The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1780-02-15 00:00:00, page 1

I SEE a great deal im the papers about reeling the
Tender-Law. No-body seems to contradict it ; and
for I know the thing may happen.
thus floods thecafe. The Tories alleys refund
Contin&rtal Money whenever they dared : Tne W@
always made a point of taking it- The confluence ns that
mine m ten of the debts due to the Wlfo a r e
time paid off in this money; while the Tories, by obfa
irately ft ending out, have received little vr nene of theirs.
Now they want the law repealed. The Whig is to be con
tented with his fate, the Tory is to paid at last in ha ft
money. This is another reward to the poor Whip,
thter ftiffaringß and perseverance! The Tories have
neither foods nor honfety nor f aflfered any injury in this
ftruggfc, except when they have been found out in
attempts to deffroy us The Whig 6 have done and
feted every thing : and after all, if feme folks can have
feif way, the whole load of the depreciation is tofffl v^a
the Whigs i and that for no good r%fan that 1 knew of,
but toPfh^n theburthen of theories, who have been the
oreateft c^fe of tie depreciation,
& For part, 1 mil there was no bard money in the
country. It has done a great deal of mifehief; and fire
evacuation of this city, a number of people seem to me
have devoted themfeta ta the service of the Tories,
other reafam, bar bectufc the Tories have a great
deal of bird taoney We tifed to think these men Whigs too ;
hut they don't Arikto their old friends. This is bad policy.
tiw W tigs would flick together, they would find their
accent in the lang run, more than they can do in
r?c<tivin^ now and then a little piece of gold, from the
of th, elofe fifed Turks; and much mere than they
can do in joining them in the attempt of giving the h& so
tal flab to our money. , .
Tre Tories have the impudence already to ted us
the monev will fink in OUT pockets without ever being re
denned— They would not dart to do this, if the, ware
not encouraged by Whies.
One word to the Tories and I have done.—You
not take your fhareof the public losses.—You threaten us
with the money finking in oar pockets while yen receive
noneof it : Should you bring this about, the Whigs will
-foe their fate if they do not make, thrives fat^a&b
QU of your goods and lands, and gold and silver.
A WHI G.
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WHE N Catharina Akxnwna was made Empress of
Ruffis the women were in an a^ual Rate of bon
dage, hot & undertook to introduce mixed afrmblies, as in
other parts o € Europe : She altered the womens dress by
fubflituting the factions of England; rafted of furs, (he
brought in the rife of taffeta and damafK, and corners and
commodes instead ^ caps of fable. The woman new
found themselves no longer fhutup in fef^fe aparrmeats,
but saw company, vfo&d each ctLet, and were patent at
every ent^roismett. „ n ,
But as the laws to this est& were dizedml to a savage
people, it is amping enough, the manner .in which the
ordinances ran Afoblies were quite unknown among
thro, the Czarina wasfati^ed with introducing them* fix
(hr found it impossible to reader them polite. An ordi
nance was therefore published according to their notions
of breeding, which as his a curiosity, and has never be
fore been printed that we know of, we &11 give out rear
ders# ° °
1. The perform, at whefe house the nffrod, is to be
kept, lh 1 fig^fy t^ feme by hanging out a bill, er by
giving feme other public notice, by way of advertisement,
to persons of both fexea.
11. The assembly thill not be open fanner than four or
five o'clock in the afetnoon, not contiput longee than tea
"i'll. The mate of the house mail not be obliged to
meet hit guehs, or condua them ear, or to keep them
company; but, though he is exempt from all this, he is
to find them chairs, candles, liquors, and all other neces
saries the company may ask for ; he is likewise to provide
them with cards, diet, and every necessary for gaming-
IV. There mail be no £xed Hots for coming or going
away; it is enough for a perfan to appear to the assem
bly.
V. Everyone mail be ft to fit, walk, or game as he
pleases ; nor fell any one go about to hinder him, or take
exceptions at what he does, upon pain of emptying the
great eagle (a pint fowl full of brandy): ft (hall likemfe
be fufficient, at entering ur retiring, to salute the compa
ny.
VI. Persons of difliaftl.% nobleman, superior officers,
merchants, tradkmen of note, head.workmen, Specially
carpenters, arid petfsns employed in chancery, , are to
have liberty to enter the Affraibiied; as likewise their wives
and children.
GENERAL
From the ANNUAL REGISTER for the Year 1760.
Of the ASSEMBLIES of RUSSIA.
Mai PRINTER,
TUESDAY;
OR
[ Published every Tuesday, Thsr&y and &@r%. ]
VII. A particular place Aril be affigped the footmen,
except those of the house, that there ma, be room enough
in the apartments defined for the assembly. j,
VIII. No ladies are to get drunk upon any pretence
whatfotver, nor &all gentlemen be drunk before nine.
IX. Ladies, who play at forfeitures, questions andcom
manda, &c. still not he noisy or riotous; no gentleman
mail attempt p force a kiss, and no person (hail offer to
ftnke a woman in the Alterably, under pain of future ex
chrfon..
Such are the flatutes upon this ocetfon, which, in their
very appearance, carry an air ofridicule and satire. But
pofooe^ must enter every country by degrees, and these
rules referable the breeding of a riown, awkward, but sin
cere.
The following fiery of Kamhi may have been ^fewhere
met with by feme of our readers, yet to many it ohy
be as new as it is remarkable and entertaining.
I* AMH f, a late Emp*r>rof China,„wz6 partica
lari, celebrated tor hrs curiofay, hk frding passion
bti.g a firong thirA afte? knowledge. A,cng other in~
ftin.es of which, there happened one, which was whirr.fi
cal enough : He had a mind to know what it was to be
drunk, arid for that reason erdered a nohirman, [a man
d/rio] who had a very fltong head, to fit down asd drink
with him. The bqncr the, chose was C-nary, and in
the (paces' a couple of hours the Emperor grew dead
drunk, and fell sass asleep. When the mandarin who can-i
tinned sober, saw this; he retired oat of the room, and
Cent for feme of the chiefs of the erinuchb '° whom he ad
dreffid hintfelt in words fa this purpose 1 M, friends,
whatever a monarch does, is no light matter. Oar mal
ter'eems button wall pleated with the juice of the grape;
he commended it at every glass, and expressed himfelfiii
raptures, when he had well migh got Lis dob. Confided
with yoMrfelves, that if he is already capricious, and fon.e-,
what addfftd to cruelty, how infeprortable he will grow,
if once he become a drunkard. T fee my advice, there-,
fare, load roe infiantly with Chiins, and thrift me intog
dungeon. When the Emperor writes, and enquires for
me, tell him it was done by hie arfo, and leave the rest
to me. The eunuchs approved of this fchrae, and inflast-
ly put it iato execution..
& soon as the Eriperor cameto him<elf,Rod perceived he
was along he enquired for rhe mandarin ; and being told
tb^t he war in a duß^n lo'^cd with iro% and that tney
hid sent for an executioner, to put him t ? > de th, by his
Majesty's orders, he was amazed; tnd bejan '0 rest &
within himfelf, what it was that had t&us provoked him.
Being able to recoiled nothing, he gave dir «ion&tha; the
mandarin Should be feet for, who came into hrs prefeme
with irons on his hunch ard feet, and win a d<feaedcjua
tetanc^, throwing hlmfetf at the amperoc's ft. t requeued
that he migbt&t &ft know hk offence; open this hisiron#
were taken off, and the company Withdrawing, the Emper
or told him plainly; that heremembered nothing of theraat
tar; bar that his head ached extremely, end that how well
soever he likedt L rtafte of the wine, he would never drink
above , three glasses a day of a liquor prejudicial alike to
the mind aadtgthc body ; which rafclution be has evor
since maintained ; and may therefore boast of having once
been happily deceived.
4HQ$ Q^sfy^ite^^^4*
Philadelphia, Feb. ~ 1780.
A BRITISH prisoner named Richard
Parrot, who wat taken out of gaol by tae fub
f&iber and employed as a servant in his family, ab
fentfod hb^feif on Tueiday the tirft inftaat. He is a
bailor# a fort wrii set fellow, born in England, has a
fawnt in one of his eyes, and id about twenty years of
age: Had on a light country cloth coat, rather too
large, with buttons covered with the fame, a lailar's
red jacket, country cloth breeches the colour of the
co»t, grey weired frackings, country made sanes, with
round yellow rcmf buckles and a round hat bound
with black ferreting.. Whoever takes up and secures
said fellow and giv^s notice thereof to the fubferiher,
living id second-fate, shall be baadkwtly rewarded.
WILLIAM GEDDYS.
N-B. Said GE,»ga wants to rent a Phmution with
in twelve mile* of this, city, for which a good rent will
be given.
Just published (printed from tie London copy) and to
be fold by
FRANCIS BAILEY. Printer,
In Market-facet, between Third and Fourth Erects,
Philadelphia,
STRICTURES
On the PHILADELPHIA
MESCHIENZA, or TRIUMPH,
Upop leaving AMERICA unconquered.
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ADVERTI.SER
FEBRUARY-!, 17W
~ u Aiffon, Feb. 1%, 1780.
^ Oe SOLD 6y Public Vendue,
At Baton, in Nor&mprcH County, and State of Penn,
i,iva.nia, on the twentieth day of Ma^h next,
That noted Stone. Horse called
GOLD EN, F ARM E R,
Rifinj Six years old.
TT E was got by that nt&i full-blooded horse Freda
rick, out of a three-quarter blooded mare got by
the famous horse D^fon. Frederick anti Dawson are
allowed, by the bed judges, to have rot as good celts
for the faodle or harnefa, ¥ any imported horses have
for in America,;<
N. 3. The Golden Farmer will be in fine order
for covering at the time of ialc.
Ac „„.__. .__#*_ : erAß— frpQi
Pbiladdfebia, Feb. , u£q,
fe be SOLD by Public Auflion,
On Wedntfdxy the i6tb infant, at Twelve o'clock, at
the Coffee hou^,
A N E undivided thiid part es a Lot of LAN D,
v containing thirteen acres and one hundred and fifty
parches, u@-e or bfi, fiurte in Feenk ord, near thia
C'ty ; adicuring lands of Jifrp Paul, Ariel James, T:G
cony Creek, and the road. The fail b g^> the situ
ation vary pleafam, jind the title i^difpuiabk. A divi
ffon will be marts at any time, tr which security will
be given to the purchafcr if r^quir^d.
~F~o V
fit th 3 Subferibej's Office nr the corner cf Abck-horfe
Alley, in Front ftieez, Philadelphia,
A TRACT or pi+ce et patented LAND, fitinte
on the hateu of Tunkhannock, in the county of
Berth u^brfriAndk containing threr hundred and twehtye
feur acres zed a quarter,. Also a certain piece or parcel
of L A ND, fituata in Lower Frevidence township, io
the coenty of Chaffer, contriving iorty-two acres and
thirty perohM. a i
ASSHETON HUMPHREYS.
N B. .If the above piemifa are norfcld at private foie
b, flat a&h infant,, they will be expand to fak by pub
te v,ndue, at the Ceffi e-boufe ; tie site to begin at fa
o'clock in the evening.
Rb 10, ,7^o.
Commonwealth of Pmaftroanid,
Northumberland Counts |L
B E R£ A 5 the elates <rf Alexander
¥ Iffartram, Lite Merchant and Trader, and D:vid
Sh^krip jr, both fa^ of the city •' Philadelphia, hav
iag been indue ca%r, of law for^red and fr^zd to the
use of this,State, Vfe, the fubicriber, Agents for the
fad ceuniy, do b^reby give notice, That the eftatea of
the said Ab&uU# Bartram and David Srakefyear,
ro&iag of the follpwia^ trr&s cf l.nd, viz. On? t cl
. of land lituate ra Wyewrintf tfvnflu,, Norihuiuberhd
ocun:y, adjoirreg lands of John Solomon cat Peer M^
sch, containing fix hundred acre- 3 : One traa of land
situ ^io Mcho^ing torr&p, coauonin* one hundred
arri ®ry aq% ^ij^ing Cob Witham Cook: One
orker trn& ^h^ud yteiwie near the weft branch of sufque#
h?na% and ,bout nvo miles frore Worthum"efh„d town,
cant^uiag 4m hundred And i-.tr ac„ s Lcte the pro
perty & Al?U»4er Bartrate arorsfeiri, Aho oha other
lr&& of IRQ uu+r^oo ii a faall iinprovem&r, lituate
in Augufia b^^thip, about four ratios from Sunbury
fo^n, eontri&ng & hundfad acus with the usual al. #
lowing 'L^t^ & property of David Skakefear afore-
Grid. All ohich ^HI be fold by public Vendue, st the
Court-Hdufe at Sunbrity,@ tirt imec^h day of March
next. The @^ ^^ cunt^^ from day te day, till th#
whole be difp&friof.
The terms es tide will be according to law, 32 fallovrg,
to writ. Orta fourth part of the pur:h% frioccy to bepaid
hfan days R 1& file; or the premia ag#ia to revertt@
the Bute, arid the bidder li<bteto forfeit the tzid ore
fourth of the [nncho& :nopry. The remainder thereof to
b? paid in one mernth; and on a cortincste being pro
duced frofa the /CT^, or richer aithem, of full pay
ment es the parchaw-moac,, a deed will ^ given, a
by laadir^rd.
And we Q &ffls,do ^fo pursuant to law, beret,
nrtlfy all the ebromta of the frid prenrifes, or any
of tkm, and or^.lwr# al the laid Alexander Bertram
axi David &b#.#frer, tc exhibit heir claims and de
minds io tbeJn&ra-OA the Scpnuie Court, within the
time limited eyh*, Or :hcj wi:l be for ever barred from
recovery thereof.
THOMAS HEWITT.
JOHN K^LLY.
January tetri, 1780.
A^ARP STCH ORD^ bcSold.
Enquire of the PRINTER.
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