The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1779-05-06 00:00:00, page 4

In GENERAL ASSEMBLY of Pennfykaaia.
Saturday, March zeta, 1779.
TI E petition of j ernes Martin, and the report of the
Committee appointed to confider his case, were again
read andtonfiJered, and thereupon
Rejoin, T at the said James Martin have leave to
brills in a hid the next fcfTion of this Affemhly, for the
purposes of divorcing him from h ; s wife Elizabeth Martin :
And that the said James Martin be required to publish this
resolution in t e Pennsylvania Packet, or some other pub
lic newfp pet of tais state, two months before he brings in
the said bill. Extract from the Minutes,
JOHN MORRIS, Junior,
Clerk of the General Assembly.
PROCLAMATION.
By ms Excellency
GEORGE WASHINGTON, Esq;
G&ierJ and Commander in Chief of the Armies of the
United States of America.
WHEREAS by my Proclamation, dated the tenth
day of last month, a pardon was offered to all de
serters 'from the array,' difperft d in different parts of these
States, who Should rejoin their refpeHive corps by the firft
of Mly next. And whereas from the shortness of the term
limited for its oper^tion, the offer of grace therein contain
ed hath not had fufficient time to circulate as extensively
as was necessary to answer fully the benevolent purpose far
which it was designed—it is therefore thought proper to
extend it to a further period . and I do hereby extend it
accordingly to tee firft day of July next.
OLFEN at Head Quarters, Middle Brook, this aid
April, 1779.
GEO. WASHINGTON.
By hi, Excellency's Command.
Tench Tilghman;
WHEREAS the fubferiber stands in^
dehted by bond,in the lum of Sixty Pounds to
Mrs. Aon Clay, of Newcastle, and hath at sundry times
attempted payment, by making her a tender of the fam
aforefaid, which the as repeatedly refufed;and upon my
last application to her for that purpose, die affixed me
that (he had assigned over her n<ht to the fame to some
other person, whafe name fheiefufes to,make known to
me. These are therefore to inform the perlon er per
sons to whom such alignment may be made, that if the
bond and papers relative thereto are not produced, and
a demand of the debt made, at or before the tenth day
of June next, that I.drfign to pay the fame into the
hands of the Treafuier appointed by Law to receive
debts forfeited in like ma ner.
April to. FRANCIS MOORE.
Best Clfed S UGAR S,
In hogmeads and barrels, to he SOLD by
JOHN BENEZ ET.
Who continues to give the very highest price far Bills
on the Cmnrtiiffi,ers at Paris, for inteiell:due on
Loan Office Certificates. .
To be L~E T or S 0 L V, %
And may be. catered on immediately,
A COMMODIOUS TANYARD, with a
dwelling-houft, garden, orchard, and. pa ftme
ground, Situate in the Northern Liberties, about three
miles from Philadelphia. Any person ihcliningto rent
or purchase, by enquiring of the Printer may be further
informed. 1
WAN T E D,
AN APPRENTICE to the Silver-Smiths hufi
nefs. Enquire of John Murdoch, in Front-
Street, below the Drawbridge.
WAS LO S T,
On Tuesday last, on the Commons of this city,
A NEAT CANE, with a pinchbeck head. Who
ever has found the feme, and will return it to the
P inter hereof, (hall receive a reward of 1 WENTY
DOLLARS. ,
— W A S LO S T,
On the twenty eighth of April,
AB OND upon Georg- George, tor the sum of
c 6l. r i^ payable the firft day o f May. Who
ever will 'deliver said bond to Charles Greer, living
in Eighth-Street, at the corner of Arch Street, Phila
delphia, Shall have TWEN TY DOLLARS reward.
~W~A NTE D to. RENT,
For a Term of Years,
A PLANTATION of aboui two or three hundred
A acres, with a good dwelling-house, stables, &c.
thereon. Any perlon may hear of a Renter by apply
ing to the Printer.
~TO B E SO LD,
A HEALTHY, a&jve NEGRO BOY, about
fix years old, who has had the fmall-pex and mea
sles. For particulars apply at the B^r of the Coffee
houfe.
Cape- May County, New-Jerfej, March >7.
TH e Public is hereby informed. That
a petition will be laid before the Legislature of
this State, at their next fitting, praying that a law may
be puffed to authorife the petitioners to build a Bridge
by fubfeription (and to be maintained by the sub
scribers) over Tu'kehOe River, from the faft land or
wharf of James Willet's, Jun. to the land of Joseph
Ingolfs i of which all concerned are defined to take
notice and govern themselves accordingly.
JAMES WILLETS.
PHILADELPHIA: Printed and Sold by JOH N ,D UNL AP, in Market-street.
State of Ne^-ferfo, ff,
TO ALL whom it may concern. ।
NOTIC E is hereby given; That a Court of Ad
miralty will be held at the,Court-houfe in T en
ton, on Friday the Seventh day of May next, at Tun
o'clock in the forenoon of the fame day, then and there
to try the truth of the f fts alledged in the bill of John
Tilton, (who as well, &c.) aghinSt the Shew of v<ffei
called rh< Polly, lately commanded by Michael Barstow,
with her tackle, apparel, furniture and cargo: .To the
end and intent that the owner or owners of the said
v<ffei, or any person or persons concerned b hetein, may
appear and thew cause, if any they have, why the said
vessel, her apparel, furniture and cargo, Should not be
condemned according to the prai nr of the laid bill.
By order of the Judge,
Salem, Atrihz. JOSEPH BLOOMFIELD, Reg.
Port pf Philadelphia, Pennfyl r un?ria, ff.
TO ALL whom it may concern.
NOTICE. is hereby given, That a Court of Ad
miraltr will b. m held at th, Court-house in the city
of Philadelphia, on Tuesday the eighteenth day of May
next, at Ten o'clock in the forenoon of the lame day,
thn and there to try the truth of the fa& alleged in
the bill of John Dauglafe, (who as well, &c.) against
the fchbonc, or veflel called the Sally, her tackle, ap
parel, furniture and cargo : To the end and intent that
the owner tor owners, or eny person or perlons concern
ed therein, may appear aud Shew cause, if any they have,
why the Came Lhooner, &?. (hould net be pohuemDed
according to the prayer of the laid bill.
Bv order "of the Judges
April,,. ANDREW ROBESON, Reg.
Port of Philadelphia, Pennfoloania ff.
TO AL L whom it may concern.
NOTICE is hereby giv-m, That a Coan of Admi
" rally wil be held at the Court-house in the city of
Philadelphia, on the eighteenth day of May next, at
Ten o'clock in the forenoon of the fame day; th^n and
there to try the truth of the fA&s alledged in the hill of
J hn Craig, &c. (who as well, &<.) igainft,tbe floopor
vessel called the Freemason, lately con manded by Jo
seph Wood, &c. To the end and intent that the owner
or owners, or any person concerned therein, may appear
and sh w cii e, if any they have, why the laid sloop
should not he condemned according^ to the prayer of the
said bill.' By order of the J^dge,
April i 9. ANDREW ROBESON, Reg.
To be SOLD by Public Vendue,
On Thursday Qe twelfth day of May inst. on the pre
mifci,
A VALUABLE SALT WORKS, situate on
1 Faulkinburg's Ifi^nd, Little E;^ harhour.The buil
dings are lately rebuilt of the bt ft whole price pine and
cedar hoards, eighty feet in length andtv/enty in breadth,
containing one wrought iron pan that will hold three
thousand gallons, and five thousand weight of cast iron
pans, the who'e set on stone walls, built of lime mortar ;
a quantity of salt hafkets, cases, &:. Allo a good new
boat and fiflrihg fefoy, and between three and four hun
dred cords of wood ready cut, near a landing, which
can he brought by water to the door of the works. The
fituati,n is healthy and pleasant, and allowed by judges
the best adapted for profitable yrorks of any on the ffiore,
having the advantage ot water carriage for wood, and a
large and excellent fait pond within tfn yards of the
houfa Tire place abounds with filh and fowl, Terms
of sale will be made known at the time and place, where
attendance will be given by
TH 0M AS HESTON and Co.
Baltimore lu^n, April 13,
rirt H E Subferiber offers his Plantation on
Eik-Ridge, eight miles distant from the landing
and sixteen from Baltimore Town, confining of ftven
teen hundred acres of ladd, for tale. The value of this
plantation for fertility cf foil, luxuriance of p.fturage,
abundance of timber, pleafahtnefs of situation, health
fuinefs of air, but especially for its immense quantity
of rich bottom, its numbarlefs springs, fLe rivulets,
and its various Conveniences for water-work's, is almost
inestimable. There are four fettleracnts containing al
together about fix hundred acres of upland and meadow
clear, great abundance and variety of fruit trees, one
orchard only consists of one thousand apple and pear
trees, belt grafted fruit. Among other convenient im
provements are a grist-mill, saw-mill, distillery, and
malt-kiln. There is part of an elegant house begun,
with a considerable quantity of the joiners work for the
whole finished, and at a proper distance a good store
house fitted, with apartments Sufficient to accommodate
a small family, and a large ware-house. All the flock
of negroes, horses, cows, hogs, Sheep, and farming
utensils, will also be fold. Any person defiious of pur
chasing this estate, may treat with the Subscriber in Bal
timore, who will receive Continental money, gold,
filter, or bills of exchange in payment.
THOMAS USHER.
TWENTY DOLLARS REWAR D.
WAS LOST on Saturday evening, the feven
teeath instant, (April) between the corner of
Fourth and Chefnut Streets and Spruce and "Water-
Streets, a REMNANT of about a yard and a quarter
of changeable TABBY, blue and orange. Whoever
has found the fame and will bring it to the Printer, Shall
be entitled to the above reward.
Philadelphia, April it.
To be SOLD by the Subferiber,
AN English sorrel MAKE, fourteen hands arid
one inch high, of a good carriage, beautifully
marked: She would make an excellent pad for a Lady.
Enquire of the Printer, or ot
DANIEL CLYMER.
STATE of PENNSYLVANIA.
FTCHE Auditors, appointed by the Hunor^h Haufe
g of Assembly to Settle the accounts of tbit State,
finding tittle attention paid to their late advernfement in
the public news papers, refpe&ing that bufineft, d now
inform all those concerned, that unless their refpeaive
accounts (with proper vouchers) are produced for let
element at taeir Offi e before the firft day o' July next,
they will immediately take such measures to compel the
parties to furrifh them, as the Law dire&s.
All perfon# who may have accounts wi h the late Board
of War and Navy Board of this Statei, unsettled, are de-,
fired to biing them in t^ the above-mentioned Office.
JOHN NIXON.
April's, 1779. JOHN M. NESBITT.
BENJAMIN FULLER.
N B. The Office is open from Nt ew'clock to Twelve
in the forenoon, and from Three to Sx in the afternoon.
FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD.
RAN AWAY about the fifteen h inst, (April) a
Negro man called SAMUEL, born in the W.ft-
Injies, about five feet fix inches high, well made,
fyeaks English fluently : He took with him a good ma
ny cloaths, among which was 2 brown,coat turned up
with blue. As he was some time in the service of a
Gentleman at Shrewsbury, it iyfuppofed.be is gone that
wry, with a view of getting into New York. Whoever
secures said Negro so 'hat-the owner may have him again,
Shall receive' the above reward, paid by Pic hard
Nickolls, in Wilmington, er George Meade and
Co. in Philadelphia.
Left for 9 AL E- with
JOHN DUNLA P,
DR. Johnson's celebrated English Diafofiary, a vols r
large folio.
Livy's History, in English, folio, ''
O CT,A V O.
2 volt, of a very fine edition of Shakefpeaft Plays.
Poetical Miscellanies, by Dryden, Aldifun, Roicom
mon, &c.'
CpmpJeAt History of the Turks, from their origin to 171&
Life of Sir Walter Raleigh, to his death on the fcaffold.
Dr. Cheyne's Essay of health and long life.
Memoirs of Ireland, from the Restoration, by the au
thor of the Secret history of Europe.
Poems on federal occasions, by Stephen Duck.
T. Lilii Hiforia,
Ingenious and diverting Letters, of a Lady's travel
into Spain.
Logic, by Isaac W^tts, D. D.
VARIOUS SIZES.
A neat set of the Tatier, -.mpl^r in 5 yuls.
PJ't'ca l Writings cf Sir Richard Steele.
Hole's Common Accidence, Latin. %
Jewish Spy, by the Mirquis D'drgent.
Cafaros Commentaries, L^t n,
Memoirs ot P 4 rce Eugene of Savoys
Treatises «nd Tracts' upon Religion s Subfeas, federal of
then: rarely to be met nvith, &£. &c. &c.
WH E REA 3 the fubferiber advertised in
the Pennsylvania Packer of April 20th, two
Stray Horses came to his plantation; one an old black
fiorf, with a Star ^nd snip in his face, Shod all round,
a Crop on one ear, and a bit cut out of the other; also
a Coh, supposed to be abour three years old, with a star
in his face, Shod before, and pretty much hog backed ;
and as Said horses have been Since Stolen out <f his pas
ture, on the zid inst. a reward of Twenty Dollars
is h reby offered tohny person who Shall apprehend the
tbirf and the hot fes, to that they may he had again.
Aprils JOSEPH LYNDALL.
N. B. The a^ove horses were Seen coming down the
Frankford road, in Campirigtpnb
FOrTy DOLLARTrFwaRD.
CTRAYED or ST OLE N from off the Commons
° near the Barracks, Philadelphia, on the night of the
thirteenth inst. (April) a Nack MAR E, about four
teen hands high, about nine years old, trots feme but
commonly paces, Shod all round, one of her fore hoofs
a little broke, o e foot on each fide blacker than the rest
of her body occasioned y the long hair being rubbed
Short by the Stirrup-leathers, Whoever takes up the Said
mare, and the thief if Stolen, Shall have the above re
ward, or Twenty Dollars for the mare only, ly ap
p ying to the fubferiber at the Barratks.
ABRAHAM WOOD, Lieut. Invalid Reg.
N. B. The above mare is supposed to be stolen by a
certain Thomasfor Timothy M'Lemarra, deserted from
the Invalid regiment on the twelfth inst. and is adeferter
from the British regiment known by the name of Inni-
Skillio's or 27th ; he is about fix feet high, of a dark
complexion, Short hair, very coarse voice, and about
twenty-two years of age ; took with him a red coat faced
with white, No. 27 on the buttons.
—- gTTI-D 'B~Y
JOHN D UNL A P,
Whalefale and Retail, bound or in Sheets, for thecmif
fions called out of circulation,
,The following BOOKS, in the German Language,
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PoALM-BOOKS,
Marburg HYMN-BOOKS,
PSALTERS,
Lutheran CATECHISMS,
Calvinist CATECHISMS,
The above Books are also fold by Ludwig Irluman,'
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