The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1782-10-01 00:00:00, page 4

Twenty Dollars Reward.
TTrAS stole out of the house of the fubferiber, at
the Ciofs-keys, in Jinkin-town, on the night
of theSyth inftrnt, a Piece of light coloured, home
made BROADCLOTH, containing 22 yards, some
thing narrower than common, marked at one end S. B.
7 he thief is supposed to be a man who called himfelf
James Price, be lodged in the house that night, and
sometime in the night went off: he hadon an old dark
grey furtout ccat, tow trowfers, fho f s without buckles ;
he is of a swarthy complexion, about five feet (even
inches high, well 1% and supposed to be about 45 years
of age frhe-ca&fiimfelf a pedlar and carries a wallet
bu^annot find that enr he has many goods. Who-
Mier secures the thief so that the owner may get his
property, shall have the above reward,cr for the cloth
only eight dollars, paid by
STEPHEN BURROWES.
Jinkin-Town, Sept. 23.
EIGHT DOLLARS REWARD.
RAN AWAY on Sunday the 25th August, a NE
GRO MAN, known by the name of John Mar
low, but may change hi# name, born in Charleftown
South Carolina formerly did belong to John Marlow
of that place, and latterly to Edmund Egan of said place,
but now living in the diftri& of Southwark, Philadel
phia, he is stout and well made, about five feet ten inches
high, and forty-eight years of age, a thin face, a large
beard and marked with the fraall pox, (peaks well and is
obliging and handy; had on a white coattee and striped
waist coat. Whoever delivers him to me, or in my ab
sence to Mr. Moles Buffy, Tallow Chandler in Spruce
ftreet, near the Drawbridge, or to any gaol or w rk
houfe, fothat the fubferiber may get him again, shall be
paid the above reward and reasonable charges. Captains
of vessels and others are cautioned against carrying him
off, or employing him at their peril; if her eturns of his
own accord his faults will be forgiven.
September 3, 1782. EDMUND EGAN.
Herford, (Virginia,) Augoft 2, 17^
"To be Sold for Specie,
Middletons TAVERN, in the City of Anrapol'G
on the aid Day of October next, in two or three
hundred Acre Lots, or the Whole together, as may
bed suit the Purchaser or Purchafert, .
T VALUABLE T ra & of LAND; containing about
One Thousand Eight Hundred Acres, and gene
' rally kown by the name of Kent Foik Mannor,
(the e^a quantity Ihall be fpecified on the da [ of %)
beginning at the lower end of Kent ifbnd, aboutten
mil , from Annapolis, ard 25 or 3 o from Baltimore ,
the ar mid rents amount to 26,950 weight or crop to
bacco. The land has many natural advantages; meh
as fi% oysters and wild fowl, in abundance ; the foil
is vey fine and remarkable level, and the tr^ ad
vwt/eoufly interfered vith small creeks, that differ
cut and convenient plantations or farms
elf with very little fencing : there ^ef l good
dwelling houses with brick O mnieson the land. Any
person inclined to purchase may be fr n the land, by
folvinz to Dr. ROBERTS, cn the ^^ Fife year
credit will be given ; bond, with approved security, will
be required.' WILLIAM BRENT
N B. The greatest part of the land is under lea e,
which will expire in November, 1784. The plantati
ons are to be delivered up in good order, uno. r the
penalty of a heavy forfeiture. I have great reason to
that the bales will be given in before the da,
:^ WILLIAM BRENT.
Eight Dollars Reward.
T, AN-AWAY last Sunday evening from the fubferi
ber, a Negro Wench, named PHEBE, is about
or 30 years of age, (he is very lusty, and most peo
ple take her for a Mulatto ; foe isfull faced, and has a
forbidding countenance, (he took with her a lusty, fat
female Mulatto child, between 2 or 3 years old, (he was
seen last Monday morning, between Second-street bridge
and the Draw-bridge, and is no doubt concealed by
some free Negroes, in or about the town. Whoever
secures her so that the fubferiber can get her again, shall
have the above reward and reasonable charges, paid by
June 4. THOMAS CULLEN.
Southwark, Sep. 19, 1782.
Eight Dollars Reward.
STOLEN out of the stable of the fubferiber, last
O night, two HORSES, the one a dark brown, about
three years old, between 12 and 13 hands high, trets
and paces, is branded on his left shoulder I. M. C. his
hind hoofs white, has the scratches on his left hind foot.
The other horse, a ch^nut bay, between 10 and 11
years old, a natural trotter, ' about 1g or 14 hands high,
is very hollow back'd, has no other particular marks,
except a saddle spot on the hinder part of his back.
Whoever brings them to the fubferiber, shall receive
the above reward, or Four Dollars for each, and cea
fonable charges, paid by JOHN JEREMIAH.
STRAYED or stolen on the 17th instant, a Red Cow,
with one stump horn, one Brindle Corwith no
mark; allo a Brindle Steer with ftakifh horns: Who
ever takes up the Grid cattle and secures them, so that
the owner may have them again, shall have the above
reward.
NICHOLAS GREAR, living in Spring-garden.
Wants to take a Child to Nurse,
a healthy woman, with a good Breast of Milk. MA
RY RIDDLE, the corner of Arch and Eighth-streets.
Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by DAVID C. CLAYPOOLE, in Market-Street.
Three Pounds Reward.
Philip Boehm,
Has for SALE, at hi# Store in Second Greet, between
Arch and Race-streets, next door to the late dwel
ling house of Leonard Melcher, deceased,
WINE, SUGAR,
SPIRITS, T EA,
Welt-India RUM, C OFFE E, &c &c.
Philadelphia ditto,
He flatters himfelf his former c^ndu& in business has
been such, that his friends will again favour him with
their custom ; which he shall endeavour to merit by a
careful attention to supply them with Goods cf a good
quality, and on the most reasonable terms the times
will admit. - Sept. 6.
Just come to hand by the last vessels from France, and
to be SOLD by
Jonas Phillips,
At hi# STORE in Market street, between Front and
Second-streets,
A Quantity of goose, duex
and pidgeon SHOT ; china dishes and plates,
tureens and soup diflies, blankets and rugs,
broad cloths, coatings, naps and flannels, creefe and
britannia linens, chintzes and calicoes, hair colour and
I red image bed furniture calicoes. writing paper,
worsted fit for knitting stockings, ready made shirts,
fine lace ruffle# and edging#, with sundry other dry goods;
likewise a few kegs of green foft Swedish soap, for fa
mily use, equally a# good as Caftile soap, with sundry
dry goods of various kinds.
N. B. A vacant lot of ground in Race-street, near
Third-street, to be fold. Enquire as above.
ALL perfon# indebted to the Estate of HENRY
LEIBER, Shop-keeper, of this city, deceased,
are desired to make immediate pavment ; and those
who have any demands against fa ; d Estate, to bring in
their accounts properly adjusted, t at they may be fet
tled, bv FRANCIS LEIBER, adminiftratcr.
N. B. A large and small VICE to be Sold, with sun
dry Carpenters Tools, at the corner of Fifth and Arcli-
Strect s. Philadelphia, Sep. 23,
Elfrith's-alley,
4 FEW bales of Britannia# and other French Lin-
CT. en#, a great variety 0+ Paper Hangings, an Impe
rial Ledger double ruled, the best large Paper of vari
ous fizas, proper for record and account books, the pa
per may be had farrate or the books bound ; a few
Charts of the enterance of Hudson's river, from Sandy-
Hook to New York, with the banks, depths cf water,
failing marks, &c. of Delaware-bay and river, &c. of
Charleftown bar and harbour, &c. Family and Pocket
Bibles, Royal Bibles f r churches, Prayer Books, Bur
ket on the New Testament, Poole's Annotations, Pof
tlethwayffs Dictionary of Commerce, Lex Mercatoria,
Cook's Voyage towards the South Pole and round the
world in 1772 73, 74 and 75, Murray on Ship Build
ing, Robertson's and Moore's Navigation, Boyer's
French and English Dictionary, Ferguson's Astronomy
and Philofonhical L«&ures, Rowning's Philosophy,
Young's Latin Dictionary, Bailey's, Fenning'*, Dyche's
and Johnfon'i Engfifh Dictionaries, London Magazine,
Annual Register, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences and
of the Bible, Tiffot's Advice to the People with regard
to their Health, Chefterfield's Letters, Juliet Grenville
or the history of the human heart, Screvelius's Lexicon,
Davidson's Virgil and Horace, with a general Assort
ment of other BOOKS.
DRY GOOD S,
Imported in the last Vessels from Europe,
And TO BE S O. L 1), By
Isaac Hazlehurft,
In Second-street, about half way between Arch and
Race streets: Consisting of-
SUPERFINE and fecend Cloths of the most fzfhiona
ble colours ; buff, white, blue and green Caffimers,
broad and narrow Coatings, yellow and white Flan
nelr, Refe Blankets, mens worsted Hose, black worsted
Breeches Patterns ; a Variety of damask and diaper
Table Linen, brown and white Russia Sheetings, ccarfe
and fine Linens, bag Holland, Furniture Checks, Prin
cess Stuff , black and white Calamancoes, Shalloons,
Durants, Poplins, Corduroys, brown and white Buck
ram, Chintzes and Calicoes, India Furniture Chintz,
book Muslin, lewing Silk, white and coloured Threads,
quality and shoe Bindings; common, mihiners and
White Chapel Need! s, heavy four pound Pins, Cam
bricks and Lawns, velvet Hat-tinting and hatters
round Looping, scars Twist, black and coloured fi k
H ndkerchiefs, black and pink Manturs, b;ack Pec
lon% Sattin, and a Variety of Mexican Silks, death
head Buttons ; setts of Diaper, containing thirteen Nap
kens and one Tablecloth in a sett, Dowlafs, Marseil
les Quilting, womens black silk Mitts, a hw doz
en of the belt cast steel Razors, Scotch Carpels of dif
ferent fiz"s, and an elegant Persian Carpet four and a
halfyards bv five, boxes of Tin, horn Lanthorn-leav^s,
and Bohea Tea by the chest. Likewise, Dutch white
Lead, Naples Yellow, Omber, yellow Oker, Vitriol,
Prussian and powder Blue, &c. &c. Sept. 11.
TO BE SO L D, BY
John Sparhawk,
In Second-street, above Arch. Greet, at the corner of
Money S.ales, Apothecaries Weights, Copper Scales
with Neffs of Weights, Crown Lancets, Shot Bags,
Plotting and Surviving I iftruments, Scales and Divi
ders, Sp«aacles, Moroco Sword Belts, &c. &c Sept. 2.
Also Grayed out of a meadow on Tinnecum Island,
forne time last fall, and it is thought to be running on
Tinnecum, a Brown Horse Colt, three years old pafi,
about 14 hands high, has a blaze down his face, is dock-'
ed, believe him to have two white feet. Whoever takes
up said Horses, and brings them to the fubferiber, shall
if strayed, receive for each or either of them, TEN
DOLLARS Reward, and if stolen TWENTY DOL
LARS for each, and TWENTY DOLLARS for the
Thief, and reasonable charges.
August 2. ABRAHAM KINTZTNG.
TO BE SO LD, A
House and Lot in Front-street,
between Market and Arch-streets, on the bank fide.
The house i^ 22 feet front by 44 feet deep, three Gories
high in Front fticet. For term# app'y to WILLIAM
GARRIGUES. Sept, tB.
The French Academy,
Where proper MASTERS will be provided for dif<
ferent Branches of Education, viz.
THE French, English and Italian Languages,
Dancing, Drawing and Fencing.
The dancing and fencing Schools will be kept in the
lower room at the Freemasons-lodge, in Lodge-alley,
three times a week, by LOUIS D'ORSIERE, lately
from France ; who propefes to Teach all forts of Dances
most in fafhion in Europe, and principal graces and
manners.
The different Schools will be attended at times the
best suited to the scholars leisure: The night School
from fix to nine.
The languages and drawing Schools shall be conti
nued at the Director's Lodging, as formerly. Thofe'
who desire to be attended may apply to the Director,
or Mr. D'ORSIERE, in Second-street.
LOUIS D'ORSIERE, Dancing Master.
ALEXANDER QUESNAY, Director.
N. B. The Entrance of those who learned from
other masters shall be very moderate. Sept. 24.
Three Pounds Reward
W^ LOST, on the morning of the 25th instant, in
V V the court room of the Bate house during the time
of court, a Angle cased French GOLD WATCH, mak
er's name and number forgot; the swivel to which the
ribband was fattened is almoflworn through, the feat
and key are pinchbeck; on the one fide of the seal is a
Pelican feeding her young, the other is plain: the mi
nute hand is bent in the middle. Whoever delivers
said Watch to the Printer, shall receive the above re
ward.
N. B. Watchmakers will be pleased to flop it if
offered for sale, and give notice thereof to the Printer.
Bird ~L,
In the night of the Twenty-Sixth Instant, the follow
ing perfens, belonging to the gang that robbed the
Treasury at Newtown, in the county of Bucks, viz,
CALEB PAUL, about five feet seven inches high,
twenty-two years of age, freight built, brown
thin beard, grey eyes, bad on a white shirt, white over
alls, white corduroy jacket, dark fuftian foat, broke at
the elbow;, new bat and no flhoes.
LE VYDOA N, about nineteen years of age, re
markable black hair, swarthy complexion, slender
built, had on a white bomefpun shirt, a pair of over
alls of the fame, a blue broad cloth jacket without
sleeves, a grev coloured great coat, old shoes, braf#
buckles, an old small brimmed beaver hat, and very apt
if not in conversation to have his mouth open. Who
ever apprehends the laid robbers, or either of them,
and feures them in any gaol, shall receive FORTY
DOLLARS for each, and if brought to Philadelphia,
or Newtown gaol, rtafonable charges pri I, by
JOHN REYNOLDS, Gaoler,
Sept. 27. of Philadelphia County.
One Hundred Dollars Reward.
STRAY ED or stolen from the fubferiber, on the 30th
day of June last, a small Bay Horse, about 14 hands
high, four years old, a trotter, and was shod all round-'
has marks of the collar and backband, having con-'
flantly worked in a team.
An English and Mathematical Academy
BY JOHN HEFFERNAN, formerly of the College
) and latterly of the University of Pennsylvania, fe
jutt opened, in a commodious apartment, on the north
fide cf Cypress-street, between Third and Fourth-streets,
Philadelphia—Wheie Children, Youth and Foreigner#
may speedily be perfected in the rudiments of the English'
language, and all the practical branches of mathema
tics ; particularly English grammar, reading, writing,
arithmetic, book-keeping, geography and use of the
globes—Fractions, decimals, duodecimals, logarithms
and extraaion of roots—Mensuration, gauging, sur
veying and navigation of every kind—The elements of
geometry, plane and spherical trigonometry, algebra
and fluxions ; with their occaficnal application to alti
metry, longimetry, civil and military architeaure, co^
nic-fsaicns, proje&iles, dialling and astronomy :—to
gether with the conftruaicn and use of all such tariffs,
scales, tables, plans, maps, charts and designs, as may
be thought anywise neceflary to embellish or illustrate
the whole.
N. B. Said HEFFERNAN will wait on young La.
dies and Gentlemen, between school hours, as usual §
and pay the utmost attention to the mora's and man
ners of the Youth and Children committed to his tui
tion and care.
DOCTRINA SINE MORIBUS VANA.
Philadelphia, Sept. 3, 1782.
MONDAY last was OPENED