The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1781-08-28 00:00:00, page 1

On Wednesday Next,
(Bring the 29th inft^nt,)
At I'E N o'clock in the Forenoon,
At the M^rffiri's, STORES, on Messrs. James and
Drinker's Wharf,
Will begin the Sale, by Public Audion,
OF THE
CARGO
Of the Ship DIMSDALE) Prize to the privateer Ship
Rising Son:
And at TWELVE o'Clock, at Noon,
Of Thursday, the 30th Instant,
At the CofrH.mfe, Will be SOLD, bv PUBLIC
AUCTION, The laid PRIZE SHIP
DI M S D A L E,
With all her Gun*, Tackle, Apparel and Furniture,
agreeable to Inventory to be seen at the Place of Sale.
This Day's Sale, of Cargo,
Will consist of a large Quantity of tingle and double
Gloucester CHEESE,
One Hundred Potts of ROSE BUTTER.
Two Cfc of Yorkshire HAMS.
London PORTFR, Bristol and Taunton ALE and
CYDER in Bottles, and CYDER in Calks.
Six Cifks of CLARET.
Two Hundred Barrels of FLOUR.
By Order of the Court of Admiralty,
Aug. 22. CLEMENT BIDDLE, Marshal.
A further SALE of the
Public Lots of this City,
For the redemption of the Bills of Credit
of this fta<e, dated April the 29th, 1780, will be held
at the Coffee-boufe, on Thursday the 30th instant,
at ten o'clock in the forenoon. A plan of the lots
may be seen at the Coffee house, and at the Surveyor-
General's Office. The conditions the fame as in the
former files, except the time of payment, which is
as follows—One fourth part to be paid within three
days after file, the remaining three fourths within fix
months after Uh.
Office for Confifcated Estates.
\ Annapolis, July 26, 1781.
Pursuant to an Ad of Assembly,
Will be Sold at Public Auction,
On the Eleventh Day of September nsxt, at the Lan
cashire Furnace, in Baltimore County, between 13
and 14.000 Acres of
Valuable LAN D,
lving near Baltimore town, late the property of the
Principle company, on which arc ejected two Furnaces
and two Grist-mills; the Land will be chiefly parceled
out into small and convenient Farms; that part on
which the Furnaces are ercßed will he fold firft, in or
der that any person or perfors who may incline to [ut
chafe, with a view to carry on the Iron Work*, will
have an opportunity of securing such other parts of the
Land they may think neceff ry. At the fame time
will be fold, all the UtenfiU and Stock of eveiy kind
belonging to the said Works, a eongft which are about
One Hundred valuable SLAVES, of different ages and
sexes, Inndry of them are excellent trrde mtn, such as
Founders, Collets, Blacksmiths, &c. The money to
be paid down it agreeable to the purchasers, if not they
may give bond, with Security, to pay one thrl of the
firn bid, 00 theist day of September, 1782, another
third on theist day of September,l7B3, ana the re
inaining third on theist (by of September, 1784, with
interest in gold or silver, or the new blls of cr<:tto be
emitted in pursuance of an act of the lafr session, at
their actual value at the rime^f garment. Bv O'der.
JOSEPH BAXTER, Clerk.
TO BE S D, A
ftpHREE story brick MESSUAGE and LOT of
ft GROUND^ situate on the north fide of Lombard
ftieet, between Front and Second ftr«ets, containing in
breadth eighteen feet, \nd in depth fifty feet, with the
privilege of a three foot alley. For terms apply to the
Printer.
TUESDAY, A UGUST 28, 1780
THE
smftfi®B^o ^*ct
O R, THE
GENERAL ADVERTISER.
VOL. X.l
Published every TUESDAY, THURSDAY and SATURDAY.—Price Six-Pence.
TO BE SOLD, The following
Plantations, Houses, Lots, &c.
A PLANTATION, Situate in Bucks county,
on the river Delaware, containing about 4.00 acre*
of Land, having a very good Ferry, about one mde and
a hdf below Trenton, a valuable Shad Fishery, tw®
dwelling Houses, the one brick, and a good Tavern,
with a large Orchard, the other a neat Log-hcufe, w th
a frame Barn and Stables to each ; likewise a framt
Barn, at a distance frora either of (he bouts, for the
c mvehi nce of the firm ; good Meadow, and more may
be made than fuffidenil for the farmer.
A LOT of GROUND, with a large ft me House and
Kitchen, a frame Stable, a Well of good Water, and
other improvements ca the fame, in Germantown, ad
joining the F: fund's Meeting house lot on the north fide;
it is 33 feet front and 192 fest deep, pbabntly situated,
and a good stand for business (being the place where
Moles Hall formerly carried op the retail trade in a
very extenfire way) and was lately occupied as a tavern
by Nicholas Wiber.
A Three Story Brick HOUSE and LOT, fituatein
Water-street, near Race street, together with a huge
Bake-H?ufe, Wharf, &c. This place is very convenient
for a merchant, diftdier, bewer or bifeuit-baker.
A fmali SEAT, in the Northern-Liberties, about
three miles from the city, on Nice's lane, which leads
from Nice town, on the Germantown road, to the Fall's
rod; it adjoins that elegant feat now occupied by Dr.
Bond, junior: This Place, 10 acres and a quarter of
Land, has a small Tenement and a good Apple Orch
ard on it, an excellent Spring @f Water Sufficient for a
mijk-houfe, at a convenient distance from the dwell
ing-house, besides the advantage of a constant Stream
of Water running across the Place, which watetaa piece
of meadow ; the foil is of a good quality for all kinds
of fruit trees or fer a ga den, and the situation and
other conveniencies of this Place, make it well adapt
ed for forming a Summer Retreat for a Citizen.
A LOT, containing 9 Acres of Land, on Shippen's
Lane, adjoining lands of Christopher and Charles Mar
shall, Joseph Stamper, and others, it is very convenient
for pifture or mowing, the foil being of a good quali
ty, has the convenience of a Well, and a small Pond
extends within it where cattle may water; there is a
bout 40 grafted Apple trees thereon.
Also, several HOUSES and LOTS in and about the
city and country.
A neat, light, FAMILY WAGGON, made of the
best materials, with Harness for a pair of horses.
The Subferiber continues felling Caroli
na Indigo on Commission, and has now for Sale, feme
of the firft Quality, in tierces and barrels , and has
just received, frora N^w England, a Parcel of Glauber
and Epsom Salts, Magnesia, &c. &c. For Particulars
apply to THOMAS SHUTE, in Church-alley.
N. B. The Subferiber will take Specie and State
Money, in payment, of every denomination , also Bill#
on France.
Four Dollars Reward.
Went adrift from Lad's Cove, about two
weeks ago, a large FISHING BOAT made of black
Walnut, timber. Whoever takes up said boat, and deli
vers her to CHARLES WEST, at the month of Tim
ber creek, or to WILLIAM HOGG, at Gloucester,
shall receive the a^ove reward.
Fifty Tons of Logwood,
Will be Sold by Public Vendue,
0,7 SAFURDAF,
The First of September next,
At T E N o'Clock in the Forenoon,
At MIFFLIN'® Wh^rf, near Vine-street:
For the convenience of Purchasers it will be divided in
to Log of On- Ton each : Being Part of the Estate
of Samuel M,fflii, Enquire, deceased.
Aug. 24. WILLIAM ATTMORE, Executor.
FIVE POUNDS REWARD.
RAN.- A WAY I dt night from t*e fubicriber, A
likely NEGROE ROY, tinned DUBLIN, nine
teen years of age, about 5 feet high : He took with
him a white cloth coa: ard breeches, and a ihort, brown
plufli coat with white caoe and c^ffi. Whoever will
secure the said Negroe in any gao l in the United States,
flhall hive the above Reward. DAVID LENOX,
July 18.
For the PENNSYLVANIA PACKET.
IN the present unsettled state of things in this coun
try, when the enemy are in possession of a part of
the southern dates, and when men's minds are diffract
ed between a love of property, and that attention
which should ever be paid to the solemn agreements en
tered into by them at the commencement of the war ;
it may not be amiss to throw the fol owing remarks,
refpe&ing our situation, upon paper, convinced that it
is not the case with us, as I believe it to be with the
people of England, that we are unable to bear full li
berty. In a republic where its powers are well pois
ed, f conceive that liberty may be better preserved,
than by any monarchical government we know of, what
ever forms may exist in imagination. Those whohave
already enjoyed in any degree, the benefits of this esta
blishment, will not I presume easily give it up, and
run infinite hazards in endeavouring to obtain one a
little better, even if they had the profpea of attaining
it. Our government is a good one, and must be much
better as soon as we have expelled the enemy from our
country, and buried in oblivion those prejudices which
have done us infinitely more harm than any thing else.
From our unhappy divisions, our energies h.-ve derived
more benefit, than they have ever done from the suc
cess of their arms; they have taken the advantage of
our internal contentions, and endeavoured to crush us
in this moment of adversity : these unfortunate diffen
tions have contributed upon every occasion to deprive
us of that firength which is ever the attendant of na
tional union. It is ridiculous to suppose that we cart
ever entertain the fame affedion for the people of Great-
Britain we formerly did, or even to expert the renew
al of those blessings we enjoyed under that government,
previous to the Hamp-aft. While their manners re
mained entire, they corrected the vice of their laws
and foftened them to their own temper, but in all their
late proceedings we fee very few traces of that gene
rosity, humanity and dignity which formerly charac
terized them. War seems to have suspended all the
rules of moral obligation : civil wars firike deeply inter
the manners of the people, vitiate their politics, corrupt
their morals, and even pervert the natural taste and re
lish of equity and justice: the very names of affi ^ion
and kindred, which were the bond of union while we
agreed, are now become incentives to rage and hatred.
It is too late to flatter ourselves, that we shall not fall
into this misfortune. Experience has convinced us
that we are not exempt from the ordinary frailties of
our nature, and that we have nothing to hope for but
from perseverance, that pillar of fire which can
alone couduß us to the promised land. The affairs of
Britain are certainly at this time in a most difireffing
situation ; at war with France, Spain, Holland and A
merica. She seems tamely to acquiefee in the loss of
her East and Weft-India possessions, in the defiruAion
of her commence, and in the diminution of her credit,
merely to cherish the delusive idea of reducing Ame
rica; but after all her exertions, we must be convinced
it is now wholly impossible America can ever be con
quered ; not a single diftrid throughout our extensive
continent has yet voluntarily submitted. Even in Ca
rolina and Georgia (where from the loss of the army
in Charleftown, they had the faireft opportunities)
they now only occupy the spot they encamp on, and
no more ; wherever they move they spread cievaftation
and horror, and their perfidy and cruelties invariably
tend to unite the people more firmly in their opposition.
Ata time when we are insulted by enemies, long ac
customed to conquer, when some of our governments
are not so well established as we could wish, and their
exigence as a nation is endangered, it is too late to en
quire minutely into the causes which have brought us
into this situation. The conjuncture calls for the im
mediate exertion of whatever wisdom or vigour is left
among us, and the man who with holds his affiflance,
on any pretence, is an enemy to his country. Trisa com
mon cause in which every one is concerned, and in whicrt
all should be engaged : the blunders of the ruling pow.
ers should be overlooked, and the gratification of per J
fond animosities should give way to the public good
of the community. At fuel ) a crisis, to arouse the
drooping spirit of the people, to encourage the timid,
to revive the de ponding, and to animate the brave, is
the duty of every friend tohis country : for by vigorous
ly relenting rhe injuries, and avenging the insults we
have received, we lay the most solid foundation of
peace, independence and fafety.
A CAROLINA PLANTER.
Philadelphia, Aogufi 24, 1781.
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T OBE SO L D,
A F ih on-ri^ le.-ond hand CHARIOT, with bar
n&te compete for two horhs; also a second hand
PHAETON f>r further particulars enquire of
GEORGE WAY, coarbrniker, in Arch S.rat, be
twecu Fourth and Fifth ftieets#
[NUMB. 774.