The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1779-05-25 00:00:00, page 1

PHILADELPHIA.
A SUPPLEMENT to the A 9 intitled, ''An afl for
emitting the sum of,two bundled tkiufand. pounds io tills
of credit, for the defence of this State, and providing a
fundJot*finking the fame, by a tax on ad elates, real and
personal, and on all takabtes within the fame, and also
to the aft, intitkd "An a& for raping the sum of fix
hundred and invent, tboufmd dollars Jor the use of the
United States of America."
WHEREAS by the deviation and deftruHion
of private property, in sundry ofthe interior coun
ties of this State; by the British army, and the frequent
.inroads of the Savages, and others the emissaries of Great- #
Britain, upon the frontier counties, a very considerable
number of the inhabitant's are rendered incapable of pay
ing their several proportions of the public taxes, as well
t^ofe laid for defraying the particular expenditures of this
State, as of the fix hundred and twenty thousand dollars,
ordered to be railed for the use of the United States.
AN D WHEREAS these xliftreffes have befallen
the said inhabitants, in consequence of their attachment to
the common cause, and not from any particular fault of
theirs: Therefore,
Be it enaaed, and it is beret, enabled by the Reprcfe.tr
tivo of the Freemen, of the Commonwealth of Pennylvania,
in General AfrmU, met. and by the authority of the fame,
That the Commissioners and Assessors or a majority of
them, of the city and county of Philadelphia, t.e counties
@f Chester, Cumberland, Northampton, Bedford, North
umberland and Weftmoreland, are hereby authorised to
exonerate and difeharge such of their taxable inhabitants,
as shall make Efficient proof, or for or in behalf of whom
Sufficient proof shall be made to the said Commissioners and
Assessors refpe&bely, of their having been driven off and
diferifeffed cf their settlements, or otherwise disabled by^
t?e enemy to pay their refpeßive taxes, from the payment
of the several fums,or such parts thereof as they shall deem
just and reafonablCi with which they m 7 be or ought to
have been charged, as well of the tax of Five Shillings in
the pound, imposed by an ad passed the'twentieth day of
March, Anno Domini, One thotfand seven hundred and
fevepty-feven, as of their refpe£tive quot<s of the fix hun
dred and twenty thousand dollars, directed to beraifed for
the use of the United States, which rcmiffion or mitigation
shall only be made, in favor of those who have bona fide
fuffered by the incurfiorfs or inroads of the common ene
my, and in such proportions as their several losses of pro
perty justly demand.
And be it further enabled 6, the authority aforefaid, That
the Commissioners and Assessors of the said city and coun^
ties refpeHively, shall transmit to the General Assembly a
lift of the names of the persons so exonerated, fisting the
particular sums so remitted to each particular person; and
tha't the deficiencies which may arif@ in railing the quotas
of the said city and counties by reason hereof, shall be paid
and made good out of the State-Taxes, which shall be le
vied and raised hereafter.
And be it further enabled by the authority aforefaid, That
so much of the said ads to which this is a supplement, as
is herein altered, fuppli«d or amended, is hereby repealed
and declared null and void.
JOHN BAYARD, Speaker.
Enabled into a law at Philadelphia, on Saturday the
twentieth day of Mtircb, in the year of our Lord One
tbdufand seven hundred and fervent,-nine.
JOHN MORRIS, Junior,
Clerk of the General Assembly.
Afurtber SUPPLEMENT to the AH intitled, « Ar.
Afi for fettling the accounts of the late Gerami tee And
Council oj Safety,
WHEREAS it is of the utmost importance that
the public accounts be fettled with all possible ex
pedition.
AND WHEREAS, from the representation of the
Auditors, appointed by the said supplement for that pur
pose, to this House, it Appears necessary to extend the
powers of the said Auditors, so as to give them authority
to fettle the accounts of the Navy Board and Board of
War of this State, and such other accounts as may be in
timately connected with them,
Be it therefore enabled, and it is hereby enabled by the
Representatives of the Freemen of the Csmmonuealib of
Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met, and by the autho
rity of the fame. That the (aid Auditors be, and they
hereby are nominated and appointed Auditors, for the
purpose of fettling the accounts of the State Navy Board
and Board of War, and such other accounts as may be in
timately connected with them; and they are hereby iri
vefted with the fame power and authority for the fettlesp&t
cf those accounts, as are given to them by tie said ads,
for fettling and adjusting the accounts of the kite Commit
tee and Council of Safety of this State,
AND WHEREAS several persons who fland ac
countable for large sums of money, received by order of
„ the Committee and Council of Safety of this State, cannot
fcp,ort many of their charges by regular vouchers, al-
TUESDAY, , MAY so.
OR ' I THE.
Gr E N E R At L# <A.DVER.TISER.
[ Price 2S. 6d. single, 2s. by the quantity. Published every Taefday, Thursday and Saturday. ]
though from the character of the parties and other atten
dant circumstances, there is no reason to doubt of the jufc
nefs of them, by which failure it is apprehended many ho
nest men may be greatly injured in their estate if regular
vouchers should foe in all cases required : \
It is enabled by the authority aJoYefaid, That under such
circumstances, the said Auditors, er either of them, be,
and they are hereby empowered to administer the oath or
affirmation of the party exhibiting such charges, and to
admit the fame, as proof to exonerate such accountarft^ of
such sums as to the said Auditors ffiall appear to have been
justly expended for th^ use and purpose for which the
fame were intended.
JOHN BAYARD, Speaker.
Enabled into a law at Philadelphia, on Wednesday the
thirty-fief day oj March, in the year One thousand
seven hundred and seventy-nine.
JOHN MORRIS, Junior,
Clerk of the General Assembly.
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JOHN B'E NEZET,
. Has for SALE,
CL AYED Sugars in bogheads and barrels; a few
pipes of very excellent Madeira ; also a quantity
G 1 Glass Phials, of differ,nt fix's, in togfheacs.
N. B. HecontiniCT 10 purchase LOAN OFFICE
CERTIFICATES, bearing interest payable in
F^nce; aifo BILLS for interest due on such Certifi
cates, for which be gives the very highest advance,
FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD.
SUPPOSED ,o be ft.l n on Sundry the 23d inst.
(May) a bright bay GELDING, about tourtetn
hands high, five years old thit igrafs, neither brand nor
ear mark, with white hind fat, and black mane and
tail. Whoever has got said Gelding, and will deliver
him to the fubferiher, living in Manihgton townOhp,
York county, about telinites from Carl.fie, fhxll have
the above reward. JAMES DILL.
'^ ta-___ c—
BROKE into the indofure of the fubferiber,
in the diftri& of Southwark, Philadelphia county,
feme time ago, a BAY MARE, about fi< years old,
fourteen hands high, paces Mid trots. The owner by
proving his property and paying charges may have her
again.
Ma, 2%. JOSEPH JOHNSON.
On WEDNESDAY, the 26th May, will be fold at
Public Auction, on Plumflead's Wharf, at ten o'clock
in the forenoon,
ABOUT 160 Hogsheads Molasses,
14 Cases Geneva, and
7 Pieces Sail-cloth.
The cargo cf the Prize Brig Sally.
By order of the Court of Admiralty,
MATTHEW CLARKSON, Marshal.
N. B. The money to be paid on delivery pf the bills.
Forks, Ma, 18. 1779.
To be S 0 L D at Public Vendue,'
On the firft day of June nex', at the Forks of Little
Egg Harbour.
THE SLOOP INDUSTRY, burthen about
forty tens; a new Bermudian-built vessel, fails
remarkably well, and her fails and rigging very g^od)
At the fame time will be fold, her Cargo of'Turks-
Ifhnd S ALT, of about four hundred bushels.
JOSEPH BALL.
N. B. The inventory of said Sloop to be fecn at the
Coffee-houfe. 4.
Philadelphia, Ma, 8.
To be SCL Dby Public Vendue,
At the Coffee-houfe, on Saturday the twenty ninth iri
" ftant, at S'x o'clock in the evening, .if net fold be
fore by private,fate,
A LOT of GROUND, forty feet front by one
huu ;red and foity feet deep, fitnate in Southwark,
on the weft fide of Frout-ftreet continued, whereon are
the walls of a brick two-story hcufe and chimney, in
good order, eighteen feet fquhre, with a good cellar
under the whole; fubjea to a ground rent of four pounds
Pennedvania currency per annum. Also another LOT
thirty fix feet front by one hundred and twenty feet
deep, whereon are two twa-ftory chiefly brick hopfes,
twenty-eight feet front by thirty feet deep, with gcod
cellars ; clear of ground rent and all incumbrance.
Whoever inclines to purchase before the day of sale may
view the premises and know the teres by applying to
the fubferiber, living in Front-fceet, at the sign of the
Fountain, EDWARD BARRETT
The HIGHEST PRICE
IS GIVEN FOR
CLEAN LINEN RAGS,
% BY
J 0 H N DUNL A P.
TO BE SO L D,
A Genteel P H ^ T O N,
Enquire of TENCH CO XE.
THE Members of the Library Company of
Philadelphia,, so are io arrears, are requested
to make immediate payment to Samuel Sansom,
Treasurer, to prevent a forfeiture of their Glares, a g:e^
able to the law? cf the Company.
„ ^ ord er of the Dire o %rs.
I btladdphta, Ma, 11, 1779.
Philadelphia, May
TO BE SOLD,
TH AT valuable trad of land situate in Turkey
loot townfoip, in the county of Bedford, contain
ing three @ndied acr^s, known by th^ name of White's
r^rm, on wl.rch are a well-built log house two ftorieg
high, a forge barn, and about forty hcres of land well
cleared and fenced, the greatest part of which is excel
lent Toothy m3jo#, and sixty acres more ma, tafily
be made and well watered ; the upland exceed.ng rich
end level, being only twenty few, miles distant from
the Potomack river. For terms apply to
'JOHN VANDEREN, Jun.
Kent County, Maryland, Ma, 11.
To be SOLD by the Subscriber,
UPWARDS of sixteen hundred buflu.s us R Y
BARLEY and MALT.
o' MILLER who can be well recommended for
his knowledge in that befineCs, sobriety and indatirf,
would be taken into partnership in his grist mills, situ
ated in the county aferefaid, one of the meft health,
and pleasant parts cf this State, cenvedient both to Bal
timore and Philadelphia markets, and where the great
est plenty of the best wheat is raised yearly. Those milk
are at compleat as any in America, with two pairs 0:
burr millstones and one pair of country di.to, and plen
ty of water in the dry seasons.
The fubferiber is about to ere& two new Fullim.mills,
"d ^° u 'd give the bet encouragement to a good
CLOTHIE R, who can be recommended as aforefaid.
He may have part of the profits of the said mills for his
wages.
For sale, two pairs of good MILLSTONES,
one pair Oologies and (he other Brandvwines.
ISAAC PERKINS.
r Philadelphia, Ma, ig.
HE Subferiber having taken that commo-
X dious and well fitucted store lately occupied by
Moles Cox, the corner of Spruce and Second-treats,
and facing the Drawbridge, intends to use it for the
Vendue Business, where Goods will be received and fold
at private falc, on moderate commissions, Likewise the
Goods and Chattels of deceased persons, and of persons
about to remove ; also Goofls seized for fines und debts
"' e ™y '° rt w "l be received and fold by public vendue,
at the shortest notice, agreeable to Law, which he is
determined not to violate in the least refpc&.
He has for sale, new and old failles for 24, 18 and is
light windows; a piece of Singling fifteen feet high by
seventeen feet wide; two cotton looms with reeds,
geers, &c, a chain for a flat, houlhold furniture, &:. &c.
Those who chute to employ him in the sale of Lots
and Houses, can be fernilhed with neat plans thereof
for exhibition, by their humble fervent,
_ THOMAS HALE.
TH E Creditors of John Bainbridge, late
of Newjerfey, decealed, are desired to call upon
the fubferiber in Market street, near Second-street, Phi
ladelphia, in one month from the date hereof, for a-di
vidend of the monies now in my hands. Those who de
nor apply will be excluded.
M9U- 4. C. CLA Y.
Sherman's Kallev, April 17.
BROUGHT away by a Militia-man out
of Chester county, in September 1777, a. bay
MAR E, seven years old, dark mane and tail, between
fourteen and fifteen hands high, trots and paces, neither
brand nor ear mark. Any person applying to Alex
ander Murray, Esq; in Teboyn township, Cumber
land court,, may be informed of Aid mare.