The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1782-12-28 00:00:00, page 4

H. Taylor, Uphoifterer,
In Front-street, nearly opposite the Coffee house,
11/r AKES up all forts of bed and win
dow Curtains in the newest fafhion, lines, taffs
and fringes for ditto, feather Beds and M^traffts, car
pets, travelling Trunks, Canterns, Vrdliles, sea C ts,
Hammocks, Sacking-Bottoms, Sophas and Chairs Ruff
ed in the belt manner. Gentlemen of the army may
be supplied with any kind of Camp equipage, on sh rt
notices
N. B. For sale a genteel four-ported bedstead, with
a cornice and green moreen furniture, made to draw
in double drapery.
CA ME to the Place of the subscriber,
in the Northern-liberties, some time agp, an old
dry Red COW, The owner is desired to come and
p ove property, pay charges and take her away, or (he
will be fold for her expences
Dec. 12. THOMAS RENSHAW.
TO BE SOLD, BY
HENRY LAND,
Draggifl & Apothecary,^
At th north-edit corner of Market and Second-Lice
A Large and Neat ASSORTMEN T of
DRUGS and MEDECINES,
By Wholefa> and Retail:
Also, A Variety of
PATENT MEDICINE S.
Anderfon'^ Pills, I Bateman's Drops,
Horne 's Pills, 1 Harlem 01,
KEYSER's PILI S, so well kno-n over all Europe
and in t^s ano the neighbouring ftites, for their fupe
rinr efficacy and pec till r m Idles in peT6tly curing
every degree of a certain cii&aie without the left tion
ble or ccr.fi emfnt; they are also o' known efficacy in
th, cure < ; Rlieum' ; fin„ &~. Price Ten Shillings
a Box, wi fr h proper Ditefbons.
PYAN's incomparable Worm destroying SUGAR
^LUMB>, ufeful to be kept in all families. Price
S vo Shilling and Six pence a Box, with full D rec
tions for their Use : Many thousands have been cured
by these Plumes in this country and in Europe , they are
of known efficacy in the cure of agues, whuopng or
chin coughs, &c.
M A R E DAN T's
ANTISCORBUTIC DROPS.
Asapoof of th> superior efficacy of M^edanC droops
(prepared by M-' Norton, Surgeon of Golden. Square,
London, to any medicine, hitherto known, for the
cure of the Scurvy, Leprosy, Ulcers, the Evif, F s
tub, Piles, long continued I flimmnions of the
Eyis, and every other disorder ariflog from a foul
nefs in the blood, the following extraordinary Cures
are referred to.
Mr. HENRY TRENCIIARD GOODENOUGH,
steward of the M gdalen hospital, cured of an invete
rate feurvey of 22 years finding.
MARY COPSON, of Brompton, cured of a scorbu
tic humour on the head and face, attended with a vio.
lent hoarseness and fhortneG of breath. Witnef, Mr.
Otton, coal merchant, in Whitcomb Street, near Lei
cester fields.
Mr. JOHN FOSTER, at th? Rose, at Welling, in
Kent, cured of a leprosy, attended with violent rheu
matic; pain*.
Mrs. MARY LUTE, at Mr. Field's,। in Caftle
ftreet, Leiceft ?> -fields, cured of the evil, or fchroohula :
her bones were greatly enLrzed, and Lveral pieces
separated and came awe. Witness, Thomas Fie'
C?ftle-ftreet, and Henry Hyde, butcher, in St, James's
market.
To Mr. NORTON, Surgeon, in Gulden-Square.
SI R,
A BOUT two years and a half ago, I xas seized with
" a violent hoarfenris and shortness o' reath. 1
sent for a physician, who ordered me to be bted ; I also
took a great many medicines, hut grew worse instead
o' better. My head ached so violently, that it prevent
ted me from getting any rest ; my face and head broke
out in large botches, which spread so much that I was
in daily fear cf losing my eye fight. The humour
which difeharged f:om my face was so very effenfive,
that I could hardiv bear it mytelf; but by the use of
your Msredant's Drop?, am effectual, cured. Any
person doubting of this may be convinced cfthe truth,
by calling on M s. Copfon, at Brompton, or by en
quiring of Mr. Otton, coal-merchant, in Witcomh
ftreet, near Leicester fields. I am, with great refpt&,
fir, your most humble servant,
MARY COPSON.
To Mr. NORTON, Surgeon, Golden-Square.
A FTER having been affixed with a most violent
" fcoi butic humour, of 13 years standing, which
rendered me incapable of bufintfs; I have the fatis
fa&ian to inform you, I am now perfectly cured, by the
ufi: of your Maredant's Drops. You have my leave
to publish this, hoping it may be the means of pro
curing benefit to others, afflided as I was. I am, fir,
your humble servant, GEORGE LANGDON.
No 57, thenorth fide of St. Paul's
church-yard, July 19th, 1775.
Witnesses to the above cure, Francis Litey, Nc. 3,
Finch-lane, Cornhill; Sarah Rand, trunk-maker, No.
57, St. Paul's church yard.
MEDICINE CHESTS for Sea Surgecns and Private
Families.
ORDERS from Country Practitioners, &c. put up
in most approved Methods : proper Attendance is give
at the above Place in English and Dutch. June 22.
Philadelphia; Printed and Sold by DAVID C. CLAYPOO LE, in Market-Street.
gAME to the plantation of the subscri
ber, cn the Frankfort road, about two miles and
a half from this city, A Black MARE with 2 I ng
switch tail, star in her forehead, the off hind foot white,
supposed to be about four yefas old : aifo, an old b Id
face HORSE, a kind of dun colour. The owner or
owners are desired to come, pav charges and take them
awav in three weeks from this date, otherwise they will
be dis; ofed of at public sale.
Dec. 20. MICHAEL TAYLOR.
CAI ESBY's Natural History of the Carolinas, Ba
hami Islands, &c. with 200 elegant copper plates,
masterly executed, and beautifully coloured from life,
in - vole.
Complete collodions of Sate Trials, 6 v.
Rushworth's Hiftcncal Colle&ront, including his Trial
of L rI Stafford, 8 v.
Howard's ILnory of the World, 3 v.
Rolle's Abridgement, 6 v.
Bacon's Abridgement, 3 v.
Peere Wibi^m's, Cooke's Sanders's and Hobbart'*
Reports, &% with a general coiie&ioa of the most
modern authors in 'a %
Chambers's Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, 2 v.
Miller's and Gard^C; Dictionary or Botany, &c. 2 v.
Jamis's Medical Dictionary,
An Italian Diftionarv,
Salmon's Natural Hirtory of Plants, with plates, Ware's
Architecture, in four book,
Hornius's complete Body of anciert Geography,
Natural History of Barbados', rith cuts,
QUA RT O and OCTA V O.
Gravefendb Experiments of Natural Philosophy, 2 v.
Defagalirr'a duto, d ttb,
The London Chronic'? Lr 1757,
Monsieur de BlainvilbL Tr-v^ s through Europe,
Philpfophiral Tianf.ftone, 37 v.
Literary M fazmes, or the W o u of the learned, izv.
Monthly Reviews, 31 v.
UnivtrGl II story, gilt, 20 v.
UniverfU HUfory, b?lf bound, 20 v.
CullenL Materia Mi'ici
Hiftor, of £n<a^ c0,0r1,t% hy Smolht, 15 v.
Roh^rtfon's History o# Su^H^d, 2 v.
H,%ory o'C tries th^ Vth, 3 v.
- —— H'flory of America, 2 v.
Lorka's Eff r wj Hum n Understanding, 2 y.
T;, U eceo'or, or 1 general Course of Education, 2v.
Or: „'s Piny, 2 v.
Butler's R^^s,
Gent^L Leahies 3 v.
Shari's Sjr;,er%
Van sw>Ln's Comm^nrrier,
Qince 's L xicno,
Potter's Anriqo : t>s of Greece, 2 v.
Pottery's Cbrurcicri Works, 4. v.
Com pl t- Body of Hu ardry, 3 v.
Smith's H^ory u'N wJerfey,
Raleigh's Werks, 2 v,
Franklin's Hft ry of P-nnflvanb,
Salmon's Geographical Grammar,
French,Englifh, Latin, Italic and Dutch Diainnarieg,
With a very general Cole&ion of Divinity, Law, Phy
sic, Mathematics and the Chffics, not inserted.
NOVELS and POOKS of Enrert^nment.
Spea^tor, Tatler, Guardian, Rambler, Peregrin*
Pickle, Trm fomes, Roderick Random, D n Quixotte,
Gil B?as, r . I Quixote, Roufri! 's Lett is, Persi an
and Peruvau Lours,Tamri<, Prince of Abyffinfo,
Brilefarius, Guiphantia, Ward's Nuptial Dialogues,
Triumph of Truth, Ovid's At of Love, Maderoe de
Granton, Vicar of Wak field, Longfwoid, Ecrl of Sa
lifbtu j, Viauds Voyage, Tridram Shand,, H^wkf.
worth's T elemachus, ^hr Ladies Travel, through Spain,
Sterne's Works complete, Muse in Good Humour, J\l
- de Robi^n*, D^frrted Village, Magazines, Plays,
Periorrica! Pamphlets, &c.
*** The above is part of Four Thousand Volumes,
of a very fearer and valuable ColLaion, many of
which are not to be met with in th ; s City, or cn the
Continent of America, and are new felling on the
lowest Terras, for Cash.
SCHOOL BOOKS.
Bibles, Txftaments, Spelling Bofo. Lowth's and
Buchanan's English Grammar, Croxal's and Dodfley'g
Crop's Fables, Pantheon, Art of Spe>kin% Oecono
my of Human Life, Primers, Battledores, &c. &c,'
STATIONARY.
Best Writing Paper, ditto gilt and mourning, Quills,
Penknives and Sciflars, Waters red and black, Wax
ditto, Pencils, leather and pewter Ink.fhnds, Ink pow.
d?r, Ink-sticks, &c ivorv Pounce Boxes and Folders,
Bonnet and Hat Box s, G Id Scales, fiik Pu/fes, Cork
screws, Jones's genuine Powders for taking out ftaina
and spots, Pocket-books, P&urts, Merchants Ac
count Books ruled and plain, Receipt and Copy Books,
German Flutes, and Music Paper ruled and plain.
Great Allowances, in the above Articles, will be
made to Country Traders, by the Quantity.
BOOKS bought, fold, or exchanged.
William Prichard,
BOOKSELLER and STATIONER,
Between Front and Second-streets, in Market-street,
opposite Laetitia- court,
Is happy to inform the generous ehcoiragers of Lite
rature, that he hasjoft published a additional Ca
triorue to his CIRCULA'I ING LIBRARY ; and
begs leave to allure them, that hrs belt endeavours
will be used, to provide Food for the mind the en
suing Winter:
Among many other valuable Books for sale, he has the
following, viz.
F OL I O.
Philadelphia, Defender vth, 1782.
WHEREAS many of the PUBLIC LAMPS in th r fe
Cay have been wantonly broke, the Cups and
Oil taken out, and otherwise damaged; the War< ens
have thought fit to publish the following Extn&s of a
Law for regulating and continuing the nightly Watch;
enligbtning the Streets, Lanes and Alleys of the City
of Philadelphia, and for other Puipofes therein menti
oned, offering a Reward of TEN POUNDS to any Per
son that will apprehend and bring to justice such Offend
ers. And also do reqneft the Inhabitants, at uhofe Ex*
pence the Lamps and Pumps are supported, to give In
formation of all Damages done to said Lamps, or the
public Pumps, either wilfully or accidentally.
X. AND be it further enabled by the authority a
forefaid, That if any person or per fors shall snd do,
after the publication of this a&, wilfully or mahcicufly
break and carry away the handles of any of the pumps
within the said city, or otherwise injure or damage the
fame: every person so offending, and being thereof
convicted by the lawful testimony of one or mere wit
ntffes, before one or more justice or justices of the peace
ft r the said <iy, shall, for the fi # ft offence, forfeit and
pay the sum of FIVE FOUNDS for each pump so bro
ker or damaged ; and for the second and every other
offence, the sum of TEN POUNDS,
XVI. And whereas several evil disposed persons have
broken, and may wilfully and maliciously break and
deft:oy the lamps hung cut in the fyeets, lanes and al-
I s f the Gid city , to prevent the like malicious prac
tices for the future, Be it enabled by the authority a
forefaid, thrt if any person or persons (ball and do, from
and after the publication cf ths a&, wilfully or inali
cjoufly break, throw down cr extinguish any limp,that
is cr Shall be hung out or set up to light the said streets,
lanes or alleys, or Shall wilfully and maliciously damage
the port,' iron, or other furniture thereof ; every person
so offending therein, and being thereof convicted, by
the lawful testimony of one or more witness or witnesses
in ary court of quarter-sessions in and for the said
citv, Shall forfeit and pay the sum of TWENTY FIVE
POUNDS for each lamp so broken, thrown down, ex
tinguished, or other wife damaged, and for each post,
iren, or other furniture thereof so broken or damaged,
and if any person or persons Shall accidently or unde
fignedly break, throw down, or extinguish any of the
lamps aforefaid, or damage any of the said posts, irons
or centry-boxes, and having so done, Shall fail cf giv
ing notice thereof to some one cr more of the said war
dens, within twenty-four hours from the time of the
said damage being done ; every person so failing to gve
notice, (hall forfeit double the sum of money necessary,
in the judgment of the wardens aforefaid, to repair the
fame : but if notice be by him given as aforefaid, he
Shall only pay so much ar, in the judgement of the
wardens aforefaid, wll fully repair the damage done,
any thing herein contained to the contrary notwith
flanaine.
XXVII. And be i+ likewise further enafhd by the
authority aforefaid, That ; f any bound servant, negro
or mulatto slave, he < r<9 dos wilfully and mabci
oufly incurrin r ary ori so: and penalties mention
ed in this aft, hr, She / they (Lal be whipped on the
bare back, with twent one -lashes, at the public whip
ping post, and kept on bread and water at h?<d labour,
in the public work-'hcufe, three days, urltfs the mas
ter or mistress o' such bound servant, or Slave, or feme
other person; th ril pay the fine cr penalty so incurred
HAT elegant, healthy and pleasant PLACE f cr -
I merly own'd by Mr. John Rouse, Situate in
Paflyunk township, rear the Buichtrt-arms,
being within one mil* of the South-street of the city,
containing in the whole 33 acres, 16 of which lying on
the waft fide of a road cr lane, commonly called Roufe's
lane, chiefly upland meadow, on which is an elegant
frame dwelling house exceedingly well finished, two
Stories high, 32 Stet by 30, four rooms on a floor and
two good garrets, with a passage through the whole
lined with a four inch brick wali, w ith a good dry cellar
under the whole Divided in three parts, with a kitchen
and piazza adjoining, &c. &c. with a pump cf good
water near the kitchen door, and a variety of fruit
trees, fuel )as app.es, cherries, pears, plumbs, quinces,
'* c ' a garden, &c. and two large button-wood trees in
the yard that afford an agzable ffiade in the season,
&'. the whole in good order; and also 17 Acres lying
on the erst fide cf the read, right opposite, divided in
lotta, each having a front or ftA read, as following---
No. i, Fcc.Jesn perches front, containing 4 acres
and odd prrrh'cs ; three acres o' which is orchard
chiefly good winter fiuit, cn which is a good barri'
with a cellar under it walled with stone, 42 feet bv 21
stable, &c. &% " y '
No. 2, I birteen perches, containing 4 acres and odd
perches, three of which i< orchard of the fame fruit,
with some cherry :nd peach trees.
No. 3, Eleven perches, containing 4 acres and odd
perche-, of which one and a half acres is upland mea
dow, one acre now in potatoes, the remainder stubble
ground.
No. 4, Ter perches, containing 4 acres and odd
perches, of '-ch the lime proportion is meadow, po
tatoes and stubble ground as loit No. 3. The whole
now in.good fence ^nd good order, with a thorn hedge
fronting; the whole of tie lots lied to the fun and is a
pieaGrt place to build. The while will be fold toge
ther cr Gp^rau as it is drfcribed ; the title irdifputa
ble. The trrms of fae will be n ade easy to the pur
chasers or percoafrr that it ma, firt to take the whole.
For terms apply teBFNJAMIN HFMINGS, in Fourth
street, between Lomrord and South-streets. Peffeffion
may be had at any time.
N. B. A handsome b^lfibbcded MARE to be Said,
rilin four years -old, fourteen hands and a hlf high,
prettily mat kee ,with fnio and star, and one hind foot
whi+e and moves well. Enquire as above. 080. 30.
TO BE SO L D,