The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1779-12-11 00:00:00, page 1

Philadelphia, December 7.
Just imported and to be fold by
JONAS PHILLIPS,
At bis store the South fide of Market street, four doors
below Mr. Dunlap’s Printing-office,
THE following Goods, (for ready money) viz. fine
and coarse beaver and caftor hats, fhalloons and
callimannces, kerfey, womens silk and kid gloves and
mitts, ribbed and plain mens silk and worsted stockings,
thread and sewing silk; an assortment of ffriped, plain
and flowered luteftrings and fatfins of different colours ;
ducapes, fcleton wires, mens buckskin and lamb gloves
of different colours, gilt coat and jacket buttons, horn
moulds, ivory and horn combs, an assortment of hard
ware, brass-knob door locks, brass nails and tacks,
Carpenters plains and saws, best tithing kirby books,
needles; 4d, 6d, 3d and izd nails; brads; PruiTun
blue and Spanish brown, ground in oil; 10 by 12 and
$ by 10 window glass, long tobacco pipes, mufeovado
and loaf fugart, bohea and congo tea, lemmons, brim
stone, rhubarb, manna, and sundry other goods.
N. B. He takes in all kinds of Merchandize for sale
on Commissions. Those who ffiall please to favor him
with the sale of their Goods may depend on a speedy
remittance.
Lower Merion, December 2.
To THE P U B L I c:
WHEREAS the plantation No. 1. late belong
ing to the estate of John Roberts, Miller, de
ceased, is advertifid to be fold at publie vendue on the
15th instant, (December) with ail the mills thereunto
belonging, We the fubferihers, Administrators of the
estate of Conrad Sheets, Paper maker, deceas'd, make
known unto such as should purchase the said plantation,
that we object to the dam belonging to the grist-mill
adjoining the land of the said Conrad Sheets, as being
considerably too high ; and that we shall dispute the
fame at law, except the purchaser or purcbafers will
lower the fame to its proper heighth.
CATHERINE SHEETS, Administratrix.
BENJAMIN SHEETS, ,
HENRY KAMMERER,] Adn " n ftra "°
D^ — —to —..,,■,■■„■..„—- —— +<-_
Philadelphia Manufacture.
rpo BE SOLD by the subscriber, at his Manu
= fa&ory in South-Alley, between Market and Arch
ftreet# and between Fifth and Sixth-streets, on Hudson's
square, an assortment of Coatings, Blanketing, Saga
thies, Jeans, Everlastings, &c.
SPINNERS employed as usual, by
12. SAMUEL WETHERILL, Jun.
TH E Executors of the Hon. George Ross,
Esq; deceased, will attend at Mrs. Houfe'#, the
corner of Market and Fifth-ftreets, in the city of Phi
ladelphia, on the twentieth day of December next, to
fettle the accounts of that estate. At which day and
place it is expected those persons having demands will
appear with their accounts duly proved to receive, and
those indebted to, pay their refpeftive balances.
- Nov. 22.
TO BE SOLD BY
WILLIAM SITGREAVE^
At his store in Market street, opposite the Indian King,
wholesale and retail,
AL ARGE and neat assortment of Merchandize,
consisting of India chintzes, cottons and calicoes,
cambricks, silk, cotton and linen handkerchiefs, Irish
linens, Britannias, Russia theetings, apron wide checks,
nanke ns, silk, worsted and thread stockings, black
breeches patterns, brown and drab serge, corderoy,
brown and green halfthicks, a large assortment of knives
and forks and other cutlery, ivory and horn corahs, pins
and needles, hyfon a#d bghea tea, loaf and mufeovado
sugar, coffee, and a variety of other articles.
N. B. Said Sitgreaves continues to take in Goods
of all kinds to fell upon Commission, as usual. 4.
December 7, 1779.
Two Hundred Dollars Reward.
TXT AS STOLEN hft night, out of the (table of
the fubferiber, in Upper Dublin township, Phila
delphia county, a dark sorrel MAR E, about fifteen
hands high, four years old last Spring, a natural pacer,
has some white in her forehead, shod all round, a thin
mane and switch tail. Whoever takes up and secures
the thief so that he may be brought to justice, and deli
vers the mare to the owner, fhsll have the above reward,
or One Hundred Dollars for the mare only, and all rea
sonable charges, paid by
8) ^00^0^^
^Fzllvrfl^^
GENERAL
SATU RDAY,
SUSANNAH WRIGHT.
O R
[ Published every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. ]
TUTORS WANTED,
In the several SCHOOLS of the UNIVERSITY
in PHILADELPHIA.
TUTORS qualified to teach the Latin Language,
English, Writing, Arithmetic and the Mathema
tics, are wanted at the University in Philadelphia.
Such persons as (hall think proper to offer their service
in this Seminary of Learning, which it is intended fhsll
be put on the most refpe&able footing, are desired to
apply to the Rev. Do&or E WING, the Rev. Mr.
WHITE, and the Rev. Mr. WEIBERG, a Com
mittee appointed by the Trustees for this purpose.
TO BE S~
a N elegant new crane necked COACH, modelled
exactly by the coach imported by the Honorable
Richard Penn, Esq; from London, and varnished in
the fame manner, and richly gilded ; with a large oval
in the front and back, and glaffcs to them ; green silk
curtains and spring rollers to the doors. This co ch is
made to open all round, and when shut up, cushions
lined with green silk and borders to overlap are fitted to
the ovals and quarters, so that it is a poie&ly commo
dious summer or winter carriage: The whole lined with
fuperfine green broadcloth, trimmed with white silk
American lace. Enquire of the Printer. 4
TO BE S O L D,
A LARGE quantity of the best and raoft beauti
ful ENGLISH CARPETING, the great
est part of figures entirely new : The whole to be fold
together. Enquire of the Printer. 4
FOR SA L E,
FOUR hundred and twenty acres of LAND, be
ing one undivided tenth part of that valuable trad
called Salsbury Plains, containing four thousand
two hundred acres, lying in Washington County, near
Hagel's Town, well known for its fertility of foil,
abounding with timber and lime stone. The title is in
difput&ble, 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 Ncgio Wench for
sale. W.B.
THE Commissioners for the city and county
of Philadelphia take this method to inform the
taxable inhabitants of said county of the days of ap
peal, and where held, for the firft Continental Tax for
the year 1779.
For Lower Merion, Lower Dublin, Kingfeffing and
Paflyunk, in the upper chamber of the Court-house on
Monday the 27th of December, 1779.
For Blockley, Oxford, Bristol and Cheltenham, on
Tuesday the 28th.
For North, High-street and Upper Delaware Wards,
on Wednesday the 29th.
For Dock, Walnut, Chefnut and Lower Delaware
Wards, on Thursday the goth.
For the Northern Liberties, Erst and Weft, and
Moyamenfing, on Friday the 31st.
For Mulberry, South and Middle Wards, on Mon
day the 10th of January next.
For the following townships, at the house of Jacob
Wentz, Jun. in Worcester township:
For Providence, Marlborough, Frederick, Upper
Salford, Lower Salford, UpperrHanover and Hatfield
townships, on Tuesday the 4th of January next.
Fo Douplsfs, Upper Merion, Whitpaine, Frankford
and New-Hanover, Limerick, Perkiomen and Skippack,
Gwinedth, Montgomery and Franconia townships, on
Wednesday the sth of January next.
Fur Plymouth, Norriron, worcefter and Towamen
fing townships, on Thursday the 6th.
For the remaining townfllips, at the house of John
Heffer, in Germantown, viz.
For Upper Dublin, Horfham, Whitemarfh, Roxbo
rough, Bibury and Springfield townships, on Friday the
7th of January next.
For Germantown, Manor of Moreland and Abing
ton townships, on Saturday the Bth.
The appeals to begin each day at Nine o'clock in the
morning.
All persons having eftate# in townships or wards where
they do not reside, will take notice that there is no trans
fer of property, each eftate,muft pay the tax in the
township or ward where it is. It is expected that all
persons intending to appeal will attend on the days ap
pointed, as the, cannot be heard any other time, it be
ing abfolntd, necessary that the tax be collided and
paid into the Treasury with the utmost expedition.
By order of the Board,
GEORGE HONEY, Junior, Clerk.
^ff^ :
b^lfel^^
VH E
WW^O>W
e&^^z>i3^ (jQ-X^c^C^^^b^*^
ADVERTISER
DECEMBER n, i 77 9.
qj™ H E general introduction which the French lan m
* g ua g^ has obtained in most of the nations of Eu
rope, and in all the'States of America, renders it not
only a part of polite education, but a serviceable and
necessary accompbftmenr.
Jr the several departments of life, whether in the
greatbufinefs of the nation, or the extensive arrange
ments of commerce—whether in the fields of military
faience, or the peaceable retreats of literature—or whe
ther in the hlhionable or mechanical world, the acqui
fitioc of it will be accompanied with numerous and pre
dominant advantages. As the most universal of all
living,languages it, in a great moafure, supplies the
want of all others, whether ancient or modern, and be
comes an easy introduction to the study of many.
The Grammar we now prefect to the Public is esteem
ed, for its conciseness and correftnefs, the most ufeful
and perfeft of any extant. The reception it has met
with in all places where the English language is spoken,
is an evidence of its great merit, and the high recom
mendations it has obtained from the best judges on the
fubjea have put its pre-eminence beyond a doubt.
The part which fell to our share, we presume to hope
is executed in a manner that will add to the reputation
we have, with much industry, fought to deserve. We
have i pared no expence or trouble in rendering the edi
tion not only complete, but elegant. To the heft paper
we have added the fine! type, and paid the ftri&ft at
tentions grammatical nicety and corre&nefs.
If our endeavours, in this instance, should meet with
the encouragement of the Public, we @l, as future
opportunity offers, feck the continuance of it by intro
ducing such oiher Publications from the fame language
as may tend to promote the honor, interest and litera
ture of our country.
We are the Public's most obliged,
Philadelphia, And obedient humble fcrvaats,
0^.25, 1779. STYNER and CIST.
•
The Political Register for November 1767, gives
this Grammar the following chara&r:
'' THIS is one of the most sensible and judicious
French Grammars we remember to have seen : The au
thor, who appears to be a com pleat matter of the fub
je&, has exp ained all the difficulties and peculiarities
of that tongue, with great accuracy and precision ; and,
in order the better to illustrate his rules, he has added
a suitable dialogue at the end of each chapter. The
fe&ion, particularly on the participle passive, is extremely
curious, and sets the singular conftruftion of that part
of speech, which gives so much trouble to learners, in a
more clear and diftin& light, than we think bas been
done by any former grammarian. It is the custom of
molt writers to make the participle agree with the thing
of which one is speaking, instead of the person who
speaks: as, Avez vous lu les livres que je vous ai
fretes , inftezd of ,rete: Have you read the books Ilent
you? The fame idiom obtains in the Italian ; as, La
Luna aveva perduti i fuoi Raggi, instead cf per&tat
The Moon had loft her rays."
The Monthly Review, for January 1768, likewise
gives it the following chaia&er:
“ THE elements of every branch of knowledge
should be delivered with the greatest care and circum
fpe&ion, as being the foundation on which the whole
fupetftiuaure is erected. Nor can these elements be pro
p,ly explained but by those who are well acquainted
witn the science ; for, in order to know the best method
of laying down those elements, w c must have a previous
knowledge of their use and various applicati n.
“ The work before us, intended to explain the Gram
mar, or elements of the French language, appears to have
bier, executed by the hand of a per son who has thoroughly
studied it; and who was at once both able and willing to
communicate the fruits of his inquiries to the public.
“ It is both concise and compr-henfive, and will, "we
are p^rfuaded, remove every difficulty that can attend
the study of this fashionable language.' It i?, therefore
with pleasure we recommend it to those who are desirous
of becoming matters of the French tongue."
N. B. The faid^STYNER and Cist have for sale
good WRITING PAPER..
Just printed and to be fold by STYNER and CIST,
in Second-street, four doors above Race-ltreet,+
GRAMMAR
lOF T HE
FRENCH TONGU E,
Grounded upon the Decifione of the French Academy,
Wherein all the neceffiry Rules, Observations and
Examples are exhibited in a manner entirely new.
By JOHN PERRIN.
Neceffaria pueris jucunda fenibus. Quintil.
According to the Second Edition, printed at London.
The ADDRESS of the Editors to the Public.
THE