Dunlap's Pennsylvania packet , The general advertiser — Philadelphia, Pa., 1774-10-10 00:00:00, page 4

Philadelphia, Aurufi 28, 1774.
TEN POUNDS REWARD.
RAN AWAY from the subscriber, an Irish
" Servant man named JOHN CAMPI N,
who came in the snow Charlotte, Capt. Gaffney,
from Waterfoid, about fix weeks ago, by trade a
butcher, about five feet eight inches high, (lender
made, draight long visage, small legs, has a clumsy
walk, and wears his own fliort brown hair : Had
on and took with him, a new large broad diamond
check shirt without buttons, a Ihort brown jacket
without fleeres, a dark frize furtout coat with a
large cape to it, and another of black, uith black
horn buttons, one pair of blue worsted plu(h
breeches, a pair of light coloured yarn stockings
generally not gartered, a pair of thick double foal
ed (hoes, with large broad carved copper buckles,
a small brimmed eld hat, speaks quick and tolerable
good English, and given to liquor : It is supposed
he is gone off with some of his shipmates, who may
affid him in changing his cloaths, and no doubt but
he may change his name. Whoever takes up the
said servant, (hall have the above Reward, and
reasonable charges if brought home, or secured in
any of his Majesty's gaols, paid by
EDWARD BARRET.
Mount Clee r e, Baltimore County, Sept. 9, 1774.
TEN POUNDS REWARD.
STOLEN out of the fubferiber's pasture, nt his
pl mtation,called the Caves, a black half-blood
ed MARE, about 14 hands and a half high, paces
a little, trots and g-dfops well, (he has both hind
feet white, a small (far on her forehead, and a white
(Birk just behind her ears, occasioned by the rub
bing of the halter, a small white foot on her ®ff
A single man, that is a good clerk, may hear of
a place, by applying at the above Store : none but
those of a good character, and that can give Secu
rity, need apply.
ALL PERSONS indebted to the
estate of STEPHEN Carmick, deceased, ei
ther by bond, note, or book debt, are desired to
pay off their refpeftive balances : and those who
have any demands against said estate, to furnifh
their accounts properly proved.
ANNA CARMICK, Executrix.
PHILADELPHIA: Printed by JOHN DUNLAP, at the Nrocfl Printing-Office in Market-Street, where
Subferiptions at Ten Shillings per Annum, Advertifemeuts, &c. are thankfully received for this Paper.
''r HE PUBLIC is hereby informed,
I the fourth and last class of Petties Island
Cash Lottery, for Norrinton PreSbyterian Church,
Whiipain German Lutheran Church, Newark A
cademy, &c. will certainly begin drawing the fif
teenth of October inll. Thole who have had tic
kets to dispose of, are requeued to return Such as
may he unfold (if any) before the tenth of October,
as all tickets unfold after that date we propose to
draw on account of the lottery ; and all those who
have had tickets in the foregoing clades on credit,
'are desired to make immediate payment, in order
that the many laudable purposes for which the lot
tery was made may be answered.
There rem tins a few tick ets to be disposed of in
this very rich and advantageous class, where there
are a considerable numberof prizes more than blanks,
the highest prize £ 600 and several valuable prizes
made by the money carried from the f regoing claf
fts. Those who incline to become adventurers may
be informed where tickets may be had, by applying
to Meilis. Robert Porter, Dederick Reese, Adam Folk,
and Andrew Porter, in Philadelphia; Capt. Robert
Currr, Dr. Keener, and Messrs. William Armflrong,
Job,; Porte, Stephen Ploom, Adam Hoffman, and
Paul Bower, Philadelphia County; Dr. M'Kenley,
Wilmington ; James LatimoreA Esq; Newport ;
Meilis. Michael etattleman, John Todd, and William
E^ans, Cherter County ; Meilrs. Nicholas Patter
on, Storekeeper, John Younckin, Bucks-County ;
Mr. WPliiam French, Abington ; Mr. William Innes,
Burlington.
HAS jift opened SCHOOL in a large com
modious room over Mr. Isaac Gray's store,
in Chefnut-ltreet, between Second and Third-
Streets ; —where those who are pleased to fend, may
depend on hiving their children and youth d^igent
1/ instructed in grammatic English, with due atten
tion to emp 4 afis, pause, cadence, and puerile de
clamation ; Latin grammar, and a few of fts fnb
fequent chffi:s, with a concise but comprehvnfive
m thod of parfrig; legible writing in a veiy short
time, by an approved new expedient ; common •
and mercantile arithmetic, with several curious and
inflectional contractions; and kalian book-keeping,
with sundry domestic, foreign, and company ac
compts demonstratively journalized.—Likewise de
cimals, duodecimals, and logarithms ; pra&ic and
theoretic geometry ; plane and spheric trigonome
try; fiinpie anl quadratic algebra ; with the direct
and inverse methods of fluxionary quantities. To
-which mav be added, the occasional application of
the whole to menfnration in all its parts, navigation
in a'l its kinds, gauging in varieties, and surveying
in all its molt modern improvements : Together
with whatever else Shall be found either recreative
or ufefiil in a fele& course of pr & cal mathematics.
N. B. Said Heffernan has aifo opened a night
fehool, at the above place ; where a fewof the emu
lous fans of industry, will be occasionally attended to,
with vigilance and assiduity.
thigh, branded on the near buttock thus^ C. Who
ever takes up the said mare, and secures the thief,
so that he be brought to justice, shall receive the
above reward ; or whoever takes up the said mare
alone, and brings her to the subscriber, fitall have
reward of T WENTYSHILLINGS, if
(lie be found within the county, and THREE
POUNDS if out of the county, by
_ CHARLESCARRO LL.
For CHARLESTOWN, (S. Carolina)
The Brigantine
%'ffi ' CHARLESTOWN PACKET,
^/^ft% SAMUEL WRIGHT,
J Master;
XT7 1 L L fail in a^out ten
vt"%¥=:%^ vv days. For freight or
frfc .fy^^jrt^^ pillage apply to Uriah Wool-
U. Z^^^fman, William Sykes and Co.
or said master at Clifford's wharf.
N. B. A quantity of good RTC F, and ninety
barrels of pIFCH to be Idl'd. Enquire is above.
JAMES KINNE A R,
^f AKES this method to acquaint the Public,
A and his friends in particular, that he is re
n.>ved to his new Vendue-Store, at the corner of
Third and Vine Greets, He shall gratefully acknow
ledge, and give all the fatisfaction he can, to those
that will favour him with their custom.
Philadelphia, Se/t. 19, 1774.
JOHN HEFFERNA N,
Teacher of Mathematics and the English
Language.
JOSEPH SWIFT, Executor.
Philadelphia, Augufi 12, 1774.
TEN SHILLINGS REWARD.
RAN AWAY from the subscriber, about
two weeks ago, a negro lad, named CAT O,
about fifteen years of age, four feet eight or nine
inches high, square built : Had on, a hat that was
painted, an oznabrug shirt and trowfers, a claret
coloured broadcloth coat with white metal buttons,
and good (hoes. Whoever takes up and secures
said negro, so that his master may have him again,
(hall have the above Reward, paid by
All the above, with every other article of Drugs,
Medicines, and their Appurtenances, in prelent
use and practice, will be fold Wholesale, and Retail,
at the most reasonable rates.
N. B. Medicines regularly and properly com
pounded; and all Orders, Prescriptions, and Fa
mily Receipts, duly attended to.
Best Florence Oil in Cheffs, Common Oil L Bar
rels, Salt Petre, new Aniseed, and Antimony, in
Kegs of an Hundred each ; belt refined Venetian
Borax, &c. &c.
H.ivejuit imported in the St. George, Capt. Inglis,
and the Caesar, Capt. Miller, from London, and
are now opening at their store in Front-llreet, tiie
fifth door above Walnut-street,
AVER Y great variety of Capital Drugs, and
genuine Patent Medicines; well assorted for
Apothecaries, Druggilts, and Store-keepers, that
purchase in the wholesale way.
Also a quantity of French Prunes, Italian Vermi
celli, and a few truffles and morells.—Rowley's Bri
tish Herb Tobacco, and Snuff, Keifer's genuine
famous Pills, and the much celebrated arquebufade.
—Hemet's Essence, and Powder of Pearl, so much
esteemed for the Teeth and Gums; Stralburgh
fnuff, fine Windsor (having Soap, &c.&c.—white
flint Electrical Globes, large marble Mortars for
Family uses, Flesh Brushes of different sizes, Elastic,
and Tobacco Syrenges, &c. &c.
A very neat collection of the fineft Colours, sets
of Crayons, a variety of Frosts, and Bronzes; En
glish Copal Varnish, and Gold Lacker, Miniature
Frames and Cases, prepar'd Canvas, whole, half,
and three quarter lengths, Gold and Silver Leaf,
Gold and Silver Shells, Tools, and Pencils of most
kinds.
AN assortment of merchandize, suitable to the
season; they also expe& a further Supply by
-the firft (hips from London, Liverpool and Glas
gow, which will be fold on reasonable terms, for
cash or short credit.
SPEAKMAN and CARTER,
CHEMISTS and DRUGGISTS,
On the north fide of Market-street, between Second
and Third-Streets, Philadelphia,
HA V E just imported a freSh affortmeiat of Drugs
and Medicines, of prime quality, amongst
which are very fine Jesuits bark, salt petre, cam
phire, juniper berries, Hill's balsam of honey,
Greenough's two tinctures for cleaning the teeth,
curing the feurvy in the gums, and the tooth-ach,
and Dalby's carminative mixture ; also gold leaf,
Naples yellow, white vitriol, &c. &c.
Practitioners in town or country, Store-keepers
or others, who may please to favour them with their
custom, may depend on having medicines of the
best qualities, and on reasonable terms..
They have also lately received from London, a
frefh parcel of the famous Keyfer's pills;, warranted
genuine.
ROBERT B AS S,
APOTHECARY in Market-street,
Has this day imported in the Mary and Elizabeth,
Capt. Falconer from London,
N. B. Abraham Usher, requests those indebt
ed to him, whole accounts are due, to make pay
ment.
WILLIAM LIPPINCOT T,
On the weft fide of Front-flreet, a few doors below
Arch-Street,
HA S just imported from London, a frefh and
very neat alfortment of belt Superfine and fe
cund Broadcloths, confuting of 3 pleating variety
of choice colours, with linings and trimmings Suit
ed thereto; amongst which are a number of
Shades suitable for womens cloaks, and a few pieces
of double mill'd drabs for mens great coats, &c.
He proposes felling for a moderate profit, and Shall
be much obliged to those who may be disposed to
favour him with their custom.
Just imported in the Ship Richard Fenn, Capt. All,
from London, and to be fold for cash, or at fix
months credit, by
DANIEL WILLIAMS and SONS,
At their store in Front Street, between the London
Coffee house and Chefnut Street,
A Large and general assortment of DRY GOODS,
" suitable to the season.
Abraham Ufber and George Henry,
PHILIP MARCHINTON,
HATH imported by the last Ships from Lon
don, a very large affutment of Woollen and
Linen Drapery, Silk Mercery, H fiery and Habtr
dilhery, which he fells wholesale and retail at No. 4.,
below the north-east corner of Second-Street, in
Market Street. He returns his molt humble thanks
to all his friends, and the Public in general, for
the good and great favours he hath alreuly received:
and he can assure them, that he has taken all the
pains in his power to buy every article from the
very belt market; and he is determined not to raise
the price of any Goods but those that curt more at
home, which he hopes will increase his tales, and
merit their esteem.
A General assortment of FALL GOODS,
which are now opening for sale in their Store
at the corner of Front and Chefnut Streets.
Just imported in the Ship Richard Penn, Capt. All,
and the Brig Dove, Capt. Allen, from London,
and to be fold by
JOHN SHIELD S,
At his store on the north fide of Chefnut street, the
fourth door below Second Street,
A NEAT assortment of GOODS, confining
A of Irish linens and Sheetings, calicoes and
cottons, Stuff's of most kinds, a variety of haber
dathery and Stationary, and a large parcel of ribbons
as usual.
N. B. He daily experts a general assortment of
woohens, checks, Scotch goods, and Ruffi 1 Sheetings.
Thomas, George and Jonathan Mifflin,
Have imported by the Ship Richard Penn, Capt. All,
from London,
WILLIAM TO D.
FORTY SHILLING) REWARD.
RAN AWAY on Monday the fifth of this
instant (Sept.) from the subscriber, in Amity
townfllip, Berks county, an English servant lad
named WILLIAM RI DG, about nineteen
yearsof age, five feet two inches high, of a brown
complexion, dark straight hair and dark eyes, a
small fear on his right eyebrow, and is a noted liar:
Had on when he went away, a tow shirt, an old
blue waistcoat with brass buttons, and an old hunt
ing shirt, short tow trowfers, an old felt hat, old
(hoes with roundish steel buckles. Whoever appre
hends or takes tip said servant and brings him to
his master, or secures him in any gaol, so that his
matter may have him again, shall receive the above
reward, and reafon.-.ble charges, paid by
JOHN M'C A L L A, Jun.
T A Y L O R,
At his Medicinal Store in Baltimore.
IN this importation I have received a large quan
tity of Pate.nt Medicines, perfumery and grocery,
cinnamon, mace, nutmegs, cloves, alfpice, faltpetre^
&c. juniper, anise, fennel, coriander, caraway and
feedugreek feeds; also surgeons pocket instruments,
(hop furniture, cases of scalpels, best and common
lancets, rupture trusses, &c. As it is probable a
non-importation agreement may be soon entered
into by the Colonies, our intercourse with Great-
Britain must of course be much interrupted, and
regular supplies of goods from thence not (0 easily
obtained as hitherto : My physical friends, and other
cu ftomers will pleale to advert to this circun stance,
and supply themselves before my present stock is
exhausted.—l mean, however, to continue my im
portations by every opportunity, conformable to
any general reftriftions that may take place.
Direaly opposite the London Coflee House in Mar
ket-fti eet, three doors from the coiner of Front-
Street,
BEGS leave to inform the public, that he carries
on said business there : All those that please to
favour him with their commands, may depend on
having their work done in the best manner, and on
reasonable terms.
DRUGSand MEDICINES:
A fre(h and very general assortment, just arrived in
the Nelly frigate, Capt. Wallace ; and to be
fold on me usual terms, by
JOHN B O Y D,
JOHN BOYD.
N. B. Those gentlemen indebted to me above
the usual term of credit, will please to confider,
how impossible it is carry on any trade with foirit
and fucctfs, without regular and pundual remit
tances.
Sept. 21, 1774.
FIVEPOUNDSREWARD.
TO whoever will produce a hogshead of Rum,
that was landed from on board the (loop
Friendship, Valentine Clark, commander, lying at
Powel's wharf (from Grenada) between theist and
3d indent. The hogshead was marked M. F. No.
24, Weft-India guage, 118 gallons: It must have
been taken away through a mistake, or with a frau
dulent intention ; therefore, the person that pro
duces tiie hogshead (hall be entitled to the above
reward, from the fubferibers, on proving who it
was got of.
GEORGE MEADE, and Co.
WA S LO S T,
On Tuesday the 1 3th inst. (September) under the
Shambles, near the Court-house in this city,
AN old red leatheiPOCKE F-B 0 O K, with
a Steel chop, the upper part of which was
broke and tied to the leather with a bit of tape or
String; it contained Several papeis, and an alma
nack, with one or two letters directed to the owner;
it allo contained 31. 10s. in cash, and eleven tickets
in the Coneftogo Bridge lottery, No. 3770 arid 3780,
with fume other tickets in lotteries already drawn,
some of which are final! prizes, the pay Stopped.
The intent of this advertisement is to forwarn all
persons against purchasing any of the abeve tickets,
as they will receive no profit thereby Should they be
fortunate. As the papers and letters in said book
will at once discover the owner, it is hoped, Should
any one find the fame, they will be kind enough to
return it to the owner, or the Printer hereof, and
they Shall be rewarded for t^eir trouble.
Philadelphia, Sept. 22, 1774.
TP H E Subscribers take this method to
inform the Public in general, and their friends
in particular, that they have opered a VENDUE
STORE in Front-flreet, Scuthwark, in the house
formerly occupied b, James Kinnear, where they
purpose carrying on that business in an extensive
manner: Those who please to favour them with
their custom, may depend on having their business
done with the greatest care and dispatch, by the
Public's most obedient humble servants,
H UNTER and MOORE.
r O BE SOL D,
T H E time of a Scotch Servant girl, who has four
' yers to Serve: She can be recommended for
her honesty, industry and Sobriety. Enquire of the
Printer.
TOBE SO L D,
By the fubferiber, in the county of Cape May,
F'IFTEEN ffeers and splayed heifers, five
years old, at 61. ss, each, which were fatted
lalt season ; 15 ditto, four years old, at 51. each ;
and 2 or 3 pair of oxen ; all which are, or will be
fit to Slaughter this fall, and are as well grown as
any cattle of their ages from that county. Also 30
Steers and splayed hiefers, three years old, at 41.
each, fit to feed the ensuing winter.
To be L ET, several plantati ns in said county,
(Stocked with cattle, or without if most agreeable)
for a term of years, either for a certain rent, or
rendering half their produce and making the old
Stock good, with giving security therefor if requir
ed; alto several pieces of wood-land, which, when
cleared, will produce from g to 10 bushels of wheat
and from 20 to 30 buShels of Indian cotn to the acre ;
a large allowance will be made to any person who
will undertake to clear any of them. All the above
described lands lye within one mile of public land
ings in the county aforefaid.
Germans would be very agreeable for tenants.
THOMAS LEAMING.
T O BE SO L D,
A LIKELY negro man about thirty years of
" age, who is acquainted with the farming bufi
nets. Enquire of the Printer.
JOHN FEETER.
Fhiiadelflis, Ar^uft 24, *+74.
''r'H E fubferiber is noa rwanting an ±nb r
X of N E GRO ES; men, women, lop <r
girls; farmers, house negroes or tradefinoj th t
are real Slaves and ^ood titles: Any persons th t
have such to difoole of, please to apply to me, -t tie
London Coffee House, on Market days, from el vn
o'clock to one, and at other times at my house, the
north end of Second Preet, oppofie to the B?ih.
To be rented, for the term of five years, a gocd
Merchant Mill, within a little distance of Bal
timore, in Mainland, which is always emp!6)-
ed, on a never filling Stream, fitnated in a Sine
wheat country, wid.h three pair of Stones, an every
thing in the comp!eateSt order, equal to any 1 havj
seen in this provin :'.The advantages from I bg<,
owing to the valu tole range about the mill, will
amount to near zocl. per annum.
There is also to lie fold, on tiie premifis, on^the
third Thursday in ()6tober, a very profitable O uli-
Mary, at King William Court-house in Virginia,
with 600 acres of valuable land adjoining it: The
Ordinary and the several good tenements have rent
ed for 1701. per annu and are now well worth iccl.-
One of the houses is 72 by 20 feet, with a piazza
the whole length of the house ; the second is 40 by
18 feet, and the thii.v l 32 by 16 feet, with twolarte
stables and all other convenient out houses; also a
long accustomed store ; the whole within two miles
of navigation. The: purchaser may have pofl<ffi n
on the firft day of November, on paying one fifth of
the purchase money, and giving bond and security
for the payment of one fifth yearly until the wholly
is paid. For further particulars apply to
BENJAMINBANNERMAN.
N. B. The Editor, S:muel Allinson, be,s the'
favour of the above-named Gentlemen, to forward to
him their reffeNive lijts of fubferibers, Jo that be may
receive them by tbefrf day of ibe 11 th month (Novem
ber) next.
*, The price to other purchasers will be cenfdera
bly higher than to fubferibers.
This volume it is expected will include the laws of
the next fefion of Affembf, but as they will naturally
be placed at the end of the book, its publication will not
be thereby retarded after the number 0, fubferibers is
known. And as the work will be attend d with great
expence, is much wanted by the public, and almost rea
dy for the press, the Editor requefs those who are de
sirous of becoming fubferibers 10 be Jpeedy in their ap
plications, that he may be able the sooner to ascertain
the number necessary to be flruck off.
Subscriptions to be taken in by Cortland Skin
ner, John Combs and John Smith, Enquires, of the
city of Perth-Amby; John Wetherill and John
Moores, Esquires, of Middlesex; Edward Taylor and
Richard Lawrence, Esquires, ^Edmund Williams,
merchant, of Monmouth; Stephen Crane, Henry Gar
ritfe a^ Elia-s Boudinot, Esquires, of Essex; Hen
drick Fisher, John Roy and Jonathan D. Sergeant,
Esquires, of Somerset; Theuni- Dev and John De
mareft, Enquires, of Bergen; James Kinley, Thomae
Polgreen Hewlings, John Lawrence and Samuel
Aliinfon, Esquires, and Isaac Collins, printer, ofthe
city of Burlington; Henry Paxfop ^Anthony sfos,
Esquires, of the county of Burlington ; John Hinchman
and Robert F. Price, Esquires, and Samuel Shaw
attorney at law, of Gloucefer ; Grant Gibbon anA
Benjamin Holme, Esquires, of Salem; John Shephard
^/Theophilus Elmer, Efqui, es, of Cumberland; Jo
nathan Hand and Eli Eldridge, Enquires, of Cape-
May; Samuel Tucker, John Mehelm and Ilaac Al
len, Esquires, of Hunterdon; Jacob Ford razz/William/
Winds, Esquires, of Morris; Nathaniel Pettit and
Thomas Anderson, Esquires, of Stfex; Joseph R ed
and Miers Fisher, Esquires, in 'Phila delphia ; and
James Duane, Esquire, and George Bowne, mer
chant, in New-York.
11. The price to fubferibers not to exceed Thirty five
Shillings, neatly bound in calf, and lettered.
111. Two Dollars to be paid at the time of fubferib
ing, the remainder on the delivery oj the book.
IV. If more than one tbpufand Jbould be fubferibed
for, a proportionable abatement to be made in the price.
V. Great care and pains will be taken to render this
edition as complete as possible.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the
fubferiber has purchased the STAGE
WAGGON lately belonging to Seth Bowen,
and intends Setting off at the house ofAziL Pier--
son, at the Cross Roads, in Cumberland couuty„
Welt-Jersey, as usual on Tuesday mornings, and.
then proceeds up to Mr. William Cooper's ferry,
opposite to Philadelphia, and crosses from thence to
Capt. John Hider's, to the old ferry, and returns on
the Thursday following to the Cross Roads, where
passengers are conveyed to, and from said places, at
the low rate of fix Shillings; five Shillings per
hundred for lumber, and So in proportion ; and
four pence per piece for letters: the fubferiber also
intends driving from Said Pierson's on Fridays
and Mondavs, to the house of Richard Cayford in
Bridgtown, and returns back the fame days, each
passenger paying the sum of fix pence : Any gentle
men and ladies who please to favour him with their
custom, it will be thankfully acknowledged by their
humble servant,
I. THIS work, to be comprised in one volume, folio,
of about 600 pages, including the preface and
index, to be printed on a beautiful new type, and good
paper.
JOHN TOMLINSON.
N. B. Letters, &c. left at either of the above*
houses will be taken c.-re of.
ESSEX F LOW E R,
Mantua Maker, late from London,
HATH removed from the upper end of Mar
ket-Street, to the third door above the New
Printing Office.
Bonnets and cloaks made at the fame place.
Just arrived from Londonderry, in the Ship Jupiter,
Alexander Ewing, matter,
AFE W Servants and Redem ptioners, men, wo
men and boys, whole times will be disposed
of by said matter on board the Ship, opposite Mar
ket-Street, or by ANDREW CALDWELL.
N. B. He has also a few barrels of very good Irish
BEEF.
PROPOSALS
Fer Printing by Subscription (under tie afr
puintment o/fbe General Assembly)
A NEW EDITION of the
LAWS
Of the Colony of N EW-JER $ E Y.
To ewbieb <will be added,
The OR DINANCE eflablifbing the Fees of the Court
of Chancery, and a nuell digefied IND £X.
CONDITION S.
Burlington, Bth Mo. (Augufl) 13, 1774.