The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1782-09-21 00:00:00, page 3

±Y^HEREAS great damages of the most wanton na
ture,' have been committed bv the armies of
the king of Great-Britain, or their adherents, within
the territory of the united dates of North-America,
unwarranted by the practice of civilized nations, and
only to be accounted for; from the vindictive spirit of
the (aid king and his officers: and whereas an accurate
account and eflimate of such damages, more especially
the waste and deftruftion of property, may be very
ufeful to the people of the united Rates of America, in
forming a future treaty of peace; and in the mean
time may serve to exhibit in a true light to the nations
of Europe, the conduct of the said king, his ministers,
officers and adherents; to the end, therefore, that pro
per measures be taken to afeertain the damages afore
faid, which have been done to the citizens and inhabi
tants of Pennsylvania, in the course of the present war,
within this flare:
Be it . enabled by the representatives of the freemen
of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in general as
fembly met, and by the authority of the fame, That in
every county of this fiate, which has been invaded by
the armies, foldies or adherents of the king of Great-
Britain, the commissioners of every such county, shall
immediately meet together, each within their county,
and iffoe directions to the assessors of the refpeftive
townships, diAri^s and places within such county, to
call upon the inhabitants of every township and place,
to furnifh accounts and eflimates of the damages,
waste, spoil and deftru&ion, which hath been done and
committed as aforefaid, upon the property real or per
sonal, within the fame township or place, since the firft
day of which was in the year of our Lord
177 , and the fame accounts and eßimates to trans
mit to the said commissioners without delay. And if
any perlon or persons, ffiali refufe or negled to make
out such accounts and estimates, the said assessors of
the townfllip or place, shall from their own knowledge,
and by any other reasonable and lawful methods, take
and render such an account and ultimate of all damage
done or committed as aforefaid.
Provided always, That all such accounts and efli
mates, to be made out and traofmitted as aforefaid,
shall contain a narrative of the time and Circumstances,
and if in the power of the person aggrieved, the names
of the general or other officer,or adherent of the enemy,
by whom the damage in any case was done, or under
whose orders the army, detachment, party or persons
committing the fame aided at that time, and also the
name and addition of the person or persons, whose pro
perty was so damaged or defiroyed : and that all such
accounts -and estimates, be made in current money,
^pon oath or affirmation of the fufferer, or of others
having knowledge concerning the fame; and that in
every case it be set forth, whither the party injured
hath received any fatisfa&ion for his loss, and by
whom the fame was given.
And be it further enabled by the authority aforefaid,
That the said commissioners having obtained the said
accounts and estimates from the afleflbr of the several
townships and places, shall proceed to infpea and re
gister the fame in a book to be provided for that pur
pose, dißinguifhing the diftrias and townships, and
entering those of each place together; and if any ac
count and estimate be imperfect or not fufficiently ve
rified and eflablilhed, the said commissioner shall have
power, and they or any two of them are hereby au
thorifed to summon and compel any person, whufe evi•
dence they shall think necessary, to appear before them
at a day and place appointed, to be examined upon
oath or affirmation concerning any damage or injury
as aforefaid ; and the said commissioners shall upon the
call and demand of the president or vice-president of
the supreme executive council, deliver or fend to the
secretary of the said council, all or any of the origi
nal accounts and estimates aforefaid, and shall also de
liver ot fend to the said secretary, copies of the book
aforefaid, or any part or parts thereof, upon reasona
ble notice.
And be it further enabled by the authority aforefaid,
That all losses of negro or mulatto slaves and servants,
who have been deluded and carried away by the ene
mies of the united states, and which have not been re
covered or recompenced, shall be comprehended within
the accounts and estimates aforefaid, and that the
commissioners and assessors of any county, which hath
not been invaded as aforefaid, shall nevertheless inquire
After and procure accounts and estimates of any da
mages fuffered by the loss of such servants and slaves,
as is herein before directed as to other property.
And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid,
That the charges and expences of executing this aft,
as to the pay of the fatd commissioners and assessors,
shall be as in other cases ; and that witneffas shall be re
warded for their loss of time and trouble, as witnesses
summoned to appear in the courts of quarter sessions
of the peace; and the said charges and expences shall
be defrayed by the commonwealth, but paid in the
firft instance out of the monies in the hands of the trea
surer of the county, for county rates and levies, upon
orders drawn by the commissioners of the proper coun
ty.
The Bill intitled, " An ACT, for procuring an esti
mate of the damages sustained by the inhabitants of
Pennsylvania, from the troops and adherents of the king
of Great-Britain, during the present war." Was read
a fecood time,
Ordered to be transcribed and printed for public
Confideradon, Extract from the minutes,
BILL intitled, “ An ACT, for procuring an esti
mate of the damages fuflained by the inhabitants of
Yennfylvania, from the troops and adherents of the
king of Great-Britain, during the prefect war."
S TATE OF PENNSYLVANIA.
In GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
Wednesday, September 18, 1782.
PETER Z. LLOY D,
clerk of the general assembly.
STRAYED or stolen from the fubferiber, on the 30th
day of June last, amall Bay Horse, about 14 bands
high, four years old, a trotter, and was shod all round;
has marks of the collar and backband, having con
stantly worked in a team.
Also flrayed out of a meadow on Tinnecnm Island,
tome time last fall, and it is thought to be running on
Tinnecum, a Brown Horse Colt, three years old pah,
about 14 hands high, has a blaze down his face, is dock,
ed, believe him to have two white feet. Whoever takes
up said Horses, and brings them to the fubferiber, shall
if strayed, receive for e ch or either of them, TEN
DOLLARS Reward, and if flolen TWENTY DOL
LARS for each, and TWENTY DOLLARS for the
Thief, and reasonable charges.
August 2. ABRAHAM KINTZING,
Southwark, Sep. 19, 1782.
Eight Dollars Reward.
STOLEN out o' the liable of the fubferiber, last
° night, two HORSES, the one a dark brown, about
three years old, between 12 and 13 hands higa, tr^
and pacer, is branded on his left (boulder I. M C. hit
hind hoofs white, has the ftratebes on hir left hind foot.
The other horse, a chelnut bay, between 10 and it
yearsold, a nanral trotter, about 13 or 14 . bands hg%
is very hollow back'd, has no other pannuar mika,
except a fiddle spot on the hinder part rs h's back.
Whoever brings them to the fubferiber, shall receive
the above reward, or Four Djllirs for race, and rea#
fonable charges, paid by JOHN JEREMIAH.
Bucks County, Sep. 13, 1782.
V Y virtue of a writ of Teftatam Venditioni Expo-
Dnas to me directed, will be exposed to public ia!e,
on Thutfdai, the 3d d>y of October next, at 3 o'ceck
in rhe afternoon, at Newtown, a certain TRACT of
LAND, fituste in Penrfborough Manor, adjoining the
river Delaware, bounded by the lands of Joleph Kirk
bride, enquire, and Th.mas Ritche, containing 300 acr,
(more or le.&) of excellent good land, and whereon is
erected a dwelling house, barn, orchards and bank mea
dow; it is the capital meffuage and place Served out
of the Miner aforefaid by the firft proprietors of this
State ; late the propertv of Rich.rd Penn, enquire, leiz
ed and taken in execuri r, by
GEORGE WALL, Sheriff.
By His Excellency WILLIAM MOORE, Enquire,
President, and t.'e Supreme Executive Council of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania:
A PROCLAMATION.
WHERE AS it has been represented to the su
preme executive council, that divert seamen,
belonging to the ships of war of his most chriftian ma
jesty, the great and good ally of these united states,
have deserted, and probably may remain concealed in
or near the city of Philadelphia. And whereas it is of
the utmost consequence to these united states, as much
as possible to discourage and prevent such desertions,
and apprehend, secure and return to their officers all
deserters from the fleets of his most chriflian majesty:
We do hereby ftridly charge, enjoin and require all
judges, justices, fheriffs and other peace officers, to
use their utmost diligence to apprehend, secure and
return to the consul or vice consul of his most chrifti
an majesty, all such deserters as may be found within
this Rate. And we do hereby @arn'ftly recommend
to the good citizens of the Rate to give, with the
greatest alacrity, their aid and assistance, in all lawful
measures, for so apprehending, securing and returning
all such deserters.
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Imported in the Herr Adami, from Amsterdam, and
now opening by
John Barclay, & Co.
fo'AMILV BIBLES,
Superfine cloths,
India tafia as,
Bandana handler rehiefs,
Russia sheetings,
Ruflia fail duck,
Ravens duck,
Linen and cotton checks,
Flanders linen, ,
Cambricks and lawns,
Needles,
Dutch ftrieps,
A Urge affurtmert of cutlery,
Medicine,
Nutmegs,
Window glass of various sizes,
Cordage, &- &c.
Given in council, under the hand of his excel
lency WILLIAM MOORE, tfquire, presi
dent, and the leal of the Rate, at Philadelphia,
this twentieth day of September, in the year
of our Lord one tboufand (even hundred and
eighty-two.
WILLIAM MOORE, president.
Attest. Ty.„Matlack, secretary.
GOD SAVE THE COMMONWEALTH.
The Schooner Lady Washington,
With her cargo, abcut one hundred barrels 01 flour,
as the now Uys at Mr. Willing'^ wharff; being a prize,
taken by the Ihip Hyder Ally.
By order of the court of admiralty,
CLEMENT BIDDLE, marshal.
Philadelphia, September 17, 1782.
On TUESDA Y th# 24-h inßan', at 12 o'clock at
NOO N, t the COFFEE-HOUSE, will be Sold by
Public Auction,
One Hundred Dollars Reward.
A* the COFFEE-HOUSE, on WEDNESDAY ne^
the 25th instant, at Twelve o'clock,
Will be Sold by Public Audiofy
Three LOTS of GROUND,
Situate on the north fide of Chefnut- flreet, betweeri
sixth and seventh-streets, from Schuylkill,containing iri
breadth, east and weft, sixty-six feet, and in length of
depth, north and fftth, one hundred and seventy-eight
feet, fenced round with a new post and rail fence, well
manured, and a good pump funk in the fame.
The conditions will be made known at the time of sale.
Sep. 2> . JOHN BAYARD, auctioneer.
Just Published at Bell's Book-Store, near St. Paul's
Church, in Third-street,
[ Price Half a Dollar,]
The First V&lum^ of
EMMA CORBETT:
EXHIBITING
HENRY and EMMA,
THE
FAITHFUL MODERN LOVERS ;
As Delineated by themselves, in their original
Letters.
Publifh^ by COURTNEY MELMOTH, Author of
the Pupil of Pleasure, &c &c.
Ah pals not yet. If thou didst ever knew
The tendcreft touches of impaffion'd woe !
Pals not : If truth, and fortitude, and love,
Can Ray thy foottteps, or thy spirit move!
Monument of Emma;
September 20, 1782.
BELL's Book-Store, in T irAltreet.
The Second Volume of this new and entertaining Work,
will be published about fourteen days from this date ;
and the Third Volume, which will complete the
who e Work, will also be finifhed about one month
fiom this date— Price Half a Dollar, each volume.
Now Selling at BELL's Book-Store, in Third-lbeet.
I. Lord Littleton's Familiar Letters to bis Friends;
with his Poems on several occasions.— Price One
Dollar.
2. The Budget of Love ; being Letters which passed
between the present Prince of Wa!m and Mrs.
Ro^infon, of Bristol, under the borrowed names
ot F'obzd and Perdita ; with interesting Anec
dotes of the fair Heroine,—One Dollar.
3, Lesson, in Elocution : being modern miscellaneous
Pieces, from the best Authors; for the perusal of
lerfons of taste and the improvement of youth—•
Price Three Dollars.
4. Perry's Royal Standard English Dictionary : exhi
biting the molt accurate spelling, and the true
pronounciation of words, according to the present
prattice of men of letters, eminent orators and po
lite ("peakers in London; upon a plan perfealy
plain and entirely new.—Six Dollars.
5. Entick'sEngl lb Di&ionary, for the pocket. —Six
Dollais.
6. French and English Dictionary, with the English
and French D iftionary, for the pocket, by Nugent.
—Ten Dollars.
7. Ariftote's Master-Piece, wuh Directions for Mick
wives: complete in tnree parts —Price Two Dol
lars.
8. Sheridan's Genuine School for Scandal.—One Dol-
la.
9. Pupil of Pleasure, by Melmoth.—Three Dollars.
10. Revolution of America, by the honed and phno
fophical Abbe RaynaL Price One Dollar.
ALSO, Great variety of curious and ufeful Books, in
hiltory, divinity, voyages, travels, poetry, plays, no
vels, and entertainment, with medical and surgical
Works, Latin and Greek Classics, and every Curiosity,
whither old or new, that is come-at-able, in the Ame
rican world of books, may be had at bid BELL',
Book-Acre, near St. Paul's church in Third-street,
Philadelphia. September 20.
ALL periods indented to the Ettte of HENRY
LEIBER, Shop-keeper, of this city, deceased,
are desired to make immediate payment; and those
who have any demands against said Estate, to bring in
their accounts properly adjusted, that they may be fet
tle !, by FRANCIS LEIBER, adminiftratcr.
N. B. A large and fmali VICE to be Sold, with sun
dry C rpenters Tools, at the corner of Fifth and Arch-
Streets. Philadelphia, Sep. 23.
THE trustees of the college of New-Jufey, are re
queued to remember that the annual meeting for
commencement is on Wednesday the 2 sth of Sept. inst.
when their attendance will be the more necessary, as at
the meeting in April there was not a fufficient number
to do buhnefs.
On Tuesday the 24th the grammar school will be pub^
liciy examined, and in the afternoon of that day, there
will be a competition on several different branches, par
ticularly on English grammar and pronouncing English
oratiQi s. Premiums will be diftriouted to the viflors
by the fuffrage of all the graduates of the college of
New-Jer f-y, 0 of any other college, who may be pre
bnr at the exhibition.
The flore of the fubferiber w^s
rroke open latt night, and robbed ot the following
goods, v z. two pieces fine Dutch linen, 1 piece Laval
do. 2 pieces brown and blue fhalioons, 1 doz. white
Bare dona handkerchiefs, 1 and 1 3 doz. coloured do.
I doz. linen do. 1 piece white fik lace, 7 Is threads,
z pair women's black c dlimancce shoes, 1 dcz. women's
Icillarr, with sundry other articles. Whoever appre
hends and secures the thief cr thieves and goo s, io that
the goods may he again recovered, shall be entitled to
the a^ove reward or in proportion icr any p^t thereof,
Sept. 9 . JOHN KLINGS
I ENrOU NO) KhWARD