The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1781-08-25 00:00:00, page 3

the Dutch men of war, which lately failed from Hel
voetfluys ; and afterwards proceed to .the north Teas.
Near 5000 troops arc embarked on board 30 trans
ports at Bermeleke, under convoy of one frigate and
two Hoops of war, and are houry expected to arrive
at some port on the north, coast.
May 24, It is given out as the opinion of a late
British ambaff+F r oh the continent,that the Dutch go
vernment will undergo a very material alteration in let's
than half a dozen of years, the present ftadholder ha
ving an eye on the (overeignty of the dates of Holland,
in which it is said he will b^ aflifted by Great Britain
and another power.
Two thousand soldiers are to be sent but in the next
fleet to America.
The new frigates ordered to be built this year are
upon a larger conbruaion than any yet launched.
They aje to be as long and as wide as the 60 gun feips,
and will carry all their guns on one deck.
There are now building at private dock yard's on the
river the following (hips of the line:
Ships. Guns. Ships Guns.
Bombay C.ftle, 74 Sceptre 64
Carnatic, 74 Scipio, 64
Ganges, 74 . Veteran,' 64
Crown, 64
Four men of war, with eight merchant flips, being
part of th^ Euftatia convoy, were fafe arrived in Ire
land. - ,
May 28. Yeflerday an express was feat down to
Portsmouth for the Gins lately arrived at Spithead,
belonging to the grand fleet, to take on board a frefh
supply of provisions, as they will be ordered to sea a
gain as fbon as possible.
Admiral Darby i§ again to tak^ the' command ' hf the
grand fleet in a few days.
May 30. The boaflcd Germanic congr^fs to bring a
bout a pdace is now reported, will , ever assemble ; so
many jarring flip^ations being demanded by the dif
ferent powers at war, previous to such meeting as
few of them will acquiesce in. This congress was plan
ned by the emperor, and acceeded^to by almost the
whole northern' powers, but the bans of the treaty of
peace propefed by the house of Bourbon beinz Ame
rican independence, to which Great Britain will never
consent; has been the foie cause of preventing such
congress assembling. The emperor, the cazarina, and
Frederick, voluntarily proposed to the abitr.rfor&; but
all the belligerent Rates thinking' such a power was of
too great confequencp to be left to the d.-cifion of neu
trals: they are determined to abide the issue of the
sword. This h?s been known some weeks at St. James's
and the most vigour ms plans for prosecuting the war
have in confequente been adopted.
Time 4. Lad week letters wer° received from Com.
modore johnhon% d ted 15th April, from St. Jago,
one of the Cape de Verd inlands, wberq he h,d put in
for frefh water. The fleet were all ^ell, and ' had met
with no accident. The next news from them, will pfo
b(bly be the capture of the Cape of Good-Hope.
Orders are fent^o all the ports of Scotland and Ire
land, where seamen are railed for th§ use of the navy,
to di'fpatch with all* expedition to the nearest ports
where any of his majesty's (hips are waiting, to fill
up their complements.
There is a* report that admiral Barrington is to have
the chief command of a fleet, which will soon be rea
dy to fail, to endeavour to find the Spaniards.
We hear that three battalions of the guards, and se
venty field-pieces, are to be sent off to the Carolinas
with all possible expedition.
Report fays that fir James Wallace is shortly to be
Created a baron.
June 5. Arrived at St. Helen's, four Ruffian men of
war from the westward.
Philadelphia, A uguft 25.
A correspondent from Virginia writes us, that the
enemy, in passing through a plantation about 20 miles
from Richmond, forcibly took away 50 valuable ne
groes, 30 high-bred horses, all the cattle, sheep and
hogs, burned the barns with wheat, tobacco, &c. and
inhumanly did all this mifehief, notwithstanding the
tears and entreaties of an amiable mother, and some
charming children.—And what adds to the calamity,
these negroes were put on board a British vessel, reta
ken by an American privateer, after being in possessi
on of the enemy only 32 hours, and condemned as
prize to the recaptors.—Surely C®ngrefs ought to pay
some confederation to property taken from land by this
cruel enemy, and not permit ^4 hours possession of the
British, to give a perfect right to a recaptor of our own
nation; an adequate salvage should be the regu
lation ; 'or the southern Rates only will fuffer exceed
ingly, and their property be transferred to the eastern
and middle fates.
To be Let for the Season, about
Thirty Acres ot excellent Upland PASTURE: Also,
To be be* fr the S—sou, or for a Teun of Years, Two
PASTURE LOITS; one containing about Ten, the
other about Eurht Acres, adjoining the South street
of the City. Fur Terms enqiueof
SAMUEL FOWEL. #
A further SALE of the
Public Lots of this City,
For the redemption of the Bills of Credit
of this state, dated April the 29th, 1780, will be held
at the Coffee houC, on Thursday the 30'h instant,
at ten o'clock in the forenoon. A plan of the lots
may be fern at the Coff-e house, and at the Surveyor
General's Office. The conditions the fame as in the
former files, except the time of payment, which is
as follows —.One fourth part to he paid within three
days after tale, the remaining three fotuths within fix
months after sale.
Lisbon wine,
Jamaica Spirits,
Well India Rum,
Country Ditto,
TTT,
French Brandy,'
Armfeed,
Holland G n.
Mol fi%
Double and single refined
Loaf Sugars
White and brown B:x
Sugars,
Mus ovado Ditto,
Souchong Tea,
A few Boxes Congo Ditto,
of a fine Quality,
.Bob** Ditto,
C Tee,
Cho:olety
Birley,
Rice,
Raifons;
Prppzr,
Albpice.
Ginger,
At the SLIP at Arch-street FERRY, Philadelphia,
Has to dispose of by Wholesale and Retail,
For C^fh, or in exchange for Country Produce,
GEORGE A. BAKER,
Nutmegs, . ~
N. L New-Jersey State Money Ex
changed for Specie.
WANTED IMMEDIATELY,
A number of able-bodied
Draught Horses.
Any Persons having inch to dispose of may meet with
Purchasers, and kno+ the Terms of Payment, by
applying to Mr, JACOB HILTZHEIMER,
or SAMUEL MILES, in Philadelphia. Aug. 24.
TO BE S OL D,'
That valuable Tract of Land,
On whih the fub'eriber now lives, in Virginia, con
taining neir 4000 acres, laying on Jams river, 20 mile;
above Richmond: Th* great fertility of this Land,
proper for the cultivation of Hemp, Tobacco, Grain
of all forts, &c. a large Portion of MEADOW,
cX e lent (beams for Mills, and its proximity to na
vigation and the feat of government, render this Trad
of Land equal/ if not superior, to any Lands in the
State. JOHN TAYLOE GRIFFIN.
N. B. For further information apply to ths honour
blc CYRUS GR FFIN, Enquire, in Philadelphia.
To be Sold, in Philadelphia,
A new Kitchen, built of the
best wooden materials: Abo, A pleasant Riding and
good Carriage HORSE, about 14 hands high ; young
and handfomi—The Price 30!. A so, _,
A Sulkey, and fall back top
CHAISE, boh compleatly finifhed. Enquire of GOS
NER and HANSE, Cqach makers, in Walnut- street,
between Second and Third -ftreetc, where
All Manner of CARRIAGES are made
and repaired.
TO BE SOLD,
A Negro Fellow, fit for Town or Country*
Also two Stables with Coach houses, to be
Let. Enquire of the printer,
rJJ CI . -- — «wnw^>ii- -—■ I-.■— -to ■—■■- ^ W——■
S T O LE N,
One o' the yard of the fubferiber, in Second-street
n ar V he'ftr^et. two or three nigh's ago, a sixteen
gallon BRAS, KE TTLE, a WOOD SAW, -and some
other article; tne Kttie had three patents on the
bottom, upon places where feet had been fixed. 'Who
ever discovers the perfcn or perlons concerned in taking
it, so ;ha. they can be appreh nded and brought to juf.
rice, and the Kule, &c. recovered, (hall receive ONE
HALF JOHANNES reward. Should it be offered tor
fafe, it's r quetted n may be Looped
Aug. 24 . GEO. CAMPBELL.
A good CHARIOT, with a Sett of Har
nefl .•The Price Sol.
The First of September next,
At TEN o'clock in ' the Forenoon,
At MIFFLIN'S Wharf, near Vine-street :
For the convenience of Purchasers it will be divided in
to L h 's of One Ton each : Being Part of the Ettate
of Samuel Mifflin, Enquire, deceased.
Aug. 24. WILLIAM ATTMORE, Executor.
On SATURD Ar,
Genteel Furnillied Lodgings.
Five Rooms, with the U^ of a Kitchen. Enquire of
the Printer,
Fifty Tons of Logwood,
Will be Sold by Public Vendue,
Ta be SOLD,
Indigo,
Allum,
Copperas,
Brim(tone,
Cha k,
Rozin,
Whetfton'3,
Powder and Sho',
Lead,
Fine and coirfe Srlts
Mens Felt Hats,
Mens Shoes,
Womens Stuff Ditto,
Writing and Wrapping
Piper,
Cotton,
Qieen'j Ware,
Tumb'ers & Wln@Gl # fTe<,
An Affortment' of neat
Iron Castings,
I Linseed OR,
IA few k:gs PAINTS,
I ground, in Oil,
I Indian Corn,
IA few Fitkins excellent
Li(h Butter, &c. &c.
A PERSON regularly bred to Commerce, 2nd has
exercised in Holland, and for five years, last past,
in Maryland ; is tolerably,wall acquainted with Book
keeping and Merchants Accounts in general ; under-
Man^s th- English, French, German and Dutch lan
guages fufficiently.'
Can he not obtain a place of constant occupation, he
would for a very moderate salary engage to keep ac
coropts for %, 3, or more gentlemen Shop-keeper, or
others of business less extensive.
Whereas he has dore much in Tobacco business, and
is well known to the Virginia and Maryland Planters,
as Fil 2$ to all the different Stages and Landings; hq
would drain his utmost Vigilance, for the interest of a
ny one inclinable +0 a purchase or undertaking of that
nature. Enquire of tie printer.
QAME to the Plantation of the fubferi^
be , living in Reading townfnin, York county,
nerr he . Round- hill, the 7th day of My, 1781, Two
STRAYS: T^ e one A Black HORSE, about 5 years
old, 14 hands hi h, branded with W on the near
fhouller, and with GB <n the <ff and near buttocks:
Tie other is a Black M ARE, 6 or 7 years eld, 14
hands high, has a final! star in the forehead and 4
white Ipot on ibe nose, is branded on both buttock
and (houbier, but not difcernable, rear hind foot white f
both have fwjt<h tails. The owner is desired to come
and prove their proper y, pay charred and take 'hem
th-tn array. JOHN MIRES
TTY— FT Fcrim;
Two-thirds of a Lease,
For 6 years and 5 months, frr-m theist day of Novena
ber next,
Of G reenwich Forge,
Grist MT, S^w Mill, and abrut 600 Acres -„ Land ;
situated on Mutepoekunk creek, in Suffer county,
New-Jerle,. fix miles r rom Durham itfrna-v: The
Forge has been rebuilt lift fummar, and the Grist-Mill
is repaired ; ^th a good Farm, and' Shout 20 acres of
mowable Meadow on the premises, Ther? is also in
cltfdcq in Did Lease, 4 valuable Negroes, 3 of which
are good Forb-men. For further particulars enquire
of RICHARD BACKHOUSE, at Durham Furnace,
or SAMUEL WILLIAMS, at laid Forge.
Agreeable ro the last Will and Teftamenc
of rhelafe K*n<a I I,ee, Enquire, will be Sold, on
th- Premifts, to he highest Bidder, on the sth day
of September n xt, (if far) if not, the next fair
Day, for Gold or Silver,
A Tract of Land, lying in the
county of Northampton, Malchepurgo inlet, in Virgi
nia, containing abo.it 1000 Acres : It is exceeding sing
land, and remaikaoly .veil situated for trade; a good
Title and D^ed will be made for the lands on the fi. ft 0
januar/ next, when polDffion may be had : One fifth
parr of the purchase money muff be paid on the deli
very of the larid ; one fifth on the firft of Auguff, 1784;
one fifth on the firtt of March, 1787; one fifth on the
fi ft of April, 1789 ; and the remaining fifth on the
fiift of June, 1793. Bend and approved security will
be required of the purchrfer for the payment of the last
mentioned four filths ; the bond Co bear interest from
the date, and the in^feft to be paid annually in the
like money. WILLIAM LEE,\ „
GEORGE LEE, ) ^cutor,.
~A LI — kTn To f
COLOUR S,
For the A RMY and NAVY, Made and Sold, on
the most reasonable Terras,
'By Rebecca YouAg,
In Walnut-ttreet, near Third ft<eet, and next door bus
one <0 Mr. Samuel M'Lane'%
N. B. Any person having BUNTING for Sale,
may hear of a Pufehafer, by applying as above.
AL L Persons indebted to the estate of
- Adam Erben, diffiller, late of the Northern Li
berties, drce^fed, are requested to make payment id
fond weeks after date hereof , and all thole that have
any demands ^gainft said eftae,to bring in their accounts,
property attested, in oder to f-,de the fame, by
ADAM ERBEN,
July 3r ft. MICHAEL HAYS, J Execut ° r '.
Kingfefs, the nth of the 8h Month.
TO BE SOL D,
~rHIRTY-fix Acres of valuable drained
MEADOW, within four miles of the rity, fitfc.
sited in the township of Perfion, bounded on Delaware
river and Holl nder's creek, and lands of Joseph B•ker
2nd captAn Mason: oh said premises there is a fro all
Tenement ^nd a large B^rn, aimort new, and ^ share
of a S ad Efh-ry. For further Particular s er quire of
william ca^son, at th- Harp 2nd c ro > n , it
Third street, or PHILIP PRICE, in Kingfels, nm
the New Church.
THOSE who may please to favour
this Paper with Advertisements, are
requested to fend the Money with them,
and thereby save themfelvcs and the" Printer
the Trouble very generally attending after
Settlements.
Wants Employ,
In Mercantile Business,