The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1779-09-14 00:00:00, page 1

Father' Abraham's A LMANACKS,
A N D
GERMAN ALMANACKS,
For the YEAR 1780,
TO BE SOLZ BY
J O HN D U N L A P.
The HIGHEST PRICE
IS GIVEN FOR
CLEAN LINEN RAGS,
BY
JOHN D U NL A P.
Philadelphia, September to
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD.
OTRAYED or STOLEN rm off the Commons
° of this city, a bright bay HORS E, about fourteen
hands high, wih a middling large star in his forehead,
his near foot behind white, and one eye fore. Who
ever tak:s up laid horse and the thief, flull receive the
above reward, or FIFTY DOLLARS for the horse
only, with 41 reasonable charges if lent to the Fountain
ftablss in Chefnut street, paid by
THOMAS STAINES.
FOR-fY DOLLA°RS~REWARD.
STRAYED from off the Commons of Philadelphia,
cn Monday night last, a brown HORSE COLT,
three years old, fourteen and a half hands high, never
shod nor docked, i^ nor rightly broke, feme of the hiir
of his tail is cut off. Whoever takes up laid Colt and
delivers him to John Raser, in Third-street, Phila
delphia, or to Isaac Connely, at the Trap on Read
ing Road, shall have the above reward and reafonabU
charges.
September 9 . ROBERT CONNELY.
Philadelphia, September 9.
WA S taken away from Samuel Cooper's
Ferry, about five weeks ago, by a man who
said he worked for the Continent in Philadelphia, Ore
Hundred Buforis of PINE KNOT COAL. The
said man is desired to pay Mr. Samuel Cooper, or
Jacob Eckfelt, Smith, in FTth ftrect, tor said Coal,
to prevent further trouble.
Philadelphia, September 7.
To be SOLD by Public Vendue,
At the C'ff°ehrr , on Tuesday the fourteenth in
that, ar Sown ohl ck in the evening,
A LOT 0 GROUND in Moyamenfing, in the
'' township of Wic ft about two miles from this
city, containing four acres, (more or lets) well watered
by a branch of a creek that runs through it, and is well
FAcfofd with a good new cerar post and rail fence. It
joins lands of Mr. John Stamper and Col. Henry.
I’D be SCL D by Public Vendue,
On Monday the 20th instant, (September)
A LOT of LAND in the town of Gloucester, with
the buildings and improvements thereon, confut
ing of a large hark boule, currying drop, and a great
number of vats, &c. &z. where the Tanning business
may be carried on to great advantage.
On the zrft inst. will also be dripofed at Public Ven
due, at Mr. Eldridge's tavern, known by the Death of
the Fox, a Lot of Meadow on Rtpopo Creek, in the
county of Gloucester, about fifteen miles from Philadel
phia, on the River Delaware.
And on Thurfdav the :3d inst. will be difyofed of at
Public Vendue, at Bridge- Town in Cumberland county,
a Trad of Land containing abc ut four hundred acres,
within two miles of Buckfhotem law-mill, where a fluop
can load from the mill tail. Any perlon inclining to
purchase can view the trad before the d^y of file, by
applying to RO BE RT MONTGOMERY, near
the premises.
The conditio s will be mrde known and attendance
given on the day of fak, by ROBERT and WIL
LIA M MON r GOMERY
Philadelphia, July 13.
ALL p € rf ns who may meet with stray Continental
Ho.fcs, aredefired to fend them to the lubfcriber,
where they th, 11 recive reasonable pay for their trouble :
And it is expeded that all persons who have Horles pur
chased of the Continent, have certificates to (hew from
the person authorised by the Q. M.G. to fell such pub
lic Horses, and without such certificate, the Horse or
Horl/s will be taken from them, unlcfs they can prove
the purthafe from a person authorised as above.
By order of the Q M. G.
12 JACOB HILTZHEIMER.
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To be SOLD by Public Vendue,
On Thursday the sixteenth inrtant, at the Coffee-houfe,
at fix o'clock in the evening,
A LARGE, elegant, well finished two-story brick
. HOUSE, forty feet front, with a two story brick
kitchen adjoining, and lot of ground consisting of two
acres and ninety perches, Q uate on the north fide of
Hickory Lane, in the Northern Liberties, formerly the
estate of Mr. John Coats : The garden is newly fenced
with boards, and the remaining part under good new
post and rail fence; she whole clear of any incumbrance.
There is a conftaht stream runs through the lot, and a
pump of excellent water in the yard
To be SOLD by Public Vendue,
On Thursday the fixeenth of September inst. at Two
o'clock P. M. at the Fovrbw-En^, Backs county,
AVA LU ABLE little FAR M, or tr^tl of forty
seven acres; of land, situated in one corner of the
croffing* of the great roads leading from Philadelphia to
Trenton And from Bristol to Newtown, eight acres of
which may be mad^ at little expence (tnree watered)
excellent meadow, five acres wood, and the remainder
remarkable good arable land, whereon is eie&ed at the
interaction of said roads, an elegant brick two-ftoty
house, almost new, with three rooms on a floor, a good
cellar under the whole, a large brick kitchen and other
necessary buildings, all beautifully situated in aiemark
able healthy and pleasant part of the, country, and a
molt extraordinary feat for any kind public bufineis, in
particular that of merchandize, it being dsftmt twenty
two miles from Philadelphia, Uven from Bristol, and
four from Newtown 5 lately purchased by thefabferiber
of the Commissioners of confiscated estates for Bucks
county, as the forfeited estate of his father. Any per
son inclining to fee the premises may view the fame by
applying at said house.
Sept. % . J. HICKS.
Philadelphia, September 9.
BY virtue of a writ of Venditioni Exponas to me
directed, on the twentieth day of September inst.
at the Coffee house in this city, wi : l be expoled to sale
by Public Vendue, a certain two ft*ry brick Meffuage,
% small frame Tenement, and Lot er Piece of Ground,
situate on the raft fide of Seventh street, between Mar
ket and Arch-fcets, in the said city; bounded by
ground of Mr, Stoner on the south, by ground of Jo
seph Saunders on the north, and on the raft by an alley
lending into Sugar Alley; fu h je& to a ground rent of
Three Pcnds per annum. And also two frame Bbck
fmiths Shops, fixated on the weft fide of Seventh-street,
between Market and Chefnut streets: Laie the^ftate of
Joseph F^x, Smith; feiz.d and taken in execution, and
to be fold at the suit of Whitehead Humphreys, by
JAMES CLAYPOOLF, Sheriff.
To be SOLD at Private Sale,
a CERT AIN traft, piece or parcel of land, situ
ate, lying and being in the townflup of White
marfli, near Barren HII Church, about twelve miles from
the city of Philadelphia, in Philadelphia county, on the
great road leading to Reading in Berks county, contain
ing 63 acres or thereabout, about one half cleared, the
rest well timbered ; on which is a good apple orchard
arid fruit trees of various kinds; the whole under very
good fence, and formerly occupied by Captein Christian
Steer. On the fame tra& are ert&ed, d nding and be
ing, three good tenements, to wit, two frame, and one
Rune, with a kitchen and an excellent well of water
before the fame# The said premises are conveniently
fruited for a store or any public business. The title
indisputable. For further particulars of the terms of
sale, those who incline to purchase may apply to Mr.
Jo^F Reynolds, at the sign of the White Horse in
Elbow Lane, Philadelphia, or to the fubferiber living
in Reading atorefaid, where the fame may be known.
GEORGE WA Y.
One Hundred ,Dollars Reward.
RAN AWAY yesterday from the fubferiber in
Philadelphia, a Negro man named BEN, about
twenty-two years of age, a middle sized, well made,
sprightly fellow, speaks good Englifn, triks loud and
fancy, is of a yel/owifh colour; had on an old brown li
very faced with red, a pair of overalls, and a small
brimmed felt hat: It is probable he may cliange his
cioaths and name. Whoever takes tap the said Negro
and secures him in the Wok-house in Philadelphia,
the keeper of which knows the fellow well, (hall have
the above reward, paid by the keeper of the Work
house, or
Septemberi. GEORGE KENNEDY.
N. B All matters of vessels arc forwarn^d not to take
him at their peril,
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/ Hear then, General Burgoyne, what the people know,
and learn what they exped. They know that you solicit
ed the command of an army; they know that you obtain
ed it, They are well apprized, that never was an army
better appointed, in officers and men ; none ever better
supplied with every thing to sustain, with every thing to
make it formidable. Its stores of every kind seemed to
leave nothing questionable, but the profufion which Ap
plied them. A train of artillery was furniflied, whose ex
cess was its only defect 7 hey know that this army, which
proved irresistible in its progress, was surrendered to tie
enemy, when it had arrived to almost its place of destina
tion. They know that this army was surrendered by you.
All this they know ; now learn what the people expert.
They expert to be made acquainted with the criminal, but
hitherto occult cause of luch an apparent and diftra—ing
disaster. Criminality, somewhere, there must be. It is,
every way, your duty to bring it forth. You owe it to
your (offering country ; you owe it to your slaughtered
fellow soldiers ; you owe it to your disappointed fortunes,
and to your slandered honor.
Are you to be informed, that the people of this coun
try are ever inclined to acquit the General, who has fought
bravely, though he has fought unfuccefsfully ? This is tbeic
temper at all times, though it should, at sometimes, im
peach their justice. In this condition you are now before
them ; they acknowledge, that you fought bravely ; alas !
they know, but too fatally, that you were not fuccefsfuL
But they know, aifo, that you had force,, abundantly
fufficient to aecomplifh whatever was practicable, and
therefore, that the defeft has been in the executil
on, or the crime in the plan. If the firft; indeed, Ge
neral Burgoyne, you must account for it. If the plan
was impracticable, the crime is not in you; but, it is in
cumbent, indispensably incumbent on you, to produce the
plan, to point out its vices, anti to produce its contrivers.
Though you solicited the command, yet, we all know
that your solicitation was previous to the fettled dispositi
on of the campaign. You accepted the command before
that settlement, and then obedience to orders, and not an
examination of them, became your duty. You might
shed tears on the absurdity of those orders, in the attempt
to execute which, it must be your misfortune, but not
your diflionor to died, with your own, the best and brav
est bl®od of England. Be assured, then, that you will
not stand accountable for the wisdom or feafibility of the
design; and, if that was absurd and impracticable, that
the people will fee nothing in the failure of the execution,
but courage which they admire, and misfortune which
they lament. Fur the present, perhaps, their admiration
and applause may be the only rewards of the former ; their
pity and condolance the sole alleviation of the latter. But r
the day will come, —-it is coming,—l had almost faid,—i*
From the LONDON PUBLIC ADVERTISER.
TO Lieutenant-General BURGOYNE
S I R,
Ho W E V E R you.may be displease-d, you ca .no,
be surprised that you are addreffe: b; an unknown
individual. I have felt my full snare of the general dis
grace which has fallen upon the arms of England, intrud
ed to your hands; and I am, therefore, intitled to explain
to you, what measure of retribution I expert General
Burgoyne, you may be assured that I am touched by feel
ings that are not particular ; and that I deliver not ray o
pinion only, but that of millions.
You have been formerly applied to in this public man
ner, and possibly an impression was made that is not yet
effaced. But, at present, you have not any thing like the
former to exped. On the one hand, you will not" have the
brightness and polish of the weapon to admire ; on the o
ther, you have not the sharpness, much less the venom of
its point to dread. Ido not wish to be a Satyrift, and
Panegyrick is not familiar to me. I come with honefl in
tentions, and homely expression. As a citizen of England,
I wish to carry the former into beneficial effed for my
country; as a writer, the utmost of my ambition is, to
make the latter intelligible to you. Rely upon it, that [
am incapable of ridiculing the , language of a soldier, or of
insulting the misfortunes, until I know myfelf qualified to
judge of the condud of a General. Your proclamations
and your capitulations, your haughty threatenings and
your humiliatingfurrender shall (for the present at least)
pass totally unnoticed by me. The cause and not the ef
fefts is my objed; and T shall rejoice to forget the defeat
at Saratoga, in the consequences of the vidury you ob
tained at Preston. The Senator must compensate for the
General.
I do not thus address you from absolute doubt. You
have given, a few days since, in the House cf Commons,
a flattering earnest of an honorable conduct But the times
are Grange, and without example ; our fixation is, beyond
precedent, critical and perilous ; mens minds are filled with
an unusual degree of anxiety and terror ; and a species of
doubt and distrust, hitherto unknown, prevails every where.
I protest, in plain sincerity, that I wish to be your friend
with tte utmost truth I assure you, that I cm mot your e
nemy. You are on the brink of aguiph, and 1 stretch
forth my hand, not to precipitate, but to fuflain you.—
Diferace, infamy and ruin are at its bottom.
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