelphia, Thursday, January 10,
1782.
%™ 7" H EREAS there hath been great variance
•/' in the decisions of several maritime courts
within the United States, concerning the pretentions
of vessels claiming a ihare of prizes, as being in fight
at the time of capture ; some having adjudged that the
mere circumflaoce of being in fight was a Efficient found
aticn of title, while others have required proof of a
more active influence: And Whereas this inconvenience
hath ^rifen from the want of an uniform rule of deter
mination in'ucb cases:
For amending the Ordinance, ascertaining what Cap
tures.on Water shall be lawful.
TUESDAY,
VOL. XI.I Published EVERY TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SATURDAY. —Price Six-Pence.
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PHILADELPHIA. January 12.
AN ORDINANC E,
GENERAL ADVERTISER.
Who took a Load, at Providence, fr r Captain SAM
UEL MANSFIELD and Mr. LAURENCE, begs that
those gentlemen may be informed that laid John She-
A©,* " ith b " '"" * nd ^°° d '> is Steped or Seized at
Milestone, Sommerfet county, and state of New. Jet fey
and brought before justice Van Harlengen, and will be
L'%"f ht °° '"' within twenty days from this day.
Hillsborough, Sommerfet county, Jan. 4, 1782.
Tiie mullers of the army are with all possible expe
dition, '0 be compleated to the thirty firft day -of
December last inclusive; after which period they are
to be taken regularly at the end of every month, and
the rolls transmitted to the pay office without delay,
agreeable to a resolution of Congress, of September
25, 1780. EDWARD HAND, Brigadier
and Adjutant General.
N. B. The printers in the several fiates are request
ed to publish the above.
c«s^Me^^^^^ eMMSSta^
Port of Philadelphia, Pennf^lvania, ff.
To A LL whom it may concern.
N^ E is hereby giv-n, That a court of admiralty
will be held before the honourable Francis Hop
kinfon, esquire, judge of th- said court for this state,
at hit chambers in the ci-y of Philadelphia, on Wed
nefday the 16th of January, inft^n&at 10 o'clock in the
forenoon, fcr the trial of certain Goods, Wares and
M r-handizes, taken out of the Snow called ths CON
IEN r, about 100 tons burthen, lately commanded by
John Wilkinson, and bound from Jamaica to Lancafler,
in England; which Goods, Wares, and Merchandizes
are brought into this port and libelled against as prize
by John Borrows and William Campbell, (qni tam,
& c *) To the end that -II persons concerned,, may ap
pear and Shew cause, if any there be, therefore a de
cree should not pass pursuant to the prayer of the libel,
&c By order of the Judge,
pn. ii, 1782. JAMES READ, Kegifier.
Deo mher, 1781.
To be SOLD or L E T, and ^ay be
entered on the 15th ot January next,
THAT well accustomed TAVERN, the R AINBOW
Situated on the welt fide of Second fine; a the
barracks, now in the tenure of Mr. Jam-c Nevil: it
a commodious, well fin shed three It-r Buck Houle,
with a Frame Hotife adj' inin,, th- whole subj dt to
ground-rent of eight pounds a ye?r. To he S *l, a
Qew two ftorv Brick Houle, on the enft file <a Sixth
street, between Arch and Kace-firects, uffra to a
ground. rent of three pounds a year. Likewise a Bil
liard Table to be disposed o f . For further particulars
enquire of Mr. HENRY GURNEY, in Ch e hmt-fl re ,t.
Philadelphia, January 4th, 17, 2.
The ftreec CommifTioners pro
pose to let ;ll the paved streets and alleys of th s city,
in fm?ll dehr &s, for one year, to commence the 2d
Febiu ry next, to such perfors as vil engage to keep
them cle^n, for the benefit of the manure ; and they
will receive ap; 1 cations, for that purpose, eve y Fri
day evening, at the court book, untill that tine.
sequences will be prevented, which might otherwise have
taken place ; for he is persuaded, whoever willgive him
felf the trouble to reflea, will find, that, as great In
dulgences as are consistent with the public good, and
justice to individuals, are granted in the firft inflance.
That, as a certain number of officers and men must be
couflantly kept in camp, every trespass upon those in
dulgences, is an ad of injustice to the individual who
is detained in consequence of it, and probably in the
issue to the public; that the most pointed exa&neft is
indifpenfibly requisite in all military affairs, events un
known, and frequently of the greatest magnitude, de
pending upon it ; and that those men who have attach
ed themselves to the service o' their country, should
consider that the public has a con slant claim upon their
Cervices, which can only be dispensed with under cer
tain circumstances, and for definite periods, of which,
those intruded with the regulation of the army must
be tuppofed to be the most competent judges.
No officer or soldier is to be permitted to be absent
on furlough after the loth day of April next, on a
ny occasion whatever.”
Mr, JOHN SHEPARD,
O R,
THE
THE
By order o' tbh board,
JOHN GRAFF, Cl k.
A handy Boy, cither white or
black, not urder 8 years of age, is wanted to wa t til
a family in this city. Enquire of the Printer#
Superfine Broad
cloths,
Second ditto,
Iri/h Ratteens.
Fine Coating,
Blue Plains,
Cotton Velvet,
Emboyfed Serge,
Cambist and Duroys,
Mafquret and Calliman
coes,
Vest Patterns,
Mens and womens Hose,
Mens and boyscoarfe yarn
ditto.
Cotton and linen Checks,
Ruffin Sheetings,
Ticklenblirgs and Ozna.
' brigs,
Fine Laval and Plattilia
Linens,
3-4 and yard wide Brit
tanias,
5-4 Wide Shetting,
Yard wide room and house
Linen,
Linen and cotton Stripes,
Ladies Kid Gloves,
Sewing Silks and Skelle
tons,
Belt steel Razor,
FOR SALE, BY
JOHN CHALONER,
At h:s Store in Chefnut ftieet, two doors from the
corner of Third street,
PLOT HS and Cafimers, Camblets, Plufh
et, Velvets, Caicaes and Chin tee, Can b i^ke,
fl n>, Gauzes, lofti and Russia Linen', •II wide Pfer
fo - >Docket, Modes and Silt ne, New England
Rum, Liverg Oil, &c. &<;
Also a few Sets of
French Army Bills of Exchange,
and a few Pipes of Madeira Wine.
French B andy,
Loaf a d Mufeovado Sugars,
C>ffee and Cnoroate,
Pepper, Pimento, Ginger, &c. &c. &c.
FOR 3 A L E, BY
Samuel Garrigues, junr.
At his Ware-House, in Third-street, the corner of
him-street;
Souchong and Bohea Tea,
Old Rum of an excellent quality,
Madeira, l
Mountain, ( WINES, by the pipe, quarter-call of
She ry, and f gallon,
P>rtJ
XI7HITE Havanna Sugars,
VV Best French, do.
Low priced lava) Linens,
Thread, Edgings, and Laces,
Maryland Tobacco,
To be SOLD, in Water street, fout ddor§
below Chefnut-ftreet, by
TENCH COXE.
And to be SOLD, Wholesale and Retail,
By John Levins,
In Market-ftrect, the corner of Strawberry-alley, a
neat Assortment of the following GOODS, which
he will fell low for Cash, and take in payment this
or any neighbouring State Money at a moderate ex
change; also, will receive French Guineas at an
equal value with English, and French Crowns in
like proportion.
JUST OPENE D,
JANUARY 15, 1782,
ICozt ind vest Buttons,
Ribbons of different co^'
lours,
Fustians,
Fine light and dark Chint.
zee,
Light and dark Callicoes
and Cottons,
4 Cambricks and Lawns,
Lawn Handkercheifs,
Silk ditto,
Romkt and check ditto,
Fine plain and striped
Mullins,
Black and white Modes,
White, black, and pink
Persians,
A neat Assortment of
SILKS, such as Indias,
Paduafoys, Ducapes,
Luteftrings and Man
tuas of different colours,
10, 8, and , quarters wide
fine Rose Blankets,
English Playing Carus,
Tapes,
White? and coloured
jThreads,
I Pins,
I Shirt Buttons, &c. &c.
[NUMB 833.