The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1779-06-10 00:00:00, page 1

THURSDAY, JUNE io, %
3@^^wn^n ^^^^i
'OR l THE
GEN ERA L ^^^^^^ ADVERTISER I
The HIGHEST PRICE
IS GIVEN FOR
CLEAN LINEN RAGS,
B Y
JOHN D U N L A P.
TO BE SOLD BY
'John Lardner and John Redman : Jun.
At their STORE in bacond-ltreet, between
Arch and Race ftrets,
P iladelpbi ,
A QUANTITY of CLARET, in hogsheads
and bottles;
White P rtWINE;<
CORKd A t''eb:ft kind;,
BAR CRON CASTINGS;
R U M;
SUGAR by the hogshead or barrel, A.&u &c.
Philadelphia, June 7.
To be, SOLD by Public Lendue,
OnT'ai^da, the ferenseenta instant, at Ten o'clock
. in the ormoon, at t e honfe cf ROBERT SMITH,
fa t^r, .t the corer of Tao I^ I Maiket-hreets,
op, ftcthe Od <iaol,
A LL ah. Hits I ri H^tin lUtenfilslate the proper
,l > ; CHARLES Moore, deceased, corfifting
chi fly of th, ?ol oao > - leg, tz. caftor hats white
ano co cured, wool ditto white and coltued, hatters
irons a;d r. flies, a wot thre quarters of a cask of
pomice stone, cotton cards, lo #ping, bow ftrinrs, litrings,
buttons and loops, pl ink and kettle, bows, Some 1 ,g
---woud, sundry fox and raccoon Skins, and many other
articles too tedious to enumerate.
N, B. A"l pr;ons indebted to the said eft,ate by bond,
npre or book debt, are desired t > make payment within,
fix weeks fro n this date: and all persons having any
just dem nds against said estate are Pi-wife deli ed to
bring in their accounts, prope ly proved, that they may
be paid, by order of the Executors,
ROBERT SMITH,
HENRY PRATT.
Kra CT ct. .Tee— — t—=~ — ——_____ _ —_ _
C Y D E R,
In hog&adq to be SOLD by
PHILIP KINSE Y,
In Third-street, the fourth door above Market street.
BOTTLED CYDE R,
Of an excellent quality, to be SOLD by
S A M UE L HU DSO N,
The corner of Market and Fifth-ftreets.
N. B. Any person polEffd of Bottles may have them
filled at a reasonable price, aed, on notice, rhe Bottles
will be fint for.
Muscov AB-O'S T cTaTs,
Of Mff^ent qualities, in tierces and barrels,
To be SOLD on very low te ms, by
JOSEPH SIMS' and SONS,
In Water-Street, below the B id:e.
Philadelphia, May 3.
To be SOLD by the Subscriber,
A LOT of GROUND lituate on the weft fide of
Swnion-tt eet, (commonly called Water street)
in the diftrift of Southwark, twenty feet font ty two
hundred and forty-fix feetdeep, whereon is ere&ed a
commodious three dory brick baufe fifteen feet by thir
ty-one, with a good cellar under the whole, and a good
stone two-story kitchen adjoining.
Alio another-kit of like dimensions, whereon is erea
ed a good two dory frame tenement ; and another va
cant lot of like depth, and twenty-#ne feet front, situate
between the above mentioned lots.
Likewise three 'twenty-feet lots on the east fide' of
Swedes-Church alley, one hundred and thirty five feet
deep each; which hit mentioned three Jots are to be
fold or let upon ground-rent for-ever, by the fubfoiber
on the premises. JOHN JONES.
Just published and to be fold by JOHN DUNLAP,
In Market-street, Philadelphia,
ALL THE
L A W S
Enacted in the Second Sitting of the Third General
Assembly of ,he Commonwealth of Pennsyl
vania, which commenced at Philadelphia on Mon
day the firft day of February, A. D. 1779, f^ contr
olled till Monday the fifth day of April of the fame
yeac.
[Price 2S. 6d. single, 2s. by the quantity.
TOB E S OL D,
A neat FAMILY COACH,
Enquire of JONATHAN PENRQSE.
Philadelphia, May 26.
One Hundred Dollars Reward.
STRAYED or STOLEN out ot the Continental
Y rd, yesterday afternoon, a very fpug, round,
ciofe-mace B AY GELDING, in extreme good or
der; about 14 and a half hands high, 5 ot 6 years old;
has a blaze face, fh.ort r ail, remarkably p'ealant gaited,
and has one orrwo brands ®n the near shoulder, fu pooled
to have been done with the end of a bayonet handle O
The above reward will be paid upon deliver- O
ing him to Colonel Mitchell, Deputy Q^arter-Md'
ter General, in this city, or to William Heth, Col.
3d V. Reg.
Philadelphia, May 28
TO BE SOLD,
At JOSHUA DUDLEYS itore in Waler-rtrett,
two doors below Walnut-street, the following arti
cles, viz.,
A BO U T two hundred pairs of choice mens shoes,
one chest of tea, about one thousand gallons of tan
ners oil, a large aflortment of earthen ware, a quantity
of hard soap, a few pounds of chocolate, and m?.*y
other articles, which will be fold on the low,ft profit.
Abo two Houses to he Jet near the Cnina Mahu'aAoryi
For terms apply at the above store, or to JAME 3
THOMPSON, at the sign of the Black Horse in
Market street.
Philadelphia, May 28.
AS there is reason to suppose that fu'ndr'y
persons in the States of Maryland and Delaware
are poffefled ot claims on the department of the late
Quarter Master Geneial ; and also that a number of the
inhabitants of other States in the union have demand's
on said department for waggon hire and other services
or fupplits rendered the army previous to the iecond
day of March, 177 g, which p obably will not be paid by
either of the D puties appointed by General Mifflin,
out of this city. All such claiun^nts are desired to ex
hibit their accounts as (bon -a poffi^e to Colonel
Lutterloh, l,ate D. Q_M. G. in Union-street, near
Third street, or in his airfence, at General Mifflin's
office, next door to Mr. Jernes Meafe's, in Front -it eet,
where such as are e^cemed just will be paid.
TO BE
A YOUNG BAY HORSE, full sized, war
ranted found and fit for any purpose, well made,
gentle yet full of courage. Enquire of the Printer.
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PHILADELPHIA.
Extracts from the JOURNALS of CONGRESS.
Monday, May 17, 1779.
D ESOIWED, That the Auditors of the main army
be authorifed to eftablifli ageneral rule for making al
lowances to recruiting officers for the incidental txpences
of drums, fifes, and cockades, reporting the fame to the
board of Treasury.
The Committee on the Treasury having reported,
" That in obedience to the order of Congress they have
referred the accounts of General Count Pulaski's legion to
the Auditors of accounts for the main army : 'that for
want of regularity in keeping those accounts and of proper
vouchers, agreeably to the directions of Congress and the
board ot Treafury,-Auditor Johufton has reported to them
that it is impracticable to.fettle the said accounts, as ap
pears from his report and remarks accompanying their
report ,
Refolded, That the commanding officer of the detach
ment of the army serving in South-Carolina and Geergia
be authorifed to appoint a payrafter for the said legion,
and that Capt. Baldefqui the present Paymaffer, be de
tained until he (half have produced competent vouchers,
and fettled the accounts of the said legion.
Reoaef, That the Commissioners for Indian awaits in
the Northern department be directed to consult General
Washington upon all treaties with the Indians, and to go
vern therafelves by such inftruHipns as he Shall give them
relative t® any partial ©r general treaty of peace to be con
cluded with them.
Refilled, That the Adjutant General of the army of
the United States be alloweo the fame rations as a Briga
dier-General.'.
.That he be permitted to engage two Assistants and one
Clerk'; the Ass ftants to be taken from the line, and both
they and the Clerks to be approved of by the Commander
in Chief:
Published every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. ]
That each Affiflant be allowed such an addition to his
appointment as an officer in the line, as Shall make the
fame equal to those of a Lieutenant-Colonel :
1 hat the Clerk be taken from the subalterns-or volun
teers in the army, and allowed pay and fu^fiftence equal
in the whole to those of a Captain.
Refilled, That 6c,000 dollars be granted for the pur,
pole of re-inhriing the non- commissioned officers and pri
vates of the Bth Fcunfylvania regiment, and 4.0,000 dol
lar for the purpose of re-inlifting the non commiffibned
officers and privates of the 13th Virginia regiment, upon,
the terms proposed in the resolution of Congress of the 2 3d.
day of January and the 9 th of March lafl ; that these fwms
be paid into the hands of the Paymaster of the Board of
A ar, to be by him trahfmitted to the commanding officers
of the regiments aforefaid.
May 18. A letter of thei /th from General Washing
ton was read, informing that Brigadier MUntofh is de,
firous of serving in the Southern army, as the war is new
in the Statyto which he belongs; and, therefore recem
menaing him as a genth-man whose knowledge of service
and of the country promises to render him ufefuh where
upon
Resolved, That Brigadier M'lntefh be permitted to re
pair to the Southern army, and there afll under the orders
of the comnp.nJmg officer in that department, until the
farther orders of Congress or the GomroVader in Chief.
Mr. Plater laid before Co > efs a letter from Mr. J.
Thomas, dated April the zßtn, and representing great
abdfes, waste and negka of public flares, at the Head of
Elk:'
Ordered, That jt be referred to the Committee on the
qommiffary's and Quarter Maker's departments, and that,
they be directed to enquire into the fa^s mentioned in it,
at j-jblk: ex^nc^, and if true to transmit the fame to the
Commander in Chief, that a Court- Martial for the trial of
the delinquents may be immediately appointed#
A memorial from Joachin Luca, fubjeft of his Catholic
Ma, fly, Mafler of the Ship St. Francisco de Paula, alias
el Valenciano, captured by tne Ship Pil ^im, Hugh Hill,
and carried into the State of M aTKhufet^-Bay : also a
memorial from Joseph de Llano, a Spaniard, 'Matter of
M ?r Qrs, captured by the schooner Success,
Capt. Pi.iiip Trafk, and carried into Massachusetts Bay ;
were read.
I he Committee to whom were referred sundry letters
from Leonard Albany and others report,
"Tnat being convinced from a variety of concurrent tef
timely and circumstances, the distresses of the Bermudi
ans are not exaggerated, and that any. ptovifions which
may arrive at their Islands will be faithfully and entirely
applied to their use: having also collected a number of
important vouchers in proof of their warm attachment to
tmefe States, and being moreover assured by the Minister
of France that his Court will cordially acquiesce in any
meafurds which the policy of Congress may adopt in be
half of, those fuffering Manders, they are of opinion, that
notwithstanding the refolutioh of inexpediency of the 7th
instant Some mode of immediate relief to that dittreffed
people ought to be adopted, and therefore do earueftly re
commend the following resolution:
" Resolved, That it be recommended to the Executive
Powers of the States of Pennsylvania, Delaware, Mary-,
land, v irginia and North-Carolina respectively, to,permit
one thousand bushels of Indian corn to be exported from
each ol the said States, for the relief of the distressed inha
bitants of thofedfynds, and that it be required of the
Captains of any vessels on board which the said corn Shall
be laaen, to return to the r^fpefbve Executive Powers
aforefmd certificates of the del very and faithful appropria
tion of the said provision, under the Sien dure of at least
two of the principal inhabitants ofthe said islands."
A^mucion was made by Mr. Burke, Seconded by MrS
P^nn, to flrike out the words " and North-Carolina,"
and on the question, Shall thofe.words fiand?
Resolved in the affirmative. ''
On the question to^gree to the report,
Refolded in the affirmative.
May 20. A letter of the r 9 th from the Hon. Sieur
Girard, Mi lifter .Plenipotentiary of France, was read, in
oofing a mote from Don Juan de Mirailles, refpe&ine three
Spanish Slops taken by privateers and carried into Maffa
chuietts-Bay,
ordered, That the fame be referred to a Committee
cf three;
The Members chosen, Mr. Burke, Mr. Duane, and
Mr. Lovell.
The Delegates of Virginia laid before Congress cer
tain powers and irftruftions to them given by the "Ge
neral Assembly of their State, which were read and are as
follows:/
“ In General'Affembly, Saturday the 19th of Decem
ber, 1,778.
Replied nemine centradicente, That our Delegates, in
Congress be inftr^ec | to propose to Congress, that th^y
recommend to each of the States named as parties in the '
Articles of ConfMeration, heretofore laid before and rati
fied by this Assembly, that they authorife their Delegates
in Congress to ratify the said Articles, together with the