The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1779-11-04 00:00:00, page 4

Port of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, f.
TO ALL whom it may concerns
XT OTICE is hereby given, That a Court of Admi
" ralty will be held at the State-House in the city of
Philadelphia, on the eighteenth day of November next,
at Ten o'clock in the forenoon of the fame day, then
and there to try the truth of the Las alledged in the
bill of Ru'us Gardner, (who as well, &c.) 'againft the
schooner called the Benjamin, her tackle, apparel,
Furniture and cargo: To the end and intent that the
owner or owners, or any petfon concerned therein, may
appear and fhzw cause, if any they have, why the fame
should not be condemned according to the pra; er of the
said bill. By order of the fudge,
Oftober 23. ANDREW ROBESON, Reg.
Elizabeth Town, Lancafler County, Pennsylvania,
October 23, 1779.
IX7 HEREAS I the fubferiber did, in the month
'v of June last, give a bond or obligation in writing
unto a certain Daniel M'CurtiN, in Philadelphia,
forTwejry fits Hurded Pounds, or thereabouts, which
writing was obtained by undue influence, I being in
tuftody of the Sheriff of said city, and without a friend
to become my bail,' whereupon I signed said obligation
without knowing what it was for. This is therefore to
forwarn all and every person or persons not to take any
affi;nment on said bond or obligation, as I am deter
mined not to pay the extorted him unlels compelled
thereto by couife of L r w.
TIMOTHY CONNOR.
Chriliana Bridge, Newcafle County, October 10.
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD.
STRAYED or STOLEN (but supposed the let
ter) rom the fubferiber at Christiana Bridge, on or
about the oh bit. a brown GELDING, fourteen
ania half hands hi, b, seven years old, a ring mine,
switch tail, two white Let, branded on the near but
tock WA, though farce dTcernable, has a fm 11 liar
in bis forehead, pacts, trots and canters well, lofty car
riage, but throws his nose rather too much out, sh d ail
round. Who.ver rakes up and secures laid hoik (hall
receive Fifty D dlars repaid, and for the thief and horse
the above rewrd and all reasonable charges, pid by
Levi Hollingsworth in Philadelphia, or
SOLOMON MAXWELL.
W^ NTR Dto Purchase or Hire,
CT WO young NEGRO M E N, of good charac
I ters, who can help and be handy about & n, kind of
houfewo kin a genteel Emily. Any person having
both or one to let out or difoofe of, may hear of an em
ployer or purchaser by applying to the Printer.
CA M Eto the plantation of the fubferiber,
in Tredyffiin township, Chester county, on the
sth of August iaft, a black MARE, three years old,
a natural pacer, cat hammed. The owner is desired to
come, prove property, pay charges and take her away.
ELIAS CRISMAN.
TAKEN UP by the . fubferiber, living
in Germantown, on Friday the zxd instant,
(O&ober) a grey HORSE, about five years old,
fourteen hands high, has a failure on the tore part of the
left foot, no mark to be leen, The owner is desired to
come, prove property, pay charges and take him away.
JOHN SHUSTER.
TO BE S O L D,
A QUANTITY of WOOD funding; within
five miles of the Court house, on the best road lead
ing to the city. E quire of the fubferiber, living in
Campington, Northern Liberties.
THOMAS HUMPHREYS.
Port of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ff.
TO ALL whom it may concern.
"AT OTICE is hereby given, That a Court of Admi
" ralty will be held at the State-boule in the city of'
Philadelphia, on the eighteenth day of November next,
then and there to trv the truth of the fads alledged in
the Sill of Stephen Decatur, (qui tarn &c,) against a
certain schooner or vessel, burthen about tons,
her car o of rice, &c. and supposed to have been com
manded by one Joseph Julian, &c. To the end and in
tent that the owners thereof, or any person concerned
therein, may appear and shew cause, if any they have,
why the fa;ne should not be condemned according to the
prayer of the said bill, &c. 1
' October :, By order of the fudge,
ANDREW ROBESON, Reg.
N. B. The above-mentioned vessel >was retaken from
the enemy. The British crew can give no information
as to the name of the veil 1, her Captain or owners, but
fay when the, took her (he had three Frenchmen on
board. No papers were found except a receipt from
%fepb Glover to Capt. fbfeph Julien for 4523 dollars for
thirty barrels of rice.
The Printers, especially those to the southward, will
probably do a very acceptable service to the former
owners of this vessel and cargo by inserting the above
advertisement in their papers.
r r HIS is to inform Edward and William
{ Crowley, that their mother, Mary Crowley, and
fift^r, lives within eight miles of Baltimore, and will be
glad to hear from them. They may enquire at Mr.
George Eakenhead's tavern in Baltimore, or of Mr.
Edward Rie„ Rope-maker, rear the.old China Facto
ry at Philadelphia, who will give them proper direajens
to their u other's house.
N. B. William Crowley lived lately with Mr. Ger
fhom Johnson, near Morris Town.
PHIL ADEL P HIA: Printed and Sold by JOHN DUN LAP, in Mirket-tet,
CAM E to the plantation of George Canady,
between Germantown and York road, a sorrel
HORS E, with a white mane and tail, a blaze in his
forehead, no brand or ear mark. The owner is defined
to come, prove his property, pay charges and take
him away.
September zr. ADAM ENGER.
Port of Philadelphia, Pennfylvama, fl.
TO ALL whom it may concern.
NOTICE is hereby given, That a Court of Ad
miralty will be held at the State house in the city of
Philadelphia, on the thirteenth day of November next, at
Ten o'clock in the forenoon of the fame day, then and
there to try the truth of the fa&s alledged in the bill of
James Montgomery, &c. (who as well, &c.) against the
sloop or veffil called the Bedford, burthen about sixty
tons, &% To the end and intent that the owner or
owners, or any perfen concerned therein, may appear
and shew cause, if any they have, why the fame should
not be condemned according to the prayer of the said
bill. By order of the fudge,
ANDREW ROBESON, Reg.
Port of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ff.
TO ALL whom it may concern.
N^S E is hereby given, That a Court of Admi
" ralty will be held at the State house in the city of
P iladelphh, on the thirteenth day of November next, at
Ten o'clock in the forenoon of the fame dry, then and
there to try the truth of the fa&s alledged in the bill of
GogeG^ddes, (qui tarn, &c.) against the sloop or vessel
called the Generous Friends, burthen about forty tons,
her e^tgo, &c. lately commanded by Giles Sage, &c.
To the intent and purpose that the owners thereof, or
any person concerned therein, may appear and shew
cause, if any they have, why the fame should not be con
demned according to the prayer of the said bill.
By order of the fudge,
Oft. zo. ANDREW ROBESON, Reg.
To be SOLD at Pub/ic Vendue,
On Monday the fifteenth dry of November, in the town
of Reading,
TWO adjoining trafts of Land, with two Plantations,
1 one of them under lease, with crops in the ground,
situate in Comry townihip, in the county of Berki, three
and a half miles from Reading, containing between
three and four hundred acres. There is a fulling mill
on one tra&, out of repair now : On the other tr^ft is
erected a complex wire-works c nd tilting hammer, with
a fufficiency of water for three or four mote water-wheels
on an excellent fceam running through the whole ; with
ail the stock on hand, among which are upwards of
two thousand pounds worth of card and other wire, a
dumber of cards and card treth leather, an^ machines
for cutting teeth for cards, &c, &c, twenty or thirty
sheep. &c. There is on said tracks thirty or forty acres
of good meadow, and much more may be made; plenty
es timber and wood. Conditions will be made known
at the time of file. 4.
Port of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ff.
TO ALL whom it may concern.
I^OTICE is hereby given, That a Court of Ad-
Y miaalty will be held at the State-house in the city of
Philadelphia, on the thirteenth day of November next, at
Ten o'clock in the forenoon of the fame day, then and
there to try the truth of the faffs alledged in the bill of
Jernes Montgomery, &c. (who as well, &c.) against the
schooner or vessel called the Langolee, burthen about
forty tons, &c. To the end and intent that the owner
or owners, or any person concerned therein, may appear
and shew cause, if any they h<ve, why the fame should
not be condemned according to the prayer of the said
bill. By order of the fudge,
ANDREW ROBESON, Reg.
BY virtue of an A& of the General Aflembly
of the State of New-Jersey, pallid the last session,
at Trenton, intituled, " An A& for writing the real
e%te of Will 'm Alexander, E,rl of Stirling, within
this State, in trustees, to dilchy^e by the fate thereof,
or ofifo mud: as may niffice, the debts and incumbrances
affeding the rime, and to convey to him the remainder,
if any there be," will be fold at Public Vendue, at the
under-mentioned times and places, sundry Trails of
Land, Cultivated Farms House?, &c. being part of the
real eftite of the laid Earl of Stirling, in the said State of
Nev-Jersey, as follows:
WANTS A PLAC E,
In a Public or Merchant's Store,
A YOUNG MAN with a good character. Any
Gentleman wanting such a person, may hear of
hm by leaving a line with the Printer.
On Monday, the fifteenth of November next, at
Ha;kets-To%n, in Sussex County, about two thousand
five hundred acres of land, in several Farms of good im
proved upland and meadow, the remainder excellent
timber-land and fine swamps, in the said county o.'
Suff x, bounded partly by the M fkenctunnk River,
and bordering on H^ckets-Town. The leases are all
expired, A proper person will be appointed at Hackets-
Town to (112# these lands. The road from Morris to
Eritown on Delaware, and the great road from Tren
ton to Suffix Court house, passes through this Tra&
On Wednesday, the firft day of December next, at
the Tavern at Crofwicks, trio Tracts of land, ne^r
Crof^cks, adjoining Plumftead's and Willocks's bind,
containing about five, hundred and twenty-fix acres.
N B. Continental Money or Loan Office Certificates
will be received in payment, and conveyances executed
agreeable to the directions of the above A& by
RICHARD STEVENS, „
JOHN MIHELM, ] Trufle cB.
Philadelphia, OHobe r 15.
One Thousand Dollars Reward.
WAS broke op n some time laß week, a TRUNK.
in the house of the French Canful in Market
ftreet, and the following GOODS ftol,n out, viz —~
One piece half yard black fattinet, 12 yards; one piece
black taffety, 15 yards ; one piece hahth white firfenct,
28 and a quarter yards; one piece black Catrin, No. 7,
20 and a half yards; one dozen yard ®ide English black
silk handkerchiefs; ten white ditto; cue piece Irish lin
en, No. 91, 24 .yards; one piece ditto, No. gt, 25 yards;
tivo silk striped waistcoat patterns; fix coloured yard
wide English handkerchiefs; one black silk breeches
pattern; half pound best white sewing silk, halt pound
blue ditto, ball poundfcarlet ditto; three pair spotted
silk ffockings, four pair womens black ditto; fix prir
black silk mitts, (open work) fix pair white ditto , fix
pair womens black silk gloves; one pound black sewing
silk; fix pair mens white raw silk stockings; fix pair
mens white ribb'd cotton ditto ; seven pieces broad fi
gured ribbon, shards each; eight pieces pl in taffty
ditto, 18 yards ea h; nine pieces black t^ffety ditto, 18
yyds each ; three pieces wide drite, 18 yards each ; four
pieces black gauze ribbon, 3d. 36 y: rds each; nine
pieces ditto penny ribbon, 36 yards each; two pieces
broader ditto ; one piece white gauze. No. 8, 11 yards.
Any person ditcovering the thicr and goods, so that
they ma- ,be had again, shall receive the above reward,
(or in proportion to the articles recovered) from Mr.
OSTER, Vice Consul of France.
N. B. Any person having purchased any of the above
artici are earnestly requeued to give information as
above, or to the Printer.
FIVE HUNDRED POUNDS REWARD.
WHEREAS a certain Daniel Callaghan,
' Clerk to the fubferiber, ran away on the fifteenth
inst. with a certain sum of Continental money, net less
than Eleven Thousand Pounds, belonging to the Conti
nent. Said Callaghan is of a fair complexion, about five
feet ten inches high, full eyed and wry riofe, very elo
quent in complimenting gentlemen. The said Callaghan
had on and tock with him, a caftor hat, two fine shirts,
one white stock, one black handkerchief, his hair tied
behind with a black ribband, one pair white ribbed
flockings, one fnuff coloured coat, one ribbed jacket,
and breeches of the fame fluff, one pair of leather
breeches, and other things not known. Whoever takes
up and fecmes the said Callaghan in any gaol, so that
he may be brought to justice, (ball receive the above
reward and all reasonable charges, paid by
JOHN WHETZELL, A. C. P.
Macungy, Northampton County, State
of Pennsylvania, July 16, 1779.
Head of Severn, Maryland, Augufi 20.
WAN TED I MMEDIATELY,
At my Fulling Mill here,
A COMPLEAT FULLER; one that i c Skilled
in Fulling, Dyeing, Shearing, Pressing, &c. &c.
and who c^n come well recommended for his diligence
and good cendua in general. Such a one may have Q
mill (which is an excellent one, and commands abun
dance of water) on lease, for a longer or fherur time,
as he may incline; or, at his ele&ion, flare a third, cr
even a half part of the net profit ot her, for bis manage
ment and trouble, as he may merit, and ns may be agreed
on between him and his humble fe^-nt,
JOHN. HAMMOND.
T 0 BE S O L D,
A GOO D brick House and Lot in Frankfort, late
in the porftflion of Moses Grubb, very pleasant
and convenient, with a well of good water at the kitchen
door ; all in good repair. It. has been a store, and is a
very ^od stand for any kind of bufinefi. The house
ftaris in the forks of Brlftol and Adams's road. For
farther particulars enquire of Everard Batton, in
Front street, nearly opposite the old City Vendue-ftore,
or of Thomas Paul, at Frankfort Mill.
FRYING PANS
Made and Sold, wholesale and retail, by
JOHN BAT E S,
In Tbird-ffreet, near Market-ftrxt, Philadelphia.
N. B. Most money g ? ven for old Frying-pan Handles.
Two Hundred Dollars Reward.
CTRA VED or STOLEN from off the Commons
of Philadelphia, on the 13th inst. (O&ober) a bay
HORSE, about fourteen and a half hands high, a
broad, heavy made gelding, about fourteen years old, a
natural trotter, used to the geers, has a white ratch down
his face, and his near fore font very remarkable on ac
count of its being thick and ftrsight. Whoever brings
said horse to M^jor Hugh Lusk, at Col, Mitchell's
office in Chefnut-ftreet, Philadelphia, ffiall receive One
Hundred Dollars, or if stolen, for horse arid thief
the above reward, paid by
GEORGE M'KINLEY.
riO H E following stolen Goods were found,
A viz. three gowns, one apron, one counterpain,
one pair of leather breeches with silver buttons, one red
skirt, two pair of breeches, a mufl:,t and cartouch-box,
one blue coat, one white jacket, cne silk handkerchief,
and two pieces of ribband ; two white jackets, one pair
of fheetr, one piece of linen, on table cloth, three
white Shirts, one pair of leather breeches, two pieces
part ot a valen to a b?d, one matrafs bed, and one
knapfrck. Whoever has left any of the above article#
may have them again on application to Plunket
Fleeson, Esq; or to the fubferiber, and paying
charges for the fame.
ALEXANDER CARLYLE, H. C.