The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1782-06-06 00:00:00, page 1

Tanned Leather of all kinds.
He likewise informs the Public, that he carries on the
CURRYING BUSINESS, and keeps an Assortment of
Saddle, Harness, Soal and Upper Leather, Cd/fkins,
Boot Legs, and all other kinds of fin.fh d Leather ;
which he will fell at the most reasonable rate. Those
who plcafe to favour him with their cufto n fliall be as
well served as in the city, and the favour be grate
fully acknowledged, by their most Tumble Servant, *
WILLIAM PERKINS.
Living in Fifth-ftreet, three doors above M^fat-ftreet,
Philadelphia, May 16.
N. B. They will receive all kinds of GOODS to
Sell on Commission ; and flatter themlelves, from their
former extensive connections in the dry goods business,
&c. they will be able to make speedy Slts, and on rhe
most advantageous Terms. Orders from their Friends in
the country will be punctually complied with. March 20
The Subferiber wants to PURCHASE
Black, blue, purple,
brown, white, ririped
and spotted best Velvets,
Jeans of different colours,
Royal, LavJ and Britan
ni# Linens,
Striped & plain Cambficki
and Lawns,
Striped and plain Mullins,
French and Italia, striped,
figured and plain Gauzes,
Striped and plain bordered
gauze Handkerchiefs,
Plain and striped Mantuas,
Common and Superfine
white Dimity,
Black Sattins and Modes,
Bandana and linen Hand
As USUAL: ALS O,
Hoffeld Furniture & Wearing
A PPA RE L, &c. &c.
WILLIAM BROWN, Auctioneer.
N- B. Hand-Bills will be discontinued for the fu
ture, except on particular Occasions.
Just inserted in the Ship St. James, Captain Trux
ton, from France, and to he Sold by the Bale ot
Package, at the SRORE of
H. SHIELL,
In Market-street, between Sixth and Seventh streets,
SUPERFINE Broadcloths, Caffimers,
Flannels, Laval and Britannia Linens, Cambricks,
Gauzes, Chintees, India printed Calicoes, India print
ed Patinas, printed Ginghams, Sattins, Luteftrings,
^!k Serges, plain and painted Ribbands, Fans, Silk,
gauze, cotton and linen Handkerchiefs, a few bales of
Ruflia Sheeting. March 20
Just Imported in the Brig Antonie, Cap
tain Angus, and the Ship St. James, Captain Trux
ton from France, and to be Sold, by
Joseph Dean & John Purviance,
At their STORE, the corner of Water and Spruce
ftr^et& formerly occupied by M. Thomas Leeper, a
neat ASSORTMENT of DRY GOODS, which
they will fed on the lowest terms for cash or country
produce : Amongst which at*—
MERCHAND/ZE,
Having compleated the Sales of
tfaeStto^^ RECOVERY, a prize taken by the priva
reer forlg^tt^ Eolker, Roger Kean, esquire, com
mtofra Atik persons who are authorised or entitled to
.receweSfo^re' d fid prizt, are defined to make their
dmm alt any QT<% within THREE Days from the
dm toerf. CLEMENT BIDDLE, Marfhat
ph^^p^, Jine 3, 1782.
MORNI N G,
Wiilf be Sold by Public Auction,
A. LARGE ASSORTMENT OF
Southwark Au&ion.
VOL. XI.I Published EVERY TUESDAY, THURSDAY and SATURDAY.—Price Six-Pence.
THURSDA Y,
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GENERAL ADVERTISER.
THIS
kerchiefs,
Mer.s white, ' black and
grey ribbed and plain
silk Hose,
Womens white ditto,
Mens thread and worked
ditto,
Fine purple, red, china
blue, copperplate furni
ture Calicoes,
Dark and light ground
Chintzes, Calicoes Cot
tons and printed Lirens,
Womens best Kid Mitts
and Gloves,
Black silk Lace,
Sewing Silks assorted,
Nankeens, &c.
St. AGO DE LA VEGO, (Jamaica) April 18.
By a flag of truce arrived at Port-Royal on Saturday,
in five days from Port-au-Prince we learn, that the
preparations for an attack on this island are still carry
ing on :—that they are baking a large quantity of bis
cuit, and preparing hammocks for the accommodation
of the troops; 80,000 weight of the former, and 5000
of the latter being already in the stores ; that there are
1500 troops at that place, and about 8000 at Cape
Francois ; — Don Solano is expected daily from the Ha
vannah with 7^oo, and monf. Ie marquis de Bouillie,
who is to command the expedition,with 3000 from Mar
tinique, as foot )as he can elude the vigilance of fir
George Rodney.—To this force will be added 6 or 7000
colonists and people of Colour, making in the whole an
army of above 25,000 men.
jour toes.
" Pray make your stays taller, and cut your hoop less;
" For as you go now, men have nothing to guess."
Says Miss, with a flirt, " Lard! I value them not;
'' Let them blulh who're, afham'd, Ma'am, of what
they have got!"
NORWIC H, May 16.
Extrad of a letter from an officer of diflindion, at camp,
dated May 10, 1782.
" Sir Guy Carleton is arrived at New-York, joined
in comraiffiop with adm. Digby, for the purpose of pro-
at ye!
" Those stays all the charms of your bosom disclose,
" And your hoop shews your Shape from your hips to
They exped a flout refinance on our part, from an'
apprehension that the island, if conquered, is to be
ceded to Spain ; but a capitulation, liberal as that of
St. Christopher's, will be held out to us, which they
imagine will operate so powerfully on our interests,
that we fliall soon be inclined to listen to terms An
occasional bint, now and then, of burning an estate
de-la-mode-a St. Vincents, may induce they suppose
a speedy Surrender.
SALE M, May 16.
Last Sunday the privateer Hazard, captain Smith,
of this port, arrived from a cruise, having taken 4 prizes,
confiffing of Schooners and Sloops.
,NEW-LONDO N, May 17.
Monday night last, the continental frigate Alliance,
John sB-rry efq ; commander, arrived here in 55 days
from I'Orient, in France. This Ship was bound to Phi
ladelphia, buton her arrival in the Delaware, they dis
covered a Briti.fh Ihip of the line, up the Bay, whogave
them chace, which occasioned their Handing for this
port. Off Sandy-book they were chafed for Some time
by two frigates. The only news of importance brought
by this vessel is, an account that the dates of Holland
have entered into an alliance with France, by which
these powers guarantee to each other all the possessions
they held before the present war: that the Dutch, by
this treaty, engage to enter into the war with Spirit,
and were fitting out a large fleet.
WHEN lady Oxford, the celebrated lord treasu
rer's wife, in queen Anne's reign, was fitting
for her pi&ure to Mr. R -, the informed him, in the
way of chat, of an in fult she had received from a dray
man, upon looking out of her coach window in order
to fee what had occasioned its, flopping, as she was
in a hurry to go on. " The fellow," said her lady
ship " had the impudence to throw his dirty arms round
my neck, and to kiss me :—he then running to his fil
thy companions, told them, with a broad oath, that
he had kissed the fipeft woman in England."
" And was your ladyship angry with the dirty fellow?"
replied Mr. R -, with his usual dryness in his last
words—" Why, to fay the truth Mr. R- ," answer
ed she, " I was not." —How pleasing is flattery to our
ears, tho' it comes from the lips of the lowest beings in
the creation.
and a WIDE Hoop.
SAYS old grand-mother Alee to her grand-daughter
Patty,
'' Hov yimmodeft your dreSs, child! I wonder much
It is whispered that the expedition from Hispaniola,
will be delayed until the arrival of 2500 troops from the
army of general Washington, which may 6e expeded
in the course of this month.
SPRINGFIELD, (Maffachufetis-Bay) May 21.
The storm on the night of the 13th inflant, did much
damage in Several towns within a few miles of this : Such
quantities of hail fellas destroyed the grain, and intire-
Jy flripped the fruit trees of their buds.
On feeing a YOUNG LADY with very short Stays
From a late London Paper.
ANECDOT E.
O R, THE
THE
BROKE or ft?len rut of the stable of the fubferiber
living in Weft Bradford, Chester county, ch the
night of the 29th of March last, a djirk Sorrel HORSE,
about 13 hands and a half high, 7 years old, ball face,
snort tail, never was Shod, has lately had the distemper,
marks of which may be seen under his fawi, perhang
the hair may now be grown. Whoever takes up fafd
Divers him to the fubferiber, living in
Weft Bradford, or the fubferiber, living in Afton town-
Ship, fhdi have the above Regard, and Four D altars for
the thief if stolen. THOMAS JONSON,
^y4 b or AAP.QN MATTSON.
Four Dollars Reward
gTR'AYED away, on Saturday last,
from the stable of the fubferiber, in Market-ttrtt
fi - n ° f the Kl ^, of Puflia, A (mail Black
MARE, about 14 hands high, no white abort her, 7
yea,a old, trots, her breast is a little hurt rith the
geers. Whoever will retu,n said Mate to where she
strayed from, fhril have the above Reward and restore
able charges paid by WILLIAM CUIZE.
The Subferiber begs leave to'
sequent his Friends in pmicul.r and the Public in ge
neral. that he is removed to the house lately occupied
by Benjamin Hemmings, in Fourth-Street, between
Lombard and New-streets, in Philadelphia, where he
has Set up a LIVERY; and proposes taking in Horses,
r." 7 conveniency neceflar, for that purpose.
He also hires out Horses. Those who pkafe to favour
him with their custom may depend on being served with
the greatrft fidelity and care, by their humble servant.
M^y 16. ABRAHAM DUFFIELD.
N. B. Hoi.es and Chairs to be Let at the above place.
posing peace to the revolted colonies, much on the
grounds of the former commission, by placing us on the
footing we were on in 1763. This is announced to the
general by fir Guy, inclofipg the aft of parliament,
&c. in a very complaisant stile. Thus you fee, fir, their
pretences are disclosed—and our conduct is as plainly
decided, and ought to be the most vigorous poffible^
By a change of the British minifiry, the principal mi
nority members are to be provided for and silenced—-
peace proposed to quiet the minds of the people of Eng
land—and when their offers are rejected by us, as they
know they must be, then it is to be said, that every con
ciliatory measure has been tried with these rebellious
Subjects, to no effeft ; nothing therefore remains but
vigorous and united war."
. May 23.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Boston, to his
friend in this town, dated May 2,0.
" Last Friday a vessel arrived at Salem from Marti
nique, which place she left the 26th ult. The captain, a
cr@d*)le person, asserts, that a Second frigate had ar
rived there, dispatched from the count de Graffe to the
governor, with a confirmation, that the French loft on
ly one Ship, the Glorieux; and the English had one
taken, one funk, one burnt, and near 20 difmafted."
United States,) t .
Pennsylvania, ff.) '° ALL whomitmay concern.
AJOTICE is hereby given, That the Honourable
the COURT of APPEALS, in Cases of Capture
will fit at Philadelphia, on Tuesday the twenty.fifth
Day of June next; and at Hartford, in the State of
Conneaitut, an Tuesday the Sixth Day of August
next : when and where those Persons who have Causes
depending in the said Court, are defifed to attend.
By Order of the Court,
April io, 1782. JOHN POTTS, junr. Regifler.
e [The Printers in the different States will do an essen
tial Service to the Suitors of the said Court, by inferr
ing the above Adve-rtifement in their several Papers.]
Six-pence Reward.
RAN-A'VAY, on the 29th infant, an Irilh Serv
ant GIRL, named MARGARET WELCH, a
bout 20 years of age, low ot stature and downcast look ;
felonioufly took with her several things of value net ful
ly known at present. Whoever delivers said Servant
to the lubfcriber, or lodges her in the gaol of this city,
Shall have the above Reward and reasonable charges.'
}— , WILLIAM ADAMS. ' .
Philadelphia, May 31, 1782.
^rafcßOTW^rao^
Four Dollars Reward.
lUNE 6,1,^
[NUMB, 894.