The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1778-04-01 00:00:00, page 4

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A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS a certain BENJAMIN Hammon
was lately mod cruelly and tmoarctrfly mur
^dered in the County of Cheder, in this Common
y^eaith. AND WHEREAS by an mqnifidon taken
4ie the bod of the said Benjamin Ham Mon, and by
depositions taken before tundr; Jaftices of the said
Com non Weabh, there is great rafon to believe that
a certain Henry Skyles I te of the County of Lan
cafttr, in the said Common Wealth, Y m?n, did fe
lonioufly kill and mur.ri the laid BENJAMIN HAM
MON; and that Thomas Boyd, Jam s Willson,
John Hastings, and Charles CalD
WELL, of tat laid County of Lancafttr, Yeomen, to
gether with others who hoe surrendered themkives,
were feloniously present, com r orting, abetting and
aiding the .aid Henry SKYLES to no and omnot the
said murder. AND WHEREAS d is at all tines,
but mote efoecially in the present fiu^i m o' our ar
fairs, of the unnoft consequence to the peace of the
Common Wealth, that the perpetrators of such attro
cious offences should be brought to condign and ex
emplary punishment; and .he endeavours hitherto ofed
for apprehending and fecuiing the laid offenders have
proved ineffectual.
WE HAVE THEREFORE thought fit to issue this
Proclamation, hereby offering and pismiting a reward
of Two Hundred Debars to be paid out of the Public
T>eafury o: this Common - Wealth to uh perfin or
perfohs w^o fhdl apprehend the said Henry Skyles,
and deliver him into the custody of the Keeper of the
Goal of either of the Counties of Lancalter, Berks or
York, in this Common Wealth : And also hereby of
fering and promifmgabke reward of Two Hundred Dol
lars for each and esem of them the said Th MASBjYD
James Wilson, J hn Hastings, and Charles
Caldwell, to be pdd as aforesaid, to such perlon
or perlons who (hill apprehend and secure them, or
any of th*m, in either 07 any of the gaols aforefaid.
AND WE PO HEREBY ftri&l, charge and com
madall Judges, Juftic s, Sheriffs, Conftabh^, and
other officer, and all other the cirz-ns of this Com
mon Wealth, 'o make diligent rearch and pur'uit af
ter the -aid Henry Skyles, Thomas Boyd, James
Wilson, John Hastings, and Charles
Caldwell, and to use their utmoff endeavours to
apprebe -d and secure them, that they may be proceed
ed a^irdt according to Law.
GIP" E N under the Seal of the said Common-Wealth,
at Lancaster, the Twenty fourth day of March in
the year ot our lord One Thousand Seven Hundred ,
and Seventy eight.
THOMAS WHARTON, Jun. President. {
Attefl. T. Matlack, Secretary.
TO BE LE T,
And may be entered on the 6th day of April n xt,
THE noted I NN, in the Township of Martie,
known by the name of the 'Black Horse, on
the rml leading from Lancaster to Maryland and
Newport. Any person inclining to rent t may apply
at the heufe of the fubferiber on the premiss, or to
bimfelf at Yerk-Town, and know the terms on which
it will be let.- A person who will undertake to keep a
good Public House will be preferred.
JOHN GIBSON.
Lantafer, February 23, 1778.
to H E Trustees of the General Loan-Office
I of the Common-Wealth of P rmfylvanii, here
by give notice to the Public, That the laid Office will
be opened on Monday the grh day of March next, at
Lebanon, in the County 01 Lincafter, where attend
ance will be given for four weeks fucctffively*, and on
the fift Monday and five following days in the months
of April, June, Auguft,' October and December • —
Therefore all perlons concerned are hereby notified to
attend and discharge their annual payments now in ar
rear; and to those who incline to pay off the remain
ing quotas of their refpe&ive mortgage moni 3 and the
ihtereff thereof, on so doing their bonds and title deeds
will be delivered up, and their mortgages will be dis
charged.
* The inclemency of the weather, and the river Sus
quebanna not being passable, prevented the TruJTes meet
ing and attending the month of February, as by law ts
op ointed; therefore the four weeks above mentioned are
in iTa 'hereof. 8 w.
To be L E'T for a term.of years,
tytHZ noted St. George's Mills, fiUL.ee in New
cartie County, in the Delaware State, burr anp
country stones, boulting done by water, the best of
wheat in abundance, landing near by the dwelling
honfe, and a three acre lot, with a kitchen, garden,
stable, well of water, cooper's (hop, and <ut houses,
and fie-wood :May he entered on the fi rt of April
next. None need apply but such as are Iklied in the
millering business, and can give g od fecurit, for per
formance of covenants, and certiy a good rhara&er.
Apply on the premises to ISAAC DUSHANE.
Lancaster, March 23, 1778.
AL L Non-commissioned Officers and Sol
diers, belonging to the 13th Pnnfylvania Re
giment, wh >fe furloughs are exp red, are hereby or
d~red to repair to thrir Reg ments on or before the
firil day of April nex<, otherwise they will be treated
as deserters. LEWIS FARMER, Lieut. Col.
13th Tgnnfylvania Reg*
'~oTvv^hrpl^fi : ft dav of April next,
A VALUABLE Plantation or trad of Land, Situate
in Hamilton Township, Cumberland County,
containing four hundred acres of goodland, with two
dwelling houses, Cables and bmr, and Ipring-houfe,
with 500 bearing apple trees; there is on said planta
tion one hundred and fifty ac.es of cleared npl nd, and
fifty acres of good meadow. Alfa to be fold on the
fame day, a House 2nd Let in Chain aerfburgh, known
by the name of the Cross Keys, with (tables and other
houses Suitable for tavern keeping. For terms apply
to JAMES and JOHN BURNS.
T o' B E s 6 L i),
rtp W 0 trads of LAND of the best quality ; the
% one finite near the Juniata, in Cumberland
County, containing about on tULdand acres, and ad
mo- of un fry mill-fears. The offer on the river Ohio,
a out thirty five miles above Forr-Put : B th tracts
patented. Eqo- +for terms of (ale, &c. of General
John Armstrong, at Carlifb, or to the Printer
hereof.J
Do be SOLD by the Subferiber,
A VALUABLE plantation in Ealt-Nottinghem,
Cherter County, containing near four hundred
acres, with a .large proportion of good wood land;
there is on the premiss a neat two-lfory Hone house
with four rooms on a floor, a good barn, dales, and
other out houses, a good spring with a stone fpring
hjufe over it, twenty acres of good meadow made and
as much, more raay be made, a good orchard-, the up
land produces pasture and grain very well; the whole
is in good rep ir, very pleasantly situated, near several
places of wot(hip, three miles from New LohdonCrofs
Roads and five from the Brick Meeting-boufe, and
twelve from the Head of Erk, one branch of which
runs through the land. Poll ffion will be given imme
diately. For further particulars enquire of Mrs Gard
ner, on the premises, or of the fubforiber at Mr. Fran
cis Bailey's, Printer in Lancaster.
JOSEPH GARDNER.
N. B. Wanted to ren f , a house in Lancaster. En
quire as above.
To be S 0 L~D^tfß„ 7 1Tf-fflfE,
I'HRES hundred and eighty acres of patent Land,
fituaie in the well end of Drummore Township,
Lancadbr County, near Sufq lehanna, about half way
be ween Peachbottom and M'Ca)l's Ferry, one half
whereof is cleared, with a large stone dwelling house,
a large barn, the uider story built with stone and the
upper with quare logs, with other office houses; a
good orchard, and a lufficient quantity of meadow
•ide and to make; the land is good for grain or pas
he, being well stored with locutt and black walnut ;
it affo ds a pleasant profpe^ of twenty miles distance
into Harford County, Maryland ; the title indisputa
ble, and as it is p efumed none will purchase without
viewing, tl^y may be further fatisfied as to par iculars
and terms by applying to the owner, living on the
prem fes." MOSES IR W IN.
Rar.ton, March 2, 1778.
TO BE SO L Da
CUNDRY negroes, confiding or two liicn,
' two women, two bo, s and two girls The oldeit
of the men is a miller, a carter and a farmer, and is
about fity years old : The other is a itoat, likely fel
low, a farmer, and anout thirty five years old ; he is
fate er to th.ee of the children, viz. one girl nine years
old, one fix years, and a boy ten months old, by the
oldest -wench, who is a good cook and dairy-women.
The youngest wench about twenty-seven years old, is
an excellent house servant, and besides washing and
ironing, can fpm wool an-fl x, Jcnit, &;. underffands
the management of a dai y, and making butter and
cheese ; the is mother to tne other boy about eleven
years old, and as fine a boy of his age as any in Ame
rica. The man and wife and three children murt not
be parted, nor the mother and lon ; as they have lived
long in one Emily together, it would be meft agreea-#
ble if they could be fixed near each other. They are
fold for no fault, the owner only intending to change
his plan of life. Whoever the above may suit will
please to enquire of Mr. Henry Worly, Inn-keeper,
at the not th branch of Raritoh, Somerset County, Eart-
New Jersey.
Do be SOLD for Case,
TWO Plantations adjoining each 'other in
m Letterkenny rewnfo p, Cumberland County,
within five miles of Cham?i(burgh, conta ning about
nice'hundred acres; one an improved trad, with a
new log house and barn and a good saw-mill upon it,
at prefnt in poffeffi mos William and J mes Sharp,
rented at 30L per annum, upon which there is an ex
cellent fitumion for a grist-mill, having a great fuffiri
ency of water ; fubje& to Proprietary quit-rent. The
other tad is patented and unimproved, fu j& to a
mortgage of zool. For teims apply to Mr. Mat thew
Wilson, near Chamberfburgh, to George Camp
bell, in Limerick Tbwnfhip, Philadelphia County,
or to the P inter hereof.
Lancaster, March 17, 1778.
H E Commissioners appointed for pur
& chafing Flour, & . for the Public M <g. zine at
this place, are hereby informed, that a Store is open
ed for he reception of the fame by William Will,
who is appointed to receive the fame, and to whom
all perlons near thia place who have any to dispose of*
m v a ppiy°
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fl Paper, when printed in Philadelphia,
are once more requested to make immediate'
payment.
Lanctfer, February 25, 1778.
Just published arid to be fold by FRANCIS
BAILEY, in King-street,
SIX POLITICAL DISCOURSES,
Founded on the Scripture.
By HUGH MONTGOMERY BR KENFIDGE.
DISCOURSE I.
The bloody Vertices of Tyranny.
Woe unto them, for they have gone tn the way of Coin.
Jude 1, z.
IT. The Nature, and the Artifice of Toryism.
And ran greeA) after the error of Balaam, for reward.
UI. Tut Fate of Tyranny mid Toryism.
And perfed in the gainfaj ing of Core.
IV.due Agency of Heaven, in theCanfe of Liberty.
And there was War in Heaven. Rev. xir, 7.
V. rhe Blafphemv of Gaiconade, and Self-depen
dence, in a certain General.
Add there was given unto him a Mouth speaking great
Things and Elajphemies. Rev. xiii, 5.
VL The great Wrath of the Tyrant, and the
Cause of it.
Having great Wrath, hecaufe be knowebb that he hath but
a shirt Time. Rev. xii, 12.
TO B" E ?L D,
And entered on this Spring, or next Fall,
^BEAUTIFUL tra& of LAND, firuate in
fl -an agreeable neighbourhood, near rhe center of
Qjeen Ann's County, Maryland, containing between
Even and eight hundred acres, which will t e fold ir
tire, or separated into two or three div fioos, as may
best suit the purchaser or purchasers. I lies in fuel a
manner as to admit of being divided in<othiee parn,
and each of them to be well acc< mandated with tim
ber, water, in some Jow-la^d meadow ground., m< ft
of which are ditched, chiefly i,areu Oit e wood th t
was on tcm, and with lit le labour m y be made fit
to receive Timothy or other feed. The foil is exctl-
Int fcr whet, tobacco, Indian corn, ba hi, oats,
&c. The whole is level, not five serfs of swamp cr
unprofitable ground within it. end it i A cap ble of be
ing made a veiy beautiful and ptofi able fatm. The
ti le is indi'pu'ab e except to a few acre # , which ihe
proprietor will keep, or warrant to t^ pur<haf< r.
There i> on the premises a comfortable dwrilmg-houfe
for a fmalEamil), a good n gr q rarter, m-t-hon e,
two cow houses, two ft,files, a granary w?ih will
ho ! d about eight hundred buthls, and a very large
well framed and covered barn, with as much f afoned
two-inch white oak plank a- will J av afl th fl + . tth re
in . There are five acres already laid do n m d clo
ver, five highly many ed for that purpose, and about
tin more whih vid be .n by next fall for the fame
kind of grass This feat is conveni nt to c urch, null
and market, on the pert road leading from P, ladel
phia to Talbot Court house, and very near to feverri
landings on Couifica Creek, from whence great quan
tities of grain are annually transported to Baltimore
T wn and the different landings on the head of the
bay, which uled to be carried for the moderate price
of two pence half-penny to three-pnee per buffi I.
Ihe farm is well ft >cked with horses, cattle, flieep
and ogs, which the purchaser may have. There are
about ninety bushels of wheat, barley and rye now in
the group'd, and if not given up till the Fall, the pur
chaser (hail have any quantity of either lerved in pro
per time and good order.
RICHARD S EARLE.
To be SOLD at PRIVATETATh,
A VALUABLE Plantation containing two hundred
and (even acres of good patented land, fituatein
Deer Creek Hundred, Hartford County, State of
Maryland : There is on said plantation a good dwell
ing-house, with barn, stables, and other necessary out
houses, a good young orchard, plenty of good mea
dow ground, and some made: Ibe whole in good
repair. Any person inclining to purchase, may, <n
application to the owner living on the premises, fee
the land and know the terms.
JOSJAS BILLINGSLY.
TO BE LET O^c7lL4—
AV ALUABLE Plantation in Whitelund
Townfh ; p, Charter County, within thiee mites
of the White Horse Tavern, on the road between Phi
ladelphia and Lancaster, containing two hundred and
fifty acres of excellent lime-stone bnd: On laid land
is a good dwehing-boufe, barn, ftabbs, waggon house,
spring-house, two good orchards, &c. For terms ap
ply to the fubferiber on the prem les.
ANDREW TODD.
T O\ BE SLTD,
A HANDSOME quarter-Flooded MARE, heavy
with foal. Alloa Riding Chair and Harnefi.—.
Enquire of Mr. JOHN JORDAN, in Lancaster.
—o' B'E SOL'D,-
A QU A. W TIT Y of good brown Sugar, at Nr-v
---v<i dfor, in the State of New-Ylk: Eiqlire
of Mr. Storehouse, Merchant there. Good ban iron
or merchantable hemp would answer bed n pav.
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LANCASTER:
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