The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1779-12-14 00:00:00, page 4

TH E Clerk of the Market, in ptrfuance of his duty
and special direction to enforce the laws preventing
abuses in the Markets and sale of provision, now gives this
public notice, That he is resolved to prosecute any persons
offending against the laws, without refpj& of persons :
An^ that none may plead ignorance in future, thinks pro
per to inform them, in this public manner, what actions
tire bylaw made o^ncesand how punishable, viz.
-' Fir'fi. The purchasing any provificns or victuals what
soever for the food of Rian, at their own houses, in the
streets, at an / wharfs, 'taverns, ferry-houfes or other places
^an the public Market houses.
Secondly The making any bargain for any such previ
sions cr visuals, before the fame (hall be brought for sale
into the public Markets.
Tln.«ly. The endeavouring to enhance the price of
the above articles, or dissuading any persons from bringing
their provifons to Market for sale. ,
Fourthly, The purchasing the above articles to fell
again, within four miles of the Court-House ; except
they'are tavern keepers, butchers anting in their trade,
or buck ft&rs after io o'clock in the forenoon.
The punishments inflicted by law are, for the firft of
fence a forfeiture of the value of the articles foreftalled or
restated, and imprisonment for two months ; and accumu
lated puniflimen:s for a repetition of the offences.
The great advantage the inhabitants of the city as well
as those of the country would reap from observing these
regulations, would soon make all compulsion of law
unnecessary : But the fubferiber to resolved to dohis duty
in this refpe& , and after this notification, no citizen can
take it hard if he or his servant, found in the breach of the
law, are prosecuted And he expeßs that such of thein
habitants as with to fee abuses prevented, and a fair gene
ral plan of sale promoted, will not only comply ftrißly
with tie law themftlves, but discountenance, and enable
the fubferiber to punith, those who do otherwise.
ROBERT SMI T H, Clerk.
Loewer Merion, December a.
To tme P ÜBL I C.
WHERE AS the plantation No. i. late belong
ing to the efta+e of John Roberts, Miller, de
ceased, is advertized to be fold at public vendue on the
15th instant, (December) with all the mills thereunto
belonging. We the fubferiber#, Administrators of the
estate ^f Conrad Sheets, Paper maker, deceased, make
known unto such as Should purchase the said plantation,
that we objea to the dam belonging to the grist-mill
adjoining the land of the Aid Conrad Sheets, as being
considerably too high ; and that we Shall dispute the
fame at law, except the purchaser or purchasers will
lower the fame to its proper heighth.
CATHERINE SHEETS, Administratrix.
BENJAMIN SHEETS, ] Administrators
HENRY KAMMERER, j ^^^ra.ors.
s t~o re
KEPT BY
RICHARD FOOTMAN,
In Second-fire ~ a few doors below Market street, and
opposite BUck Horse Alley, for the reception of
Merchandize, pa: ticularly for Importers, who are not
accommodated with convenient ft*r es.
For SALE at said (tore,
A VARIETY of MERCHANDIZE, con
fitting of Calicoes, Chintzes, Linens, Checks,
Citlery, Woolens, Britannia#, Hylon and Bohea
T^. &c.„
Said FOOTMAN continues to fell by Au&ion, Hcufe
hold Furniture, &c. for persons leaving the State, Ex
ecutors and Administrators.
fN pursuance of the last Will and Testament
A of William Jones, late of Bethel township, in the
county of L/ncafter, yeoman, deceased, there will be
fold by wy of Fudie Vendue, on the fifteenth day of
December intt. the Yearly Rent 2nd Income of town
called Williamsburg, lituate in the forks of Little
and Big SVafaro Creek, together with a Flotation and
Tra& of Land lying adjacent to laid, town, containing
about eighty acre; Tne sale to begin at Ten o'clock
in the forenoon, at the honfe of Matthias Henning,
where due attendance will be given by
SAMUEL JONES, Executor.
ES NEWPOR T,
At,his D.(tillery-Store, within the next gate-way above
Church-Alley, in Third street,
Has by wholesale and retail,
WEST-INDIA Rum,
A quantity of neat Br ady,
Geneva,
Aniferd Water,
Orange ditto, ^nd
Spirits of Wine.
being proper for railing low proof Rum.
N. B He gives particular encouragement to those who
buy to fell again.
TO BE SOLD BY
CHA RLES JON ES,
In Frent-ftreet near Vine-street, Philadelphia,
SIX quarter broadcloths of different colours, with
Shalloons to match; knives and forks of different
kinds; cross cut and hand-saw files; yellow oker and
Spanish brown.
Philadelphia Manufacture.
TO BE SOLD by the fubfmo#r, at his Manu
factory in South-Alley, between Market and Arch
ftre&s ar^d between Fifth and Sixth-streets, on Hudson's
Square, in assortment of Coatings, Blanketing, Saga
tnirs, leans. Evrrlaßings, &c,
SPINNERS employed as nfual, by
X 2, SAMUEL WETHERILL, Jun.
PHILADEL PHIA: Printed and Sold by JOHN DUNL AP, in Market-ftreef,
THE Commissioners for the city and county
of Philadelphia take this method to inform the
taxable inhabitants of said county of the days of ap
peal, and where held, for the firg Continental Tax for
the year 1779.
For Lower Meion, Lower Dublin, Kingfeffing and
Paffyunk, in the upper chamber of the Court-house on
Monday the 27th of December, 1779.
For Blockiry, Oxford, Bristol and Cheltenham, en
Tuesday the 28 h.
For North, Higb-ftreet and Upper Delaware Wards,
on Wednesday tae 2,'h.
For Dock, Walnut, Chefnut and Lower Delaware
Wards, on Thursday the 30th.
For the Northern Liberties, East and Weft, and
Moyamenfing, on Friday the 31st.
For Mulberry, South and Middle Wards, on Mon
day the loth of January next.
For the following townships, at the house of Jacob
Wentz, Jun. in Worcester townflhip:
Por Providence, Marlborough, Frederick, Upper
Salford, Lower Salford, Upper Hanover and Hatfield
townships, on Tuesday the 4th of January next.
For Douglass, Upper Merion, Whitpaine, Frankford
and New-Hanover, Limerick, Perkiomeh and Skippack,
Gwinedth, Montgomery and Franconia townships, on
WednefJay the sth of January next.
For Plymouth, Norriton, Worcester and Towamen
fing townfllips, on ThmAhy the 6th.
For the remaining townships, at the house of John
Hoffer, in Germantown, viz.
Fer Upper Dublin, Hortham, Whitemarfh, Roxbo
jough, Bibury arid Springfield townfllips, on Friday the
7th of January next.
For Germantown, Manor of Moreland and Abing
ton tewnfhips, on Saturday the Brh.
The appeals to begin each day at Nine o'clock in the
morning.
All persons having estates in townships cr wards where
they do mot re fide, will take notice that there is no tranf
fer of property, each eflate must pay the tax in the
township or ward where it is. It is cxpr&ed that all
persons intending to appeal will attend on the days ap
pointed, as they cannot be hea^d any other time, it be
ing absolutely necefry that the tax be coll#&.d and
paid into the Trefury with the utmeft expedition.
Bv order of the Board,
GEORGE HONEY, Junior, Clerk.
In short, any persons who have plenty of labourers
may be affined of making a profitable contrast by apply
ing to Thomas Leaking, Senior, near the premises,
or the fubferiber in Water fceet, below the Drawbridge,
Philadelphia.
THOMAS LEAMING, Junior.
Philadelphia, December 3, 17,9.
TO BE SOL D,
For Call or Lo n-Offiee Certificates,
ON E undivided half of 1700 acres of LAND,
situate on Stony Creek, the weft file of the Alle
ghany Mountain, one mil, distant from the great road
leading from Bedford to Ligonier, being patt as a traft
cf land known by the name of Hurft'sTownship, sur
veyed in pursuance of a grant from the Honorable Wil
liam Perm, Esq; to La iltia Prnn, d^t&l the 13th day
of September, 1683, one fourth pa^ t of which may eafil,
be converted into ^xcellWt v^tcrad meadow, the up
land firing and wel timbered, the mountain adjacent
affording an inexhaustible bank of iron ore and done
coal, with convenient flrteams for ^r^aing the firft iron
or feel works on the Continent, from whence every
kind of produce mey for a trifling exptzn.ee be trans
ported by tyattr to the Ohio.
Three hundred acm of improved land in Turkey
foot township, in the county of Bedford, on which-are
ereaed a good log house, barn and Ipriog-houfe, with
fifty acres of land cleared, twenty of which are good
meadow; now in the tenure of Frederick Unfel.
One hundred acres adjoining the rift mentioned tra&,
well improved ; now in the tenure of Paul Ernfberger.
Six hundred and forty-five acres of rind on Coxe's
Creek, in the township and county aforeftid, adjoining
lands of Cel. Richard Brown, Abraham Cable, Efa;
and others; on which are t^o good dwelling houses, a
sering house, Indian-corn house, a large new double
barn with a (higgled roof, and upwards of three hundred
and twenty acres of meadow of the firft quality cleared,
from whence the greater part of the neighbourhood are
yearly fupphed with ha,; new in the tenure of James
B^ck, Elq;
The whole bf those lands are situate in the center of a
large German settlement, ?.nd not thirty miles from the
river Potomack. For further particulars apply to
6 JOHN VANDEREN, Junior.
T 0 —
The following PROPERTY in the County of Cape
May, in the State of New-Jersey.
ON a lease for a certain rent, —One third of the
herbage of the Seven-mile Beach, which will flip
port forty cattle annually from October till July, with
out any person to take care of them.
On adeafe for any number of years, for such a pro
portion of the produce as will be advantageous as well
to the tenant as landlord,—Three plantations rod trails
of land and marft, laying.on th^ waters of Dennis'sCreek,
two of which have good landings, from which there may
be an easy carriage in fhallops to Philadelphia, and the
third within half a mile of a tending; each tra& will keep
thirty or forty cattle, the land equal to any in that coun
ty, will bear a plentiful crop of every kind of gr^jn,
and the tenant will have liberty to clear any quantity of
land he chafes upon terms beneficial to him.
A large quantity of very valuable timber within one
mile of a landing, to be made into pipe, hogshead and
barrel ftzvex, by delivering the owner one half at the
stump.
Alfa a number of lots of cedar swamp, on a (hare.
ANDREW AND JAMES CALDWELL,
Have for S A L Ej
A NEAT affirtment of Broadcloths, ribbed Cali-
T'V mancoes, Worsted Hose, Bohea Tea, &c. &c.
Just imported for sale at P. WHI T,E SIDE and Co's.
in Walnut-ftrett,
FINE and coarse Woollens and Blankets,
Cutlery,
A variety of Silks and Sattinr,
Modes, Cambricks, Gauze, and Clear Lawn#,
Sail Duck, &c.
Also a quantity of Leather, Morocco and Spanfth
Skins, Russia and dressed Dfer-fkins, and Jesuits Bark:
of the firft quality.
Just imported and to be fold by
JOHN DONNALDSON,
In Walnutdirect, Philadelphia,
A;N EA T assortment of Cottons, Chintzes and
Callicoes. Also a few barrels of Beef. ts
WOOD WANTED.
ANY person having a quantity of WOOD with-
I in 5 miles of Philadelphia and drfres to depute
thereof, are requefteri to csramuatete their terms to
GIBBS JONES, at bls office in the barracks.
WANTED IMMEDIATELY,
A NUMBER cf good WOOD FLATS, to
" engage for two months, cf lonr&r, if &.h%vfc„s.
on in Delawffi is net impeded/ Appjy to G, JON^S,
it hi# office in the Barracks.
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Philadelphia, December 3.
Tw9 Hundred Dollars Reward.
OTRAYED or STOLEN out of a p^fture on the
'Commons of this city, between the Bettering house
and the Light-horse Stables, on th* night of the 2,th
of November last, a large brown OX, with long wide
horns, both ears cropped, branded on one fide U S,'
though not erfiy fern, and is in excellent order. Also
a large black C O W, with a white face, nine or ten
years old, in good order arg within a few days of
calving. Whoever will give information of the above
described cattle so that the owner may get th„n a^air,
that! receive, if Grayed, One Hundred Dollars, but it
stolen and the thief brought tojuftiee, the above reward,
prid by JOSEPH OGDEN:
Two Hundred Dollars Reward.
STOLEN on the night of the 2d irift. (December)
' out of the fubferiber's liable in Elm-ftrcet, dgrey
HORS E, about fifteen hands high, nine or ten years
old, (hort flitch tail arid mane, had feme marks of tear
on his neck and shoulders, and a small black m^rk in
his forehead owing to the hair being rubbed of, lately
rough (hod with fted. Likewise a Saddle arid Bridle,
double reined, with bitt and bordoon almost new • the
faddie-cloth white with blue edge. Whoever will give
information of the farae, so that the horse, &c. may be
recovered again, (hall have the above reward, or in pro
portion for saddle or bridle, paid by
EDWARD GARRIGUES.
One Hundred Dollars Reward.
TXT A S taken out of a gentleman's, entry, on Tuef
'' day evening, the 30th ®f November, betwixt the
hours of Seven and Nine, a Giver TANKARD,
holding a quart, marked P E M on the handle, the
letters greatly defaced. Whoever returns the fame to
the Printer (hall receive the above reward, and no ques
tions afknL All silver-smiths are requested to stop it if
offered for fale. 6
N. B. AU persons indebted to the estate of the above
deceased, are defined to make immediate payment, accor
ding to their contra&s. And any persons having any de
mands againff the fame, are requested to apply to
S^RAH VAN SOLINGEN, Executrix.
Philadelphia, November 28, 1779.
Five Hundred Dollars Reward.
Two bucklkin bags, with firings of the fame, cor.^
taining four Holland shirts marked G. M. four
muffin stocks, one pair of yarn hose, fix yards of darfk
chintz, a case of razor# and (having implements, a
pound of hyfon tea in two black bottles, three fpeHing
books, one TEfop's fables, four cotton handkerchiefs,
one napkin, a halfpound of coloured thread, feme low
ing 61k, and several other small articles ; likewise a pair
of boots newly foaled and heel-tapped, and fox'd high
toward the instep, and a pair of plated fpurs.—ln the
night of the 23d irift. the above articles were taken out
of Mrs. Baynton's front parlour by feme villain or vil
lains, who found m^ans to force epen the window.
The above reward flhall be paid for the thief or thieves
and goods, or Four Hundred Dollars for the latter on
ly, and in proportion for any part, by
GEORGE MORGAN.
THE MEDICINAL STORE lately
kept by GODARDUS VAN SOLIN-
G EN, deceased, next door but two to the Friedls
Meeting-house, in Second-street, is removed to the hchfe
lately occupied by Mr. Robert Cocks, in Second-street,
near Arch-street, and opposite to the sign of the George,
where all persons may be supplied with a general assort
ment of DRUGS' and MEDICINES of the
best quality, and at the most moderate price. Also a few
dezen of best Lanretts, and an Ointment that will cure
any kind of itch or breaking out in the skin, may be
had as above.