The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1781-08-11 00:00:00, page 1

SCARLET, brown,
purple, black, green,'
blur, light coloured,' fu
perfine and second Broad
cloths,
Scarlet, brown, blue,
light and coloured fu
perfine Knaps & Coat
ings
Blue, grey, light and
scarlet Duffih & Frizes,
White, buff and fcrlet
Caffimers and Wiltons,
Crimion, brown, blue,
striped, black, ("potted
and corded Velvets and
Velverets,
Olive & white Corduroys,
Tickfets and Durcons,
Barragens,
Childrens worked Hose,
Pink, blue, black and
cloth coloured Dureys,
Prunellas and Durants,
Tammies and Satinets,
Crimson, green, fky-h'u'e
and pink Ruffels, Mo
reens and CaHimancoes,
Jeans, Fustians and Beav
ers,
Cambists and Hairbines
of all colours aud fine
ness,
Corded Worsteds and
Everlaftn?,
Serges and Serge de jeans,
Blue and white Plains and
Halfthicks,
7-8, 3 4, and apron-wide
cotton & linen Checks,
An assortment of Ir.(h
Linens,
Fine and coarse Hollands,
Yard and hdf yard and
38 brown and white
Sheetings,
Brittannias aud Plattella
royah,
Lavals, P nturies, Ozna
brigs and Ticklenburgs,
S>il and Duck Cloth,
Marseilles Quilting,
.Plain and corded Dimities
and Diapers,
Wide and narrow Ruffra
Sheetings, Dowlafe and
Flanders Ticking,
Jaconet and book Mafias,
Tapes, Bobbins & Laces,
Plain and figured Hunt
ings, kenting Handker
chiefs and Carrot,
Plain &: millions Lawns,
Cambrick,
In the last Vessels from Europe,
AND TO BE SOLD, By
WILLIAM NICHOLS,
At his STORE, on the North Side of Marker street,
opposite the Indian King,
A Large and General Assortment of the
Following Articles, viz.
Said NICHOL S returns his best
Thanks to those who have heretofore fa
voured him with their Custom, and hopes,
in future, from his Attention to Business,
and Willingneis to Fieafe, that it will be
the Interest of his Customers to continue
their Favours.
Furniihed Rooms
TO BE LE T,
With the Uie of a Kitchen. For particulars enquire
of the Printer.
VOL. X.l PUBL IS HED EVERY TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SATURDAY.--Price Six-Pence.
SATURDAY. AUGUST ir, 1781.
THE
OOiililliiß
O R, THE
GENERAL ADVERTISER.
JUST IMPORTED,
IMillionet Handkerchiefs
• and figured Apron Pat
l terns,
I Plan and figured Gauzes
and gauze Handker
chiefs,
Womens Gloves of all co
lours,
Ditto fik Mitts,
Mens silk Glove',
A beautiful Assortment
of dark and light
Chintzes,
Elegant chintz Bed-pat
tern,,
Fine and coarse Calicoes
and Cottons,
Ginghams and Bengalis,
Nankeens and Damafeus
Duc^pes,Paduafoys,Man
tuai, Luteftringt, Bro
cades, Modes and Taf
fities,
Green, bide, claret,
bloom, orange, and
I White 2-4. and 3-4 ell
Persians and Sartnets,
Pekings, Mexicans and
Mufflemans,
Ell-wide Persians, black
and coloured,
Mens, women and child^
rens cotton and thread
Hole,
Elegant Tambour Waist
coat Patterns,
Brit Sewing-silks
Black Thread,
Coloured ditto,
Silk and linen Etaridker
chiefs,
Black and coloured Bar
celona ditto,
Best scars Twist, Mohair
and Buttons,
Black and white Blond
Lacss and Edgings,
Thread ditto,
Printed, figured and plain
Ribbands,
Superfine, second arid
co-rfe Bolting. Cloths,
Plated Buttons,
Skeleton and hoop Wire,
Best Tullv Gartering,
Cotton Cord and Toffels,
Bandana, hik and cotton
Romalls,
Quality and narrow Bind
ings and Ferrets,
Snuff Boxes
With many other Arti
cles, to tedious to enu
merdte.
Will be Sold by Public Auction,
At the COFFEEHOUSE,
On TUESDAY Next,
(The Fourteenth of August)
At TWELVE o'Clcck, at Noon,
A Lot of Ground,
Situate on the south fide of Market-street, between
Fifth and Sixth-ftrects, adjoining the walled ia lots,
lately Richard Penn, esquire's, but now Robert Mor
ris, esquire's, containing in bredth 24 feet cn Mar
ket-street, and extending 180 feet, in depth to Minor
ftreet; a new street 40 feet wide.
The purchaser may be accommodated, at a reason
able price, with a Lot of Ground of the fame wedtb,
to the southward of Minor-street, opposite to the above,
86 feet deep; which price may he known of
JAMES, PHILIP, or
THOMAS KINSEY.
To be Sold by public Vendue,
At the Cofefe-House, in the City of Philadelphia,
On WEDNESDAY,
The zzd Day of this Inftint,— At SIX o'Clock in
the Evening ;
A three story Brick Meffuage,
and two story Brick KITCHEN, and Lot of GROUND
situate on the north fide of Callowhill-ftreet, and on the
weft fide of Front-street, in the township of the Northern
Liberties, in the county of Philadelphia, containing in
breadth, on the said Front-street, 20 feet, and in length,
on the laid Callowhill street, 68 feet 10 inches, and cn
the north fide thereof 70 feet 4 inches. Subject to a
rent charge of Five Pounds fterl. per ann. due and to
become due on the premises; late the ettate of Charles
Lawrence, (hipwright, deceased ; and to be fold in
pursuance of his hft will and teftarnent, by
WILLIAM DEWEES, Executor.
August 3.
Ofre of Finance,
J U L Y 14, 1781.
JN pursuance of an Act of the United States in Con
[ gjeti AlLmbled, NOTICE is hereby given, That
Popofals will be rece ved in this office, from the dae
hereof until the nui day of Augaft next, inciufivc,
for (applying, by contras, the rations deliverable by the
public at Fort Put and its dependencies to such officers,
soldiers and others as are or may be entitled to them
from acertain time to he fixed in the centred: until the
Expiation of fix months thereafter ; the ration to con
sist of One pound of Br*ad,
One pound of Beefor three quarters of Peak
One gill of good Whiskey, and ot
1 quart of S?h,
2 quart of Vinegar, [To every hundred
8 Pumdi of S ap, rations.
3 Pounds of Candles, J
The Contr^aors 10 tffue the laid rations; the payment
to be made in gold or silver, at the time to be stipulated
in the contra& ; th^ propofols to be sent in felled, ands
to contain the loweff prices and longest terms of payment
at which the parties will contraß.
N. B. Th Stipulations to be entered into may be
seen in the Daft of a Contrast at this Office,,
o'clock in the Forenoon,
A new, three story Brick House,
and two story KITCHEN, situate on the east fide of
Second-(frier, between Race and Vine-ftree% three
doors above Coats's-alley: The House is 17 feet 6
inches in Front, and twenty-four fee: fix inches in
depth; the Kitchen is 1% feet and half by 16 and
a half, with the LOT of GROUND on whichit (lands,
being 17 f^et and a halt front, and 72 feet and a half
deep, with the priviledge of a 5 feet alley, leading into
Coats's-alley; clear of ground-rent. August 3.
O? 2 s ^TURD^r.
The ELEVENTH of August, Infant, at TWELVE
A convenient House, well
situated for BuSnefs, is wanted. Apply to the Printer.
To be Sold by Public Vendue,
AT THE COFFEE-HOUSE,
N ORW I C H, July 26.
A correspondent cannot but admire the peculiar
favours conferred by his Britannic majesty on the cele
brated HERO of the age, the right honourable ad
miral fir George Bridges Rodney, for his accomplish
ed abilities in planning, and singular prowess in exe
cuting the capture of St. Euftatia, his lenity to the
captured, and his meek eye'd generosity in dividing
the spoils. When this exploit is viewed in its true light
we must confefs it to be so arduous, dangerous, and
Herculean an undertaking, that fir George, with no
more force, to attempt the reduction of a place guard
ed by women, children and money jobbers, must be
prefumtuous to a degree not to be juftified by any
principles of policy whatever. Thus to put his own
life, his officers, crew, land forces, nay, and a large
navy, into their hands, and rifque all on a single point,
exhibits such magnanimity and good generalship, as far
exceed every instance enrolled in the annals of antient
or modern hiflories.—Very justly haft thou merited,
merit noble Rodney, for thyfelf and heirs, the title of
BARON, and a pension conferred on thee and thy fa
mily during life:—What a pity, that this glorious op
portunity was deferred till the present time, the poor
remains of a mortal, yet temperate existence! Would
to God thou could live a thousand lives, to reap those
sweet laurels of sacred renown! Will not the
world applaud thy master too, for rewarding deserved
merit, as well in thyfelf as heroic supporters? In this
instance, it will be acknowledged his wisdom aud dis
cernment tranfeend that of his ancestors, and if we
may prophesy, that of his successors also. Could we
summons ag?in upon the flage of human existence, the
celeteted heroes of every age, and aik for a compari
son of the laurels to those of our modern HERO, we
presume they would immediately on the trial make a
surrender, lay no pretences to superiority, ffirink be
hind the curtain as unworthy to stand in competition
and with deference join in the general eclat, applauding
the generosity of his sacred majesty and the unexem
plified valour of his Rodney.
BOSTO N.
July 26. The Martinico Gazette of the 21st of June,
contains a long and particular account, which we have
not room to insert, of the operations of the count de
Graffe to the completion of the conquest of Grenada;
taking notice of the difficulties that lay in the way of
doing any thing decisive in that quarter where the
British had 3000 regular troops to defend their pof
femons, and a naval force so nearly equal to that of
the French ; and doing great honour to the count de
Graffe, the marquis de Bouille, &c. From this account
it appears that the defeent upon St. Lucia, from which
our allies broright off 120 prisoners, many arms, ac
coutrements, &c. was designed as a cover to the inten
ded attack at Tobago, which without this amusement
would probably have been effectually reinforced. The
fame paper contains the articles of capitulation for
Tobago, which demonflrate the humanity of the Frenh,
and their very different conduct in war from that of
our enemies at Statia, and on this continent. Accor
ding to these articles, which are 18 in number, the Bri
tish. garrison at Tobago was to be Cent to France; the
officers to remain on parole in the British islands: the
inhabitants to be allowed all their property, their civil
government, laws, &c. their religious privileges, &c.
and not obliged to be at arms against his Britannic ma
jesty or any other power. To deliver up all arms,
provisions, (hips, &c. belonging to the king of Britain,
to pay for the (hips burnt during the siege: and to
deliver to the French governor all vessels belonging to
tee English, in Europe or the islands.
C H A T H A M, August i.
His excellency general Washington has received of
ficial accounts from the Northward, giving an ac
count of an adion that lately happened between co
lonel Willet, and colonel Butler ; the particulars, that
we have learned, are as follows—On receiving private
intelligence of Butler's approaching fort Renffen
her with two hundr d Indians and Tories, colonel
Willet formed an ambufeade, by which means he de
feated him, and killed and took ninety of his party.
A few days ago they published a handbill in New-
York, announcing the capture of Rhode Island, with
two French 74 gun Chips.
BALTIMORE, Jidy gr.
Extract of a letter from major-general the marquis de
la Fayette's camp, dated July 21, 1781.
“ I have just learnt that it is reported, from good au
thority, that lord Dunmore was to fail from England
the very day after lord Cornwallis evacuated Willi^f
burg, with the pensioned refugees of this slate, whoy
on this o cafion, had received a year's pay in advanced
His lordfllip's business in coming, was to give the an-
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