The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1781-12-01 00:00:00, page 1

ALL KINDS OF
COLOUR S,
For the,Army and Nary, mad# znd fold, on the tnoft
reasonable tarn^, by REBECCA YOUNG, in Walnut
ftreet, ne $ r Thirdftreer, Philadelphia.
J UST I M P-OR TED,
In the last Vessels from Europe,
AND TO BE SOLD, by
WILLIAM NICHOLS,
At his STORE, on the Norh Side of Market-street,
opposite the Indian King,
A Large and General Affortmenc of the
FOLLOWING ARTICLES, vz.
SCARLET, brown,
purple, black, green,
blue, light coloured, fu
perfine and second Broad
cloths,
Scarlet, brown, blue,
light and coloured fu
perfine Knaps & Coat
ln^'
Blue, grey, light a,d
Icarlet Duffih & Fazes,
White, buff and fc^rlct
Caffimm and Wiltons,
Crimion, brown, blue,
striped, black, (potted
and corded Velvets and
Velverets,
©live & white Corduroys;
Tickfete and Duroons,
Barragons,
Childrens worsted Hose,
Pink, blue, black and
cloth coloured Duroys,
Prunellas and Durants,
Tammies and Sattinets,
Crimson, green, (ky-blue
and pink Ruffels, Mo
reens and Callimancoes,
Jeans, Fustians and Beav
ers
Camblets and Hairbines
of all colours and fine
nefs,
Corded Worsteds and
Everltftings,
Serges and Serge de Jeans,
Blue and white Plains and
Halfthicks,
,-8, 34, and apron-wide
cotton & linen Checks,
An assortment of Iridi
^ Linens,
Fine and coarse Hollands,
Yard and halfyard and
38 brown and white
Sheetings,
Brittannias and Plattella
royals,
Lavals, Ponturies, Ozna
brigs and Ticklenburgs,
Sail and Duck Cloth,
Marseilles Quilting,
Plain and corded Dimities
. and Diapers,
Wide and narrow Russia
Sheetings, Dowlafs and
Flanders Ticking,
Jaconet and book Mubins,
Tapes, Bobbins & Laces,
Plain and figured Kent
ings, kenting Handker.
chiefs and Catgut,
Plain & millions Lawns,
Cambrick,
Said NICHOLS returns his best
"Thanks to those who have heretofore fa
voured him with their Custom, and hopes,
in future, from his Attention to Business,
end Willingness to Please, that it will be
the Interest of his Customers to continue
their Favours.
VOL. XI.I
O R, THE
GENERAL ADVERTISER.
SAT UR DA Y,
Publishep EVERY TUESDAY, THURSDAY and SATURDAY.—Price. Six-Pence.
Millionet Handkerchiefs
and figured' Apron Pat
terns,
Plain and figured Genzos
and gauze Handker
chiefs,
Womens Gloves of all co
lours,
Ditto silk Mitts,
Mens silk Gloves,
A beautiful Assortment
of dark and light
_ Chintzes,
Elegant chintz Bed-pat
tern.,
Fine and coarse Calicoes
and Cottons,
Ginghams and Bengalis,
Nankeens and Damascus,
Ducapes,Paduafoys,Man
tuas, Luteftrings, Bro
cades, Modes and Taf
fities,
Green, blue, claret,
bloom, orange, and
white 2-4 and 3-4 ell
Persians and Sarinas,
Pekings, Mexicans and
Mufflemans,
Ell.wide Persians, black
and coloured,
Mens, women and child
rens cotton and thread
Hose,
Elegant Tambour Waist-
Icoat Patterns,
Bast Sewing-silk,
Black Thread,
Coloured dills,
Silk and linen Handker
chiefs,
Black and coloured Bar
celona ditto,
Best scars Twist, Mohair
and Buttons,
Black and white Blond
Laces and Edgings,
Thread ditto,
Painted, figured and plain
Ribbands,
Superfine, second and
cowrie Bolting-Cloths,
Plated Buttons,
Skeleton and hoop Wire,
Best Tully Gartering,
Cuton Cord and Toffelf,
Bandana, silk and cotton
Romans,
Quality and narrow Bind
ings and Ferrets,
; Snuff Boxes,
I With many other Arti
cles, too tedious to enu
merate.
Philadelphia, November 16, 1781.
BY virtue of a Writ of Venditioni Ex
ponas to me directed, will be Sold by Public
Vendue, at the Cofo-Aoufe, on TUESDAY the 4th
Day of December next, at Four o'clock in the Aft,r
noon, A carotin Brick MESSUAGE, TENEMENT,
and Piece of GROUND, with (everal Back-buildings,
lituate on the south fide of Walnut-ftrret, between
Third and Fourth-ftr/eta, from the river Delaware, in
the City of Philadelphia; containing in breadth, on
Walnut-street, aforefaid, 16 feet 6 inches, and in
length or dapth 108 feet, fubjea to a Ground-rent of
ifourteen Sp^ndh, coined. Silver Pieces of Eight.
Also, another MESSUAGE and Lot or Piece of
GROUND, adjoining the aforefaid Lot, containing in
breadth, on the South fide of Walnut street, 24 feet
9 inches, and in length or depth 220 feet ; taken in Ex
ecution, as the property of H'rry Gordon, by
WILLIAM WILL, Sheriff.
Public Notice is hereby given,
That the fubferihers have opened an OFFICE, for the
Settlement of the Pay.accounts of Officers of the Hos
pital and Medical Department, in actual service, pri
foneis (of the line of this date, flying camp and mili
tia) and others, provided for by the Honourable the
Assembly of this state, in thrir Supplement 0 the Aft,
entitled, " An Aft to adjuff End fettle the Accounts
of the Troops of this State," &c. &c. which fuppte
ment was ena&ed the firft day of O&ober left. Ths
Office is held in Second-street, a few dours above Race
ftreet, where Attendance will be given, from , o'clock
till one in the forenoon, and from three to five in the
afternoon, for FOUR WEEKS from this Date, Sun
dais excepted, within which time all persons claiming
the benefits of said a&, are requested to attend.
The Claims (if any there are) of such, as being pro
vided for by former a<ft#, have yet negl<&d to attend,
notwithstanding the considerable length of time this
Office has been open for that purpose, the frequent no
tice given thereof, and attendance in the different coun
ties (er the convenience of Applicants, will also be ex
amined into, if made within the time abovementioned.
JAMES STEVENSON,) A ,
JOHN NICHOLSON, ) Audlt ° r '> & c.
Philadelphia, Nov. 19, 1781.
To be SOLD at Public Sale,
At the Coffae house in Philadelphia, on TUESDAY,
the fourth day of December next, at five o'clock in
the evening ; (if not before disposed of by private
sale.)
A valuable plantation situated
in London Britain township, Chiller county, near the
plantation where the honourable John Evans, elq ; re
sides, containing upwards of 220 acres, ne?r one'half
whereofis ve I timbered woodland, the remainder clear
ed and under good fence; upwards of 12 ac es excellent
meadow, wabrsd.b, a never failing stream running
through ih~ land, which will admit the making of more
ml dow at a small expence. Thine are two log tene
meits, barn and (tabling on the premife#. The firuati
onis convenient for bringing tire produce to market,
being about 10 miles from Chriftiaoa bridge, 12 miles
from Newport, and 16 miles from Wilmington, and in
the neighbourhood cf fereral good grist mills. The
present tenant Joh < Hahn will (hew the premises to any
perfen applying to him.
Also, 12 1-2 acres of excellent upland, lately cleared
and under good new cedar post and rail fence, situated
aboue three miles and an half from Philadelphia, on the
road leading to George Gray's Ferry, adjoining the
land of Samuel Rhoads, eq.
If any perron is desirous of purch frig by private
sale before the dy above appointed, the owner will take
fpe.T, ft^te money, merchandize or country produce
in payment, and tire firdmentic ned premiss will be
fold with or withou' a considerable it/ck.
Far farther particulars enqnireo> LEONARD DOR
SEY or of CHRISTOPHER BAKER, at the coiner
of Vine ~nd Second-itcects.
ALL nerfons indebted to the est te of ABRAHAM
JONES, House-carpenter, late of the diftrid al
Southwark, in the county of Philadelphia, decealed,
are requeftrd to mike immediate payment to the sub
fcribers; and all those who hive any deman. s egainft
said estate, are defined to bring in th.i r refoa^e ac
counts, that the fame may be adjufed and fettled
agreeable to law, by
SARAH JONES, ) Admiuftratrix.
Philadelphia, ISAAC JONES,
Nov. 14, 1781. BENJAMIN jones, ^ A ll ™ mftratcr '
THE
From the Universal Magazine, for January, 1781.
DISSERTATION on the Treatment of tlit
NEGRO RACE.
THAT individuals ffiould violate the laws of huma
nity, and ad in direct contradidion to the very
precepts of the religion they pfofefs, is far from be
ing wonderful in the hiflory of human nature: but
that nations, who have arrived to a high degree of re
finement, to whom the noblefl sentiments of virtue and
universal benevolence are not unknown, and who pro
fefs a religion, which bears the best evidences of its
be ng promulgated by that God, whose goodness and
tender mercies are over all his works---that theft should
universally countenance that inhuman condud, at
which every virtuous person ought to shudder; thia
is one of those inconfi fancies in the conduct of man
kind, which never could gain belief, were it related to
Come sensible recluse, far remote from feciety and the
ordinary means of information Yet such is the pre
sent policy of the Europeans, that thousands of unhap
py beings, all ' deathless as their haughty lords,
have been exiled from their native homes, from all the
dear relations of family life, and in perpetual slavery
doomed perhaps to satiate luxury with excess, or to
add to the inereafing heaps of ever craving avarice.
Can the tender hearted, who deplore the common ca
lamities of mankind, or weep over some fad tale of do
mefiic woe, be unaffected by the cruel fu fferings of
those who only diff r from us in colour, or in some vari
ations of (hapefand feature ? nature regards all the di
verfiti^s of mankind with equal tenderness and care. Na
ture revolts at thechri ftian inhumanities, which their
fable annals display. To the great Supreme, of whate
ver fliape or whatever colour we are, we owe alike our
being and our constant preservation. And let Euro
pean prejudice triumph in the supposition of superior
mental powers, they also possess the heavenly faculty
of reason, though with them it is rude and uncultiva
ted ; nor are they insensible to the (acred obligations
of virtue, to the gentle impressions of friendfhip, the
ardent sensations of love, or the melting tenderneffea
of nature. But it is not in a Rate of slavery that wg
can judge of their capacities or their virtues. What
were our venerable ancestors, the Goths and Vandals
from whom we may boa flour high descent? Uninform
ed barbarians, in a date of nature, with scarce one
beam of reason or of virtue to enlighten them. Yet
this savage race never felt that slavery, which depress
es every faculty, and finks humanity below itfefc
The reader, who is fond of tracing the varieties of
human underflanding, or of marking the simplicity of
deduction, in a raind unacquainted with the princi
ples of science, will perceive perhaps some ingenuity
of thought, a kind of inference and re?foning in a ne
gro, who had been but recently brought from the coast
of Guinea to Jamaica. The captain of the ship, that
brought him over, going to visit a friend at his planta
tion not far from Kingflon, came to two roads, and
being at a loss to know which was the right, and, meet
ing our negro, he asked him which was the way to Mr.
Na, na,' said the slave, < Tom
a fool, but Tom not always a fool. What! you find
your way from my country all the way without hedge
or tree, and not find the way to maffa's house ! Na, na,
Tom a fool indeed, but Tom not always a fool.' Nor
could any intreaties procure the captain any other an
swer.
In America, it is generally believed and asserted
that the Africans are equally incapable of reason and
,of virtue. But to the fuggeftians of tyranny and the
afferrions of prejudice, let us oppose the following well
authenticated fad, as related by the Abbe RaynaL
An Engliffi ship that traded in Guinea in i ? 5 2, was
obliged to leave the I'urgeon behind, whose bad Rate
of health did not permit him to continue at sea. Mur
ray, for that was his name, was there endeavouring to
recover his health, when a Dutch vessel drew near the
coast, put the blacks in irons, whom curiosity had
brought to tie shore, and instantly failed off with their
booty. Tnofe, who interefled themselves for these un
happy people, incensed at so base a treachery, instant
ly ran to Cud oc, at whose house Murray lodged, who
flopped them and asked then? what they were in search
of: 6 The white man who is with you,' answered they
6 who should be put to death, because bis brethren
have carried off ours ' ‘ The Europeans,' replied the
generous host, < who have carried off our countrymen,
are baburans: kill them whenever you can find them.
But he who lodges wit. me is a good man. he is
r e L my h ° ufe is his fortrefs ; l am his soldier, and
'„ d ; fe7d him. Before you can get at him, you
(hall pass over my body. omy friends, what just maa
would ever enter my doors, if I had fullered my habi
tation to be Gained with the blood of an innocent man ? "
This difcou:fe appealed the rage of the blacks. they re
tired ashamed of the design that brought them there,
DECEMBER 1,17 S&
[NUMB 814.