The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1781-12-08 00:00:00, page 1

An entire New Work.
Now Selling at BELL's Book-Store, near St. Paul's
Church, in Third-street, Philadelphia :
THE
Revolution of America.
By the ABBE RAYNA L,
Author of the philosophical and political Hikory of the
Eftab'ifhments and Commerce of the Europeans in
both the Indies.
PRICE HALF A DOLLAR.
•, Variety cf curious and ufeful BOOKS, in History,
Divinity, Voyages, Travels, Poetry, Novels, and
Entertainment, may be had at said BELL's B)ck
Store.
TO BE SO L D,
A Farm, beautifully situated,
on the Banks of Delaware, about midway betwixt the
mouth cf Nelhameny-creek and Bristol, containing
about 129 acres, whereof about 40 acres are supposed
to he as good banked meadow-ground as any on the
river, well drained and partly improved, the rest fit for
plough or pefture, including 8 or 9 acres of woodland
The dweding-houfe and sundry office-honfe, all lately
built of timber and well finished. The house has a pi
azza, in front, upwards of 52 feet in length, oommaing
a fine profpeft of the river, of the city of Burlington
and borough cf Bristol ; from the two left distant little
more than two miles, from Philadelphia 1%, and the
great road gaffes within a mile of the house ; there is a
large good garden, and young orchard of choice graft
&d fruit tre?s ; for firing and fowling, in their different
aaSons, this place is, perhaps, equal to any, and Su
perior to molt en the river. For further particulars
apply on the premises, to GEORGE GILLESPIE.
AT>, A FARM in Hunterdon county, Weft Jersey,
an the Old York road, about two miles from Robin-
Xon'e ferry, containing near 80 acres of good land, in
a thick fettled part of the country. It has a (tore,
dwelling-house, barn, &c. with Sufficiency of marsh
land meadow, all in good fence. It will be fold very
^heap, and time given for part of the purchase money.
Apply as above.
fy, I , —— -
A LL persons indebted to, or have any demands on
A the Estate of ROBERT BURNETT, late of this
<ity, Gardener, a.a desired to fettle their Accounts
frith th# subscriber, within two months from this date.
ROBERT LUM^N, A^^^h
Public Notice is hereby given,
That the fubftribers have opined an OFFICE, for the
Settlement of the Pay accounts of Officers of the Hos
pital and Medical Department, in actual service, pri
soners (of the line of this date, flying-camp and mili
tia) and other, provided for by the Honourable the
Assembly of this state, in their Supplement to the AR,
entitled, " An A& to adjust and fettle the Accounts
of the Troops of this State," &c. &c. which Supple
ment was enacted the firft day of October last. The
Office is held in Second-ftraety a few doors above Race
ftreet, where Attendance will be given, from 9 o'clock
till one in the forenoon, and from three to five in the
afternoon; for FOUR WEEKS from this Date, Sun
days excepted, within which time all persons claiming
the benefits of said a&, are requested to attend.
The Claims (if any there are) offuch, as being pro
vided for by former a&s, have yet negle&d to attend,
inotwithtanding the considerable length cf time this
Office has been open for that purpose, the frequent no
tice Riven thereof, and attendance in the different coun
ties tor tin convenience of Applicants, will ^fo be ex
ramined into, if made within tae time abovementioned.
JAMES STEVENSON,) An di
JOHN NICHOLSON, ) & ^
Philadelphia, l^ov. 19, 1781.
State of New-Jersey, November, 1781.
To be Sold by Public Vendue,
At Wiliam Cooper's Ferry, on MONDAY, the 10th
Day of December next,
The Prize Sloop Sally,
With her Tackle, Apparel, Furniture and Cargo,
now lying opposite laid Ferry : Cargo consists of Fine
Boards, Plank and Scantling. The Vendue will begin
precisely at 10 o'clock In the Morning. The Purchaser
must exp<a to pry the Ca(h the Day of Sale.
By Order of thejudge,
JOHN BURROWS, MarlhaL
SATURDAY, DECEMBER%I,S6
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VOL. XI.)
O R, THE
GENERAL ADVERTISER.
Published every TUESDAY, THURSDAY and SATURDAY.—Price Six-Pence.
JUST IMPORTED,
In the last VefTels from Europe,
AND TO BE SOLD, by
WILLIAM NICHOLS,
At hit STORE, on the North Side of M^kst fireet,
opposite the Indian King,
A Large and General Assortment of the
FOLLOWING ARTICLES, viz.
SCARLET, brown,l
purple, black, green, !
blu<, light coloured, fu I
parfine and second Broad
clothe,
Scarlet, brown, blue,
light and coloured fu
perfine Knaps & Coat
ings,
Blue, grey, light and
Scarlet Duffils & Frizes,
Whits, buff and Scarlet
Caffimers and Wiltons,
Crimion, brown, blue,
ftrlpad, black, Spotted
and corded Velvets and
Val v^rata,
Olive & white Corduroys,
Tickfata and Durcons,
Barragens,
Childrens worsted Hose,
Pink, blue, black end
cloth coloured Duroys,
Prunella# and Durants,
Tammies and Sattinets,
Crimson, green, sky-blue
and pink Ruffala, Mo
reens and Callimancoee,
Jeans, Fustians and Beav
ers,
Cambists and Hairbines
of ail colours and fina
nefs,
Corded Worsteds and
Everlastings,
Serges and Serge de Jeanr,
Blue and white Plains and
Halfthicks,
7-8, 3 4, and apron-wide
cotton & linen Checks,
An assortment of Irish
Linens,
Fine and coarse Hollands,
Yard and half.yard and
3 8 brown and white
Sheetings,
Brittanniss and Platiella
royals,
Lavals, Panturies, Ozna
brigs and Ticklen'curgs,
Sul and Duck Cloth,
Marseilles Quilting,
Plain and corded Dimities
and Diapers,
Wide and narrow Russia
Sheetings, Dowlafs and
Flanders Ticking,
Jaconet and book Mullins,
Tapes, Bobbins & Laces,
Plain and figured Kent
ings, kenting Handker- ;
chiefs and Catgut,
Plain & milliontt Lawns,
Cambrick, '
ALL KINDS OF
COLOUR S,
For the Army and Navy, made and (old, on the most
reasonable terms, by REBECCA YOUNG, in Walnufc
ftgeet, near Third-ftrect, Philadelphia,
Said NICHOLS returns his best
Thanks to thole who have heretofore fa
voured him with their Custom, and hopes,
in future, from his Attention to Business,
and Willingness to Please, that it will be
the Interest of his Customers to continue
their Favours.
IMillionet Handkerchiefs
!and figured^ Apran Pat-
I terns,
Plain and figured Gauzes
and gauze Handker
chiefs, *
Womens Gloves cf #ll co
lours,
Ditto silk Mitts,
Mens silk Glov#%
A beautiful Assortment
of dark end light
Chintzes,
Elegant chintz Bed-pat
terns,
Fine and cowrie Calicoes
and Cottons,
Ginghams and Bengalis,
Nankeens and Dsmafcus,
Ducapts,Pad uafoys,Man
tuas, Luteftringr, Bro
cades, Modes and Taf
fitits,
Green, blue, claret,
bloom, orange, and
white 2-4 and 34 ell
Perfiana and Sarlnsts,
Pekings, Mexicans and
Mufflemans,
Ell-wide Persians, black
and coloured,
Mens, women and child
rens cotton and thread
Hose,
Elegant Tambeur Waist
coat Pattern!,
Best Se*irg-filk,
Black Thread,
Coloured ditto,
Silk and linen Handker
chiefs,
Black and coloured Bar
celona ditto,
Best Scarf T^ift, Mohair
and Button,
Black and v-hit? Blond
Lacts and Etyngs,
Thread ditto,
Painted, figured and plain
Ribbands,
Superfine, Second and
coarse Bolting Cloths,
Plated Buttons,
Skelleton and hoop Wire,
Best Tully Gartering,
Cotton Cord and Tefleh,.
Bandana, 61k and cotton
Romalls,
Quality and narrow Bind
ings and Ferrets,
; Snuff Boxes,
With many other Arti
cles, too tedious to enu
merate.
From the [London] Public Advertiser, dated April
16. 1781.
State of Public Fads, the pr^f^nt Reign, with Re
marks. '
EVER since his present majefly afeended the throne,
his kingdom has fullered almof i a continued con
cuffion,by the violation of our,conftitution, and the ex
orbitant power of his miniftdrs. Throughout this reign,
public affairs have been conducted with obflinacy,
and in contempt of the people. Government, tl e whole,
of this inglorious time, has 'abounded with willful er
ror and general loss. Minivers have drawn themselves
from our tru> interest, and attached themselves to a
domineering court; they have announced that those
fubje&s are enemies of the.king, who presume to ar
raign their candua, though notoriously injurious to
liberty, and subversive of all that is dear to E: g,fh
men; they have insulted our generosity, and nearly
undone what was done in the expulsion of t' e Smarts;
they glory in their attempts to accomplish by the in
fluence of corruption, what the obstinate Charles wish
ed to bring about bf the influence of prerogative.
Our complaints in 176,.are recollected to be abhorred;
they were carried to the foot of the throne by the livery
of London, who therereprefented that the right of trial
by jury was invaded, as well as the force of the habeas
corpus aft ; that an individual had been imprisoned
without trial, coaviaion, or sentence; that the milita
ry had been employed where peaiceofficers wo\ild have
been fufficient ; and that they had killed those fubjefts
who ought only to have been apprehended ; that ths
flayers had been concealed; that arbitrary taxes hd
been imposed in the colonies ; that the minihry had
procured a rejeaion from a feat in parliament of a mem
ber not legally difqualified, and seated a person there
not chofan by a majority of the electors ; that the pay
ment of pretended deficiencies in the civil li' lad been
procured without examination ; and that blood envel
loped beings had been thanked for taking away thq
lives of the innocent and unarmed, by way of fuelling
the riot of a rath but exasperated mob. These evils
are the consequence of our representative b®dy having
loft its efficiency ; instead of being what it was intend
ed to be, it has long been little more than a baflion of
the ministry ; a French parliament to register royal
edicts in, or a Roman senate in the imperial times, giv
ing us the idea of a free government ata time we ar©
in want of the re ality.
After trying the political experiment of taxing Ame
rica, originally and unfortunately planned y the lata
Mr- Grenville, then relinquishing if, forcing the Ame
ricans to open refinance, and involving us in all ths
horrors of war, dirtrefs, faction, and animosity ; ws
have been told from the throne of the authority of law,
and the necessity of Subordination, in language tha&
perplexes every idea of freedom. This has been pro
nounced to parliament in contradiaion of the known
spirit of our confiitution, as to an audience of ll.ves.'
Ihe tirmnefs 'fhewn by our brethren io America
against that power, which if exerted among ourfelve#
would be juhly repelled, has by authority been term
ed (edition and rebellion. Wren the illufrious Hamp
d.n refilled the lawful sovereign's demand of # n unlaw
ful t x, was he too guilty of rebellion ? The revoluti
on was brought about to prevent a man's property
from bei g taken without his consent, which makes
the taxing our colonies by the parliament of Great-
Britain, tne fame as thfl of Paris ; and yet it is crimi
nal to deny the sovereignty of parliament, although
tovereignty in reality exists only with the people, a
whom it is allodeal, not a fee Simple, as erroneously af
feried by Junius, and who have a right to exert it with
out any urgency of diflreSs, if they think they can,
eltablilh a new ent without greater inconveniency
than the future advantages are likely to balance- Go
vernment arises? from them ; and those into whose hands
they trull its admini flration, are but trufUes for their
co mmon welfare, ait. ough in a legal and constitution
al sense they arc in parliament the people themselves.
Toe idea of government is the authority of a few 0-
ver many ; whenever therefore it assumes a power of
oppoling the sense of a majority, it is downright ty
ranny. This sovereignty has been placed in the par
liament: but parliament being only a political crea
ture, Subject to all the weiknefs and infirmity of hu
man nature, it would be to rob its creators of their
natural and just rights, were it to arrogate to itfelf a
sovereignty that belongs only to its parents t and ei
ther to make it infallible, or to put it out of the reach
of correction. Governments are instituted among men.
to secure life, liberty and private happiness, deriving
at the fame time their just powers from the common
consent of the governed ; whenever it becomes destruc
tive of the end it is meant to promote, it is the rights
of the people to refill, to alter, or abolish it.
In this sense, government implies every thihg 1%
the welfare, Safety, and protean Qf @e 09^ 3
[NUMB 817.