The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1783-02-25 00:00:00, page 2

VERSE'S
Sent by a Gentleman to his Lady, with a Trefent of
a Knife.
A Knife, dear girl, cuts love, they fay;
Mere modish love perhaps it may,
For any tool of any kind,
Can fep'.rate what was never join'd.
The knife that Cuts our love in two,
Will have much tougher work to do;
Mull cut your foftnefs, worth and spirit,
Down to vulgar size and merit ;
To level your's with modern taste,
Mus lcut a world of sense to waste;
And from your single beauty's store,
Clip what would dizen out a score.
The fell fame blade from me must fever
Sensation, judgment, fight for ever;
All nem'ry of endearments pafl,
All hope of comforts long to lad,
All that makes fourteen years with you
A summer : —and a short one too ;
All that affection feels and fears,
When hours, without you, seem like years,
'Till that be done (and I'd as loon
Believe this knife will chip the moon)
Accept my present undeterr'd,
And leave their proverbs to the herd.
If in a kiss—delicious treat !
Your l,ips acknowledge the receipt;
Love, fond of such fubflantial fare,
And proud to play the glutton there,
All thoughts of cutting will disdain.
Save only—cut and come again.
N E W-Y 0 R K, February 19.
ORDER S.
Head-Quarters, New-York, Feb. 18, 1783.
SHOULD there be any persons, at present within the
lines, whole houses or lands have been with held from
them on account of offences or supposed offences against
the crown, they are desired to make their refpedive
claims to the offices of police in New-York, on Long-
Tfland, or on Staten Island, who will report the fame
.to the commander in chief.
All perlons without the lines, who have abandoned
efta'es within, are desired to fend their claims to the
.offices <f police aforefaid, and all persons occupying
estates within the above def. riptions, are ftri&ly en
joined t> take due care thereof, as they will be made
answerable for any damage, waste or deftruaion, that
may hence forward be committed on the fame. They
will likewise permit any person authorifed from either
of the above-mentioned offices, to vilit the said estates,
and take inventories of all tfft&s thereunto belonging.
OL. DE LANCEY,
Adjutant-General.
COPIES of LETTERS from France, refpeding peace
or war, intercepted on board the Ranger, capam
Boyce, brought into this port, on the 6th instant,
by the Eagle privateer, captain George Bennifon.
Copy of a letter, dated Nantz, December 5, 1782,
from Mr. , to meffrs. and
" THE negociations, at Paris, have of late been re
fumed, and with apparent seriousness, if we are to cre
dit the universal talk, which is that a peace will shortly
take place, may, some go so far as to fay, that the pre
liminaries are actually signed. Whether an implicit faith
is to be given to these reports, I cannot pretend to deter
mine, but certain it is, that the British negociato s or
meffrs. Oswald and ritzherbert, now at Paris, agents,
have frequent and long conferences with the French
and American ministers, and every appearance fetms
to indicate a speedy termination of the dispute, or a
vigorous prosecution of humilities, I had almofl forgot
to mention, that meffieur# Gerard and Raynoval, are
now at London, deputed from the court of Vtrfailles.
From these circumstances, I am induced to requef lyou
will make the mod speedy sale in your power of the
goods I have Gripped you per the Dauphine and Speed
well ( in case they arrived fafe ). I fear that the
sensation, which an expectation of peace may cause,
will render fairs rather dull with you."
From the fame.
Nantz, December 7, 1782.
" THIS day's poll confirms the accounts brought
by the lad, and all the letters from Paris agree in
concluding peace to be near, some maintain the prelimi
naries to be signed, what they are we know not yet.
As soon as any thing further transpires, I shall hand it
you by the sirs lopportunity which presents. In the
mean time I give you. on the other fide, a copy of
the secretary of state's letter to the lord mayor of
London, which evinces the seriousness of the negotia
tions, but does not speak in the most positive terms
what will be their issue.
" Business has been entirely at a fland here for some
days pafl : all the shippers of goods to America, are
much concerned."
From Mr. • to Messrs. , and Co.
at Philadelphia.
Painbeuf, December 8, 1782.
"ON my return from Oflend I flopped a few days
at Paris: was several times at Paffey ; dined with Mr.
A. Mr. J. and others ; a meeting on public matters
undoubtedly occasioned their being together, what
will be the event a few days will inform us; and I
am in hourly expectation of an express, to acquaint
me whether any thing has been done. We had lately
a current report, that preliminaries for a general
peace were actually signed ; again it was denied, and
the king's speech must be our criterion to judge by.
monf. Gerard, &c. are returned from England ; I
am informed orders were immediately sent to Brest,
&c. for the departure of ten fail of the line, and a
number of transports with troops for the Weft-Indies;
whence our politicians fay, we shall NOT have peace •
at lead from the present negotiation."
From the Writer of the firfl of these Epistles, to Mr.
Merchant at Baltimore.
Nantz, December 9, 1782.
" THE negociations for peace which had been for
some time carrying on at Paris, but suspended during
an interval, have of late been resumed with such feri
oufnefs, as to promise either a speedy termination of
hofti ities, or an obflinate continuance of them ; if we
are to credit the universal report, the issue will be short
ly known, which the major part of the people conclude
to be a peace. What are the preliminaries, what the
conditions of this important event, I cannot advise
you, they being not yet promulgated ; but rumour
fays, it hinges upon a finJe article, the concession of
which is required of this court by that of Great Bri
tain : a short time will. I hope, relieve us from that
anxious state of fufyeefe, those hopes and fears, by
which you may readily suppose all are agitated, on
the eve ofan occurrence big with imports: ce. The two
British negociators now at Paris, are meffrs. Oswald
and Fitzherbert, and on the part of the united Rates,
are convened meffrs. Franklin, Jay, Adams, and Lau
rens, from whose united abilities, I form the highest
expectations ; to their demands I prefu 1 e no violent
opposition will be made, unless it be on the chapter of
the retioradon of tory and proprietary estates, which
I devoutly pray may not be ceded.—lndeed I scarcely
fee how such a measure is poffible.'
The following Notification is addressed to the com
manders of iris majefly's Blips of war, and other
cruisers:
By a cartel from Rhode-Ifland, which the left the
9th of instant, we learn, that the following small pri
vateers were to fail that day, to cruise off Sandy-
Hook :
Schooner Washington, Wanton, of 6 guns.
Schooner Rochambeau, Reid, 6 guns.
Sloop Tartar, — , 6 guns,
And two fehooner gallies.
That the services of the venerable old Garland may be
rendered as conspicuous as possible, the following
paragraph from Halifax is given the public :
" Last Tuesday evening arrived here his majefly's
frigate Garland Richard Callcott, esquire, comman
der, in 12 days from New York. In her passage flie
took the rebel brig Eunice, loaded with rum, sugar
and salt, from St. Croix bound for New-Haven. This
brig is one of the most elegant of what is called the
the New Models, pierced for 16 guns, and deemed,
without exception, the fa fteft sailor belonging to the
continent of America She had been so often chafed
by the Chatham, Centurion, and several of the frigates
on this Ration, without effed, that the matter of her
thought himfelf in no danger from the cruisers ; but
when, to his utter astonishment, he observed the Gar
land coming up with him, he exclaimed, “ this must
certainly be the frigate that took the Fair American^;"
and he seems to console himfelf with the idea, that no
other vessel could have taken him.
By the above vessel we are told, that the French
fleet under the command of monf. Vaudreuil, that
failed from Boston the latter end of December last, had
put into Porto Rico, in their way to Cape Francois.
There were no French men of war at the Cape, when
captain Mackay failed from thence.
Captain Barry, in the Alliance frigate, failed from
the Cape early in January, for the Havanna, in or
der to lake under his convoy the vessels that might
be at that place bound to America.
ExtraH of a letter from one of the principal inhabitants
in Halifax, to his friend in this city.
" The account which I formerly gave you of this
country and its advantages, was far short of what it
deserves. lam of opinion that nothing can prevent the
speedy growth of it, except its being given up, which
God forbid ! The many thousands which have left
their homes, during this war, and will never return to
them again, may here find a fafe and advantageous
asylum Should a good number of wealthy and in
dufirious inhabitants fettle at Rofeway, it will soon
become one of the 6rA places in America : it has more
natural advantages than any sea-port between Cafco-
Bay and Philadelphia. The very fogs which you
seem to shudder at, are a convincing preof of the
wealth with which the coast abounds ; for the banks
which occasion them, are the feeding ground of the
fifh. I intend to be, at lead, a proprietor there, and
I advise you to be one"
Another extras of a letter, dated Halifax, Jan. 8.
" Nothing material has occured here since I wrote
you lafl, accept the arrival of commissioners from
New-York, in behalf of the refugees. 1 hey, I be
lieve, have received every encouragement they could
wish for from the people in power here, and have ob
tained an extenf/ve grant of land at Port Rofeway.
It is about 35 leagues to the westward of this place,
and has a much superior harbour, at the head of
which is a capacious bafon, near which the settlement
is to be formed. Many people here have signed the
association, amongst them fir Andrew Hammond, who
is now going home with a determination to give them
every assistance in his power. His excellency gover
nor Parr is determined to exert himfelf in facilitating
the settlement, and does not scruple to fay, that Port
t The famous privateer Fair American was taken
by the Garland.
His majesty's armed brig Observer, commanded by
lieutenant Crymes, arrived here last Friday from Ha
lifax, brought in with him the brig Reprisal, captain
Defmar, from the Havanna for Old York, in Massa
chusetts Bay, loaded withfugar.
Captain Defmar has been only t 8 days out, and fail
ed in company with a number of vessels, 16 of which
were bound for Virginia, and a Blip for Boston, that
mounted twenty 9's and carried 100 men. She had on
board a cargo of sugars, and a large turn of money.
Before the above vessels failed, there had been an
embargo at the Havanna for fix months, and it was
only taken off for three daye to admit of their failing.
There lay at the Havanna 20 days ago, 12 fail of
the line and two frigates, waiting for a favourable op
portunity to fail for Cape Francois, in order to join a
French fleet expeded there, but were informed two
British squadrons were cruising to intercept them.
On Friday was sent in here by his majefly.'s frigate
Amphitrite, Rupert George, efq ; commander, the ship
Appollo, captain Mackay, from Cape Francois for
Virginia, but belongs to Mr. Denny, of Boston: her
cargo confiffs of sugar, coffee, rum, and some Bohea
tea.
Rofeway will be the capital of this province. I think,
from several corroborating circumstances, th at the
settlements eventually mu ft be ranked amongst the firft
in America."
Feb. 20. Yeflerday was fentin here, by his majes
ty's ship Bonetta, Keats, esquire, commander, the
polacre St. Joseph, laden with fruit and salt : file had
been fifty-two days out from Cadiz when taken, last
Sunday fe'nnight, off Capq Hatteras. The Bonetta
also captured, on the fame day, a brig from Turk's
Island, which has not yet arrived.
It was reported last evening, that a brig, named the
Hannah, captain Wilson, from the Weft-Indies, for
this port, during the thick fog which happened in the
morning, run a shore near Rockaway beach : the crew
were saved, but, it was imagined the vessel and great
part of the cargo would be loft.
H A L I F A X, January 21.
Yeflerday dropped down to the Beach, and will fail
the firft fair wind for England, his majesty's Blips
Pallas and Caton, with several transports under con
voy — Sir Andrew Hammond, the late very worthy
lieutenant governor of this province, with his lady
and family, go for England in this fleet.
Extract from the Journal
Of the United States in Congress Assembled.
MONDAY, November #, 1782.
The following members attended, from
NEW-HAMPSHIRE, Mr. John Taylor Gilmofr,
Mr. Philips White.
MASSACHUSETTS, Mr. Samuel Osgood.
RHODE-ISLAND, Mr. Jonathan Arnold,
Mr. David Howell.
CONNECTICUT, Mr. Benjamin Huntington,
Mr. Eliphalet Dyer.
NEW-YORK, Mr. James Duane,
Mr. Ezra L'Hommedieu.
NEW-JERSEY, Mr. Elias Boudinot,
Mr. John Witherspoon.
PENNSYLVANIA, Mr. Thomas Smith,
Mr. George Clymer,
Mr. Henry Wynkoop.
DELAWARE, Mr. Thomas M'Kean,
Mr. Samuel Wharton.
MARYLAND, Mr. John Hanson,
Mr. Daniel Carroll,
Mr. William Hemfley.}
VIRGINIA, Mr. James Madison,
Mr. Theodrick Bland.
NORTH CAROLINA, Mr. Abner Nash,
Mr. Hugh Williamson,
Mr. William Blount.
SOUTH-CAROLINA, Mr. John Rutledge,
Mr. Ralph Izard,
Mr. David Ramsay,
Mr. John Lewis Gervais.
Thelr credentials being read, the Bates proceeded
to the election of a president ; and, the ballets being
taken,
The honourable Elias Boudinot was elected.
On motion of Mr. Duane, second by Mr. Izard,
Resolved, That the thanks of congress be given to
the honourable John Hanson, late president of congress,
in teftimooy of their approbation of his condud in
the chair and in the execution of public business.
On the report of the secretary at war, to whom was
referred a motion of Mr. Williamson refpeding the
North-Carolina troops :
Resolved, Thflt the commander of the southern army
be inftruHed to retain in the public service, so man,
of the late eighteen months drafts of the state of North-.
Carolina as he (hall think the public fafety may require ,
and that a proportionate number of officers (hall be
continued in full pay for the command of those troops,
while they are a the fi^ld, the resolution of the 7th
of August nowithflanding ; and that they then retire on
the fame principles or emoluments on which they wopkf
have retired had not the operation of th^ rffolvg
been suspended.
TUESDAY, November 5, 178%
On motion of Mr. Howell, seconded by Mr. Qfc
goo l,
Resolved, That all committees appointed by th®
last congress and having bufinef sbefore them, be
and they are hereby authorifed to proceed in the fame,
aqd that they make report as soon as may be.
The credentials of the delegates of New Jersey we^
read, by which it pppears, that at a joint meeting 0?
the council and assembly at Trenton, on the ^h of
October, 1782, the honourable E. Boudinot, A. Clarke
J. Elmer, S. Condit, and Frederick Freliq^hq,§%
Philadelphia^ Feb. 25.
Sati rday morning last, the schooner , capt. Bur
rows, arrived here from Grenada, which the left the
sth instant, when no accounts had been received from
Europe, which could afeertain that a peace would
shortly take place. Three days before captain Bur
rows's departure, a frigate arrived at Martinique from
France, in twenty-one days passage, but nothing had
transpired. The Alliance frigate, captain Barry, had
arrived at Martinique, after narrowly escaping cap
ture; and it was reported, that the Hague frigate, cap
tain Manly, was run ashore on Guadaloupe, by
British Blips of superior force.
Captain Burrows had very rough weather on his
passage; a sea naving carried away some of his upper
works, and washed off one of his men. Off Cape Hen
ry he was chafed by a brig, and in the bay exchang
ed some (hot with three refugee boats, but they did
not attempt to board him. In the latitude of Bermu
das he left the ship Hero, captain Trefadden, from
Grenada bound eastward.