The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1778-01-21 00:00:00, page 1

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THIRTY DOLLARS REWARD.
St TRAYED or STOLEN, near the Trap on
PReading rear, on F iday the Bth inst. (January)
% HORSE and MA RE, with their geers and har
ness, the property of Col. Robert Cuthbertfon, of
Cumberland County, Punnfylvania ; one a sorrel
Horse, five yeas old next spring, with a white face,
branded on the near fh^dder RC. about sixteen hands
high. Th# other a dark bay M'are, about fourteen
hands high, no bran , a short switch tail, lately (hod,
the fore fboes fterled. Any person securing them, and
the thief (if stolen) fha : i have the above Reward, or
for the borfes only, TWENTY DOLLARS. If de
livered at Head Quarte s the reward to be prid by
Thomas Kerr, or at Cumberland County by
I ROBERT CUTHBERTSON.
T O E E SO L D,
And entered rn the 25th of March,
% PL Ari TAT IO X lying in Newcastle County,
on the gre^t road f.ora Newark to the Crub-
Roads, four miles rom the former and fox from the
latter, containing one hundred and sixty acres, eighty
of which is improved : Ou the piemifes is a good frame
house and barn, a ipring-boule and orchard, fix acres
of meadow, and a fer acrs more may be made : The
triable land is as good as any in the neighbourhood.
The tide indi putable. Any person inclining to pur
chase or rent may know the telms by applying to the
fubferiber in Newark.
t HENRY DARBY,
Tobe SOLD by PUBLIC VENDUE,
on Freda rhe 20th dvr 0 F^brumy next, at the
dwelt £-'; mfro* the fubferiber in Fann Townflrip,
Y^rk Con v, near Peachbottom Ferry, on Suique
h.nna,
A VALUABLE PLANTATION, con
taining three hutdred and seventy acres of land,
about ninety cleared, ten or twelve acres of good wa
tered meido% and more may he made, the remainder
well timbered and watered: Th^e is on said place a
good few mill, 4 square log dwelling-house, barn and
other office huufa, &c the whole in good repair,
pteafenHy titrated, and convenient to both mill and
meeting. Any person inclining to purchase may fee
the prmifes and know the terms by applying to the
fubferiber. The file to begin at Ten o'clock in the
morning, when due attendance will be given hy
t PATRICK SCOTT.
W AS LO S T,
On the road from Wright's Ferry to Lancaster, or
from Lancaster to Manheim,
ARE D Morocco POUCH, containing a set of
silver mounted Surgeons Pocket Initumems.
Whoever has found them and will fend them to the
Primer, or to Mr, Binzelman's tavern in Manheim
ffiali receive TWENTY DOLLARS Reward. ±'
January 5, 1778.
MADE his escape from the fubferiber,
Constable of Little-Britain Townflrip, Lancas
ter County, a certain JOHN ROBISON, appre
hended for deferticn ; he is about five feet fix inches
high, of a dakcomplexion, and black hair; had on
a dark coloured fulo's jacket, blue cloth breeches,
and white yarn flockings; ne formerly lived in B riton.
Whoever rakes up said defter and fecurea him in any
gaol, shall hive SEVEN DOLL IRS reward, and rea
fonatle charges, p^id by
t JOHNPENELL.
Falbj Forge Camp, January 6. 177%.
COLONEL William Cook, of the
Twelfth Pennfy'vanta Regiment, who Lately le
this Camp without Lave, is ordered immediately to
return rod anf^er the tevera, charges alletfged againit
him.——-All officers of the (aid Regiment who are ?.b
---feat wua the said Colony's leave, are orde-ed imme
diately to pin their re^m-nts, or mey may expe& to
be fuperceckd and deprived of the bounty lately grantee
to the army by the Hmovable th' Confmenra! Congress
All officers belonging to Lord Sterling's divfion c' #
the army, who left their corps on account of fickneh
or of being wounded, are immediately to join their
refy<&ive Regim ms, or fend to his Lordthip a certi
ficate from feme Pbyfician or Surgeon of the General
Hospital of their beiu< unfit for present service, or they
writ be deprived of die benefit of the -above mentioned
bounty. By Fits Lordfifs command,
JAMES MONROE, nU de Camp.
WEDNESDAY, J ANU ARY 11, 1778.
For the YEAR 1778.
a*, A Second Edition of th* GERMAN CALEN
DER is now in the pref, rod will be publish d the
latte end < fthis monh.
Lancafer, January 8, 1778.
~Y, Y 0 TICE is hereby given, That all
X. N taofe who have hirmihed the B irrack-Mafters
at Lancufter and Reading, with Wood, Straw, &:.
are desired to render their accounts before the firft o'
F ebruary next, that they may be adjusted. And
afo those that have (at my request) furnished the
Honorable Council and AlLmbly with Wood, are
likewise to render their accounts.
Cbrifliana- Bridge January 3, 1778.
CAME to the stable of the fubferiber, on
the night of the 24th ult. a (irawberr, roan
GELDIN G, rising fix years, with a fraall star in
his forehead, about fourteen hands hgh, is a natural
trotter. Any person proving property and paying
charges, may have him again by apply ng to
t JOHN BARCLAY.
WAS left at the house of the fubferiber,
1 ring at Paxton, in Lancaster County, on the
iSr 0 December latt, a roan H O R S E, between
sou een and fifteen hands high, ieve^teen or eighteen
years old. The owner by earning, proving his pro
perty .-.nd paying charges, may have him again.
4BAKFOOT BRUNSON.
%F pu^'fcd, dnd to be fold by
J 0 HN DU N L A F,
In Queen-Street, Lancaster,
Father A B R AHA M's
SOCKET A LMANACK,
For the Year 1778.
Being the Third Year oftn< Independence of America.
Fitted totbe use of P. nhfylvania and the adjacent States.
Containing (bender many ulG.nl Lists, &c.)
The Aricles'o CONFEDERATION and PELPE
fUAL UNION between the Stares of Am rica,
as oropo>d by Congress to the Legislatures of the
different S ates.
This great Confederacy is so intimately connected
with the Freedom, Ha^pinefs and Independence of the
People of America, that tin p,er(on can holo a proper
rink in society, without being fully acquainted with
its very important cor^ots.
*„* The Afronouical ca'c Cations of this Almanack are
composed by David Rittenhouse, A. M. ^ this
State.
Camp, January 4., 1778.
H E Commander in Chief having issued
fa his orders in the word: following^ to wit.
64 Notwithstanding the orders lepeatedly given for
calling the abient officers ts camp, the Commander in
Che: is informed that m'ny are hid Scattered about
the country, raifptnding their time, to the prejudice
of the fervire, and injury of thole officers who remain
and attend their duty in camp: He therefore di e&s,
that the Brigadiers and officers commanding brigades
forthwith make a ftri& enquiry concerning all the of
ficers absent from their brigades, and such as are ab
sent without leave from proper authority, or having
such leave, remain umieceflaiily absent, are to be im
mediately notifi d to return to camp without delay,
on pain of being suspended or cashiered.”
All officers belonging to the iecond Pennsylvania
brigade, who in any wife come within the above de
fcriprion. are hereby notified immediately to repair to
cam,, a, d avoid the conhqu tiers of a longer absence.
DANIEL BRODHEAD, Col.
§ Commanding 2d Pennf. Brigade.
Lancaster, January 6, 1770.
Just DuUifhed arid to be fold by
FRANCIS BAILE Y,
At his Printing Ofri :e the north fide of K ng street, a
few doors below the M irk" ,
The L A N C A s T E R
POCK E T ALMA N ACK,
BEST Mufeovado SUGARS in tierces
and barrels, and fine and coarse foreign SALT,
to be fold by LAWRENCE HERBERT,
next door to Mr. Bernard Hubley's, in Qjeen-ftreet,
Lancafter.§
X MICHEAL HUBLEY, Birrack-Mafter.
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ADVERTISER.
TEN DOLLARS REWARD.
T) ESERTED the sth inst. (January) from C,apt.
' Joseph M'Clellan's company, in the Ninth
Pennsylvania regiment, commanded by Col. Richard
Butler, ALEXANDER ALLISO N, born
in Sadfbury Towndup, Chester County, nineteen years
of age, five feet ten or eleven inches high, a well-made
lusty fellow, of a swarthy complexion, a down lock,
and hraight black hair ; had on wh nhe went away,
a new caftor hat, an old light coloured cloth coat, old
bv.ckfkin breeches, white flockings, and old (hoes) It
is thought he will make for Sadfbury Townflrip, Ches
ter County. Whoever takes tip and ferures said de
lerter in any gaol, or brings him to the regiment, or
to Capt. Thomas Gourley's, near Mr. Thompson's,
Lieutenant of Lancaster County, shall have the above
reward, and all reasonable charges, paid by
12 JOSEPH M'CLFLLAN, Capt. 9 4 h P Reg.
CIX SHILLINGS a POUND for
0 good CANDLE-WICK, will be paid by
ANDREW KENNEDY, next door to the
Gaol, in Kmg-ftreet, Lancaftcr.
Camp, Valley Forge, January 10, 1778.
gLL Regimental Surgeons and Mates, who
11 are now absent from the army in the Middle De
partment, without leave from the Commander in Chief
or Surgeon General of the army, are required to re
pair to their felp c &ive regiments, by the fifeenth day
of February next. Sh.rfd they tot pay attention to
this notice, they may depend on being advertised in
tne public papers as deferred, and treated as such
JOHN COCHRAN, SG
N B. Regimental Surgeons and Mates, properly
qualified todifeharge thei, duty, are now wanted.
m "'" F °'^l J anu ary 7, 1778.
AL L officers belonging to the Ninth
Pennsylvania Regiment, that were absent be
fore the firft of January, 1778, are ordered forthwith
to join the regiment.——lt is expeßed that each offi
cer will use his utmost endeavours to colled all absen
tees, deserters, and such of the sick absent as are fit to
return to Camp. All fiddlers of said regiment who
have absented themselves without leave, are desired to
benefit themselves by a speedy return to their duty, as
they must answer the contrary at their peril
12 RICHARD BUTLER, Col. 9 h P. Reg.
January 4, 1778.
FORTY DO LL ARS REWARD.
RAN AWAY last night from the fubferiber,
l ; ving near. Broad-Cheek, in Harford Counts,
Maryland, two Negro men, one named DICK,
about five feet fix or seven inches high, down i^ok,
stoop fhou'de,ed, final! limb'd; had on and took with
him, an ha f worn felt hat, a right coloured coat and
jacket, the coat w.nt.ng the fterts and one sleeve, a
taw cloth drift, a white ditto, white plum breeches
fpyckled stockings, old shoes, and a match-coat blan
ket. The other named NEIL, a thick, well made
dout fellow, round made, talkative and toe ks quick
had on a draw hat. a blue coat with a falling collar'
brown thick cloth ja ket laced, a tow cloth (hut, white
flannel breeches, fpe kled flockings, and good dr es
tied with thongs. Whoever takes upand secure; said
Servants, so that their matter may have th* m again,
(hall have, if 10 miles fom home, Ten Dollars
if 20 miles Twenty Dollars, if 30 miles Thirty
Dollars, it 40 miles tue above Reward, and reafon
aule charges if brought home, p^id by
t JOHN BARCLAY.
Commforfs Office, Valley Forge, January 8 1778.
npHE Several Affittant Commissaries of Issues
A tor the Middle Department, as well theft ill
camp, as all others avthe dff rent pests or mag zines
in the States of New.Jerfey, Pennsylvania, Diaware,
and Maryland, are meft earnestly r.qu ft d and, en
joined to prepare and transmit to mt office them re
ipeaive monthly returns 0! provisions and other stores
received, ilTued, and on hand at the end of each r onth,
from the time of thei appointments until the fi rt day
of February next, in order that I ma mik our my
general returns agieeable to a redlv of Conprefs. A
neg-le& of this essential dut will fabj. ft the dehrqi-nts
(if any) to tufpenfion, to prevent which this public
notice is given by
THOMAS JONES, D. C. G. of Ifcs,
Middle Department.