The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1782-09-19 00:00:00, page 1

At the COFFEE-HOUSE,
On Thursday, the 26 h of September instant, at Twelve
o'clock,
Will be Sold by Public Au&ion,
A Lot of Ground and Buildings,
situated on the corner of Christian and Second-fleets,
containing on the forracr forty feet and on SrconZ
ftreet, one hundred and twenty f eet. The buildings
ccnfilt of a good brick tenement and five frame ditto,
the whole fubje& to a ground rent of fix pounds per an
num. A'fo seven sixteenths of a clump Brigantine;
now lying at Fiber's wharf near Pooi's bridge. The
terms of salt are three months credit, the purchaser to
give such security as shall be approved.
JOHN BAYARD, Auaioneer.
Southwark Au&ton.
THIS
MOR N I N G,
Will be Sold by Public Auction,
A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF
MERCHANDIZE,
As USUAL: ALS O,
Houfhold Furniture & Wearing
A PPA R E L, &c. &c.
WILLIAM BROWN, Auctioneer.
N. B. Hand-Bills will be difeontinued for the fu
ture, except on particular Occasions.
At the City Au&ion,
On MONDAr Next,
The 23d of September,
At NINE o'clock in the MORNING,
Will begin the S A L F,
Of a GENERAL ASSORTMENT of
MERCHANDIZE,
Houfhold Goods, Kitchen Furniture
AND
WEARING APPAREL, &e.
JOHN BAYARD, Außicneer.
N. B. The City Auction will be held for the future
on every MONDAY. A# conftint Attendance is giv
en at the Score for the Reception of Goods, it is desir
ed (when not inconvenient) that the Goods may be
lent before the Day of Sale.
To be Sold by Public Vendue,
At the COFFEE-HOtfsE,
This EVENING,
at SIX o'clock,
Twenty-one Lots of Ground ;
Fourteen on Eighth-street, between Arch and Race
ftreets, from 20 to 24 feet front, and 92 feet deep.
Two ditto on Race-street, 20 feet front and 144 deep.
Five ditto on Hafel street, from 20 to 22 feet front,
and 144 drep ; the whole joins each otbeJ, clear of
ground-rent. One third of the purchase money to be
paid in three days, the remaining two thirds in two
months after the fair, when good deeds will be made
to the purchasers. JOHN BAYARD, Auaioneer.
N. B. At fame time and on the fame terms, will
be Sold a valuable Lot of Ground, on the south fide of
Lombard-street, between Second and Third streets,
containing in breadth on said street 20 feet, and j n length
or depth 77 feet, clear of ground.rent and all othtrin
cymbrancet.
Dunkard-town, Sept. 3, 1782.
To the Freeholders and other Electors for
the Borough and County of Lancaster,
GENTLEMEN,
FROM thrt encouragement I have received of a nu
mero"j and worthy acquaintance, I take the li
berty to offer myfelf a Candidate for the Sheriff'# Offi
ce; therefore fo'icit your votes and interest at theeniu
ing general election ; which, if you fh< u ? d t! ink roe
worthy of the favour, (hall ever be remembered with
gratitude, By your obedient and humble servant,
JOHN JONES.
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THURSDAY,
GENERAL ADVERTISER.
Published every TUESDAY, THURSDAY and SATURDAY.—Price Six-Pence.
TO BE SO L D,
A Brick MESSUAGE or T nrment and Lt of
GROUND, titrate cn the weft fide of M?rkrt
ft ect, between B ort and Second ftreers, near the Tw
er market, in the through of Wilmington, in the 4>te
o f Delawa e. For terms arpl- tn JOSEPH GRUB,
in laid borough, or to ANDREW TVBOUT, in the
city of Philadelphia. Sy. n.
With letters, difoatihes or rotes of roff, upon any
occasion, at an hour's notice, to eve y r'i!tnc% "iI be
executed by a person of a fa : r and good < h after ; rea
sonable security for performance of or nnd ^ aHne will
be given it desired. Those persons ^ho may chute to
employ him will enquire of the Printer.
CAME 10 the plantation ot tn# lubicr bei, 11Wil
liHown to*nfoip, Cheder county, ^n„t the 13th
or 14th of this instant, a Sorrel M^e COL T, hippoL
rd to be about two yeas old, xvh a blez- down her
lace, tro's all: she has been sdv-rtifed before. The
owner, by proving property and paying chrrgts, nay
have her again, by applying to the fubferiber
May 16. ' JOHN HGWFLL.
TO BE L E T,
Or Sold on easy Terms of Payment,
A FARM, lying fn Weft-Ciln towrfinp, Chester
county, about seven miles from Dewning's town :
It confifti of 128 acres, of v.hich 12 Or 15 ar* mea
dow, about 60 ploughhn 4 , and the remainder wooded.
The imprevments are, a large houfr o' Square logs with
a stone end, a barn, stable, fpring~houf , frooke house,
and a prod orchard of Apple and pach tree r . Apply
ro Mr. J. NEILLY, near Hughes tavern, adjoining
the p'emifa, or to TENCH COXE, in F onc-ftreet,
near Union-ttreet. Philadelphia, Srpr. tg.
A Wet Nurse is wanted, that
cm he well recommended, snd will engage to go to
Carolina. Enquire of the Printer. Sept. 6.
A Wet Nurse wants a Place.
Enquire of the Printer. Sept. 11.
To the FREEHOLDERS and other BLEC^ORS of
the Borough and County of Lancaster.
Gentlemen,
BY this I make known to you my intentions <f
standing a candidate for the (heriff'soffice, at our
next election; and having served you in sundry
public appointments in this county heretofore, flatter
myfelf I have difeharged the trust, reposed in me with
candour and fidelity ; th<r fore as this is the fi ft office
I have folici'ed you for it the county, I now request
your votes and inereH at the next el- ftion for said of
'''> (being new clear of all public efficet whatsoever)
which will lay roe under new obligations, and serve
your much obliged fiend and fervent,
August 7. BARTREM GALBRAITH.
To be SOLD on Fifth dar, the 19 h instant, at two
o'clock in the afternoon, by public vendue, on the
premWesi
A valuable Plantation or Tract
of Land, containing ore hundred and twenty (even
acres and thirteen perches, situate on Cooper's creek,
in the township of Newton, Gloucester county, and
state of New-Jersey, ^tween two or three mles distant
from Cooper's Fern, on the road leading to Haddon
field : —about feurte n acres of which is drained mea
dow, within good bank; a.d allo fifteen acres mere
cf good inland meadow or cleared swamp ; the re
mainder plough and wood land. Theie are on said
premises, a good dwelling h<ufe vrith a cellar under it,
and a large and convenient kitchen, with a good bam,
out-hoyfes, and a stone (pting house ;. and has a con^
venient ^harff on hid creek; also a bear ng apple or
chard, with a variety of good fruit, and a good effort
ment of other fruit trees.
At the fame time and place will also be Sold, eight
nr nine acres cf cedar swamp, lying on a branch cf
Egg-Harbour river, called Attco Attco. Any person
inclining to purchase, nay view the premises, and krow
the terms hv applying to the fuhfcrih-r „-, trine be
fore the ffe. JOHN BURROUGH.
September 9, 1782.
N. B. There ir on bid place a large Afy?rapu< Bed.
RID ING
O R, THE
TUE
To the Freemen and other Electors of th^
County of Lancaster,
gentlemen,
I TAKE this oppottunity to inform you, that I iri^
tend to offer myfelf a candidate for the sheriff's of.
fice at the enduing election: I therefore solicit yotir
Interest and Votes; which, (hould you think me wor
thy of, ycur favour fh^ll always be acknowledged and
remembered, By your Friend and bumble Servant,
Lancaster, Sept. 2, 1782. JOHN MILLER.
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PROVIDENCE , August 31.
Extr^a of a letter from New York, dated August 4,
found on board a flag of truce which was lately
seized and carried into Connedicut.
" |F I had ever so much time to write, I have not fpi-
I rits.The king has granted American independence
unconditional ! The friends of government may look out
for themselves; there never was so great a feene of dis
tress seen before, as at present rages—the people are
wretched to be given up in this cruel manner ; this feene
of horror, is almost too much ! So unexpected, and so
cruel. The commander in chief read the letter to the
inhabitants with : ears in his eyes. The militia and in
dependent companies gave up their arms, as they were
no longer to be proteAed by his majefly. The general
told them that he would provide vessels to go to what
partof the world they chose. They are in a wretched
situation, as they belong to neither king or congress.—
The minifiry recommend to congress to restore to the
friends of government their property ; but it was not one
of the terms, for it ^unconditional. There never was any
thing so unnatural as it is—All the principal inhabi
tants are drawing a petition to his roajefly in behalf of
the whole—The inhabitants have offered fir Guy Carle
ton to assist him in defending the city against any pow
er whatever, and protest against the present minifies
—ls this had happened when lord Cornwallis firft fell;
it would have been thought nothing to what it is at pre
sent, when they have every success that they could
have possibly wanted for.—His majefly trembles upon
his throne: he said that he had rather take his family
and go to Hanover, than to sign the independence of
America, but was obliged to do it—l co< Id not have
thought that it would have affeded the people as it does
—You can't have any idea of the matter—lt will hurt
Ned very much, and his tobacco will be worth very
little to him —It was the opinion of the people a fort
night ago, that we Ihould have wintered in Newport ;
but not in this horrid way !— It is enough to make one
shudder to think."
N E W- LONDO N, September 6.
A St. Kitts paper fays, “ By a gentleman whd pat
fed under the Lee of Guadaloupe, in a neutral bottom,
we are informed that he fa w the town of Basseterre, in
Guadalou pe, in flames."
From the St Christopher's Gazette, of July c.
Extras of a letter from Pawles Hook, near New-York,
May 12, 1782.
" You have heard before now of the crazy proceed,
ings of the house of commons, and total change of mini
flers in conlequence of them. Sir Henry Clinton whs
recalled by the former administration with every mark
of disgrace ; he was not everf,ermitted to wait for a
successor, but the command was given to general Ro
bertson 'till fir Guy Carleton Ihould arrive, fir Henry
con eived hopes of retaining his command ; but the
present minivers did not think proper to mend his fitua^
tion ; this day week fir Guy Carleton arrived, contra
ry to expectation, after a very short passage, with pow
ers that never had been given to any commander before.
He is foie commissioner for peace or war ; but the pro
posals he is to make to congress are not exactly known.
We all know, or prerenci to know, that they are fhorc
of independence, and on that ground I believe they will
be rejected without a hearing. "An unlucky affair
happened lately, which has embarrassed us not a little,
and gave the commander in chief much trouble. On
an excursion into Jersey by a party of refugees, a cap
tain Heddy, a notorious villain, was m^de prisoner
and logged in the provost. A Mr. White, a refugee,
was taken about the fame time, and put to de^b in the
cruelest manner, but it was not a deliberate execution.
The refugee board ordered Buddy out of the provost
on pretence of exchanging him, sent him down to San
dy Hook, and hanged him in retaliation. The affair
has been taken up by Mr. Washington, who threatens
to hang up a British captain, if justice is not done on
the refugee. After much canvassing and irresolution,
it was determined to try the commanding officer of the
refugee party who attended the execution, by a gene
ral court martial, but the arrival of fir Guy Carleton,
will most probate y put an end to the business. Uniefs
there had been a prof pefl of the war continuing in. this
country, fir Guy Carleton would not have come out,
and such is the confidence the minifiry repose in bun,
that he has come out on his own terms."
SEPTEMBER^, 17%
(NUMB. 939.