The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1779-01-19 00:00:00, page 3

' pHILADELPIII A, January I%
The Council have appointed and conditioned William
Pad William Adcock, Samuel Morris, and Joseph Rush,
Trices of the Peace of the city and county of Philadfoa.
Pafchall Esq; is appointed one of the Judges
of the City Court.
Pennsylvania, ff.
P V THE SUPREME EXECUTIVE COUNCIL,
of the Common-Wealth oj Pennsylvania.
A PROCLA MA TION.
WHEREAS the foreftalling the markets and engros
sing great quantities of articles of usual confump
have amanifeft tendency to enhance prizes, is high
ly ofrous and punishable by law. But when such practices
are extended to bread, and the other necessaries of lite
th^~ become distressing and ruinous to the induftrieus
poor and most heinously criminal : In order therefore, to
prevent as much as possible the inhabitants of this State,
from on warily falling into such dangerous and illegal prac
es WE do hereby make it known, that we have
caused profecutionstobe commenced against some persons
charged with the above offences, and we do ftricMy charge
the Judices of Peace, Constables and other Civil-Officers
to ° ake due inquiry into the above offences, and we do
require the faithful inhabitants and fubjefts of this State,
to whole knowledge the fame may come, to make disco
very thereof to the Officers of Justice, in order that the
perpetrators may be brought t) speedy and condign pu
nishment. ,
GIVEN by order of the Council, under the Hand
His LceLncy Joseph Reed, E/guire, PreJident,
Lobe Seal oj the State at Philadelphia, this eighteenth
j@ of January, in theyear of our Lord, one tboufand
hundred andfeventy -nine.
JOSEPH REED,
PRESIDENT.
GOD SAVE THE COMMO N-WEALT H.
Attefed b, order of the Council,
T. MATLACK, Secretary.
Pennft Ivania, fi.
The SUPREME EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
of the Commonvoealth of Pennsylvania,
TO ALL to whom thefePrefects foal! come, Greeting:
t^ J HEREAS by virtue and in pursuance of fun-
Q/^/ dry Laws of this Commonwealth, heretofore
V 7 passed and enacted for the better security of the
Government thereof, divers persons .have been apprehend
ed and in due course of Law committed to pfeifon, having
been convicted or charged with pertin icioufly reefing to
take the feverci oaths or affirmations required by the said
Laos,from the fubje^s of thisState,and °many of the persons
so charged or convicted, do no 1 remain in federal of the
prisons of this State. AND WHEREAS by an Act
of Affembl}paffel at the last sessions, and dated the fifth
day of December last, entitled, " A farther Supplement
to the Aft, entitled an Aft for the better security of Go
vernment," all 'he pains, penalties and difibilities, im
posed by any former Ads of AffemSly, (except those of
electing and being elected er appointed to any office, or
place of trust or profit, or fervihg on juries) were declared
from thenceforth to cease and determine. NOW KNOW
YE that the Supreme Executive Council of the Common
wealth of PennfyHania, duly considering the nature, pur
port and tendency.of the said Aft of Assembly, and also
the circumdnces and situation of the said prisoners, Have
pardoned, remitted and released, and by these presents io
pardon, remit and release un o the said parties, and every
of them, so ftan ling charged and convicted as aforefaid,
by whatsoever name or names they may be called or known,
all and every the said offence or crime of recufancy as
aforefaid, and all punishments, pains and penalties, in
fixed by any of the said Laws or any judgment of any
Court of Law thereupon other than any fine or fines duly
imposed by any of the said Court or Courts of Law in this
Commonwealth : And do by these presents hereby fuper
eede all warrants, or orders of commitment or detainers
whatsoever, heretofore issued by any Court, Juflice of
Peace, or other person in authority under this Common
wealth, except as herein before mentioned. And all She
riffs, Coroners, Under Sheriffs, Gaolers and others, are
hereby authorifed and required, on payment of prison
fees and other fees, to enlarge and set at liberty, all per
sons committed or detained by reason of the premises, for
which this drill be thrir Sufficient w rr.ant. ' Being not
willing that the said recufants, or any of them, sh 11 be
farther mdlefted by any Sheriffs, Justices, Bailiffs, or
other our Ministers or Successors, or be aggrieved or dis
turbed in any timing by occasion of the premises, except
for any fines as herein before-mentioned; and being also
willing that thefejetters patent, (as to all and lingular the
premises aforementioned) be and remain good, firm, va
lid and effectual in Law, although the crimes and offences
aforefaid, be not fully set forth, and that this release, re
mission and exoneration, of all and every the Said recufants,
be in all Courts within this Commonwealth, and elsewhere,
interpreted and adjudged in the most favourable sense, for
their more fare difeharge, and also be pleaded and allowed
in all the said Courts without any other writ, grant or de
claration, in that behalf obtained or to be obtained. Any
defect or defeats in these letters patent contained, or any
ad, ordinance, provision, proclamation or reLridion, or
any other thing, cause or matter whatsoever, to the con
trary hereof in any wife notwithstanding.
GIVEN by order of the Council, under the band of His
Excellent Joseph Reed, Enquire, President, and
the seal of the State at Philadelphia, this twenty-ninth
day of December, in the year of our Lord One thousand
seven hundred and Seventy-eight.
JOSEPH REED,
PRESIDENT.
Attef. T. Matlack, Secretary.
*#* The Meeting of the American Philosophical Society,
advertised to,be held this afternoon at the College, is
deferred. °
,1 PHILANTHROPOS in our next.
tn CONGRESS, D^^l^, 1778.
WHEREAS it is represented t@ Congress, that it will be
more agreeable to advehturers in the Lottery of the
United States, to have the blanks drawn as well as the prizes,
and that the public will thereby have an opportunity,
during the time of drawing, to purchase the tickets which
may remain unfold at the commencement thereof,
Refolded, That the Managers be direded to draw the
blanks and prizes of thofecond class of the said Lottery.
Extract from the Minutes,
CHARLES THOMSON, Secretary.
TREASURY-OFFICE, December 19, 1778.
Ordered, That after the firft day of January next the
sale of the said tickets be continued by the Managers of
the Lottery, in the City of Philadelphia, and in no other
place.
In consequence of the above Resolve of Congress, the
Managers acquaint the public, that after the firft day of
January next, the time the Lottery commences , drawing,
tickets will be fold by the Managers at their office, where
the Check Clerk, with a Majority of the Managers, will
attend, in order that the adventurers may be assured the
tickets bought are not drawn. The above sale of tickets
will be made from eight o'clock in the morning till eleven,
tee time the drawingrommences, and from five till seven
o'clock in the afternoon, and at no other time or place.
[The different Print, rs throughout the States are re
queued to continue the above while the drawing conti
nues.]
n™ H E Adventurers in the Second Class of the United
' States LOTTERY may know the fate of their
Tickets by applying to the Check Clerk every morning
and evening at the Lottery Office, or at the place of
drawing, for Six pence a ticket.
N:B. The enquirers are untreated to bring change, to
avoid trouble and delay.
^, ft %s- * $ , *- $- * $ -F4**^4 + * 4**
Just published and to be fold by JOHN DUNLAP,
in Market ft^eet, and ROBERT AITKEN, in
Front-fl reet, opposite the C ffec-beufe,
AS ERM O N preached in Christ Church Phila
delphia, (for he benefit of the Focr) by appoint
ment oi, and before, the General Communication of
Free and Accepted M ASONS of the State of Penn
sylvania, on Monday, December 28h, 1778 ; celebrated,
agreeable to their Conftituion, ^ the Anniversary of
St. John the Evaugelift. B, WILLIAM SMITH, D.D.
Provost of the College and Academy of Philadelphia.
With an APPEND IX, on the Chara&er o' Cin
giNNATUs and some other Romans
*#* A few copies of Do&or Smith's SERMON
before the fecand P^nfylvania Battalion, may be hid
of JOHN DUNLAP.
AMES~N EW POR T, Distiller,
W thin the next gateway below the Buneh of Grapes
tavern, in Third-fleet, (neing the Distillery for
merly occupied by Mr. Samuel Burge) has for Sale,
NJF.AT pirrin BRANDY,
" RASBERRY ditto,
GENEVA,
ANISEED WATER,
SPIRITS of WINE, (proper for raffing low proof
liquors.)
N B. He informs his customers that he keeps a con
stant supply of the above articles, which may at all
times be depended on as excellent in quality ; and at
the lowed rates peffide, 24 t.
To be SOLD at Private Sale,
A VALUABLE PLANTATION on Little
Egg-harbour River, Chefnut Neck, having three
or four valuable filling places, with a large dwelling
houfe, bam, (tables and cox-house. Any person want
ing said place may purchase houlhold goods, waggons,
plows, and several other things fit for carrying on Farm
ing, oy applying to'
MICAJAH SMITH.
TO ^B E S O L D,
AL IKELY* NEGR0 BOY, about fourteen
or fi teen years 1 f age. Enqui eof the Printer.
I 'HE HIGHEST WAGES will be
given to a compleat HOUSE-MAID. En
quire of the Printer.
J 7 O UND in the morning of the sixteenth
inst. (Jtnua r ,;) upon a cellar door in Kensington;
a bto&n coat with yellow buttons, and a jacket with
red silk bieafts and 1 nen backs. The owner by apply
ing to the fubferiber in K nfington may have them
again. JOHN FARREN.
CA M E to the plantation of the fubferiber,
in Alton townfuip, Chester county, about the
twenty-eighth of October laft,rd^rk brown Mare, about
twelve years old, shod before, with a white blaze down
her face, and one white foot. As laid Mare has been
advertised in the news-papers ^nd no owner appeared,
this is to give notice, that if rhe owner dees not come
(he mill be fold in three week^ from this d>te for the costs.
January Ig. JAMES M'M IN N.
CAME to the plantation of the fubferiber,
in Cheltenham township, a few days ago, a chef
nut sorrel Horse, with a white mane end tail. The
owner is desired to come, prove his property, pay
charges and take him away.
Itboj iHkmontb. BENJAMIN SHOEMAKER.
Plumflead, Bucks County, Nov. z>
CA M Eto the plantation of the fubferiber,
on Friday the second of oaober last, a brick Mare,
about twelve or thirteen hands high, supposed to be
three years old past. The owner is desired to come,
prove property, pay charges, 2nd take her away.
HENRY GADDES.
TO, BE SOL D,
(Bound in one large volume)
frfHE PENNSYLVANIA GAZETTE,
£ perfea and in good order, from the firit of March
1 774, to the4irft of January 1777. Enquire of
JOHN DUNLAP.
SUNDRY Lots of Ground to be lett on
Ground-rent or fold,n Front and Second streets, ia
the Northern Liberties. Likevrife two Houles in Pine
freet, one a three ftor- brick-house, the other a two
story wooden noufe Fit for public business. For terms
apply to ROBERT KNOX, in ih Dhhia of South
wark.
W AN fE L
A NEAT HOUSE free from fmoak, near the
State-hcu'e. Any person having ope to dispose of,
will hear of a tenant by applying to the Printer.'
WANTS A PLAC E,
As an Assistant in a reore, (
A YOUNG MAN who can be well recomended
writes a good hand and understands accounts any
one wanting lech a pei son and leaving a line with the
Printer (hail be waited on.
TO BE SOLD BY
HUGH ME TI ER,
At his Store in Seeond-ftreet, the third doer above Arch
, street,
frHE best imported allum and French fait, for Conti
-1 nental currency, of the emissions of May 20, 1777,
and April 11, 1778.
A few TIERCES of
IMP ORTED SALT,
TO BE SOLD BY
w 1 I, LI A M MILNO R,
At the Old Ferry, for Continental Currency of the
emissions of May 20, 1777, and April 11, 1778.
TO BE SOLD BE
BERNARD FE ARI S,
In Arch street, opp Mite the George Tavern,
A'F E W pieces of very thick and good 6 4 wide
Cloths; a few pieces of wide Baize; several dozens
of mens pattin ribbed werfted Hose, and about fix dezens
of mtns G rmantown Failed deckings, &c. for which
the two emissions of 20th May 1777, and nth April I-,S,
will be taken in payment.
Philadelphia, January 12.
Lately imported from the Weft-Indies, and to be fold
at the late City Vendtie-ftore, in Front-street, between
Market and Ar h fleets,
AL ARGE quantity of W^ft-India Rum and Muf
covado Su : ar, of the bed quality; and in order
to comply with the resolution of Congress, relative to
the emissions that are to be taken cut of circulation, and
thereby render the purchase easy to the public, the mo
ny o' those dates will be received in payment, that it
may he returned into the Loan Office.
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Jufl publijbed and to be fold by J OHN DUNLAP,
in Market street, Philadelphia,
L A W S
Enacted in the third General Assembly of the
Common- Wealth of Pennsylvania,
Which met at Philadelphia, on Monday the twenty
fixth day of October, 177®.
Port of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ff.
T O ALL whom it may concern.
NOTICE is hereby given, That a Court of Ad
miralty will be held at the Court house in the city
of Philadelphia, on the thirtieth day of January instant,
at Ten o'clock in the forenoon of the fame day, then
and there to try the truth of the fa&s alledged in the
bill of Garrett Haleik imp, &c. against a certain boat er
veff I of about two tons burthen, and late belonging to
the Swift (loop of war, and against James Roubles; Wil
liam Sharp and J.mes Bradley, Negro Haves found and
taken on board the said boat; To the end and intent
that the owner or owners of the said boat and Negroes,
or either of them, or any persons concerned therein;
may appear and shew cause, if any they have, why the
fame mould not he condemned according to the prayer
of the said Bill. By order of the fudge,
Jan.fr ANDREW ROBESON, Reg.
Philadelphia, ff.
NOTICE is hereby given to the Collectors
of the &ity and County of Philadelphia, that they
proceed without delay to collect the outstanding Taxes
of their refpe&ive duplicates, and pay the fame to the
County Treasurer on or before the tenth day of Febru
ary next, on which day the Commiflioners are to meet
at the Court-house, at Nine o'clock in the morning, in
order to make a final settlement wiffi the said Collectors.
Should any neglect to pay the ftfi&dft attention to this
notice, they will without diftinftion be proceeded against
as the law directs.
By order of the Board of Commissioners,
GEORGE HONEY, Jun. Clerk.
ToU^LTING CLOTHS
Of the best kind may be had, as formerly, of
DANIEL WILLIAM S,
In the Northern Liberties, near Philadelphia.
WAS FOUND, and now detained on
suspicion of being stolen, the following Articles,
viz. a small quantity of Tea, some loaf and brown Su
gar, a small remnant of red Silk, and some Pepper.
Whoever has loft any of the above articles my fee them
by applying to Benjamin Paschall, Esq; or to
JOHN ALEXANDER and
EDWARD STROUD, Cenftables.