The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1779-09-25 00:00:00, page 1

W A N TE D,
AC OUNTING - HOUSE situated either in
Front or Water-streets, with or without stores ad
joining. Apply to the Printer.
To be SOLD by the Subscriber,
Living in Kingfef; township, Philadelphia county,
FOUR horses, young and suitable for either
saddle or carriage. Likewise two MARES; one
lull bred, very stout, beautifully marked, and with foal
by the imported horse Creole ; the other 7-8, with foal
by a 7-8 horse called Sterling.
MATTHEW JONES.
An ACT <o appoint a Representation for the City of Phila
delphia, and the federal Counties in this Commonwealth,
in proportion to the number of taxable inhabitants in each.
WHEREAS it is declared in and by the seven
teenth Sedion of the Conftitutiqh of this Com
monwealth, that “ as a representation in proportion to
the number 'of taxable inhabitants, is the only' principle
which can at all times secure liberty, arid make the voice
ofa majority of the people the law of the land; therefore
the General Assembly shall cause compleat lifts of the tax
able inhabitants in the city and each county in the Com
monwealth refpedively, to be taken and returned to them
on or before the last meeting cf the Assembly, elected in
the year One thousand seven hundred and 'feventy.eight,
and shall appoint a representation to each, in proportion
to the number of taxables in such returns, which reprefen
rations shal l continue for the next seven years afterwards:
AND WHERE AS an Aft of Assembly was pas
sed on the twenty-ninth day of March last, to afeertain
the number of taxable inhabitants within the city of Phila
delphia, and within each of the counties of this Common
wealth ; in pursuance of which, returns from the'faid city
and the several counties (except the county of Weftmore
land, which from the Indian incursions and the disputed
boundary with Virginia was unable to fend any such re
turns) containing the number of taxable inhabitants within
each, have been made to this Assembly :
In compliance therefore with the directions of the said
Conflitution,
Be it enabled, and it „ hereby ena^ed, by the Refers
fentatives of tpe Freemen of the Commonwealth of Pennfyl
mania, tn General Assembly met, and by the authority of the
fame, That the freemen of thecity of Philadelphia and of
each of the counties within this Commonwealth, who are
or shall be qualified to vote for Representatives, by the laws
thereof, for the time being, sh 11 on the second Tuesday
in October next, and on the fame day in each of the next
fix succeeding years, and in the manner and form direct
ed by the said laws, chufe the number of persons hereafter
refpeaively mentioned, to represent them in General As
sembly for each of the said seven years, that is to fay:
Fer the city of Philadelphia, five; for the county of
Philadelphia, nine; for the county of Bucks, five; for
the county of Chester, eight; forthecounty of Lancaster,
eleven ; for the county of York, eight ; for the county of
Cumberland, seven ; for the county of Berks, fix ; for
the county of Northampton, five; for the county of
Bedford, two ; for the county of Northumberland, three ;
for the county of Weftmorbland, three; which per
sons, to chosen, shall be the General Assembly of Repre
sentatives of the freemen of Pennsylvania, and shall have
all and every the powers thereof for and during each of
the said seven years refpedively, according to the direc
tions and the true intent and meaning of the said Constitu
tion, and the Laws which are or shall be made in pursuance
thereof.
^ 0 be SCL J) by Public Vendue,
On Saturday the 35 th instant, at One e'clock in the
afternoon, at JOHN KLING's Vendue-ftore,
the upper end of Second-ftrect,
TWO or three compkat setts of Blackfmithi Tools,
almost new; a quantity of Bees- Wax, and a fine
assortment of Books. Also sundry Houfhold and Kitch
en Furniture and Wearing Apparel.
N. B. Goods received at said store for public or pri
vate fate on commissions.
And be it farther enabled, That whensoever the returns
of taxables shall be made by the county of Weftmoreland,
the said county shall ete& a number of Members to serve in
the General Affembf,for the said county for the remain
der of the said seven years, as nearly as may be in propor
tion to the number of taxables so returned, that is to fay,
one Member for every seven hundred and fifty-three tax
ables. JOHN BAYARD, Speaker.
Enaßed into a Lam at Pbuddelpbia, on Friday the
twenty-fourth day of September, in the year of our
Lord One thousand seven hundred andfeventy-nine.
J 0 HN MORRI S, Jun.
Clerk of the General Assembly.
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SATURDAY,
PHILADELPHIA.
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ft*^ H E Congress, I presume, from an apprehension that
& I was largely indebted to the United States, on the
10th of June last was pleased to pass the following Resolve,
viz.
" The Committee on the Treasury having reported,
that in obedience to the order of Congress they have refer
red the accounts of General Count Pulaski's fegion to the
Auditors of Accounts for the main army ; that for want
of regularity in keeping those accounts, and of proper
vouchers agreeable to the direHions of Congress and the
Board of Treasury, Auditor Johnston has reported to them
that it is impracticable to fettle the said accounts, as ap
pears from his report and remarks accompanying their
reports.
" Resolved, That the Commanding Officer of the de
tachment of the army serving in South-Carolina and Geor
gia, be authorifed to appoint a Pay-master for the said le
gion, and that Capt. Baldefqui, the present Pay-master,
be detained until he shall have produced competent vouch
ers, and fettled the accounts of the said legion."
Confeious of my innocence, and ability to render a just
account of all the public monies which ever came into my
hands, I regretted extremely that such an implied stigma
on my character should appear in their Journals, and be
published as it was in the news-papers to the world : But
I chose to be silent, 'till an examination of my accounts
should demonstrate their truth and my integrity. And
now, to efface any impressions which the said Resolve may
have unfortunately made to my disadvantage, I beg leave
to lay before the Public the report of the Auditors on my
accounts, which is as follows, viz.
" This is to certify, That Capt. Joseph Baldefqui, Pay
master to General Count Pulaski's legion, has fettled his
accounts in this office as Pay-master aforefaid, to the firft
of March laft,* in which he credits the United States with
the sum of Forty-three thousand five hundred Dollars, re
ceived at sundry times from the Board of War, on which
there appears a balance of One thousand two hundred and
fix Dollars and T venty-one ninetieths due to him, for which
a warrant is granted. No.
Auditors Office, ) Under Signed, ) Auditors of
Weft-Point, <James Johnston, [ Accounts,
August 24, 1779. J Joseph Howell, Jun. 3 Main Army.
* Ihave received no public money face that time.
I. BALDESQUI, Captain and Pay-Master
to General Count Pulaski's legion. *
Philadelphia, September 20, 1779.
TO BE SO L D,
A SHALLOP lying at Capt. Thomas's wharf, on
the head of North East, within half a mile of .
Charleftown, Caecil county, Maryland, upwards of
e r ht hundred bushels burthen, handing and running
rigging good. For particulars enquire of
THOMAS WALLACE.
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Port of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ff.
TO ALL whomit may concern.
RJOTICE is hereby given, That a Court of Ad
miralty will be held at the State house in the city
of Philadelphia, on the fourteenth day of Oftober next,
at Ten o'clock in the forenoon of the fame day, then
and there to try the truth of the fads alledged in the bill
of George Geddes, ( who a# well, &c. ) against the
brig called the Richmond, &c. To the end and intent
that the owner or owners thereof, or any person con
cerned therein, may appear and (hew cause, if any they
have, why the fame should not be condemned according
to the prayer of the said bill.
By order of the Juage,
September 17. ANDREW ROBESON, Reg.
Port of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ff.
TO ALL whom it may concern.
OTICE is hereby given, That a Court of Admi
ralty will be held at the State-House in the city of
Philadelphia, on the fourteenth day of October next, at
Ten o'clock in the forenoon of the fame day, #hen and
there to try the truth of the f a &s alledged in the bill of
George Geddes, (who as well, &c,) against the brig or
vessel called the Ellen, &c. To the end and intent that
the owner or owners thereof, or any person concerned
therein, may appear and shew cause, if any they have,
why the fame fhoiud not be condemned according to the
pra) erof the said bill.
By order of the Judge,
September 17. ANDREW ROBESON, Reg.
TO BE SOL D,
A^' ° WENCH with her child ; the child
is fifteen months old, and a girl. Likewise two
BO YS, one ten years old and the other five, both
have had the small-pox and measles. Enquire of RO
- §MIT H, in Southwark, near Mr. Thomas
Fenrofe s, or at his Sail-loft on Hamilton's wharf. 12
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ADVERTISER
SEPTEMBER 2 §, 1774.
JOHN DUNLAR
Father Abraham's ALMANACKS,
For the YEAR 1780,
TO BE SOLD BY,
JOHN DUNLA P.
GERMAN ALMANACKS,
For the YEAR 1780,
TO BE SOLD BY
JOHN DUNL A P.
WANTED to PURCHASE,
A NEGRO WENCH acquainted with cooking
and house-work; also a NEGRO MAN or
BOY for family purposes, taking care cf horses, &~.
Enquire of CHARLES YOUNG, the corner of
Lombard and Third-hreets, Philadelphia.
________ ______
Two Hundred Dollars Reward.
WAS SBOLEN from the fubfaib^r, living in
Montgomery township, Philadelphia county, in
the night of the feven.h inst. (Septemhei) t^o likely
HORSES, one a brown hay, four years old, about
fifteen hands high, pace, arid trots well, a small white
on his near hind foot, no brand or ear mark that can
be remembered, no shoes on.' The other a bright bay,
about fourteen hands high, seven or eight years old, a
large star in his forehead, branded on the near buttock
thus, A R S, has a remarkable fnorr t^il, good courage,
paces, trots and carries well, lately ihod before. Who
ever secures said horfer and the thief, so that the owner
may have his horses and the thief be brought to justice,
(hall receive the above reward, or Fifty Dollars for
each horse, and all reasonable charges if brought home,
P aid by JOHN NAYLOR.
Wilmington, September 177 g.
WHEREAS William Wallace put
so nt Goods on board a fhallop at Philadelphia,
consigned and marked for the fubferiber, in order to
elude the resolutions of the Committees, and the said
Wallace, after delivering the said Goods to another
person, disappeared. This is therefore to caution ail
persons against taking such liberties with my character
in future, as I never have nor shall give countenance to
such proceedings.
P. HACKET, A. Com. of Issues.
WILLIAM TRI CKET T,
Stationer and Book-Binder,
Next door to the Coffee-houfe, i, Front-street,
HA S made up a large assortment of Ledgers, Jour
nals and Day-books of various sizes, bound in the
strongest and neatest manner. He fells all forts of
Writing Paper of the best quality, and Dutch Cartridge
Paper, with all forts of Stationary Ware, wholesale and
retail.
He gives the Highest Price for CLEAN LINEN
RAGS and OLD SAILS.
N. B. CHARTS of the Delaware Bay and River,
corrected from the best surveys.
COFFIN FURNITURE,
MADE and SOLD by the fubferibers in Front
ftreet, between Market and Arch streets,
Philadelphia.
PE RS ON S wanting large quantities are requested
"^^,mely notice, as materials are very scarce.
I be best prices given by them for block tin, pewter
and lead.
POCKET and SHEET ALMANACKS
for the year 1780, are likewise fold at the fubferibers,
engraved on copper, having a curious likeness
of H:s Excellency General Washington. Also a great
variety of Childrens Books, Paper Hangings, &c
THOMAS NEVELL;
THOMAS BEDWELL,
JOHN NORMAN.
WANTE D,
In one of the Public Offices in this city,'
A CLERK who writes a good hand, can be we ^
recommended, and understands book keeping arid
account, Very genteel wages will be given to per
lon whole character and abilities are adequate to the
above description. Enquire of the Printer.
The HIGHEST PRICE
IS GIVEN FOR
CLEAN LINENRAGS
BY
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