The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1780-05-20 00:00:00, page 4

DIALOGUE between Qaud M, in the Country.
Jacob. [I QW does the do, Benjamin I Thou
watt in Philadelphia. What news didst
thou hear ?
Benjamin. Yas, I was there, Jacob ; and I heard won
dcrfulthmgs there; Mid I had conversation with several
rebels, and particularly with a notorious one. I pre
tended to be a haunch rebel, by which I got out many
things which I did like, a@d think we (hall yet get the
better of them./
Jac, I know very well thy people are cunning, and
we are ignorant; and if thy people had not so earnestly
advised us, the meft of our Society would be among the
rebels; but when we heard your principles, and what a
beneficial thing it is to be a tory, and that, by being Such
a one, a man Stands no rifkon either fide, we were glad
to adopt your Sentiments. Thou knoweft we are stingy,
like your people, and like to live in case as well as you ;
but I with thee would tell me what thou haft heard in
Philadelphia.
Ben. I told thee I had a long talk with a great rebel.
He told me how this war began ; how our Society was the
foremoft when the King and Parliament took our liberty
arid fortunes from us ; how many petitions we sent to
King and Parliament ; but we had at that time a very good
Congress. They were most all men of wisdom and in
tegrity ; they were good men, and the public good was
their whole and sole study. Private interest was far from
them ; but when the King and Parliament made an Aft,
in which we were declared rebels, and the English nation
empowered to rob and plunder us by sea and land, we could
not otherwise go to war, than to declare ourselves a free
people, or we would in reality have been rebels.
Jac. But how did thy people relish that proceeding >
Ben. You may easily guess how cowards would have
done. We not only dislike it ; we protested, we made
profel tes, particularly thine and the methodist Society
were fit objeds in our view ; and when the rebels made
paper money, we in general refufed it. Firfl when that
cursed Set of men celled the Committee of Observation and
InfpeftiQn was in being, they kept us in terror, and feek
ed up the refufersfh ops and stores, which made that mo
ney pass current ; but when the rebels fettled a govern
ment, we were indulged to do what we pleased, and so
we go on, that even tome of us correspond regularly with
our friends at New-York, that not even a Single vessel can
go out, which our people there do not know.
Jac. Thy people are very bold ; but when one of you
get caught in this practice, will you not be hanged ?
Ben. 0 tnere is no danger, we have most of the law
yers on our fide; we have hard money ; and when such
a one comes toa trial, we muster up evidences of cur cast,
which do not mind an oath Court and juries are mer
ciful, and in general acquit such a one.
Jac. Thee told me that thee would tell me all that thee
has he rd in Philadelphia ; but we came off from it in our
discourse.
ben. Now I will tell thee further, what thatold arch
rebel Said. Congress made a great deal of paper money,
and when the tories d preciated it in a (hameful manner,
to that it almost came to nothing. This present Con
gress made a resolve the 18th of March past, that forty
Continental fit.ll pais but for one Silver dollar. Now, laid
he, confider what a reward this is for tem who assisted
our cause with their life and fortunes ; they must pay for
ty where the tory.pays but one dollar ; and I assure you
it is intolerable ; and if our rufers go on so, the high pow
er, the people, must do themselves justice. Now Jacob,
think how it pleased me, that we guessed so well, and did
not meddle much with that money. lam yet afraid our
king will atlaft loose the cause, and be obliged to leave
the country. We have mo other profpea, as there are
many thousands in town and country, who will rather
die than Submit to his power again.
Jac. Well, Benjamin, we will in the mean time laugh
at tie rebels, because they believed so easily. Ha, ha, ha.
Ben. Don't laugh too loud. The rebels are very ap
prehensive a time might come, that the Lord (if the e is
one) laughs at us when the rebels triumph ever us.
Another time, when we meet again, I'll tell thee more.
So farewel, Jacob.
Jac. Farewel, Benjamin.
Goods Received, and So d on Commission,
AT the Store of the Subscriber, in a convenient part
of the city, in Second-ft reet, between Market and
Chefnut-ftreets, at the Sign of the H,nd-faw, where all
kind of goods are received, and fold on the belt terms
for the owners. The cellars and Store rooms are all dry
and fit for the reception of any kind of goods. Any
person having goods to di/pofe of, either in town er coun
try, such as woolen or linen cloths, thread or yarn
Stockings, or any other articles in any branch, will meet
with convenient room, and constant attendance will be
given, by
JONATHAN ZANE.
Now on hand the following ARTICLES, viz.
Logwood, Brazibetto, Fuftick, Gr und R dwood,
Ground Logwood, Glass of various fixes, Copperas,
Chalk, Pondered Spanish brown, Lump and Powder
Antimony, American Square Bar and Bitter Steel, Awl
blades by tie groce, Glew, Galls, Snuff in bottles,
Scarf and Thread Buttons, Hair Sand and Indian-meal
Sieves, Wheat and Rnecn Sieves, Oat Riddles, Sath-
Line an! Wights, Fuh-Honks and Lines, a final! af
fo tment 4 Ironmongery, &c. &:. A pair of four foot
French Burr Mill-Stones, iron bound.
Ready money and a good price for Horsetails.
Mth >•.
FOR S A
CUNDRY LOTS in this Citv, on Lombard,
' Front, Second and South (Greets —Ufo a few Lots in
th? D rt dt of Southwark For te<ms apply to Charles
Wharton, one of the Executors to the Estate of Jo-
BPM Wharton, deceased.
PHILADELPHIA: Printed and Sold by JOHN DUNLAP, in Market-Street.
State of Now-Jersey, ff.
TO ALL whom it may concern,
XT 0 TICE is hereby given, That a Court of Ad
" miralty will be held at Mount-Holly, in the Sate
of New-jerfry, on Thursday the Sth da, of June next,
at ten o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to try the
truth of the fads alledged in the bill of the Captains
Brown, Decatur and Ridge, (qui tarn, &c.) againtt the
Hoop or vessel called the S valiew, Capt. —Snell, late
commander, with her tackle, apparel and cargo: To
the end that the owner or owners or any persons con
cerned therein, may Shew cause, if any they have, why
the fame Should not be condemned according to the
prayer of the said bill.
By order of the Judge,
May is. J- BLOOMFIELD, Reg.
Port oj Philadelphia, Pennfybvania, ff.
TO ALL whom it may concern.
AJO LICE is hereby given, That a Court of Admi
"ralty will be held at the State House in the city of
Philadelphia, on Monday the fifth day of June next, at
Ten o'clock in the forenoon, for the trial of the Priva
teer brigantine or vessel called the Arbuthnot, lately be
longing to the port of New-Yerk, and commanded by
James Downey, taken at lea, sent into this port and li
belled against as prize, by Stephen Decatur and John
Ridge, (qui tarn, &c.) To the intent that the owner
or owners thereof, or any perfen concerned therein, may
appear and Shew cause, if any they have, why the said
brigantine, &: ffiould not be condemned according to
the pra er of tne bill, &c.
By order of the fudge,
Mey 11. ANDREW ROBESON, Reg.
Port of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ff.
T O ALL whom it may concern.
XTOTICE is hereby given, That a Court of Admi
ralty will be held at the State-house in the city of
Philadelphia, on Monday the fifth day of June next,
for the trial of the Letter of Marque brigantine or vessel
called the Elphinfton, burthen about one hundred tons,
late from the port of New-York, bound to St. Kitts,
commanded by Thomas Kennedy, taken at sea, sent in
to this port and libelled againff as priz', by John Ridge
an' Sephen Decatur, (qui tarn &c.) To the intent
that the owner or owners, or any person concerned
therein, may appear and Shew cause, if any they have,
why the said brig and cargo Should not be condemned
according to the prayer of the bill, &c.
May 11. By order of the Judge,
ANDREW ROBESON, Reg.
Three Hundred Dollars Reward.
WAS STOLEN last Monday night, the Ith
instant, (May) from rhe Commons of this city
a dark ba, STALLION, seven years old, without brand
er mark, Sul 15 hands high. Whoever will fecu re said
Horse so that th? owner may have him again, shall have
One Hundred Dollars reward, and for the thief
Two Hundred Dollars wh-n convicted, paid by
JOHN NOBLE, the upper .nd of Seventh street, or by
BENJAMIN MORRISON, living in Spruce-street,
Philadelphia. May is.
MIFFLIN and BUTLER,
Has for SALE, at their Store the corner of Front
and Chefnut Streets.
BEST Jamaica Spirit, Mufeovado Sugars, Coffee
and C r ton, best Ailum Salt by the quantity, and
a few Dry Goods.
TO BE SOLD BY
THOMAS LEI PE R,
TOBACCONIST.
SCOTCH SNUFF and Manufaaured TOBACCO,
0 belt JAMES RIVER TOBACCO,
Best ELK RIDGE Ditto,
TENEKIFFE WINE in pipes,
JAMAICA SPIRITS in hogsheads.
ONE GUINEA REWARD.
Taken out of an Office in the City within about a Fort
night past,
AN ELEGANT CASE of Mathematical In
struments, a double-bladed Penknife, remarkable
for both blades opening on the f^me pin, and a Silver
Pencil set in a wooden handle for ruling parchment :
TheCafe of Instruments was covered with pelifhed green
Shagreen, had a Silver plate on the top marked M. F. in
a double cypher, and several of the Inftruraents had the
makers name, MARTIN LONDON. Whoever
will deliver them to the Printer Shall be entitled to the
above reward.
May i.
BOTTLED BE E R,
By the Groce or Dozen,
FOR SALE at ROBERTS and GAR
RIGUES BREWERY, in Fifth-ftreet near
the corner of Market-Street.
Nicetown, in the Northern Liberties, April 14
V(T AS taken up by the fubferiber last Saturday, a bay
MARE, about 14 . hands high, has a Star in her
forehead, Shod all round, branded on the near thigh,
but dull, paces and trots, and appears to he 5 years old.
The owner, proving bis property, and paying charges,
may have her again, by applying to
ANTHONY HUBBORD.
Eight Hundred Dollars Reward.^
Baltimore, April 3, 1780.
Q TOLE N, Ldt night, out of a ware-house upon MrA
' Hu chinga's (late Hudfons's) wharf, a final! pine
CHEST, about two feet and an halt long and eleven
inches h road, with sundry articles in it, viz. Several
Loan-Office C^rtifieat:*, to the amount of 19,300 dollars,
payable to William Wright, Signed by Thomas Hit
wood, Continental Treasurer, Annapolis, dated May
20, 1779. —Also, Sundry other papers, which are of no
ute to any one but the owner ; likewise, one pair black
velvet breeches, one half-worn flirt and stock, three
books, viz. &op'sF b>i, a Treatile or Book-keeping,
and a complete French Dictionary ; a Small quantity of
Silver, to the amount of two dollars, three groce of
watch chryttals, fix pounds of chocolate, one pound of
pins, one green Shagreen watch-case, one Shaving box,
Strap, and eight razors ; also many other articles.—The
above reward will be given for apprehending the THIEF,
or a reafonabie reward for any of the above articles.
JOSIAH HATTERSLY.
The CERTIFICATES are as follows:
No. 1202, 1203, iseq., IXOS, 1206, each 600 dollars,
3000 dollars.
No. 1437, of 300 dollars, 300 dollars.
N). 1825, 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830, IX3*,
1832, 1833, 1834, 1835, 1836, 1837, 1838, 1839, 1840,
1841, 1842, each 590 dollars, 9030 dollars.
No. 24.76, 2477, 2480 24.81, each 1000 dollars in
dorfed W. Wright, 4.000 dollars.
No. 2475, 24,8, 2479, each 1000 dollars, 3000 dol
lars ; amounting in the whole to 19,300 dollars.
They are Maryland Loan Office Certificates
T~ 0 B-E S~ 6~L~D ~ *
By the Hcgsheab er Barrel, at
FRANCIS DAYMO N's
STORE, in Water-street, near Market-Street,
A QUANTITY of
EXCELLENT SUGARS,
Lately imported from Hispaniola.
~W AN~T~S-L~A C E,
AS A WET NURSE,
A YOUNG WOMAN, with a good breast of
milk, who can be well recommended. Enquire of
the Printer.
To be SOLD at Public Sale,
On the 20th day of May instant, on the premier, if not
before disposed of at Private Sale,
ANE A T well finished two Itory BRICK HOUSE,
and LOT of G ROU N D, Situate on the call
fide of Fourth Street, about half way between Union
and Pine-streets; the Lot contains 36 feet in front, and
40 feet in depth, fubje& toa ground-rent of 41. per an -
num, reserved in Spanish milled dollars. For terms of
file apply to Bonsall and Shoemaker's office, near
the premises, where may b: seen a description of a num
ber of other Houses, Lots, Plantations and unimprov
ed Lands for tale, and where deeds and other writings
are drawn with care and dispatch, and business transac
ted as usual.
Just Published, and to be Sold by
STYNER and CI ST,
PRINTER S,
In Second-Street, four doors above Race-fticet, Phi
ladelphia,
A REGULAR
ENGLISH SYNTAX.
WHEREIN is exhibited the whole variety of
English Construction, properly exempli
fied. To which is added, the elegant manner of ar
ranging wordsand members of Sentences. The whole
reduced to practice, for the use of private young gentle
men and ladies, as well as of our molt eminent Schools :
ByjAMES BUCHANAN.
From THE MONTHLY REVIEW.
This i* an ufeful and judicious performance. We
have met with nothing as well calculated to teach inac
curate writers to write better ; and we therefore recom
mend it, not without hopes that it will save us both
trouble and d fguft.
The CRI IT CAL REVIE W, in giving the
chara&er of this Performance, concludes with the follow
ing words: 6 These are observations by which the great
< est writer may profit ; and Mr. Buchanan has given us
c several just animadversions upon the works of our most
6 celebrated authors ; for which, where they now alive,
6 they certainly would or ought to thank him. Correfl
-6 nefs is not always the characteristic of a great genius,
6 and this Grammarian proves it in many flagrant in
' Stances.'
—T^O TVS-L~ D?-
THE one half of two Dwelling Houses, a Wharf,
and a Store, Situated at Chrifteen Bridge. Fer
further particulars enquire of Catharine Ogle, li
ving in Second-Street, between Market and Arch-ftrects
Philadelphia.
TO BE SOLD BY
JOHN DUNL A P,
( Bound or unbound )
ANY QUANTITY OF
DILWORTH'S SPELLING BOOK,
Printed on fine Strong paper and % new ty pe.
N. B. Those who buy by the thousand Shall have a
large allowance.