The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1779-06-12 00:00:00, page 4

^ SEVERAL A^SEM^LV of Fengfylvani£
Saturday, March 20th, 1779.
HE petition of James Martin, amd the report of the
' Committee appointed to confider his case, were again
read and considered, and thereupon
Refolded, That the said James Martin have leave to
bring in a bill the next session of this Assembly, for the
purposes of divorcing him from his wife Elizabeth Martin :
And that the, said James Martin be required to publilh this
resolution in the Pennsylvania Packet, or some other pub
lic newspaper of this/ftate, two months before hf brings in
the said bill. Extras from the Minutes,
JOHN MORRTS, Junior,
Clerk of the General Assembly.
Philadelphia, June, 7.
TEN DOLLARS REWARD.
STRAYED from off Commons, about the 20th of
My last, a middle sized old hlsck C O VL with a
short tail, very thin in flefh. Whoever gives notice of
said Cow to the Printer hereof shall have the above re
ward, and all reasonable charges paid.
CAME to the plantation of the fubferiber,
in Bristol township, Philadelphia county, on the
25th day of May last, a bay MARE, about fifteen
hands high, trots and paces, branded on the right shoul
der with a horse (hoe, and hath a yearling colt with her.
The owner is desired to come, prove property, pay the
charges and take them away.1
GEORGE BENNER.
—W~ A — N
In a FAMILY,
A WET NURSE that can be well recommended.
Good wages will be given. Enquire of the Printer.
Blackley TounJbip, Philadelphia County, June 6.
SIXTY DOLLARS REWARD.
CFRAYED or STOLEN from the fubferiber,
' on the 24th of May, a bay HORSE about fourteen
hands high, ten years old, branded ( S on the near
shoulder, mealy mouth and fl nk, no fho 3 cn, his mane
and foretop lately trimmed, tro's and gallops. Who.
ever taks up the said horse so that the owner may get
him again, fliall receive, if strayed, Thirty Dollars,
and if stolen, the above reward for hone and thief, up.
on conviction of th^thief.
WILLIAM THOMPSON.
Baltimore, May 31.
Three Hundred Dollars Reward.
Q AN AWAY from the fubferiber's plantation, near
" Charleftown, in Carcil county, Maryland, two Ne
gro llaves, viz. NEB, a yellow fellow, about fix feet
high, stoops in his walk, and is tolerably well made;
had on when he went away, an old bsarfkin jacket, tow
linen shirt and trowfers, new Ihoes with firings, and an
old hat bound with black binding. DICK, a black
fellow,about five feet seven or eight inches,(lender made,
and has a blemilh in ©ne of his eyes which renders it al
molt ufekfe ; had on when he went away, a white jacket,
tow linen shirt and trowfers, and a calf skin cap in imi
tation of those of the light horse. These run-awaysare
brothers, andi were purchased of Mr. Jones, of Anne-
Arundel county, near Herring Bay, Maryland, and
probably may have fleered their course that way, or to
Philadelphia. Whoever takes up and secures said Negroes
Ihall receive, if twenty miles from home, Forty Dollars
for each; if thirty miles, Fifty Dollars; if fifty miles,
One Hundred Dollars ; and if farther the above reward,
and reasonable charges if brought home, paid by
- JONATHAN HUDSON.
CA M Eto the plantation of the fubferiber,
in PTyunk township, on the banks of Schuylkill,
a middle-fiz d black CO W, very poor. The owner
is desired to ccme, prove his property, pay charges and
take her away.
May 18. JACOB TREI N.
OFFICE tor Conveyancing, ana Sale of
Real Estates.
TO BE SO L D.
THREE frame dwelling-houses and lot of ground,
lituate on the east fide of the main street in New
tdwn, Bucks county : The lot is in breadth on the said
street nine perches and an half, and contains in quanti
ty one hundred and thirty three square perches. The
houses are well built and compleatly finifhed, with cel
lars under each ; one of them 30 feet by 20, and the
other two 18 feet by 26, two rooms on a floor, a good
garden to each tenement ; being an exceeding good
stand for a store or tavern.
Also a valuable tra& of land, situate about twenty
feven miles from Carlifle, in the county of Cumberland,
containing about four hundred and three acres, eighteen
acres thereof goo^ mowable meadow and fix'y acres
more may be easily made, sixty acres cleared ; 'being
extremely well situated for a mill- feat, on a never-failing
stream of water. On the premises are a log house, barn,
orchard, garden, and other improvements.. Loan-
Office Certificates will be taken in payment for this tra&.
Likewise a great number of houses and lots jn and
near the city, plantations in the country, and a great
quantity of unimproved tracts of land in most of the
different counties. For a more particular description of
which, and the terms of sale, apply to BONSALL
and SHOEMAKER, at their Office in Fourth-street,
oppose the end of Union-street, where Deeds, Mort
gages, Bonds, Wills, &c. are done with accuracy and
dispatch, and Money let out at interest.
WAN T ~E 5;
A PERSON who can be well recommended, to
aft as a CLERK in a public office. Enquire of
the Printer.
PHILADELPHIA: Printed and Sold by JOHN DUNLAP, in Market-street;
One Hundred and Forty Dollars "Reward,
WAS STOLEN last night, out of the pasture
of the fubferiber, in Brandywine hundred, New
castle county, state of Delaware, a black roan BORSE,
ten or eleven years old, about fourteen anda half hands
high, when rode inclines mostly to pace, and when push
ed trots very rou^h; formerly belonged to the Conti
nent and brands US, was fold last fall at Continental
, vendue and branded P on both shoulders ; his tail trim
med to a short ound bob, his shoulders pretty much
ruffled with the collar, very tender footed, and had n^
fkoes on when stolen. Whoever takes up and secures
said horse so that the owner may have him again, shall
receive Forty Dollars, and for the thief, if brought to
justice, One Hundred Dollars, by applying at Grubb's
Tavern, to
June s, GE,ORGE ROBINSON.
Philadelphia, June 3.
TO BE S O L D,
At SAMUEL HODGSON's Livery Stable, back
of the City Tavern,
A GENTEEL pair of BAY HORSES, with a
. second-hand PH TETON, harpefscompleat.
Dpiw ni ranmi law, iyi —» ■— * '“* * "••*• - - —-| ~
Philadelphia, June
TO BE L Ex T,
On the south fide of Market street, between Fifth and
Sixth-streets,
TH E Dwelling -house and Stores late the property
of Adam Kinimell, deceased, and now in poffeffin
of Mr. Adam Foulke. The fame may be entered upon
by the fifteenth indent. For particulars a pply at the
King of Piuffia in Market street, to
MICHAEL KIMMELL.
Philadelphia, June 2.
ALL persons who have any demands against
the estate of James Humphreys, dec-af.ri, are
requested to render in their a counts to the fubferi: ers,
that they my be fettled and paid. As there were a
number of Deeds and oilier writings in the pofft ffion of
the deceased at the time of his death, belonging to dif
ferent people, the owners are requeued to call on the
fubferrbers, who will deliver the fame on the payment of
charges. ASSHETON HUMPHREYS,].. .
SAMUEL JEFFERYS, j Adminiftrators
Philadelphia, Ma, 29.
FORTY DOLLARS REWARD.
STRAYED or STOLEN from off the Commons,
two large HORSES; one a sorrel, about sixteen
hands high, four, white feet, a bald face, and, marked
WK on his left battock; the other a bay, about the
fame beighth but rather thicker, and his lower lip turns
out. Whoever takes up said horses and brings them to
the fubferiber, shall receive the above reward and rea
sonable charges, paid by
JAMES STEWART.
t-.. M t-. _
Philadelphia, Ma, 19.
FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD.
CTOLEN from the fubferiber, in Oxford township,
" on Saturday night last, a bright bay MAR E, with
a white Rar, her left hind foot white, a natural pacer,
thirteen years old, and about fourteen hands high ; the
is apt to kick when any perlon mounts her. Whoever
takes up said mare and t% thief, and brings them to
the fubferiber, (hall receive Twenty Dollars for the
mare and Thirty Dollars far the thief.
CASTER, Sen.
Petersburg, Virginia, Marchtc.
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD.
RAN AWAY from the fubferiber, on the zzd
instant, a Mulatto Have called MATT, about
twenty five years of age, five feet ten or eleven inches
high, was inoculated for the small pox last May and
bears the marks very plain in his face. He was formerly
, e property of Mr. D vid Russell, merchant, in B and
ford, who purchased him of Mrs. Jane Vobe, in W/li.
amfburg, and he is well known by most gentlemen who
frequented the General Courts in that city. His dress
when he went off was a blue cloth coat, buff jacket and
leather breeches, shoe boots, &c. but as he carried
away sundry other cloaths, and is a sensible fellow, no
doubt he will change his dress and endeavour to pass as
a freeman. He probably may have procured a pass, as
he did once before when he eloped, in which he changed
his name to William Byrd, alias Matthew Davenport.
His address being very clever as a waiting-man he may
';°;' a !"y endeavour to hire himfolf to some gentleman.
7 his is to forwarn all matters of vessels and others from
employing or harbouring him, as they shall answer for
it at their peril. Any person that secures the said (live
that I may get him again (hall receive THIRTY
DOLLARS reward, and if delivered to me In Pe
tersburg, the above reward.
ALEXANDER G. STRACHAN.
OROKE into the inclofure of the fubferiber,
V in the diftria of Southward, Philadelphia county,
some time ago, a BAY MARE, about fix years old,
fourteen hands high, paces and trots. The owner by
proving his property and paying charges may have her
again.
M^y 22. JOSEPH JOHNSON.
FIFTY DOLLARS REWAR D.
SUPPOSED to be stolen on Sunday the 23d inst.
(May) a bright bay GELDI N G, about fourteen
hands high, five years old this grass, neither brand nor
ea £ m "^ with white hind feet, and black m?ne and
tail. Whoever has got said Gelding, and will deliver
him to the fubferiber, living in Manington township,
York county, about ten miles from Carhfle, shall have
the above reward. JAMES DILL.
erefor„ m .
ives Kent Count,, Maryland,, May i@.
FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD.
WAS TAKEN, supposed through mistake, by a
'' river craft, fern H@ilingfworth's wharf, about five ,
or fix weeks ago, a barrel dire&ed for Joseph Wilkin
son, tanner, at the Head of Chester, with red keel era
the head, containing 25 dressed calf skins, ond bushel
of salt in , bag, and 25 | lbs. sugar in a keg; also,
seven empty flour barrels marked M I on the head with
chalk. Whoever hath taken the above goods, or can
give information of the fame so that the owner may get
them again, fh.il! receive the above reward, paid by
Levi Hollingsworth, in Philadelphia, or the fub
feriber at the Head of Chester.
6. JOSEPH WILKINSON.
T 0 BE S O L J),
frW O Dwelling-houses, of which poffeffien will be
1 given in a few weeks. One of them has on the
lower floor a small l.il, two parlours, an office and a
kitchen ; the chambers and garrets are pretty good.
The other is a small house fit for a tradefroan. Apply
to , TENC'H COXE.'
FIFTY DOLLAR'S" R E-W AR~D.
STOLEN last night from James Bartram's place,
u near George Grey's ferry, on Schuylkill, a black
MA RE, near fifteen hands high, about eight or nine
years old, big with foal, has a white (pot under one of
her cars, a white ring round her near fore foot occasion
ed by a hopple, no fooes on, a large bushy tail, very
fat, and is a natural trotter. It is thought foe could
nut travel far before she would drop her foal. The
above reward is offered to any person who will bring
the mare to said James Bartram's, or to the owner,
@24 EDWARD BURD.
Sunbury, May 1.
Three Hundred & Thirty 'Dollars Reward.
DESERTED from that part of the eleventh
Pennsylvania Regiment, late commanded by Col.
lnomas Hartley, the following MEN, viz. Barney
Duffield, Alexander Andrews, Moses M Cur
chy, and John Dempsey, who had leave cf absence
to le their families. They are all Irilhmen, and well
looking fellows, hut their furloughs have been out for
some tinr. Adam Hinfs, George Button,
Abraham Bodle, Thomas Swords, and William
Harris. °. he above men are fupro ed to be in York
county.—Alio John Bridges and James Doherty;
they were persuaded away, by two women they had
taken up with in this place, and are supposed to have
gone to Paxton township, Lancafcr county. It is ex
pedted all frierds to the United States will endeavour
t> secure these d farters; and whoever secures them
shall have the above regard, or Thirty Dollars for each
m^n. I heartily with these poor deluded fellows would
aecep t of His Excellency 's most generous Proclamation,
and return to their regiment.
^E° BUS! T Cant. Com. Detachment.
Sunbury, May 14,
One Hundred & Eighty Dollars Reward.
DESERTED from the eleventh Pennsylvania
Regiment, now lying at Sunbury, cn the evening
01 the eleventh instant, the following ME N, viz. ™
Ed ward Wheeland, Serjeant, about twenty-eight
years of age, five feet eight inches high, d.rk complex
ion, black hair, well made, by trade a carpenter, for
merly lived at the Head of Elk, and supposed to be
about Philadelphia.
John Larr, Corporal, twenty five years of age, an
Irishman, five feet ten inches high, fair complexion,
stout made, formerly lived at the Welsh Trad, near
Ek: It is thought he is gone to Little Ek, as he has
lately married there.
James Fitzgibens, twenty-five years of age, five
feet fix inches high, red curled hair, stout made, lame
in his left thigh, and bow-legged. His wife, a middle
sized woman, with red hair, about twenty one years of
age, went with him ; her name is Margaret, and she
Ipeaks much in the Irish dialed.
John Rehaw, this country born, about thirty years
of age, five feet five inches high, dark complexion, a
Hinder man, came from Appoquiniminck Bridge, New
castle coun y.
John Brown, this country born, about thirty-five
years of age y five feet fix inches high, short black'hair,
very talkative, came from near May-Town, and has
lately been on furlough at that place.
Bar, Alley, twenty three years of age, this coun
try born, five feet nine inches high, fair complexion,
long black hair, has a fore hand flung in a handkerchief,
he came from Maryland.
All the above described men have small round hats and
long blue uniform coats faced with buff. Whoever
takes up said deserters and secures them in any gaol cf
this State, or delivers them to any officer of the regi
ment, shall have the above reward, or Thirty Dollars for
each, and reasonable charges, paid by
J. PROWELL. Major.
TO FE SOLD B°Y
JOHN D UNL AP,
In Market-street, Philadelphia,
The following BOOKS, in the German Language^
elegar tly printed, viz.
Large family bibles,
TESTAMENTS,
PSALM-BOOKS,
Marburg HYMN-BOOKS,
PSALTERS,
Lutheian CATECHISMS,
Calvinist CATECHISMS,
The above Bocks are also fold by Ludwig Lauman,
Esq; Lancaster; Mr. Bilmire, York- Town ; Mr. Hot,
Frederick-Town, Maryland; Mr. John Spangenberg,
Eafton; Mr. Joseph Heister, Reading ; and Mr. Chris
topher Loughncr, Philadelphia.