The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1782-12-21 00:00:00, page 3

IN the year 1687, when Austria, Poland, and Venice,
united in a formidable confederacy against the
Turks, the Polish general, entering Moldavia, laid siege
to the fortrefs of Nemez. This important place, which
had been abandoned by all the inhabitants, was gar
risoned only by nineteen Moldavian chaffeurs, whom
accident had brought thither. These brave men railed
the draw-bridges, shut the gates, and refufed to sur
render. The Polanders, ignorant of the weakness of
the garrison, cannonaded the place for four days suc
cessively. The chaffeurs defended themselves courage
ously, and killed a great number of the besiegers, a
mong whom was the commander of the artillery. On
the fifth day, having loft ten of their number, thia lit
tle garrison demanded to capitulate. An honourable
capitulation was immediately granted, with liberty to
retire wherever they pleased. As soon as the articles
were signed, what was the astonishment of the besieging
army, in beholding fix mep, who supported on their
Shoulders three others that were wounded. At this in
slant, all the sentiments of admiration, of shame, and of
indignation, were successively uppermost in the bosom
•f the Polish general. For some moments he remained
thunderflruck. The dilates of honour, however, at
length prevailed ; and, ftridly adhering to the capitula
tion, he dismissed the brave,befieged with every mark
•f military applause.
N. B. The reader will please to be notified, that when
t'nofe armies came forth to this continent, it was part
es Britain's empire,and it# innabitants her own children,
not exceeded in loyalty by any George, king of France
had! Who, poor man! if he discharges not a certain
set about him, firft making him callous, then insensible,
will next by them be served as is wood by the waters of
a lake in Ireland, when laugh heartily they will at their
petrified great king Log.
Bad ministers are to weak monarchs like unto snakes
with charms to poor little birds, &c.=
" The measure of the modern Pharoah cannot lack
much now of being filled."
, .—I -
ANECDOTE of a Bishop of Worcester.
DOCTOR HOUGH, some time since bishop of Wor
cester, who was as remarkable for the evenness
es his temper, as for many other good qualities, hav
ing a good deal of company at his house, a gentleman
prelent desired his lordship to shew him a curious
weather-glafe, which the bishop had lately purchased,
and which cost him above thirty guineas. The servant
was accordingly deflred to bring it, who, in delivering
it to the gentleman, accidentally let it fall, and broke
it to pieces The company were a little deranged by
this accdent, but particularly the gentleman who ask
ed to fee it, and who was making many apologies for
the accident. "Be under no concern, my dear fir,"
said the bishop, smiling, “ I think it rather a lucky
" omen ; we have hitherto had a dry season, and now,
, " I hope, we shall have some rain ; for, I protest, Ido
" not remember to have seen the glass so low in my
“ life."
the citizens -,deceiving most, when mofl they held up a
semblance of truth and moderation ; arming (as if the
war was not already the most cruel and scandalous
that ever disgraced acvilized nation) slaves to cut their
matters throats ; &c. &c. &o.
" If the Lord himfelf had not been on our fide, when
" men rose up against us, —they had (wallowed us up
" quick, when they were so wrathfully displeased at us.
'' Yea, the waters had drowned us, and the flream
" had gone over our foul — The deep waters of the
" proud had gone over our foul; but praised be the
" lord, who hath not given us over for a prey unto
'' their teeth. —Our foul is escaped, even as a bird out
“ of the snare ; the snare is broken and we are deliver
ed."
Ireland forefaw that the like rods were in fieep for
her, and in time, wifely threw off her yoke. So bent
was Britain upon waging war against her own territo
ries and fubjeas! Can America have any regard for
or confidence in such a people? " her resentment, as an
infylted, and her honour, as a spirited nation, must re
probate the idea:"
0 once happy Britain, how are thou duped and fallen!
We have seen for titles and paltry pelf, thy glory tar
nished and empire dismembered by thine own degene
rate sons ! And (as if the phrenfy had seized the whole
nation) one of thychiefs, carrying here such high impe
rious and wicked sway, as that he must have fancied
the fun his war-horse, the moon his shield, a thun
det bolt his fabre, and that he could charge in the whjrl
wind and refill his God! lam no incoufiderable' fuf.
serer, either in person or property, and
A NATIVE.
That time I fail'd the world around,
All for my true love's fake ;
But prefs'd, as we were homeward bound,
I thought my heart would break.
SWEET Poll of Plymouth was my dear,
When fore 'd from her to go,
A-down her cheeks rain'd many a tear,
My heart was fraught with woe:
Our anchor weigh'd, for sea we flood,
The land we left behind ;
Her tears then fwell'd the briny flood,
My sighs increas'd the wind.
We plough'd the deep, and now between
We lay the ocean wide ;
For five long years I had not seen
My sweet, my bonny bride:
A MILITARY ANECDOTE.
POL L of Plymouth: A Ballad.
To be L E T, and entered on Immediately.
A Large, convenient three Itory brick H OUSE
and a two story frame House adjoining, with a
Lot of Ground 240 feet in depth, situated in Second
ftreet, a little above the barracks. For terms enquire
of HENRY GURNEY, in the Northern- Liberties.
Philadelphia, October ji, 1782.
noon, on MEREDITH'S WHARF,
Sails, both new and old, Cables,
Cordage, forn^o d Rigging, Blocks, Ship Br*ad, Wa
ter Calks, Shot, C.rtrcge Paper, Oats and lundry other
Article..
' And have they torn my love away ;
' And is he gone, she cried:
My Polly, sweetest flow'r of May ;
Then languifh'd, droop'd tftid died.
O^ TUESDAY ^ xt,
The 24th of December, mftant, at 11 o'clock in the fore-
A frefh I mportation of Merchandize,
Now opening for SAL E, By
Mordecai Lewis & Co.
At their STORE in Second-ftrect, near Spruce-street,
A large ASSORTMENT of
FI NE and coarse Woollens,
Ditto Linens and Sheeting,
Fine Surges, Cainbletr, and Calamancoes,
Chintzes and Calicoes,
Cvmbricko and Lawns,
Minicnet Lawns,
Dewing Silks,
Ta Ie Linen,
Flanders Bedticks, &c. &e. Dec. 20.
gAME to the plantation of the fubferi
.ber, on the Frankfort road, about two miles and
a half from this city, A Black MARE with a long
switch tail, ttar in her forehead, the off hind foot white,
supposed to be about four years old 1 also, an old bald
face HORSE, a kind of dun colour. The owner or
owners are defined to come, pay charges and take them
away in three weeks from this date, Otheiwife they will
be dis ofed of at public lal/.
Dec. 20. MICHAEL TAYLOR.
The press-gang bold I afk'd in vain,
To let me once on shore:
I long'd to fee my Poll again,
But saw my Poll no more: .
His most chriftran majefly's frigate Danse, is arrived
in our river from Rochfort, which she left the 9th of
November. We hear she brings an account, that the
negociationa for a peace are so far advanced as to ad
mit of little doubt of that desirable event shortly tak
ing place. It is said the British minifler at Paris, had
been inftruHed to treat with the deputies of the united
states of America, together with the deputies of the
other belligerent powers, on this important fubje&.
As the dispatches are not yet received, we do not
pretend to give this news ar authentic.
Extract of a letter from Hartford, in Connecticut,
dated December 13, 1782.
" Last Wednesday morning was committed one of the
most flecking murders ever heard of. William Bea
dle, of Weathersfield, the morning above mentioned,
cut the throats of his wife and hrs four children, then
took a pair of pistols and shot his own brains out: it
was a premeditated thing : he wrote letters the night
before to colonel Chester, doDor Farnfworth, &c< and
left a number, of papers giving his reasons for the
above horrid sass. I suppose they will be printed, if
they are, shall forward you the account the very firft
opportunity."
THE fubferiber takes this method to in
form the Public, that he las taken a convenient
HOUSE noir the bridge at Frarktort, five miles from
this city, -here he has provided every thing naceffary
nd v m : crt-; I-for the entertab m^n? of travellers and
orh^, as wed as tabling and provider for horse?.
Thole who vdll be kind enough to favour him with
their cufforn, may depend on the best usage and attend
ance in his power to give. Alio to be LET, by the
fame person, at the fame place, a Brik HOUSE and
GARDEN, vith neat twenty acre's of goon Land ad
joining, part of which is newly chared; this may be
entered upon the 25th 0! M^ch or the firft of April
next. JAMES MARTIN. Philad. Dec. 16.
TO BESO L D,
A Healthy, likely, strong,
Negroe WEN cH,
About twenty two years of age, is sober and honest.
For farther particulars erqune of the Printer. Dec 20.
(Fit for an Office)
TO BE LE T T,
In a public part of the city, and near the market. En
quire of the Printer. Dec. 20.
A handsome Front Room,
Philadelphia, Dec. 21.
The Rainbow Tavern
TO BE SO L D,
JOHN BAYARD, Au&ioneer.
CA ME to the Place of the fubferiber,
in the Northern-hhertits, some t me an out
diy Red COW, The owner is desired to ccme and
prove property, pay charges and take her away, or
will be fo'd for her expences
Dec. 12. THOMAS RENSHAW.-
Philip Thompson,
T A Y L OR,
Formerly of New-York, at his fliop, at the old Post-
Office, at the sign of the blue Ball, in Market-ftreet',
between Third and Fourth streets,
MAK E S, at the shortest notice, and in the latest
and neat-ft fafhion, regimental and plain clothes
of everv fort; ladies riding habits, in that neat and
genteel fgfhion so much admired by the most celebrat
ed huntresses in Europe, and which has now become
very fashionable h/re; long cloaks for ladies, and clet
gymwn's gowns, and furnifties all mannrof trimming,
neceffaryin carrying on of his business. He is determin
ed to pay ftri6 tattention to the various changes of ftfhi
on, and the good nefs of his work, by which means he
flatters himfelf that he will secure the continuance of
the favous of hit frinds and customers.
Just published at BELL's Book-store, in Third street
(Price Half a Dollar)
THE FIRST VOLUME OF
The Man of the World:
a NEW work of entertainment, by Mr. Macken
r% zie of Edinburg, author of Julia de Roubigae,
and of the Man o' Fueling.
This work of sentiment refin'd,
To knowledge leads the wiling mind:
Voting men, and maidens, all attend,
8 For you this view of life is penn'd. Anori.
The second volume of this new work of entertains
mett will be published in about fourteen days from this
date
And the third volume, which will complete the work,
will be finiflicd in about one month from this date.
Pr.ee half a dollar each volume.
Now felling at Bell's Book-store, in Third
ftreet.
I. The Man cf Fueling, with the Sentimental Sailor.
Price one dollar,
2. History of &nm: Corbet, three volumes. Price half
a dollar each volume.
3, Lord Lvitleton'sFamiliar Letters to his Friends,
with his Poems on several Occ&fions. Price one
dollar.
4. Lessons in Elocution, being modern mifcellanebus
pieces from the best authors, for the perusal of
perlons of taste, and the improvement of youth-
Price three dollars.
5. Perry's Royal Standard Di&ionary, exhibiting the
most accurate spelling, and th- true pronunciation
of words, according to the present practice of men
ofletters, eminent orators, and polite speakers in
London; upon a plan perfe&ly plain, and entirely
new. Six dollars.
6. Entick's English Didionary, for the pocket. Six
dollars.
7. French and Engl sh Di&ionary, with the English and
French Diaionary, for the pocket, by Nugent.
Ten dollars.
3. Sheridan's Genuine School for Scandal. One dollar.
9. Pupil of Pleasure, by Melmouth. Three dollars.
10. Revolution of America, by the honest and philoso
phical A'he Rynal. Price one dollar.
White Lead Manufactured,
AND TO BE SOLE BY
THE fubferiber in Vine-street, berwen Second and
Third-streets, and nearly o,p6sre to the sign of
his excellency general V/afhinpoii, M'owed by the belt
judges in this,city, to be equal in quality to any im
ported from Europe : likewise White Lehd, red a^d
yellow Oaker ground in oil. in jars nd kegs, from a
half dozen to 5 o weight, boiled OP; Paint Erufhes,
L-ad Alhes, &c.
Also, A HOUSE and LOTT situate on Chefnut
hill, to miles from Philadelphia, containing between
11 and 12 ^crefy the whole orchard and garde ; up.
words ,of6o h< gihrads of cyder h<s been made in a sea
son , it is very fuitatle for a public house, flgre, or a
gentl man's country feat ; it is at pref#nt occupied as
a tavern, and known by the sign of the Bonny Jockev
bur hit year the Green Tree : there is bolides thel^rge
house a one story dwelling, 2 two story done building
which may with a very small expence be converted in
to a dwelling, a large (tone (table with a chair or
carriage house and sheds ; two wells of the best watei
in the one a pump, a good cyder prels and mhl and
sundry other conveniencies, the whole in good fence.
The purchafr paying akout one.third of the money
may have a considerable time for rhe payment o f the
remainder. JOHN BIDDIS. Dep. 9 .
N. B. Pg Lead wb be taken ft f fart or the whole.
Philadelphia, December 16, 1782.
By virtue of sundry Writs of fieri facias, to me di
re&cd,
Will be exposed to Public Sale,
At the House of Thomas Mayberry, the younger,
in Upper Solford township, on FRIDAY the Twer
ty-feventh instant, at Ten o'clock in the Forenoon,
^LL the Houfhold Goods, Plantation
TJtenfil.sand Stock of the said Thomas Mayberry;
consisting of Feather Beds and Bedding, Tables, Chairs,
Looking Glaflfes, four Waggons and Gears, a Phaeton,
Carriage, riding and draught Horses, Cows, Sheep,
Wheat, Rye, Hay, a Set of Smiths Tools, &c. &c. &c.
Taken in execution by
WILLIAM WILL, Sheriff.