The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1781-01-20 00:00:00, page 3

From a late Charter-Town Paper.
IN consequence of tie powers in me veiled by the
right honourable earl Cornwallis, and warrants re
ceived from his lordshipand the commandant of Charles
town, I do hereby make public to all whom it may
concern, that I have given orders for the seizure of
the eflates, both real and personal, of those persons
^hofe names are undermentioned, excepting such pro
perty in Charleftown, as is secured to those who were
in the town at the time of the capitulation : and T do
hereby ftridly prohibit all and every person and per
sons from attempting to conceal, remove, or in any
way injure the fajd property, on pain of being ppmfh
ed as aiding and abetting rebellion.
I do alfj forbid the payment of debts due to such
persons, whole names have been before or are hereaf
ter mentioned, and whose estates are now under seques
tration—And I am warranted to require, that all and
every his Majesty's loyal fubjeds, who are indebted
as aforefaid, do forthwith furnifh me with an accurate
and exad state of the fame; and should any person or
persons conceal, or in any refped prove backward in
delivering to me such information, they will be consi
dered in the fame light as those who may attempt to
remove, conceal, or injure the moveable property,
and treated accordingly. And, the more effectually to
prevent any collusive practices, I do hereby promise
to all those who may make discoveries of the conceal
ment of negroes, horses, cattle, plate, household fur
niture, books, bonds, deeds, &c. &c. &c. so that the
property may be secured, and tne delinquents punish-
^ r °" s reward. JOHN CRUDEN.
Charleftown, Dec. 5, T7BO.
Reverend Robert Smith, John Mathews, Willi
am Gibbes, John Edwards, Thomas Savage,
Thomas Shubrick, Arnoldus Vanderhorft,
1 1 „ Richar d Withers, James
Neilfon, William Parker, Stephen Drayton,
Benjamin Cattell, Alexander Gillor, fofeph
Tegan, William Sanders, Henry Hufe Jo
seph Stann, Isaac Ford, Thomas Ta'ylor,
Hawkins Martin, Charles Middleton, John
Sanders, Samuel 21righj Nicholas Goodwin.
WHEREAS several persons in this province
have, since the surrender of Charleftown, re
moved into the country great quantities of merchan
dize, under the pretence of carrying on trade and traf
fic in the back settlements, and there is great reason
to believe that the rebels have thereby been fupplied'
with many articles they werein want of : and for many
other solid and just causes it is very necessary, that at
present no store should be kept for the purpose of buy
ing and felling goods or merchandize, except those of
the growth of this province, any where within the fame,
out of the limits of Charleflown: I do therefore, by
this my Proclamation, most Acidly prohibit all per
sons whatever from opening flore, or buying or felling,
in the way of merchandize, any goods or commodi
ties not of the growth or produce of this province, at
any place throughout the fame, except in Charleftown:
And the more eff^dually to prevent such practices, I
do give notice, that in future, all waggons going from
Charleftown will be flopped at the gate, until the per
son who shall have the charge of the fame shall pro
duce and deliver onto a proper officer, who will be ap
pointed to receive it, an invoice or bill of parcels of
the several commodities in the said waggons ; and unless
it shall appear unto the person so appointed, that the
said goods or commodities are purchased for the use of
the person having the charge of them, or his employ
ers, if in the fervire, or his neighbour, having receiv
ed his previous dirfAiou to carry the fame and their
refpedive families, the person appointed so to examine
is to cause the said waggons and the several commodi
ties in them to be ftopt until the matter shall be in
quired into before the police; and if it shall appear,
11 pon invefligation, that they were intended for other
than the purposes aforesaid, they shall be forfeited and
fold, and the money shall be applied towards maintain
ing the poor, unless previous information bath been
given of the intents for which the said goods were car
ried ; in which case one half shall be given to the in
former, and the other half to the poor: And if any
person shall hereafter offend, contrary to the tenor of
this Proclamation, by keeping store without the Limits
of Charleftown, and information shall be given to any
juAice of the peace, for the diffria he resides in, such
justice is hereby authorized and required to cause all
goods, wares and merchandize in possession of such
person to be seized, and to call to his ahi Prance another
justice and two or more freeholders, and if it shall ap
pear to them, that the said goods were intended for
sale, and the purposes of merchandize, they are here
by required to cause them to be fold, and to give one
half of the money arising from such sale to the inform
er, and the other half to the militia of the dilrid, who
shall then be actually out upon his ma jefty's service.
Given under my hand at Charleftown, the 30th
day of November, anno domini, 1780, and in
the twenty-firft y,ar of his majesty's reign.
NISBET BALFOUR..
P^Padelobia, Jan. 19, 1781.
Six Hundred Dollars Reward.
STRAYED or STOLEN last week, a sorrel HORSE
about 12 years old, 14 hands high, has a star on
Jits forehead, and branded on the left fhould^r W S
a natural trotter, and when he trots faft strikes his
f l re iA°°^ Whoever takes up said forfe and
/ e in°" h " e ' he ab ° ve reward, or Three Hun
r* " d reafonahle Charges for the horse only
paid by Michael Shubart, in Seventh-street.
South-Carolina : By lieutenant colonel Nisbet Bal
four, commandant at Charleftewn, &c. &c.
A PROCLAMATION.
tyven under my hand at Charleflown, the ninth
day of December, anno domini, 17*0, and in
the twenty-firft year of his majesty's reign.
NISBET BALFOUR.
“ The attempt is praife.'*
ALL hail! superior sex, exalted fair,
Mirrors of virtue, heaven's peculiar care 1
F®rm'd to iofpirit and enoble man,
The immortal finifh of creation's plan ;
Accept the tribute of our warmest praise,
The soldier's blessing and the patriot's bays !:
For fame's firft plaudit we no more contest,
Conftrain'd to own it decks the female breast;
While partial prejudice is quite difarm'd,
And e'en pale envy with encomium charm'd ;
Freedom no more shall droop her languid head,
Nor dream supine, on sloth's lethargic bed,
No more fit weeping with the vet'ran band,
Those virtuous brave protectors of her land,
Who nobly daring, stem despotic sway,
And fliine the patriot wonders of the day :
For lo! these sons her glorious race renew,
Cheer'd by such gifts, and smiles and prayers—from
you—
More precious treasure in the soldier's eye,
Than all the wealth Potofi's mines supply.
Or costly gems th* enlivening fun awakes—
They prize the offerings for the donors fakes.
And hence, ye sister angels of each state,
Their honest bosoms glow with joy elate,
Their gallant hearts with gratitude expand,
And trebly feel the bounties of your hand;
And wing'd for you their benedictions rife,
Warm from the foul, and grateful to the (kies!
Nor theirs alone. : tne historian patriots fir'd,
Shall feel the gen'rous virtue you've infpir'd;
Invent new epithets to warm their page,
And bid you live admir'd from age to age ;
With sweet applauses dwell on every name,
Endear your mem'ries, and embalm your fame; ,
And thus the future bards shall soar sublime,
And waft you glorious down the stream of time,
The breeze of panegyric swell each fail,
And plaudits pure perfume the encreafing gale;
Then freedom's ensign, thus inferib'd, shall wave—
“ The patriot females who their country save,"
'Till time's abyss, abforb'd in heavenly lays,
Shall flow in your eternity of praise.
A SOLDIER.
ALL Officers and Others,
who now, or did formerly,
belong the Pennsylvania
Line, and have any Inliftments
in their hands, are requested to
forward them without delay to
this place, directed to General
Wayne. Any expence attend
ing will be paid.
We are requeued- to insert the following lines, address
ed to those American Ladies who have lately dif
tinguifled their patriotism, in generously contribut
ing to the relief of the Soldiery.
A City Court will be held at
the Court-house in this city, on
Monday next, at ten o'clock in
the morning.
An Elderly INoman,
^ ads inti ^fo pTiX^ E^
Next FUESDA
At TEN o'clock in the Morning,
at the
Northern-liberty Auction-Room,
KEPT BY
Alexander Boyd, & Co.
The upper End of Second-ftreat,
Will be disposed of at Public Sale
A very GENERAL and GOOD ASSORTMENT of
MERCHANDIZE,
The Particulars too tedious to enumerate:
A L S O,
Houfliold & Kitchen Furniture,
A few Suits of Mens and Womens
Apparel, &c. &c.
LIKEWIS E,
A few Tons of Pearl Ash,
To be Sold at Private Sale :
„ — „ ™ e Sample may be viewed.
a ,faid" A ""' behcld " er Y TUESDAY,
o'clock ^lon-Room t o begin precisely at Ten
, v ° u ? of tbe Public, in that wav,
the Bufo'^ re ™ ved> and due Attention paid to
Trenton,' January 13, 1781.
or Exchanged for country Produce, or imJ
ported Goods,
AVERY valuable FARM, with two elegant
feats for country fou'er upon the Delaware, i&
miles from this city, on the Bristol road. It is well
wooded and watered, and hat a sufficient quantity of
metdow. The improvements are, A good tenant#
houfo barn, and some out hoafes, with a thriving young
orchard. A credit will be gives for a considerable i^t
of the money, if required. Apply to HENRY WAR D
PEARCE, Esquire, Cecil county Maryland, or ini
Philadelphia to „ TENCH COX E.
Also a HOUSE in this city, in a good stand for bufi=
nefs, and a very valuable FARM near Trenton, to be
disposed of in the fame way.
Notice is hereby given, That I
am now ready to make Distribution of the Proceeds of
the Salts of the Brigantine AJAX and CARGO, being
a prize, taken by the Letter of M.rqus brig ntine
Capiain Ball, and condemn'd in the Friendship,
Court of Admiralty for this state.
All persons having any claims on said prize are de
sired to make them, at my hrufs in Front-street, near
Pool's Bridge, within three days from the date hereof.
CLEMENT BIDDLE, Marlhal.
Philadelphia, January^®, 1781.
TO BE SOL D,
By William Thomas,
In Market street, n^xt door above Mr. DUNLAP*#
Print ' n^-office,
For C ASH, on reafoaaDle TERMS,
CALICO E s, green an! red Serges, Irish Linen,;
mens worsted stacking;, womens and children#
cutH, white Broadclotl , silk, cotton and linen Hand
kerchiefs, black Mode, Knives and Forks, Sciffars and
Penknives, Cutteau Kniv?s 4 Twa Hundred Pair excel
lent LEATHER SPEECHES.
TO BE LET,
A PLANTATION within three miles of this citv
near Schuylkill, well stacked with fruit trees of
various forts. A person well qualified to manage such
a place, to tend th^markets, may have from 20 ;, 35;
acres <f land, part of it in good clover ; hat dwelling
fufficient for a large family ; also milk house, Rabies;
&c. For farther particulars enquire of the printer.
To be fold or let,
For a year or term of years,
AL O Tof about fix acres of LAN D, with the
rums of a large brick house thereon, situated on
Poplar lane in the Northern Liberties,
A two story frame maffuage and lot ofGROU ND
ATI' E R R a Y -^ HARFF > o n the north fide of
Mulberry or Arch-greet wharff, containing in breadth
east and weft 98 feet to low water mark, and extend
ing in depth north and south 42 feet.
A Plantation in Abington township, containing 107
acres of LAND, with a good dwellmg-houfe thereon,
late the estate of John Knight.
A moiety 0143 acres of LA&n, in Germantown, on
adjoining lands of John Bringhurft
and doctor Warner's, late the estate of Abraham Pif
torius.
A moiety of a 100 acres of LAND, in Whitpaine
township, adjoining lands of James Morris, and John
P ;°'„ rt .'> ^ e the est ate es Isaac Taylor. Enquire at
the University, of JAMES CANNON.
Long-Swamp<ownfhip, Berks county, Jan, 12, 1781 g
One ThouJand Dollars Reward.
STOLEN, a bluk HORSE 14 or 15 hands high,'
between 5 and 6 years oIJ, trots, p : c?s and canters;
has three white feet, neither brand nor ear mark : had
on a „ew faddie and bridle, a new cirfingle, and an
old green hoofing. The thief (who said his name was
Conrad Funk, and that his father lives in Mannorland
^vnfrop, 5 miles from Lanrafter) also took away be
tween three and four dollars hard mony : he is of the
middle stature, smell visage, about twenty-four year#
old, and can talk tolerable EnJilh : had on a blue great
coat almost new, the cape lined with red and blue, a
brown clo<e bodied coat, dark blue jacket, patched
leather breeches, white 1 nen ftocki gs, blue and red
mixed over stockings. He has often taken and fold
things thro' the country that were not his. Whoever
secures the said horse and thief, so that the hole m^y
be returned to his owner and the thief brought to jus
tice, shall have the above reward, or tor the ho le on
ly five hundred dollars, and ail referable charges,
paid by JOHN EGNER.
At the Corner of Arch and Third-ft^efts <
Very fine afforement of Needier
and Pins,
By Whobfale, or by four equal Portions.
CA M E to the fubferiber's stable, in
Strawberry alky, the 24'h of December last, an
iron gray Mare, thirteen bands high and about three
years old. Tbs owner is desired to come, prove his
property, pay charges, and take her away, within three
weeks, otherways she will be Rd to nav cha;ges.
ELIZABETH SUTTER.
TO BE SO L D,
TO B E S O L D,
By Nicholas Ferree,