The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1781-09-08 00:00:00, page 3

ning reign and magnanimous aas are rather to be con
ceived than recorded: Angels might envy him his ac
quired glory.
After the review was over the President sent the fol
lowing letter to the Count.
“SI R,
“ I Have the honour to express to your Excellen
cy the fatisfaaion of Congress, in thecompliment which
has been paid to them by the troops of his Most Chris
tian Majeft y under your command. The brilliant ap
pearance and exaft discipline of the several corps, do
the highest honour to their officers, and afford a happy
presage of thiimoft diftinguilhed services in a cause
which they have so zealously espoused.
" I have the honour to be, with sentiments of the
highest refped,
" Your Excellency's most obedient and
most humble servant,
“ THOMAS M'KEA N, President."
His Excellency Count DE R chambeau,
Commander of French army.
Philadelphia, Sept. 4, 1781.
Last Wednesday afternoon His Moss Christian Ma
jesty's regiment of Soiffonnois, was exercised on the
commons near this city, in the presence of their Ex
cellencies the President of Congress, the Miniftr-r of
France, and Count de Rochambeau; General Chatte
leaux, M. de Marbois, and a vast concourse of the in
habitants; who expressed the highest fatisfaaion at the
various evolutions and firings exhibited by this truly
veteran corps, which was accompanied by four field
pieces. And we are happy to assure the public of the
great harmony which exists between all ranks of the
Allied Army ; and it is a fad too deeply impressed on
the heart of every hones t American, to need our men
tioning the great affection fliewn by the people, indivi
dually as well as at large, towards these troops.
It is with much pleasure we also relate, that no acci
dent happened on the above occasion.
We have the fatisfaaion to inform the public of the
re-eflablifhment of civil government in the state of
South-Carolina, after having undergone the most hor
rid ravages that any country ever experienced from an
irruption of the most barbarous nations. Slaughter,
deviation, and every species of cruelty having mark
cd the progress of the British arms, through ek ery pa rt
of that unfortunate country, which they have been
able to penetrate. But binder the divine blessing, and
the unremitted exertions of that able commander ma
jor general Greene, seconded by the brave and virtu
ous officersand folders under his command, composed
of continentals, and the militia of that slate, this savage
enemy is now confined within such narrow ' limits, as
to enable governor Rutledge to re eftablilh civil go
vernment, as the following proclamation will shew.
We are further informed from undoubted authority,
that governor Rutledge has ordered the judges of the
supreme court, and the attorney-general of the state,
to repair to South-Carolina with all possible expedition,
to exercise their several functions. As the state is so
far recovered, as to admit of the courts being held in
the several places where they had been accustomed to
be held*, except Charleflown.
* The usual places of holding the courts in South-
Carolina, were Charleftown, George-Town, Cheraws,
Camden, Orangeburgh, Ninety-Six, and Beaufort.
SOUTH-CAROLINA.
By His Excellency John Rutledge, Esquire, Gover
nor and Commander in Chief of the said state.
A PROCLAMATION.
„ TXrHEREAS, many persons taking advan
' ta ' e °' " e ' ate disturbed and unsettled
condition of the fiate; and hoping, in the
con fufion and disorder occasioned by the calamities
of war, to escape punishment, have committed the most
wanton and rapacious ads of plundering, some under
colour of indemnifying themselves for losses which they
have sustained, others under pretence that the persons
to whom such property belonged are tories, or ene
ynies of the state; and others, from a wicked and in
ordinate desire of acquiring wealth by any means, how
soever unjuflifiable, and from any persons whether
friends or foes.
AND WHEREAS, the public fafety requires that
the most effectual measures be taken for fupprefling
such an unwarrantable and pernicious -practice : Inas
much as good and faithful fubjeds should be protested
and fecur#d in the full and free enjoyment of their pro
perty ; and no man, although a criminal, should be
d'efpoiled of his estate but by due course of law. I
have therefore thought fit to issue this proclamation,
ftridly forbidding all persons from plundering, taking
or holding the property of others, under any pretence
or for any cause whatever ; warning persons pofftffed of
such property of the danger which they will incur by con
tinuing to withhold it, and changing them immediate
ly to reflore such property to -the owners of it, unless
such owners are with the enemy, and in that case to de
liver it to the brigadier general of the diftria in which
it is, as they will answer the contrary at their peril :
For speedy and exemplary punishment th dl be indited
upon offenders. And I do direct all justices of the
peace, diligently and faithfully to execute their office,
and to use all lawful means which may be necessary
for apprehending, securing and bringing to justice,
such persons as are or may be accused of the above
mentioned, or any other criminal offence, Ido more
over command all military officers of this fiate, to giv^
such aid and affifiance to the civil magitlrafts, as they
may require for that purpose, and I do exhort all those
who know or have reason to believe, where any plun
dered property is concealed or secreted, or by whom it
is possessed, to make di'covery, and give information
touching the fame, lot e neared magistrate, in order
that proper steps may be taken for the recovery there
of.
Given under my hand, and the great seal, at the
High-Hills of Santee, this fifth day of August,
1781, and i- the sixth year of the Independence
of America.
J. RUTLEDGE.
By His Excellency's command,
jcMN S,iNDFoKD Dart, friv. Scc'ry.
On ^ JJr Next,
At TEN t- tock in the Forenoon,
On Messrs Jernes Drinke% Wharf, between Arch
tc.i R^ce streets,
Will be Sold by Public Auction,
ON E hundred boxes of Briftoi Glass, of different
fizss.
Twenty calks Nails.
Ten Bundles of Frying Pans.
A large and neat Aftortment of Cutlery, Brass and
Iron Wares.
Mill S ws.
Hand Ditto, &c. &r.
Part of the Cargo of the Ship DIMSDALE, Prize
to the Privateer Ship Rifirg Sun.
Sept. 7. CLEMENT BIDDLE, Marshal.
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-houfe, on THURSDAY, the 13th > Sep
tember instant, at TEN o'clock in the forenoon. A
Plan of the Lots may he seen at the Coffee-houfe, and
at the Surveyor General's Office. The conditions the
fame as the last sales. August 31.
ALL P rfons INDEBTED to the UNIVERSITY,
on account of Rent, payable in Specie or Wheat,
are hereby Notified, that unless the amounts of the said
rents be p^id to the fubfciiber, on or before theist of
O&ober next, they will be proceeded against as the
Law direds. ARCHIBALD GAMBLE.
Philadelphia, September 7, 1781.
Philadelphia, September 4, 1781.
NO TICE is hereby given to all COL
LECTORS of PUBLIC TAXES, th t unless
their Duplicates are fully fettled with the County Trea
surer by the firft day of next month, that ayery delin
quent will be proceeded against as the law direds, with
out refpea of persons, or any farther notice.
By Order of the Commissioners.
GEORGE HONEY, junr. Clerk.
FOR SA L E,
By Alexander Nefbitt, and Co.
In Front-street, below Walnut-street, opofite to Mr.
James Meafes,
BOHEA TEA by the chelt, Printed Calicoes and
Chintzes, Brittanias and Laval Linens, Havanna
Sugars in boxes, a few boxes of Mould Candles.
To be fold cheap,
A LARGE and Valuable Assortment of DRUGS
and MEDICINES; and ihop furniture, being the
stock in hand of the late Dr. Van Solingen, decrafed.
They will be fold all together, or in quantities, to suit
the purchasers, by the fnbferiber, at her dwelling, in
Second-street near Arch-street.
SARAH VAN SOLINGEN, Executrix.
N. B If the above are not fold by private sale by the
zoinftant, they will be fold by public vendue.
Sept. 6, 1781.
To be Sold for Money or Tobacco, or
such Credit as may suit the Purchafera,
Lands in the Kentuckey County,
in the state of Virginia, to wit, A number of Tra&s
which were secured to the firft Adventurers in that
country upon pre-emption Rights; the greatest part
thereof having been marked out and improved by them
in the years 1774 and 1775: A Tra& of about 2000
acres, lying on Ohio river, at the lower end of the
falls, across which the town of Louisville will extend :
An undivived Moiety of 3000 acres, on the said river,
about § miles below the falls, surveyed under a milita
ry warrantin the year 1775 : Also, Sundry large Tracts
lying on or near the said river, several of them within
7 or 8 miles of the falls. For further particulars enquire
of the Printer.
Deferred fiom his most Christian
Majesty's regment 01 Xaintonge, a Musician, who plays
on the clarinett.; and is of a good figure. Whoever ap
prehends him, to that he may be brought to his regi
ment, mail receive THREE GUINEAS from the Corn
manning Officer.
A person capable of teaching
writing, arithmetic, and geography, will meet with
gieat encouragement by applying to the Printer.
Wanted, a good Cook, a French
one would be preftried. Such as can produce fu fficient
recommendations of their ability, sobriety and integri
ty will be well paid. Apply to the Printer.
XVHEREAS a certain John Nelson, of
Franklin county. North- Carolina, formally
from Kingfefs, Pennsylvania, died last November in
the aforesaid state, intestate . •if there is any of said
Nehon's Relations now living, they are desired to apply
to JAMES DYER, at Mr. Robert Furnifs's, in New
castle, on Delaware, where they will hear of Something
greatly to their advantage ; or to Colonel Simon Jeffc
ryb, in North Caroina.
City Auction.
TH E fubferiber begs leave to inform
the public, that, at the City-Ven
due-Store in Front-street, between
Market and Arch-streets, Goods, Wares
and Merchandize are received, to be dis
posed of, either at public or private sale—
The public sale will be held weekly on
Tuefday —The store well be open for the
reception of goods, from 8 o'clock in the
Morning to 7 o'clock in the Evening.—On
Market days, attendance will be given at
the Coffee-houfe, from 11 to 1 o'clock,
for the sale of whatever articles may be sent
there ; proper stores are provided for re
ceiving rum, iugar, &c. every attention
will be shewn to the difpolal of goods and
merchandize that may be sent for either
public' or private iale, and due dispatch
and punctuality observed in settlement.
Those who are pleased to favour him with
dry goods for public sale, are requested to
fend them to the store in time for adver
tising, which will be on Saturday prece
ding the sale.
JOHN BAYARD, Auctioneer.
Philadelphia, 29th August, 1781.
TO BE SOL D,
Two, very good, second-hand
SUL KE r S,
With good HARNESS complest. Enquire of JACOB
MENG, Couch-maker, in Front-street, midway be
tween Race and Vine-streets, Philadelphia.
STOLEN, on the 2d infant, September, from the fub
feriber, living in Lower Merrion township, Phila
delphia county, A Black HORSE, with a star in his
forehead, white hairs round his neck, owing to it#
having been cut with a chain. Whoever takes up
said Horse and Thief, ffiall have EIGHT Dollars for
each, and reasonable charges paid by m
WILLIAM BROADES.
Twenty Shillings Reward,
STRAYED away from the sign of the Crofs-Key#
and Anvil, at the corner of Chefnut and Fourth
ftreets, on the fifth of this instant, a Grey or white
MARE, with a saddle and bridle on,(has a colt at home.)
Whoever takes up said Mare, faddie and bridle so that
the owner may have them again /hall receive the above
reward and reasonable charges, by applying to DAVID
GIBSON, in Kingfeffing, or JOHN M'CKINLEY at
the above described place.
N. B. She was seen between the New prison and the
Forage Yard. Sept. 7th 1781.
The Subferiber, lately appointed
aNOTARY and TABELLION PUBLIC
for the state of Pennsylvania, has removed
his Office to the south fide of Market-ttreet,
the third door above Laetitia-Court. The
duties of this Office will not interfere with
his Practice of the Law.
W. BARTO N.
-F-f-O L E
Out of the yard of the fubferiber, in Second- street
near Vine-street, two or three nights ago, a sixteen
gallon BRASS KETTLE, a WOOD SAW, and some
other articles ; the Kettle had three patches on the
bottom, upon places where feet hadbeen fixed. Who
ever difeovers the person or persons concerned in taking
it, so that thev can be apprehended and brought to jus
tice, and the Kettle, &c. recovered, shall receive ONE
HALF JOHANNES reward. Shou'd it be offered fcr
sale, it's requested it may be flopped
Aug. 24. GEO. CAMPBELL.
AL L persons indebted to the estate of JOHN
HAMILTON, late of Plymouth township, Phi
ladelphia county, < eceafed, either by bond, note or
book debt, aie once more requested to make immediate
payment ; and all persons having any demands against
the said estate, are desired to bring in their accounts
properly attested, for payment: Attendance will be
given ft the sign of the Black.horfe, in Plymouth
township, aferefaid, on Thursday, the 6th of Septem
ber next, in order to make settlement of fid accounts
by SIDNEY HAMILTON, ) Executrix.
Aug. 18. HUGH HAMILTON, ) Executor.
WANTS A PLAC E, A
Young Man that can write a
gcod Hand, would be glad to tend a store, and has
been uted to frrve in a sep. Enquire of the Printer.