The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1783-09-25 00:00:00, page 1

On Saturday the ^th instant,
on SATURDAY the 27th instant, September, at
6 o'clock in the Evening, at the Coffee House,
AN excellent TRACT of unimproved LAND in
the tovnihip of MUnfey, and county of Nor
thumherland, ft ue of Pennsylvania, and near the weft
branch ot the river Sufquehannah, containing 312 acres,
with an allow nee of 6 acres per hundred, over and a
bove, for roads, &:. The land is well timbered, and
watered with a number of springs ; there is a creek
running through said trad, where, at a small expence,
either a mill Text or two and a quantity of watered
meadow may be made. The largeness of the timber,
and the near situation of the river, makes this a desir
able ofe& to any person or perlons who are desirous to
feat themselves to advantage in this improving part of
Pennsylvania ; the time of payment will be made agree
able to the purchaser paying interest. For particulars
applyto JOHN WIGGLESWORTH, in Second ftrest,
between Market and Caefnut streets, Philadelphia,
where the title deeds and a plan of the trad may be
seen. Sept. Is.
at io 'Clock in the Morning, will be disposed of
by PUBLIC AUCTION, [at the Hopfeat prefeat occu
pied by Mr. Jacos Mjrrit, in F A ontstreet btlcw
Walnut street,
A 0^' n iy of Hb<>(hoia and Kitchen FURNITURE:
among which are, Mahogany Tables, Chain,
square and oval Looking Glaffer, Book C^fes,
an Bigot Day Clo'ck, Carpets, and some Metzotinto
Prints in oval gilt frames, together With sundry other
Articles that be cannot conveniently convey to New-
York, to which place he is now removing. §ep. It.
Southwark Au&ion.
THI V
MO R NI N G,
Will be Sold by Public Auction,
A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF
MERCHANDIZ E,
As USUAL: ALSO,
Houfhold Furniture & Wearing
To be Sold by Publ'c Vendue,
To be Sold by Public Vendue,
temher inst. at X o'Clock in the Forenoon, on Clif
ford's Wharff, will be Sold by Public Aadion,
ONE Mainsail, I Forel il, i Gibb, I Flying. Gibb,
a Topmaftr, 4 Yards, 2 Gaffs, 2 Booms, 2 Pumps,
^ Anchors, a Cables, a boat; and sundry other Aiti
les saved out of Schooner Maty, Barton Hathway,
matter ; fold to pay the feamens wages.
By tirder of the court of admiralty,
at the Cotfee House in Philadelphia, on MONDAY
tha 29th instant, at seven o'clock in the Evening,
THAT valuable ESTA IE on which Mr. Beoja
mn Mifflin lived many years, firuate in Broad
Kiln hundred, Suffix county, date of Delaware,
Containing 1445 acres of choice rich bottom Lnds for
meadow; 300 thereof is cleared and under good fence;
there is tome meadow made and several hundred acr^
more of the best kind can be made ^t a trifling ex
pence ; there is a good dwelling house and confi Ara
ble improvements ; 'tit within 14 miles of Lewis, the
counts town, three miles of a public landing that lea s
to Delaware river, and within three miles of the re
sidence of John Clow's, esquire. A clear, perhffand in
difputabie title, and immediate poffeffiou will be given
the purchaser. The plan thereof may be seen at the
Coffee-houfe, and the terms (which will be made eaf, )
known at the time of file.
Seot 12 . JOHN BAYARD, AAioneer.
LODGE-ALLEY, Sept. at.
T OOIS D'ORSIERE has opened the
' Dancing School of the French Aca
demy, as formerly. Sept. 21. ep.
WILLIAM BROWN, Auctioneer.
N. B. Hand-Bills will be discontinued for the future
except on particular Occasions.
On Thursday the 2frh of Sep-
THURSDAY, . r
THE SEPTEMBERS !^,
O R, THE
GENERAL ADVERTISER.
^xilfr^!^^ THURSDAY AND SATURDAY.—Price Six-Pence.
A PPA R E L, &c. &c.
just Imported in the i^u vilc^ ?rom Europe, the
Weft Indies &c. and for SALE by
Tench Cox e,
OLD Jamaica Rum, Windward Ifhnd Rum, New
England Rum, Sugars in hogsheads and barrels,
cotton, h,fon Teas, Drugs and Medicines in
fnbll packages aft reed, White Lead, Linseed Oil, Win
dow Glass, Iron Wirq Steel, tubs ot Chip Hats, Wool,
ens, and a Variety of other D y Goods, and a Quanti
ty of Cordage. Sept, 12. gfp.
Twenty Pieces of rich Pop ins &
HALF TABINETS, to !e fold remark biy cheap at
James Taylor's Store, in Watef-ftreet near the Crook
ed Billet wharf ; the proprietor intending to teturn to
Europe immediately. Also forae fittin and mode
CLOAKS.s r ,t. 25
For Cape Francois,
THE Ship DELAWARE, John Earle, Master,
now lying at Knight's wharff, will fail in Q
days, has excellent accommodations for pa ffen
pers, and will take 5 or 600 barrels of flour on freight.
For terms aptly to MATHEW IR WIN, in Fourth^
Itreet, or the Captain on board. Sept. 12.
Will be SOLD by the fubfcriber,| at PUBLIC AUC
TION, at the Office of John Swanwick, enquire, in
Market, between Fifth and Sixth-ftieeti—A large
Quantity of GO ODS furable to the approaching
fe?Ton, the Property of the United-States of America:
Confiftm@ of the following Articles,
BLANKETS of different sizes and qualities.
Cloths of various colours and qualities
Worsted and woolen Hose,
Hits of various qualities,
Shot's,
Surges, fine and coarse, .
Cotrfe Woolens, and a Variety of Articles:,
Patterns of which may be seen at Mr. Swanwick's
Office, or at the City-Au&ion Store, at an, time pre
vious to the sale ; which will be continued weekly, on
Fridays till the whole is difpo'ed of.
Any Notes finned by the honorable Superintendent of
F nance, Bank Notes or Cash will b? taken in pay
m^ JOHN BAYARD, Auctioneer.
For C AD 1 Z,
TO fail in all next month, the good Ship SAINT
ANNE. Fer Freight or Piflage apply to JOHN
VAUGHAN, at bis Stere on Whitefile's wharff.
TO BE SOL D, A
VERY convenient and good three c^ry HOUSE,
in Second-street near M>rkt-ftreet, an excel eat
fland for hnfierf. E^vfr?• ^ Prin^r. 5^.22.6!.
Downingtown, September 15, 1,83.
WAS STOLEN out of M*. Thomas Downnp's
tavern, on the night of the 11:h inst. a PORT
MANTEAU, containing the fallowing Articles,
viz. A blue regimental coat with leaflet facings and
white buttons, white broadcloth jacket atid breeches;
a number of valuable public papers, among which are
duplicates and two folio account books; relative to the
lieutenant's department of Lancaftet county, receipts
for pay to the militia of the fame place, and sundry
papers belonging to the late eleventh Pennfvivanii re
giment, a small shot-bag marked thus, AH. No. 4,
containing eighty Spanish dollars. Whoever will dii
cover the papers and money, and leave them with Mr.
Downing, at Downingtown, or at the Comptroller ge
neral's Office, in Philadelphia, fhUI receive the above
reward; and whosoever will apprehend th# thief, so
that he may be brought to joftice, (hail receive an ad
ditio al reward of FIVE GUINEAS, and all re rfon-
Bblc charges paid, by ADAM HUBLEY, junr.
Lieutenant of Lancafttr County.
To be Sold by Public Vendue 9
at the House o. Caplin DARBY, in Front ftr^r,
the S cond door below Fine fir e*, on THURS
DAY next, at 9 o'clock in the Morning,
„ Quantity OL HOUSHCLD GOODS: consisting of
'"'' an ' B p doing, Curtains, Chairs, Tables,
Chests of Drawers, Andirons, Shovels and Tongs, and
^"' era ' evey Article in the houlhold way.
Sept. 10.
„ 'Philadelphia, September 25, 1783.
TO-M O R R O W
Ten Guineas Reward.
^ MESSAGE from The President, and The Su
preme Executive Council, t 9 The General As
sembly. Q
GENTLEMEN,
WE think it our duty, to lay before you an account of the
late disturbances among the soldiery in this state.
r d ? y of ^"^ we received the inclofed letters from
Col. Richard Butler, and William Henry, Esq; of Lancafler, and
immediately transmitted them by our Delegates to Congress.
In the conference with the committee appointed on these let
-Ime ° f them propped the flopping the soldiery from Lan
cafler by a detachment from the militia, to be instantly called
out. We informed the committee that Lieutenant Butler, who
brought the late dispatches, had represented to us, that the fol
", TL d behaved ver y regularly upon their march—-that they
' were comin 8 to have their accounts fettled-.-that they
• l. be ""' the town — and that it was very improbable a
lumcient force could be collected in time to intercept them.
l The caf ^ appeared so delicate and difficult, that the committee
themselves seemed to doubt the propriety of opposing the soldiers
by force, and compelling them to re rn ; and one of them said
that “ in all cases, in which he could riot determine precisely
what to do, it was a maxim with him, that the better way was
to do nothing."'
On the fame day orders were issued from the War-office, tha;
these soldiers ffiould be received into the barracks, and fup D lied
With rations. rr
On Saturday, the lift of June, a party of 30 armed soldiers
marched fro, their quarters in the barracks, and parading before
the State-House, where we were then met in Council, sent up te
os by the Secretary, the following message in writing;
'' May it feleafe your Excellency,
."E, the non-commissioned officers and 'foldiers now in this
city, demand of you, and the honorable Council, authority to
appoint commissioned officers to command us, and redreft our
grievances, which officers to have full power to adopt such mea
sures as they may judge most likely to procure us justice. Yuu
will immediately issue fich authority, and deliver it to us or
otherwise we (ball instantly let in those injured soldiers upon you,
and abide by the consequence. You have only twenty minutes 10
deliberate upon this important matter. The officers in general
have forfaken us, and refufe to take any further command. This
1 presume you all know. We are, in behalf of ourselves and the
men, Tours, &c. &c."
The immediate object of this message, the terms in which ie
was exprefled, and the further design of the insurgents to procure
a fan ftion for their future proceedings, by an authority to be de
rived from us, determined us unanimously to resolve, that “ the
demands contained in it should be rejected."
In the mean time a larger number of soldiers in arms advanced
aad soon joined their companions, making in the whole a body of
about 300 men of the Pennsylvania line, under the direction of
ferjeants. They paraded also before the State-House, a party of
15 or 20 men took post in the yard, opposite the south windows
of tho Council-Chamber, arid centinels were fixed at the doors
of the State-House, but people still kept continually going out
and coming in without being flopped by them.
We remained in the Council- Chamber for more than an hour
after the receipt of the message before-mentioned, and then sent
the Secretary to enquire, if that message to the Council was ap
proved by the soldiers in general. He reported to us, that he was
answered insolently by some of the leaders, “ it was approved by
them, and that we should soon hear more from them."
While these things passed, most of the members of Congress
affembied, but not in fu fficient number to form a Congress. That
honorable body flood adjourned from Friday till the following
Monday, Saturday being a day of usual recess; but upon the a
larm, the members were specially summoned by their Pret mt
to meet, and at the place to which the soldiers were moving.
For what purpose they were so summoned, we have not been in
formed.
To these gentlemen the President of this Board went, and com
municated the message of the soldiery, and the resolution of Coun
cil. He then returned to the Council-Chamber. No farther
measure was decided upon till Major General St. Clair came up
and expressed his hopes that the soldiers might be prevailed upon
to return peaceably to their quarters, if Council would confect co
a conference with a committee of either commissioned or deran
ged officers, to be appointed by them, on the state of their affairs.
The President of this Board again went to the Congress room"
and aiked the President of Congress, in the presence of several
other members, if it was agreeable to them that Council should
hold the conference proposed through General St. Clair, ne was
answered by the President, that they most chearfully agreed to
Council's bolding such conference; for that he, and the mem
bers of Congress, had empowered General St. Clair to fettle the
matter with the soldiers, in such manner as he should judge most
proper."*
We affenteu to the proposal. About three o'clock the members
of Congress left the State-House. We have heard that their
President was flopped for a few moments in Chefout-freet by some
soldiers; but, that one of the leading ferjeants coming up, apo
logized for what had happened, reproved the soldiers, and took
them away.
We continued in Council till four o'clock, when the soldiers
were on their return to tke barracks.
* Several members of Congress fay, that Gen. St. Clair was
called into the Congress r om, and, as well as the members can
recoiled, addressed by the President in these words--- “ Sir,---
You are empowered by the members of Congress here prefenr,
to go among the soldiers, and take such meafure# as you fhaU
judge most proper/'
[NUMB. 1099.