The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1782-10-26 00:00:00, page 1

On MONDAY,
The Twenty-eighth instant, October, at Ten o'clock
in the Forenoon, at the Marshal's Wharff, between
Arch and Race- streets,
Will be Sold by Public Auction,
One Hundred and Seventy Barrels
FL O U R,
, And Two Hundred Kegs
BREA D,
in small Lotts :
And at Twelve o'clock at Noon, of fame
Day, at the Coffze-Houfe, will be S 0 L D The
Sloop D O V E,
With her Tackle, Apparel, and Furniture, agreeable
to inventory to be seen at the place of file. Said ves
sel and cargo taken by the fate thip of war Hyder Ally,
and condemned in the court of admiralty for this Rate.
1 By order of the court,
CLEMENT BIDDLE, mar(ha!.
RAN-AWAY last Sunday evening from the fubferi
ber, a Negro Wench, named PHEBE, is about
28 or 30 years of age, (he is very lusty, and most peo
ple take her for a Mulatto ; (he is full faced, and has a
forbidding countenance, the took with her a lusty, fat
female Mulatto child, between 2 or 3 years old, flic was
seen last Monday morning, between Second-street bridge
and the Draw-bridge, and is no doubt concealed by
some free Negroes, in or about the town. Whoever
secures her so that the fubferiber can get her again, fhaß
have the above reward and reasonable charges, paid by
June 4. THOMAS CULLEN.
Thirty Dollars Reward.
RAN-AWAY on the 9th September, from the
fubferiber, a negro Fellow named STAFFORD,
about 18 years of age, thin visage, with pretty
large lips and small legs, and in general does not look
very pleasant. He is very artful and no doubt will en
deavour to pass as a free man : bad on when he went
away, a small black hat with a small black feather in it,
Short brown cloth coat with a red velvet cape, scarlet
waiftcoar, brown breeches with thread ftockings,and a
pair of pumps with pinchbeck buckles in them. Who
ever will deliver the laid Negro to the Warden of the
Work-house or the fubferiber, living in Philadelphia,
in Third-street between Vine and Race streets, (hall have
the above Reward and all reasonable Charges paid, by
0&0. 18. EDWARD NORTH.
N. B. The coat and waistcoat has been turned,
OThich is visible by the button-holes.
Port of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ff.
To ALL whom it may concern,
NOTICE is hereby given, that a Court of Admi
ralty will be held at the State-house, in the city
of Philadelphia, on Saturday the 26th of O&o
---ber, instant, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, for the
tii,l of the Sloop or Veflel called the JAMES, Peter
Drummend late owner and master, taken in the bay of
Delaware, on her passage from Morris-river, in New-
Jersey, to this port, by the armed Whaleboat Black
Snake, commanded by Richardson Davenport, and re
taken, sent into this port and libelled against as prize,
by John Kemp, esquire (qui tarn, &c.) To the end,
that all persons concerned may appear and shew cause,
if any there be, wherefore a decree should not pass pur
faant to the prayer of the libel, &c.
By order of tie judge,
0&3. 21, 178 a. JAMES READ, register.
A CITY COURT will be held at the Court House,
in this city, on Monday the 28th instant, at ten
o'clock in the forenoon, of which all persons bound by
recognizance to appear thereat, and all city constables
are to take notice and give their attendance according
ly. All public house keepers within the city who (hall
not then have taken out their licences for this year will
be prosecuted according to law.
WILLIAM WILL, fheriff.
Philadelphia, Odober 16, 1782.
A Miller who understands the
management of a merchant mill is wanted to go to
Maryland. Such a person with a wife and small fa
mily, or a single man, would be treated with by apfly
ing to CLEMENT BIDDLE. O&o. 21.
SATURDAY,
VOL. XLI
slttiffi^^
Eight Dollars Reward.
GENERAL ADVERTISER.
Published EVERY TUESDAY, THURSDAY and SATURDAY.—Price Six-Pence.
Just come to hand by the l*ft v<ff,h from France, and
to be SOLD by
Jonas Phillips,
At hit STORE in Market Greet, between Front and
Second ftrrets,
A Quantity of goose, ducK
and pidgeon SHOT ; china dishes and platen,
tureens and soup diflies, blankets and rugs,
broad cloths, coatings, naps and flannel', < rtele and
britannia linens, chintzes and calicoes, ^h&ir colour and
red image bed Muni me editors. writing paper,
worsted fit for knitting flockings, teady made ihirts,
fine lace ruffles and edgings, with sundry other dry goods;
likewise a few kegs of green foie Swedish tear, tor fa
mily use, equally as good a: Caribe soap, with lundry
dry goods of various kinds.
N. B. A vacant lot of ground in Race-street, near
Third-rtreer, to be fold. Ei quire as above.
Just Imported and 10 be Sold, By
Thomas Randall & Co.
In Front-street, a few Doots above Market.ftreet,
WEST-India Rum by the hogshead,
Window Gafs by the box,
Tin in calks and boxes,
Pig Lead.
Also, Sug^r, Coffee and Tea.
Alfc, A Variety of DRY GOODS by the bale.
THOMAS IRWIN
Has a few Bales of Beaver
(Of the First Quality) For SALE.
French Army Bills of Exchange,
At THIRTY Days Sight,
FOR SA L L, Bt
John Chaloner.
At the City Au&ion,
On MONDAY Next,
The 28th of October,
At NINE o'clock in the MORNIN G,
Will begin the SALE,
Of a GENERAL ASSORTMENT of
MERCHANDIZE,
Houfhoid Goods, Kitchen Furniture
AND
WEARING APPAREL, &c.
JOHN BAYARD, Auctioneer.
N. B. The Citv Auction will be held for the future
on every MONDAY. As conGant Attendance is giv
en at the Store for the Recention of Goods, it is desir
ed (when not inconvenient) that the Goods may be
sent before the Day of Sale.
In Water-street, near Tun-alley,
SUPERFINE CLOTHS,
Ratteens, Coating and coarse Woollens,
Blankets and Rugs,
Shalloons, Serges and Flannels,
Corduroys, Sheetings and Lineal,
Tin, Copper and Lead,
Roll KiimGonr, Tea and Spices, with sundry other
Articles, Sept. 24.
Imported in the iaft velfils from France, and in the
Herr Adame, just arrived from AmGerdrm. ami to
be Sold by the Bale or Package, at the STORE of
H. SHIEL L,
In Marker Pr<e+, between Sixth and Seventh streets.
SUPERFINE Broad Cloths, Flannels, Flanders
Sheeting, Britannia, Laval, Ponthia, ano Non
batteau Linens, char Lawns, Camtr^kr, Checks, Sat
tins, Lutftrings and Mantuas of din erent colours, silk
tambour Waistcoats, faun and kidskin GloV: s. Sept. 18.
FOR SA L E, BY
Peter Whitefide, & Co.
O R, THE
THE
To BE SOL D,
A few Boxes of CRAYONS. Apply
to James Peale, at Charles W. Peale's^
at the corner of Third and Lumbard-ftreets.
Imported in the Ship Nonfuch, and how OPENED
for SALE, by
John Shields,
At the northeast corner of Chefhut and Second-street%
A large and coin plcit ASSORTMENT of the best
Superfine CLOTHS:
Has for SALE at his STORE, at the southeast corner
of Walnut and Water-streets,
JAMAICA spirits by the I Imported rock salt,
hogshead, barrel or | Country ditto,
gallon. Pepper, Indigo, Copper-
Weft- India Ruth, as, by the barrel of
Mulcovadc, loaf And lump smaller quantity,
Sugars, Bohea Tea,
HaVanna bex, white and Hyfon Tea of the firft quit#
brown ditto, lrty,by the quarter chest,
Coffee in barrels and bags, doz. or pound, &c. &c.
Ail which he is determined rd Sell on the lowest Terms.:
He has LIKEWISE for SALE, Of
to Exchange for Hdufs in the City, or Merchandize,
A valuable Plantation in Provi^
dence townffiip, Philadelphia county, 25 toiles from
Philadelphia, on the Schuylkill road, leaning to PottA
grove, Reading, &c. and about a quarter of a mile from
the river, fame distance from a Fuends Meeting house,
three miles from a Pieibytirian Meeting-house, and one
mile dirtance from several mills, containing 206 acres,
about rg acres thereof gebd meadow, and part wa
tered, from 5§ to 60 acres woodland, the rest arable
level and no ways fubjc& to wrfh with raini, the fi Ids
are finely situated to the fun, produce good crops of
hay and grain; the improvements are, a large, ftebe,
two ffory dwelling houle, well built 2nd finifhed, three
ro^ms and a kitchen below Gain, and four rooms a^ove
ftairi, with a large parrel ; another kitchen adjoining,
wi(h a large (hop fronting the road, a Irtge, elegant,
new, Kon^, double barn, with a good new Singled
roo', plaiftered on the infile, with good dry mouflnd
ftablirg on each fide, and granaries; also, a fheepa
house and spring-house, a good pump and well of wa
ter before the door, a new waggon-hoofe, a good kitch,
eh ga den and rurfery, two ! arge bearing orchard, of
about 650 a ppl -trees, fill )uung sod some rrafted,
b filer p-ac 1 , pear, cheirv, and all other kinds of
fruit; tt,e fitwation remarkable healthy ^nd p)e* tint,
& pnod neighbourhood, and ' toe stand (or any public
buffinefs. An indifputahlc ut'c will be given, and pose
f ffi m <1 the premises the firft of April next.
N- B. If the P antarion thoulr not he fold 'e ocethe
firft of January next, it w.h be R^red, to cofi.meeG#
the ill of An 1 ! 0 Sepo 28,
Best Holland Quills and Sealing
Wax, Irish Wafers, Writing Paper, Ink
powder, Inkholders, Penknives, Account
Books, Testaments, Dilworth's Spellings
Books and Schoolmakers Assistants, Boyer's
French Grammars, Surveyors Compasses,
English Playing Cards, Wrapping Paper,
Parchment, &c. &c. &c.
TO BE SOLD BY
DAVID C. CLAYPOOLS,
In Market-street, Philadelphia.
Among which are the following Colours—
Scarlet, Nut,
White, Pea Green,
Purple, Grass Green,
Pearl, Sea Green,
Light Drab, Dragoohs Green,
Friends Drab, Light Blue,
Farit Drab, Middle Blue,
Queens Drab, Kings Blue,
Ash, Uniform Blue,
With BROWNS of ell Shades.
Also, an Affertment of Shalloonsand Rattinets, with
Mohair, metal, enamelled and elegant gold and filvef
spangled Buttons to match most colours. O&o 6 15.
William Jackson,
OCTOBER
[NUMB. 955.
6, 1782;