The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1779-01-19 00:00:00, page 1

TO B E S O L D,
TH E three under mentioned HOUSES, &c. in
good order and free of any incumbrance.
Ahoufe and lot on the east fide of Second-street, near
Spruce- street, in the tenure of John Dunlap.
'A house and lot on the weft fide of Front-street, next
but one to Union-street, in the tenure ot Do^or
Clarkfon.
A house and lot on the north fide of Lombard-street,
near Second street, in the tenure of the Widow Rankin.
For terms apply to CHARLES WHARTON.
Philadelphia) January is.
To be SOL D by Public Vendue,
At the house of Capt. John Palmer, the corner of Fourth
and Arch streets, in the city of Philadelphia, on Sa
turday the 23d day of this inst. (January) at Three
o'clock in the afternoon,
CERTAIN Metfuaye or Tenement, and Lot
er Piece of Ground thereunto belonging, situate
on the weft tide of the Sixth street frem D laware, be
tween High-street and Mulberry-fleet in the said city,
containing in breadth on the laid Sixth street fifteen f<ct
three inches, and in length seventy-three feet, and a
small lot behind the fame sixteen feet wide ; bounded
northward by an eight feet alley, westward by land of
I:aac Z- ne, southward by a meffuage 2nd lot la:e of Jo
nathan Z ne, and eastward by Sixth street aforefad;
and also one fourth part of the pump and well of water
near the said meffuage, and the free use and privilege
of the laid alley. And also one other Meffuage cr
Tenement and Lot of Ground, finite on the weft fide
of Fourth street, between Arch and Race-fleets, in the
said city, containing in breadth on the said Fourth
iheet about thirteen feet, and in length forty-nine feet
or thereabouts, be the fame more or left. The whole
clear of ground-rent : Late the estate of Elizabeth Dou
beatiltd, deceased. Due attendance will be given by
WILLIAM DEWEES, Executor.
To be SOLD by Public Vendue,
At the Coffee-houfe, on Saturday the sixth o' February
next, at five o'clock in the evening,
AV ALUABL E corner lot of ground, whereon
are erefted fix buildings, situate on the w<ft fide
of Front street and north fide of Christian street, in the
diftria of Southwark, fronting on Christian street one
hundred and twenty eight feet, on which front are two
brick houses eighteen feet each front, with two story
brick kitchens, one frame building sixteen feet front,
two,ftories high, with a vacant lot weft of said frame
house, twenty feet front, and fronting en Frontjireet
ftventy feet, on which front is crafted a two-story brick
house fevente^n feet front, and with its back buildings of
brick, and two stories high, seventy feet deep ; cn the
back part of said large lot is likewise erected one large
frame building two stories high, twepty-lour by nine
teen feet, built for a slaughter-house end almcft new,
and a brick building built for a smoke house, ten feet
fix inches by nine feet fix inches, with a large vacant
lot on the corner of said described lot, fifty three feet on
Front street and fifty three feet on Chriftian-ftteet : The
whole fubje& to a ground-rent of seven pounds curren
cy per annum. For further particulars and conditions
of sale enquire of the fubferiber in Southwark, where a
plan of the whole may be seen.
EDWARD BARRAT.
ff. B. In said Barrat's custody is a young bright bay
Mare, about thirteen hands high. The owndrproving
property and paying charges may have her again. 6.
To b^ SOLD by Private Sale,
A WELL finbhed three story brick house, and
milt house, mill- house, counting- house, liable and
cow-house ; may be entered upon th^ 14th of April nex\
Likewise a lease of a brew-house, with all utensils com
pleat, and a two story dwelling-house adjoining; nine/
years and five months of the leafs to come: Said brew
houfe and dwelling house, with the malt house, may be
entered upon immediately. Congress money of any
era ffian, cr Loan-Office Certificates, will be t^ken in
pay, or hard money. For further particulars enquire
of Samuel Moore, Brewer, in Southwark, who has
for sale, a few firkins of good country-made Butter.
Philadelphia, January 2, 1779.
NOTICE is hereby given to all Deputy
and Assistant Commissaries of Hides, to forward
their accounts and returns to my office in Union- street,
between Second and rhird-ftreets, made out to the firft
of this infant. Those that have received Continental
Hides either in exchange or to be tanned, are to come
in, fettle their accounts, and pay the balance due the
States without further notice, to
GEORGE EWING, Gom# Gen o efHides.
TUESDAY,
O R
GE NERAL
- [Price Fifteen Pence single, One Shilling by the quantity. Published every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.]
A NUMBER of the Members of the Li
-4 brary Company of Philadelphia having applied to
the Board of Directors to call a general meeting of the
Company, to confider of the propriety of railing the
price of a sh re in the Library, &c. The Members of the
said Company are therefore hereby requested to appear
in person or by proxy, at the Library Room, on Satur
day the sixth day of February next, at Two o'clock in
the afternoon, to confider of the premises, and pass a
Law impo Bering the Direßors to raise the prices of
Shares, if it fhal! be judged expedient.
Jan. 13. By order of the Directors,
- ANDREW ROBESON, Secretary. -
rp H E Public are hereby notified, That
A SAMUEL WETHERELL and Co. have
erected a Factory for making and cutting all kinds of
FILES. Any person having old ones to dispose of
in y have the belt price for them, or may have them cut
again by applying at the Factory in Cherry Alley, be
tween Arch and Race streets, near Third-street, Phila
delphia. Any person who understands forging or cut
ting Files, may meet with good encouragement by ap
plying a{abor?. °4.
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To the refpedable PUBLIC of AMERICA
^uod veram atque detens euro el rego etomnis in hoc sum.
HOR.
qr H E person who now addresses you has, had the honor
= of serving his country in the field since the commence
ment of the present war. Whilst he labored to eftablifir
the independence of these States, he studied to preserve his
own as a citizen, and to execute with fidelity the trust re
posed in him. How far his endeavors have succeeded, he
is willing to submit to the opinion of those with whom he
has had the honor of ferring. Thus much he has thought
it necessary to fay of himfelf; to fay more, however al
lowable it might be deemed ia a profs,^writer, would be
certainly unjufiifiable in one whose sole objeß is to unde
ceive the public on a point of great national importance.
So long as the publications which appeared in conse
quence of Mr. Deane's firft address to his countrymen,
were conceived by some to be more of a personal than of a
general concern, he avoided appearing on the public stage;
he confedes, not without extreme pain; because his ac
quaintanee with gentlemen of veracity in a public character
had impressed him witha strong idea of Mr. Deane's po
litical merit. But since Mr. Payne, not contented with
assassinating the reputation of individuals, has thought
proper to assume the title of Secretary for foreign Affairs,
(which he has no pretensions to either in form or fubfance)
and to aim a bold stab at the honor and veracity of the
great and illustrious Ally of these States, by laboring to
prove " that the military supplies sent over to America
were a national and not a commercial concern, and that it
t^aj offered as a prefect before Mr. Deane's arrival in
France, he has efteem'd it his duty to furnifh not only the
public of America, but all Europe (whose attention must
be awakened by so extraordinary an assertion) with indif
put ble proof that what this writer asserts is totally destitute
of truth.\
This will be best effected by laying before the public the
following letter to C'ongrefs from Mr. Baron de Beaumar
chais, (the principal concerned in furnishing those supplies)
dated Paris, 23d March,!77B, and fupperted by the attefied
erefondence which pad betwixt Arthur Lee, Esq; (then
in London) under the fictitious signature of Mary John
fipne, and Mons. de Beaumarchais; all which letters were
laid before Congress in August last. Attested copies of
this correspondence are in the hands of the writer.
To the Honorable Gentlemen, Members of the GENERAL
CONGRESS.
Paris, March 23, 1778.
Gentlemen,
AFTE R congratulating my country and yours on the
noble and beneficial allianoe which France has con
trasted with America, I owe to truth, to Mr. Deane's ho
nor, and my own, the following declaration, which I
have prayed him to deliver ycu.
Although I am not known to you gentlemen but under the
name of Roderique Hortalez, which is the signature cho
sen by me to cover to this time my' commercial operations
with yon,my name is Ba^bn de Beaumarchais. Long before
the arrival of Mr. Deane in France, I had formed the pro
ject of establishing a commercial house fufficiently pow
erful,and spirited to hazard the rifques of the Tea and ene
my, in carrying your ftoresand merchandize for the equip
ment of your troops, of which I learned you were in great
want.
I spoke of this plan in London to Mr. Arthur Lee, and
not only inquired of him if he had any means for eftablifli
ing this commerce between you and me, but! wrote t® him
from France, that ifhe could give me assurances that the
remittances from your continent should be made in season
to pay for what I sent out, and to supply me flith new
TH E z
JANUARY 19, 1779.
THE .
ADVERTISER
means to serve you again, I could probably animate some
of my rich friends, and unite them with me in eftabiifhing
a commerce with you. Mr. Lee aufwered, that remittances
in tobacco would if I demanded prompt payment, cause a.
delay in my operations, but he urged mem the mean time
t° fend out inceffantiy my stores and merchandize. I re
plied that having adureheo myfelf to persons in power to
enter secretly into my views by making considerable ad
vances without success. I had fetmyfelf simply to form a
commercial company,'which would join me in these expe
ditions, on condition that the earlieil remittances should
be made on the part of America. Mr. Lee having return
ed no answer to my letter, T labored alone, gentlemen, to
form this company until thearpval. ofMr Deane i c France,
from that time I corresponded with no other on the fub
jdft.
; 2 entered into a serious conferenc? nuith him alone, and
toe pains <wbicb be took joints, with me, bis pov.ers avhicb
he communicated the invoices ivbicb bejurnifoed me with,
and j bis urgent demandfor mcrckardrce and warlike fores,
and bis repeated promises of the mos prompt and freed, pay
ment, finally determined m, friends to trsft me <witb,unds
Hffinentl, for my jirf outfits. It was with him only that
I treated of your affairs, and he a&ing solely in your name
went thro' the labors necessary to remove the difficulties
which presented themselves from every quarter--4^ but
for the confidence I bad in bis promfes, I fbould mos prob
. ably never have succeeded in giving exigence to that enter
prise, qvbicb before bis arrival was but a doubtful and
uncertain projefl..
Though the remittances he engaged in your name did
not arrive in the time he promised, and though we have
thereby been greatly embarraffed,we have never reproach
ed him therewith, for we saw hewas moreafflided there
by than we were ourselves. But I mus aflure you, gentle
men, that, but for the incessant pains which be took to sup
port our confidence againf tkefcwnefs of remittances!,oould
have bad the mortification oj finding myfelf forced by mjh
friends to abandon an enterprise which presented dangers
only, with fearce the hope of benefit. In conversing on the
State of the forces of America, I recollected that Mr.
Arthur Lee in his letters, had infilled that I ihould use my
utmost efforts to fend out officers, engineers and ships. I
advised with Mr. Deane who dared wot to take on him to
chufe officers and fend them out by mytrft ships. Some
days after having found means to purcbafe artillery for
you from the arsenals, out of the surplus of the ordinary ser
vice, I again advised him to join engineers and officers
of artillery, who should accompany that, I was fending
out. Idid this with the greater confidence as I had before
my eyes Mr. Lee's letter, in which was this expression,
" How would you have America ref, England if you do
not fend out officers, engineers and men of %var, &c. The
last was not in the power of a commercial company, and
I contented myfelf with laboring to procure the others-
These, gentlemen, are the true motives which determined
him and me to fend out officers to you. As I have known
no other person but Mr. Deane, and as my house have
never tranfafted in this affair with an, other person in
France, the other deputies scarcely ihewing me the most
common marks of civility, I assure ycu that if my zeal,
my advances of money, my cargoes of ft ores and merchan
dize have been acceptable to the Hen. Congress, their gra
titude on this cccafon is due to the indefatigable pains which
Mr. Deane has taken tbro' the whole of this commercial
tranfaaion. I trust that the Hon. Congress, rejeftin^ e
very insinuation by which other persons would take to
themselves the honor of the success of our affairs, will re
ly on the prefect declaration of a person who is best able
to give information, and who subscribes himfelf with ref
ped, Gentlemen,
Your most humble and most obedient fervent
for himfelf and company,
BARON de BEAUMARCHAIS,
known in America for commercial pur
poses, by the name of Roderique Hor
talez, and Company.
Mr. Hortalez,
BE persuaded that Mr. Le Compte cannot in any man
ner embarrass you. I pray you to confider in your
arrangements at the Cape, that the want of tobacco ought
not to bin der ,ourfading out,our supplies to the American s,
for tobacco is so weight, an article that it will greatly im
pede the failing of tbe fbips, and the essential object is to
maintain the war.
MARY JOHNSTON,
Ma, 23, 1776.
Answer to the above Letter.
M. Johnston,
I Received your letter of the 23d May.lwill perform mfr
promises in the way I pointed out. 1 am about to fend
to Cape Francois in the inland ofSt. Domingo, a ship loa
ded with merchandize, to the value of twe/ty-five thou
sand pounds sterling, besides cannon, powder and store%
but this last article will arrive but in small parcels on ac
count of the rifque. Qn your part do not fail to fend a
fi, loaded with good Virginia tobacco, and let your friend