The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1781-01-30 00:00:00, page 1

Will be Sold by Public Auction,
The Prize Brigantine
F A N N Y,
With all her Guns, Tackle, Apparel and Furniture,
agreeable to Inventory to be seen at the Place of Sale.
By order of the Court of Admiralty,
CLEMENT BIDDLE, Marshal.
NOTICE is hereby given to the Own
era cf WICACO MEADOWS, that the Ma
ma^,„have btei:n un e r the necOTty c< lay, n g a tax of
ten fhtlhng# per acre, or the exchange in current mo
°n f Meadows, for the repays of the Banks
S vices, And they are desired to remember, that'
according to law, the Treasurer is empowered to de
mand rwopem & .in each filing, as as fine for non
payment, which may be added to their tax every three
""^. such negkft, or their meadows may
, thirty days after Seizure, tinlUs the
)'J" *° '."' 'Z^"' b i dder i *nd the law
be put in forte, as the repairs of the
Banks, Sluices, &e. will admit of no delay.
, g _ By Order of the Managers,
Jan. S, I 78„ PETER PARIS, Treier,
To BE LE T,
— ntered ° n the firft da y of April next,
"° d well accustomed TAVERN
NATION known by the name of the
Chester county, upon the Lan.
k°,"': b ^/t^" miies from Philajeipbia,
lately kept by Michael Stadleman, deceased, but now
'" a"' . tenure ° f J 2cob Wagoner. The terms to be
made known t^e fi r ft dy of February next upon the
premies, by the GUARDIANS.
N. B. The excellency o t the fland makes it necef-
: k "° w "' th " , none n " d a PP'y but f ^h as
come well recommended.
Imported in the last Vessels from Europe,
And TO BE SOL D, By
Samuel Inglis and Company,
r,OHEA TEA o a very fine quality, an affortmeilt
of fine and coarft Linens, heavy and light Sail
tio,h, OzAahrigs, Superfine Cloths, Chintzes and Ca
licoes, Russia white Sheeting, Madeira Wine of |he
vintage 1776, and a few Cases of Geneva, Bordeaux
C^ret. Jan. 8, 1781.
A neat assortment of Calicoes,
and a parcel of Coarse Linens,
Just Imported, ior Sale, per the Brig Patty, Captain
Read, from L'Oient, By
A large STO R E,
At the corner or Market and Third.ftreets. Enquire
or John Rouse.
The north fide of Market-street, between Fourth and
Fifth-Greets,
Bohea Tea,
Pepper,
Russia Sheetings,
Oznabrigs,
Bed-Ticks
Brittannias, &c. &c;
This EVENIN G,
A QUANTITY OF
School Bibles for Sale,
By the Dozen, at JOHN OLDDEN's store in Second
ftre^t, two doors b<low the church.
Just Imported, and to be Sold, By
Peter and Jacob Kuhn,
TUESDAY,
VOL. X. 1
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T® BE L E T,
John Woodward,
In Front-street, near Walnut street.
At SIX o'clock, a' the Coffee-houfe,
GENERAL ADVERTISER.
Published every TUESDAY AND SATURDAY.
TH E Street Commissioners being in
formed, that a number of perlon, are wiring ta
keep the Streets, of certain diftri&s in this city, clean
for the Manure: The PUBLIC are hereby Notified,
That the Board of Commissioners meet at tie Court
heufe every Friday Evening. Oom Six to Eight c'clcck,
where ary Person may apply ter fherbove Pmpoff, . nd
have Lucn Diftri&s appointed as may be agreed 00,
and have the Benefit of the Manure thereof. J?n. 12.
TO BE L E T,
A STORE in Second. Greet, near Chefnut street, with
or without Rooms. Enquire of the Printer.
January 23d, 1781.
HEREAS William Sowerfby,
Vv keeper of a livery Gable in this city, did, on
the 29th ®f November last, as he fays, receive from John
Hopkins, esquire, commissioner of the continental iban
effice for the Gate of Virginia, a Package, ihe cover
whereof was grey paper, and the contents to him un
known; which package appears, by a tarter from the
Loan-officer aforefaid, to have contained BILLS of EX
CHANGE, drawn on the American Mmifters in ku
ropr, viz. Eight fats of Exchange, containing four bills
to a let, drawn on the Honorable Benjam n. Franklin, ai
the Court of Versailles; and eight set cf exchange, of
four bills to a set, drawn on the Honorah^ John fry,
at the Court of Madrid. The aforesaid William
Sowerby further fays, That at Bufla town, in the Gate
of Maryland, on his way from Virginia to Philadelphia,
on the 15th day of December last, he loft bis Saddle
bags with the Package, in which were the Bills afore
aforefaid, and that he ha k net since heard <1 them.
The aoove Reward will be given for the Bills atOre
faid, it delivered at the Board cf Treasury, in this
city, and reasonable char^ paid.
JOHN L. CLARKSON, Sec. pro, tera.
United States, Pennsylvania, ff.
To ALL whom it may concern.
Notice is hereby given,
That the COURT cf APPEALS in' CIrES of
CAPTURES, will fit at the City of Philadel
phia, on Monday the Twelfth day of March next, for
hearing and determining all Appeals now, or which
may by that day be lodged in the Regifter's-office, and
pending in the said Court.
The court will fit at HARTFORD, in the Gate of
Connecticut, on Monday the eighteenth day of Jpc,
next, for hearing and determining such causes rs may
then be depending. Those appellants who choefe to
have their causes tried at that day, and plm m , will be
pleated to lodge their recorcs with HEZEKIAH
WYLLI S, Esquire, of toe said town, and give
timely notice thereof to the appellees.
By order of the Court,
„ ANDREW ROBESON, Register.
P. S. As this advertisement is o' general concern,
the Printers in the different States will do a very ac
ceptable feiv^ce to their fellow citizens, who may he
Suitors of the court, by affording it a place in their
papers.
Two Thousand Dollars Reward.
Treafury-Office of the United
States, Philadelphia,
Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Sprout, Lieutenant
Colonel Commandant Brooks, Lieutenant Colonel
Badlam, and Major J. Porter, Members.
The Court, after due consideration of the circum-
Gances, report, That Lieutenant Colonel Antill ap
pears to have been captured while in the execution of
his duty ; and that he is not censurable in any pa^t
of his conduct, but is deferring the approbation of
every good officer.
The Commander In Chief is pleaded to accept and
approve the report.
Extract from general orders,
(Signed) ALEX. SCAMMELL, Adjut. Gen.
Head-quarters, New-Windsor, Jan. I, 17.8,1.
A T a court of enquiry, ordered by Major-General
A Heath, the 27th of December, 1780, in conse
quence of an order of his Excellency General Wash
ington, the 20th of the fame month, to investigate
the conduct of lieutenant colonel Antill, on the day
of his captivity in August, 1777, and to report con
cerning the fame.
Colonel PUTNAM, President.
O R,
THE
THE
It is a remark, which every fenffde foreigner has
made, that no bgiflators, had ever better materials to
work with, than what is found in these Gates. The
inhabitants, strongly confeious of their natural rights,
proud and knowing in their civil, and Sufficiently te
nacious of their religious, judge in the affairs-of go
vernment, or public happiness, with a dignity and
precision above the capacity of other nations. But
with all these advantages, while their virtues have
been known throughout tire world, by their Suffer
fogs ; their strength and resources; by their trials,
and their national character determined, by a Severity
of circumttances, that few nations could have sur
vived ; they do not seem to have appreciated them
selves, nor to have properly considered their real
situation. Let this, then make a part of our plan.
But, perhaps, it may be expected, that the person
who undertakes it, should fay Something of himfelf.
To th's it might be enough to observe, that a man is
generally known by his works. I will however gratify
curioflty, as far as I think it capable of answering an,
purpose : —The man, then, who addr^tfas a free peo
ple, is one of themselves, A fr ee and independent
CITIZEN r s America. In attending to the unfold
ings of this revolution, Several grey hairs have been
added to his head. The licence which the times allowed
him, he has employed in eflimating the operation of
public measures, the value of events, and in deducing
from both their effects. If he has had occaf/ons Su
perior to some others, ot learning by travel and an
exterfive society, the virtues and vices, the ufeful and
unufeful in foreign countries, be is the better able to
draw the line that distinguishes his own.—And if be
has mixed with all parties, without devoting him
felf to any, he is prepared to speak to their objects,
with the least possible biafs of partiality. Let me.
add to this, that from the nature of my situation
I feel no nepeffity t o flatter weakness, though it were
in high office : nor to apologize for folly'or igno
rance, though found in a fenat^.- In a word, equally
averse from panegyric and satire, it wllbe my pt
fnt pride, as it will be my future consolation, that
when I left my closet, to venture, before the public
rtf'* HE writer who think, to please, by the greaf-
X nefs of his defen, will often fit down disappoint
ed. There is a Grange caprice in the human heart,
that turns away from the most serious fubjeds, when
they come unattended by the. gaities and ornaments
of science. But there are other evils to be encounter
ed. If he would inftru& public bodies^ he may find
opposed to his endeavours, the small and fel6fh con
cerns of individuals ; —the contrivances of masted
enemies ; —the ambitious wrangler;—the pertinacious
systematic ; —the felf-indulgence of some patriots ; —
and the wayward genius of others. If he (peaks to
the people, he may have to encounter a different
source of oppofitien, in the prejudices of a century,
encreafed by the artful management es men, who were
considered as frien s, and which were cherished on our
part, by a goodness that fufpeaed no mifehief; Amidff
such various enemies to information, it will .be in vain
for him to press forward his thoughts, unless he is so
happy, as to hit upon that moment in public affairs,
or that difpefitien in the people, which is always fa
vorable to success.—This is a crisis which he cannot
create by his pen ; but which, when it happens, may
he wrought upon to produce the most beneficial es,
feds. It is this, perhaps, more than abilities, that,
in al! times, has given importance to characters, in
which the world had before.observed little m p rit ; and
confequerce to writings, that in other conjunctures
would not have survived the firft reading.
Where the latter is the case: where pleasure and
intrigue are not the predominating pursuits of the
towns, nor frivolous amusements, and vain conversa
tion the charafteriflics ot the country ; but where the
people are active to embrace and difeufs, all the ob
jects we comprehend in the idea of public good ;
where their industry is encreafing and directed to the
perfection of national honor and happiness; every
thing is to be expefted. 'Tilla total reversion in prin
ciple and practice, such a people cannot cease to be
great, or. be funk by a fugitive superiority in their
enemy.
Under these circumflances, the writer who is candid
and rational in his representations, placing before
them truth and error, good and evil, mifhkes and
wife conduct, may hope for attention, even though he
does not appear, with a, gifted pen, pointed with steel,
and ornamented with glittering plumage. He will be
read and underflood ; the people will be filled with
their own majesty ; he will not dare to deceive them ;
they will be convinced of the use to be made of times
and seasons, and in this he will find every gratifica
tion.
JAN U S. N°-L
JANU AR Y 30, 1781.
[NUMB. 703.