The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1781-03-27 00:00:00, page 4

On FRIDAY,
The goth Instant, at TEN o'clock in the
Forenoon, on Meff/g. Willing and Morris's Wharf,
Will be Sold by Public Auction,
Five Thousand Bushels of
O A T S, in Sacks,
Being the Cargo of the Prize Brigantine HOPE, taken
by the Lefy:r of Marque Ship Delaware, Captain
Prole: And
On Saturday the gift Instant,
At 6 o'clock in the Evening,
At the teeffee-houfe,
Will be Sold by Public Auction,
THE SAID
Prize Brigantine Hope,
With all her Tackle, Appatel and Furniture, agreeable
to an Inventory to be fern at the place of falc.
By Order of the Court of Admiralty,
March 24.. CLEMENT BIDDLE, Marshal.
Port of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ff.
To ALL whom it may concern.
IJOriCE is hereby given, That a Court of Admiralty
" will be held at the Admiralty-Office, in Arch
ftreet, between Third and Fourth-streets, in Philadel
phia. onuhe 28th day of March instant, at 10 o'clock in
the Forenoon of the fame day, for the Trial of the Brig
or Vessel called the AMELIA, &c. burthen about
100 tons, commanded by Robert Lindsay, taken on
her intended voyage from St. Chriftophers to Glafenw,
sent into this Port and libelled against as prize, by FRE
DERICK FOLGER and THOMAS COLE, (qu: tam,
&C.) To the end, tat the owner or owners, or any
persons concerned therein, may appear and fhtw caute,
if any they hare, why a decree Should n^t pass pursu
ant to the prayer o. the 1 bel, &c.
By Order of the Judge,
ANDREW robeson; Register.
Radnor, March ad, 1781.
To be Sold by Public Vendue,
The 19th of this instant, a? the Dwelling house of the
fu icibr. living at the sign oi the Sorrel-horse, on
the L n;after road, ab ut 13 miles from Philadel
ph; , the foil w ; ng Goods and Chattels, viz.
Horses, Cows, Sheep and Swine,
Implements of H :fba. dry, Beds and Bidding, Tables,
Chairs: Likewise, A variety of cthr Hcufhold and
Ttv.rn Furniture, Grain in the ground, a quantity of
Hay, and a variety of other Articles too tedious to
mention. The Conditions to be made known on the
Day of Sale ; and said Vevdae to continu from day
to day tiil the whole is fold, by
JACOB WAGGONER.
Philadelphia, 17 h of the 3d Month, 1781.
Notice is hereby given, to all
the Owners and Possessors of WICACO MEADOWS,
. that on the second day of th? month called April, next^
the Election for chrofing Managers and Treasurer, is
to be held at PETER PARIS'® Houle, at the corner
of Second and R.ce streets, in this city, a Three
o'clock, afternoon. All persons intended in said Ma
dows, are earnestly desired to attend pun&ually, at the
abovementioned hour and place.
And, also, those that have not paid their Taxer, now
due, for mending the banks, fl i.es, &c. are defied to
pay the fame to said PETER PARIS, Treasurer, by
the firft day of the month called May, next; the which,
if they, or any of them negleft to do, by' that tim,e,
may rest afford, that it will be recovered cf those that
are deficient, in doing the fame as the law direfts.
JOSEPH JOHNSON, }
JOSEPH TURNER, /Managers.
THOMAS ATTMORE, J
PETER PARIS, Treasurer.
Four Hundred Dollars Reward.
D ANAWA Y from the fubferiber, in Strawberry
" alley, on Monday the 26th of February, an Ap
prentice BOY, named MANLY SMALLWOOD, by
trade a Shoemaker; he is 17 years of age, 5 feet 3
inches high, flint made, thin visage, brown ftr.it hair,
a little knockneed, speaks faft : had on when he went
away, a brown coattee and jacket of the famt, buckskin
breeches, home-made (hirt, good (hoes and flockings,
small caftor hat ; it is supposed he will endeavour to
get on board fonae vcffel in the harbour, therefore all
masters of vessels are forbid to carry him off at th ir pe
ril. Whoever takes up said Bay, and brings him to
me, or fecu-es him in any goal in this date, (hail have
the above reward, and all rea^naole xpences paid by
me, JOHN BYRNES.
Ran-away from the fubferiber,
last r'g t. a Scotch Servant GIRL, named CHRIS
TIAN GUN, about 19 years of age, about 5 feet high,
vel let, a litre nrte^ rith the fmaP-pox, has a large
nose, talks good English :hd on and took away with
her, z linfey petticoats, the one a red the other a blue
stripe, a blue ground chintz short gown, one ditto, lin
fe/, one ditto, red stripe linen, home made, &c. &:.
Whoever takes up and brings the said Gi I to me, in
Front street, near Race-ftrect, (hall be handfemely ie
warded. JACOB HART.
N. B. Ail persons are forbid to harbour said Girl at
their per 1. She is ^n arch Thief. March jg.
Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by DAFID C. CLAPP OO LE.
INK-POTEDE R.
The very best Black Ink-Powder may be
had at
W. Poyntell's Stationary Store,
three doors below Market-ttreet in Second- ftrcet, op
petite the Mccting-houfe gate ; its quality , in making
Ink black and durable, is inferior to nor®, being m: de
of the best Aleppo Galls, and free from the g'ols parti
cles that cause Ink to turn yellow, and io ^e<y other
refp&a fach as cannot fail to plcafe thole who chufe to
write with the best INK.
It may be halt by the Groce, Dozer, or Retail, with
printed directions for mixing it.
Likewise the best Black Liquid Ink.
At the fame Place may be had,
Bibles, Writing-Paper, best Red 'Sealing-
W-x, Slates and Pencils, best clarified Qiills, Bonnet
Pasteboard, Pr fs-papeis, Blank Books of all forts,
Wafers in small Boxes,
Testaments, Spelling Books, Primmers, &t
Southwark Auction-Store,
1 FEBROAR Y 26, t 7 si.
The Subferiber begs leave to acquaint the
PUBLIC in general and his FRIENDS in particular,
THAT A
Public Audtion will be held,
ON
THURSDA Y,
In every Week, beginning at TEN o'clock in the
Morning, where all kinds oi Goods, Wares, Merchan
dize, Houf s, Lands, Veffek, Horfts, Carriages, Houf
hold Furniture, Wearing Apparel, &c. &c. &c. will be
Sold tothe belt Advantage.
His Employers may depend upon every Attention
being paid to their Interest, and wilalways Experience
the greatest Purduality and Expedition in the h ttling
their Accounts,
WILLIAM BROWN, Auctioneer.
N. B. As it conduces very much to the
Interest of hie Employers in the Sale of their Goods,
that the Public should be informed of the particular
Sort er Kind for Sale on each Vendue Day, it is re
quested that all Perlons who mean to favour his Store
with their Commands, would fend them as eaily as
convenient, that the Bail-man may have an oppertu
nity of making them as public as pcffible.
-yOHWrOUNG; j^
At his Book-store, in Market-street, has
for sa le,
AVERY elegant collection of new
BOOKS (London editions) in History, Law,
Ph,fic, Divinity, Mthemarick^, lend Architrave ;
with a colleaion of the most modern French and mili
tary Bockr, and Claffis.
Also some pairs of neat four pound HOW
ITS on Carriages, and good Weft-India RUM by the
hog(herds.\y
Wanted immediately,
A sober honest industrious M A N, well
(killed in farming, with a family, to ,ke upon him the
charge and management of a pretty large Plantation,
on the (hares, i he is strong in good working Ham's
and Horses it will be the more agreeable ; if net, and
he comes well recrenmended he will be assisted in both,
bv applying to JOHN MAGILL, Enquire, at Gill
Hall, near Winchester, Virginia.
Also, to be Rented or Sold, either in
the whole or in parcels, fix hundred and fort,-nine
A res of g<od LAND, about forty of wnich are clear
ed and under fnce. Apply as abave, Feb. 28.
Five Hundred Dollars Reward,
gTOLEN from the fubicriber, giving
in Upper Darby, Chester county, on the 14th ink.
ne old I'ght coloured furtout-coat, one light coloured
cloth coattee with wooden buttons on the breast and
cloth ditto on the sleeves, one coarse linen shirt, one
pair of woollen flockings, ribbed white in the topr, one
'mail linen wallet, makeG N G. one coaife mvflin
fto.k, ose pair of silver kntf buckles, two silver dock
buckles, one of them marked L. L, one Lolloped
„beaver bat half worn, one leather pocket-book with
forty continental dollars thereir, ne large pair of block
tin (hoe buckles. The above Goods are supposed to be
stolen by a Dutchman, n?med WILLIAM ALBERS,
about 5 feet 9 or 10 inches high, has a large fear of a!
burn on one fide of bis forehead, both his legs fore,
^nd fajs h^ served his time with Thomas or Jonathan
Dudley, near Moor's-town, in the J'r(eys. Whoever
takes up said thiefand secures 1/m, ie that he may be
brought to justice, (hall have^the above Rewtyd and
nafonable charges paid, bv
NATHAN GARRETT, junior.
Wanted, a Clerk, who under
stands partnership accounts, and writes a good hand: 1
such a one, coming weil recommended, will met: wrh'
good encouragement, by applying to the Printer. It
is hoped none will apply that is not well qualified for
the business. March 14.
Also, —Rum, by the Hoglhead, Loaf-
Sugar, Coffee, Chocolate, green Tea,
Indigo, Powder in Calks, and a great
Variety of other Articles.
Reading, March 4, 1,81.
Four Specie Dollars Reward.
RUN-AWAY last night, from the fub
,(briber, a SERVANT BOY, n-med JOHN FEL
KER, freaks Dutch and EngCfh,.a§ed upwards of 19,
about 5 feet 5 inches high, ftzong built, ftbops a!i:t.e
is his walk, is fl,w of Ipeech, has dark 1 ait : had cm
a blue iinity suit cf cloaths, aimoft new. Whoever
apprehends and fecuro him : n any goal, (hall have the
above Reward, and reasonable charges paid, by
, JAMES BIDDLE.
Also, went away at the fame
time, and in company with the above Servant, an AP
PRENTICE, named JACOB ALTER, aged about
17 years, 5 feet 4 or 5 inches high, a straight made,
ikely Lad, (peaks Dutch'and Engdffi, and understands
a little of the watch-making and silver-smiths hufinefs:
had on a mixed blue coat, brown breeches and lead
coloured jacket, and has, also, a (hurt fiilor jacket
with him. Whoever apprehends and secures him in
goal, (ball have TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS RE-
V/A^ D, and re^fonable charges paid, by
DANIEL ROSE.
March 10, 1781.
The Creditors of John Reynolds,
formerly of Upper Dublin tbwnfhip, Shop keeper, are
once requested to fend in their Accounts to Mr..
TENCH COXE, in this city, and notice is hereby
given, that dividends will positively be made on the
20th instant, according to the amount of the ftvcral
Accounts then in his hands)
MOORE FURMAN, ^ A „
LAMBERT CADWAHADER,) ^T^s.
RAN-AWAY on Monday last, supposed
to have gone on board some outward-bound (hip,
a you ng LAD, an indented Servant, of about 16 years
of age, named JESiE MARTIN, pretty flout made,
has remarkable red hair banging thin and aifhevelled
round hs neck, the bridge of his nose broken down
by accident, almost Art to the furface of his face, form
ing only a kind of (upplemetal snout for the cavity of
his noftrilt, with a large fear, horizontally cut, on his
left cheek, opposite to where his nose fliould be; and
in many other refp^fts not very dafcriptive of an Ado
nis : when engaged in any labour (of which he net ve
ry fond) his incessant and involuntary wheezing, dis
covers in him very thong phthifical fvmptcmsr had on
when he went aw^y, a red jacket with a brown linen
shirt, buckft'n breeches, and a small round felt hat.
Whoever secures him in any goal, or will either bring
or fend him to the Work-house, in this city, (hall be
handsomely rewarded, and all reafenabit charges paid.
N. B. Masters of veffelt, and all others, arc hereby
warned, at their peril, not to take him to fe3, or har
bour him clandestinely on fhpre. March g.
To be fold, a Lot of Ground,
ft^te in the town of Dover, Delaware state, w th the
HOUSES belonging to it, confining of a large conve
nient two story brick DweHing-houfe, four rooms on a
floor, a good Cellar under the who-% brick Kitchen
w.th two rooms below and three above, adjoining : Al
so, a Meat he use, Stable, Carriage house, all of brick,
and several o>her n c fLry improvements, plesfand,
fitnated on the weft fide of the Square. For terras ap
ply to me, in Dover. THOMAS NIXON.
STRIPED Dutch blan
kets,
Broadcloths,
Half thicks,
Knit yarn Hose,
Seven eighths, yard and
apron-wide cotten
Check,
Brown and white Flemilh
Sheeting,
German Dowlafs,
I r i(h, Lavall, and Holland
Lnen,
Brittanias,
German Oznabrig;
Lark and light-ground
Chintzes, Cottons arid
Calicoes,
Silk, linen and cotton
Handkerchiefs,
Moreens,
Camblets,
Calimancces,
Princes Stuff,
Cambricks,
India Jeans,
Muslins,
Chain and plain Gauzes,
Gauze Handkerchiefs,
Catgut,
Lately imported, and to be fold wholesale.
By William Sitgreaves,
At his STORE, on the weft fide of Third street, the.
fifth door above Market-street, and two doois be
low Mr. Jeremiah Warder's,
Table-Cloths and Nap
kins,
Cotton and thread Hofty
A variety of farfnets arj
Persians,
Ttff:tics and Mantras,
Mode,
Eli-wide Peifians,
Striped silk and Cotton,
An Assortment of Scotch,
French, and Enjiffi
Threads, 1
Tully Gartering,
Black knit B.eeches Pat
tern,,
Women's silk Mitts,
An Assortment at Rib
bands,
Quality Binding,
Tapas and Bobbins,
Nsedlefy.
Knives and Razors,
Pitted Shoe-Buckles,
Watch Chains and Sell,,
Sleeve Buttons,/
A large AfTortment of
Children's Books,
Elegant China Bowls,
'Writing and wrapping-
Paper.