The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1780-11-14 00:00:00, page 1

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER if 1780^
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GENERA L^^^B^ ADVERTISER.
To the PRINTERS.
The following letter to Tabitha, was intercepted when
the American army lay near the New Bridge. It
was put into my hands by the fame person who de
tected the form r one inserted in your paper; but it
has not'been in my power, till now, to make fuchal
terations as appeared proper for concealing the au
thor. I am sorry however to inform the public,
that I might have saved myfelf that trouble, as there
is good reason to believe the writer either dying or
dead of a distemper, occasioned, it is said, by the ig
norance or mismanagement of her physicians in treat
ing a common cold.
New-York, September 12, 1780.
HOW little I dreamt, when I wrote last, my filler,
The rebels were still on our backs like a blifler.
When th' mov'd to Fort-Lee, I was happy too
soon,
And thought myfelf Lug as the man in the moon:
But the bu ttle was all to be gone o'er again,
And I was to sorrow once more for my swain.
O'er night the commander had labor'd so hard,
That each rebel look'd like a tyger or pard ;
The guides were all sent for, and maps finger'd o'er,
And questions were put—that were put oft before,
Till each prov'd as plain as the nose on his face,
That the roads all remain'd—juft in the old place.
Such, forfooth. is the case when the enemy comes,
And as usual, I'm told, as the noise of their drums'
We thought, who knew nothing at all of the matter,
The guardsof the rebels poffeft all the water;
And pence that, Sir Harry, had got to a stand,
Not feeing a place where a soldier could land.
But when that the rebels were all, drawn away,
We flood, like a fool who had nothing to fay.
Next, we hop'd, they meant only to tight in grimace l ;
But their still keeping near quite alter'd the case
At school we are wont to use pounce for a blot;
A general plenty of powder and (hot
The man who for wiser than others wotild pass,
The look of ah owl and the gait of an ass;
.Or pent in his room; or apart from tie croud,
Is seen for a moment, then gone like a cloud;
Is silent when sager men speak to the point;
Or nods, as to fay, you have hit the right joint :
While flow from his feat he fialks off with an air
More fix'd than a priest's in the depth of his pfay'f.
What's odd, for Sir Harry, he nothing begun;
Kept close to his works, without firing a gun.
But, perhaps, th' poor man could not get on his legs
After fitting so long—like a ben o'er fpoil'd eggs.
Alafs, m,fweet filler, I cannot but fear,
That something not good is to happen us here.
The knight he is either involv'd in deep gloom,
When no mortal but Andre dare enter his room.
Or careering; whip flitch, with a dozen o' fools/
Like children afiride upon switches or stools,
Hot after a dog; who has tied to his tail
A herring; as boys tie a bladder or rail. *
Not th' fool that some chance has to dignity rais'd,
Not a cat when Cie's fifok'd, or poet when prais'd,
So pleaf'd is, of finds it so much to their taste,
As hunting the herring dur heroe in paste.
'Tis strange in what whimsies some men take delight;
I wish he but lov'd half as well for to fight,
Wefhould with the rebels no longer be teaf'd,
And the officers too might do what they pleas'd;
Nor Ayres at the Hook be affraid of one Lee, f
As your spouse of a scold or the major of me.
Here the feenes are all fhifted and barren's the ffiof'e';
And gone all the magic that pleas'd us before.
What's life, my Tabitha ? Inflable as sand;
A pleasure that's spent while it seems in the hand ;
A silk changing colour, as men. change their ground;
A thing, when once 1011, ne'er again to be found;
A sea full of storms, or ebbing or flowing;
A riddle, a something, a charm not worth knowing
—Now ciulnefs, and drivel, and folly, and pride
Triumph at each corner, or sigh by our fide.
What lack-a day lovers; what nothings but show,
What pedants with (words, and all mufl?d as a beau';
What forrowful tunes do they set to our eyes,
When they sing of themselves, what fu ftian and lies;
While each dunce, as he reads, be-praises his brother,
Like figures of china that nod at each other.
My nerves are I ft hurt, at the fight of a weri
Than the fame flory still by the fame set of men.
Let me die an old maid, if you'd find in th' town
But humour to make a conundrum go down.
Nay I'd fend you a fampie - an effort mod rare,
That's cook'd up in eantoes, and proved toa hard,
By acaft of the die, of a defpefate hit,
A piece may be made without genius or wit :
—But I with to fay nothing at all of the dead/
* A fubflitute for fox hunting, or a favourite and
constant diversion of the knights.
7 Ayres, the commanding officer at , Paulus-hook;
[ Publiflied every Tuesday and Saturday.]
Left, perchance, th' dull' thing flyould be afk'd for of
read, f
This morning, quoth Bet, as she lac'd on my Ray's;
It enters my head we (hall have no more plays;
And as for the balls dance at them who may,
I trust there will none of them fall in our way.
There's something that tells me— who's at.
And even the bek will be put to their fhift.
I've had my own qualms for this month and more past.
Now, 'tis plain what I fear'd will happen at last ;
For sure as in Rome there are priests or a pope,
Affairs here have got to the end of the rope;
And if there is ought or in visions of skill,
We all must give up to the rebels at will.
I dreamt, when the city they'd got—you were seen.
All charming as now, and bedight like a queen ;
A beautiful youth bow'd down to your feet, e
(The major before never look'd half so sweet)
Then bade you not fear with an air so divine;
As melted your heart, —as it could not but mine:
I never felt so, in my days, as, live,
For befhrew me, I thought, no quarter they'd give.
—I hope, my dear mistress, when this tryal comes,
They'll finifh the work, without ufeing their bombs;
To think of their tails I almost lose my breath,
But Ihould one burst near me, it would be my death.
The yeaTorfooth Yankee I hate as the Turk ;
The dogs under Wayne too will make bloody work.
And yet how I long to leave this place of fin;
When think you; good mistress, the rogues will begin.
If they don't do it now, pray is it not dear
That they'll double their force—and do it next year ?
X I suppose the author alludes to a late New-York
poetical set -,, but as she seems unwilling to give it a
chance to be kn'own, the editor begs leave to follow the
example.
s^^^^^£^£^los^
STOLE N,
On the night of the 37th inst. O&ober, T7BO, out of the
stable of Jonathan Wells, in CbarleftowH, Chester
county,
ACheftnut coloured STALLION, about 16 hands
i"gh, g years old, heavy bodyed, thick neck, hi#
main hangs on both tides, hath a froall Rar and a imall
blaize in his forehead, a long twitch tail, no brand,
paces and trots, Mod before some time ago. Whoever
takes up said Stallion and Thief, that the thief may be
brought to jnftice and the owner may havrffaid Stallion,
mail have ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS Reward,
and Five Hundred Dollars for said Stallion only, and
reasonable charges paid, by
JONATHAN WELLS,
Or by Benjamin Myers, in Strawberry-alley, Phila
delphia, at the sign of the Bull's Head.
One Tboufand Dollars Reward.
RAN-AWAY from hit bail, one JOHN RYNE,
a German by birth but speaks good English, a
bout 30 years of age, he has formerly been serv
ant to Mr. Abizham Wilth, tobacconitt in Second
ffret, and lately lived with his mother in Southwark,
whm he followed chocolate making. He is rather tall
er than the middle size, black short hair, wears a dark
blue coattee and jacket; white breeches and flockings,
and silver buckles, his wa : ftcoat is brown cloth, and by
the neck faced with read plulh: he is just Recovered of
a fit of sickness arid retains a pale sickly look, is much
given to chewing tobacco : he was seen in Philadelphia
last Saturday mo/ning; and is supposed to have gone off
with some country waggon, as he hid a new chest lately
made for his purpose of travelling. Whoever will fe
cu e and deliver him to his tail, JOHN SHUTE,
baker, in Front, ffreet/ Below the Blue-bell, in South
wark, shall he inlitled to the above reward, besides rea
sonable expences.
Pequea, Lancaster County, ^O% r, 17g®.
^^7 AS found in rhe baggage of two defer rers, ap-
W, prehended in Linealer county, sundry Articles
supposed to be Rolen, am<n u which are the foUevrng;
v.z. fundrv remnants of Linfey, one remnant Wilton,
one Btickfkin, two Sheep ditf) and two women's Pet
ticoats. Any person or perfon# proving property in
the Articles so found, may have them by applying to
SAMUEL J. ATLEt, Lieutenant.
TO .BE SOL D,
A Genteel three for, BRICK HOUSE. Piazzaand
Kitchen ; the whole almost new, at prelent occu
pied by Mr. Robert Lewis; situated in Fourth ffreet,
nex ? door to where Mr. George Meade lives. Enquire
of Wm. Williams, Front treetg below Almond-ftreet#
TO BE SOL D,
For Cash, foreign or home Pr oduce, or exchanged fort
a House and Lot in the city of Philadelphia;
A PLANTATION in Mill-creek
Hundred, Newcastle county, fix mile# from
Wilmington, three from Newport and five from Chrif
tana bridge, on the great road leading from Newport
to Lancaster, containing about 250 acres, about 100
is cleared, including about 17 acres of meadow, an
apple and peach orchard , the woodland is well tints
b?red ; a square log dwelling house, a weaver's (hop
that will contain four looms, , a hrge barn, two ftable#
and a hay house, a draw-well of good waters it is
healthy, and is capable of much improvement: this
place is well known there about, a# numbers of peo
ple resort there to bathe and drink at a mineral Spring
la ely found on said land; it is possible it may be of
great value, iff a future day, to the owrier: there is a
lively stream of water runs through the premises, on
which may be eroded either a grist or fulling mill.
A small tra& of patent unimproved L AND, in
Lsck fownthip, Cumberland county, containing 17,
acres; a good horse and riding chair, with a leather
top fit for a journey. For terms apply to WILLIAM
PATTERSON, Enquire, at Christiana bridge, New
castle county, or ARCHIBALD GARDNER, in Front
street, between Arch and Race-streets, Philadelphia.
Just PUBLISHED and To be SOLD, by,
JOHN DUNLAP,
At his Printing-Office in Market street,
FATHER ABRAHAM's
ALMANA C K,
For the YEAR of Our LORO, 1„I.
Lately IMPORTED and new for SA LE, by
LEONARD JACOBY,
At his S TORE in Second-street, a few doors above
Race-street, Philadelphia, viz.\
SUPERFINE, Fine, Middling and Coarse BOULT
ING CLOTHS, German Scythes arid Straw Knives,
Spinning-wheel Irons, Iron Lamps and Waggon Screws,
Rifles and Gun Barrels ; A large Affertment of Plain
Irons, German Bibles and Psalm Books. Likewise,
A number of elegantly finished SWORD aad HANG
ER BLADES, with the Devices on them of the Stand
ards of the First, Second, Third and Fourth Battalion
of City Militia. Al so, A Quantity of Raven's and Rus
sia Ducky Brown Holland and Ozhabrig by the piece.
At said STORE is likewise for S ALE, by
Leonard Jacoby and Company,
Wholesale and Retail,
Madeira, Lisbon and Teneriff WINES; Spirits, Rum,
Tea, Coffee, Sugar, Chocolate, Pepper, Alfpice,
Ginger, Salt, and a Quantity of 4,6, 9 and ix
pound Cannon Ball.
ALL peffona that have any demands against the sub
scriber, either by bond, note, book debt or other
wise, are desired to furnish him with their accounts, and
(hose indebted to make payment and oblige their hum
ble servant, THOMAS HALE. Nov# 3 .
TH E fubferiber begs leave to inform the public,
that he has opened a SCHOOL at Newcastle,
upon Delaware; for the inftrußiori of Youths in
Latin and Greek languages. His long experience in
the education of youth, being Re&or of Wilmington
Academy from its firft foundation, will, he apprehends,
fufficiently recommend his Seminary to public notice.
Such young Gentlemen its wish to be admitted, he at
tempts iikewife to teach, on a new, easy and simple
plan, that important, but too much negle&ed part of
education, the speaking and writing the English larig
oage grammatically and elegantly. Stri& attention
will be paid, as well to the heath and morality of hi#
pupils, as to their proficiency in literature.
SAMUEL ARMOR.
Coed Accommodations may be procured in the
town at reasonable fates. Newcastle, Nov. 1.
One Hundred Dollars Reward.
CTRAYED from off the Commons of this city, about
° the loth instant, O&ober, a red COW, adout nine
years old, almost dry and forward with calf; she ha#
fame whie on cue fife of her face, had a bell on, and
branded CL on one of her horns. Whoever will deli
ver hid Cow to the fubferiber in Chefnut-ftreet, oppo
fits the Carpenter'^ hall, or give information where ih#.
may we founds shall receive the above reward.
CHARLES LOGAN.