The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1779-02-04 00:00:00, page 3

For the PENNSYLVANIA PACKET.
HERE are instances -n w'ich a want of civility is
; want of principle; among those may be reckoned
that illiberal, tho' net illegal, kind of forgery which only
men of trifling characters and capacities will be guilty o f ,
namely ^h it of counterfeiting anonymous signatures: and
the writer oi a piece in Mr Bradford's paper of yesterday,
to which is affixed the signature of “ Common Sense,"
would do well to confider, that such disingenuous fhifts
mew as much a want of genuine wit as natural honesty,
and is always a sign of weakness and defeat. x
T. P.
To the P RI NT E R.
S I R,
IN reading your paper of the 30th ult. I obferv'd a re
publication of the resolve of the Hon. House of Aflem
bly of the 28th of November last, for the free inhabitants
of this Rate to give in their votes, in the several diftrifts,
for or againji a Convention, for the altering and overthrow
ing (for I cannot fay amending) the present Confiitution,
on the firft Tuesday of April next; and at the fame time
for electing members of said Convention. I have been
fludioufly contemplating the subject ever since its firft ap
pearance in print, and am now as much at a loss as at firft,
to reconcile it to common understanding. In fkort, if I
did not depend on the veracity of the printers, I should
fafpea whether such a vote could be passed by the wife and
virtuous members of that Honorable House, free Repre
sentatives of a free people, fo'em^y fiuorn to preserve their
Constitution inviolate. I muff conclude that the motion
passed post haste through the House, left it should be de
tected by feme members then absent, at least by the wor
thy Representatives of this city, whom I esteem as men
possessed of too much virtue and understanding to fuffer a
motion, bespeaking so many dangerous consequences, to
gallop through their floor with impunity, without a peti
tion, remonstrance, memorial, or even complaint, from
the people at large. To call the inhabitants together to
vote a negative and affirmative in the fame breath, is in
consistent with common honesty, found policy, or good
logic; and from this moment to the day appointed for
such an elefbon, lam persuaded I never Iha 1 be able to
think of one man to fit in a Convention for the purpose of
altering a Constitution which I, as a free and private ci
tizen, feel no burthens and fee no bad effe&s arising from.
Public grievances will produce public complaints; and
when I find that every citizen and every family groan
under the weight and burthen of the Constitution, as they
now do under those arising from the foreftallers and mo
nopolizers of every article of life and convenience, I pledge
my honor and my life to join the general voice and exert
my best abilities, in conjunction with my fellow citizens,
to feleft suitable and capable men for the alteration and
amendment of the fame and pursue any measures confid
ent with the character of
Feb.!. A FAITHFUL PATRIOT.
To the PRINTE R,
S T R,
I TAKE this opportunity, through the channel of your
press, to express my thinks to the author and transla
tor of the piece signed Sully, in your last paper, for his
acc®unt of the expences of the Executive Council to this
state. If this branch of the government alone amounts to
near forty foufand dollars, what an enormous expence
must the whole of it be !
Indeed, Mr. Printer, this is enough to fieken most peo
ple with the present Constitution: but I flatter myfelf the
time is near at hand when this and other defers in it will
be amended. The neighbouring governments, lam told,
do not cost above one fourth part of the money which is
expended by the officers of ours. I wish we would learn
to imitate them, and adopt a little of their prudent ceco
nomy. For my part Ido not pretend to judge of the in
side machinery of a government; but lam sure an expen
sive one does not suit us. It will be to no purpose for
Congress to adop t measures to prevent the depreciation of
our money whilst heaps of it are squandered away on a
body of men who seem to do nothing for it, unless to ma
mifaHure proclamations and commissions for Justices of
the Peace, who for want of other business (I suppose) are
constantly quarrelling with people over whom they have
no more jurisdiction than the British Parliament has over
the United States. Your's,
A FREEMA N.
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NOTICE is hereby given to those that
have any demands whatever on Colonel Isaac
Melcher, Barrack-Matter General, that they exhibit
their refpe&ive claims on or before the firft of March
next, with proper vouchers in support thereof, that they
may be adjusted and paid.
By order of Colonel Melcher,
Feb. z. CORNELIUS BARNES.
Exeter, January 33.
To be SOLD at Private Sale,
A VALUABLE PLA NTA TI O N situate in
Montgomery County, in the St#te of Marylnd,
(it being four contiguous tra&s of land called " Fel
lowship ;'' “ This or None;" part of " New Addition ;”
and part of " Mill Seat ;") containing in the whole
two hundred and fifteen acres, with a small clapb ard
dwelling-house thereon; about eight acres cf good wa
tered meadow may be made, and about thirty acres of
land is cleared, with about fifty apple and peach trees
of excellent fruit on it ; the remainder is well timbered.
There is a never-failing stream of water running thro'
the premises, called Rock Creek, with an excellent mill
feat on it, and water fufficient to keep two pair of stones
Tunning day and night in the driest time of the year ;
it is remarkably well situated for getting wheat; lying
on the Bladensburg road from the Sugar lands on Po
towmack, and from Frederick Town, being fix miles
from Bladenfburg, and fix miles from George Town on
Potowmack ; where wheat may be had from the Eastern
Shore, on as reasonable terms as at Philadelphia, Any
person inclining to purcbafe the lame, may fee the
draught and know the terms of sale by applying to
Reynold Keen, in Philadelphia, @r to the fubferiber
in Exeter Township, Berks County, in the State of
Pennsylvania. JUDAH BOONE.
N. B. The tide is indisputable,
Different kinds of calicoes, ptiong,
muslins, checks, gauzes, ditto aprons and hand
kerchiefs, nanquins, gingangs, cambrick, linen, Meet
ing, tea, china ware of different denominations ; cot
ton, thread and silk flockings; sundry gallantry-ware
articles; buttons, fpy-glaff.s, Eaft-lndia canes, &c.
are to be fold in Second-ftrezt, ©ppofite to the Baptist
Church, by JOHN LABOYTEAUX.
CA ME to the house of the fubferiber, in
August last, a Negro Wench named VIOLET,
formerly belonging to Capt. William Moody, and fold
as supposed to Meffts. Allen and Wilson, in Bedford
County, Pennsylvania. As the fubferiber expelled the
owner or owners to fend for said Wench, knowing
where they loft her, he negle&ed advert sing her before
this. The owner or owners are desired to come, prove
property, pay charges and t^ke her away.
MARTIN DELANY.
Philadelphia; January 30, 1779.
"rO BE S 0 LD, on Saturday the 6th ot February,
A at fix o'clock in the evening, to the higbeft bidder,
at the Coffee-houfe, the brigantine E SSE X, with all
her tackle and apparel, as the now lies at Fifhbourne's
Whaif; as per inventory to be seen at the Coffee-houfe.
To be SOLD by Public Vendue,
On Wednefd y the seventeenth day of February inst.
at Six o'clock in the evening, at the Coffee-hcufe,
A LOT of Ground in Kensington, near where the
Hall stood, bounding on the fiver Delaware at
low-water mark, in breadth twenty-Seven feet ten inches,
or thereabouts, and back to Queen street, and on said
street in front twenty-two feet; the whole length from
Queen street to low-water mark is Seven hundred shd
sixty-eight feet, or thereabouts, and joining a house
and lot of Ma. Wilcocks's. The said let is clear of
ground-rent
Philadelphia, January 25, 177,.
_ S there are several vacancies for Officers in the
,^ corps of Sappers and Miners which are to be form
ed immediately, such Gentlemen as are desirous of en
tering will be pleafcd to address thcmfelvrs to General
Du Portail, in Arch-street near Third street. The
qualifications required are a liberal education and some
knowledge in the Mathematics; or if any young Gen
tlemen offer who have not been initiated in the latter
Rudy, it will be at least necessary that they have a dilpo
fition to apply themlelves to it. The Service of these
corps at fleges will c< nfift in conftiu&ing the necessary
works, conducing saps, preparing and (printing raines:
Tn the field they are to execute ail field-works, and as
sist in the defence of them. They will rank with the
other corps of the army, and be a nursery of engineers.
It is needier to add, that from the importance of their
duties they are in every service highly distinguished.
A NUMBER of the Members of the Li
•^ brary Company of Philadelphia having applied to
the B rarri of Due&ors to call a general meeting of the
Company, to confider of the propriety of railing the
price of a (hare in the Library, &c. The Members of the
said Company are therefore hereby requeued to appear
in person or by proxy, at the Library Room, on Satur
day the sixth day of February next, at Two o'clock in
the afternoon, to confider of the premises, and oafs a
Law empowering the Directors to raise the prices of
foares, if it dial) be judged expedient.
Jan. 13. By order of the Directors.
5 t. ANDREW ROtfSON. Secretary.
WANT EDt@ Purcbafe,
CONTINENTAL LOAN-OFFICE CER
TIFICATE $, bearing interef tpavable in
France, for which an advanced price will be given in
current money. Enquire of the Printer.
Wafoingtonfourgh, January 8.
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.
DESERTED on the second of December last,
from the Continental Works near Carlifle, a Sol
dier and Aftificerin Col. Benjamin Flowers's regiment,
named BENJAMIN BADLOCK, born in Con
ne&icut, of a swarthy complexion, short black hair,
about seventeen years of age, five feet eight or nine
inches high, smooth faced and flow of speech; had on
when he went away, a black coat fated with red, brown
jacket with white buttons, having the letters USA on
them, buckskin breeches, white stockings, and felt hat;
he took with him a gun branded United States. Who
ever brings said deserter to the above-mentioned place,
or secures him in any g„acl so that his officers may have
him again, (hall have the above reward and reasonable
charges, paid by
THOMAS WYLIE, Capt.
Wef-Nantmell, Cbefler County, Jan. 21.
WHEREAS a certain John M'llderry
obtained a note of me for One hundred and one
pounds ten (hillings, to be paid on demand, dated the
2d of November 1778, being for a Mare that I bought
of him, which afterwards was fufpe&ed to have been
Rolen. This is therefore to forwarn all perlons from
taking any assignment on the fame, as I will not pay it
until compelled thereto by law. Said Mare is three
years old past, a sorrel, with a light coloured mane and'
tail, and a blaze in her face. The true owner is desired
to come, prove his property, pay charges and take her
away, otherwise (he will be fold for expence of keeping
in three weeks from the date hereof.
BARTHOLOMEW COLEMAN.
Fwl^T iny O LTTR WARD?
STOLEN from the fubferiber, from John Van
° horn's tavern, a small brown HORSE, thirteen
hands three inches high, nine years old, (hod all round,
a star in his forehead, one hind foot white, hi* mane
trimmed all off, a saddle full welted, and a fnaffie bri
dle on when taken away. Any person securing the
horse and thief (hill have the above reward and reasona
ble charges, paid by the fubferiber, in Buckingham
townfllip, Bucks county, JOHN RICE.
TO BE S O L D,
A VALUABLE Plantation situated in the Valley;
in Tredyffrin town(hip, Chester county, contains
ipg near one hundred acres of good lime-stone landt
There are on the premises a good dwelling-house, a new
(tone barn, and stone spring-house with an excellent
Spring in it, a fmitn's (hop and other out-heuies, with
ihout ten acres of excellent watered meadow, and a good
bearing orchard or the best grafted fruit. A considera
ble part of the land has been lately well limed. For
further particulars enquire of the fubferiber; living on
the premises. BENJAMIN JONES,
Philadelphia, January 22, 1779.
YT7" HEREAS Mary, the wue of the fab
fcribei, harh, without any just cause, eloped
from his bed and board: These are therefore to notify
all persons not to trust her on his account, as he is de
termined not to pay any debts by her contrasted.
MICHEL CLARK.
THIRTY DOLLARS REWARD.
STOLEN out of the stable of the fubferiber, I#-
O ing in Union township, Berks county, on the night
of the fifteenth inflant, a bright sorrel HORSE, about
fourteen hands high, with a large star in his foreheads
three years old, filed before, paces and trots, and has
neither brand nor ear mark. Any person securing laid
hoife and the thief, so that the owner may have the
horse and the thief be brought to justice, (hall have the
above reward, or Ten Dollars for the boric alone,
and reasonable charges, paid by
Jan. r 7. JOHN GODFREY.
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.
QTRAYED from Valley Forge the tenth of June
" last, a black MARE, fifteen hands high, four years
old when strayed, small white down her forehead, short
switch tail, not branded, trots, paces, canters, and
fide; free. Whoever has taken up said Mare and will
deliver her to the owner in camo at Middle-Brock, or
fectire her so that (he may bu had again; fhail receive the
above reward. THOMAS'BARB £ E,
Jan. 25. Lieut. 6th Virginia Reg.
EIGHT DOLLARS REWARD:
STRAYED away f r om the fubferiber living in
R-dley Township, Chester County, the twenty
feventh of December last, a large sorrel MARE, about
fifteen years old, low in flrib, a b^M face, rou^h (hod all
round, has lately suckled a colt. Whoever takes up said
mare, and brings her to the fubferiber, or to the Bull's
Head, in Strawberry Aliev, Philadelphia, or to Ifaae
Smith, in Wrighiflbwn, Bucks County, (hall have the
above reward and reafonabe charges paid by either of
them.
Jan. f. JAMES WOOD.'
C^ AME to the fubferiber's, at the Bull's
, Bead in Strawberry Alley, Philadelphia, some
time ago, a small bay HORSE. The owner is desired
to come, prove property, p?y charges and take him
away, or he will be (old for his keeping in one week
from the date hereof.
January 26. BENJAMIN MYERS.
CY AME to the plantation of the fubferiber, in
, Nockamixoß townfhty, Bucks county, about the
middle of August last, a small brown yearling Heifer,
with some white in the forehead ; has no marks. The
owner is detired to come, pay charges and take her
^y_ JOHN' YOUNGKEN.
CA ME to the plantation of the fubferiber, in
Upper Merion townflnp, Philadelphia county
about a week ago, a black Mare, about fourteen band,
high and about fix years old, (hod all round, trots and
paces, and seems to be heavy with foal. The owner is
desired to come, prove property, pay charges and take
her away.
Janu^g 23. JAMES ABRAHAMS.
CA M E to the place of Peter Deal, on
the Germantown Road, in the Northern Liberties,
near the Five-mile Stone, an old bay HORSE, about
fifteen hands high, branded on the off fide, on the
Moulder and on the buttock with a ring and crosses
therein, and has a saddle mark on his back. The owner
is desired to come, prove his property, pay charges and
take him away, otherwise he will be fold to pay costs.
Just published and to be fold by JOHN DUNLAP,
in Market street, and ROBERT AITKEN, in
Front-street, opposite the Coffee-heufe,
AS ERMON preached in Christ Church, Phila
delphia, (for the benefit of the Poor) by appoint
ment of, and before, the General Communication of
Free and Accepted MASONS of the State of Penn
sylvania, on Monday, December 2s:h, 1778 ; celebrated
agreeable to their Constitution, as the Anniversary of
St. John the Evangelist. By WILLIAM SMITH, D.D.
Provost of the College and Academy of Philadelphia.
With an APPENDIX, cn the Character of C/N-
Cinnatus and some other Romans.
*, A few copies of Do&or Smith's SERMON
before the fecund Pennfylvapia Battalion, may be hed
of JOHN DUNLAP.
A FEW Firkins of excellent IRISH BUT
TER, to be fold by MARACHIE and TILLYER
at the corner of Arch and Second-streets. Also by SA
MUEL TAJLOR, on the upper fide of Market-street,
between Front and Second-streets, Philadelphia.
A BILL of EXCH~An"g°E' for Five
Hundred Pounds, on Charleftown, South-Caro
lina, to be SOLD. Enquire of the Printer.
Just published and to be fold by
JOHN D UNL AP,
In Market- street, Philadelphia,
PROCEEDINGS of a General Court Martiri,
for the trial of Major General L EE.