The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1779-06-26 00:00:00, page 4

In GENERAL ASSEMBLY of Pennfyivanla,
Saturday, March zoth, 1779.
THE petition of James Marcin, a^d the report of the
A Committee, appointed to confider his case, were again
read and considered, and thereupon
Refolded, Ti at the said James Martin have leave to
bring in a bill the next session of this Afcmbiy, for the
parpofes of divorcing him from his wife Elizabeth Martin :
And that the said James. Martin be required to public this
reflation in tne Pennfylvania.Packet, or some otherpub
lic newspaper es this /state, two months before he brings in
the said bill. Extrad from the Minutes,
JOHN MORRIS, Junior,
Clerk of.the General Assembly.
To be SOLD at Public Vendue,
On Thurfd y the eighth of July next, ^t Chefnut-Neck,
ft* H £ Privateer Sleep JEN N Y,. with her goes,
& dores, tackle, appeoel and furniture, per inventory
there to be fen.
Also the Schooner MARIA TA PAGE, arid
the Schooner - a Virginia built vessel, with their
rcfpflive tackle, apparel, &c. Likewise the Cargoes
of said Sebooneir, confining of rum, fufor, salt, coffer,
cocoa, &% Border of the Court of Admiralty,
JOSEPH POTTS, MaHhah
'Nr^c Jerfej, June 22,
N. 3. No credit will be given, therefore thole who
expect to purchase will provide accordingly.
Neiv-jcrfy,^,'
T O ALL whom.it may concern,
NOTICE is hereby giver, That a Cou^ ot Admi
ralty M:1 be held at the houfeofGdtatB^to^, m
Alien town, o^ Tuesday the twentieth day c. July m.xt,
at Ten o'clock in the forenoon of the fame d y, then
and,here to try the truth of theta& alhd^ed L the bills
of Samuel Inge foil, (who as well, &.) <;,inft the
sloop or veffd called the Jenny, lately commanded by
Noble Caldwell, the khooner Maria TN Pge, and 2
.schooner Virginia built, supposed about ninety tens
burthen, lately drove athore by a British privateer near
Ho Iflan:land part of her cargo taken out by the bards;
wkh their refpe&ive tackles apparel, furniture and car
,ocx• To the end and intent that the owner or owners
of the fisid vcffels, or any person or perlons concerned
therein, may opear and (hew cause, if any they have,
why tte tod veffcls and cargoes Ihould not be condemn
ed Lcfriing to the prayer of the said bills. ^
By order of the Judge,
June 21. JOSEPH BLOOMFIELD Reg.
A few SETTS of
CHINA CUPS and SAUCERS,
TO BE SOLD BY
THOMAS B A R R Y,
In Norris's Alley. 3
To be SC LD by Public Vendue,
At the CofFee-houfe, on Wednesday the goth instant,
' at seven o'clock in the evening,
A THREE Itory brick HOUSE, wita a good kit
chen and a lot of ground thereto belonging,
twenty feet wide and eighty fe<t deep, situated on the
south fide of Callowhill-itreet, near the corner of Fiont
ftreet, now in the tenure of Patience Bradthaw, bound
ed on the east by a house in the tenure of - Wight
mart, and on the weft by a house occupied by Martin
Noll, subj & to a ground rent of forty Shillings sterling
a year. Aifo, an Interest for eleven years from the
13th of next July, in a Traft of excellent land either for
grain or pasture, g!eat part of which has been lately well
manured, containing upwards of 150 acres, befit slour
and a half acres of bank'd meadow, fituae on Frank
fort road, between the two and three mile stones, op
posite Mr. Gurney's place, lately John Rofs's, Esq;
and to a plantation now occupied by Mr. Dunen
Leech, bounded to the southward by Mr. Charles
Weft's place near Kensington, &c. It is the iam< plan
tation on which Mr. Thomas Mafterman lately lived.
The titles to the house and land abofe described are
indisputable.
To be SOLD,by Public Vendue,
On Wednesday the 30th, in! at ten o'clock in the
forenoon, at the Cuff e-h use,
A HANDSOME young NEGRO MAN, named
^1 Louis, about eigtheen years old, bom in Martini
^o, five feet and fix inches high, well shaped, very
healthy, tnd hrffad the small-pox. The cash to be
paid or delivering the fame.
FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD.
STRAYED or STOLEN from the fubferiber,
living at the sign of the Bull, in Charleftown towrt
fhip, imar M ore-hall, Chefttr county, a stout bright
bay HORSE, eight or nine years old, fifteen hands
hi,h, branded on the near butto k with a letter much
Bike an ayteb, low necked and carries his head low, his
shoulders lore with drawing in the gears, fore back and
fore upon his withers, raw boned, goes wide when he
travels, and his hind legs seem ftiff. Whoever will give
information of said h<,4fe so that he may be had again,
/hall have the zibove reward, p id by
June 161 > EPHRAIM JONES.
SOME time Jaft month was purchased of a
stranger, a pattern for coat, waistcoat andbreeches,
of camblet : Some circumstances hath induced the pur
chaser to fear the said pattern might not he the proper
ty of the perfar of whom be bought them ; he there
fore gives thi public notice that any person that has
loft such pattern, by proving property arid paying
charges may have them again by applying to the Printer.
feme 11.
PHILADELPHIA: Printed and Sold by JOHN DUNL AP, in Market-street
W A N TE D,
AMAN SERVANT in a Gentleman's family
who can be recommended for honesty and sobrie
ty. His duty will be to wait at tabL, take care of li
quors, go of errands, and attend his matter, thine being
other fertants to do the drudgery of the family. Unless
quite a stranger in the country, none deed apply who
cannot be recommended as above. Enquire of th. Panter.
, N OFFICE for the Sale of Real Estates
&'% is now opined and kept by the fubicri^-rs, in Sri-
Afrafs-tbe-r, commonly caftd Race fire#t, between
Front # snil,Second -streets, in the city of Philadelphia,
where Peter Thomson carries on the Conveyancing
business in all its branches.
Any perfen having reJ estates todifoofe of, is desired
to give them a true .description thereof, and purchasers
may b^ve an opportunity of speedy information by ,?-
plying to diem &t the O^ce afoyefaid, or at the Coffee-
Iboufe twice a day ^h e usual hours. Those who please
to favour them in placing out th^ir money at bit#reft,
may be assured that they will procure them undoubted
security by mortgr,e or otherwise. Peter Thomson
will carefully examine titles to lands, 2nd point out the
defects, if any, to the poffiffers es deeds, and inform
such whht w'll be-necessary (q remedy such defe&f, up
on duplication to PETER THOMSON.
foe 18. RICHARD ARMITT.
One Hundred Dollars Reward.
OTRAYED I ft Saturday evening, from Hunt's
' place on the Philadelphia and German own read, a
chrinet torrel MAR E, fifteen hands high, fix years
old, /has a blazejn her face, 3 natural trotter, and was
seen the fame evening p/ffing Mr. Shoemaker's mill, on
the old York road. Whoever delivers said mare to
William M Culloh, at to/ Hun's plac#, ^r to the
fubferiber w Front-ftrect, Philadelphia, shall have the
Above reward and reasonable exuenees.,
June 17. JAMES M'CULLOH.
Port of Philadelphia, Fennfyl^ania, ff
TO ALL whom it may concern.
I^o LICE is hereby given, Th,t a Court of Adroß
ralty will be held at the C-urt-Houfe in the city of
Philadelphia, on the eighth day of July n zt, at Ten
o'clock in the forenoon of the fame day, then and
there to try the truth of & fa&<aUedy,^d ip the bill of
Samuel Tucker And Seth ELrdihe, Enquires, (whoks
well, &c) against the fhpor vcffel called the Pole,
lately commanded by John Maddqk : To the end and
intent that the owner or owners, or any person concern
ed therein, msy appear and frw cause, if any they
hivy why the fame should net be condemned according
to the prayer of the Lid bUI, ,
Bv order of the ]ufe,
ANDREW ROBESON, Reg.
Port of PbCddCpbia, Pennsylvania, ff.'
T () A L L whom it may concern,
NOTICE is hereby given, That a Court es A&
nurriry will be hdd at the Court house in the city
Gi Philadelphia, on th? eighth day of July next, at
'I en o'clock in the forenoon of the f, me day, then and
there to try the truth of the fafts ailedged in the bill cf
Charles Alexeir, (who as well, &c) against the
fchoontr or veffei called the Nancy, lately commanded
by Nathaniel Butter field, her tackle, apparel, furniture
and cargo: To the end and intent that the owner or
owners, or any person concerned therein, may ap
pear and (hew cause, if any they have, why the fame
fliould not oe condemned according th the prayer of the
said bill. By order of the Judge,
June 16. ANDREW ROBESON, Reg.
WANTS A PL~a"c~e7
To serve in the ehaxafter of a Child's Maid or Cham
ber Maid,
AYOUNG W6MAN who cin be well recom-'
mended. Enquire of the Printer.
7 Philadelphia, ,uae 13.
TOBES O L D,
A HEALTHY likely Negro Wench, sixteen years
of age ; enquire of the fu f riber in Union-street,
who has for sale, a Sextant with brass arches, three
dark gliffes and @ jutting screws to index #, a Telescope
and Magnifying Glass in a mahogany box, and a com
p ear Manual Orcry; Emerfon'sAlgebra, ditto Trigo
nbmetry, ditto Conic St&ioas, Martin's Optics, ditto
use of the gloneq Keii's Natural Philofupny, Cotes's
Hydrostatics, Payne's Architeanre, Cure's Euclid,
Martin's Mariners Mirror, Mair's Book keeping, Dil
worth's Affitant, Gough's Grammar, &c. &c.
Was taken out of the house of Capt. Andrew Sorter,
when the B itiffi army was in this city, an elegant pair
of fifteen-inch Globes, mounted on best mahogany claw
frames, compass boxes, flower circles at each pole, en
tire brass ribs to fuppert the horizon, and green covers
to each, prisms, two feet Gunter's Aiding rules, feales
and dividers, with a number of mathematical books.
Whoever has them in possession is requested to return
them § and any person giving information where they
may be had will be handsomely rewarded, by
ELIZABETH PORTER.
STRAYED about the s^th of May last, two
COWS; one a black, with (hort wide herns, looks
much like a bull about the head and neck ; the other
red, with the tip of her horns sawed off, a star in her
forehead, a white belly, white feet, and some white
about her udder. Whoever takes up said Cows and
returns them to the owner, shall have Twenty Dol
lars reward, or Ten Dollars for each, paid by the
fubferiber in Union-street, near Third-street, Philadel
phia, ELIZABETH PORTER.
Ore Hundred fjLLrs Reward
WHEREAS fevera! French learned, enlisted m
the service of Eis Most Christian Majesty or be
longing to French v-ffeß trading to this pert, are daily
enticed to defers from the fame, to enter on board mer
chant and armed vessels without the perm^fEen of bis
.Majr^y's Corriul, any person or perlons fecuring,!^
fame in aby of the gaols of this State, the States of De
lawire or New-JeLey, or delivering the fame to His
Mejrty'j Cenful or Vice Coaful in this po/ t, (hall re
ceive the a^ove reward for every such deserted faller or
fcafating man fu.Retired ordeiiveied, over and abs-vs
every other rcafonoble expence.
Five*H/nfred Dollars ar? 2lfo offered to ^l' theft who
flrdi give information, against any person of any de
.nomination whatsoever, who R^l feddee or critics ary
Frtn.h tailor or foreigner entitled in his Majift Cs far
vice, to defyrt and enter or board arty other merchant
cr armed vefTel c/fthout .pernriffion from the Consul, or
Qtinft any person who 'ffialt knowingly conceal and se
crete them ; the last mentioned reward to be paid upon
the conviction th the pe son or perlons so offending, in l
a criminal prosecution, cr upon a vertfia or verdi&
being found a%aicft him or then, in a civil action.
KOLKR, Ageist of the Royal Marine
in all the ports of the United,States,
Consul of France.
By order rs the Corfcl,
OSTER, Vice Consul ot France.
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.
CTRAYED oqd T 0 LE N fom the fubferiber,
' living in Block-ey township, within two miles of the
Middle Ferry, 00 Wednesday the g-b of June infiant, a
.grey Hor/c, ;bout thirteen hands high, fifing fix years
old, with a flitch tail and thick mane, branded with
th: figure es 8 on the off ftioulder, paces and trots, hut
pretty dull to ride, bring more used to the'geers, had no
fhoex on when he fi rayed away. Any perlon that rings
f.-.d horse to Mr. Joseph Ogden's, t#t the Middle Fer
vy on Schuyr i I, (hail receive the above reward and rea
kmarie charges, !%m
JOSEPH TURNER.
TWENTY DOILARFTeWA^
CTRAYED on the 25h of May left, a re? COW
0 belonging to the fublciA.': flu has a blaz- in her
face, a white foot on her run^p, aad another at the end
of her tail. Whoever tenures and delivers f^id Cow fhzll
have the above reward and all rcafcnable charges, paid
toy WILLTA M WHITE.
Philadelphia, May %6.
SIXTEEN DOLLARS' REWARD.
OT,RAYED AWAY from Arch-Rreet, a redrn4
' whffe COW, with the tips of her herns cuteff, and
one half of he; hind , hoofs almost rtf. /Whoever takes
up said Cow and gives intelligence es her to the fub
fcribrr, in Chancery Lane, between Fr€nt and Second
ftreets, near Arch street, fh?.!l,receive the above r< ward.
, e JAMES DU&ANt.
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD.
CTRAYES or STOLEN from the fubferiber,
° son Fifth flreet, the corner of Spuse foeet, Philadel
phia, on the 9th of jure, a likely bright Cry MAR E,
about twelve cr thirteen hands high?, with a u»all star
in her forehead, and her righthind foot white, branded
on the left fficuld#r with the letters HG. Fifty Dol
lars for the mare, if brought home, and One Hun
dred Dollars for both male 2nd thief, if ftoter, will
W" L- y JOHN STERKE,
Philadelphia, June 14.
TWELVE DOLLARS REWARD.
O I RAYED AWAY from the Commons, a light
' bay MAR E, about thirteen hands high, with four
black feet about four inches each, and limps with her
left hind foot; the hs a few saddle marks. Whoever
takes up fid Mare a^d brings her to the sign of the
King of Prussia in Market ftrcet, fliall receive the a
bove reward, paid by
HENRY PETERS.
One Hundred and Seventy Dollars
rewa r d.
QTOLEN out of the pasture of the fubferiber, in
'Roxhoroygh townlhip, Philadelphia county, ten
miles from the city of Philadelphia, on Thursday night
the twenty-seventh of May last, two HORSES and
one COLT; one a black horse, twenty-one years old,
his mine h^ngs on the near fide, has a star in his fore
headj and is blind of his right eye: The other an iron
grey, with a snip on his oofe, a star on his forehead,
part of one of his hind feet white, has sharp high hips,
between eight and nine years old : The colt a bay, two
years old, not docked^ his two hind feet and one fore
foot white, with a star in his forehead. It is supposed
they are gone towards the camp, as they were seen on
the Skippack road near the 41 mile st on e, and not fir
from Maybury's Furnace, with two men that appeared
to be soldiers. Whoever takes up and secures said thieves
and horses, so that the thieves may be brought to justice,
frail have the above reward, or Eighty-five Dollars for
the horses llone.
NICHOLAS RAPEWINE.
TEN DOL LA RS REWARD,
FOR a BATTEAU that broke adrift from
her chains in Schuylkill last Fall, in a frefh; flie
hid about ten or twelve feet of chain with her, had been
lately repaired, has green painted quarters and stern,
with the letters MF on the stern. Whoever has her and
will bring her up to Peter George, near the Robin-
Hood, Falls 'pad, or gives notice to the fubferiber so
that the raay be had, shall receive the above reward.
DAVID FRANKS.