The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1780-12-09 00:00:00, page 1

GRAN D-LODGE,
Philadelphia, N member 29, 1780.
T H E different Lodges under the jurif
' diction of the Grand-Lodge of Pennsylvania, are
requested to take Notice, that the Monday preceding
St. JOHN'S Day, happening, this year, to be Chriitmas
day, the Grand Communication will be held on Mon
day the Eighteenth day of D-cember, in the Gr^nd
Lodge Room, Lodge-alley, at Ten o'clock in the Fore
noon, and it is hoped the different Officers who, by
the uholfome Rules of Masonry ought to be prelent,
will be ptm&ual in their Attendance, as Matters of ve
ry general Importance to the whole Fraternity will be
laid before them.
By order of the Right Worfhipfull
GRAND MaSIER.
Wm. Moore Smith,
D^p. Grand Secretary.
Just Imported, and To be Sold, by
Bunner, Murray arid Company,
On Meafe's wharff, below the Krieg',
RUSSIA Sheetings, Ravens Duck, Duth Dowlas,
Loaf Sujar, Rum, Table Knives and Forks, Bar
low Penknives, Piftoicapt dit. Buck-capt dit. Sciff rs,
A ri-blades, Common and White-chapple Needles, &c.
ALSO, To be S d, A Quantity of Red Oak
Staves and Knockdowns, Ceosr and pine Boards,
Plank and Scanting.
TE~ IN co=x T,
Has for Sale, at his dore in Walnut ftrte, the third
door east of Second- ft 4 eet,
COARSE Cloths, Li en, ffk and c tton Hose,
Lawns, Cambri ks, M ^ns, pink and tky-blue
Gauze, Calicoes, silk and linen Hankerchiefs, Bindings,
Threads, Dimities, Nankeen , Ginghams, Salempores,
Havannah Snuff Dutch Stoves, genuine old Madeira
Wine of the meft excellent quality, sherry Wine, bot
tled Porter, English Cheese: Also, a Hand Organ of
four barrels. Dec. 2d, 1780,
THE Subferiber begs leave to inform
his Friends and fermer Customers in particular,
and the Public in general, that he continues to carry
on his Business, of a TAYLOR, in all the various
branches of the trade,' at his houfe^the fcuth fide of
Market-street, and next door to the Indian-King, where
all those who pleale to favour him with their commands
may depend on having their Cioaths cut anc finished
cff in the neatest tnd belt manner, for Cash only, as the
present difficult times prevents his giving any credit.
He has provided himfelf with an assistant, and a number
of good journeymen, whih enables him to carry on
Business with tha utmost Dispatch ; and he makes no
doubt but he shall give gn, rd Sitisf?&:on.
The Public's humble Servant,
JOHN MARTIN.
N. B. Good wages will be given to Journeymen who
art compleat at the taylor's trade, and two or three
Apprentices would be taken, if well recommended.
Philadelphia November :6, 1780.
One Thousand Dollars Reward.
RAN-AWAY from Philadelphia, on Tuesday night,
the 14th inttint, a NEGRO LAD named JOHN
NY, about 18 years of age, Iho.t of stature, Square
shouldered and well made, has a remarkable large nose,
thick lips, a very solemn look and a lounging heavy
walk : He had on, when he went away, a new woollen
drab coloured coat with scarlet cuffs and cape, green
broadcloth wriftcoat and purple breeches, a pair of new
shoes and brad buckles, but no stockings- and tock
with him a blanket and a leathern jocky-cap.
As he is a stranger in this city, it is probable he may
endeavour to get on bo?rd feme vessel in the river ; all
matters of which are hereby forbid to receive or enter
tain him.
Whoever will take up the laid Negro, and ferure him
in any gaol or otherwift, so that hi^ matter may hsve him
again, shall receive the above Reward, by applying at
JOHN ORD's, Enquire, in Chefnut ftrue*, to
WILLIAM WEBB.
N. B. If he returns of his own accord his fault will
be overlooked..
A Capable and industrious PERS ON,
who has been engaged in theadive feenes of bo
finefs in this city, who understands accounts, ^nd can
be well recommended for fobr'ety, will meet with good
encouragement, by applying te the Printers.
° R I THE
GENE RAL b^BOOIW ADVERTISER.
SATURDAY
[ Published every Tuesday and Saturday.]
just PUBLISHED and To be SOLD, by
JOHN DUNLAP,
At his Printing-Office in Market street,
FATHER ABRAHAM'S
ALMANA C K,
For the YEAR of Our LORD, 178 r.
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Port of P riladeiphia. Pennsylvania, ff.
To A L L whom it may concern.
XJOTICE is hereby given, tl at a Court of Admiralty
" will he held at the Admiralty Office, in Arch-ftrett,
between Third and Fourth streets, in tie city cf Phila
delphia, on Saturday the Ninth day of December, in
stant, for the Trial of the Bill of JOHN SOWDER,
(qui tam, &c.) against furdry Goods, Wares and Mer
chandizes, taken at sea out of the Brig Endeavour,
commanded by Thomas Gregory, on her voyage fr > m
Liverpool to Newfoundland. To the intent, that the
owner or owners thereof, or any perlons concerned
therein, may appear ana shew caule, if any they have,
why a decree Should not pari putfuant to the prayer of
the said Bill, &c. By O^der of the Judge,
ANDREW ROBESON, Regifler.
This Morning.
At it o'clock, at the C ffee-hoide,
Will be Sold by Public Vendue,
The Friendship Salt-Works ;
Situa e about 3 mt to ealtw^fd of Abfeakum bridge ;
with all the necrffiry ut«ntials for carrying on the
business :
THE Works consist of 8 wrought iron pars, from 8
feet by 16, to 18 by 22 feet; all lately set up on a
new plan and now in blast, under cover of a house
100 feet by 50;
A la ge Cifttfn, calculated to hold water Efficient for
all the pans;
Two Pumps that go by water, for the purpose of pump,
ing the water into the pans;
A good Salt Sore, A large and convenient Dwelling
House, with a Kitchen and two Bake-ovens adjoin
ing it ;
Good Stables and other Out-houses; together with the
unexpired term of upwards of two years on a leaf# of
the land whereupon the Works stand ; and the pri
vi ege of cutting Wood, fufficient for the works, at
the moderate price of one bushel of salt for go co,ds.
ALSO, A quantity of Hay and Wood, ready cur, two
Waggons and four Hories, with Gears to e<ch ; se
veral other Draft Horses, Houfhold and Kitchen Fur
niture, &c.
The Field Officers and Captains,
belonging to the Pennsylvania Line, absent upon fur
lough, or otherwise, are hereby required to join their
refpe&ive regiments, in the vicinity of Moifihown,
state of N w Jersey, on or before the 20th of Decem
ber, ensuing; (except those of the Bth) to the end,
that the Arrangement cf the Infantry may be compleat
ed, agreeable to an A& of Congress, passed the 21st
ultimo.
Those Officers who do not comply with this order,
or rfeglea fending their determination in writing, to
the Commanding Officer of the Division, in camp, whe
ther they will continue in the service or retire from it,
on or before the day aforesaid, will be precluded the
right of Priority which they would otherwise be enti
tled to.
ANTHONY WAYNE, B. G.
Totowa C?mp, 25 h Nov. 1780.
November 30, 1780.
The MEMBERSof the
United Illinois and Ouabache
LAND COMPANIES,
ARE requeu'd to take Notice, that tbe lrit Monday
in December, appointed by the articles as the
quarterly meeting, happening, this year, to be Chrift
mais day, the lais Meeting is postponed till Monday
the Fuft of January next, to be then held at the City
Tavern, at 6 o'clock in the Evening ; when and where
they are desired to attend in person or bv their aitor
nies. WM. MOORE SMITH.
TO BE L E T,
AS HOP in Second.ftreet near Market street, fui
table for the dry good business. Enquire of the
printers.
TH^
Number 687.
Observations on Paper Credits
Trade and Finance.
(Continued from our Paper of We^nefday Evening.)
HQ W the arts of the enemy and the balance of trade
have operated in depreciating our money, has alrea=
oy been shewn. The firft may be guarded against by our
vigilance in detecting, and steadiness in puhiffiing, the
emissaries employed init by the enemy: The latter by at
decrease of our imports, or by an increase of our exports.
By fumptuary laws, retraining the importation of arti^
cles of meer luxury, our imports may be lessened by an
Amazing sum ; or, by laying heavy duties on them the,
may be made to yield a very considerable revenue. In
doing either of these, it mat be acknowledged, there
will arise some difficulties, and it will require solid judg
ment and an intimate knowledge of faffs to avoid them ±
However, found politicians, as well as able generals,
diftinguifl between difficulties and impossibilities. But
it is not absolutely necessary to restrain our importer
while we can so readily encreafe our exports.
If timely and proper attention be paid to the means of
Securing ample and certain supplies for the army, and du&
caution be used to prevent supplies being sent to the ene
my, the real inconveniencies from an open trade, if any,
are very few ; the advantages are numerous and import
ant: Afaong which the encouragement and revival of &
Spirit of industry and agriculture is of immense importance
to us. Indeed the discouragement and deftrudion 06
these are among the greatest calamities of war.
Restraints on trade produce air illicit trade, and fines
and forfeitures always operate as premiums offered for
violating the laws; are injurious to the honest trader,
and against the country with whom we trade. They tend
to a very unequal distribution of property, by throwing
trade into the hands of a few men who dare to violate the
laws, and, by this means, unprincipled dishonest men
become the wealthiest, and, in the end, if they have abi.
lities, most powerful men in our country. In every view
they are dire&ly opposite to genuine republican prin
ciples.
Suppose the opening of yonr ports would encreafe the
price of provisions, how would this operate on the State!
Would it be an injury t® the State to receive a high price
rather than a low price for our produce? Let the farmer
judge of this, and let the politician determine whether or
not the farmer's ability to pay taxes will be encreafed b,
encreafing the value of the produce of his lands and hi#
labour. Those States who have no provisions to export,
and who would have to pay their Share of the encreafed
price, might complain of it; other States could have no
reason for complaint. But the evil (supposing it to bean
evil) would be temporary : For, the price of provisions,
in all countries, depend on their necessities compared with
their supplies : If their necessities are great and the sup
plies small, the price will be high: Encreafe the suppl,
and the price will fall, and this fall will lower the price
in the country where the supplies are railed. However
the scales of commerce may be agitated by accident, they
will play up and down an equal number of times, and rest
at last upon a perfe& level.
In order to obtain supplies (er the arm,, the farmer
must be permitted to export all that is over and above
that supply, and this he ought to be certain of doing ;
otherwise he may be so far difeouraged as not to raifa
even that supply. Britain tried, to its utmost extent,
the effed of prohibitory laws, and they utterly tailed *
They encouraged the exportation of grain by bounties,
and they succeeded beyond the most sanguine expectati
on, and they have ever since had plenty. This ought
to be a lesson to us.
Secure the supplies for the army as soon as poffiblej
Open your ports, and give every possible ioceufagement
to the induftr, of the farmer, and there cannot be a
doubt but that in a fertile country which produces the
ftaff of life, and is filled with laborious and frugal inha
bitants, there will be an abundance of all things. Trade
will then regulate itfelf.
But neither the merchants necessity for specie to pa,
the balance of trade, nor the arts of the enemy would
have had so great an effed on our money, had it been
funded in due time. Could this have been done, and
the fund's securely eftabliffied, obr money would have
had some known value: At least there would have been
data to have reasoned from concerning it. Men might
have differed in their opinions of our chance of success ;
but the product of the funds; and the time in which the
bills could have been redeemed, might have been pret
ty well afeertained, and these would have afforded prirt*
ciples upon which to have formed a judgment,
While we cdnfider this, let us do jtiftice to theßepre
fentatives of the United States, by constantly bearing irt
mind, that they had no authority to eftabidh funds for
this purpose. This aft of justice is become the more ne
cessary by some unmeritted and injurious refleaions upon
that body, whose reputation is invaluable, while the suc
cess of our flruggle for liberty so greatly depends on it.
Perhaps, too, justice to the rtfpeaive States requires,
DECEMBE R 9,v^