The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1779-02-02 00:00:00, page 3

A. Something dropped about Mr. M'Kinly, but just
at that time I turned and went to another part of the
house---did not bear diftindly what it was.
Q Did you he r Brigadier T. blame Congress on ac
count of exchange ?
A. I did not bear General T. blame an, but Mr. M'Kean
relative to the exchange./
Mr. Alexander Holmes sworn, fays,
He was in the Corf e-house on Wednesday evening,
heard General T. repeatedly fay he had been very ill
treated; that one or more who had been taken in their
beds had een exchanged while he was neglected ; that
he seemed to be in a great passion with Mr. M'Kean, and
said, had it not been for him and some other rascals, he
would not have been in the situation he was in.
Q. Did you hear any other fubjed.of dispute between
them?
A. I heard some dispute about a boy.
Q Did you hear General T. call Mr. M'Kean a rascal?
A. Yes, I heard him fay you are a rascal; thought he
applied it to Mr. M'Kean.
Q Did you hear what Mr. M'Kean firft said te Bri
gadier T.
A. I was not ptefent at the beginning of the dispute. I
heard Mr. M'Kean fay to GeneraLT lam your superior.
General T. relented this and seemed in a great passion.
Q. Did you hear any mention of Governor Franklin ?
A. I do not recoiled that I heard Governor Franklin
named.
Q Was the conversation about the boy before or after
the expreffons " had it not been for him, &c."
A. I thin* it was after.
Q Did you think those expreffons “ had it not been
for him and some otaef rascals, &c " alluded to Mr.
McKean's conduct in Congress?
A. I did not know that Mr. M'Kean was a member
of Congress.
Honorable Jernes Searle sworn,
Says he was at the Coffee-home on the evening of the
altercation between General Trempfon and Mr. M'Kean.
The firft thing that drewhis attention was Gener I Thomp
son's voice re a higher tone than usual. That reheard Gen
eral Thompson fay to Mr. M'Kean, y^u are i prun'd
rascal and it isowing to you and a set of rascals like you
th<tl have not been exchanged before now. There is a
nest of you, but damn you I know you all, You exchang
ed an old wom^n catched in bed and left me unexchanged
th®' t ken fighting in the field. That he did not hear the
word Congress used at all; and does not recoiled hearing
Mr. M'Kean's reply. That he heard General Thomp
son fay to Mr. M'Kean, damn you , who are you ? Mr.
M'Kean said I am your superior, or words to that effe&.
That afterwards he heard General Thompson in a lower
tone of voice ask Mr. M' Kean if he was a gentleman to
which Mr. M'Kean replied, however that may be, lam
fare you are none. That he he rd Mr. M'Kean fay, aye
strike me if you dare, I will make your heart ake if you do,
to which Gen ral Thompson replied damn you I will make
your bones 'ake firft. That he thinks, after what was
mentioned, he heard Mr. M'Kean fay it was not a sum
mons, to which General Thompson fail it was Mr.
M'Kean asked him to produce it, hefud lie had it not,
That he had treated it as it deferred, and made use of in
decent expressions. That he is not positive whether this
was before or after what he firft teftified, but is rather in
dined to think it was after. That this passed while Gene
ral Thompson was in the box and at the end of the box.
( To be concluded in our next. )
PHILADELPHIA, February 2.
By a vessel just arrived in a short passage from Marti
nico we learn, that a body of Britilh troops, with some
men of war, had taken possession of the French Island of
St. Lucia; and that the Count D'Eft ing had been repuls
ed in an attempt to dYpoffefs them. The particulars of
this affair shall be published as soon as we receive them.
Colonel Mordecai Gift, of the American Army, is pro
moted to the rank of Brigadier General.
In CONGRESS, January 30, 1779
DESOLVED, That all accounts fur back rations
@r the atmy to the last day of December 1776 inelu
fie, be exhibited to the Auditors of the army for Set
tlement, by rhe firft day of June next, or not after
wards allowed :
That such accounts due to any officers or soldiers in
the regiments or corps now m service be colic&d in the
following form :
Account of rations due to officers and soldiers of the—
— or corps commanded by
v v V Ufa
° □^
And that in the column of Casualties the names of all
absentees, except those on command or furlough, be
inserted 1
That the accounts formed into such abftra&s be at
tested before the Commanding Officer of the brigade,
and that warrants issue for th^ amount of them in favor
of the Paymasters of the refpe&ive regiments, and that
they pay out the monies received thereon.
Extrafi Jrom ibe Minutes,
CHARLES THOMSON, Secretary.
+§+++§#+§o +++** ,-* ± $4-
ALL persons who have any kind of hufinefs to tranf
a& with the Officers of the Fennfylvania Line, are
hereby notified, that there will be a ready conveyance
for their letters, &c. by leaving them at Mr. Funk's,
inn-keeper in Seeond-ftreet, or ar Mr. Thomas Brad
ford's book store adjoining th^C -fFee-heuie, from whence
they will be immediately forwarded to Camp by runners
appointed for the purpose, who start from Philadelphia
every Thursday morning.
4- O BESOLD, for Continental Bills of May iO,
' 177% and April 11, 1778, called out of circulation,
A BRICK HOUSE and LOT ofGROUND,
fixate on the north fide of Hill-Greet, sometimes called
Cherry-street, between Third and Fourth-streets. The
Lot contains seventeen feet and an half in Breadth and
one hundred and thirty nine feet in length : the House is
twenty-five feet deep and three stories high, with a brick
Kitchen, twenty-five by eleven feet and an half, and two
stories high. The whole free from ground-rent, or any
incumbrance whatever. For terms apply to
BENJAMIN HARBESON, in Mirket-ftreet.
Philadelphia, January 30, 1779.
▼T 1 O BE SOLD, on Saturday the 6:h of February,
4 at fix o'clock in the evening, to the higneft bidder,
at the Coffee-houD, the brigantine ESSEX, with all
her tackle and apparel, as the now lies at Fifhbourne's
Wharf; as pel inventory to be seen at the Coffee-houfe.
To BE SOLD, a young, hearty, found NEGRO
' GIRL, sixteen or fevenUen y are old. For further
particulars enquire of Mr. John Jarvis, at the sign of
the Conneftogee Waggon io Mat ket-lteet.
HE partnership of BUDDEN and
X STRAK ER having dissolved tome time
past, al! persons indebted to them are desired to difeharge
their accounts immediately, and all those who have any
demands again ft the said partnership, are defied to call
on JAMES BUDDEN, who will discharge the fme.
f' H E fubferiber has for sale, at his house
in Front-ftrect, opposite Mr. Thomas Penrofe's
Ihip-yird, in Southwark, a quantity of good Weft-
India and French R U M, in hogsheads and tierces,
which will be fold at the lowrft prices for circulating
cash. # JOHN TURNER.'
N. B. Likewise a few tons of HAY to be fold for
the em firms called in by Congress.
H E Citizens of Philadelphia who wish to
£ become fubferibers for the New-Jersey Gazette,
may enter their names with Moses Bartram, Apo
tnecary, in Seeond-ftreet, a few doms above Arch
ft=eet, or with Robert Aitken, Printer and Book
seller, in Front-street, nearly opposite the Coffee-houfe,
at One Doll r and an Half per quarter, the money to
ke paid at the time of entrance.
OEVERAL Houses and Lots of Ground in and
° aboui the city, Plantations in the country, and about
fix thoufnd acres of unimproved Land, lying in diffe
rent tra&s or parcels of about three hundred acres each,
in Northumberland County. For terms of file apply
to Assheton Humphreys, Conveyancer and Attor
ney at La % at his office in Second ft eet, between
Spruce and Union-streets.
Philadelphia, Jan. 19.
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD?
* JK7 HEREAS a number ofßackers belonging to the
different Fire Companies in this city were taken
off t the late fire in Chefnur direct, opprfr the Sr te
houfe, the above reward i# offered by the Sun Fire Com
pany to any person who wil di cover the thief or thieves ;
and for every Bucket that is brought to Col. William
Badtord, at the Cost^-house, there (hull be 0 NE
DOLLAR regard given.
N. B. A waggoner was seen to carry off a number of
the above Bickers in his waggon: It is hoped all per
sons will be diligent to difeover this pet son.
W' A S left on the plantation of the sub
s er, in Providence townddp, Philadelphia
county, some time ago, by a drover, a drov-down
BULL, of a pale red colour. The owner is defi ed
to come, prove his property, pay charges and take him
away, otherwise he will be fold for costs in two weeks
after the date hereof.
Jin 19. GEORGE CLEMENCE.
— T o'O~L D, °
For Continental Money only,
ON E hundred and twenty three acres of land on
Powell's Creek, in Upper Paxton Town/hip, in
the County of Lancaster.
Five hundred and twenty-five acres of land in Tur
butt Township, in the County of Northumberland.
An undivided half of one thousand and fifty-five and a
half acres of land on the Shawney-Cabin Creek, in the
County of Bedford.
An undivided (hare of Indiana, containing a large
body of land on the River Ohio, granted to the fuffer
ers of 1763.
A 44th part of two undivided large, tracts of land on
the Miffifippi River, in the Illinois country.
For terms of sale apply to the fubferiber, living in
Lancaster. 6. LEVY ANDREW LEVY.
L O S
Oh Friday evening the fifteenth inst. (January) between
Third street and Cartel Alley,
A GOLD'SLEEVE BUTTON, cyphered R C.
" Whoever will deliver it to the fubferiber Ihall have
EIGHT DOLLARS reward.
ROBERT CORREY, Jun.
N. B. A number of itrong SHOES to be fold by
said Correy, for the two emissions called in by Congress.
TO BE SO L D,-
A LOT of GROUND, with a good three-story
" brick house thereon, having two rooms on a floor,
and a cellar; situated on the weft fide of Sixth-street,
about half way between Arch and Race-streets ; it is
sixteen teet front and about fifty-one and a half deep 6
Any person inclining to purchase may know the terms
b y applying to Isaac Hazlehurst, at Mr, James
Logan's, in Second street, Philadelphia.
N. B. A good title will be given.
WANTS EMPLOY^ENt
As an Assistant in a Store,
A YOUNG MAN who can be well recommended;
writes a good hand and understands accompts. Any
6he wanting such a person, by leaving a line at the sign
of the George the corner of Arch and Second-Greets, or
with the Printer hereof, shall be waited on.
Chefer Town, Kent County, Maryland, Jan. ;6.
WA S taken up in Kent County, feme <<ne id
June last, and committed to the county gaol,
three Negro Men : Two of them broke said gaol in two
or three days and made their escape : The other who
flayed calls himfelf JACK, fays he is the property of
one John Gordon, of Cumberland county, Virginia $
he is about zt or 23 years of age, 5 feet Bor 9 inches
high, slender made, has a remarkable fear on one fide
of his neck which he fays was occasioned by a burn when
he was small § when taken he had on some soldier's
cloaths. The owner is desired to come, prove his pro^
perty, pay charges and take him away,
ANDREW MYERS.
CA ME to the plantation of the fubferiber^
in New-London toWnfnip, Chester County, on the
thirty-firft of October last, a young brown HORSE,
about fourteen hands high, well made. The owner is
desired to come, prove his property, pay charges and
take him away.
JJI^^ ^^ ANDERSON.
New ErunDxick, January 17
TO BE SO 1,1),
For no fault, enquire of the Printer,
A NEGRO WENCH with her CHILD, three years
'' old, the lowest price One Thousand Dohars.
WANTS a PLACE N a STORE,
A YOUNG MAN, who underftarids book-keeping,
" speaks and writes German, French and English. Any
one wanting such a person and leaving a line with the
Printer, shall be waited on.
,W A N T E El
A Middle aged Woman, as Chamber maid. She muff
be a good fempfbefe, and underftrnd doing up
imall cloathes. Such a person properly recommended,
may here of a place, by applying to tee printer.
Philadelphia January 22,
TO B~E SO L~dT
A LIKELY, healthy Negro Wench, fit fortown
- 1 or country business, has had the small pox and
mtafles. Fer terms apply tc Roger Flahavan, /hop
keeper, in Seeond-ftreet, between Market-Greet and
BLek-horfe alley.
WAS FOUND near the upper end of
Tbird-ftreet, cn Friday last, an eld black lea
ther POCKET BOOK, with lome Continental Money
in it. The owner may have it again by applying to the
fubferiber liveing in the Nothern Liberties, near the
upper end of Fourth-street.
THOMAS DEWEES.
CA M Eto the plantation of the fubferiber,
in Norriton town/hip, Philadelphia county, on
the twenty firft day of December last, a large black
Horse, about fix or seven years old, shod all round, a
natural trotter, and branded on the near buttock, but
the letters rot knowu. The owner is desired to come,
prove his property, pry charges and take him awav.
Jan. 9, JANE BARTLES ON.
Philadelphia, January 25.
T ,O BE LE T,
On Leases for five years,
TH E following Plantations in Eafton town/hip^
Chester county, about sixteen miles from PhiladL
phia, on the Lancaster road, viz. one trad of one hun
dred and twenty-five acres, two tra&s each one hundred
ac.es, and one trad of sixty-eight acres. Also two
plantations each one hundred and fifty acres, in Norri
ton township, Philadelphia county, nineteen miles from
the city. The above tra&s have dwelling houses and
other improvements on them. For terms apply to
Charles Thomson, in Market-street, or Jonathan
Mifflin, jun. in Seeond-ftreet, below Walnut-street.
DURING the time the enemy were in
possession of this city there were taken out of the
house of the Rev. Defter Ewing, in Third-street, three
pine tables, a dozen of walnut chairs without bottoms
the lower half of a large walnut chest of drawers, a low
mahogany pheft of drawees, an iron chest, a walnut ta
ble with a screw fixed on it for sealing instruments of
writing, a low bedstead with a fucking bottom, and a
cot bedstead. If any person ctn give information where
the above mentioned articles, or any of them are, so
that the owner may have them again, the kindness shall
be gratefully acknowledged and rewarded, by
JOHN. EWIN G.
N.B. There is a walnut chest of drawers cn a stand
left in the house, not belonging to me. The owner is
desired to come and take it away.
WA S taken up between Marcus-Hook and
Cheier, a Negro Man named B E N, fays he
lately belonged to one Wilson, in Water-ftrtet, Phila
delphia; He is now in Chester gaol. His owner is del
fired to come, prove his property, pay charges and take
him away, otherwise he will be fold for his fees, this
being the second time he has been advertised.
ROBERT SMITH, Sheriff.
' j -" ■"• ' 1 ■■■ißomlie
'juft pubK/hed and to be fold by
JOHN D UNLAP'
In Market street, Philadelphia,
PROCEEDINGS of a General Court Martial,
for the trial of Major General L E E.