The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1780-02-08 00:00:00, page 4

Lottery Office, November 1, 17,9,
T N Conference of the above Resolve the Managers
give this public notice, that on the firft day of March next
the Drawing of the Lottery will commence at the Old Ci
tyVendue Store, and be continued from day to day with
all possible expedition until finiihed. Such person, there
fore as choose to become purchasers are to apply before
said date, at the different Offices throughout the United
States. .
(The Printed are requeued to publish the above, and
continue it, till the firft of March next, the bime efdraw-
Genteel LODGINGS for Gentlemen
to BE LET.'
Enquire of the Printer.
n„M— resow,#+ tee-orao,o—7—
TO BE LE T,
A SMALL FRONT ROOM Suitable for an
Office, and a CHAMBE R furmfned, in a
genteel part of the city. Enquire of the Printer,
ftuiliim# a^j^imi ii~ ■■ —injur —ft t 18-rufof
JAMES C L A RK,
CO NTI NUES to carry on the DYEING Bu
freefs in its different branches, viz silk garments,
various colours ; ikain and new silks for Rons and (hops,
dub black and dieted ; cotton, flowered and (ported
gauzes of all kinds, dyed black and duffed to answer
any purpose ; werftedr and yarn, and cotton and flax
yarn, dyed blue, red, and divers other colours ; jeans,
fo&ians and cotton velvets dyed Sundry colours, and
d^frd ; mens deaths cleaned, &c. The whole done
with expedition, and upon as reasonable terms as the
^ times will admit cf. Work received and delivered at
fa house in Second street, betwixt Market and Chef
nut-ftreeb, and at the Dye-house in Water-Rrest, be
twixt Walnut and Chefaut-ftreets, Philadelphia.
H. B. Commissions from the country carefully an
, fwered.
del—« t tfl>cpa m aFI 1 Mute tfetmtn =*"=ofc-
CA M Eto Abel James's plantation, in the
Neither,-Liberties, near Frankford, a Sorrel
HORSE about fourteen hand# high, a sorrel MARE
about fourteen hands high, and a bay MARE fifteen
haudr high. The owner or owners are desired to came,
prove their property, pay charges arid take them away.
February i.
Philadelphia, February %.
SIXTY DOLLARS REWARD.
STOLEN from the Quarter Master General's Gore,
about the middle of hft week, a new pair of SHOES,
and a pair of large filter BUCKLES, weight forty pen
nyweight. Whoever will bring them te the fubScriber,
at the Qi,rter Mafcr-General's fore in Front-street,
between Chefnut and Market-freets, ihall have tue
above reward and no queftim asked.
JOHN HENDERSON.
Philadelphia, January #,.
TWO HUNDRED POUNDS
REWA R D.
S TOL E N,
Out of the dwelling house of the fubferiber, yesterday,
The following ARTICLES, vie.
ONE white tissue negligee and petticoat, one tissue
gown w : th purple ground and white flewers ; two
brown pad^foy gowns, one a little darker than the
other, one changeable mantua gown, one striped silk
gown made up wi.h the wrong fide out; part of a 61k
gown, yellow ground and blue flowers, ripped up; one
IVhchr&.r mufrn gowp, ripped up; one lut^ftring
gown with white ground andgrsen fettin stripes, ripped
up; a pair of brocaded cuffs, and a muslin tambour
apron,with open work. Any person giving information,
so that the above defcrited things may be recovered,
arid the thief detected, Gall receive the above reward,
or in proportion for any part of the laid goods.
RICHARD BACHE.
Philadelphia, February 1, 1780.
AL L persons having any demands against
me as Deputy Quarter-Matter General, either for
monies due, or that will become due by the firft cf March
next, are requrfted to fend in their accounts vdth all pof
fthle dispatch, in order fora Settlement; on which the
balances will either be paid, or certificates given for
what (hall appear to be due, in order that the fame may
be paid without farther troub'e as toon as I shall be en
abled. I am under the necessity of earnestly pressing a
punctual compliance with this r^qvifition, as I am di
rcaed by the Quarter-Mafter-Gerieral to have my ac
counts ready for Settlement on or before the Said firft
day of March next.
JOHN MITCHELL, D. QM. G.
TO BE S O I, D,
FIVE hundred acres of LAN D, on the waters of
Cekekmus Creek, in Greenwood Township, Cum
berlaad County. For terms apply to PAUL COX,
in Front-freet, three doors below Walnut street, Phila-
Uphia.
In CONGRESS, Odobet go, 177,.
Resolved,
THAT the Managers be deeded to make &le the
Tickets of the Third Clah of the Lottery & the United
States without detayr thatthe draw ng thereof commence
the firft day of March next, and be compieated as fooa as
may be ; and that the Tickets then unfold be th% proper
ty aod at therifk of the said States
E^traß from the Minutes,
CHARLES THOMSON, Secretary.
PHILADELPHIA: Printed and Sold ty JOHN DUNLAP, in Market-rime
Philadelphia, February g, t,:^
On TUESDAY the Bth infant, and F RIDAY
the nth, at the Theatre in Southwark, Ladies and
Gentlemen will be agreeably entertained with various
new Equilibriums on the
SLACK WI R E,
Such as never were performed on the Continent but by
the celebrated
Mr. TEMPLEMAN,
Late from Europe.
HR balances, turns and firings on the wire to ad
miration#
He beats the drum on the wire in full firing.
He plays with federal balls on the wire with great dex
terity.
He balances a sword on the brim of a wine-glass,
walks backward and forward, kneels down, and reco
vers with great agility.
He walks blindfold on the wire, lies down and riles up.
He tit; in a chair on the wire, balances aftraw, with a
fornifhed table before him, when in full Swing.
He balances a plate on the hilt of a Swerd, with the
point of the sword on the edge of a milled dollar, and
the opposite edge cf the dollar on the brim of a wine
gl#6, and makes all (pin like a top.
He walks, kneels and Swings on aboard to admiration.
Ado a great variety of other exhibitions with pipes,
hoops, hats, &c. &c. dec. too tedious to mention.
The performance will conclude with a compleat horn
pipe. The doors to ba opened at Five o'clock in the
evening, and to begin at Six.
Tickets may be had at the Coffca-Houfe, the City Ta
vern, and the place of performance. Box Forty Dol
lars=-Pit Thirty Dollars—Gallery Twenty Detfars.—
Children, from five years old to twelve, will be admit
ted for Fifteen Dollars. The house will be w#il illu
minated, and the company entertained with good
Mufie. fit
From Captain Parke's company, in Colonel B. Flowers's
regiment of Artillery and Artificers, Rationed in Phi
ladelphta,'
JAMES WEER, (defected in the month cf June
last) fifteen years of age, well set, freth completion,
ihort bushy hair, and has been since seen in Chester with
a light coloured coat faced with blue-
HENRY TURNER, (defemd in July lass) twen
ty-five years of age, fix feet high, dark hair tied behind,
by trade a ffiormaker.
GEORGE SMITH, (defeated the foty.fifth
of November last) twenty.one years of age, five fret
eight inches high, redifh hair tied behind, by trade a
shoemaker. At the fame time deftrted WILLIAM
RIVELY, twenty years of age, five feet five inches
high, swarthy complexion, dark thin hair, 2nd a little
pitted with the fmsll-pox, by trade a flioem^ker.
JOHN GWILLIM, went on furlough toFFre e%
rfekfburgh thefourth 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 maue, fair
hair which curls round ; blue uniforms faced with red;
by trade a (hoern^ker.
ELIN ALURD, a Frenchman, (defertrd the se
venteenth of J^uar,) twenty-one years of age, talks
no English, five feet fivcinchet high, well made, afraart
looking fellow, with a good head of hair tied and flat
ted, and large arch eye brows; had a ihort light colour
ed coat, white flockings, long quartered ^ra of waxed
neats-leather, closed in the infidt on the grain ; by trade
a Shoemaker, and carried off sundry ihoemaksrs tools,
the property of the States.
Whoever takes up any of said deserters and fecure#
them, so that they may he returned to their regiment
and company, fall receive for each and every of them
ONE HUNDRED DOLLAR 6 reward, and r^a
fonable expenses, paid by
A. D O W, Lieutenant.
WAS TA K~e"n
On Sunday the fifteenth instant, (January) by the fub
fcribcr, living in George's-street, Sjuthwaik,
4 N iron grey HORSE, with a piece of a rope
round Lis n^ck, about ten or twelve years old,
Tome fiddle foots on his back, and about thirteen hand,
high. The owner is defined to come, prove his pro
perty, pay charges and take him avray.
JOHN BURNESr
ON E Lot cf Ground situate an the east fide of.
Fourth and south fidt of Union-streets, on which
is ere&ed a good three-story brick hou^ ; the lot is
sixteen feet on Fourth-ftrect, and extending on Union
fyeet forty feet ; fubjea 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-freet to Pine-ftrset, on which is
erected;a good two-story hritk house ; fabje& to a
ground-rent of five pounds currency per annum, paya
ble to the Pennsylvania House of Employment.
Two other Lots of Ground on ths east fide of Fourth
ftreet and near Walnut-ftraet, with two good houses
and kitehens thereon ecefted § the lots are each feven
tees feet front and thirty-three feet in depth; clear of
ground-rent.
The whole „#! ba fold together or Separate, as will
best suit ths f&chalar. Enquire of the Printer.
WANTE D,
A MIDDLE AGED WOMAN, that will un
a, certakg the management of a kitchen, who can be
well recommended for her honesty and sobriety. Enquire
of the Printer.
AN Y porfen wanting a NEGRQE BOY
of sbout eleven , art o^d, who baa had the Small
pox and pietist, and is capable cf waiting in a house,
and tendirg ho, le% wr.y terr of fnch a one by apply
ing to ARCHIBALD MSP ARRAN, four doors
below the Draw-Bridge, who h^ for fate a quantity of
Ruffin Dark, as also a good Saddle Horse.
January
New Jersey, January 29, 1780,
HE Subferiber proposes attending in Phi
-1 lad^lphia from the firft to the eighth of February
next, in order to receive the monies due him on the
Sales of Prizes in New-Jeriey ; and desires all those who
do not call on him in Bordentown before th^t time and
discharge their account, to be punaual in paying with
in th, time above-mentioned. All accounts not paid as
above will be put in Suit.
JOSEPH POTT S,
Late Marshal.
NOTICE is hereby given. That by an
AS tof Afirabl,, made and puffed at a ftffion of
AffemWy of the State of Maryland, begun and held at
the city of Annapolis, on the eighth day of November,
1779, the bilk of credit, dated January x, 1767, emit
ted and made current by an A& of Affably pasted No
vember Session, 4766, are directed to be brought in and
deported with the Western Shore Treasurer, on or be
fore the fird of juna eext, or thereafter irredeemable ;
for which the holders of laid bills of credit may, at their
option, receive either bills cf exchange drawn on the
Trustees of said State at London, or State Loan-office
certificates, bearing an annual interest of fix per cent.
M.B. The Printers in the adjacent States are request
ed to insert the above in their respective papers.
Philadelphia, January ^4.
AL L persons indebted to the estate of the
Rev. Duaor Francis Alison, late of this city,
deceafad, are requested to make immediate payment ;
and tbofe that have any demands against the estate, are
d^fired to bring in their accounts to have them fettled
and paid. HANNAH ALISON,],,
MARY ALISON, reffim
ROBERT SMITH,]-.
WILLIAM RUS^rT !° r •
The Widow of Deftor Alison would be obliged to the
Gentlemen that borrowed books, to return them.
A valuable Plantation, well improved, on the weft
branch of Sufadehanna, a few miles from Sunbury, to
be fold.
CA M Eto the plantation of the fubferibeh
in Haycock townfnip, Bucks county, on the 29%
day of November last, two MARES; one a brown,
with white hind feet, about five years old, fourteen
hands high, p^ces and trots: The other a black, with
some white on one foot, thirteen hands high, Seven or
eight years old, paces and trots. The owner or owners
are desired to come, prove property, pay charges and
take them away.
LEONARD BIDLEMAN.
A RO BB ER Y.
Four Hundred Dollars Reward.
BROKE into the house of the subscriber, in Upper
Dxrby, Cheder County, in the night of the afl in
front, Two ME N, one about five fest eight or nine
inches high, thin visage fair complexion, had on a linen
frock and thick woolen cap. The other about five let
fix or seven inches high, dark complexion, hsd on a blue
ragged jacket, or soldier's coat, turned up with feme
other colour; his name James. They tock away some
dollars, fame English half-crowns, feme final! silver mo
ney, Such as quarter dollars, piftarrem, &c. one half
johannes, two guineas and one half guinea, feme Contis
cental and a considerable quantity of old paper currency,
a large filvcr-faced w^tch, with brass hand and brass
dots between the hours, the day 6f the month in the dial
plate, maker's name jobn May, London, both on the
face and irtfide ; half a doza large filter Spoons damped,
s
and engraved on the under fide of the handle I M.
two pair of fi?v:r knee-buckles, one plain, one pair car
ved, marked R S. a carved flock-buckle R S. mekrge
,silver buckle, rims plain and worn out, one of them
broke ; a pincushion, light blossom coloured silk, work
ed with rpd and grjen silk in imitation of a bunch of
ftrawberrfa on one fidfeand a Sprig on the other fide,
hooped rath silver; a new home made cloth great-coat
of a light colour a little on the bioflom ; a grey coating
furtout not much worn; a new broadcloth jacket with
out lbsres, alight bltifom colour; a pair of leather
breeches aimoft new, a »%ir of coideroy breeches, one
fine H^kpd and several other shirts and neckcloths ; a
quantity of mens and boys ffockings, linen, worked and
woolens a purple P%6an gown lined, a fttraped linen
ditto hair coloured, a black paduafoy cloak, a Wack
ruffcl quilt lined with homefpvo striped woifrd, a fine
new firft with Holland fUeves, a ,*ir of blue dam^ik
flfoes of Heft's make, a pair of new blankets, amwßufe
fia lhe:% with Sunday other things of various kinds'
It is fopp^fcd one of them cut h:s finger by breaking
open drawers, as feme of th* linens left were bloody,
supposed by being handled. Any pctfon taking end
f<cur;hg the goods .zed money so th*.t the owner may
have them a,m, £haii receive Two Hundred and Fifty
Dollar# reward, and fa the felons so that they may be
conriaed, One Hundred and Fifty &Wfah, paid by
J,MES STEEL.
N. B. It is imagined ths above articles arc in Phila
delphia, as the fubfcribez's hcufe was taken out of the
ftJile to carry them, and was found near the Bridge
coming back. J. s.