The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1781-06-19 00:00:00, page 3

' Saturday last arrived here the privateer Clip Rifing'-
Sun, captain Caffon, from a fuccefsful cruize. On the
9th inflant captain Caffon saw a wreck, supposed to be
a schooner, of about 40 feet keel, and 16 or 17 feet
beam. She was full of water, and had loft her malls
and bowsprit.
The Nefbitt privateer, captain Forbes, of Baltimore,
has sent into our river two prizes, one a dispatch boat,
from New. York, bound to Cheafpeak : and the other
a valuable hoop, with dry goods, &c. said to be worth
near 10,000 1.
The last accounts from Boflon inform us of the ar
rival, in that port, of a number of transports, with
about 1500 tro ps on board, escorted by two men of
war, from France.
judged necessary, in favour of such officer or officer',
to be by them appointed for the Service aforefaid, so
as the (urns drawn for do not exceed the penalties in
curred by the delinquent classes.
And be it further enabled by the authority afore
said, That every such recruit enbfled for any class,
and cicatbed as above required, sh JI beatteßed before
the next, or some justice of the peace, and if accepted
by the proper officer, fhali by one of the said claTf#
be delivered to the nearest officer appointed for that
pur?bfe\ who, upon the receipt of such recruit and
cart ficate from the f;id judice of the peace, of his
having been attefhd as above, shill give a receipt in
favor of such clafe, for said recruit; which receipt,
indoffed by the party delivering in the recruit, fhali
te accepted by the treasurer, in discharge of so much
of the sum which such colleger fhali be, in pursuance
sf this aft, required to colled.
And be it further enacted by the authority afore
faid, That wh re any class or classes, or others in their
behalf, fhali neglect or refufe to enhft one able bodied
recruit as before required, the supreme executive coun
cil of this state, fhali, an 1 they are hereby authorized
and required to issue their warrant to the commissioners
of the city, and several Counties of this Gate, where
such delinquent class or classes fhali be, to levy or
cause to be levied, such further sum or sums of mo
ney, on each and every elafs so neglecting or refufing,
as fhali by the said council be judged necessary, to en
lift one such recruit, for every delinquent clafswithin
this state: And to furnilh and provide said recruit
with such new loaths, as the classes Should or ought
to have done, as dire&ed by this a% together with all
necessary expences accruing on such enlifiment.
And be it further enabled by the authority aforefaid,
That all monies paid by executors, guardians or others,
in legal tru fl, in right of another, in pursuance of this
aA, fhali be allowed in their accounts, at the time of
the settlement thereof.
And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid,
That any county commissioner herein required to per
form certain duties, and negleAing or refuting so to do,
according to the true intent and meaning of this aft.
(except in cases of sickness or removal) fhali be fined
by ire supreme executive council of this state, in any
sum not exceeding one hundred and fifty pounds
in specie. And any assessor, collector, or other person,
required in pursuance of this aft, to perform any duty,
and neglecting or refuting to perform the fame (except
as above excepted) fhali be fined in any sum not ex
ceeding fifty pounds specie, by the commissioners of
the city or any of the counties of this state, or any two
of them, where the offence may happen, who fhali ap
point another or others in their fiend.
And whereas it may happen that a part or the whole
of the property in some of the said classes may not
have any person in the occupation or possession there
of, or resident thereon to represent it;
Be it therefore enabled by the authority aforefaid,
That the collector of the townfllip, ward or diflriß,
wherein such property may be found, fhali give speedy
information thereof to the commissioners of the county,
who fhali without delay publish, or cause to be pub
lifhed, in some of the news papers printed in the city of
Philadelphia, for three weeks successively, an account
es all iproperty so circumflanced in their said county,
and of the sum or sums of money chargeable thereon,
requiring the owner or owners to make payment there
of to the proper person, at or before the expiration of
two months from the date of such publication ; and
on failure of such payment, at the expiration of such
term, the commissioners of the proper county, or any
two of them, may, and they are hereby authorized,
impowered and required, to expose such property, or
as much thereof as may be necessary to pay such sum
or sums of money, with reafonabie costs, to sale at
public au&ion, and after due and public notice given
of such intended sale, for at least ten days, to fell the
fame to the highest and belt bidder ; and the said com
missioners, or any two of them, fhali convey any
houses, lands or tenements so fold, to the purchaser or
purchasers thereof in fee simple, or for such estate as
the delinquent owner thereof held the fame, which
fhali be good and valid in law ; and the said commis
sioners after deducing the sum or sums of money afore
faid, and the reasonable costs, fhali return and pay
the overplus of the consideration money, if any, to the
owner or owners, when thereunto required.
And be it further enabled by the authority aforefaid,
That all tenants in possession fhali be accountable for,
and pay any sum er sums of money, charged by vir
tue of this ad on the lands in his or her possession, and
may difeount the fam- out of his or her rent ; and in
case one year's rent Ihould prove insufficient to defray
the fame, the said lands fhali be liable for the sums char
ged thereon, and the fame, or such parts thereof as may
be fufficient, may be fold therefor in the manner pre.
feibed in the foregoing clause.
And be it further enabled by the authority aforefaid,
That the persons to be appointed by the commissioners
of the city and several counties, to traufmit and deli
ver to the several classes their order with the duplicate
herein before mentioned, fliall be paid such reasonable
rewards refpeflively for that service, as fhali be agreed
for by drafts of the said commissioners, or any two of
them, on the treasurer of the proper county, who is
hereby directed to answer and difenarge the fame out
of any money in his hands belonging to such county,
and unappropriated. 4
To all Owners, Captains and Pilots of
Vessels employed in the Trade of Phila
delphia.
WH EREAS by an Aa of General Affably of
the province of Pennsylvania, raffed the zzd
day of January, n the rear of Our Lord 1774.
intitled, An aft to prevent infectious diseases being
b ought into this province.
In faction fecund are the following woids.—" And
be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, that
no commander, matter or other person having charge
of any Ihip or veff:l bound to the port of Philadelphia,
or to any other port or place within tit's province, hav
ing on board, at the t^rae the said thip or veffT depart
ed rom any port cr p^ce ^ha soever beyond the hrs,
any greater number of peifons, whether p: ffengers or
Cron's, or both, than forty, or having any perfo $
diford red with any inft&oug disease, or coming from
any fickiy port or place, Hull bring his ship or vessel,
or fuffer or permit the farce to be brought nearer the
city of Philadelphia than the iflrnd caked Ltt'e Mud-
Id nd, near the mouth of the river Schuylkill, nor
th JI land or bring on shore, nor cause or buffer to be
landed or wrought on- floe at any put or place within
this province, any of such passengers or servants, or
any part or parcel of their goods cr effea£, cr th?
geods cr eftßs of any person or persons whatsoever,
until he (had have obtained a licence or permit in writ
ing for that purpose, under the h.nd cf the officer or
his deputy, appointed by virtue of the aft, intitled, A
funpiement to the @&, indihd, An z& lor impefing
a duty on persons convicted of henious cimss, 2nd to
prevent poor and impotent ptrfons being imported in
to this province, wider the penaby of five hund ed
pounds, being thereof legally convicted in any court of
quarter ft Aides within this province.
„Sfl. 3." And be it further tn&&?d by the autho
rity aforefaid, That the said officer, upc n notice given
to him by the said commander, matter or other person
having charge of such fhp or v ffd, that such ship or
refill having had the number of per ors, whether pas
ledgers or Servants, 01 both, on board as aferefoid, or
having any person diford^red with any infectious disease,
or coming from any fikly port or place, is arrived at
cr near tue Province Ifluid, fhali ferwith repair tube
said ship or veff^, taking with him some able ar /kill
ful physician or physicians, to be appointed by rhe go
vernor of this province fur the time being, and together,
fhali well and diligently enquire, as well of the person
having charge of the said ship or vUDI as of the paffeng
eis on board, and by (earthing any or ail parts or
places of the feid vt ffbl, whether any, and what persons
on board during tie voyage have been cr sh 11 then be
infeded cr disordered with any infectious disease, how
many persons died on the voyage, and of what distem
pers, and what is the prefect hate and condition of te
people on board with refuel to their health and dis
eases; and if any commander, master or other person
haring the charge of such ship or vtffel, fhali have on
beard any person distempered with any infe&ious dif
cafe, and fhali knowingly conceal the fame, or fhali
not make a just and true discovery to the said officer and
phyfiJan or phyticians of the sickly and disordered
state and condition of al! and every person or persons
on board, from the time^he said ship or veflel departed
from the port beyond seas, from whence flie last failed,
±0 the time of the said enquiry, he fliall forf.it the sum
of one hundred pounds for every such < ffe ce.
SAI. 7. " And be it enabled by tn; authority
aforefaid, That if any person or persons fhali go
oeboird amy such ship or vessel, which hall be found
so having any infectious person on board, before the
commander, mast r or other person having the charge
0! such ship or vessel fhali have obtained a licence or
permit at aforefaid, to proceed to her port or place of
d (charge, without a special licence from the said officer
for that purpose, every such person so offending fhali
forfeit and pay the sum of five pounds for every fu h
offence.
SAL to. “ And whereas the entertaining sick and
distempered perlons brought into this province, has
been attended with fatal cons quences, be it enacted
by the authority aforefaid, That no house keeper or
other inhabitant of this province, fra!! receive into his
or their houses or out hovfes, or in any manner enter
tain any person or persons whatsoever, knowing him
or them to have been ordered by the said officer, in pur
suance of the dire&ions of this a&, to remain in the
said hospital or to be ferf there, without giving notice
thereof forthwith, to the laid officer or keeper cf the
said hospital, unless such person fliall have obtained
a certificate in writing frpm the pbyfician aforefaid, of
his being discharged from the fad hospital, under the
penalty of twenty pounds so every such offence."
And, whereas the honourable aflembiy of Pennsyl
vania, have been pleased to appoint the fubferiber to ex
ecute the above law, J do hereby call upon all owners,
captains, and pilots cf teffels, employed in the tr^da
of Philadelphia, to pay a due regard to the * above whole
feme and necessary regulations a, they vdue she health
of their fellow citizens, and the honour and h^ppinefs
of government.
JOHN JONES, H^fch o^cer.
Philadelphia, Juns I^, 17.1.
Wanted, an elderly Woman co
take care cf Children, that cm be well recoumend
rd: Abb, A WOMAM for House Work, hr which
good Wages roll be given. Enquire of the Printer.
^OIICE is hereby given, that the fob
fcribrrs, auditors for fettling the depreciation
of the Pennsylvania Line, will attend at their office,
in the weft wing of the state house, from 9 o'clock till
12 in the forenoon, and from 3 to 5 in tie as er r oon,
tor cne month from this date, Sundays excepted, as
ter whi:h this office will be difeen inued.
James Stevenson, c
J HN Nr ( H LSON , r^ttorr,
Philadelphia, May zB, 1781
BALTIMORE, June ii:
Extract of a letter from Fredericksburg, dated oa
Tuesday last.
" We have, for force days past, been in great con
fufion here. The enemy are, at present, at a p.ace cal
led Cheflerfield, about 35 miles from this town. The
Marquis is about 20 miles above this, and it is ex
pected general Wayne will join him this day, with
such a reinforcement, as will, it is hoped, enable him
to give a check to the future operations of Lord Corn
wallis."
A body of Maryland militia, at least 1000, are un
der orders to march immediately for George-Town,
on Fatowmack, captain Nicholas R. Moore's troop of
Baltimore light dragoons, are to compose part of this
force, and will march to morrow for the banks of Pa
tomack.
Brigadier general Arnold, hath left Virginia and gone
to New-York.
" State of the account between lord Cornwallis, and
general Greene.
“ Lord Cornwallis has vapoured in Virginia, and de
flroyed some thousand hoglheads of tobacco.
" General Greene, in the mean time, saves North-
Carolina, recovers the greatest part of South-Caroli
na, and opens a way into Georgia, by obliging lord
Rawdon to evacuate Camden, by the capture of fort
Watson, fort Mott, fort Granby, and Orangeburg,
with al! their everal garrisons and stores. We leave it
to bis lordship's t lents, and the ingenuity of minis
try, to prove, that the balance is in favour of Great-
Britain."
We hear from Virginia, that on Monday,the 4th inst.
at 12 o'clock, M. a detachment from Earl Cornwallis's
army, congfling of 300 cavelry, and 100 infantry en
tered Charlotteville in Albemarle county. They had
been detatched by his lord ship, for the express purpose of
feezing the members of the assembly of Virginia, and the
principal offic^rs of that goverment, who had lately con
vened there; but these gentlemen having, at a critical
moment, gained intelligence of the rapid approach of
the enemy, retired from the village, and, tno' vigo
rously pursue!, they were generally fortunate enough
to elude the vigilance of their pursuers ; but his ex
cellency governor Jefferfon, and two other gentlemen,
(members of the legislature) it is feared were taken, at
a gentleman's eat, about fix miles from the village.
HAVING completed the SALES of the Pr ze
Soep JANE n! CARGO, tiken by f hr Pnvateer
Ship Rising-Sun: All Persons having D j msnds for
Charges thereon, and all Persons who are interested in
the Deftribut on of the said Prize, according to the De
cree o' the Court of Admiralty, ar^ d fired to make
their Claims at my Office, on Messrs, Junes and Drink
er's Wharf, between Arch and Race streets, within
THREE Days from the Date hereof.
June 17. CLEMENT BIDDLE, Marshal.
The Officers of the different
LODGES established under the Ju ifdi&ion of the
Grand Warrant of Pennsylvania, are requested to take
NOTICE, that the Grand Quarterly Communication
is adjounred until MONDAY, the Second D y of July
next, at TWO o'Clock, P. M. at which Time it will
be held, in the Grand Lodge Room, Lodge-Alley.
B. Oder of the Right Worfhipful Grand-Master.
June 18. W.M. SMITH, D. G. S.
FOR SAL E,
Weft-India Rum, French Bran
dy, Sherry Wine, Claret, Lemon Juicr, Almonds
Filberts, and a Variety of EUROPEAN GOODS '
By Lacaze and Mallet,
In Water-street, above Ar h street.
FOUND, m the p^ff ffian of a certain Elizabeth
Smith, (supposed to be ftden,) about 12 yards
or light pattern t HINTZ, and part of a piece of broad
painted RIBBON. Whoever has loft the feme, may
have them again, proving property ad paying charg
es, by applying to William M'Muhin, tfeuire near
the New Market. Jone 16. '''
Best LIVER OIL,
In BARRENS -rd KEGS, o' all 6zs,TO BE SOLD
by RICHARD WELLS, m Arch-fircit,
To be Sold, very Cheap,
A good Chariot with single
HARNESS: Tire Price look Specie, or the Exchange.
Also, A single CHAI R,
Virginia built, with a good H rnefi : The Price 15L
Specie, cr the Exchange.
Also, An excellent Riding HORSE,
Young, found, but only 14 Han^s^nd one Inch : The
P ice 371. ^0:. Specie, or the Exchange.
Also, Fo ty Pound Serling, upon Britain,
Payable at figh*, for soi. Specu § the Bli unexcep^
tionable^ Enquire of the Printer.
TO BE SOL D, A "
Negroe 80,.
About 10 yeais old ; has had the SmaJ-Pex Erqufte
of ths :Printer.
STRAYED, a brown mard with a star, branded on
O th: fliouldtr HK, about 14 hands high, four years
old, a natural pacer. Whoever rtdivrrs'her to Isaac
P-, ington on the Durham road, fi, e miles above
M'Cal/s Tavern, or to Edward P nington, in Race
street, Philad.elpl.it, (hall receive three hard dollars
and reasonable cha g r s. June 12.