The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1780-02-12 00:00:00, page 4

Philadelphia, Feb. ~ 1780.
To bn SOLD by Public Außion,
On Wednesday the 16th indent, at Twelve o'clock, at
the Coffee-houfe,
ON E undivided third part of a Lot of LAN D,
con+rin^g thirteen: acres and one hundred and fifty
perches, mere or >6, iifo^e in Frankford, near this
city ; aqdining lands of Joseph Paul, Abel James, Tsc
cony Creek, and the road. The foil is good, the fitu
gtion very pleasant, and the title indisputable. A divi
sion will be made at any time, for which security will
be given to the purchafcr if required.
of the ADMI
g„ RALTY findsit absolutely necefiry to cal in
this public manner, upon ad perrons indebted for Prize
Goods purchas'd at audjon, to make immediate pay
merit.
Not doubting the punctuality of purchasers in dif
ehargirg the amount of their oil's rs faon at delivered,
agreeable to th? conditions made known at rhe times of
file, he h^ s permitted goods to pa^ into the hands of
many, who he thought wevld not (offer themfeivea to be
called upon more than once, or twice at most, for the
money : He is lorry to find, by daily experience, that
the contrary is the f^ And that his applications are
now confidcred as impertinent; he therefore begs leave
to remind such, that from the long use of large sums
they hive been enabled to acquire great gains, and
ought from a principle of gratitude immediately to com
ply will his r?queft, efp<ci& when he affixes them,
that thrir ncgk& fubj^s him to imputations not the
moil pleating';
By &t noth day of February infant he shall be ena
bled to determine who esteem tlnmfe'ves under obligati
ons for the credit they have taken', by paying their ba
lances in the mean time: He Shall take it for granted,
that those who do not, are determined to profit by the
advantages which the delays of the law can give them,
and to prevent these being teo great, he shall, without
fail, put thrit accounts the next day into the bards of an
Attorney, with direaions to proceed upon them with
out farther notice.
tn C£NGRESS, October ge, 17,/
Resolved,
THAT the Managers be directed to make of the
Tickets of the Third Class of the Lottery of the United
States without de'ay; that the drawing thereof commence
the firft day of March next, and be compleated as soon as
may be; and that the pickets then unfold be the proper
ty and at vh^rhk of the said States
Exira from the Minutes,
CHARLES THOMSON, Secretary.
Lottery Office, November 2, 1779,
I N Consequence of the above Resolve the Managers
give this public notice, that on the firft day of Marca next
the Drawing of the Lottery will commence at the Old Ci
tyVeodue Stere, and be continued from day to day with
all possible expedition until finished. Such persons there
fore as chpofe to become purchasers are to apply before
said date, at the different Offices throughout the United
States.
(The Printers are requeued to publish the above, and
continue it, till the firft of March next, the time of drkw
i^ # )
Philadelphia, January 29.
TWO HUNDRED POUNDS
REWAR D.
S T O L E N,
Out of the dwelling boule of the fuhferiher, yefterd^y,
The following ARTICLES, viz.
ON £ white tiffae negligee anti petticoat, one tissue
gov n with purple ground and white flawed ; two
brown paduafoy gowns, ere a little darker than the
other , one changeable mantue gown, one flriped silk
gown made up with the wrong fide out; p^rt of a silk
town, yellow ground and blue flowers, ripped up; one
lanchefor meflm gown, ripped up; one Interring
gown with white ground and green fat,tin stripes, ripped
#p; a pair of brocaded cWh, and a muslin tambour
apron *bh open work. Any perfoo giving information,
fu that the a %v>. described things may be recovered,
and the thief detected, shall receive the above reward,
or in proportion for any prot of the Aid goods.
RICHARD BACHE.
Philadelphia, February fa
SIXTY DOLLARS REWAR D.
STO LEN from the Quarter-Matter General's fore,
about the middle of left week, a new pair of SHOES,
and a pair of large fiber BUCKLES, weight forty pen
byweight. Whoever will bring them te the fubferiber,
at the Quarter. Matter-General's store in Front-Rreet,
between ChefnUt and Market-streets, shall have the
above reward and no quefticns arced. ,
JOHN HENDERSON.
CAME to Abel James's plantation, in the
Northern-Liberties, near Frankford, a sorrel
HORSE about fourteen hands high, a sorrel MARE
about fourteen hands high, and a bay MARE fifteen
hands high. The owner or owners are defiled to some,
prove their property, pay charges and take them away.
February 1.
AN Y person wanting a NEGROE BOY
of about steven years old, who has had the fmall
pex and medles, and is capable of waiting in a house,
and tending horta, may hear of such a one by apply
inz to ARCHIBALD MGPARRAN, four doors
below th: Draw-Bridge, who has for file a quantity of
Russia Duck, as also a good Saddle Horse.
PHILADELPHIA: Printed and Sold by JOHN DUNLAP, in Market-ftreeq
TO B F L E t,
And entered upon immediately,
A LARGE commodious POTHOUSE in the
dry of Philadelphia. The Kiin is uncommonly
large, aid the Ho,ufe erefteu on a corner lot, one hun
dred fat deep oil one ftreel and fifty feet in width on
another. For terms enquire of the Printer.
~r~A M E S C L A RK,
CONTINUES to carry on the DYEING Bu
siness in its different branches, viz. silk garment,,
various colours; fkainand new fi!ks for stores and (hope,
d„d black and dressed ; cotton, flowered and Spotted
gauzes of all kinds, dyed black and drafted to answer
any purpose ; werfteds and yarn, and cotton #nd Max
yarn, dyed blue, red, and divers other colours ; jeans,
fuffians and cotton velvets dyed sundry colours, and
dressed • mens cloaths cleaned, &c. Th# whole done
with expedition, and upon as reasonable terms as the
times will admit of. Work received and delivered at
his house in Second street, betwixt Market and Chef
nuc-freets, and at th? Dye-house in Weter-ftreet, be
twix^ Walnut and Chefnat-ftrests, Philadelphia.
N. B. Commissions from the country carefully an
fwererL
Philadelphia, February 1, 1780.
ALL persons having any demands aghinft
me as Deputy Quarter-Matter General, either for
monies due, or that will become due by the frit of March
next, are req&efted to fend in their accounts with all pos
sible difyatch, in order for a fetthment; on which the
balances will either be paid, or certificates given for
what shall appear to be due, in order that the fame may
be prid without farther trouble as loon as I flull be en
abled, lam under the nec,ffity at carheftly preffin^ a
punctual compliance with this reqUiffion, as I am di
rea?x by the Quarter-Master-General to have rry ac
counts ready for tenement on or before the said firft
day of March next.
JOHN MITCHELL, DQM.G.
T=A K E~N U*PT
On Sunday the fixieenth irritant, (January) by the tub
fcriber, living in George's-Breet, Southwark,
* N iron grey HORSE, with a piece of a rope
round his neck, about ten or twelve years ol&,
foihe fiddle foots on his back, and about thirteen ha^ds
high. The owner is defined to come, prove his pro
perty, pay charges and take him away.
JOHN BURNES.
TAKEN UP between the Black Horse
and the Buck Taverns, on the Lancaftei Road,
by the fubferiber, living in Eaffown township, Chester
county, a roan MARE, about twelve years p!d,
fixtecn or feventcen hands high, branded PP. The
owner by proving his property arid paying charges
may have her again.
January 16. WILLIAM HANNAY.
Philadelphia, January 24.
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.
RAN AWAY from the fabfetiber, living ne^r
Poole's Bridge, in Front-street, on the 24th in#:
an apprentice lad named GEORGE WOONDERLY,
about four feet high, seventeen or eighteen ye:isof age;
had on when he we:t away, a white cloth coat, ami a
round hat ; he took with him a green cost, jacket and
breeches, three (hint, and one pair of trowfers : He has
a dowr,c.ft look, yellow hair, walks crooked, arid is
remarkably near fighttd. Whoever tak^s up laid lad,
and brings him to the fubferiber, Sail be entitled to
the above reward, paid by
JOHN PIPER.
DESER T E D,
From Captain Parks's company, in Colonel B. Flowers's
regiment of Artillery and Artificers, ft^tioned in Phri
ladelphia,
JAMES WEEK, (dsferted in the month of June
l.ft) fifteen years of age, wall set, fcefh complexion,
Abort buthy hair, and basbeen face feea in Cheder with
a light coloured coat faced with blue
HENRY TURNER, (defatedin July bft) twena
ty-nve years of age, fix feet high, dark hair tied behind,
by tr^da , fho^maker.
GEORGE SMITH, (deserted the twenty-fifth
of November last) twenty one years of age, five feet
eight inches high, redith hair tied behind, by trade a
shoemaker. At the fame time deferred WILLIAM
RIVEL Y, twenty years of age, five feet five inches
high, swarthy complexion, dark thin hair, and a little
pitted with the fmsll-pox, by trade a fl&maker.
JOHN G WILLIM, went on furlough to Frede*
rtekiburgh the fourth of December last, but has not re
turned agreeable to his furlough; he is twenty-nine
years of age, five feet five inches high, thin made, fair
hair which curls round ; blue uniforms faced with red;
by trade a shoemaker.
ELIN ALU RD, a Frenchman, (deferred the se
venteenth of January) twenty-one years of agej talks
no English, five feet five inches high, well made, a Gnart
looking fellow, with a good btf of hair tied and plot
ted, and large arch eye brows ; had a short light colour
• nd coat, white frackings, long quartered tools of waxed
neats-lwathar, clofad in the infids on the grain ; by trade
a Shoemaker, and carried off sundry shoemakers tools,
the propeity of the States.
Whoever takes up any of said defectors and fecureg
them, so that they may be returned to their regiment
and company, shall receive for each and every of them
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS reward, and rea
fouabie expences, paid by
A. P O W, Lieutenant
DESERTED,
From the North-Carolina brigade on their march te
* the Southward, th^ 'chewing men, viz.
^ RTH"UR BOYCE, of Co!, Patten's company,
ci 2d battalion, born in the town of Edinburgh, te
North-Britain, refined in King'e«Town, Dobbs county.
North-Carolina ; five fetrebven and and a half incite,
high, light brown hair, f*jr complexion, forty five
years of age, a ferj^nr, defected the 2d of December
last at Trenton in the Jerfep. femes Ifo, born in Nor
folk county, Virginia, ana livad in Pitt County, N rth-
Carolina, by trade a turner, aged twenty-fix years, five
feet eight inches high, red hair, fair complexion, defeat
ed at the Head of Elk the ith of parnnber last.
From Col. Thoraas Clark's company, ift regiment,
three folders, viz. John Hurls, Martin Richards Croft,
and Neil Blew. Burns deferred at Susquehanna Lower
Ferry, is about five feet eight inches high, fair complex
ion, brown hair, fu;pofeJ to have gone to Strawberry
Ferry, or near Lancaster, where he was bom ; is much
addicted to liquor, (peaks much in the Irith dialect, and
makes use of the word arum when ?.fk^d any qu-ftion ; he
is considerably pimpled in the Lee, which appears red
by drinking, is about forty yasof age, and supposed 1
to have a forged difeharge, at he formerly kept school,
and was known to sorrow paoer the night lie deserted.
Cross drferted at Newport in Delaware, i; a lad of about
eighteen years of age, burn in England, plays well on
the fife, walks with his toes much out, a great repro
bate in (wearing, and if supposed tohaye gone to Phila
driphia. Blew dented in Phiiad+dphla, was born in
Holland, formerly brought up to the tea, is about five
feet five inches high, light h?ir and complexion, a great
braggadocio, and fon^ of (hewing himfeif the man of
importance.
From Captain James Raid's ermp^ny, ift battalion,
Henry Zellsrr, afoot five (© fix inches high, born near
Lz;nca*<r in Penntylvsnis, eaiu hair curled in the neck,
(peaks good English though of Dutch puams, a well set
fellow, pitted with ti e (mall-pox, is supposed to have a
forged di(charge, ^ be detertid from Susquehanna Lower
Ferry ip company with one Burnt, and it is probable they
may continue together er nearly in the fame neighbour
herd.
From Capt. John Summers's company, ift regiment,
Hu#b Dzvis; defertod rte 7th of Debater iaft, by trade
a taylor, born in Wales, about fiv, feet high, black hair
cut short, black eyes, dark complcxii 0, a^;d thirty-two
years, fufpe&sd to be gone 40 n,iiei beyond Albany.
From Lieut Cob Hurney's company, Thomas Gar
ret, &fer%d the nth of December last from the Head
of Elk, feventsen years of age, five feet eight inches
high, born in Palquetank county, North-Carolina, hat
black hair and f^f comploxon, supposed to be gone to
the Nine Partners on the North River, in the State of
New York,
Frem Major Murfric's company, John Harvey, de
serted the 2, th of December lass, twenty-five years of
a^e, about five feat nine inches high, brown hair, fair
complexion, born in Virginia, by trade a taylor, plays
well on the violin, which inftrumurt he is fond of; sup
posed to be gp/n? towards th# Head of Elk.
From Captain John Ingles's company, 2d battalion#
Philip P^rikum, defected the 2,th ol December last, aged
about twenty-seven years, about five f*et eight inches
high, fair cOTp^ioa, round ihoulderod, born in Cra
ven county, North Carolina, and fuppefed to be gone
to the H^ad of Elk. Alfa William Griffin, aged twen
ty-two years, fiv: feet Given inches high, fair complex
ion, born in Psfq r etank, North-Carolina, supposed to
be gone to the above pkee. The above two men deferr
ed in refirnertah.
From Lieut. Coh Davidson's company, John Conna
wa„ teenty four years of age, five feet eight inches
high, black hair, hla.k eyes, born in Ireland, and sup
posed to be gone to Tapan.
From CSpt. G. John M'Rees's company, Thomas
Bakery thirty-fix years of age, five feet five inches high,
American com, of a swarthy complexion, brown hair,
gny eyes, acd'Gyppofid to be gone to Philadelphia, iu
wbi h p ! .ac3 he ha* a brother.
Evey person apprehending any of the above deserters
and delivering him into any goal, or to any Continental
office, >0 that he may he lecured, Ihall receive ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS reward, and ONE
DOLLAR for each mile foch defetter shall be ,con
duaed\ftom the place where taken to the place where
delivered, on producing a receipt from the Gaeler or
Officer to tie subscriber, or nearest D. Q. Melter General,
who is requested to pay the fame.
By order of the Hon. Board of War,
LEWIS NICOLA, Col. Inv.
Com. in Philadelphi*.
T O BE SO L D,
ONE Lot of Ground lituate on the east fide of
Fourth and south fide of Union-streets, on which
is ereaed a good three story brick houfc ; the lot is
sixteen feet on Fourth-street, and extending on Union
^set forty feet ; fubjed to a ground rent of four pounds
currency per annum.
One other Lot of Ground adjoining the former, twen
ty feet on Union-street, and extending eighty feet, or
half way from Union street to Pin -street, on which is
crofted a good two-story brick house ; futy& to 3
ground-rent of five pounds currency per annum, paya
ble to the Penufylvaeia House of Employment.
Two other Lor: of Ground cm the eag fide of Fourth- .
street, and near Walnut-street, with tvo good houses
and kitchens thereon e:e&ed ; the lots are each seven
teen feet front and thirty-three feet in depth; clear of
ground rent.
The whole will he fold together or separate, as will
best fait the purchaser. Erquire of the Printer.
A~H A~R fsOkb&D^^
Enquire of the PRINTER.