The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1779-12-25 00:00:00, page 4

TH E Clerk of the Market, in pursuance of his duty
and special direction to enforce the laws preventing
abufesfin the Markets and fate of provision, now gives this
public notice, That he is resolved to prosecute any persons
offending against the laws, without refped of persons :
An 4 that none may plead ignorance in future, thinks pro
per to inform them, in this public manner, what actions
are by law made offencesand how punishable, viz.
First. The purchasing any provisions or victuals what
soever for the food of man, at their own houses, in the
streets, at any wharfs, taverns, ferry-houfes or other places
than the public Market houses.
Secondly The making any bargain for any such provi
sions or victuals, before the fame Ihall be brought for sale
into the public Markets.
TniMly. The endeavouring to enhance the price of
the above articles, or dissuading any persons from bringing
their provisions to Market for sale.
Fourthly. The purchasing the above articles to fell
again, within four miles of the Court-House ; except
they are tavern keepers, butchers anting in their trade,
or huckft ts after io o'clock in the forenoon.
The punishments inflicted by law are, for the firft of
fence a forfeiture of the value of the articles foreftalled or
re,rated, and imprisonment for two months ; and accumu
lated punhlimems tor a repetition of the offences.
The great advantage the inhabitants of the city as well
is those of the country would reap from observing these
regulations, would soon make all compulsion of law
anntceffary : But the fubferiber is resolved to do his duty
a this refpea ; and after this notification, no citizen can
ake it hard if he or his servant, found in the breach of the
aw, are prosecuted. And he experts that such of thein
:iabitants as wish to fee abuses prevented, and a fair gene
ral plan of sale promoted, will not only comply ftridly
with the law themselves, but discountenance, and enable
die fubferiber to punilh, those who do otherwise.
ROBERT SMI TH, Clerk.
Just imported and to be fold by
JACOB AND HENRY GEIGER,
At the corner or Market and Third-Greets, oppefite
the O d Gaol, A quantity of the heft ,
South-Carolina SOAL LEATHER.
Philadelphia, December z< .
To be SOLD Standing,
A Q.U ANTITY of WOOD on the Wiffa
hukon Road,,nine and a half miles from this city.
Enquire of SAMUEL FOWE L.
Philadelphia, December 14..
AP OCKET- BOOK containing Five
Hundred and Sixtyon? Dollern, in Continental
Bills of Credit, was found be cen the Frankford and
Germartmn roads, about five weeks ago, by a Negro
man. Tin o^ner proving his or her property and pay
in? charges, m;.y have the fame again by applying to
the Printer.
One Thousand Dollars Reward.
ST OLEN out of the house of the fubferiber, in
ThirdT'erzet, near Cn&nut-ftrcet, Philadelphia, in
the evening of the 15th inst, (December) Twenty one
Piec s ^f double molded D UTCH CHECKS, about
eighteen yards in each piece. Whoever fecues the
Goods so that the owner may have them again, shall
receive the above reward, paid by
ROBERT PAISLEY.
WH EREA S Hannah Shafer, daughter
of the fubferiber, has not been heard of by her
father fiice the year 1777, at which time the was in ser
vice with Peter Carolus, in Front street, near Chefnut
street, Philadelphia, who removed on the approach of
the enemy to the fa>d city, but not known to what place:
This is therefore to request the favour of any person
who may know where said Hannah Shafer refidei, (if
the be living) to give information thereof to her father,
in Hamilton townfh.p, Northampton county, which
will confer an oblig tion on him that will ever be ac
knowledged with gratitude and thanks.
JACOB SHAFER.
Philadelphia, December 15.
ALL persons indebted to the estate of James
Coffee, late ofrthis city, Blacksmith, decealed,
ire requeued to make immediate payment : And all
hose that have any demands against said estate are de
ired to bring in their accompts, properly proved, that
hey may be fettled and paid by
REBECCA COFFEE, Adminift atrix.
A GOOD affxtment of
fl Irish linens,
Cambricks fort?!,
Fine mullin,
Striped Holland,
Great-Coats,
Good bohea and h; r on tea,
Philadelphia, December 20, 177,.
fi; # T a meeting of the M g ftratea of the City and
County of Philadelphia, 011 the seventeenth inst.
taking into confidergtion the price allowed by A& of
Aflembly for Sweeping of Chimneys being not Efficient
to engage a lufficient number of Sweeps for that pur
pof: at thir ferion of the year, ,do agree to allow Eight
Dollars for the Sweeping of every Chimney from this
day to the firft 0! February next.
JOHN OR D, President.
Just imported and to be fold cheap, by
GERARD WILLIAM BEEKMAN,
In Scc@nl-ftrcet, between Walnut and Spruce-streets,
Philadelphia,
PHILADELPHIA: Printed and Sold by JOHN DUNLAP, in Market-Greet.
Souchong tea in cannisters,
Pepper,
A large iron chest,
I Pound pins,
IRibbonds,1 Ribbonds,
C p Wire,
I Sundry flutes and hautboys.
AM AN capable of taking care of a few
Horses, may hear of an advantageous place by ap
plying to the Printer immediately. None need expeft
thib employ without being well recommended.
FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD.
STRAYED AWAY, a middle sized brindle
C O W, with a blemish in one of her eyes, a star in
her forehead, one of her horns sawed, part of the
way straight, about an inch from the point; the is
heavy with calf. Whoever can give any information of
said Cow so that the owner may get her ag:in, shall
have the above reward by applying to JEREMIAH
ANDRE WS, Jeweller, in Second-street, between
Chefnut and Walnut-streets, Philadelphia.
December 12, 1779.
Best A LLUM SA LT,
At 50!. per bushel,
TO BE SOLD BY
ANDREW and JAMES CALDWELL.
N° PICE is hereby given to all persons who are pos
sessed of any due Bills for provisions, given by me
or my Assistants, That they draw the amount of the
fame, on or before thefoft of December infant, and
so on before the last day of the month after such due Bill
becomes due. Those who are left after that time will
not be anfw^red.
By order of the C mmifcry General of Iffnes,
H. VALENTINE, A. C.of l.
Philadelphia, December 15.
CHOICE Madeira, Red Port and Tene
riffe WINES, by the pipe or quarter-calk ;
also Bohea TEA, to be SOLD by
WILLIAM POLLARD.
TO BF S OT' D,
A YOUNG WENCH, of about eighteen or
nineteen years old, very proper for all forts of
houfe-werk, &c. Apply to the Printer.
A QUA NT IT Y ~
SOAL and UPPER LEATHER,
TO BE SOLD BY
WILLIAM ROBINSON and SON,
At their store the coiner of Front and Spruce-streets,
below rhe Bridge; who have allo for SALE,
AL ARGE assortment of cambricks, a few pieces
of clear lawns, silks, ribbonds, tewing filkr, mens
worsted hole, checks, a few articles of hard ware, green
tea, &c. &c. Lon Office Certificates issued from the
offices of Pennsylvania or the neighbouring States, will
be received in payment, if application be soon made.
N B. They continue to fell on commission, Gods
of all kinds ter persons unprovided with convenient
stores to expose them to { le.
To be S OLD Wholesale and Retail, bv
WILLIAM SITGREAVES,
At his store in M rket street, opposite the Indian King,
THE following GOODS, part imported by him
felf in sundry v<IE s lately arrived, and others
left with him for sale on Cummiffions, viz. Several
calks cf hard ware, contain ng a compleat assortment of
locks, hinges, brass furniture, hammers, screws, nails,
&c. blue, brown and drib broadcloths ; brown and
green halfthicks and forges ; corderoys, 7 8 and yard
wick Iriffi linens, 7-8 and apron wide cotton check,
Russia Iheeting, Oznabrun, Britannks, tuble cloths
and napkins ; a great variety of dark and light ground
cottons, calicos and India chintzes; cambricks, clear
lawns, mullins; flipped, figured and plain gauzes ;
black mode, ribbonds, threads, tapes, fy and hair ;
silk, thread and yarn flockings ; an assortment cf 61k,
giuze, cotton and linen handkerchiefs; worsted breeches
patterns, worsted bindings; a large assortment of table
knives and forks; ebgaht fafhknable plated and pinch
be k Ihoe/and knee buckles; razors, (feme of the btft
qudiy in cafs) gilt and enamelled buttons, pocket
and penknives, feiffors, chapes and tongues, hand-saw
files, awls, brass cocks, ivory and horn combs, pins,
needles, &.:&c. Abo a number of elegant enamelled
and blue and white China bowls; hyfon, green and bc
hea tea; chocolate, coffee, rice, loaf and mufcovado
sugar, &c. &c. &c.
N. B. Said Sitgreaves continues to receive Goods
to fell on Commiffi ons as ufuab 4
WANTS A PLACE,
A, C LERK, either in a Public or Private Office,
$ VOUNGMA N, who hath a&d in tb.it capa
£% city for levers! years in this city, ^sites a fair hand,
and can be well recommended for sobriety, honesty and
induitry. A few lines dire&ed to Z, and left with the
Printer, wil be r%uriry attended to.,
Eafl Town Toumfoip, Chefer County, Dec. 13.
WAS taken up near the Continental Yard
in Chefnut street, Philadelphia, a white Mare,
thirteen hands hi,h, between twelve and thirteen years
old, with several black foots on her back; ffie is brand
ed on the ne^r thoulder with feme marks which cannot
be known. The owner proving property and paying
charge# may have her again, by applying to William
Hanah, on Lancaster Road, near the Spread Eagle.
TO BESO L D,
SI X and a half acres of LAN D, on Keyfer's Lane,
one mile out of Germantown; three acres thereof
good watered meadow and one acre woodland. Enquire
of the Printer.
GEORGE HAUGHTON,
Acquaints his Friends, and the Public in general,
r^ HAT he has taken the HOUSE and commo
a dious STABLES, late Anthony Fortune's, in
Shippen-ftreet, between Third and Fourth- streets, the
sign of the White Horse; where he will be obliged to
those Gentlemen who will favour him with their custom,
as they may depend on the best of entertainment.
N. B. Horses stand at Livery.
TO BE SOL D,
For Cash or Loan-Office Certificates,
ON E undivided half of 1700 acres of LAN D,
situate on Stony Creek, the welt fi e of the Alle
ghany Mount ria, one mile distant from the great road
leading from Bedford to Ligonier, being part of a trad
of land known by the name of Hurst's Township, sur
veyed in pursuance of a grant from the Honorable Wil
liam Penn, Esq; to Laetitia Penn, dated the 13th day
of September, 1683, one fourth part of which may easily
be converted into excellent watered meadow, the up
land strong and we'l timbered, the mountain adjacent
affording an inexhaustible bank of iron ore and stone
coal, with convenient flreams for erecting the firft iron
or steel works on the Continent, from whence every
kind of produce may for a trifling expence be trans
ported by water to the Ohio.
Three hundred acres of improved land in Turkey
foot township, in the county of Bedford, on which are
erected a good log house, barn and spring-house, with
fifty acres of land cleared, twenty of which are good
meadow; now in the tenure of Frederick Unfel.
Oue hundred acres adjoining the last mentioned traft,
well improved ; now in the tenure of Paul Ernlberger.
Six hundred and forty-five acres of land on Coxe's
Creek, in the township and county aforefaid, adjoining
lands of Col. Richard Brown, Abra am Cable, Esq;
and others; on which are two good dwelling houses, a
spring house, Indian-corn-house, a large new double
barn with a Ihingled roof, and upwards of three hundred
and twenty acres of meadow of the firft quality cleared,
from whence the greatest part of the neighbourhood are
yearly supplied with hay ; now in the tenure of James
Black, Esq;
The whole of those lands are situate in the center ofa
large German settlement, and not thirty miles from the
river Potomack. For further particulars apply to
6 JOHN VANDEREN, Junior.
THE MEMBERS of the LIBRARY
COMPAN Y of Philadelphia are earnestly
requested to appear personally or by proxy at the Libra
ryApirtments in Carpenters-Hd, on Thursday, the 6th
day of J muary next, at Three o'clock in the afternoon,
to confider of the piopriety of puffing a Law to enable
the Dire&ors to raise the yearly payments of the Mem
bers ; it bring found on experience imp< ffible to support
the incidental expences of the Library on the present
eftablifhmrnt. By order of the Board,
Dec. 14.. ANDREW ROBESON, Sec.
A LIBRARIAN is wanted. Any person in
clining to fcrve may apply to one of the Dirc&ors.
WANTS A PLACE,
A COOK who can be recommended fir every excel
lence that constitutes that character, and as a com
pleat servant. Enquire of the Printer.
N. B. A Hcufe to be let at Poole's Bridge. Enquire
as above.
WAN f-E
Loan-office certificates of
an early date. Those who have such for sale may
hear of a purchater by applying to the Printer.
TO BE S 0 L D,
A large elegant three dory BRICK HOUSE, fron
ting Water and Front streets, below the Draw
bridge ; and now in the tenure of Mr. Pollard. Enquire
of the Printer. December 14..
To be LET, and entered on immediately.
n^HE Bunch of Grapes TAVERN, in Third Street,
' between Muketand Arch Streets. Enquire of John
Benezet, at the North East corner of Front and Pine
Streets. December 14th.
FOR SHL E,
FOUR hundred and twenty acres o' LAND, be
ing one undivided tenth part of that valua le tra&
called Salsbury Plain s, containing four thousand
two hundred acres, lying in Washington County, near
Hager's Town, well known for ita fe tility of foil,
abounding with timber and lime stone. The title is in
disputable, having been purchased of the contending
parties. Any person inclinable to purchase may know
the terms by applying to the fubferiber, now at Anna
polis. WILLIAM BAYLY, Jun.
N. B. I have a healthy young Negro Wench for sale.
T<wo Hundred and Twenty Dollars Reward.
C PRAYED about a month ago, fr;m rhe pasture
o of the fubl riner living in the diir& of S uthwark,
a very fine Sorrel HORSE, betwe n five and fix years
old, about fourteen and ataif hands and one inch high,
without Choes, a few white hairs on his forehead, with a
longdock and switch tai'. Abo alm '1B!a:k HORSE,
vety old, with two white feet and a fear, and full of nitt.
Whoever takes up the fame, and will bring them to
Ms. Ferguson, in Front street, between Walnut and
Chestnut streets, or to John Jones in the diftri& of
Southwark, shall have the above reward, or Two Land
red Dollars for the Sorrel, and Twenty Dollars for the
B?ck Horse, and ?ll reafonble charges.