The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1781-08-30 00:00:00, page 1

This Day, at 12 o'Clock
AT NOON,
At the Coffee House, Will he SOLD, hv PUBLIC
AUCTION, The PRIZE SHIP
DI M S DA L E,
With all her Guns, Tackle, Apparel and Furniture,
agreeable to Inventory to be Seen at the Place of Sale.
By Order of the Court of Admiralty,
Aug. 30. CLEMENT BIDDLE, Marshal.
On M ()N D A Y,
The 3d of September, at 10 o'Clock, in
the Forenoon, At the Coffee-H^ufe,
Will be Sold by Public Auction,
The Brigantine AOive 3
With all her Guns, Tackle, Apparel and Furniture/
% (he now lays at B igbt's wharf, between Race ano
Virie-ftr-ets, agreeable t> an Invemo'y to he seen
at the Marshal's Office and the Fisce of Sale ; Bring a
Prize, taken by the privateer Ship ROYAL LODIS.
By Order of the Court of Admiralty,
CLEMENT BIDDLE, Marfhaf.
A further SALE of the
Public Lots of this City,
For the redemption of the Bills of Credit
of this state, dated April the 29th, 1780, will be held
at the Coffee-houfe, THIS DA Y, (August 30) at
TEN o'clock in the forenoon. A plan of the tots
may be fern at the Coffee house, and at the Surveyor-
General's Office. The conditions the fame as in the
former 'fcles, except the time of payment, which is
as follows— -One fourth part to be paid within three
days after sale, the remaining three fourths within fix
months after sale.
To be fold, cheap for cash, a
Two Story Brick House, with fur rooms on a floor,
and a Wooden Tenement adjoining, on the fam° lob
whis is forty fix feet on Second ftro and two hundred
deep, Situate between Queen and Christian-streets,
Scuthwark. Enquire of the Printer.
TO BE SOL D,
That valuable Tra& of Land,
On which the fubferiber now lives, in Virginia, con
taining near 4.000 acr's, laying on J; m.s riv@r, 20 miles
above Richmond: 7he great fertility of this Land,
proper for the cultivation of Hemp, Toba co, Gr^in
of all forts, &c. a large Portion of ME ADOW,
excellent (beams for Mills, and its proximity to na-
Ligation and the feat of government, render this Tra&
of Land equal, if not superior. to anv Linds in the
State. JOHN TAVLOE GRIFFIN.
N. B. For further information apply to the honour
ble CYRUS GRIFFIN, Esquire, in Philadelphia.
To be Sold, in Philadelphia,
A new Frame Building, made
of the best materials, and # compleatly so Ifh <'in6det
Alo, A ple^fant Riding and good Carriage HOR^E,
about touitech bands high ; young and handfonn — The
Price 30L As%
A good CHARIOT, with a Sett of Har
neb : The Price Sol.
^rHE lubferiber will open SCHOOL
on Monday the fl of Sept mbrr nexn back of
the Fountain Tavern, in Chelhut ffi-eet, between S -
cone and Th rd-ffreets, where the utmost Endeavo, rs
will le used to affi'f and aivanre such Youth, in useful
Learning, as Shall be committed to t°e care of
Phibd. Aug.2B, 1781. JAMES H. THOMSON.
Four Dollars Reward.
Went adrift from lead's Cove, about two
weeks ago, a lar^ FISHING BOAT made of blvk
Walnut timber W oev^r tak^s op laid bo.t, and deli
vers her to CHARLES WEST, o' ^e mouth of Tim
ber crek or to WILLIAM DUG, at Gloucefcr,
&I 1 receive the grove reward.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1781;
THE
OBWWI^B
OR, THE
GENERAL ADVERTISER.
VOL. X.l
Published every TUESDAY, THURSDAY and SATURDAY.—Price Six-Pence.
Wilmington, ff.
To A L L whom it may concern.
N^ is hereby given, That a Court of Admiral
" ty will be he'd at the town of Wilmington, in the
county of Newcastle, in the Delaware ft*t% on Satur
day, theist day ot September next, at so o'clock in
the forenoon of the fame day, th^n and there to try the
truth of the faffs alledged in the libel of Captain JOHN
EARLE, (qui tarn, &c.) agairift the Schooner LET
S^Y formerly called Succeft) lately commanded by
a certain Captain William Ridgway, her Tacke, Ap
parel, Furniture and Cargo : To the end and intent,
that the owm r or owners of the said Schooner, or any
prfon or perfon# concerned therein, may appear and
(hew cause, if any they have, why the fame fhouid not
be condemned according to the prayer of the laid hbtL
By Order of th. Judge,
Aug. 13. BENJAMIN VINING, Rafter.
Be ftTIVTR"OIL;
In BARRELS and KEGS, of all fiz^, TO BE SOLD
RICHARD WELLS, in Arch-Fre-t.
Agreeable to the ia!t Will and Tcltamcnc
of th? late Kendall Lee, Esquire, will be Sold, on
the Premises, to the higbeft Bidder, on the s'h day
of September nixt, (if fair) if not, the next fair
Day, for Gold < r Silver,
A Tract of Land, lying in the
county of Northampton, Malchepuygo inlet, in V rgi
nie, containing about 1000 Acres : It is exceeding fine
land, and remarkably well situated for trade; a good
Title and Deed will be made for the lands on the firft 0
January next, when poff^ffion may be had : One fifth
part of the purchase money meft be paid on the deli
very of the land ; one fi th on the firft of August, 1784;
one fifth on the firft of March, 1787; one fifth on the
firit of April, 1789; and the remaining fifth on the
firft of June, 1793- Berd and approved security will
be required of the purchaser for the payment of the last
mentioned four fith^ ; the bond to bear interest from
the date, and the in^rrit to be paid annually in the
like money. WILLIAM LEE,\ — ,
GEORGE LEE, ) Ex ^ tor ' #
ecrat —6 6m I Mi—ii—■lll 11 ras ■====■△ttCTCTmtßßMq
To be Let for the Season, about
Thirty Acres of excellent Upland PASTURE: Also,
To be Let fur the Season, or for a Term of Years, Two
PASTURE LO ITS; one containing about Ten, the
other about Eight Acres, adjoining the South street
of the City. For Terms enquire of
SAMUEL POWEL.
6 ITE s oUd;
Two-thirds of a Lease,
For 6 years and 5 months, frein theist day of Novem
ber next,
Of Greenwich Forge,
Grist Mil', Saw Mill, and about 600 Acres of Land;
fpuated 00 Mdconekunk creek, in Sussex county,
New-Jersey, fix miles from Durham furnace: The
Forge has been rebuilt last summer, and the Grist-Mill
is repaired; with a good Farm, and about 20 acres of
mowable Meadow oh the premises. There is also in
cluded in said L"Me, 4. valuable Negroes, 3 of which
are good For , -men. For further particulars enquire
of RICHARD BAKHOUSE, at Durham Furnace,
or SAMUEL WH LIAMS, at laid Forge.
Wants Employ,
In Mercantile Business,
A PERSON lerußrly bred to Commerce, and has
exercised in Holland, and for five years, last past,
in Maryland ; is tolerably well z : q Mnt/d with Bnok
keepi g and Merchants Accounts in general ; under
stands th, Engii(i), French, German and Dutch lan
guages (efficiently.
Can he not obtain a place of constant occupation, be
would 'or a very moderate salary engage to keep ac
compts for 2,3, or more gentlemen Shop-keepers, or
others of bufin^fs less exterfive.
Whereas he has done much in Tobacco business, and
i> ^ f known to th? Virginia and Maryland Planters,
as w 11 as to all the different Stages and Landings - he
would strain his utmost Vigilance, for the iniereft oa
ny one inclinable to a purchase or undertaking ot that
nutuic. Enquire of the printer.
Continuation of Letters found
on board the British Packet,
bound to New-York, bur ta
ken on her passage and carried
into France.
Duplicate.
Copy of a letter from lord George Germain to briga
dier general Maclean.
Whitehall, 28th of February, 1781.
SIR,
MESSIEURS Watson and Rafhley, having inform
ed me that their Blips are preparing to fail for
Halifax, I take the opportunity of acquainting you,
that I have received your letters of the 13th and 20th
of November; and Iws very bappy to find by the
former, that you had been ab"e to put Halifax in a re
fpe&able state ; for lam fully convinced they will be
well defended againf l whatever force may come against
them, while you command the king's troops in Nova-
Scotia.
By a return of the garrison in the island of St. John,
and a calculation of its expence, I have received from
governor Fatterfon, I find there are five companies
t-ere, besides the St. John's volunteers, and that the
amount of the cost to Great -Britain, is upwards of
ii,oool. per apnum; which surprised me very much,
as it never was intended that more than 100 men should
have been Rationed there, under the command of a
captain ; and the governor states it as his opinion, that
that number would be fully fufficient for the security
of the island. affifled by the militia, which he assures
me is encre rfed to 1000 men: I have, therefore, writ
ten to fir Henry Clinton, to withdraw the five compa
nies from St. John's, and add them to the garrison of
Halifax, and to give the governor orders to augment
captain Calbeck's company of St. John's volunteers to
100 privates, without making any addition of officers,
and reducing the captain-lieutenant. No batt or for
age money is to be allowed them while they remain up
on the island, nor any flaff-officer, except a surgeon's
mate.
The works which have been laid out and conftruded,
are, I understand, upon so injudicious and extensive a
plan, toat they would require a larger earrfon than
even the fix' companies now there, to defend them -
engineer will therefore be ordered to desist from carry:
ing them on, and only compleat so much of the bar
racks as will be necessary to lodge the 100 men, and
er<a a block house for a place of retreat, and a bat
tery to defend the harbour.
Several of the militia are without arms, and at the
governor's request, I have ordered 300 Band, with a
proportion of ammunition, to be sent out to Halifax
in Mefs'rs Watson and Radley's ships. to your care ;
and you will be pleased to forward them to governor
Patterson, by the vessels which you fend to bring away
the five companies.
I hope you will soon receive from fir Henry Clinton,
a more considerable addition to your force, than these
five companies will make, in order to enable you to take
possession of the remainder of the province of Main,
by establishing a post at Townfhend or Falmouth in
Cafco Bay ; for if he be fuccefsful in his operations to
the southward, I hope he will be able to spare a detach
ment, fufficient to enable you to effeft this business.
Your representation, and one from the commissary
to the treasury, of the injury the public fuflain, by the
demand of the provincial duty upon rum imported for
the use of the king's troops, have been referred to the
board of trade and plantations for consideration, and
inclofed I fend you a copy of the deputy-secretary's
letter to Mr. Knox, containing their lordships opinion
upon the fubjed; and I have by this conveyance Signi
fied to the lieutenant-governor, the king's commands,
to press the tffembly to make the amendment to the
former aft their lordfhipg point out as necessary and
proper for the purpose.
Mr. Netting, who is at present ufefully employed
at Languard Fort, will go out in the spring to be em
ployed at Cafco Bay as he before was at Penobfeot;
and as he fuffered much, both in his person and pro
perty, for his loyalty, you will, in the mean time,
continue to him his appointment ot overseer of works,
and Surveyor of lumber.
I am, fir,
Your most obedient humble servant.
(Signed) GEO. GERMAIN.
Genteel Furnished Lodgings.
Five Rooms, with the Use of & Kitchen. Enquire of
the Printer,
[NUMB. 775.