The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1780-02-15 00:00:00, page 4

Philadelphia, February 7+
Two Tboufand Dollars Retard.
WA S broke open o 0 the might of the 6th infant,
the tye of the fiibLriber, ne^r the Old Fery
houfe, and robbed of the following Goads, v& —
Twenty tour pieces of cailicorz of different colours,
marks unknown, five pieces of Lissi linen, twodtrns
Barcelona handkerchief, eight pair black ^k ftocklw,
four pieces hairbines, sixty-two pounds feeing thread,
two dozen; waited breeches pm<rn.^ of different co.
lours, eleven pair flver shoe and knee buckles, with
sundry pinchbecks fix pirca, of chock, Ma^c^&r &ke,
i/e pieces of dark chintzes not cut, one piece of Lawn
marked D. B. two defo^ns womens cotton forcings
marked D. E. one piece of Ri& fleering, thirty-eigit
X. r "''mark unknown, eight yards fupe&e bltteEty
liih cloth, four pieces fw^rf ^ fearAt ratdaet, fix pi#cn
ditto white, one pound scars tariff, fannry pieces of ±l
- eight pounds sewing silk, twelve yards'buckram,
sundry cards of gift buttons, feme Spanish hfor, <@
final! box of Square needles, h quantity ofeheck and blue
cotton handkerchiefs, five yarus fepef@e muflia, three
stone paste Rock buckles, and a^rcue hundred pound,
of coffee. Whoever figures the thief or&vee and goods,
io that tty may be brevet to jwhor, Aval have the
above Reward, or in proportion for any of them, paid
by LEVI MARKS.
^^ WHEREAS the Honoribis the Cengrefs
of tbefe United Bt^m have lately recommended
to & Lrffaum of the feverai Slates, to adopt m<a
fures for himi&ing fie hipptes ts the army upon a dif
ferent ^hn frora tyhat has been heretofore pursued %
And whereat some of the States hire steady trade A@
regulations 4s mn^ put the department ou a new eftaS
limraont, k fe^ u thcofae la&penfibiy requifre, that
the ^©ur^ on the pcfent ^ungeflurrt bebiou/bitoa
f ^,l w „ arid decifiv: dpfe. Abd whereas feme further,
arfers'tion of systems will piobthly take phase, it will be
expedient, not only that the accounts be focn adjusted,
but/hat an uniform mods, for efft^ing this, be observ
ed tta'bfh&rt t^ various ^ih^. I have therefore
thought fit t, pubri^ this advertisement, directing eve
ry Deputy er other Officer, serving in the Qparttr-
Mafrer General's department, whole appointment is
imnv.d^uly daitem from me or ray Affifl&nts, to call
r^rt ah ptfems CEty^ed by &m refjpeaivriy, to make
cut twfl returns by the fl'eft day of M^ch next, of the
forth cf mon?, due in their feyera! JiUriQs up to ,hat
time. Arid least this measure iheuM be frustrated for
«<.zm / it?.bubble (applies of money, I & hereby no
tify all th: fe who have any demands on IM, branch erf
thi deparur^nt, to lay their accounts before the proper
perfeue, With iwtibk vouchers, for a eompTat feitlc
fruc-t {o the time above &rc&Q. In thole cases where
the demands cannot be paid dire&ly in caffi, printed
certificates will be given, fpacifyiftg the fams dye to
tach Individ^ for which cud, 'blank certificates will
be (truck, and distributed ^w^g the federal Agen's,
vho are required to tegiffer them in books to bb kept
for that purpose, copies ci which mutt be immediately
sent to camp to be lodged in try Office, that 1 mar b^
enabled to remain a pit state of the debts due from,
the departm nr.
NATH. GREENS, Q M. G.
Morris-Town, Jan. 15, xylo.
*, The distent Printers in the United States are
requeued tp puolifh ths above adrertifement in their re
fpt&ive papers.
Eafio,% February 1, 1780.
* L L persons having any demands against me
&M as Deputy (footer Mailr-Gen^ral, either for mo
nies uvq ot th a win become due by th@ fi<£ of March
next, are requested to fend in their accounts with ali
pcffible ditytch in order for fathm/nt ; on rersipt of
which the babooes will either be paid, pr receipts given
for tvbat fltali appear tube der to the firft of Msrba; to
which time I cm d^r^&ri Dy &e Barter-Matter • General
to furniffi all amounts in mv djft^St without fail
ROBERT L. HOOFER, Jun. D.QM. G.
Philadelphia, February 1, 1780.
A LL persons having any demand's against
JW me an Deputy Qatter-M^Ae^ GeneraL either for
rookie: due, or that wif become due by the firft of Match
nexr, art reqwfted to &hd in their accounts with all pof
fthle dify tee, in order for a fettkment ; on ^hich the
b^lance^ will either be paid, or certificates given for
what Aral! Appear to be due, in order that the rime may
be prid without farther trouWe as foonai I AMI be en
atteL fe^m under the neceffiiy of earnestly pressing a
pun&val compliance with this requifitien, as I am di
reded by the (^rter-Mafter- General to have ray ac
counts ready for (element on or baform th^ Arid irft
day of March next;
J©dN MITCHELL, D.QM.G.
Guilford Tuwflty, Cumberland Countys Jan. 14.
°TICE is hereby given, That there
I ¥ '" '" ^"" "' the fucfcri'ier, a chefr.ut co
^ loured HORSE, with a large fear in his rarc
heaiin the farm of , heart, about nine jem aid, be*
t^een fourteen arid friteu hands high, paces add trots,
Aifo the febovring Goods, viz. two &ebs, two fae
{hires, on: ruffled, tbe other plain, one cht%<fc ditto, one
coarfeditto, four pair <f 4ocs, a facile and bridle, and
a rinalt great-coat. Th, throve Korfe 2nd Goods were
ackr/ro^ged by a car bin John Writer u luve been
br^itt out of the Commons of Fhikdflphfcu The
nwr^! or cwam are defend to corae, prove property,-,
and tike the, awe, in two norths ftom the date here
of, or they will be kid for the charges cf keeping by
PATRICK VANCE,
N.B. The above Horie and Goods were b:au-.%t out
of the Centmyfit aforefaid, about the tenth of S^ptena
her
PHILADELPHIA: Pointed ^d Sold b, JOHN DUNL AP, ^ fas@ffl
THE MARSHAL of the ADMI-
A RALTY findsit abW.utely necessary to cal in
this public manner, upon all perlons indebted for Prize
Goods puichafcd at audion, to make immediate pay
ment.
Not doubting the punctuality of purchasers in dif^
charging the amount cf their bills as soon at delivered,
ngr^zhU to the conditions made known at the timas of
fate, he has permitted goo^s to pari into the hands cf
nun,, who he thought would not fufrr themMvo to be
called upon ro&c than once, or twice at most, for the
money : He is lorry to find, by daily experience, that
the contrary is the faft, and that his applications are
now Co# fifrrvl as impertinent; he therefore begs lave
to remind fach, that from the long uft of large fems
they h^re been enabled to acquire greet gains, arid
ought from a principle of gratitude immediately to com
pl, with hit rapist, efpeciall, when he effuses them,
that thrir negl+CT fubjeMw him to imputations not the
moil pleating.
By the zoth ±y of February inftent be ffiall be ena
bled to determine who efteern themfelve# under obligati
ons for the credit they have taken, by paying their ba
lances in the mean time. He Aall take it for granted,
that those who do not, are determined to prefix by the
advantages which the delays of the law can give thera,
and to prevent these being teo great, he (had, without
fail, put their accounts the next day into the hand# cf an
Attorney, with directions to proceed upon them with
out further notice.
TO B E SOL D,
And me, be entered on next April,
a HOUSE, and about eight and a half acres M
Ground, in the Northern Liberty?, zbeut two
m:ta from the city, (formerly part of Dunce's land)
being on a lane foadrag to Robert Morrie, faquig
place, on Schuylkill, and nearly eppofite Mr, Tour's
place on th^ W.ffabicko„ road r The boufeii 3c frothy
18, two firrits ki^h, two rooms 0^ 3 floor, with good
cellars, ad a en Set wide piasza round tie opa half:
Allo a tty, dory brick Kitchen adjoining : The whole
it well finished, and was built about four yearg fora
A new frame Budding, 36 nbt by ay, eqntyning fl&
bling for four horses and four cSw„ chair and 4^it
houir, &c# and loft fufticient for eighteen or twenty tons
of hay , ^ pump of excellent wat&r neu ch# hovG. 'Tae
lh"d lays high, airy and healthy; great part of it wa#
manured and sowed with clover Uft fernmer, urd fe uu
der good fence. Iris v^y fultabU for a summer retreat
for a genteel family, or for ^tending the market. The
purchaser mo, be accommodates oa a leak with a lot
adjoining the above, CTM&ininz upwards of five acr& fo ;
on this lot there is an extraordinary ^cod garden with
afpar^gus and Strawberry beds, tad young bearing tress
of the heft xina^ of peaciies, peers, ft; a yoneg or
chard of about four acta, highly manured left fall, ar.d
now gre,± part in wheat end clover. For terms apolv
to the iirikriber, on the Pamiris; wk° Kkewife has to
ditpofe of, a qoud ho.fe for chair or faedie, milch cows,
farming utepfils, and feme feed potato^ of the Uft kind.
4 ADAM HUBLEY.
One Hundred Founds Reward.
"" A''AY from the fubferiber, Byipf in
Reading, Bucks County, tn the riight of the fif
^enth of November taft, a ri#n haxed J ACK,
about twenty-four years of % five fast nine inches
high, ha; a remarkable Granger in his walk, very com
raifat, plays on the violin, fyeuks the French and
Ingbih languages wall, and can read and writes H^d
bn and took with him, a fiver LiLod fra^ sword, fear
lot sot with a white cap:, a green ditto with a red cape,
white jac^etjud bre^chM, ne* &g^ and buckles. He
ran away from hit nr& in Mty^ lalt fummor, was
taxes up in Philadelphia, and put in the Woifohoule.
Whoever will uk^up :nd fecare said fervent so that hi#
matter may havs four agaia, full receive the above re
ward and rc^fonable charges, paid by
MARK BIR D.
4 Philadelphia, February 5, 178%
To be SOLD by toe S^bjeriber,
— HOUSE and LOT in Boud)w^rk, on Patiynnk
road, near the New Phy house ; the toufc is thir
ty f&t fr.rt by twenty feet deep, with fix fire places
and a good fton_ cellar und^r the whole : The lot is for
ty-fix feet front by seventy fire fact ri^p, dear of grounds
rent. Also to be fold, a few barrels of Lampblack,
abou. forty pound) in each, af ± w bta&eb of fine S^h,
fomc brari knob iron rim'd Locks, brass Dividers with
or without steel Pencil#, Augers, a large Scaje Ibra,
Ship Chandlery, ^pd z fat of Backs or Arciitzaure.
Any person wanting any of the above attic!*# may tfppy
to the fuhicriber, at hi# house in Southwark, the cor
ner of Front and ^hippm-taeti.
WILLIAM DREWRY.
N. B, He I:3s the ground of a Rope-Walk, oae hun
dred and fevanty-eight fathom long, which he purpofee
to rebuild in the Spring, and would be wiping to takea
partner with a competent Rock.
^ M AN who understands Sheeting and
x% Slitting of IRON, and is capable or munagfoff
a SLITTING MILL, willmeet whh gr^t «rt
courigement by applying to JAMES HAYR S,
next door to th# Poft-Gffict, in M^fot-fcw, Phila
delphia.
saw +c v —ro —tetttCTrtMPOHtafyte},ufo^ to, zt-fo temta nt&nra
A few DOZENS of b#ft FRENCH
BOW S T RI N G 3,
TO BE SOLD BY
DAVID R E E S,
At thb corner of Chur^h-AHey, in Third-ft^t, be
twech Mark t and Arcb-ftreets, Philadelphia.
A ROBBER Y.
Four Eufidred Dollars Reward.
BR OKE into the house of toe fahfcriber, in Upper
Dirby, CSflter county, in ths pight of thez,! in
k*nt, 'Two M EN, one about five feet eight or mine
inches high, thin viage fair c< mpiczun, had :n a linan
track aqd thick woolen cap. Tne other about five feet
fix or fiver , inches high, dzrk complexion, had co a blue
r^grec jicket, cr foldi^'r coat, turned up with force
other colour; hi name James. They t«& away fcme
dollars, fore Eng^tti hriLcrow^e, iorae final! silver mo
r^p, Inch 4# qum^i dollar#, piftareme, &c. one half,
jo^nnee^ two gloeas and one^half. guinea, feme Conti
r^.t 4 and a cc rfcerahle quantity or old paper currency ;
alarge fc^er-f^d y <t-h, with brafa Land and brass
dots between tn? hours, the day of the month in the dial
- : r, ^ah^'s ueme John May, London, bo*h on the
face and zafide L^V a dozi^larg ^lverfpoop^ Amped,
S
and engraved, on the under fide of the handle I M.
two pair gi Lyar kuee-huckte, ore plain, one pair car
tid, mal Rs. -tcurved flock-buckle R 6. Ole Urge
nb^r buckle rraf plain and worn out, one of them
brok^ I a pincu&ioH light bloffem coloured silk, work
ed wi.h red axd gr^ra silk in imitation of a bunch of
ftra^berfta on one fide and a iprig on the sfher Ade,
hooped with filter; a new borne-made doth greatcoat
of a light colour a little on the bloflom ; a grey coating
furtort not much worn; a new broadcloth jacket with
ent ll^h alight hlcffom colour; a pair of leather
breeches almog hew, a pair of corderov breeches, one
fiat Holland and fevexal other (hirte and neckcloths ; a
quantity of rocus and boys ftotkings, linen, worked and
woolens a purple Fafan gown lined,, a ftaraped linen
ditto hair coloured; a Hack paduafoy cloak, a black
ruffe l quilt lined with homespun Griped worsted, a fine
new fbift with Holland figeves, a pair of blue dam#^
Ihors of Heft's Make, a pair of new blanket#, a new Rus
sia fb^efy with frothy other thirds of various kinds.
It fe fqppofed on? of th^na cut his finger by breaking
open drawers, as fame of the linens left were bloody
fuppo&l by bring handled. Any perlon taking *^
(curing 'he goods and money so that the owner may
h&ve them ^gato, £rdl receive Two Hundred and Fifty
Dollars r&fard, 41. d far the felons so that they may be
couvi&cd, One Hundred and Fifty Dollars, paid by
JAMES STEEL.
N. B. It inrafymsd the above articles are in Phila
delphia, as the (uOTCriber's hurfe was taken out of the
t^ble to carry them, and was found near the Bridge
coming back. s.
WRAPPINGPAPER
TO BE SOLD BY
JOHN DUNLA P.
Philadelphia, Jaxuay t^W
°TICE is heieby giv^n, Thfat the
Subfcr:be:3, being . 3 Committee of Grievance,
Appointed by the Honorable House of Aff.mbly, will
meet in the Library Room (up ft,irs) in the State-
House, at hali pa# Nine o'clock fa the mornings of
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, during the prefect
fitting of the General AfferoMy#
CHARLES W. PEALE,
ROBERT KNOX,
ARTHUR WA FTS,
DAVID THOMAS,
JOHN WHI PE HILL,
JAMES DIXON,
AMAHAM SMITH,
JONATHAN JONES,
JOHN RALSTON,
JOHN BURD,
ROBERT MARTIN.
•&sC^wm.Rt» amtAQtzxrtßmoyTraMpßLmexte«,.tiZomt-»^a<-.-—•~ w &~tw&muQOT&twQl
Phtiadeippia, January iflo.
NOTICE is hereby given, That the
Suhf;ribm wid attend in the Committee Room
(uo fairs) in che State house, at half p;ft Nine o'clock
in the rooming, on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
every wbek, duriugthu faring of the General Affably,
to examine and fettle such atcompte as £h#U be brought
before them,
WILLIAM HARRIS,I
WILLIAM COALS,
JAMES JACKS, I Committee
MICHEL SHU3A.RT, } of
JONATHAN f*OG^, } AoGcrapO.
SAMUEL DALE,I
, . DANIEL HOSIER, fun.J
MAS .— y „ ""-'= ~e#^-—att t,hOTCi% <i>^i.. ^w.w.«..Me^« ^>«_&„■_
Th<fo!ld*ing Articles are imported for SALE by
J 9 H N WOODWAR D,
In Front-ftra.t, tht berth house ^le. W^wui^y<;
from?..' tht river,
IRISH LINENS aborted. chie^vfoe%
PEPPER) CHINA BOWLS,
And a final! Alfcp<m#nt of
H A. R D W A R E.
HE N !IY WY SIK 00fy
Hath for SALE whofafih ^ bfe itore in Seconds
street, between Arch and R^ce thw% Pinludeipkia,
t°' IN $ Lining,
, Fine Cambrickfe
f,e Luce?,
White J:aone%
Sevang Silke,
Bsrcekta Handkerchfefy,
G^ze di"®,
Eiffni silk Shot i?^
tents,
oilk Ribbands,
I Silk G>uz^,
I Me\„ HAU,
IGloves,
IHrir Fins, &:. fa. fc.