The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1782-02-23 00:00:00, page 1

February 6, 1782.
THE several Contractors for fupplyiog Rations,
deliverable by the United States, are to issue to
the military Officers on stationary Duty at the several
Poftsand Prices to which their Contracts extend, such
Rations or Parts of Rations as the said Officers may
<;hoofe to draw, not exceeding in Value the fubfift
apce Money allowed to such Officers refpedively 111
lieu of Rations : The Amount of such Issues to regi
mental Officers 10 be paid by the regimental Pay-
Mafiers; aild of those made to Officers of the Milita
ry, Staff and Hospital, by the Pay-Master General,
©r his Deputy. The Contractors Accounts to be lign
ed by the Officers, on delivery of the several Orders of
the Officer for such Issues. With refped to Officers
not on Duty, officers passing or jepaffing, or on Fur
lough, it shall be diicretionary with the Contractors to
issue or not ; but in case of Issue, the Officer shall pay
thereior, and not the Pay-Master. The Balance of
Substance Money, which shall remain after Payment
of the Contractors Accounts in the Hands of the seve
ral Pay-Masters, (hall be by them paid over monthly
to their refpeftive Officers to whom the fame shall be
due.
The Commander in Chief having in general Orders
of the 18th January last determined, what Officers
Should have Servants and their Number : Therefore,
for the greater Convenience of the Officers it is order
ed, that in future the Rations due to such Officers Ser
vants, shall not be drawn by the Corps to which they
belong, but shall be deduced from the Amount ^
each Provision Return, and the Servants shall be sup
plied with Provision by the Officers to whom they are
attached, who shall be allowed therefor the Subfiftance
Money equivalent to as many Rations as each Officer
is refpe&ively allow ed Servants by the abovementioned
Order. And in every Regimental Return the Number
of Servants to Officers in the Regiment shall be fpeci
fied generally, and such Soldiers of the Regiment, as
are Servants to other Officers, shall be fpecified parti
cularly, with the Name and Rank of the Officers to
whom they are attached.
Court of Admiralty, Delaware State.
To ALL whom it may concern.
X[OTICE is hereby given, That 3 court of admiralty
will be held at Wilmington, in the state a,forelaid,
on Saturday the 23d day of thia instant, February, at
10 o'clock in the forenoon of the fame day, then and
there to try the tiuth of the fads ahedge& in the libel
of Hugh Lyle (qui tam) against the (loop Hawk, bur
den about 45 tone, her tackle, apparel, furniture and
cargo. To the end and intent, that toe owner or own
er; thereof, or any perlon concerned therein, may ap
pear and (hew cause, if any they have, why the fame
Should not be condemned according to the prayer of the
s aid libel. By order of the judge,
BENJAMIN VINING, Register.
All persons concerned are desired to take notice, that
the petitioners mean to bring in a bill, pursuant to the
leave of the house ohaffembiy above let forth; there
fore, such as have any objections to make, are desired
to state the fame to the honourable house without
delay. February 20, 1782.
In GENERAL ASSEMBLY, February 19, 1782,
A. M.
THE ,etition from the owners of different parts
and portions of the ifland' formerly called Province
Island, now State Island, praying leave to bring in a
bill, by which managers may be appointed to take
care of the general interests, and enabled to collect the
necessary expences thereof from the different . owners,
was read the second time: whereupon,
Ordered, That the petitioners have leave to bring
in a bill, agreeable to the prayer of find petition ; giv
ing previous notice thereof in the newspapers of this
city.'Extras from the minutes.
PkTER Z. LLOYD,
Clerk of the general assembly.
Officers on flationary Duty on Detachments, or
with the Army in the Field, shall be intitled to draw
from the Quarter-Matter the Forage and Wood for
merly allowed mem . but Officers not on such Duty, or
who are passing or re-paying, or are on Furlough,
shall not be allowed to draw either Forage or Wood.
Officers who are sent from the Army on particular
Duty, by Order of the Commander in Chief, or com
manding Officer of a separate Department, will be al
lowed the reasonable Expences attending the Executi
on of such Duty. M. CLARKSON Affidant
Secretary at War.
N. B. The several Printers are requefled to insert
the above in their Papers,
[ VOL. XL? Published EVERY TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SATURDAY. —Price Six-Pence.
W AROFFI C E.
SATURDAY,
^Oi^^O^i^ B^III
GENERAL ADVERTISER.
One pound bard Suap,
One pound tallow C.ndles,
One pint Indian or oat Meal.
The several Places for coHeding the Magazines, as
well as the Quantities to be code^cd will, iron? time to
time, be pointed out by the Commander in Chief, or
Commander of the Department.
Any Provisions or Stores which may be destroyed
or loft in the Magazines by ths Events o' War, to be
paid for by the United States, vcorbing to Teims to
be b tiled for that PurpoL in the Centra.
The necessary Removal of Provisions or Stores from
such Magazines, to te also mad? at tne Expence of the
United States, but to be performed by the Contr dors.
[All the Printers in the United States aie reqaefted
to publish this Advertilemcnt.]
Given at Head-Quarters, in Philadelphia, this
eighth Day of February, 1782.
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
By His Excellency's
By Tlis Excellency GEORGE WASHINGTON,
Esquire, (General and Commander in Chief of the
Armies of the United States of America.
PROC LA MATIO N.
Z"'"'"' there is good reason to believe,
VW that there are many Deserters from the Con
tinental Army, wh'o, from a conviction of
their errors, and from finding themselves deluded by
falfe promifes,'would willingly return to their colours,
were they not apprehensive of that punishment which
is jufliy due to their crimes: Therefore, from motives
of humanity,and in order to give all such an opportu
nity of returning to the service of their country, I
have thought fit to issue this, my Proclamation, offering
free Pardon to all Deserters; as well those wno may
have joined the enemy as others, who shall del,ver
themselves up to any Continental Officer, on or before
the firft Day of June next.
But I think it necessary at the fame time to declare,
that all those who neglect to embrace the terms now
offered, and are hereafter apprehended, muy expert
the most exemplary Puniihment.
Command.
Tench Tilghman, A. D. C.
Office of Finance,
Philadelphia, February 1, 1782.
PROPOSALS will be received in thishdfice until the
firft day of April jndunvr, for a Conti a to sup
ply the Rations deliverable to the moving Arm, by the
United States, from the firft Day of May 10 the lift
D?.r<'f December, inciufive, to the E^ftward of Dela
ware River.
The Contractors are to issue the Rations, and tie
Proonfah are to contain the lowest Priced arid the long
est Tfrms of Payment, as alio the Price of the compo
nent Parts, which are—
One pound Beef er thre: quarters pound P.rk,
Ore pound Bread,
One gill Rum or Whiskey,
One quart Salt and t^o qu rts Vinegar for 100
Rations,
Eight pounds Soap and three j ounds of Candles for
700 Rations.
The Propofols will also contain the Prices at which the
following Articles of Holpitii Swore will be deli
vered—
One gill Weft India Rum,
One gill Madeira Wine,
One gill Port Wine,
Ooe gill Vinegar,
One pound Mufeovado Sugar,
One pound Bohea Tea,
One pound Coffee,
[The Printers in the different States are requefled te
pubHfh the above.]
A CERTAIN plantation and trs6t of lend situate in
Upper Mskefield township, in the county of Bucks,
now in the tenure of Benjamin Pidcock, bounded by
the rivar Delaware, and lands of Peter B'aker, Joseph
Howell, and Benjamin Taylor, containing one hun
dred and thirty two acres and a hal', the greater part
whereof is cleared.
The foil of the arable land is good, being chiefly low
land on the rjver, with a good proportion of meadow,
a dwelling hmb, barn, and orchard.
To be Sold by Public Vendue,
On the 23d day of the Second month next, being th®
seventh of the week, on the primes,
Eor farther particulars inquire of William Lownes,
near the pr^miffes. FirtUMomh 23. 1782.
O R, THE
THE
Blank Policies of Insurance,
Just IMPORTED and ,0 b# SOLD, By
Robert Bridges,
At Thomas Wring, «fquin,s wh^rf, ;
Best Port-au-Prince Sugars in
Iloptherds and # B rrrtis,
COCOA in Bags,
TAFFIA in Hogsheads: ALSO,.
A few WOOLLENS.^ LINENS. Feb. i s fff, 178^
The highest Price is given
for clean Linen and Cot
ton RAGS, by the Printer
of this Paper.
To be Sold by Public Auction,
At the Coffee heufe, on WEDNESDAY the 27th inst.
February, at iz o'clock, at Non, A
Very valuable Lot of Ground,
titu-te on the (vtnh fide of Lombard ft, 1. bet^e^ Se
cond and Third ftreers, adjoining William Shute'#
Hap chandlery, being 20 feet fronted 77 fee: deep,
01 which was treated a (table and coach .house, but
were Jeftroyed by the Heffim soldiery, being vsr, fuit
abh for the Arne, or a dwd ing house.
It is clear oi ground r «nt and ail other incumbrances
and the title uiditputahle.'
JOHN BAYARD, Auctioneer.
At his Store in Cbemut street, two doors from th^
corner cf Third dreci,
CLOT HSand Cafimers, Camblets, Plush.
V es, Velvets, Ca'icces and Chintzy, Can brinks,
Mullins, Gauzes, Irdfli and Russia Linens, li win Per~
fians, Ducapes, Modes and Suitin', New England
Rum, Liver Oil, &c. &c.
Also a few Sets of
French Army Bills of Exchange,
and a few Pipes of Madeira Wine.
JOHN CHALON ER,
Adventurers in the United
State LO nEkV, may know the fate of their tickets,
by applying at the office, on Mr. John Meafe's wharf,
where the lottery is now drawing.
JOHN GRAFF, check clerk.
N. B. Hours of enquiry from h If past three in the
afternoon till dark. Philadelphia, Dec. 10, 1781.
Major BAUMAN, of the New-York or Second Regi
ment of Artillery,
Has drawn a Map
Of the Investment of Yoik and Gloucester,/
in Virginia.
Shewing how those places were believed in form, by
the allied army of America and France; the British
lines of defence, and the American and French lines
of approach ; with pm of York river, and the Brit (h
(hips, as they then appeared funk before York ; and
the whole encampment in its vicinity.
This MAP, by desire of many gentlemen, will be
pjbofhed as soon as a number of copies are lubfcribed
tor fafficiert to defray the expence. Those gentlemen
who incline to become fabfcriben, may lee the Draught
and Conditions at M.Ctaypon'e's Printing office, in
Ma kft-ftreet, and at the Coffee house; where sub
scriptions are taken in.
The gentlemen who have already fubferibed, will be
he to obliging as to pay their fubfeription money to Mr.
C ypocle.
Upon SHIPS or GOODS,
To be fold by David C. Ciaypoole.
FEB
FOR SALE, BY
UAR Y 23, 17%
[NUMB 850.