The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1779-01-02 00:00:00, page 1

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GENERAL
PHILADELPHIA.
n /MONDAY last, agreeable to the Constitution of
the Most Ancient and Worfhipful SOCIETY of
FREE and ACCEPTED MASONS, was celebrated as the
Ahniverfary of St. John the Evangelist. At nine o cloc<
in the morning near three hundred of the Brethren
assembled at the College, and at eleven o'clock went in
regular Procession from thence to Christ Church to attend
divine service. The order of Procession was as follows, viz.
i. The Sword-Bearer.
2. Two Deacons, with blue wands tipt with gold,
3. The three Orders, D^ick, lonick and Corinthian,
borne by three Brethren.
4. The Holy Bible and Book of Conflitutions, on
two crimson velvet cushions, borne by the Grand
Treasurer and Gr rod Secretary.
5. A Reverend Brother.
6. Four Deacons, bearing wands.
7. His Excellency our illustrious Brother GEORGE
WASHINGTON, Esquire, supported by
the Grand Master and his Deputy.
2. The two Grand Wardens, bearing the proper pil
lars.
~ The Past Mafier of the different Lodges.
30. The present Mafiers of Lodges.
11. The Senior Wardens, -)
13. The Junior Wardens, [Of the different private
I'3. The Secretaries, t Lodges.
14. The Treasurers, J
15. Brother Proctor's Band of Music.
16. Visiting Brethren.
17. The Members of different Lodges, walking two and
two, according to seniority.
The Procession entered the Church in the order of their
march, and the Brethren took their feats in the pews of
the middle iffe, which were kept empty for their reception.
Prayers were read by the Reverend Mr. White, and the
following Anthem was sung in its proper place by sundry
of the Brethren, accompanied by the Organ and other in
strumental music, viz.
A GRAND SYMPHONY.
CH®RUS,
BEHOLD how good and joyful a Thing it is, Brethren,
to dwell together in UNI FY.
SOLO.
I WI L'L give thanks unto Thee, O LORD! with
my whole heart secretly among my Brethren, and in
the Congregation will I praise Thee: I will
speak the marvelous Works of Thy Hands,
the Sun, the Moon and the Stars,
which thou haft ordained.
SOL O.
THE People that walked in Darkness hath seen a great
Light, and on them-that dwelt in the Laud of the
Shadow of Death doth the glorious Li^ht
of JEHOVAH foine. °
SOLO.
THOU haft gathered us from the Fast, and from the
West, from the North, and from the South;
Thou haft made us Companions for the
Mighty upon Earth, even for
Princes of great Nations.
TRI O.
O! I AM! Infpireus with Wisdom and Strength
to support us in all our Troubles, that we
may worship Thee in the
Beauty of Holiness.
After which a most excellent and well adapted Sermon
was preached by our Reverend and Worthy Brother Wil
liam Smith, D. D. the text was taken from the Ift Pe
ter, 2d Chapter and 16th Verse. The Brethren have since
requested the Sermon to be publiflied, and the profits to be
applied to the use of the Poor.
After divine service the Procession returned in the fame
order to the College; the musical bells belonging to the
Church and the band of music playing proper Ma onic
tunes. The Brethren being all new eloathed, and the Of
ficers in the proper % ivels of their refpe&ve Lodges, and
their other badges @f dignity, made a genteel appearance.
The Brethren afterwards departed to their refpedive
Lodges, where they dined together with - their usual har
mony and sociability ; the sum of Four Hundred Pounds
having been tolleßed in Church among the Brethren and
others their charitable Fellow citizens who honored them
with their company, for the relief of the Poor.
N. B. Such charitable Brethren and Others who have
not yet bad an opportunity of contributing their mite are
requeued to fend the fame to any of the following gentle
"L^ William Ba 1, John Wood, John’llow
ard, and, William Shute; to whom Obieds of Charity,
proper recommendations to the huufcof Mr. Ball
in Market-street, after New Year's Day, between the
pours 01 ten and twelve in the forenoon, are to apply;
[Price Fifteen Pence single, One Shilling by the quantity. Published every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.]
SATUR DAY,. JANUARY 2 , r,^
THE
TO BE SOLD BY
JOHN M'CA LL A, J UN .
In Walnut-ftreet,'
AVERY elegant assortment of Gold and Silver
Lace for waistcoats, Gold and Silver Knee Gar
ters, and the very best kind of Gold and Silver Cord.
, 12626 Acres of LA N D.
TO BE SOLD, the above tra&, containing
forty-nine lots, lies in the county of Tryon and
hate of New-York, within two, three and four miles of
the navigable waters of the Mohawk river, and twelve
miles of the German Flats. It is free from quit-rents un
til 1780, and has in a high degree the advantages of foil,
timber, water and easy access to a market. For terms
apply to W ILL lAM COXE, near Bristol, or to
TENCH COX E.
Notice is hereby given, That during
the confinement of Parson Schlatter in Philadel
phia, lap winter, his dwelling-boufe on Chefnut-Hill
was molt cruelly plundered by the British troops on the
fi'th of December. Among th? miffing books are,
bides in English and other languages ; Morery's French
dictionary, 2 vols. well bound, folio ; Belle's French
dictionary, vol. 3d. some volumes of Salmon's univer
sal history, Dutch; a folio volume of written records,
containing baptisms, marriages, &c. a small oCtavo ma
nuscript of some hundred profeffors ^nd other learned
mens own hand-writing; Dr. Frankiln's letters, well
bound in quarto, and about 800 volumes of other books.
Cioaths of all forts, especially womens silk and ether
apparel. A copper boiler almost round ; a number of
bell-metal, bra fs, copper and iron pots ; tea kettles ;
an uncommon heavy red copper walh-kettle, containing
half a barrel; a still-kettle of about fifteen gallons,
without a top; iron bound cags; calks erf different sizes;
a variety of pictures and maps ; carpenters tools, planes,
saws, augers, chiffels and files ; three middle plates of
a ten-plate stove; a large fiver bowl gilt inside, with
two fleur delis handles ; a silver pint ; a parcel of soup
and tea-spoons, all marked M. S. tea and other tables,
chairs, and a number of ether things too tedious to
mention. Word may be left of the above-mentioned
or other articles, at his house on Chefnut-Hill, or at
Mr. Ehrenfeller's in Fourth-street, Philadelphia, which
shall be gratefully acknowledged, and even rewarded if
required, by
MICHEAL SCHLATTER, V. D. M.
Philadelphia, December 28, 1778.
W A N T E D,
AMAN who understands Farming, with a final!
family, to live on (rent tree) and take care of a
pieshint place about three miles from this city :He may
have ronitant work this winter cutting wood, and his
wife in feigning, and in the other seasons can have full
employ cn the farm and in the neighbourhood.
JOHN MIFFLIN.
A quantity of Hickory and Oak WOO Dto be ftld.
L AN D to be SOL D,
IN Herford County, Maryland, rttbe mouth of Deer
Creek, only two miles from a landing, where lea
yeffels have loaded, in Susquehanna River. One tract
is patented for one thousand acres, and one other ad
joining to it for fix hundred ; they ue both such as may
be called good rich lands, and may be very easily and
conveniently divided either into three or fix plantations,
each of which will have good timber and wood land,
with very fine springs of water on them, and excel
lent building stone. There are convenient houses, and
four orchards of good fruit, with land cleared efficient
to make a large crop of barley, corn, &c. Two or three
fields are town with wheat and rye. There are also on
<be weft tide, of the creek about ten er fifteen acres of
land, with a dwelling house forty by eighteen feet, and
a (tone mbl-houfc thirty.fix by twenty-four tect, where
a forge and mill has been, and for converuency of a large
merchant mill is inferior to very few, if any, having a
fine stream of water, and lying on a majn road conveni
ent to molt parts of York County, nearer to navigation
for the groatett part of that county, than molt places;
it is across the river, about 25 miles from Pedlehoufen
and P^quea Creek, and 3; from Lancaster, surrounded
by a rich wheat neighbourhood, about 6 miles from <
Church or Chapel, and a still lets distance from a Preri
byterian and Quaker Meeting-hg^L The premiss so
be entered upon tor a faring crop, only allowing to the
stock, n^w there, the use f the prefect winter's provi.
„°, s .- Farther particulars apply to the iubferiber at
ndtimcre- Town.
THOMAS HARRISO N.•
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THE
ADVERTISER
To be SOLD fa Public Fendue
On Saturday the second day cl January
o'clock in the forenoon, at the houfe^ w,' n r^ even
in Arbuckles Row, near Pooh
ABAIR of good timber wheels, a% r t
ral wheels with the body of a waggon V:•
tue of an order from the Court of C\ mmon'?^. '''"
under an attachment in favor of John Coffman "•"If
Hugh Hughs, by J again#
—^MJlf'A'' 001 ^ Sheriff.
R O R
FORTY DOLLARS REWAR n
° u ' ° f *' Currying-ffiop of the fubferifo
in Montgomery Town ffi:p, Philadelphia con^'
Calf-fkms, nineteen wax, finished all to bnfrin'/fr
bfaft, ten black grain, fix 0^
in the rough. Whoever lecures the thief .nd . he
Io that the owner may get them 1 t'
above Reward and the
nr edwakd Bartholomew
N. B. The public is requested 10 apprehend -nr
son offering such fleins fer ine. any per-
WANTED IMM ED I A'F^TV
Two JOURNEYMEN FULLERS 1'
will have good encouragement and b^ exem^
from military duty, by applying to Wi LLfAM Bennis
ton, near Morris-Town, Eift Jersey. tNMs
C A M E to the plantation of the fubfcri^
in Brandywine hundred, Newraftle com'
th; mi ^ e of Au^Uft a red BU 'l.mi;
old, with a white face. The owner is detired to corn/
prove his property, pay charges and take him 3wav '"
SAMUEL M'CLINTOCK.
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%'?'•.YaHet, just arrived at Baltimore from St
Eufatia, we have received The St. Chris-o'.
pher's Gazette, of the 25th of November last,
from which we have extracted the following
vicer, viz. 5
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
W A RSA W, September
WE have it reported here, as son, that a p eace
will ensue between the Turks and Rvlfans, and
X:. 3 °'°°° ps ter wi]ljoin the Fr ^ a n
h.^'^' ,^ mbgr ^' . T ^ e Adrian Hussars have
bvtn guilty of the greatest irregularities, in demanding
contribution open villages, and taking I
some parts of this electorate, though the inhabitants
are unable to furnifli a tenth part of their demands.
However, by some frelh movements of the Prussian
grand army, them cruelties and exafticns are greatly
put a stop to.
P ^e^'^er The capture ofthe French
Eatt.lndiaman, named the Duke de Fitz fames is
confirmed. She vvas taken off the Azores, and lent' for
Plymouth. She is valued at two millions of livres
1 ournois.
wI L °! ' # 2° N ' October 3.
I,rn, by the Jaft mails from Holland, that the
armies of the K,g of Pru ssia, and Prince Henry,
at length effected a junction, by a series of the molt
„rly ß marches ; and ihat, on this occasion, Prince
Hen., in particular, has dilplayed a generalfllip which
exceeds even his most diftinguilhed operations'during
the course of the last war. By this means, and the pre-
P e° d ^^ r ° yal arn% th: Auftrianß ba ve been
obliged to abandon tn, r impregnable camp, in order
'CT' ?^ ei ^ ^"'d the P^: ceme up
," n "' P,? s > before they can take possession
ot the strong grounds in the neighbourhood of 'that city,
"d7 y '"V^ 1 to h,rof one of the me ft bloody
Curie's ve been f °^ ht for m ^y
The fame letters fey, that the Count of A the ^reat
P " ffi ^ ^ in ^g race , and
soon to be tried tor difcbedience of orders. He had
been lent with, detachment from the King's camp, to
join the Hereditary Prince of Bruufwick, who, soon
a.ter his arrival, ordered him to go, at the head of some
troops, and occupy some rising grounds. The Count,
however, declined the service, allying that, as AM-
^ c ^ General, be could receive no orders but front
his Majetty in person; and, during this demur, the
7 r % "CT en t r s . ioft, ^d a p^y of Andrians took
ponton of the heights. The Prince put him imm^
Lately frer arrest, and sent him with a fr^ guard
to the King, who has ordered him ^ b e close confine!