The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1781-09-11 00:00:00, page 1

To be Sold by private Sale, or Exchanged
for a Houle in a good Stand, A
Lot of Marsh Meadow,
Bounding on the Province-Island road, bounded by
meadow of William Jones, John Evely and John Ha
ney, containing eight acres and ninety perches.
Another LOT of excellent UPLAND, now planted
with Indian corn and potatoes, containing eight acres
and seventeen perches, bounded by land of John Ha
ney, William Jones and others. Both the above Lots
sire under good fence, and in excellent order. The
fubferiber has about Thirty Acres of Meadow that he
proposes ^aftureing ; any one having Cattle or Hetfes
to pasture, m^y depend on his utmost endeavours to
oblige them, and at rrafonable rates.
N. B. Enquire for terms of fait of the fub'eriber,
living in Bied-ftreet, commonly celled Moravian alley.
JOHN SPROGELL.
For the redemption of the Bills of Credit
of this state, dated April the 29th, 1780, will be held
at the Coffee-houfe, on THURSDAY, the 1 3th of Sep
tember instant, at TE N o'clock in the forenoon. A
Plan of the Lots may be seen at the Coffee-houfe, and
at the Surveyor General's Office. The conditions the
fame as the last files. August 31.
For 6 years and 5 months, f^m theist day cf Noverrt
ber next,
Of Greenwich Forge,
Grist Mil', Saw Mill, and about 600 Acres of Land 5
situated on Mafconekunk crerk, in Sussex county,
New-Jersey, fix miles from Durham furna^ . •The
Forge has been rebuilt l^ft summer, and the Grist-Mill
is repaired; with a good Farm, and about 20 acres of
mowable Meadow on the premises. Then is Mfo in
cluded in laid Lease, 4 valuable Negroes, 3 of which
Bre good Fer^e-men. For further particulars enquire
of RICHARD BACKHCUSE, at Durham Furnace,
o r SAMUEL WILLIAMS, at laid Forge.
Auction of Booh,
To be Sold, on Tuesday the iith instant,
at the CITY VENDUE STORE, at 11 o'clock in
the Forenoon,
A small Collection of the most approved
Modern BOOKS,
The treated Part of them entirely na% and of the most
elegm't London Editions: Among a number of
others are th# following :
The celebrated Abbe Raynal's
philosophical aid political Hiftorv of the SeW^me n ts
and Trade of the European# in the F*ft and W# In
dies, in English, 5 vol#. Roberta^ H story of Charles
the Vth. 4 volt. Hume's Hbftorv 0? Eiland j to which
is perfixed, an Account of his Life ; written by him
fel£ 8 vols. Home's Essays, moral, political, &nl li
aerary, 4 voir. Blackstone's Commentaries on the
Law* of Engl nd, 4 rob. Bell'# Edition of th# Poets
of Great-Brirain, from Chaucer to Churchill, x 6 vol*.
Langhorn's Plutarch, 6 voh.
WANTED IMMEDIATELY,
A number of able-bodied
Draught Horses.
Any Persons having oj.b m dispose of may meet with
Purchasers, and know the Terms of Payment, by
applying to Mr, JACOB HILTZHE IMER,
or SAMUEL MILES, in Philadelphia. Aug. 24.
Wanted immediately, a Wet
NURSE with a good Br^ft ot Mi k, that can be
well recommended. Esqmre of the Printer.
Public Lots of this City,
T O BE SO LD,
Two-thirds of a Lease,
VOL. X.l
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER n, 178 b
THE
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O R, THE
GENERAL ADVERTISER. .
A further SALE of the
Published every TUESDAY, THURSDAY and SATUSDAY.— Price Six-Pence.
At his STORE, on the Nrr'h Side of Muket street,
opposite the Indian King,
A Large and General Assortment of the
SC A RLET, brown, 1
purple, black, green, !
blue, light coloured, fu- I
perfine and second Broad-1
cloths,
Sesriet, broin, blue,
light and coloured fu
perfine Knaps & Cozt
%?,
Blue, grey, light ^nd
Icarlet D iffil# & Frizes,
White, buff and fcrulci
Caffimere and Wilton?,
Crimson, brown, blue,
ftriptd, black, fpottrd
and corded Velvet# and
Velverets,
Olive & white Corduroys,
Tickiets and Durcons,
Barragons,
Childrens worked Hose,
Pink, blue, black and
cloth coloured Duroys
Prunellas and Durants,
Tammies and Sattinets,
Crimson, green, fky-b'u?
and pink Russes, Mo
reens and Calamancoes,
Jeans, Fustians and Beav
ers,
Camblets and Hairbines
of all colours and fine
neri,
Corded Worfteda and
Everlaftlngs,
Serges and Serge de jeans,
Blue and white Plains mi
Halfthicks,
7-8, 3 4, and apron-wide
cotton &; linen Checks,
An assortment of Irdh
Linens,
Fine and coarse Hollands,
Yard and half yard and
,8 brown and white
Sheetings,
Brittannus aud Planella
royals,
Lavals, P nturies, Ozna
brigs and Ticklenlurge,
Sil and Duck Cloth,
Marseilles Quilting,
Plain and corded Dimities
and Diapers,
Wide and narrow Russia
Sheetings, Denials and
Flanders Ticking,
Jaconet and book Mihirs,
rapes, Bobbins & Laces,-
Plain and figured Kent
ings, Renting Handker
chiefs and Catgut,
Plain & million, .t Lawns,
Camo ick,
Said NICHOLS returns his btft
Thanks to thole who have heretofore fa
voured him with their Custom, and hopes,
in future, from his Attention to BuGneft,
and Willingness to Please, that it will be
the Interest of his Customers to continue
their Favour.
Wanted to Hire, a Waiter who
is capable of taking C?rr .ol a Prir of Horses, ard <an
drive a Carriage; none need appybut those wig n
ba wall recommended. Enquire of the Printer.
In the last Vefltls from Europe,
AND TO BE SOLD, By
WILLI \M NICHOLS,
Following Articles, viz.
JUST IMPORTED,
Millionet Handkerchiefs
arid figured Aprsn Pat
terns,
PWn and figured Gauzes
and ga % zc H rdk er
chicfs,
Womens Gloves of all co-
Icurs,
Ditto 6 k Mitre,
Metis fik Gloves
A beautiful Aifortment
of dark and light
Chintzes,
Elegant chintz Bed pat
terns,
Fine and coarse Calicoes
and Cottons,
Ginghams and Bengalis,
Nankeens and Damricus,
Ducapes,Paduafoy^, Man
tua,, Luteftringt, Bro
cades, Modes and Taf
fities,
Green, blue, claret,
bloom, orange, and
white 2-4 and 3-4 ell
Persians and Serlnets,
Pekings, Mexicans and
Mufflemans,
Ell-wide Persians, black
and coloured,
Mens, women and child
rens cotton and thread
Hole,
Elegant Tambour Waist
coat Patterns,
B#ft Ssflog-filk,
Black Thread,
Coloured ditto,
Silk and linen Handker
chiefs,
Black and colour'd Bar
celona ditto,
Best scars Twist, Mohair
and Buttons,
Black and white Blond
Laces and Edgirge,
Thread ditto.
Painted, figured and plain
Ribbands,
Superfine, second and
covri Bolting Cloths,
Plated Buttons,
bkellrton and hoop Wire,
Best TulH G?rtering,
Cotton Corel and Toffelf,
Bandana, silk and cotton
Romalis,
Quality and narrow Bind
ings and Ferrets,
I' Snuff Boxss,
With many other Arti
cles, t?o tedious to enu
merate.
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
CONSTANTINOPLE, April 30.
/~\ N the 23d instant a fire broke out in the quar-
< f tcrof this city, which is almost entirely inhabited
by lawyers. It was so violent, that notwith
flanding all possible assistance, it continued burning
eleven ours : it is computed that 200 houses were de
flr yel.
A fortnight ago the plague broke out again in this
city- the hotel of the Venetian ambassador has been
affected with it, one of whole domeflicks id dead. It
is very probable that this terrible calamity was brought
hitler from Salonica, from whence we learn that it has
made such ravages there, that though two thirds of the
inhabitants had left the place, it carries off upwards
of 100 perlons daily.
Trieste, May 4. There is a plan here on foot, to
build 1 bout thirty vessels aga nftnext spring, in order to
carry ten a trade with all nations, and with the belli
gerent powers, under the Andrian flag; great ad
vantages are expelled from this trade.
Milan, May i?.The empe:or has lent here a refcript,
ordering an account of all ecclefiaflical foundations,
fraternities, &c. to be laid before him, his majefly inten
ding to suppress a great number of them.
Cologne, May 22. We learn from Coblentz, that
an ordinance has been published there, by which the
Jews are forbidden to c^rry on any other commerce
than that of wine, and cf some trifling commodities.
This Hep is taken, it is laid, to encourage the other
inhabitants to apply th^mfelves to trade.
Copenhagen, May 24. The frigate the Bornholm,
of 36 guns, is lately arrived from the Weft Indies,
and captain Schionning, who commands her, was im
mediately put under arrest, and a commission is appoint
ed to examine into his conduA when he met three Eng
li(h privateers, which took his convoy from him, con
fiding of ten merchant thips. It is said there are some
circumstances which make much against the captain.
Paris, May 28. The count de Roquefeuille, on
the 24th instant, took the oaths before the king for the
place of vice admiral, vacant by the death of the
count d'Aubigny.
M de la Motte Picquet put to sea on the 22d inst.
with fix ships of the line and two frigates; he has
hoified his flag on board the Terrible. His real desti
nation is not publicly known. He has the most excel
lent failing ships in the whole fleet, the remainder of
which is equipping with all dispatch, and it will pro
bably be ready in a few weeks; public flill assign the
command of it to count D'Eftair.g. The vessels defi
ned for the Fafl Indies are arrived from I'Orient at
Ereft. They write from Rochfort, that the new ships
of war l'Argonaute and le Brave will be launched the
sth of ) ext month.
Faris, June 1. They write from Amiens, that on
the 19th of May, about three in the afternoon, a
storm destroyed 14 parishes. It spread the length of
four leagues, and in breadth half a league, with a ve
ry heavy Slower of hail hones, of a prodigious size,
for near a quarter of an hour, accompanied with a vi
olent gale of wind, and was succeeded with such a flood
of rain, that there are no hopes of any harvest this
year: ^nd the earth is so torn up, that it will feel this
difafler for feverd years.
L O N D O N.
June 8. Captain Parker arrived on Thursday at
the admiralty from the Weft Indies ; he came home
in the packet, and the occasion of his return to Eng-"
land is, ids havin' lot the ship lie commanded in a
ftorrh in the Leeward Idan Is. Captain Parker brings fir
George Rodney's and general Vaughan's difpatchesy
whicn are dated the 27'h of April. They contain no
thing very material, not any !hip of re enemy having
been taken since the former accounts were received
from him. Sir George mentions fir Samuel Hood be
ing cruizing to windward ^ Martinico, with 18 ships
of the line, and exprefT°,'his intention of immediately
joining him in his own ihip, and taking the command.
Two packet boats from the Well Indies are miffing,
with the mails on board. One of these is the Lord
Hyde, the other the Comet: As yet the pod-office
have received no authentic advices concerning them.
Extras of a letter fr®m St. Lucia, April 7.
" A few days ago a fleet of 45 fail of dorefbips, vic
tuallers and transports, escorted by a fllip of tiie line
and a frigate, got into 'Port -Royal, Martinique. Un
for'unately at this time ft Samuel Hood, who wa^
cruizing for them, fell by the currents to the leeward,
by which means only one,of his squadron of the line
got up with them. The French lin-of battle thip en
g ged her for feme time, to give the convoy an oppor-/
lenity of Heaping, widen w: en die saw effected, ffis
declined the combat, and m du fail after them/'
[NUMB. 780.