The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1780-01-22 00:00:00, page 1

OFFICE for Sale of Real Efates.
TH E Subscriber baa removes his Office irom Se
cono-ftreet to Front ttreet, at the corner of Black
Hurfe Alley, where parlors having ie%l eft^tes to difpole
of may, by entering them in the said Office, meet with
a reay ^rd qui k file. Likawifi Deeds, Mortgages,
Bon s, M mo>h, Letters ofAttorney, and all other
Inftiumn: in Writing, are drawn at the laid Office
with c^re a*d dispatch, and money put on. at interest as
11fa1.
There are in the said Office to be disposed of, several
H^u^s and Lots of Ground in and about the city.
ASSHETON HUMPHREYS.
To be SOLD by Public Dendue,
On Friday, February 4th, at ten o'clock in the forenoon,
at the Plantation ot Pudip Heirt, decea^d, in Guinct
towrfhip, Philadelphia county.
A PLANTATION containing 100 acres of land, a
bout cue half cleared. ThFwlodlar.d is exceed
ingly g o °d, confiding of • hefnut, oak and hickory; fix a
erts are meadow, and five with winter grain in the
ground: There is on the preraifes, a good dwelling
house with a pump of excellent water before the doer;
a barn, a good Kitchen garden, and an orchard of 14.0
apple, pear, peache, and the best tort of cherry trees.
At the fapie time will be fold, sundry houfhold and
kitchen furniture; the terms of fahz will be made known
at the time of sale, and attendance given, by
PETER HEIST,?.,
JACOB MILLER,
Guinet Townfllip, Philadelphia County, Jan. 3.
ALL those who arc indebted to the estate of Philip
,{ Heist, deceased, by bonds, notes, book-debts, or
otherwise; are desired to pay on or before the 4th or sth
day of February next, to the fubferib^ri, who will at
tend on said days, at the Hid Philip Heist's late dwelling
tioufe. And those who have any demands against laid
aftate, are likewise desired to bring in their accounts, du
ly attested, on said days,
PETER HEIST,.
JACOB MILLER,] £x& ^ t0 "'
AL L perfohs who have any demands against the part
nership of James Robinson and George Kien,
Starchmakers, from the commencement of their paetner
fhip, May 17,6, to theist January, 1780; are defined
to bring in their accounts. And all thole indebted to
them, face the time of their firft partner ship, are re
quested to make speedy payment, to the fubferiber at
their Starch Manufactory. GEORGE KEI N.
Northern Liberties, January 18.,
The HIGHEST PRICE
IS GIVEN FOR
CLEAN LINEN RAGS,
BY
JOHN DUN L A P.
TO BE SOLD BY
JOHN D UNL A P,
( Bound or unbound )
ANY QUANTITY OF
DILWORTH'S SPELLING BOOK,
Printed on fine ftrcng paper and a new type.
N, B. Those who buy by the thousand (hail have a
large allowance.
Philadelphia, January 19, 1780.
To he SOLD by Public Außion,
On Saturday the z,th intent, at Twelve o'clock, at the
Cofr^f,
A LAR GE four story hrk^ .Home,, apd L^t on
#"% which it stands, on the north fie^o? Chehiut^fhert,
near Front street, at present occupied by Do^Pi Yeldall.
The house is twenty-two and a h?lf feet fronton Chef
hutdirect, and twenty feet deep: There are fix jocund
in said house, with a fie place in each room, two gar
rets exclusive of the parlour and (hop, a commodious
kitchen under the house, 2 cellar for provision, and a
large vtuit that run? to the middle of the ftitet, Suffici
ent to contan wood for the winter, all in good repair.
Also a wooden House, and Lot cn which it hands, se
venteen and a half feet front on Chefnut fir^ct, and twen
ty feet deep, a good kitchen under the house, and a vault
that runs to the middle of the street. The whole clear
of ground-rent.
The fixation of th^fe houses render them valuable,
briny convenient to tae water and market. The titles
indifputablc.
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GENERAL
SATURDAY,
OR
[ Published every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. ]
'"l"' H E Members of the Britannia Fire Com~
A pany, are desired to meet next Monday evening,
at fix o'clock, at the City Tavern; on business of im
portance. It is particularly requested every Member
may attend. " ' January 19, 1780.
A Gentlewoman with her child, would be glad of ac
commodations in a genteel family; for which an
ample compensation will be given. Enquire of the Prin
ter.
L O S T,
'r" " Elbow Screw, or Goose Neck of the pipe of the
Engine, belonging to the Handin Band Fite
Company ; alio sundry buckets belonging to the said
Company. It is requested, that ary person who may
know where the said articles are to be found, will in
form the lubfcribtr, or any other member 01 the Com
pany, for the fake of the public.
PAUL FOOKS.
q, HE MEMBERS of the LIBRARY
& COMP ANY of Philadelphia, met pursuant
to advertisement cn the 6th indent, not being compe
tent to the puffing of a Law with the concurrence of the
Dirado s present, adjourned the bufinrfs of the meeting
to TuTd ry the tirft day of February iieft, at which day
it is hoped every Member desirous of keeping the Li
brary open will attend for perten or by proxy at the
Library Apartments, to determine co the Law mention
ed in the bid advertisement. Uuhh immediate Reps be
taken, this public and beneficial Inititution, which has
hitherto done honor to its founders and supporters, will
become totally ufriefc
January ,0. ANDREW ROBESON, Sec.
Philadelphia, January 14.
BY virtue of a writ of Venditioni Expends, to me
ths fubferi ?er directed, will be fold by public ven
due, on Saturday the sth day of February next, at Eleven
o'clock in the forenoon, at theCoffet-houfe, about 1 2 acres
of laud in Oxford township, on Frankford Creek, about
five miles from Philadelphia, confiding ^f about three
acres 0 meadow and about nine acres of upland, join
ing Abraham Barb), William Busby, and the mill land:
Alio about ten achs of upland, being a field joining
I.h.c Busby, Wilirm Busby, and Abraham Busby, in
laid tewnfhip: Aifo one half of an orchard near Aora
bam Bufoy's htxtfr, containing abaut three or four acres ;
of the two lalt of which estates the defendant, Mary
Bpfby, has onir the use duing all the t^un us hur natu
ral life. Seized and taken in execution as the estates of
Mary Busby, at the fu:t cf Hannah Busby and Sarah
Dilworth, by
JAMES CLAYPOOLE, Sheriff.
Head of Elk, 19^ of January, 17^0.
WA S left in the Store of the lub
fcriber about the month of June
1778. a barrel of sheet tin, and a large chest,
luppofed to contain Carpenters tools, with
out any directions on them- The owner or
owners are requested to prove their pro
perty pay charges and take them away.
Z. HOLLINGSWORTH.
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From the L 0 N D 0 N MAGAZINE.
An original Letter from a Knight of the Post, to a celebra
ted Quack Doctor.
To Dodor
Hond- Sir,
AS I fee you ave afferdavids at the end off yor bil, I
ihall be redy to farve you as chep as any bodey in
London will do. I ave bin imploide by a great maney
Doctors to (ware for hem, and I will (ware wat you plefe,
butt you must kep it a ficcritt. I ham very thinn in my
body, ana lok ficcely, so as how the Justice will believe I
ave ben cewrd. I will fware before my Lord Mare, or
any of the fitten Aldurmens, excep Justis Feeldin, for be
fond me out on&, for fwarin falfley for the Grek Water
Doffer. I will also drau up the Affardavids if you plefe,
for I was breddt© phizzic myefelf, and no meft of the turms
and ard words. Mye pric for a Kanfur is five {hillings,
and the fam for the fool dizzies, and the Kin zevel. Plefe
to uirrec for meat Mrs. Jonson's in Lon Lain, Chepfide.
Your humble farvant to command,
JOHN WITTAKKER.
P. S. I ffiant fware by mye one name, but aney others,
and my wii will fware alfoe, iff you want her.
T H E
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C.Y ff\3 ,' L ILCAP
ADVERTISER
Captain Seagrave, in his account of his voyage to Gui
nea, relates, that a New. England flbop, trading there in.
1752, left theirfecond Mate, William Murray sick on
shore, and failed without him. Murray was at the house
of a Black, named Cudjoe, with whom he had contrasted
an acquaintance during their trade. F j recovered, and
the sloop being gone, he continued wim his Black friend,
till some other opportunity should offer of his getting home.
In the mean while, a Dutch ship came into the road, and
some of the Blacks going on board her, were treacherous
ly seized, and carried off as slaves. Their relations and
friends, traafported with sudden r^ge, ran to the house of
Cudjee to take revenge, by killing Murray. Cudjoe
flopped them at the door, and demanded what they want
ed ? The White men, said they, have carried away our
brothers and sons, and we will kill all White men ; give us
the White man that you keep in your house, for we will
kill him. " Nay, (said Cudjoe) the White men that
“ carried away your brothers are bad mew, kill them
“ when you catch them; but this V/hite min is a good
" man, and you must not kill him." But he is a White
man, they cried; the White men are all bad we.
will kill them all. " Nay, (fayshe) you must not kill a
" man, that has done no harm, only for being White.
“ This man is my friend, my house is his fort, and I am
" his folJier. I must fight for him. You must kill
" me, before you can kill him. What good mao will
'' ever come again under my roof, if I let my floor be
Great Regard paid to the Rights of Hospitality, and Fi
delay, by those whom Chriflians fide uncivilized.
W HILE the Moors governed in Spain, and the Spa
nurds were mixed with them, a Spanish cavalier, in
a sudden quarrel, flew a young Moorish gentleman, and
His pursers toon loft fight of him, fr r he had. un
perceived, thrown himfelf overa garden wall. The own
er, a Moor, happening to be in his gar den, wasaddreffed
by the Spaniard on his knees, who acquainted him with
ai ? d . im pFred concealment. “ Eat this (said the
oor, gr.mg him halt a peach) you now know that you
may confide in my protection." He then locked him
up in his garden apartment, telling him, that as soon as
it was night he would provide for bis escape to a place of
more falety. The Moor then went into his house, where
he bad scarce seated himfcP, when a great crowd, with
louG lamentations, came to his gate, bringing the ce rpfe
° f ^ s f°'> that had i"ft be< ° a Billed by a Spaniard. When
the fho L k of furprize was a little over, helearnt from
the description given, that the fatal deed was done by the
person then in his power. He mentioned this to no one;
but as soon as it was dark, retired to his garden a partment
as if to grieve alone, giving orders that none ffiould fol-'
low him. There accofyug the Spaniard, he said, “ Chri
" ftian, the person you have killed is my son ; his body
“ is now in my house. You ought to fuffer ; but you
" have eaten with me, and I have given you my fa f rh
which must not be broken. Follow me." He then
led the astonished Spaniard to his flables, where, Court
ing him on one of his flecteft horses, he said, ^ Fly far
" while the night can cover you. You will be fafe in tho
" ,o%^ . Y° u are inde£d guilty of my fon's blood,
" but God is just andgood, and I thank him that I am
innocent of your s, and that my faith given is pre
" forced." °'
Juflice to a nation, though lately our enemies, and
hard.y y c t our cordial friends, obliges one, on this occa^
fiou, not to omit mentioning an instance of Spanish ho
nour, which cannot but be yet frefh in the memcry of ma.
, T'"°°^: '" '746, Üben we were in hot war with.
Spain, the Elizabeth, of London, Capt. William Ed
wards, coining thro' the Gulph from Jamaica, richly
laden, met with a most violent storm, in which the ship
fprunga leak, that obliged them, for the favin, cf their
lives, to run her into the Havanna. The Captain went
on shore, directly waited on the Governor, told the occa
sion of his putting in, and that ne surrendered his fh'^ as
a prize, and himfelf and his men as prisoners of wti on
ly requeuing good quarter. V No, Sir, (replied the
" Spanish Governor) if we had taken ,cu in fajr war at
" sea, or approaching our coasts with hostile intentions,
y°.V ''P would have been a prize, and your people
" primers. But when difireffed by a rempeft you come
" into cur ports for the fafety of year lives, we, though
" enemies, being men, ate bound as such, by the laws of
“ humanity, to afford relief to distressed men who ask it
“ of us. Wecannot, even against our enemies take advan
" tage of an aft of God. You have leave therefore
to unload your fliip, if that be necessary, to stop the
“ leak : you may refit here, and traffick so far as Ihall
" be necefiary to piy the charges ; you may then depart,
" and I will give you a pefs, to be in force till you are
' beyond Bermuda. If after that you are taken, you
will then be a prize, but now you are only a firanger
“ an^ have a flranger's right to fafety and proteaion."--
The ship accordingly departed, and arrived fafe in Lon
don.
From the HIBERNIAN COMPENDIUM, of Enter
taining Knowledge.
JANUARY 22, 1780.
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