The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1780-11-21 00:00:00, page 4

E Subferiber begs leave
to inform his Friends and fellow Citi
zens, that he is apjminted A UCTI
ONEEK or VEND U E.MASTER, forthe
City, by the Honourable the Supreme Execu
tive Council, and that he has taken the large
and convenient STORE belonging to Mi.
Tench Francis, a few doors above third street,
in Chefnut-ftreet, where GOODS will be re
ceived for Public Sale.
He will also attend the SALES of Ships,
Lands, Horses, &o. at the Coffee-houfe, as ulual.
He will be greatly obliged to those Gentle
men who favour him with their Business, and
they may depend upon punctual Attendance and
Difoatch in the Execution of it.
JOHN BAYARD.
Philadelphia, November 6, 1780.
On'F rTl)'a Y~Next,
( The Twenty Fourth Irftant, )
At TWELVE o'clock: at NOON, at rhe Coffee. House,
Will be Sold, by Public Auction,
THE SCHOONER
RESTORATION,
With all ler Guns, Tackle and Apparel, agreeable to
an Inventory to be leen at the PI ce 0! Sale ;
Being a Friz , taken by the P va%r F^ir American,
Captain DECATUR.
By Order of th* C>urt of Admiralty.
CLEMENT BIDDLE, Marshal.
ThiFMOTXT'fN~G,
At to o'clock, .on Mess s. Wiring and Morris's wharff
Will begin the Sale, By
PUBLIC AUCTION,
Of the Cargo of the Prize
SHIP SUSANNAH, Con lifting of
BEEF in Tierces, Bartels and half Banels,
PORK in Barrels and half Barrels,
SOAP and CANDLES in Boxes,
GENEVA in Ho^headi,
MADEIRA WINE in Hogfheadr, P'pes and Quarter
C Iks,
NEATS TONGUES in half Barrels and Kegs,
BUTTER and TRIPE in K^,
A large Quantity of CORDAGE, DRY GOODS, and
other Articles.
The SALE to continue from day to day, Sunday
excepted, until ccmjleatcd. Such Lots as are not paid
for within three days after they are fold, will be put
up again, and if any loss arise by such second Sale, the
firft Furchakr will be obliged to make up the fame,
agreeable to Law
By order of the Court of Admfahy,
CLEMENT BIDDLE, Marshal,
Qn FRIDAY, the Twenty-fourth instant,
At Twelve o'clock, ^t Noon, at the Coff e-house,
Will be Sold by Public Auction,
The Brigantine ROVER,
Withali hc c Talkie and Apparel, agreeable to an In
yentory to pe seen at the Place of Sale,
Being a Prize, taken by the Letters of Marque Ame
rjcaq and Neptune.
And on SATURDAY, the Twenty-fifth
Instant, at Ten o'clock, on Merton's wharff,
Will begin the Sale of the
CARGO
Of the said BRIGANTINE: Confining of
Seven Hundred D zen of bottled Port WINE,
Forty-teven Crat . of QUEEN's-WARE,
A C^fk of GLASS,
Four B x*a 0' FLOUR of MUSTARD, in Bottles,
A Box of HATTS,
ThrceCifks of CUTLERY WARE,
Three Exes of SHOES,
Thirty Pieces of Irish LINEN,
One Hundred Barrels or FLOUR, &e. &c. &c.
By Order of the Court of Admiralty.
CLEMENT BIDDLE, Marshal.
CAME to the plantation of the fubferiber, in Paffy
unk township, Philadelphia county, some time in
April hft, a sorrel HORS E, rather inclined to a dun
colour, fwitcbtail, 12 or 14 . lands high, branded on the
nsar hind leg with the letter O. The owner is desired to
come, prove his property, pay charges, and take him
away, or he will be fold for his expenses in three weeks
from this date.
JOHN WHITE.
O&ober 27, 1780.
Pequea, Lancafttr County, No% 1, 1789.
▼IT"AS found m the bagpage of two deserters, ap
prehended in Lancafer county, fur.dry Articles
supposed to be Rolen, amenr which are the fqllcvring,
vz. fundrv remnants of Linfey, one remnant Wilton,
one Bucklkin, two,Sheep ditto and two women's Pet
ticoats. Any person or person, proving property in
the Articles so found, may lave them by applying to
SAMUEL J. ATLEE, Lieutenant.
PHILADELPHIA: Printed and Sold by JOHN DUNLAP and DAVID C. CLAYPOOLE.
Alexander Boyd and Co.
HAVE now compleady fitted up their STORE at the
upper end of Second- street, for the reception of all
kinds of MERCHANDIZE or FURNITURE; wh^re
tney will be received for' public fate. The Itri&eft at
tention will he paid to the difpolal of them as well :sfto
rinz, previous to their sale. They also fell HORSES,
CARRIAGES, CA TTLE, HOUSES, LANDS, SHIP
PING, &c. ,
N. B. The d?v of public sale for all ktndsmer
chandize cr furniture will be on Tuesday in each week ;
for bor es, carriages, cattle, &c. on V/^dnefday .nd Sa
turday; to begin at twelve p clock each day: for whip
ping or their material-, houses or lands, on a<y day
that may be agreed cn. Inventory of Whipping, t&urip
tion of lands, houses, &:. will be placed in the most
conspicuous part of their store, and due regard paid to
public notifications of the sale, with the time, &c.
Philadelphia, November 13, 1780.
On THURSDAY the Twenty third infant,
Will be Sold, By
PUBLIC VENDUE,
U der the Meat Market, Sundry
Houfhold and Kitchen Furniture,
Co&fiffing of
PLATE, Locking Giaffes, Mahogany Dicing and
other Tables, Calcs of Drawers, China and other
Ware, Mahogan, and Wiadfor Chairs, Mahogany Bed
steads, Bed and Bending, Suits of Curtain', Wearing
Apparel, a (mall Library of B oks, Andirons and
Shovels and Tong's, Iron Pots, Kettles, &c. &c. &-.
Late the property of Benedit Arnold, forfeited and
fold according to law.
N. B. All thole that have any Demands against laid
estate, are defined to mike them according to law.
WILLIAM WILL, ) A ,,
ROBERT SMITH, ) '
CAME to the sign of the Bull's Head, in Strawber ry
alley, on the 6th instant, an old Sorrel HORSE,
with some white spots. The owner is (Hired to come,
prove property, pay charges and take him awry, or he
will be fold tor hi^ keeping in two weeks after this date,
as the Ho fe i% of little value.
Nov. r 4. BENJAMIN MYERS.
November 10, 1780.
Four Hard Dollars Reward.
STRAYED or stolen, out of the pasture of H,nry
Dasher, or, the night of the 6th instant, a bald-face,
iron grey MARE, rising in three years old, branded
Gat th* near fide. Whoever takes up and feenres laid
Mare, (hall receive Three Hard Dollars for the Mare
only, and for the Mare and Thief Four Hard Dollars,
or the exchange, and all reasonable charges will be
given by me, DAVID DITLOW, living in CocollicQ
township, Lancafttr county, near Reem's town.
Four Hundred Dollars Reward.
XXj^ stolen from the toafe of the fubferiber, in Ply.
VV mouth township, Philadelphia county, near the
Swedes Ford, on Sunday right, the 29 hos October,
A light, tun horse WAGGON, the sides hoarded and
painted red, the fore wheel, on the off fide, has one
n<w fellow, and two spokes lately put in the body, has
a considerable rife forward, it is about half worn, the
paint on the sides dull.
The fame Night was stolen from Cephas Bartle on,
^t Swedes-Ford, Upper Merrion township, Two Blird
Halters, the one lately mended between the rings by
the bitt; two Leather Collars; two pair of Q^oilers
with iron traces, the traces twitted links, with breast
chains and hames. Whoever will fee ore the said Wag
gon and Gears, and give information to the fubferiber,
so that they may be restored, shall have the above Re
ward. JOHN BAYARD.
TO BE SOL D,
A Genteel three story BRICK HOUSE, Piazza and
Kitchen ; the whole almost new, at grelent occu
pied by Mr. Robert Lewis; situated in Fourth street,
next dcorto where Mr. George Meade lives. Enquire
of Wm. Williams, Front Greet, below Almond-street.
Late?" IMPORTED and now for S ALE, bv
LEONARD JACOBY,
At bis SI AREin Seporid-ftreet, a few doors a.bcvs
Race-street, Philadelphia, viz.
SUPERFINE, Fine, Middling and Coarse BOULT
ING CLOTHS, German Sc, thes and Straw Knives,
Spinning-wheel Lons, Iron Lamps and Waggon Screws,
Rifles and Gun Barrels ; A large Assortment of Plain
Irons, German Bibles and Psalm, froks. Likewise,
A number of elegantly finifhed SWORD aad HANG
ER BLADES, with the Devices on them of the Stand
ards of the First, Second, Third and Fourth Battalion
of City Militia. Also, A Quantity of Raven's and Rus
sia Duck, B r o v n Holland -xud Oznabrig by the piece.
At said S TORE i» likewise for S ALE, by
Leonard Jacoby and Company,
Wbolefalc and Retail,
Madeira, Lisbon and Tsueriff WINES; Spirits, Rum,
T,, Coffee, Sugar; Chocolate, Pepper, Alipice,
Ginger, Salt, and a Quantity of 4,6, , and im
pound Cannon Ball.
Philadelphia, November n, 1780,
WHEREAS the Honourable the
Supreme Executive Council of this State have
been pleased to appoint the fubferiber AUCTIONEER
or VENDUE MASTER for the diftria of Southwark.
He thetef.re takes this opportunity o r informing the
Public, and his Friends in particular, that he has^reffife
ed that large and commodious STORE, at thV corner
of Front and South-ftie ts, which he forme ly occupied,
oth ryvife known by the name of H ART's Vendue
Siore, where he intends carrying co the Business; and
t ill be o'Fged to thole who may be pleased to employ
him. Th- Store will he kept open for the reception-of
Goods of ril kinds; and at he intends keeping Auaion
every THURSDAY, he hegs that those who mean to
favour him with their cuttom would be pleased to for
ward-their Goods, that he may have an opportunity of
publishing them in an hand bill before the day of sale
which will much oblige thrir most humble Servant,
WILLIAM BROWN.
TO BE SOL D,
For Cassi, foreign or home Produce, or exchanged for
a House and Lot in the civ of Philadelphia;
A PLANTATION in Mill-creek
Hundred, Newcastle county, fix milee from
Wilmington, three from Newport and five from Chris
tiana bridge, cn the great road leading from Newport
to L^ncafter, containing about 250 acres, about 100
is cleared, including about 17 acres of meadow, an
apple and peach orchard; the Woodland is well tim
bered ; a square log dwelling house, a weaver's shop
that will cousin four looms, ; a large b?rn, two ftablea
and a hay house, a draw-well elf good water: it is
healthy, and is capable of much improvement: this
place it well known there ahont, as numbers of peo
ple resort there to bathe and drink at a mineral Spring
I+ely found on said land ; it is pc ffible it may be of
great value, in a future day, to the owner : there is a
lively stream of water runs through (he premises, on
which raay be ere&ed either a grist or lulling mill.
A small tr. & of patent unimproved LAND, in
J,7ck township, Cumberland county, containing 177
acres ; a good horse and riding chair, with a leather
top fit for a journey. For terms app'y to WILLIAM
PATTERSON, Enquire, at Chriftiara bridge, New
cadlecounty, or ARCHIBALD GARDNER, in Front:
street, between Arch and Race-ttrects, Philadelphia.
STOL E N,
On the night of th' 27th inst. October, 1780, out of the
ftahle of Jonathan Wells, in Charleftown, Chester
ccunty,
A Chestnut coloured STALLION, about 16 hands
high, 8 years old, heavy bodyed, thick neck, his
main hangs on both tides, hath a fmalf star and a imall
blaize in his forehead, a long Switch tail, no brand,
paces and trots, shod before feme time ago. Whoever
takes up said Stallion and Thief, that the thief may be
brought to justice and the owner may havegfaid Stallion,
shall have ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS Reward,
and Five Hundred Dollars for said Stallion only, and
reasonable charges paid, by
JONATHAN WELLS,
Or by Benjamin Myers, in Strawberry-alley, Philaw
de'phia, at the sign of the Bull's Head.
One Thousand Dollars Reward.
RAN-AWAY from his bail, one JOHN RYNE,
a German by birth but speaks good English, a
bout 30 years of age, be has formerly been serv
ant to Mr. Abraham Wiith, tobacconist in Second
ftreef, and lately lived with his mother in Southwark,
where he followed chocolate making. He is rather tall
er than the middle size, black short hair, wears a dark
blue coattea and jacket, white breeches and flockings,
and silver buckles, his wa'ffccat is bro^n cloth, and by
the neck faced with read pluffi: he is just recovered of
a fit of sickness and retains a pile, sickly look, is much
given to chewing tobacco: he was seen in Philadelphia
last Saturday morning, and is foppofed to have gone off
with some country waggon, as he had a new ckeft lately
made for his purpose of travelling. Whoever will se
cure and deliver him to his bail, JOHN SHUTE,
baker, in Front street, below the Blue-bell, in South
wark, faril be intitled to the above reward, besides rea
sonable expences.
ALL perfon^ that have any demands against the fub
feriber, either by bond, note, book debt or other
wise, are defied to. furnilh him with- their accounts, and
those indebted to make payment and oblige their bum
ble fervent, THOMAS HALE. Nov, 3.
TH E fubferibe r begs leave to inform the public,
that he tons opened a SCHOOL at Newcastle,
upon Delaware, for the ioftruaion of Youths in
Latin and Greek languages. His long experience in
the education of youth, bring Reftor of Wilmington
Academy from its firft foundation, will, he apprehends,
lufficiemiy recommend his Seminary to public notice.
Such young Gentlemen as wiffi to be admitted, he at
tempts likewise to te^ch, on a new, easy and simple
plan, that important, but too much negleaed part of
education, the, fpesking -and writing the Ergifh lang
uage grammatically arid elegantly. Stri& attention
will be paid, as well to the heath and morality of his
pupils, as to their proficiency in literature,
SAMUEL ARMOR.
Good Accommodations nay be procured in the
town at reasonable. rates. Ncwcaftle, Nov. 1.