The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1781-11-10 00:00:00, page 3

From the St. Jame's Chronicle, of July 28, 1781.
“ Cry aloud, spare not ; lift up thy voice like a
trumpet and (hew my people their tran'greffion, and
#• h®ufe of Jacob the r fins."
Tfaiah Iviii. 1.
" Ecceiterum Crifpinus." Juvenal.
ST R,
]Have been thinking, that if the plague had began
to fpiead atoong us, every precaution and expedi
ent would be exerted to check its course, and entire y
extirpate it.
Or, if a band of robbers had associated themselves,
and held a baleful correfponder.ee with their brethren
throughout tbe nation, so formidable a confederacy
would alarm, at least, every man of property ; no
expence would be grudged, no pains thought too much,
no methods untryd to dissolve and annihilate so ruin-,
ous a combination
Even the wlfdom of parliament would be indefati
gaole to find out ways and means to free us from
such a nuifaoce; nor would they desist till the saluta
ry purpose of publi fafety was fully accomplifhfd.
We fee, and it is with pleafureprhat unremitting at
tention , t ie public guardians of our country bestow on
oar national affairs; but the one thing needful is ft ill
wanting, to make us fuccefsful, to make us invinci
ble-ir isa national reformation of manners.
The sabbath breaker, the drunkard, the profane
swearer, and adulterer, are more pestilent and deftruc
tive, not only to private persons and families, but to a
nation in general [as they bring down. God's judge
ments upon us] than even those evils, that I have men
tioned, which, with many other's, they entail upon us,
and which we would so indufirioufly combat aud avoid.
Whereas we begin at the wrong end ; for to divert the
unerring arrows of divine vengeance is to remove the
mark, by turning from the evilofour doings. Other
wise, our disregard of God's honour, and our back
wardness and lukewarmness to observe or vindicate his
laws, that have deluged our nation with an almost total
corruption of manners, may militate against us our
mod powerful enemies ; deluge odr country with blood,
attended with plague, pelfiience and famine, and the
joss of our civil and religious liberties.
I wish to be informed whether,, besides the English;
any other protestants in Europe; even the all tolerat
ing Dutch, fuiftr carriagesand horses laden with goods,
Or drovers charged with cattle to travel on ' the lord's
day, umolefted. See the prophet Jeremiah xvii. 2i.to
the end.
Whether, as in England, common proflitutes parade
the streets in open day: where houses of ill fame are
as notorious asor er public houses; and where our
Countrymen assemble in troops, as the Israelites of old:
fee Jeremiah the vrh, and that on the sabbath, when,
as well as on other days, the house of God is become
a defert—-for we are lovers of pleasure more than lovers
of God.
Are our laws infufficient to reach such enormities?
Then why are they not re enforced ? Is it more dange
rous to neglect the injunction of a subpoena, than to
absent from c. urch. or to rob another of a trifling pro
perty, than to be guilty of blasphemy or profane
curfi g, swearing, and sabbath-breaking? and to de
fraud God, in public or private, of the honour due
Onto his name and laws? Will not the Lord visit for
these things? Will, not his foul be avenged of such
a nation as this, rather than " go forth with our
fleets and armies; direct our councils, or prosper all
our endeavours for the public good ?"
Your's, PHILOPATRY.
Philadelphia, Nov. 10.
The supreme executive council of this state, have
appointed the following gentlemen, wardens of the
port of Philadelphia, viz. Luke Morris, Andrew
Caldwell, Joseph Blower, Francis Gurney, Joseph
Dean, Matthew Irwin and Benjamin G. Eyre.
Colonel Humphry, aid-de camp to bs Excellency
the Commander in Chief, who arrived io town lad Sa
turday with the dispatches inserted in our paper of
Tuesday, brought with him Twen y-four Standards,
late belonging to lord Cornwallis's army : he was met,
at he Middle Ferry on Schuylkill, by the light horse
'of this city, who escorted the colours through some of
the principal flreets, to the state house, and they were
ihere laid at the feet of the Congress of the United
States, forrounded by thousands of fpefrtors, who ex.
Dressed their fatisfaaion by repeated shouts.
Monday I ft arrived here the prize brig Freeland,
late captain Forfyth, from New-Providence bound
to Liverpool, with a valuable cargo, confiding of hides,
cotton, indigo, &c. &c- She was sent in by captain
Byrne, in a letter of marque belonging to this port.
CORNWALLIS Burgoyne'd:
A SONG.
To the tune of Maggie Lauder.
I.
TXTHEN British troops firfl landed here,
With HOWE commander o'er them;
They thought they'd make us quake for fear,
And carry all before them :
With thirty thousand men, or more,
And (he without affiflance,
AMERICA mud needs give o'er:
Had make no more refinance.
Fol, 10l fol, 101, &c.
n.
But WASHINGTON, iter glorious son,
Of British hosts the terror,
Soon, by repeated overthrows,
Convinc'd them of their error :
Let Princeton, and let Trenton, tell,
What gallant deeds he's done fir,
And Monmouth's plains, where hundreds fell,
And thousands more have rum, Sir.
111.
CORNWALLIS too, when he approach'd
Virginia's old dominion,
Thought he would soon her conqu'ror be ;
And so was North's opinion:°
From fiafe to state, with rapid stride,
His troops had march'd before, fir,
'Till quite elate with martial pride,
He thought all dangers oe'r, fir.
IV.
But our ALLIES, Co his furprize,
The Chesapeake had enter'd;
And now, too late, he curs'd his fate,
And wilh'd he ne'er had ventur'd:
For WASHINGTON no sooner knew,
The visit he had paid her,
Then to his parent-date he flew,
To Crush the bold invader.
V.
When he fat down before the town, *
His lordfllip soon furender'd:
His martial pride he laid aside,
And cas'd the British flandard.
GODS! How this stroke will NORTH provoke,
And all his thoughts confufe, fir!
And how the peers will hang their ears,
When firft they hear the news, fir!
Vl.
Be Peace, the glorious end of war.
By this event effeHed ;
And be the name of WASHINGTON,
To latest times refpe&ed :
Then, let us toast AMERICA,
And FRANCE in union with her ;
And miy Great Britain rue the day,
Her hostile bands came hither.
* YORK-;}
THE Subferiber informs his friends arid
customers, that he has removed into Front, street,
year the Diaw bridge, arid next door to the honourable
Robert Morr s'°, where he continues to carry on the
Gold and S Iver Smith's hnfrefs, in all its Various bran
ches ; and has for file the following articles, which fie
will dispose of on very reafunaSle terms, v%
He returns his grateful thanks to his former custo
mer, and hopes to merit a continuance of their Fa.
vriurs: All those who art pleased to favour him with
their custom; may depend on his utmost endeavours to
give fatishaion =His plate, from the largest to
the fmalkft article, he will warrant good, both in
quality and workmanship.
RICHARD HUMPHREYS
Philadelphia, October toth, 1781'.
em^^^ffifflb^
A Further SALE of the
Public Lots of this City,
For the redemption of the Bills of Credit
of this state, dated April the 29th, 1780, will be held
at the Coffee-hou'e, on THURSDAY, the 15th of No
veniber instant, at TBN o'clock in the forenoon. A
Plan of the Lots may be seen at the Coffee-houfe, and
at the Surveyor General's Office. The conditions the
fame as the last files.
L L K~I N^"s O F
COLOUR S,
For the Army and Navy, made and fold, on the most
reasonable terms, by REBECCA YOUNG, in Walnut
ftreet, near Third-street, Philadelphia.
—_/—— —— — _— ^
On the night of the 29th
0 October last, tbe house of the fubferiber wasBROKE
OPEN, and Robb-d cf MONEY, to the amount of
ONE HUNDRED and SIXTY-FIVE POUNDS, a
mongst which was Two Hundred and Fourteen Hard
Dollars, the rest in Gold. The Robbery was commit
ted by two Fellows, the one about 5 feet 10 inches
b<gh ; the other fhert an^chuncky. Any person se
curing (aid Robbers in any goa ; , so that they may be
brought to jiftice, th .11 receive a Reward of SIX i'Y
POUNDS Specie, paid by
DANIEL PETTET, Coll^or.
Salfbury, Bucks county.
TO BE SO L D,
A light Stage Waggon,
-With HARNESS for twa Hors-s. Enquire at the
S ore EZRA JONES, fourh fide ofMlrkt-freel, near
Fifth street. November 9.
COFFEE-POTS;
Waiters,
Tea Cannisters;
Cream Urne,
Silts,
Soup Ladles,
Punch Ditto,
Ditto Strainers,
Table and Tea Spoon:,
Tea Tongs,
Carvel and plain Shoe
Buck es,
Ditto, ditto, Stock Dtto,
Ditto, ditto, Knee D tto,
Ditto, ditto, Belt Ditto,
Cost and Waistcoat But
tonty
Spurt,
Small Swords,
Cutte?u de Chaffe,
Siffars chafes,
Hoops and ditto,
Shoe clasps.
Steel.top thimble.
S Iver top thimbles,
G Ij flock-buckle,
D;tto buttons,
D : tto ear bobs,
Pato rings.
Ditto broaches,
P/.fte (hoe '-tickles,
Ditto Knee ditto,
Ditto dock dita,
Ditto Ear-bob,
Ditto broaches,
Ditto buttons,
D tto rings,
Ditto fe^b,
Ditto hiir-pin,
Morocco, pocket-books.
Elegant etv ee cases,
Smelling-bottles,
Hunting-knives and forks,
ink-pots,
Snuff boxes,
Speaacles,
Chapes & tongues, &c. &c.
Til & SOLD by Public Auction,
On Saturday next, the 17th inst. at Eleven
o'Clock in the Morning, at the Conti
nental Yard, the upper end of Chefnut
ftreet ,
Twenty-eight Yoke of Oxen,
with their Yoke#, Chains, &c. They are from five to
seven years old, remarkably large, perfectly well broke
and found, in excellent order sot stall- feeding, or any
kind of work. At fame time will be Sold, 14. WAG
GONS, and 13 HORSES, mostly young, and all have
been used to lead oxen. The above oxen, &c. may
be viewed any time before the day of sale, at Mr.
Francis's plantation, on the Wiffahichart Road, two
miles from tbe court-h use.
Philadelphia, Nov. so.
A Coachman is wanted to hire
purchase; none need apply but such as can procure 2
recommendation adequate to the undertaking. Enquire
of the Printer. :j
On Saturday the third instant,
Novimber, a certain person, name unknown, came to
the sign of the Swan and Ball on Lancaster road, twen
ty miles from Philadelphia, and went away late in the
evening, leaving in p^ffeffim of the fubferiber a Bay
Horse, been twelve and thirteen hands high, has never
been do ked, has neither brand nor ezr marks, has a
far in his forrh ad, and several saddle spots, supposed
to be between 6 ^nd 7 years old. Also, a Cloth Port
manteau, which h d in it some papers of pins, some
tea; a bundle of feeing fik, and some other things.
The own^r is desired to preve property, pay charges
and take them away ; otherwise they will be fold to pa,
charges in four weeks from the drt? hereof, by
JOHN PHILIPS.
Three Pounds Reward.
STOLEN out of the P^fture of the fubferiber, living
in Upper Merrian township, Philadelphia county
on the nigh' of the 3d inst. a small Bay STALLION;
about 13 hands high, neither brand uon ear-mark, he
bag a f w white ha rs in hit forehead, paces and trots.
Whoever takes up the ad HORSE and THIEF, and
secures them, so tbit the Owner- ' g#t* his Horse, and
the Thief brought to ronvi&ion, (hall have the above
Reward, or THIRTY SHILLINGS for the Horse
only, and reasonable Charges, paid by
Nov. 9. THOMAS DAVIS.
CAME to the plantation of John Lukens, esquire,
Gwinneth townOrp, Philade phia county, about
fix weeks ago, a Red COW, with a white face, near
ten years old, and quite dry. The owner is desired to
come to the fubferiber, at tbe above place, prove his
property, pay charges and take her away.
Nov.,; WILLIAM GUTHRIE.
—F O B E s'o' L™d7-
By GRAFF and LINDSEY,I
The corner of Market and Second-streets.;
A neat assortment of Hard Ware,
consisting of the FOLLOWING ARTICLES, viz.
IVORY, Chin fe, buck and bone handled Knives and'
Forks, Cutteau and Pen-Knives.
Plated Snoe, Knee and Stock Buckler,
Pinchbeck Shoe, Knee and Stock do.
Common do. do. and do.
Japanned Snuff and Tobacco ! over,
Gilt, plated and common Sleeve Buttons,
Foot and two foot Rules with Aiders,
Pinchbeck, white metal, and brass tavlor's Tbimbles,
Trinkets, Handkerchiefs, Runners, Watch Chains and
Seals,
Corkferews, steel Spurs, door B^hs, and brass Cocks,
Pit Saw, hand Saw, and tenant Saw Files.
Razors, Combs and Padlocks,
Japanned Snuffers, and sundry other articles.
T O B~E SOL D,
For Cath, Bills on France, or exchang'd for a place in
or near the city,
A plantation or tract of land
situate in Warrington township, Bucks county, within
one mile of Graeme Park, and about twenty-one miles
from Philadelphia; containing 500 Acres or upwards,
forming nearly a square, and at prelent divided into
two farms, rented for one half the produce, with about
40 Acres of Meadow in the whole, and 220 Acres
Wood Land: The foil is equal to any in tbe town
(hip, the land s free from (tones or broken ground, and
commands a beautiful profpea:. There is on one of the
places a Farm-houle, an excellent spring and a large
stone Spring-hrufe, with Hay-barrack,, (tabling, &c.
On the o'her a large F^m houf- half fton^ and half logs,
five good rooms on a fluor, a Wash and Spring house.
Barracks, Barn, Stabling and every nec r fl@ry couvenein
cy for the 500 acres, a branch of Nelhaminy creek
runs through a part of tbe last described farm, where
a great quantity of meadow may be made. , Ahrillo
acres of Wood-land, situate neir a line dividing M,!-.
borough from Fallowfie'd towrfhip, Chester county,
formerly known by the name of Thomas Gibson's lani,
adjoining Ring's hill. Any pedon inclining to „<-
chafe or exchange, may know the terms by applying
to THOMAS MASON, in Vine-fast.
A good Gardener will meet with encourage
ment, by applying to the printer of thi<
paper.