The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1781-10-04 00:00:00, page 1

QCARLET, brown,
O purple, black, green,
blue, light coloured, fu
perfine and second Broad
cloths,
Scarlet, Brown, blue,
light and coloured fu
perfine Knaps & Coat-
Bh% ff re y, light and
Icarlet Dhffih & Frizes,
White, buff and scarlet
Caffimers and Wiltons,
Crimlon, brown, blue,
friped, Mark, fpott:d
^nd corded Velvets and
Velverets,
Olive & white Corduroys,-
'Tickles and Duroons,
Barragons,
Childrens worded Hose,
Pink, blue, black and
cloth coloured Duroys.
Prunellas and Durants,
Tommies and Satinets,
Crimson, grern, fky-b'ue
and pink Ruffels, Mo
reens and Calamancoes,
jeans, Fustians and Beav
ers,-
Cambists and Eairbines
of all colours and fine
n?fs,
Corded + Worfteds and
Everlastings,
Serges and Serge de Jeans,
Blue and white Plainsand
Halfthicks,
7-8, 3 4, and aprotfrwide
cotton &linen Checks,
An affartment of Ir,fh
Linens,
Pine and coarse Hollands;
Yard and half yard and
,3 8 brown and white
Sheetings,
BrittannEs aud Platteßa
royals,
Lavals, Ponturies, Ozna
brigs and Ticklenburgs,
Sail and Dock Cloth,
Marfeilks Quilting,
Plain and corded Dimities
and Diapers,
Wide and narrow Russia
Sheetings, Dowlafs and
Flanders Ticking,
Jaconet and book Muffins,
Tapes, Bobbins & Laces,
Plain and figured Krnt
ings, kenfing Handker
chiefs and Cneut,
Plain & millions Lawns,
Camb rk,-
JUST IMPORTED,
In the last Vessels from Europe,
AND TO BE SOLD, By
WILLIAM NICHOLS,
At his STORE, on the Nor h Side of Market street,
opposite the Indian King,
A Large and General Afforcment of the
Said NICHOLS returns his beft'
"Thanks to those who hAve heretofore fa
voured him with their Cullom, and hopes,-
in future, from his Attention to Bufinels,
and Willingness to Please, that it will be
the Interest of his Customers to Continue
their Favours.
The Subferiber, lately appointed
A NOTARY and TABELLION PUBLIC, 'or the
State of P^nofylvania, hat removed his Offi e to the
faith file 0; Market- ftrett, the third door above Laeti
tia Court. The Duties of this Office will rot interfere
witu ids Practice of the Law. W. BARTON.
VOL. X.i
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1783
THE
O R, THE
GENERAL ADVERTISER.
Following Articles, viz.
Published every TUESDAY^ THURSDAY and ,SATURDAY.—Price Six-Pence.
I Millionet Handkerchiefs
and figuted Apron Pat
terns,
Plan and figured Gauzes
and gauze Handker
chiefs,
Womens Gloves of all co
lours,
Ditto frk Mitts,
Mens silk Glove?,
A beautiful Affortmerit
of dark and light
Chintzes,
Elegant chintz Bed-pat
terns,
Fine and coarse Calicoes
and Cottons,
Ginghams and Bengalis,
Nankeens and D-mafcus,
Ducapes,Paduafoy„Man
tuas, Luteftrings, Bo
cades, Modes and Taf
fi les)
I Green, blue, claret,
,bloom, orangey and
white 2-4 and 3-4 ell
Persians and Sarlnetfy
Pricings, Mexicans and
Mufflemans,
Ell wide Persians/ black
and coloured,
Mens, women and child
: tens cotton and thread
Hole,
Elegant Tambour Waift
coa? Patterns
Brft Sewing-silk,
Black Thread,
Coloured ditto,
Sdk and linen Handker
chiefs,
Black and coloured Bar
celona ditto,
Belt scars Twist, Mohair
and Buttons,
Black and whit- Blond
Laces and Edgings,
Thread ditto,
Painted, figured and plain
Ribbands,
! Superfine, second and
cowrie Bolting-Cloths,
Plated Buttons,
Shheton and hoop Wire,
Best TulkGrtering,
Cvton Cerd and Toffeby
Bandana, silk and cotton
Romans,§
IQuality and narrow Bind
linvs and Ferrets,
1' Snuff Boxes,
With many other Arti
cles, too tedious to enu
meiate.
.A Further SALE of the
Public Lots of this City,
For the redemption of the Bills of Credit
of this state, dated April the 29th, 1780, will be held
at the Coffee-hnu% on THURSDAY, the 4 +h of Oc
tober instant, at TE N o'clock in the forenoon. A
Plan of the Lots may be seen at the Coffee house, and
at the Surveyor General's Office. The conditions the
fame is the lalt feles. October 1.
Will be Sold by Public Vendue,
At the Coffee-Houfe, on THURSDAY next, the 4th
D y of October, at Twelve o'Clock, precisely,
A three Story Brick House,
KITCHEN and LOT or GROUND, situate in Fifth
ftre- t, near Walnut street, next to Mr. John Connor',
containing in front about 19 feet,And in depth 50 f.ut,
fubjed to a ground-rent of 45 (hilling#, Pennsylvania
currency, per ann and to no other incumberance ; the
title warranted good. The purchase: may h^ve ,fi ffi.
on immediately. The prefect tenant pays only 361.
per annum, but 50? a year, rent, may be obtained.
JOHN BAItARD, Auctioneer.
TO BE SOL D<
A very handsome Suit of Chintz
Bed and Window Curtains,
complect. Enquire of LE BLANC and WAGNER,
in Chefnut street.
B^r R'oT L,
In BARRELS and KEGS, of all sizes, TO BE SOLD
by RICHARD WELLS, in Arch-street.
fflrote^^
B O S T O N,° September 20;
Extract of a letter from New-London, dated Sept. 13.
" < I'R dear valuable friend col. Ledyard is no more,
he was most wantonly m rdered after he had
surrendered himfelf a prisoner.—Arnold was heard to
enquire for particular houses for the cxprefs purpose of
burning them, and from their aaions it fully appears/
that they deliberately determined to plunder and burn'
private dwelling-hordes ; to distress the poor,- the wi
dow, and the fatherlefs.—They left fort Trumbull, the
cannon and all warlike appurtenance in good order.—
The fort at Grotton is alter left in good order, the bar
racks and magazines fafe with 45 barrels of powder
having only knocked off some trunnions: They have
only distressed the poor innocent inhabitants: The more
than savage barbarity of the troops at Grotton in
murdering the garrison after furrendry, the teffing the
wounded in a waggon and rolling it down the steep hill
of Grotton, over ledges of rocks, with a design it should
run them into the sea, cannot be expressed.
“ Poor captain Shapley was one wounded in the fort,
and of the number of those that were thrown in this
waggon: he told me the officers damn'd the soldiers
and bid them let the waggon agoing, and the (hake it
gave them at its bringing up against a tree half way
down the hill was more distressing than the wounds re
ceivedc
'' Old Mr. Beebe was shot at his own door begging
for mercy ; he has not carried a gun for 20 years."
Extract of a letter from New Hampshire, dated Ati
guft 25, 1781.
'' We have at last had hostilities committed in New-
Hampshire. Mr. J&fepli Whipple was made prisoner
as his plantation of Dartmouth, beyond the white
mountains, about a month ago, and his effects plun
deretfand defroyed by a party of tories and Indians
from Canada He made his escape and got to Ports
rhouth. Another par'y came upon Shelburne, where
they broke up 4 or 5 families, killed 2, captivated
feverd, and carried off what plunder they pleased A
party went from Pigwacket iivpurfuit of them, but the
captives Est written advertisements on the trees, beg
' ging they mi;ht not be pursued, as they were threaten
'ed, with death in that case. The pursuers finding this
returned."
Extract from the Mercury of France of the 12th of
May, 1781. (translated from the French.) We find
in a letter from the Hague, the following particulars.
“ Mr. John Adams, formerly a member of Congress/
and now vested with a commission to appear in° case
there mould be occasion for it, in the charader of
Ambassador extraordinary, to their High Mightines
ses, has lent by M. Damas, agent of Congress, feme
notes for forming political connexions with this repub
lic. We know not yet what answer he has received :
but it is observed that since the rupture with England,
the minds of people are much more disposed to an al
liance with this new republic. Of this, the permis
sion granted for fending two frigates to Boston, is a
sensible proof. At least it is certain that the acknow
ledgment of American independence could, never be
more feafonabl, made, and that nothing would give a
more fatal blow to the enemy.
The following names are all we have been able to col.
led of those we had killed' and wounded in the aXiont
at New London.
Killed. Colonel William Ledyard.—Captains, A
mos Stanton, Simeon Alien, Samuel Allen, Piter Rich
ards, Elijah Avery, John Williams — Lieutenants,
Richard Chapman, Henry William,, Ebenezer Avery,
James Comflock, -—Lewis.—Ensigns, John Stedman,
David Avery, enquire, Ezekiel Bailey and two sons,
Thomas Williams, Stonington ; David Palmer, two
fonsof captain Phineas Stanton, Stonington ; ——Fox,
New London, Elnathan Perkins, and three sons, Sa
muel Billings, John Billings, Pfefton; Henry Wood
bridge, Nelson, New London ; Nathan Bebee, do.
(aged 75 years) Daniel Avery, Patrick Ward, Dani
el Chester, Thomas Miner Nicholas Starr, John
Clark, John Holt, New-London ; Chriflopher Avery,
Adam Alien, Belton Allen, Rufus Hallebort; two ne
groes, one named Shorurn, the other's name we have
not learned.
Wounded. Captains, William Latham, Edward
Latham, Solomon Perkins, Nathan Moore, since dead;
Youngs Ledyard, do. Adam Shapley. Lieutenant
Charles Eldridge, junr. William Seymour, Jonathan
Ledyard, David Sebury, since dead; Elijah Richards,
New-London ; William Starr, John Starr, James Bai
ley, Peter Lefler, Cary Leeds, Ziba Woodworth, Nor
wich ; Azel Woodworth, ditto.
PROVIDENCE, September 15.
On Wednesday evening returned into port a small
victualing sloop, which failed from Rhode-Ifland with
the fleet under M, de Barras : her rudder and fails be
being damaged, the was unable to keep up with the
fleet, and loft fight of them the 4th instant, in thee
vening. They had captured two transports from
Charleftown, bound to New-York, with some foldiera
on board, and a number of women and children.
The late unhappy difafttr at New. London has indu
ced the honourable council of war of this fiate, ata
special meeting, to order a general review of the whole
militia, chartered companies, and fen or class; on
Thursday next ; and every person is ordered to be e
quipped as the law requires, under severe penalties,
that in case of a similar attempt of the enemy in this
Hate, an effectual opposition may be made. Every
good whig must approve of a measure which felf pre
servation rend rs indifprnfably necessary ; and from
the great exertions which are making, it is expected
that the military force of the Rate will appear on a ve
ry refpeXable footing.
*•* The inhabitants of this and the adjacent towns'
are requeued to be very attentive to signals of alarm.
In the day time three cannon will be difeharged, and
at night the beacon fired, with a like number f cannon.
CHATH A .M, September 16.
As a reward for demerit, on Friday next, pursuant
to his sentence, Jerry King will be executed at Mor
fiftown..
A negociation is on foot for exchanging of Mr.
Laurens, now in the tower of London, for general Bur
goyne.
'* E N T O N, September 26.
Wednesday last James Carter was executed at this
town, purfunt to his sentence, for horse dealing.
Yeflerday a numlefofßritifh prifonefs passed through
this place under guard, -on their way to Elizabeth - town
to be exchange!
POUGHKEEPSI E, September
A number of valuable horses having been lately flo
kn from the neighbourhood of Frederickfburgh,and se
veral burglaries and robberies committed ; and intelli
gence having been received that Hoag, Vaughan, and
frveral other nbfereants, who had perpetrated these afte
of villainy, as well as most of the robberies committed
for some time part, in the parts adjacent, were lurking
about the woods at and near Quaker- Hill, where they
were concealed, accommodated, and affifled, by some
disorderly perfonfr amongst the inhabitants.
On this notice, several persons well armed, immedi
ately set out from Frederickfyurgh, and were on the
way joined by others, until their number amounted to
about 20. When they came to the place where they
had been informed the villains lay concealed, which
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