The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1779-11-20 00:00:00, page 3

PHILADELPHIA, November 20.
A letter has been received by the Executive Council and
House of Assembly of this State, from a Convention of
Commiflionres for five States assembled at Hartford, pro
pofin^ that a Convention of Commiilioners from all the
States, as far southward as Virginia mclufive, ado meet at
Philadelphia on the firft Wednesday on January next, to
fettle a limitation of prices, the proposal has been ap
proved, and on Monday next, Commissioners will be ap
pointed for that purpose
On the firft of this month, died at his house in the coun
ty of Philadelphia, the Honorable ARCHIBALD
THOMPSO N, Esq; one of the Members for the
said county, in the two last Houses of Assembly, of this
Commonwealth, and returned one of the elected Members
of the present House. By his death, his country and the
State have loft an honest, faithful Representative; and
his family and his friends, a worthy and valuable man.
The 15 ult. dyed at Skippack in the county of Phila
delphia, Mr. GABRIELSCHUILER, inthe 104th
year of his age. He was one of the early fetlers of Pennsyl
vania he arrived at Philadelphia, from the Netherlands
about'the year 1686, at a time when there were but few buil
dings in this city, and when White Marsh was one of the
Frontier settlements of this State. He was bed-ridden only
about one year, but retained his senses, and almost every
other blessing of health to the last, his descents are nume
rous among which are, his grand sons Daniel Heefler, Jun.
and Gabriel Htefter, Esq; Members of the House of Assem
bly of Penr.fylvania.
Resolved,
THAT the Managers be directed to make sale of the
Tickets of the Third Clafsof the Lottery of the United
States without delay that the draw ng thereof commence
the firft day of March next, and be compleated as soon as
may be; and that the Tickets then unfold be the proper
ty and at the rifK of the said States
Extra fl from the Minutes,
CHARLES THOMSON, Secretary.
Lottery Office, November 2, 1779,
I N Consequence of the above Resolve the Managers
give this public notice, that < n the firft day of March next
the Drawing of the Lottery will commence at the Old Ci
ty Vendue Store, and be continued from day to day with
all possible expedition until finifhed.. Such persons there
fore as choose to become purchasers are to apply before
said date, at the different Offices throughout the United
States.
(The Printers are requested to publish the above, and
continue it, till the firft of Match next, the time of draw
ing.)
In CONGRESS, November 12, 177,.
Resolved,
THAT regimental Pay Masters not being of the rank
of Captains, Quarter- Masters and Adjutants, be entitled
to receive the fame fubfi stance money as is allowed to Cap
tains by the Aft of Congress, of the eighteenth of August
last, this fubfiftance to commence on that day.
Extract from the Minutes,
CHARLES THOMSON, Secretary.
In GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
November 18, 1779.
The Committee to whom was re commtted on the se
cond reading, the Bill intitled, “ An Aft for the better
'' support of certain officers of this State, and for ascertain
" ing the fpecific fines and penalties, which they may in
“ cur by negledof duty ;" brought in the fame, on which
the second reading was compleated, and the Bill ordered
to be transcribed and published for consideration.
Extras from the Minutes,
THOMAS PAINE,
Clerk of the General Assembly.
An ACT for the better support of certain officers of this
State, and for ascertaining the fpecific fines and penal
ties which they may incur by negleft of duty.
WH EREAS the fees of the officers of this Com
monwealth, who are hereafter mentioned, as now
regulated by law, are by the great rife of the prices of the
necetfaries of life, become v, ry inadequate to their expen
ces, whilst they attend the public business; which, if it be
not remedied, must force the said officers to abandon their
employments, or introduce great exaction and extortion,
to the manifeft enfeebling of the public authority, and op
predion of private persons.
AND WHEREAS the fpecific fines and penalties,
to which the said officers are severally and refptdively lia
ble for negl&a of duty, are generally become uncertain
and infufficient; for remedy whereof,
Be it enaded by the Representatives of the Freemen of
the Commonwealth of Pamfylvania, in General Assembly
met, and by the authority of the fame, That the fees of
the^the said officers fhdl be estimated, and paid according
to the price of good merchantable wheat, in manner follow
ing, that is to fay, the said fees as tney were regulated by
law or practice, under the late government of Pennsylva
nia, before the firft day of July, which was in the year
of our Lord, One thousand seven hundred and seventy fix,
shall from and after the publication of this AU, be fatisfied
in good merchantable wheat, accounting and allowing,
that a bushel of such wheat weighing at le.fi sixty pounds,
was formerly fold in times of war and difficulty, for ten
(hillings.
Provided always. And be it further enabled by the au
thority aforefaid, Teat for the ease and conveniency of
the person or persons by whom such fee or fees shall be
payable, as well as the said officers, such person or persons
liable to pay the fame, may tender payment thereof, in a
ny lawful money of this State, or of the United States of
America, in a fam proportioned and equal to the value
and price of such wheat, as the fame from time to time,
shall be estimated and declared, by the Reprefeo tatives of
the Freemen of this State in General Assembly met.
And be it further enabled by the authority aforefaid,
That payment of fees in wheat, in manner aforefaid, shall
extend to the fees of the Judge, Regifler and Marshal of
the Court of Admiralty; the Secretary of the Supreme
Executive Council, who is hereby granted such and the
fame fees, as were formerly allowed in the province of
Pennsylvania, to the Governors,[Secretary and Clerk of the
Council, the Attorney-General, the Master of the Rolls,the
Prothonotary of the Supreme Court, the Sheriff and Co
in CONGRESS, OHober 30, 1779.
roner of each county; the Justices of the Peace of the Or
phans Court, and of the Common Pleas ofeach county, and
the Clerks of the General Quarter Sessions, Orphans Court
and Common Pleas of eacn county, and of the General
Quarter Sessions of the city of Philadelphia ; the Regifler
for th^ probate of Wills and for granting Administrations
in each county, who shall shall be entitled to like fees, as
were formerly due to the Register General of the province
of Pennsylvania the Recorders of Deeds; the Attornies
at Law; the persons who shall be summoned to appear as
Jurors and as witnesses; the Conflables ; and tire Cryer
of every Court, arid the Naval officer, who is hereby gran
ted equal and like fees, as were formerly allowed and due
to the Naval-officer under the late government of Penn
fyvania ; the Notaries public; the Infpeftors of flour, of
beef and pork, and of fhaci and herrings; the Collectors of
Excise ; the Supervisors of the Highways ; the Commission
ers and Assessors of the public taxes, the Regulators of
party-walls and partition fences, in the city of Philadel
phia, and elsewhere ; the officers for regulating weights and
and measures; the Commissioners for paving the fireets,
and the Wardens of the Watch of the city of Philadelphia ;
the Health officer, and the officer for nhorcing the laws
against importing convicts and important persons, and his
interpreter and assisting phyficans ; the inipedors of ftaves
and heading, and of timber, boardsand planks; the meafu
rers of wheat andother corn, and of fait, in the city of Phila
delphia ; and the Representatives in General Assembly, and
their Clerk ;
as the fame were established by the Laws of the late go
vernment of Pennsylvania, and since revived by an Aft of
this Commonwealth. Provided always, that nothing in
this AR contained, shall extend to any fees, which are ra
ted by the pound, or the hundred pounds.
Provided also, That the fee of the Judge of Admiralty,
for a final decree in the case of a ship or other vessel, or of
merchandizes or effißs seized at sea, as prize from an e
nemy, in time of war, or as reprisal, shall be forty bush
els of good merchantable wheat, payable however in
money, as in the case of the other officers aforemention
ed.
And be it further evaded by the authority aforefaid,
That the several fpecific fines to which any of the officers
or persons summoned on juries aforefaid, may be liable,
or which they shall incur for any offence or negleft of du
ty, shall be computed and fatisfied in wheat, as in the case
of fees, as aforefaid, and tendered, paid, or levied in mo
ney, according to the price of such wheat, from time to
time, as it shall be estimated and declared by the Repre
sentatives of the Freemen of Pennsylvania in General As
sembly met, in manner aforefaid.
* # * For the continuation of Col. Ethan Allen's Nar
rative fee the Fourth page.
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To be SOLD by Public Vendue,
On Monday the 29th of November inrtanr, at ten o'clock,
00 the place where the fubferiber now lives, in Paffyunk
townfh p, for c^fh only,
TT O kSE S, three very likely Milch Cows, a quanti
ty of the best so tof Potatoes, and between one and
two hundred bushels of Indian-corn, and o.ts, ten or twelve
tons of excellent fi.fi and second crop Hay, the growth of
th place. Also a very good frame building, 26 feet by
20, Very strong, and fit to move, the fhinglea and weather
boards all cedar. Attendance will be given, by
BENJAMIN HEMING.
N. B. The Indian.corn and Potatoes will be fold in
small lort of fire or ten bushels each, and will be deli
vered at a moderate expence to such as require it at their
resp Rive dwellings.
Nov. 20.
WA N T E
In a Public Office in this Cty,
A PERSON who understands Book-keeping, and
writes a § o.d hand: Genteel pay will be given. In
quire of the Printer.
TO BE SOLD BY
JOHN FLAHAVAN and Co.
In Sepond-ftreet, next to the Friends Meeting-house,
by wholesale and retail,
A LARGE assortment of fuperfine broadcloths,
with rattinets and ihalloons suitable , (potted,
striped and plain velvets, corduroys and thicksets ; stri
ped and plain dimothys ; Marseilles quilting and Irish
linens Lkewife a few hogsheads of rum, and a com
pleat medicine chest.
TO BE SOLD BY
WILLIAM SITGREAVES,
At his fture in Market street, opposite the Indian King,
wholesale and retail,
A LARGE and neat assortment of Merchandize,
confiding of India chintzes, cottons and calicoes,
camoricks, fnk, cotton and linen handkerchiefs, Irish
linens, Britannias, Raffia sheetings, apron wide checks,
nankeens, fi:k, worsted and thread flockings, 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 combs, pins
and needles, hyfon and bohea tea, loaf and mufeovado
sugar, coffee, and a variety of other articles.
N. B. Said Sitgreaves continues to take in Goods
of 11 knds to fell upon Commission, as usual. 4.
CA ME to the pasture of the fubferibers, about the
27t0 of September last, an old red CO W, with
fume white fpos, and a lump under her chin. The
owner is desired to apply to James Hartnett, near the
New Chapel in Fourth street, Philadelphia, prove pro-
P„, Py charges and take her away, otherwise she
will be fold in two weeks fr. m the date hereof, by
Nov. 17. EDWARD M'C OY.
'779 JAMES HARTNETT.
TO BE S O L'D?
A PAIR of well broke and genteel COACH
HORSES, and an elegant CARRIAGE and
H ARNESS. Enquire of the Printer.
W ANTE D,
PERSONS properly qualified to aft as STEW
ARD and MATRON in the Pennsylvania Hos
pital. No persons ne^d apply who cannot produce
Efficient recommendations for hooefty and sobriety,
Enquire of Joseph Swift or Joshua Howell,
the present fitting Managers.
One Hundred Pounds Reward.
W1 EREAS the fubferiber was bail for the ap
pearance of Benjamin Nugent, of Cumberland
county, at the Court of Oyer and Terminer and Ge
neral Goal Delivery, held at Carlifle, the 18th of
O&ober last past, and he not appearing according to
promise; therefore any person wha will apprehend
said Benjamin Nugent, and secure him in any goal of
the State of Pennsylvania, so that he may be brought
to tryal at a Court G s Cumberland county aforefaid,
shall receive the above reward, and reasonable charg
es paid by MOSES LAMB.
November 12.
BROKE in the pasture of Mr. Van Deren, the
beginning of October, a blackish HORSE,
near 15 hands high, about 7 years old, not branded.
Whoever has loft said Horse, by applying to the fub
feriber in Fourth street, a little above Arch street,
proving their property, paying charges, may have
him again. LEONARD FISHER.
T A K E ~N FE
TWO Sorrel HORSES, one of them about
12 hands high, with a bald face. The other
about 14 hands high, without either marks or brand.
Whoever has loft the said Horses, may have them a
gain, by paying the expences, from JACOB
KECKLE R, at the Continental Stables in Phi
ladelphia. November 5.
TWENT FdOLL ART REWARD.
RAN AWAY from the lubfcriber, living in the
Northern Liberties, on the 3 oth of October last a
Negro Boy named TINKE R, but sometimes goes by
the name of W ILLIAM, about ten years old ; had
on when he went away, a claret coloured coat, a grey
coating jacket, a pair of tow trowfers, a tow (hirt, and
a cocked wool hat. He formerly belonged to Charles
Moore. Whoever takes up and secures the said Negro
so that his master may get him again, shall receive the
above reward, paid by
JACOB WEAVER.
One Hundred Dollars Reward.
WA S taken away from the plantation of the fub
feriber, near the Rising Sun, by her mother
Elizabeth Peterson, a Girl about eleven years of age, of
the ame name, had on when taken away, a ftri'pcd
short gown, brown petticoat, and tow apron; (he it
pock marked, no eye-brows, light coloured hair: Her
mother had on a blue petticoat, a white short gown, and
a black apron; she is long visaged, full faced, and has
black hair. Whoever apprehends them shall he entitled
to the above reward, or Fifty Dollars for each, paid
oa. lt. PETER LONG.
Philadelphia, November 4.
Three Hundred Dollars Reward.
STRAYED ox STOLEN from the Commons
0 01 this city, a small feed foriciHOßS E, about fix
years old, a natural pacer, and has a pretty long mil.
Likewise a bay M AR E, about three years old, four
teen h.nds high, has a laddh in ik on her near (boul
der, and a natural trotter. Whoever will deliver the
said horse or mare to the fubferiber in Walnut street,
(hall have One Hundred Dollars for either, and i stolen,
One Hunched Dollars for the thief, and reasonable
charges, pid by LAEARUS STOW.
N. B. Tiny weie turned out of the (table to avoid
the danger of the late fire in Eicnftey's-alley.
TWEN] Y DOLLAUS REWARD.
I^ A N AWAY on Tuesday the ninth inst. (No
& vembei) a savant girl named MARY SCOTT,
thirteen years and eight months eld, full face, brown
hair and eyes, very bold and much addiAed to lying ;
had on when she went away, a green fhiped liscej pet
ticoat half wern, linen short gown, two aprons, two
fhihs, (hoes and mixed flockings. Whoever takes up
^id gid and brings her to the fubferiber in Second
ftrect, opposite the City Tavern, shall have the above
regard and rcalocable charges, paid ly
SIGMUND COPIA, Saddler.
N. B. It is supposed the is gone to her .ather in Down
ing's Town.
WAS F OU N D,
At the corner of Walnut in Water hreet,
A POCKET- BOOK with Two Hundred and Se
venty Continental Dollasinit. Whoever has loft
the farbe, by applying to Richard Tiffer Mary,
Rape,maker; in Shippen.die t, proving property and
paging cuaiges, may have it again; Nov. 14.
1™ A K .EN UP by the fubferiber, in Lower
Smithfield tewhOnp, Nortban/ptMi county, State
of Pennsylvania, a bay STALLION, about four
teen h/n^sLigh, trots and pacer, about le%en year-old,
neither brand nor ear maik, a (mail white fpbt on one
of his hind feet. The owner is Retired to come, prove
property, pay charges and take him away.
July 20, 1779. SAMUEL VANDERMARK.
BOARD and LODGING to be had in a gen
teel family, or rooms ready furnifhed to be let.
Enquire of the Printer.