The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1779-06-22 00:00:00, page 3

Anne in upon us, and enlighten every corner of this new
world. Britain would footybe taug it to revere her heaven
taught enemies, and France would court our frien^fh p
with new proofs of affedion and magnanimity.
Left a difficulty should arise hereafter in composing trea
ties of peace or alliance, and in translating foreign letters,
I would propose that the Congress Should have two Secre
taries, the one capable of reading and writing, and the
oth&r capableof tranflatrag French, Spanish, Dutch, &c.
icx English ; But if upon enquiry it ^ found that an.
Member of that august Assembly, possessed either of those
accomplishments, 1 would propose (after the present Set of
Delegates have served their times out) that he Should be
expelled the House, as a traitor to common sense, and the
liberties of America. BEOTIA.
For the PENNSYLVANIA PACKET.
BY authentic intelligence from camp, we learn, that the
members nominated to compose the Court Martial
for the trial of Major General Arnold, met on the firft day
of June, according to General orders, and it was expected
the trial would have been held; but when the Judge-Ad
vocate had called ever their ndmes, and was about to ad
minister the oath, usual on such occasions, General Ar
nold objected to three of the gentlemen, at the fame time
expressing great r^fpeff for them, declaring he did not
think it proper to assign the reasons on whi h his objections
were founded, and repeatedly desiring they would not
confider his objections as be ; ng personal r . A peremptory
challenge of this kind being new, the Judge-Advocate laid
the case before his Excellency General Washington, who
referred it to a board of General- Officers. During their
deliberations'on the fubjeH, advice was received of the
movement of the enemy, which made it necessary for the
army to advance towards the North-river. The trial was
therefore postponed, until the Commander in Chief fliall
judge the circumstances of the Service will bette? admit of it.
* The officers offered to, mere Generat Irmin, Colonel
Butler and Lieut. Col. Harmer, ibefe mere all the officers of
the Penn/)lvanta line, which mere in the appointment.
Philadelphia County, June 19, 1779.
4 T a Meeting cfa number of the Freemen, inhabitants
"t°' '' e COOT "y of Philadelphia, at the house of Jacob
Neaff, agreeable to advertisement, to take into considera
tion the propriety and necessity of proceeding on some ef
fe&ual m-afures for lowering the prices of goods, provisions
and other necessary articles of life, and thereby to raise and
eftablilh the credit ,of the currency, are unanimously of
opinion,
That the most expeditious and advifeable method to ac
compliih the aforefaid just and good purposes, will be to
chufe proper Committees. Therefore,
Refolded, First, That it be recommended to the Free
men of each townihip within this county, to meet on the
third day of July next, at some covenient place in their
township, to be appointed and notified by the Constable,
then and there to chufe three or more performs for Town
fllip Committeemed.
Secondly. That t e Towr.fhip-Commlttees so chosen, do
afterwards meet at the house of Jacob Neaff, on Saturday
tithe ninth day ofJuly, at twelve o'clock, then and there
to consult and conclude upon such other measures as may
be thought most advifeable, and to chufe twe persons out
of each battalion-didrift, to be the Committee for the coun
ty. Each difiri& to chufe their own members.
JOHN BULL, Chairman.
§t§ DoHor MORGAN's Vindication will be con
tinued in ourinexfc
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Camp at Smith's Clove, June 14.
% LL OFFICE R 6 belonging to the line of Fenn
„3 fylvania who are now absent, and net employed
on essential public bufiaets, are required to join their
refpe&ive corps immediately. The good of the service
and the honor of the Officers demand their immediate
attendance, and n® excuse can or will be admitted.
A. St. C L, IR, M jor Gen.
Camp at Smith's Clove, June 14.
To all OFFICERS belonging to the Maryland Line
mho are on furlough or absent on their own private bu^
Jinefs.
HIS Excellency the Commander in,Chief having
ordered that all absent Offiers (hall join their re
fpeaive corps immediately ; Major-General Baon De
Kalb recomme ids, therefo.e, must seriously 19 all those
of the Maryland line, who are not on recruiting or any
other actual public fervi e, the ftri3eft and Ipcedieft
compliance with His Excellency's order.
By command of Major General Baron De Kalb,
SAMUEL KING, A. D. C.
TH E Commissioners for the City and County of
Philadelphia do Hereby (for the last time) call
upon the Coile&drs of the P ovincial Tax for the year
>776, and fuch,of the Collectors of the Non' -Association
Fines as have not yet fettled with and paid up the
amount of their refpe&ive duplicates to the County
I reafarer, are required to do the fame on or before the
fifteenth day of Jury next; Thole whe negled comply
ing with this notice will be dealt with zs the Law directs.
And it is expected and required, that ihe fev^ral Cel
lectors of the Continental Tax for the year 17^8 will be
as diligent as possible, so as to be able to pay into the
Treasury the whole amount of their duplicates by the
time limitted in the warrants.
June 18. B, order of the Board,
GEORGE HONEY, Jun. Clk.
N. B. It is hoped and expeded that the Assessors and
Assistant Freeholders will proceed immediately to make
their returns of property for the year 1779.
On WEDNESDAY
At Three o'clock in the. afternoon, at the Forks of
Little Egg-harbour, will be fold,
T HE SLOOP RETRIEVE, burthen about
forty-five tons, three years old, her fcils @j rig
ging very good.
Jmll,
%"' HE Officers of the American, Army beg
& leave to inform their friends and correfpond&ut,,
that the pottage of all letters to and from the Anny is
doubled; but as their pay is fully adequate to every
expence, they therefore reqitft them to lend all letters
by the public post, and not, through an, (economical vum,
by a private conveyance.
'Tis a pity that the Honorable Congress did net tre
ble the pottage for Officers letters, as a large annual
sum by this means would be put into the public "Fiea,
fury.
t§f The several Printers of News-papers en the Con
tinent are required to insert the a ove.
Philadelphia, June zi.
TO BE SOL D,
Next Wednesday, at Twelve o'clock, on Chefnut-lheet
wharf,
ON E pair of double fortified three pound Cannon,
on carriages; five pairs of Snivels; some Mus
kets, Bayonets, CurlaiTes, Water calks, Sails, &c. &c.
By PUBLIC AUCTION,
On Thursday the twenty-fourth of June inst. at Twelve
o'clock, ar the Coffee-hlfe, wd^be fold,
THE PRIZE SHIP POOLE, with all her
guns, ammunition, materials, &c. a>fne came from
sea, agreeable to an inventory to be lean at the place
of tele.
Aad at Two o'clock of the fame day, at the Bird-in.
hand wharf, the following articles found on board big
will also be fold, viz.
87 tierces and 36 barrels of Beef,
4 tierces and 7 barrels @f Herrings,
15 tierces and 3 hall tierces ©f Rice,
' 2 hogsheads and 4 barrels of Bread,
Half a firkin of Butter,
2 tierces of Pork,
Ano about 150 tons of Corl
B, order of the Court of Admiralty,
MATTHEW CLARKSON, Muffin #
Philadelphia, June zz.
TO BE SOL D,
AN excellent Saddle Herfe, free from any capital
fault known to the present owner, who bred him,
a?'."' 8 him because he has no immediate we fcr hint:
He is as well broke arid -tetri peered 3$ any hprfe in Ame
rica. Allo one other Horse remarkably finally Both
those Horses are at Mr. # Hiltzheimer's ttabl s.
Likewise to be fold next door to tne Indian Queen, a
Family Waggon, with excellent harneffo
Philadelphia, June 16.
HE REA S the frequent defections from this
1 W city, and quantity of etoaths 'fold by tlie folding,
gives great room to suppose the former are aided and
affifted.by ill disposed persons, and the matter en &u
---ragfd by ignorant persons purchasing fcidieis cloaths,
arms, &c. I therefore think itrequite to info m all
per foi,*, that by an a&, of the General Assembly of (his
Stale,
Every Conftahle is authorised and dire&ed to search
every lufpeaed place for deserters, and bring before a,
Judice of the Peace every fnfpicjous person, whom the
Justice is to commit if he fees any reafbnable cause; and
as a recompence for the trouble, every Con^able appre
hending a delerter, or the Gnaler or Sheriff for him, is
to receive hem the tf^cer to whom he is delivered up,
Three Dollars, over and above the Continental bounty
cf Ten Dollars : '.
Every person harbouring, fix hours by day or twelve
by night, any deserter, is to pay the turn of Five Pounds:
Every perlon buying any arms, caps, cloaths, or
other furniture or accoutrements belonging to the United
States of America, or causing the colour of such deaths
to be changed, shall pay the value thereof, and also a
fine of Five Pounds.
Half es the ab<?vc fines to go to the poor of the town
fllip, and half to the informer.
''.' therein great reason to believe many deserters are
received on board armed and other veffcls, all com
manders are nqudted to be cautious whara they engage,
as the Law will certainly be enforced againfyevery one
on board whole vessel a deserter is found.
Every person apprehending and bringing a deserter
from the Continental Army or Navy to me in Frent
ftreet, the fourth door below the Coffee house, (hall re
ceive a reward of Ten Dollars, and One Shilling for
every mile such deserter fhail be brought from the place
where taken. LEWIS NICOLA, Town-Major.
Head-^fcarterr, Ea) Town, June 16.
D E S;E R T. E D,
From the fecend Jersey regiment, lying atEaft-Town,
CT? HOMAS DANIELS, five feet (even inches
high, short brown hair, fair complexion, blue eyes,
twenty, fix years of age. Benjamin Gurifon, five feet
five inches high, dark complexion and hair, grey eyes,
twenty-four years of age. David Ireland, five feet ten
inches high, long light hair, fair complexion, grey
eyes, twenty-one years of age. John Wain, five feet
seven inches high, dark complexion and hair, grey eyes,
twenty four years of age. Jom Tayler, five feet nine
inches high, dark complexion and hair, grey eyes,
twenty-five years of age. John Lippment, fix feet high,
fair complexion, dark hair, blue eyes, twenty-five years
of age. Jonathan Ruu ton, five feet five inches high,
short black hair, dark complexion, twenty-three years
of age. Thomas Youngs, five feet fix inches high, fair
complexion and hair, grey eyes, twenty years of age.
James Flitcher, five fiet seven inches high, fair com
plexion, short brown hair, grey eyes, twenty-five years
of hge., Levi Springer, five feet ten inches high, fair
complexion, dirk brown hair, grey eyes, twenty years
of age. It is supposed they are gone to Egg-harbour,
as they belonged to that place. Whoever takes up Gid
deleters (hall receive Ten Dollars for each, and One
Shilling per mile each if delivered to the regiment, or'
to the Town-Major in Philadelphia.?
• ISRAEL SHREVE, CoL 2d Jersey Reg.
W A N T E D,
fl, MAN SERVANT in a Gentleman's family
xl who caa be recommended for honesty and fobric
ty. His duty will be to wait at table, N,ke cqre of so
9" or bg° of errands, and attend bis matter, the.e being
other fervants' to do the drudgery of Ac fairly. Unlefe
quit® a fhan^er in the country; none need apply who
cannot be recommended as above. Enquire vs the PMnter„
A " °''''E for the Sale of Real Estates
is now opened and kept by^the fubicii® rs, in Saf-
Gf/afs-ft cet, cmraoniy called Race itrett, between
Front and Second tereets, in the city of Philadelphia,
where PeYer Thomson carries on the Conveyancing
buhneis in adits b, meues.
-.Any perfun b >iug real elites to clifpofe of, is desired
to give them a true description ditto',and puicba&s
may have an.cp?oituni, of fpetdy information by ap^
plying io theoi at the Wtrice aforesaid, or ^t the Ceff-e
---10 e twice a dry at the tofaal hours. Those who pieafe
to 14z)ur the^ in placing out their money at intcreft,
may be aflured that they will procure them vindeubtea
security h, mbitgage or othftwife. Peter Thomson
^ij carefull) examine titles to Idnds, and point out the
del cis, if any,, to .the prffiflbrs of deeds, and inform
Juch what will pe necessary to remedy such defc&, up
on application to PETER THOMSON,'
J,me is.. RICHARD ARMIT T.
A LAW LIBRARY.
T°„B^ SOLD, a valuable collection cf BOOKS
of the firit authority in the Law ; also a few fits of
Htfrorical and other Works The whole in gcod order.
Inquire of TENCH COXE.
„QUANTITY of die bed Muscovado SUGAR
rd hog&eads and . b^riels, just imported in the
Bug, :P^AWARE and Lady Gates, to be fold by
8. B U ' )LER next door to Mr. James Mean's, in
Front-tercel, Philaoriphia.%
A few's E f rs '
CHINA CUPS and SAUCERS'
TO RE SOLD BY
T H O MAS 3A R R Y,
Ju Norris' Alley,„
[ ? BE SO L D,~
for Coiunental Certificates, cr the circulating F a,
Currency
A N invoke of GoODo rt„> >c'cofer for thofrefent
^afon, amengft which are linens; plain, Dotted
and ffowtied ;awr, ; cambric*,, handkerchiefs, ft i p M
linens, &c.& . Enquire ct WILLIAM TURNBULL,
tn Sermid ticket, Pt^a^elDh+a.
1 0 t L ?7'T7'
A THREE-STORY HOUSE a d' two
^ STORES. Enquire of
CHARLES MARSHALL,
A SCFI QOL-MASTER Wanted,
rp HE Truriees of the Union School hou'e at Ger.
§ mintown, will meet on Fr day next, the.twenty
firth inkin', at the laid School house, for the pteroofeof
agreeing with a Maftei fr- teach Enflifh. He will have
a good house, garden, orchard, and cut hotfes, all
rent free, arm a large Schrol-houfe, in a fiue healthy
-part ol the country and in a gocd re^hhouihocd.
0%/e Hundred Dollars Reward.
S'i"'" '." Saturday evening, from Hunt's
place on the Philadelphia and Germantown road, a
'°'"' MAR E, fifteen hands high, fix y-ars
old, ha% a blaze in her fare, a natural trotter, and wa#
!!" fame evening puffing Mr. Shoemaker's mill, on
tne out York road. Whoever delivers laid ruare to
" I, L|AM M Culloh, at said Hunt's place, er to the
fubfmbtr in Fiom-ftreet, Philadelphia, fhail have tU
above regard and reafcnahle exuences,
Jtm e 17. JAMES M'CULLOH}
SO M A time last month was purchased of a
Granger, a pattern for coat, waistcoat and breeches,
of cambiet: Some circumstances hath induced the pur
chaser to fear the said pattern might not 1 e the proper
ty of the perfph of whora he bought their: ; he there
f°" R' V " "" 8 public notice that any perlon that has
left such pattern, by proving property and paying
charges may have them again by applying to the Printer.
June zz.
FIFTY DOLLARSREWARD.
STRAYED or STOLEN from the fubferiber,
living at the sign of the Bull, in Charleftown town
ftnp, near M^ore-hall, Cheft^r county, a stout bright
bay HORSE, eight or nine years old, fifteen hands
%h, branded on the near buttock with a letter much
like an aytch, low necked and carries his head low, his
shoulders fore with drawing in the gears, fore back and
fore upon his withers, raw boned, goes wide when he
travels, and his hind legs seem ftiff. Whoever will give
information of said herfe so that he may be had again,
(hall have the above reward, paid by
J^ 16. EPHRAIM JONES.
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD.
RAN AWAY cn the thirteenth cf June, 177^-
from the fubferiber, living in Hardwick, Suffix
county, New-Jerf-y, a Negro Wench named NANNY,
a^out twenty-two years of age, thick built, of a jeilow
i.h complexion, and pretty lang hair : ,ad on when (Qt ,
went awav, a white linen short gown, a pale blue flan
nel petticoat, an oldritriped lincey ditto, pale blue ftock
mgs, and leather heeled shoes. Whoever takes her up
and secures her in any gaol, so that I can get her again,
man receive the above reward, and if brought home all
reasonable charges, paid by
L THOMAS HUNT.
5. She had two bonnets with her, one black and
the other white/