The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1780-05-06 00:00:00, page 3

T R E N T O N, May 3.
At a Special Court heald in the county of Sufftx, the
week before last, John Harp was found guilty of mam
flar^htcr, and burnt in the hand. James M'Qoigg,
Jam°es Slack and Matthew Brown, were all found guilty
of a mifjemeanor, in attempting to pilot sundry deserters
ftom the Convention troops to New York,— M'Qivgg
was sentenced, to 12 months imprisonment; Slack to pay
a tine of £IOOO pounds and nine months impr fonmerit;
and Brown nine months imprisonment.
About the 17th ult. a party of Indians were discovered
at Minifink. in Pennlylvania, and on Thursday foilwing
some of the Jersey Militia passed the Delaware and enga
ged them; a very Severe confix tnfued, which ended HI
Itotal defeat of the Indians. They left their command
in , officer dead on tile field, and by the orderly book and•
and papers found on him, he appears to be cue Daily, (a
white^an) formerly of Somerset county. We had Capt.
Westbrook, a Lieutenant, and one private killed, in the
engagement ;—the Indians left behind them fix blankets,
two watch coats, several packs, and a quantity of pro-
The 24th ult a fleet of about 40 fail arrived at the
Hook, supposed from the southward ; and on Tuesday
went up to New-York. ,
tin Monday night the 24th ult. as a party or our
militia was barreling the rotes at Shrewfbury they wtr'
attacked tty feverai perfous, supposed to be tories or
refugees from the Hook, and two of the militia killed.
One of them is laid to be a Mr. Weft, late ot CroHwicks.
7HE holders of L 9 m o,^ce.Certificates of every date,
l and particularly of fusii as have been taken out pre
vipufly to thefirft of M .rch 1778; are cautioned ag drift
parting wito Mem at a discount., If this advice is over
looked, they will find m the event that (peculators and
flock-jobbers have ma^ food of them, and will laughat
their Credulity w^en it is too late to repair t >e &ror.
$ ILENTIO.
PHILADELPHIA, May 6. .
By a gentleman who arrived 04 Thursday afternoon
from Northampton county, we have the following difa
greeabb intelligence, viz. _ ..
On Tuesday rhoruing, the 25th ult. Mr. Benjamin
Gebert’s house and milk,, on the Mahony; about fo,ir
miles above Chadan Hutten, twenty eight miles from
Bethlehem, were burfc ; and the whele family, viz. Ben
jamin Gilbert and his wire, with two dangers and a boy,
Jft Gilbert arid his wife, lately marred, Andrew
Hu %A r a day-labourer, and two or three persons going
to the mill, are killed or carried off. Another son ot Mr.
Gilbert, with his wifeand a child, who lived h.df a mile
higher uo bn the creek, aseaifo miffing, and his house
burnt. Samuel Dodson’s daughter, going that mining
to fetch some meal, has not returned,, and it is supposed
file fell into the hands of the murderers likewise. Tne fa
milies around them were ignorant of the whole., until all
was over ; they law the fmoak, but as they knew Mr.
Gilbert was clearing some land, they supposed the
fire was from that; hie barn was left, the horses
gone, one bull and a cow Uabb'd and half burnt,
the other cattle running in the fields; the report of but
one gun was heard, which was in the house and difeharg,
ed itfelf in the fire. Daily reports of mifehief done by the
''Thelaft advices from New York inform, that Charief.
tdwn wafflot taken the twentieth of April.
Extr^ of a letter from. Hartford, dated April 23, 1780.
“ Our Affably have closed tneir feffioh, having com
pleted their 'bufiaef+Tuey have p.r eHly complied
with the resolves of Coferefs upon fin inCe ; to which
there w^s no great oppofiuon. A number o| merchants
declares in the Houle ot Amenably, that whatever they
had which were necessary for the consumption of the ar
my thev would part wit 1 cheerfully, a^d receive in
payment either the bills before ordered by this State, or
tb&e to be emitted pursuant to the resolves of Congref,
as being equivat at to filter or gold The rich farmers
made the like declaration. The Affernbly of Massachu
setts have also complied with those resolves."
Extras of another letter from the fame place.
" Our Alfembly rose on Saturday evening, They have
puffed an AH conformable to the recommendation of
ConrreD, for calling in the old currency, and emitting a
new u^n adequate funds. They ha.e Agreed to furnish
the Applies for the army in kind, as ariiren by Congress.
We have the pleasure to find the new fide.o of -finance is
approved by our merchants in general. Twelve of the
principal ones presented an address to the Assembly, in
which they declared their refblution to support the credit
of the new trills, and offered a large proportion of the
rum required for applies at the price established by Con
crefs forthe new bills. Flour in large quantities was pur
chased last week by the Commissary, for twenty-five
pounds per ton, of tabfarmers. We flatter ourfe^the
public credit will be restored by the measures Cangrefs
have recommended." .;.
Extract of another letter from the fame place, dated
April 14.
" Our Assembly have adopted the plan of Congress on
finance. They have also taken dp the Applies for the
army, andappointed Col. Champion for the purchase of
cattle pork and flour, &c and Capt. Watson for the pur
chase of rum and hay. We have ^d a meeting of he
merchants, and the 2 xft instant presented a paper to the
Assembly of which the endofed is a copy. To-morrow
Capt. Watson begins his purchase, and yon may be af
fixed he will succeed. It is in the power of a lew of us
to procure one fourth part of the supply of rum called for
by this State, immediately.”
ft fo^wirig is the Address above referred to:
« 7, the Honorable General Assembly, of the State
of Connecticut, afembled at Hartford,
WE, the fubferibers, merchants and traders, deeply
fenfibleof the great importance, that themoney directed
to oe emitted by a late AH of the Lecture of this State,
old have a free circulation, beg leave to inform your
honors, that notwithftanJing the losses we have fuftamed
by sea and the depreciation of the Continental currency,
and receiving many ofour old debts at the nominal sum,
we are heVefthelTs ready, willing and determined to fell
faca ar.ides to the public as we usually trade 111, at the
rate affixed by the Hon. Continental Congress, for theft.
veral States to supply them at, and receive the aforefaid
emissions in payment ; we having a firm reliance that the
bills will be punauafy and juflly redeemed. And we
do assure ourselves that our brethren the farmers and
tradesmen will be as ready as we are, tofurnifh in the fame
manner we do, their produce and manufactures, as we
believe a spirit of harmony and friendship is bkeld pre
vail between the trade and landed iotereft, and that, all
orders of men in this State are resolved immediately to
contribute all-in their power to lurnifh supplies tor the
armies of the United States, and,to continue these [ap
plies to the end, of the war Wedefire your Puichafiiig
Commissary may be immediately olden d tp rtiake his puf
chafes of such articles as are tn our way; that we.may
have an opportunity to mewhow puh 111 earheft weai^
in this our declaration.
Hearing the Assembly were about to be diffolyed, wp
have hastily colleded such of the feommeheial people as
were nearest, but we are sure we fyeak the feutrmenhef
a great majority of that order of'peo'ple in this State.'
We beg leave to fubfcrioe ourselves, your hunors
moll obedient fervanis,
NATHANIEL SHAW,
THOMAS MUMFORD,
JABEZ EERKiNS,
JEREMIAH WADSWORTH.
JOSEPH WEBB,
WILLIAM GRISWOLD,
BARNABAS DEANE,
JOHN WRIGHT,
EBEN, and WIL. LEDYARD,
JOHN BROOME,
JOHN OHENEVARD,
THOMAS HOPKINS.
JOSIAH BLAKELY,
JOHN CALDWELL.
Hartford, April 21, 1780."
TREASURY-OFFICE, Ma, 3/17*0-
Ordered, That the several perlons who are accountable
to the United States for the expenditure of monies or fup
piies, and who fail to render their refpeHive accountsat
the times required by the resolutions of Congress, or at
such times as Ihall be required by the Board of Treasury,
be prosecuted as delinquents, and advertised aspublic de
faulters.
Extrad from the Minutes,
CHARLES LEE, Secretary.
[The Printets in the United S arcs are rtqueftca to pub
lifli the above ether in them Averal papers, till the firft
day of June next,]
^X^KXXiX^X^^XWiX
To BE SOLD BY
THOMAS .L EIPE 8,
TOBACCONIST.
SCOTCH NUFF nd Manufactured TOBACCO,
Bert JAMeS'KIVER TOBACCO,
BHI ELK RIDGE Ditto,.
TENERIFFE WJNE in pipe»,
JAMAICA SPIRITS so boghead's.
*O H E Managers of the United States
I LOTTERY, acquaint the Public, that they
have corn pleated the drawing of the Third Claris, and
are now preparing toe Pfize Lift, which will be pub
lifted a^ ljun poffioie. May 4.
o' B~E SO L D,
AVER Y active, fmmt Negroe Boy, about seven
teen years of age, who his been drought up an
attendant on a single Gentleman, can drt's hair, and is
ver,Serviceable in the care of hories. Enquire of the
Printer.,,
Lancaster, May 1.
to be LET for Years,
AT ANYAR D, on the Weft iide of Queen
ftraet, in the Borough of Lancaftcr, containing 37
Vates, % Lato' es, 15 Handlers, 4 Lime, 4 Mulhoules;
a B&'k houh tj ft^kb, a hundred cords ot bark in;
there is also a good illwelling-Houfe on it, a fine gar
den and ftabieo, a quantity ot bask may aim he had on
the premises, a good ,beam huufe and currier (hop, with
stoves therein, and a good convenient water pool before
the beam house, with a never failing sering to be lead
into it at fleafui e. And i' there is a Ipeedy application
made to the owner on the premises, there inay alio be a
considerable quantity of bark lecured this halon.
The premises may be entered on immediately, or be
tween this and fall n-xt, as it suits best.
Any pel (on who has an inclination to rent the laid
premises may apply to the owner on the lame, and know
farther conditions.,
JACOB ZANOK.
Six Hundred Dollars Reward.
WAS STOL F. N last night, out of the stable of
the fubfenber, living in Gained Tewnihip, near
North W^les Meeting House, Philadelphia county, a
B'L'ACK MA R ^ riling (even years old, a natural
pacer, her ears lately trim'd, (he is of high courage.
Whoever apprehends the laid thief so that the owner
m °y g et the mare again, (hall haOe T HREE HUN
DRED DOLLARS for the thief only, and the a
bove reward for both, besides reasonable charges, paid
by me, JACOB SHMIT, Jun.
"TO-'~C 'O~ VR?"
AtM.JACOB HILTZHEIMER's Stable,
in Seventh-street, the Thorough Bred HORSE,
BABRAHAM.
GOT by Juniper: outj of Selema, at F OUR
POUNDS the Seafon,and T HRE E SHIL
LINGS.and NINE PEN CE to the Groom, or
the exchange of the Money, to be paid at the Mares
fi;ft coming to the Horse.
Philadelphia, Ma, 4, 17*9,
TO BE SO L D,-
And may be entered upon at any Time,
AN ELEGANT FARM in good repair, a
bout fefty ridlrs from Philadelphia, in Chester
- County, 'nd in a good neighbourhood, containing up
wards of Four Hundred acrei, halt cleared, and under
excellent fence, the rem»in<i\r.well timbered. The im r
provement* arc a l^rge double twodtery. Brick TTufe,
well finished, a large Buck Kitchin adjoining. The
houl,is so tjtuzied as to command a beautiful prospect
of the pfeado,w, which cohtyns upwards of forty acres,
finely witeßd ty'a riever^Ltying fye^m/that is brought
within twenty feet oFth^door, and affords an agree.-
hie murmur. A l°g houie, one hundred and twenty
feet, From the pridffim hou% very suitable for an Over
far or f#all f>.md : : A done fpring-boufe at a conve
nient diftanee, ha^ a thamber over it, a Targ,barn in
food ie. ait, a 'liable the fl mr plar ked and chided into
fix ffills, an oTitftab e for fix breeding mares, ftatling
tor twenty five h ad bf herned cattle, and chains rea
gy rhad'efor t.xhh;Tn orena d- in its prime, of one
hundred and forty or (evenly treefyin which is a cyder
press and' mill', a rating Orchard or ab< u fr one hundred
trees iatriy planted, and a large peuh orchard, a gar
den writ ihrlofcd and 'beautiru^y,fluster, ar d what
wenld render it gfc more fhalant, a (Learn of water
m.y be e.srt).p%> t Loueu h, ioas to lurm an a
grec able 01 a > , am? for a fam not breeding fi e gui
neas'; hrTiding mares with load, horses, milch cowe,
oxen, ,ycung civile, foeeg, and-jo^s, togethr wi:h
cai A, -|i.ows, barlows,,^ id Tanning titenfils, fuffic.ent
to h^mmouate ^y hom., with a; out thirty five acres
of ft eat, itan« barley in,he ground, may go with
fa.Liajm, de ac<imrobdate,ti^ purchaser ii he pleafts.
For further t to motion enquire of the Printer.
TO B E SOLD 8 Y
ROBERT ELLIO T,
In Market -street, two doorb below M.Dunlap's Print
ing Office. :
ft FEW PIPES an 4 tierces of Madeira Wine,
L (b>nand Caret, do. in tierces. Pork, in quarter
calks, a f w r«% of -Coffee Sputaceti, Liver anti Blub
ber Oil in bw;!s,,
Lik-wife, Cfew hogsheads of Jamaica Rum.
Lane fter County, April 2% 1780.
CAM E to the Plantation of the fnblcrsr in Earl
to^ulhip, cn the hirteenh infant; a BLACK
HORS E. hivtnipknd hnd her white, trots and pa
ces; and was lhod all round. The owner is defied to
come prove his property par charges and take him a
way. - ADAM STOC K.
Ci AME to the Plantation of the fubferiber,
,in Pass uuk townfliip, . Philadelphia couny, about
t«uwueks ago, a Sorrel HORSE, twitch tai, iz or
14 hands hie.h, branded on the near hind 16g with th?
letter O. The owner is desired to come pove his pro
perty, pay changes, and take him a+ay.
Aprils. ,° M % WHI TE.
T () B E EE T
A LARGE GENTEEL and COMMODI
OUS HOUS E, fituat, io a pleasant part of the
city, with tables, coach hotife, and a Garden filled with
excellent fruit. Inquire of Mr. Tench Cox.
A MO~S WICKERSHAM,
In Arch.ftreet next door below the corner of Second
ftreet, Has For Sale on the most reafeaable
terms, by(
WHOIESALE and RETAIL,
WEST-INDIA RUM and SPIRITS,
Sugar, Coffee, Chocolate, French Brandy, Whis
key, Holland Gin, Lisbon and Teneriffe Wine, Indigo,
&c. &c. Those who will please to favour him with their
custom, may henceforward depend on a constant supply
of most of the above articles.
Philadelphia, April 23.
SIXTY DOLLARS REWARD.
SRAYE D or STOLEN from off the Commons
of this city, two horses, one a bay, eight years old,
fourteen hands high, a star in his forehead, the near
hind leg white to the paftcr, and branded on both Mould
ers I. B. The other an iron Grey, about ten years old,
with some saddle marks on his back. Whoever secures
the said horles and will bring them to fubferiber, living
in Grorge's-ftreet Southwark, shall have the above re
ward arid reasonable charges.
JOHN BURNES,
Three Thousand Dollars Reward.
STO LEN last night out of the Subferiber's liable
at his Ferry oppefite Philadelphia, a large Sorrel
Horde, of the Raven breed, eight years old, marked
with a star and snip, both hind fret white, half up to
his gamble joints, along dock with a switch tai 1 , full
fifteen hands high; paces, canters and trots, well car
riaged and in good order. ALSO : A Brown Mare,
of the Dray breed, five years old, with a large star in
her forehead, and one hind foot white, high couraged
and carries a good head, but het fail rather low, a na
tural trotter and moves pleasant, about fifteen hands
high and well made. Any person who will secure the
said horses and the thief, so that the owner can have his
horfes,.and the this be brought to jufFce, (hall receive
the above reward, or ON ETHOUSAND DOL
LARS for each.
SAMUEL COOPER.
April zEth, 1780.,
WANTED Immediately,
AGARDENE R, to undertake the c^re and ma
nagement of a garden, a little way out of town.
Any perlon defin us and capable of such an undertaking,
may hear of an employer, by applying to the Printer.