The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1779-10-05 00:00:00, page 1

Just opened and to be fold bv
WILLIAM ROBINSON and SON,
At their (tore the corner of Front and Spruce streets,
VARIETY of elegant (triped fi ured, painted,
"fl and brocaded Taffkries, Sattins and Mexicaines ;
black Tobine; a parcel of Cambricks well zfforted;
clear Lawns, Linens, romal Handkerchiefs, Ribbond,
sewing Silk, worsted Stockings, &c. &c.
°Aifo excellent Green Tea wholesale and retail.
They receive and fell on commission all kinds of Mer
chandize, for such perlons who may be unprovided with
convenient flares to expose their goods.
WOODDROP and JOSEPH SIMS?
Have for S ALE at their store in Water-street, between
Spruce and Vine streets,
WHITE Sugar in boxes; excellent Green Tea at
60 dollars per pound by retail; an assortment
of elegant Sattins and Mantuas striped, brocaded and
printed, on very low terms; fine and coarse cambricks,
yarn hose, metal buttons, &c.&c. Also for file, a large
S LOOP, fit for the sea or river lervice, pretty well
found, now hying at their wharf.
Said W. and J. Sims are accommodated with conve
nient stores, where they propose receiving and felling
on commission, Goods and Merchandize of all kinds,
Flour, Grain, &c. &c. They hope to give fatisfa&ion
by their assiduity and diligence to those who will please
to favour them with their bufinels.
FOR S A~L
ANEAT, strong, Secondhand CHAISE, with
good Harness compleat. Enquire of John Lisle,
in Third-street, between Market and Arch-streets.
Philadelphia, September 28.
THIRTY DOLLARS REWARD.
CTRAYED or STOLEN from off the Commons,
a bay HORSE, seven years old, fourteen hands
high, a star in his forehead, branded on both (boulders
18, the off hind leg white to the pattern. Whoever
Secures said borfe and will bring him to the subscriber,
living in George's street, Southwark, shall have the
above reward and reasonable charges.
JOHN BYRN S.
THIRTY DOLLARS REWARD.
STRAYED (or rather supposed to be stolen) out
of the pasture of the fubferiber, at the Sorrel Horse
in Chester county, on the night of the 7th of September
instant, a small bay PONEY, lately food before, with
several white spots on his belly, and lately trimmed.
Whoever takes up fail horse, and the thief so that he
may be brought to justice, (hall have the above reward,
or Twenty Dollars for the horse only, paid by
JACOB WAGGONER,
Father Abraham's A LMANACKS,
For the YEAR 1780,
TO BE SOLD BY
JO HN DU NL A P.
GERMAN ALMANACKS,
For.the YEAR 1,80,
TO BE SOLD BY
JO H N D U N L A P.
To the Freeholders and other Electors of the County
and Borough of Lancaster.
Gentlemen,
IRE rWRN you my sincere thinks for the number
of votes you were picafed to favour me with for the
Sheriff's offi -€ at the left Election, which encourages me
to cffer myfeff as a Candidate for said office. I there
fore take this public method of eaineftly loliciting your
votes and interest at ihe ensuing Ele&ion, which if you
are pleaftd to favor me with, (hall be thankfully ac
knowledged by, Gentlemen,
Your very humble fervart,
HENRY SMALL.
CT^#o®P
OFFICE for Sale of Real Estates.
TO BE SO L D,
By the fubferiber, at his office in Second street between
Spruce and Union-streets, Philadelphia,
CEVERAL Lots of GROUND in and about the
° city, plans of which may be lean at the said office.
Also several sums of Money 10 be put out to interest,
from One to Six Thousand Pounds. Enquire at said
office, where bufineL is tranfo&ed as usual, and Deeds,
Mortgages, Bonds, Wil's, Letters of Attorney, and all
other instruments in writing, are drawn with care and
dispatch. ASSHETON HUMPHREYS.
GENERAL
T UESDA Y,
O R
[ Published every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. ]
L O N D O N, June 19.
THE non importation agreement in Ireland portends
much mifehief; the Americans tock the fame mea
sures previous to their shaking off theyoke pressed on them
by a corrupt administration.
The brave Lord George Minden is to have the command
of the army, and, it is said, to please the King, intends
to invade France and Spain, drive the Turks fro 11 their
territories, and seize Mahomet's tomb at Mecca ; then
he proposes to take Persia, and all the countries in the
Bast ; he then intends travelling by land to America, the
inhabitants of which are to be presented at the feet of Lord
North—to be kick'd.
There will be a vote passed in a few days, declaring the
French and Spaniards poltroons, that they have no arms
or ammunition, soldiers, fleets or artillery, and the con
quest of both countries will be effected by the fame Mi
nisters who have so ably conduced our American affairs.
An ACT to continue an Aft, intitled, " An Aft for open
ing and better amending and keeping in repair the public
Roads and Higbuay* within this Proevince.''
VCT HER EAS the said Aft in its operation is found
beneficial and easy to the inhabitants and travellers
in this State, but by its own limitation would expire at
the end of the fitting of this Assembly:
Be it therefore enabled, and it is hereby enabled, by the Re
presentatives of the treemen of the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania, tn General Assembly met, and by the authority of
the fame, That the said Afl, and every article, clause, and
thing therein contained (so much thereof as relates to the
assessment of estates within the several townships, the quan
tum of the fines and penalties imposed on persons offend
ing against the directions of the said Aft, to the daily wa
ges allowed to Supervisors of the highways for their a&ual
attendance at the mending and repairing the fame, and the
elaufe of limitation alorefaid, only excepted) shall be, and
is hereby declared to be, in full force and virtue, for and
during the term of two.years, from and after the publica
tion hereof; and from thence to the end of the next fitting
or Assembly, and no longer.
And be it further enabled by the authority aforefaid, That
the Supervisors of the public roads and highways, within
the refpeftive townships of this State, valuing and estimat
ing real and personal estates, within their said townships,
as the fame were valued in the year Oue thousand seven
hundred and seventy-two, when the aforefaid All was
made, shall or may, during the continuance of this All,
make or lay a rate or rates in any one year, not exceed
ing Seven (hillings and Six pence in the pound on the year
ly value of the fame estates, to be employed for the open
ing, clearing, amending and repairing the several roads
and highways within their retpeflive townships. And
that the said Supervisors, besides the Twelve Pence in eve
ry Pound by them to be collected, shall be allowed and
paid Three Pounds Fifteen Shillings per diem for each
day he or they shall attend in overseeing, employing and
directing the workmen upon the public roads and high
ways within their townfliips. And that every person who
shall be duly elected and chosen Supervisor of the public
roads and highways, and shall refufe or neglect to take u-
P® n himf^lf tne said office, shall forfeit and pay the sum of
One Hundred Pounds, to be applied towards amending and
repairing the said roads. And that such Supervisors as
have taken upon themselves the office to which they were
chosen, but shall refufe or neglect to do and perform their
duty, as directed by the Did All, shall be fined and pay
the sum of bitty Pounds for every such offence. And that
every person employed at work in repairing of the public
roads, or being with these workmen who shall ask any mo
ney, drink, or any other reward whatsoever, or shall, by
any means whatsoever, extort, or endeavour to extort,
any money or other thing of or from any person palling or
travelling upon the said public roads, shall, for every such
ottence, pay to the Supervisor or Supervisors of the t®wn
fhip, the sum of Ten Pounds. And the Supervisor who
shall connive at such practices, or shall himfelf extort, or
endeavor to extort, any money or other thing from any
traveller as aforefaid, shall forfeit and pay, for each of
tence, the sum of Twenty Pounds. And that every per
son and persons who shall flop or fill up any drain or
ditch, already cut and opened, or hereafter to be cut and
opened by the said Supervisors, to carry off and drain the
water from the public roads, shall be fined and pay the
sum of Fifty Pounds for every such offence.
And be it further enabled by the authority aforefaid, That
the several fines, penalties and forfeitures imposed by this
Ad, shall be levied, recovered and employed in the fame
manner, and to the fame uses, as in and by the aforefaid
Ad, passed in the year One thousand seven hundred and
seventy-two, is directed.
JOHN BAYARD, Speaker.
Enabled into a Law on Thursday the thirtieth
day of September, irntbe year of our Lord
One thousand seven hundred and fewenty-nine.
JOHN MORRIS, Junior,
Clerk of the General Assembly.
PHILADELPHIA.
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ADVERTISER
BOSTO N, September bo.
At a legal Meeting of the Freeholders and other inhabi
tants ofthe town of Boston, at Faneuil Hall, the 9th of
September instant.
UPON consideration of the report of a Committee
relative to fire-wood-It was
Voted, r^at wood from the Eastward should not be at
a higher price than Sixty Dollars per cord ; but in as much
as our brethren, who supply us by w^er from that cuar
fer, run great hazard. It is therefore further'
Voted, That Twelve Hundred Dollars be paid to the
person that should bring into this town the greatest quan
tity of cord-wood, from this time to the firfl ' day of April
next ; and One 1 houfand Dollars to the next lar^eft im
porter ; and Eight Hundred Dollars to the third; and
Five Hundred Dollars to the fourth—to be paid them by
the T own- Preafurer, upon certificates bring produced
from the Selectmen of this town; and that it be recom
mended to the Wharfingers that they supply no finale fa
mily with more than two cords of wood at a time, until tlie
town is better supplied. Attest.
WILLIAM COOPER, Town-Clerk
Since our last, arrived at Cape Ann, from Bilboa'in
Spain, the privateer brig General Starks, by which we
have certain intelligence, that the French and Spatiifh fleets
confiding of 40 fail of armed vtfftls, have invadedOibral
ter and Minorca, which were garrisoned by foreigners so
that it is propable it is subdued long ere this. The fleets
have made several rich captors at and near that port. The
above brig, we are informed, has captured four prizes, alt
of wnich are fafe arrived, one of them a packet, bound
from Jamaica for London, very valuable, on board of
which were going passengers, a Major in the British ser
vice, and a Nobleman, who were conducted to town pri
soners. We also hear by the above vessel, that twelve
A 11 ? 5 the line „ a ° d , proportion of frigates have joined
our illufirious ally's fleet, commanded by Admiral D'Or
villers, and that the English navy keep near their ports,
fearing to approach this combined fleet.
The Earl of Genclairn, prize to the Boston, is retaken
by a 40 gun ship, and carried into Hallifax.
° a P' I'aac Cazneau, on his return to this port, is tak
en, and likewise carried into Hallifax.
T,e Little John, a row boat, has font in two prizes last
week, one a small schooner laden with salt, fuear and
rum, from Halifax to Cape- Pursue, the other a sloop
from Bermuda to Halifax, her cargo, rum &c Re
"l' , va ,'°, a fllore, fays, the Faulkland
private ship, has foundered at the Bay of Fundy• and a
frigate and a 74 much Mattered in a late dorm there: thefe'
(Hips with 500 troops on board, were bound toPenobfeot
blrt wfr ' all separated’ in
, b % d com ^ led to returß to Halifax again, with
^^ a %,ing-Thef e mips, troops, &c. were
difpafched from Halifax in consequence of the following
reqmfition from M'Lane; « Unless he had immediate
support, he must surrender to the Americans, who
^ ere " un , ous and formidable, both by land and sea ”'
—By the above prize we learn it was doubted uiHalifax
that the American fleet on a late expedition had failed'
it appeared so very improbable.
The following it an accurate lift of the land and naval
force at Halifax, V)Z -The Duke of Argyle's Scotch re
gmient 1000 men : The Duke of H Alton's Scotch do
7°: : ™ 7 °^ ^^ 500: The Orange Rankers 1
r I^V C r rps) s °° : A Hessian regiment'^
, mmand ed by a Lieut. Colonel Campbell, in M'Lanl
n Nav ^ Force—An old 74 g un ship, an old French
frigate, sloop of war, and three 20 gun ships.
Tuesday arrived a prize brigantine from New-Yar^
with no hotheads tobacco, captured by the letter
marque sloop Polly, from this port. ' "
Yesterday arrived here a prize brig of 10 cohorns lad^n
with proves bound from Liverpool (in England so
New-York, taken by Capt. Manly. The bri/befye foe
# Nothing can be more favorable to the French and Spa
niards, than the continuance of the prefect Ministry -
those who afted so well in little affairs, no doubt 'will be
able to do great matters in the,p r efent important criss
The toast of our enemies is, ^ Longlife to North Ger
main and Sandwich, the conquerors of America.'
June 23 The present is indeed an Epoch in history
At no period since the 3 oth of January, 1648, or at least
since the abdication of James, has this kingdom been Shak
en to its centre.
By a new treaty between Ur. Franklin and the French
Mmiftry, thejatter are to affifi the Americans with 10.000
men, in case G. Britain takes 20,000 Hanoverians or Ruf.
fians into pay for the American war.
'Tis said the following (among other) terms of negoti
ation hre proposed, viz. That Commissioners be ap
pointed to hear, consult and agree upon the 'final fettlemenf
and pacification of the present troubles in America upon
fafe, honorable and permanent terms, fubjed to ratifica
tion by Parliament. [The D- tr u f them) And that any
one of the aforefaid Commifhoners may be appoint'd to
agree, as a preliminary, to a fufpeufion of all hofidities.
by sea and land, for the certain term of ten years."
OCTOBER 5, 1779.
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