The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1778-01-28 00:00:00, page 4

I, A. N C A STE R.
TN C O N G R £ ° S, January 6, 1778.
w ,HER EAS it appears by a return made to
\"y tbe Bond es Treasury, numthe Managers of
t F. btr. or th' United Stakes, that the novation of
t^te of PennUlvama by the enemy has obflre&ed
t/isEifru, and produced confide: able Belays in the
fde <f tickle, insomuch that the number yet remain
fr no blind fenders it necelßry orce mere to postpone
~ fowirv thereof : And wh, eas C^ fs being
Itiibie to 01 the expectations hd
.e-d^ntur^t^n^ proper to ft them the so A
^A ^n-s t^-t ^ r he tone unrein yrepofeo, the Mn
risers are to plowed cn.ma Durii-is without further
'^l^, That the dr^frcf the First Class of the
L^ry m^mnc^ he rodponed to the hrft day of
ML' next, atwhiriUfifne he M' nagers are dire& dto
- f^d + ^re% and complect it as fcon as may be ;
and t^t^i Ihe tickets then unfold mail be the proper
t and at th risque of the United States.
"' '" Extract from the Minutes,
CHARLES THOMSON, Secretary.
Treasury Office, York fo%,aa. 3, 1778.
C ON GRESS having directed that toe Lottery cf
t^ U. ted States (hall be abfolutriy drawn cn the firit
tin of May next, andthat all the tickets then ^mcm
i,ig u fol ; (hall be the property, and at the oque of
'^RrfXe^That the Managers cf the said Lottery be
directed to ord r each perlon employed by them or by
tire ^p^W^ States, who (hall on thyoth a, ? olfAp.,l
n xt, have in his hands any tickets of the First Chriscf
said Lottery for fak an the public account, to deliver
t©n on that da v to the Governor or President of the
Coun il of the State in ^hich he rebdes, < 0 is re
c ^trd to receive the fame and sign quadruplicate
curfi- tes therefor, fpecifying the number of each
ticket so dGiv:red, one certificate to be given to the
p^rfen of whom he may receive such ticket, cne to
be retained by himfelf, one to be tr Emitted to
the Managers, and the other forthwith lent to tee
Beard of Treasury, together with such tickets, un
der the Seal of the Stre; and that the Managers be
further dirked to deliver to the Board of Treasury
on the said 30th day of April next, the tickets then in
feir h^ together with an invoice of their numbers,
taking certJi^tes therefor ^ afore, id, and t? draw
the Lottery in the place where the Congress (hail
then be fitting. , c
Tint all thkets not returned on the said 30th day of
April next, either to the Board of Treafmy or the
Governors or the Prefid nts of Council rs above di^r
td, mill b- confibred as purchased by, and at the
rifque of the pofDnors of such tickets.
Extras from the Minutes,
WILLIAM GOVETT, A. Aud. Gen.
IN PURSUANCE of the above Resolutions dire&-
io/the drawing • f the Lottery absolutely to commence
oo'the firft day of May next, and to be drawn without
delay, the Managers acquaint the Public that the offi
ces for the sale of tickets are ft 11 open in the different
States, where any person or company may be Inched
if they apply before the 30th of April next. No tickets
to be (Id on any account after said dav.
(All Printers on Pre Continent are requefedto insert the
above and continue it for fix iveeks.)
In CONGRESS, September 10, 1777.
DESOLEE D, That the interest which (hall arise
" after the dat/of this reflation, on LOAN OF
FICE CERTIFICATES, already issued, or which
shall be fined before the firft day of M^ch next, be
annually paid at the refraive Loan Offices in bills of
exchange cn the Comm ; ffioners of the United States in
P?ris at the rate of five livres of France for every Spa
nifn milled dollar due for interest as aferefaid, or in
Continental bills of credit, at the option of the respec
tive lenders. By order of Congress,
JOHN HANCOCK, President.
# * The LOAN OFFICE is kept at Lancaster,
where constant attendance is given by
THOMAS SMITH,
Commiflioner of the Loan Office.
e^fjis^A^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
W A N TE D,
4 NUMBER of Masons, Bricklayers, Carpen
,\ ters, Cocpers, Blacksmiths, and Nailers, to
whom constant employ and good wages will be given.
Apply to the Printer.
Valley Forge Camp, January 6, 1778.
COLON EL William Cook, of the
Twelfth Pennsylvania Regiment, who lately left
this Camp without leave, is ordered immediately to
return and answer the leveral charges alledged agamft
him All officers of the said Regiment who are ab
fent^ith the said Colonel's leave, are ordered imme
diatelv to join their regiments, or they may expea to
be fuperceded and deprived of the bounty lately granted
to the army by the Honorable the Continental Congress.
All officers belonging to Lord Sterling's division of
the army, who left their corps on account of sickness
nr of Being wounded, are immediately to join their
r # fp ft ^ Regiments, or fend to his Lordihip a certi
fi ? , e horn some Physician or Surgeon of the General
H ,fpital of their being unfit for present service, or they
wd) be deprived of the benefit of the above-mentioned
bounty. By His Lordfifs command,
JAMES MONROE, Aid de Camp.
LANCASTE R> Printed by J OHN DUN LA P, in Queen-ftrect.
Just puklifted, and to be fold by
J OHN D U NL A P,
In Queen-Street, Lancaster,
Father A 3 R A H A M's
POCKET ALMAN AC K,
For the Year 1778.
Being the Third Year of the Independence of America.
Fitted to the use of Pennsylvania and the adjacent States.
Containing (bendes many uiJnl Lists, Le.)
The Articles ol CONFEDERATION and PIT PE
TUAL UNION between the States of Am rr.a,
as aropohd by Congress to the Leg Natures of the
different S ares.
This great Confederacy is so intimately conned
with the Freedom, Happiness and Independence of the
People of America, that no person can holo a proper
rink in society, without being fully acquainted ^^h
its very important contents.
*, The Agronomical cMcMa'ions of this Almanack are
compofcd by David Rittenhouse, A. M. oj this
State.
O BE S OL D,
And entered on the 15th 0 , >rch, .
a PLANTATION lyiagin r.v cartle County,
01 0n t' ie g re " road front Newark to the Crob-
Roads, four miles from the former and fix from the
latter, containing one hundred and sixty acres, eighty
of which is improved : On the p^mifes is a good frame
house and barn, a fp ing-houfe and orchard, fix acres
of meadow, and a few acres more may be made: The
triable land is as good as any in the neighbourhood.
The title indisputable. Any person inclining to pur
chase or rent may know the terms by applying to the
subscriber in Newark.
f HENRY DARBY.
Tobe SOLD by PUBLIC VENDUE,
on Friday the zorb da, o February next, at the
dwelling-hcufe of the subscriber in Fann Tov,idhip,
Yrk County, near Peachbottom Ferry, on Sulq^
hanna,
VALUABLE PLANTATION, con
,l tainiog three hundred and seventy acres of land,
about ninety de red, ten or twelve acres of good wa
tered meadow, and more may be made, the remainder
well timbered and watered : There is on said place a
good saw mill, a square log dw.lling hcuf'e, barn and
other office h uses, &c. the whole in good repair,
pleasantly fitaated, and convenient to both mill and
meeting. Any perlon inclining to purchase may fee
the premises and know the terms by applying to the
subscriber. The sale to begin at Ten o'cleck in the
meaning, when due attendance will be given by
fPATRICK SCOTT.
WAS LO S T,
On the road from Wright's Ferry to Lancaster, or
from Lancabe to Manheim,
, RED Morocco POUCH, containing a set of
A fiiver mounted Surgeons Pocket Inituments.
Whoever has found th ni and will fend them to the
Printer, or to Mr. Hinzelman's tavern in Manheim,
(hall receive TWENTY DOLLARS Reward. J
January 5, 1778.
MADE his escape from the subscriber,
Constable of Little-Britain Township, Lancas
ter County, a certain JOHN ROBISON, appre
hended for desertion; he is about five feet fix inches
bmh, of a dark corrplexion, and bla^k hair ; hac on
a dark coloured full's jacket, blue cloth breeches,
and white yarn Lockings; he formerly lived in Bufton.
Whoever takes up said deserter and secures him in any
gaol, (hall hive SEVEN DOLLARS reward, and rea
sonable charges, paid by
X JOHN PENELL.
THIRTY DOLLARS REWARD.
riTRAYED or STOLEN, near the Trap on
& Reading road, on Friday the Bth inst. (January)
a HORSE and MARE, with their geers and har
ness, the property of Col. Robert Cuthbertfon, of
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania ; cne a sorrel
Horse, five yeats old next spring, with a white face,
branded on the near shoulder RC. about sixteen hands
high. The other a dark bay Mare, about fourteen
bands high, no brand, a short switch tail, lately food,
the fore ilioes steeled. Any person securing them, and
the thief (if stolen) shall have the above Reward, or
for the horses only, TWENTY DOLLARS. It de
livered at Head Quartets the reward to be paid by
Thomas Kerr, or at Cumberland County by
X ROBERT CUTHBERTSON.
WAS left at the house of the subscriber,
living at Paxton, in Lancaster County, on the
ifch of Decembei latt, a roan HORSE, between
fourteen and fifteen hands high, (eventeen or eighteen
years old. The owner by coming, proving his pro
perty and paying charges, may have him again.
1 BARFOOT BRUNSON.
WA S taken out of the house cf the sub
scriber, (uppofed to be by feme of the ILrrih
soldiers, on the nth or i^h of September last, FIVE
LOTTERY TICKETS, die numbers 92,800, 92,201,
92,802, 92,803, 92,804. The Managers of the Lottery
are desired to hop the said Tickets if offered by any
body except the subscriber, living in Wilmington.
JAMES CHANDLER.
lancafer^ ,es%rv 6, 17;8,
]a?led and t? be fla' by
F R AN CIS BAI L E Y,
At bis Printing.Ollice the north tide of King itreet, a
few doors below the M^ke,
The L A N C A S T F, R
POCKET ALMANACK,
For the YEAR 1778.
A Second Edition id thr GERMAN CALEN
DAR is now in the ptef;, ard will be pubhfhd the
latte: end Arris menA.
Lancaper, January z?, 1778.
W A S FO U N 1),
On or about the ioth inst. (January) near the Conti
nent I Stabler., in the Borough of Lancaster,
^ REMNANT of blue BROADCLOFH,
fl about th^e yards which was off red by a soldi
er for file, and flipped by the pe#;<,n to w>om it was
offered, he fdppofing it to have been stolen. Whoever
has loft the fame, by applying at the ftrre of Meffis.
Meafe and Caldwell, in Mr. Saunderson's house, m:y
have it by proving their property and paying for this
advertiitfmrnt.
W A S F O U N I),
Near May-Town, in Donegal Township, either th^
latter end of D cember (art or fi, ft of January,
_ BLACK POCKET BOOK, containing Several
papers, force erth, a Lieutenant's and a Quarter
Master’s comm flions to Samuel Alexander, allo three
State Lotery Tickets. The owner is defiled to call
on the subscriber near May-Town, pay charges and
receive his botk.
FREDERICK BOWERS.
TWELVE DOLLARS REWARD.
LO S T on Sunday afternoon the 19th instant,
(J nuary) a few miles from Reim's Town, on
the road leading to Lancaster, a pinchbeck WA'I CH,
with a cap over the works, maker's n=me Robert Al
-lam, London; a metal chain, and a steel seal with a
coat of arms engraved on it, the motto Audeo. Who
ever will bring it to Thomas Smith, Esq; at the
Loan-Office in Lancaster, shall receive the above Re
ward. 1
Camp, January 4, 1778.
if"" 1 H E Commander in Chief having issued
his orders in the words following, to wit.
“ N&twithftanding the orders repeatedly given for
calling the absent officers ta camp, the Commander in
Chief is informed that many arc ft;!I flattered about
the country, mifpending their time, to the prejudice
of the service, and injury of those officers who remain
and attend their duty in camp: He therefore directs,
that the Brigadiers and officers commanding brigades
forthwith make a Aria enquiry concerning all the of
ficers absent from their brigades, and such as are ab
sent without leave from proper authority, or having
such leave, remain unnecessarily absent, are to be im
mediately notified to return to camp without delay,
cn pain of being suspended or cashiered."
All officers belonging to the second Pennsylvania
brigade, who in any wife come within the above de
scription, arc hereby notified immediately to repair to
camp, and avoid the confcqusneer of a longer absence.
DANIEL BR 01)HE AD, Col.
§ Commanding zd Pernf. Brigade.
Cbrijliana-Bridge January 3, 1778.
CAME to the liable of the subscriber, on
the night cf the 24th ult. a itrawberry roan
GELDING, rifiog fix years, with a fraall fear in
his forehead, about fourteen hands high, is a nature
trotter. Any person proving property and paying
charges, may have him again bv applying to
t JOHN BARCLAY.
BE S I Mulcovado SUGARS in tierces
and barrels, an ! fine and coarse foreign S A LT,
to be fold by LAWRENCE HE R°B E R 1
next door to Mr. Bernard Hubley's, in Q^een-fEcet,
Lancafter.§
SHILLINGS a PO-UN' D far
° good CANDLE-Wf CK, will be paid by
ANDREW KENNEDY, next door to the
Gaol, in King-street, Lancaster.
January 4, 1778.
FOR TN DOLLARS REWARD.
T, AN AWAY last night from the subscriber,
£\ living near Broad-Cieek, in Harford Crun'%
Maryland, two Negro men, one named DICK,
about five feet fix or seven inches high, down looK,
stoop fliouldered, fir ,alI limb'd ; had on and took with
him, an half-worn felt hat, a light coloured coat and
jacket, the coat wanting the flirts and one sleeve, a
tow cloth fliiit, a white ditto, white plush breeches,
speckled flockings, old fhocs, bud a match-coat blan
ket. The other named NET L, a thick, well mac-,
stout fellow, round made, talkative and freaks quick;
had on a str aw hat, a blue coat with a falling collar,
brown thick cloth jacket laced, a tow cloth shirt, white
flannel breaches, speckled Lockings, and good thees
tied with thongs. Whoever takes up and secures Eid
servants, so that their master may have them again,
shall have, if 10 miles from home, Ten Dollars,
if 20 miles Twenty Dollars, if go mil^s Thirty
Dollars, if 40 miles the above Reward, and leafon
abie charges ii brought home, pid bv
X JOHN BARCLAY.