The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1778-02-04 00:00:00, page 4

WILLIAMSBURG, Jan. 2. 1
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
D^^fr 15, 1777.
T") ESOLV^D, xem^ contradicente,
J( That a Ipeecy ratification of the Ar
t ch s of Confederation between the United
States of America wiil confound the de
vices of their foreign, and huftrate rue
Machinations of their domeßic enemies,
encourage their firm friends, and fax t^e
wavering, contribute much to the Support
of their public credit, and the restoration
of the value of their paper money, produce
unanimity in their councils at home, and
ahd weight to their negotiations abroad,
and ccmplcaring the independency of their
country, cilabhfh the belt foundation for
its prosperity.
u E J OLV ED, resize coniradicentc.
That rhe Articles of Confederal n and
Perpetual Union, propolcd by CongrAs
the 17th of November iafl, between the
States of New- Hampshire, Maftachuletts-
Bay, Rhode-bland and Providence Plan
tations, Ccnne&icut, New-York, New-
Jedey, Fehrdylvania, Delaware, Mary
land, Virginia, North-Carolina, Sou h-
Carohna, and Georgia, and refered for
a, probation to the conh dian^n or the Ic
-10 1, ! Legiflaturts of the t id lorate, ought
to be approved and rat Cod on the pan or
this Common-Wealth, and that our Lele
gntes in Congrtls be accordingly autnorded
and inftrudted to ratify the fame in the
name and on the behalf of this Common-
Wealth, and that they attend for that pur^
pole on or before the uruh day or march
n<xt. ARCHIBALD CARY,
Speaker Senate.
GEORGE WYTH E,
Speaker IE D.
Just juWifted, arid to be fold by
J OH N D UN L A P,
In Queen-Street, Lancaster,
Father AB R AHA M's
POCKET A L M AN AC K,
For th- Year 1778.
Being the Third Ye-r of the Independence of America.
Fined to the use oi V anfyvarna and the adjacent States.
Containing ( odes many ufetul Lists, ^r.)
The Arrichsed CONFEDERATION and PbkPR
TUaL UNION bet^cn the States of America,
-s propohd by Cengrefs to the Legislatures of the
onfrent Sia:es..
Thi^ great Confederacy N so intimately connected
with the Freedom, Happiness and Independence of the
People of America, titat no perlon can hold a proper
r rd in society, without being fully acquainted with
its very important contents.
*. * The Agronomical ca relations of this Almanack are
cor^ofod by David Rittenhouse, A. M. 0J ibis
State.
By order of the Quarter Wafer General of the United
States.
„ S several Waggoners or Drivers are wanted for
fl the Continental Teams, it is refoiv d to inlift a
certain num'^ o= good able-bodied men for that ler
vLeoHv. Thd. r.ho wdLengage to serve for three
years, or durl, t e vrr, (bril receive [went) Dollars
lounty,lounty, a wit of new cloaca; every year, and Six
Pounds, Pmofylvanir currency, per month, with one
ration a day, and a greatcoat and a pair of boots dur
ing their time of service.
Whoever is willing to inblfupon these erirs, may
repair iramedi.Lely to theplaces wh^h Gull be appoint
ed by the perlons impowered tc iql it them, to receive
their certific Hes and bounty money : or they ma, come
directly to camp, and apply there to the Qjarter-
Master General.
Brandywine-Bridge, January 25. 1778.
SIXTEEN DOLLARS REWARD.
„,TOLEN last night from Brandywine Bridge, a
0 li-h: brown II O RSE, quarter blooded, about
fourteen hands hi<h, foretop, mane and tail thin hair
ed% his legs lately trimmed, (hod all round, his face
between his eyes and nose on each fide is very bill, as
if dwelled. Whoever secures the horse and ^hief flidi
have the above reward, or EIGHI DOLLARS for the
I oDe and reasonable charges if brought home, paid
by''ARCHIBALD ANDERSON,
Capt. 2d Mayland Regiment.
LANCASfI'ER: Printed by JOHN DUN LAP, in Queen 1.
Lancafer, January 6, 177^.
Vs pulffed and to be fold by
F R ANCI3BAILE Y,
At his Printing, Office the north fide A KoigUtreer, a
few doors below the MASK?,
The L A N C A bTE R
POCK. E T A LM A A ACK,
Frtoe YEAR 177°.
A Second Edition of the GERMAN CALEN
DAR is now tn the press, and will be publiihrd the
latter end of this month,
'l's' B E SO LD,
By the SUBSCRIBERS,
r,HEIR DISTILLERY, situate in Chester
A Town, Kent County, Maryland, confiding es
t e following conveniences, viz. Five fills, confin
ing nine hundred and forty-nine and a half gallons;
mafiring tubs fufficient, with house room for them to
fiard in, and every necessary implement to make
whiskey in the bed and mod advantageous manner ;
virn a lease of near four acres of ground for nine years
to come, and hands ready hired for the present year :
The fituarion very good for wheat, where any quan
tity may be had at about fix Killings per bushel.-——
Likewise a good stack of ho<, to be fold.
WORRELL and LORAIN.
N. B. The fills have been but eight and a half
months in use. ||6
FORTY DOLLARS REWARD.
„ A I'l AWAY and went on board the
iA E%iUh fleet when at Elk, a Neg<o fellow n:m-<l
1). VI D, fix feet high, 9 über made, w s burnt in
one co his hams -when a child, the fear still remains
very plain ; the property of William Wilfan, of Kent
Coo ?y, Marybnd. Also a Mulatto fellow, the pro
:ere of fohn Bolton, of Chefler Town, in laid Coun
ty end State : lie is about fix feet high, raw benrd,
pit rd with rite fmdi-pox, is a good mower and reaper,
and v< ry handy with carpenters tools in fawfug, h^w
by/, &c. can read and write, is very fenfi'le, and calh
himiJ. ' Mich. High ; his hands are very little bigger
than his wnit , therefore cannot be kerned with hand
cuffs. Whoever will secure them in any State gaol,
f'> that their misters inav get them apain, fhalJ receive
the above R wrd, er TWENTY DOLLARS
for either of them. J OHN BOLTO N.
h WILLIAM WILSON.
JF Richard Cooke, the brother of Anna
k Cooke, deceafrd in '775, who was born in Rot
terdarn, but has been married and fettled some years
in America, and it is oelieved exercised the trade of
Surgeon or Apothecary in Maryland, or any of his
I \ tel heirs, will apply to the Printer hereof, they
oil be informed of something cenfiderabiy to their
advantage.
Tobe SOLD at PUBLIC VENDUE,
on the second day of March next, in the town of
Middletown,
r^ #WO LOTS adjoining the center and the main
A street, on which is the following buildings; a
one dory house, 50 feet long by 20, with three rooms
and a (hop, a kitchen adjoining, two Cables and a
char-home, a Ihed of 40 feet long, a ftore-houk ad
joining, and a blue-dyers sh. p 24 by 20 feet, lately
built, all in good repair. Allo two other lots adjoin
ing the center and the street leading to the Landing
Pl ce and rhe above lots ; on the corner lot ftards a
two story log house 30 by ?6 feet, and a liable to con
tain fix horses. Also to be fold a five-acre cut lot, one
acre of which is good meadow ; a blue-dyer's copper
co t inir.g 69 gallons, with the utensils; a variety of
models for rtammng of Imen in the blue-dyer's bufi
nels. Likewise to be fold, a riding horse, five years
old, paces easy and faft, Rhode Island breed, warrant
ed good ; also a variety of houfhold furniture, too te
dious to mention. Attendance will be driven by the
owner, ALPRECHT SCHWEINFORTH.
George-Town, January 20, 1778.
%'T, rAS sent from Camp some time ago, with the
,'tf military floret of the Militia of t : e Eiftern
Shore of M tryland, a WAGGON and FOUR HORSES
without an owner ; one a fcrrel horie with white mane
and tail, t eiv^ years old, sixteen bands hi^h ; one
roan horse twelve years old, fi teen hands high ; one
bay horse fourcuen and a half hands high, twelve years
old; and one g^y ft^iion fifteen and a half hands
high, five years old. The owner is hereby requited
to come, prove his property, pay charges, and uke
them away in four weeks after this date, otherwise they
will oe fold at public v.ndue to pay chtr^es of keeping.
JOHN VOORHEES,
Q_ M. Gen. Eallein Shore Militia,
Oflol.r 4, 1777.
DROUGHT to the plantation of John
O Scott, in Lampeter Township, Lancaster Coun
ty, a dark bay three yeas old M A R E, about four
teen hands high, without any brand or mark, paces
and trots, and is a good hackney. She was brought
by an old Dutchman, thin faced, with dark hair, whe
hid on an old iincey coat and trowfers : He said he
bought her in Reading, and after being made a prison
er made his escape. She has been advertised before but
no owner appeared. The owner is desired to come,
prove his property, pay charges and take her away.
JOHN SCOTT.
BENJAMIN. HARBESON,
From PHILADELPHIA,
T^T OW carries cn the Copper friths hUiie@,
N at the loath well corner of King and Q^eeo-
Breers, Lancaster, where he m. hrs St: Is of a t lizes,
fn'ers, brewers, and fJt-petie Coppers. Rejms
Stills of various sizes, ready made, for Cale.J
Lancafierfyanuar, §
THREEPGUNDS REWA RD.
AS LOST yeft^dsy, between fix andfven
VV miles 'rem Lancaster, on the PudadHphia
road, a mTrhnflat Silver WATCH, maker's
kame Jr fin or Richard Pern, London ; the has an open:
ho^r case over the in-ide works, a steel chin and key,
a Giver leal with a red done and th^ Melon's arros
thereon. Whoever bes fcund said Vvat<h and will de
liver it to the Ffir^r hereof, Cah have the ab<ve
Reward.
N. B. Watch-makers and others are requested to
ft?, laid Watch fhouja it be effered to fale.j
WA S F o'U ND -
On the 24th day o' June last, between Col, Gibbons's
and Brandywine Meeiing-tr>qfe. Chester County,
A SILVER W \T CH. The own r, b/ap
plying to Samuel Holliday, living near fa id
Meeting-Hrufe, piling his property and paying
charges, may have it again.
N. B The Rid War h was some time ago ar vertifed
in a Philadelphia pap/r. f
Lancaster, January 27 1778.
{"^ A ME to the stable of the fabfetiber, on
{_> the 6; h ink at, a ftrawberrv roan MA b E,
between fi e and fix ;ers old, no fooes on, branded
on the let fide with two letters, but they are hardly to
be seen, the firA letter c?imm re made out, but the
left is B. about fourteen h;^hs high, is a atural pacer
and trots very liitle, Tae owner is defiied to come,
prove his property, pay charges and take her a^av,
HENRY LEGHLER.
THIRTY DOL£A RS~RE^V A R D?
pAN AWA Y from the funferiber, in Norihum
'' berland Town, an apprentice boy, ahcui seven
teen years of age, and Do-ut five feet fi e inches high,
of a fair complexion, with yedowifo hair cut round ;
had on a white cloth coat and jacket with (mail pewter
buttons, lined wiih tow linen, a wool hat, a pair of
bather breeches f c atvd with new leather, and a pir of
light blue ribbed Bookings Whoever will secure the
said boy and bringhim to Robert Martin, E q; in
Northumberland Town, fhdi receive , e above reward
and reafeuable charges, paid by
ANDREW STROUP, Millwright.
TEN p~uuTdFiuTwTkl).
pANAW A Y from the Widow Nefbury's tavern
"at Nvw London C.-oisß ads, on Friday the 12th
of December lift, a middle fined Negro man, who a&-
ed as an cftler there from the time Colonel Richard son
marched past there to Head Quarters ; he called him
felf JACK, and said he belonged to John Forman,
es New-Yoik, but is the property of tne lubferiber,
of Worcester County, Maryland, and ran away from
him the 13th of September last: He had on when he
went lrom laid tavern, a brown coloured cloth coatee,
old leather breeches, felt hat, and good fhees, he has
a Hooping aukward walk, Iris le s bending forward as
if the calf grew on his Lins, his foreteeth seem some
what Mattered, has a lump or more cn his collar bone,
and his right na^e is J OE, but it is fuppefed he will
alter it again. Whoever takes up said Negro and fe-.
cures him, (0 that his mailer may have him again, (hall
have the above regard and reafopable ci arges, paid by
WILLIAM IRON-SHIRE.
N. B. The fa'd N ro was fold in Worceftr Coun
ty, when a boy, by fain Forman.
A'€iv Providence, January 26, 17;8
W AS S TO L E N,
On the evening of the 24th inft^nt, by two men ap
pearing like soldiers,
AB ROW Nor daik bay MARE, ahout twelve
years old, fourteen hands high, has (hoes on his
fore f et, a little chafed with geers on the (hc-uTer, a
natural pacer; Cne wig fern by trifle: opt perlons on the
road from the Trap to Parker's Ford on Schuylkill,
ridden by the said men, one cf whom had a furr cap,
and one had red hair. Whoever will ferine,the Grid
thieves and mare, fiidl have EIGHT DOLLARS
reward, and reafcnahle charge:, f^ in the fubfriber,
lining on the road from Philadelphia to Reading, two
mires above tee Trap.
DAVID KENNEDY.
CA M Eto the plantation of the fubferiber,
in Warminster Township, Bucks County, cn the
zilt of the 9 h month, 1777, two HORSES, one a
brown, about fifteen hands high, a natural trotter.
The other a sorrel, a natural pacer, with a blaze inhis
face. The owner is desired to come, prove his proper
ty, pay charges and take them away.
DANIEL LONGSTRFTH.
WA S taKen up as a Itiay, a young bay
M AR E, about four year/ eld, without any
brand or ear mark. Any perlon proving property and
paying charges may have her again, by applying to
the lubferiber, at Reading Town.
SAMUEL PORTER.