The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1778-01-21 00:00:00, page 3

the ice, richly laden ; having on board, ioI hogfbeads
• o' rum and Ipirits, a large quantity of fine and coarse
cloths, India fi'ks. bohea tea, &e. &c. The ice
having cut the vessel through, the crew delivered
themselves to the militia of Salem county, and the
principal part of the cargo has been laved and stored
in a place of security.
ft The Academy of Newark will be opened by
the 25th inftact, for the reception of Twenty Scho
lars, under the tuition of the Rev. Mr. R 0 B ert
Davidson, at Forty Shillings each quarter for
tuition, and Fifteen Pounds for boarding.
Loeffler, January 15, 1778.
“ An Ad for the better supply of the armies of
the United States of Amwca," puffed by the Gene
ral Assembly of this State at their last fitting, con
tains, amongother things, the followingclaufe, to wit.
66 And be it further enabled, &c. That an Ordinance
" of the Council of Safety, dated at Lancaster rhe
«' eighth day of November last, for collecting arms,
“ blankets, &c. and one other Ordinance of the laid
“ Council, dated at Lancaster the seventh day of
“ November last, refpe&ing the price of Whiskey,
" (hall cease and be of no effect or force from and
" after the tenth day of January instant." And all
pedons whom it may concern are to take notice of
the repeal of the said Ordinances and ad accordingly.
By order of Council,
T. MATLACK, Secretary.
ABSTRACT of an ACT of tie General Pfonbly
of Pennf,'vemia, puffed December 23d, 1777% inti
tied, " A Supplement to the. AC intitled, An AC
for emitting the fem of One Hundred and Fifty Thou
find Pounds, in bit's of credit, on Loan, and pro
viding a fund for the payment of public debts."
BE IT ENACTED, &c. That the person or
persons to whom any of the monies emitted by
virtue of the said 4& of Assembly have been lent,
and who (hall be desirous to pay off the fame, ffiall
Oa Thursday hk the sleep Bachelor, John Sra
p'es, matter, bound for Philadelphia, bhrthen about
go tons, with three bands ho boerd, was taken by
Capt. J fe h Rice, of the artillery^ and a perry
of eight men, off MYcus-H <>k. Ker ca go co.fils
of 0 cases of rice, 8 barrels of beef, 2 calks or por
ter, 24 tirkins or buttet, 500 bushels of pc^ioeS
anil turnips, 6 hotheads of leaf tugar, 3 ditto of
brown sugar, ^ ditto of cat, 17 farces ol fahnon,
18 boxes offiap, 1 cheri of bohea tea, 20 hams,
20 ch-efes, 2 barrels of tar. 1 piped wine. 1 hogs
h-ad of hotted claret, 4 bane sos flour, and 192
half hides.
At the very instant of time, when it pleated righte
ous Heaven to exhtbt to a gating world, a fma<l
fpecime k of what wiil b: the final refuit of the pre
sent war which we are urged into by the infatuation
of Great Britain, in crowning the (toggles of our
brave Sons of Liberty in the Northern department,
Major General Gates and his gallant troops, with
such success that th de infobent, cruel, mean volun
teers to tyranny zed abettors of slavery, Lieutenant
General Burgoyne and his royal troops, had to come
forth and ground their ams, and resign themselves
pribues of war to the Dited Stares, the Rev.
John Carmichael, of Chester County, Pennfyi
vania, had a fun born to him; and should kind Pro
vidence permit this child to live to maturity, that
his name mi^ht witness the noble atchievements ef
fe&ed by our arms at the instant of his birth, and
that our God then began to shew himfelf strong in
the behalf of oppressed America, who wish to trust
in God only in the use of proper and juftifiable means,
after a lemon preached Suitable to the occasion by
the Rev. Mr Foster, he was baptized WASH
INGTON GATES.
L ANCA S I' E K, 'January ir,
A gentleman from Tom's river, in Monmouth
County, E*ft Jersey, (aw fix or seven topfyil vessels
tt fra, feemmgly bound to New York; and ascend
ing a refill's matl, he dr'csvercd ten or twelve more,
pursuing the fame course. two American veGels
unknown, which the enemy had captured, and lent
for that port, have some weeks Luce been wrecked
on the Jerky coast.
A transport cut through by ice about the bit of
December was abandonee by the enemy, rear Port
Perm, in Newcafte county. They ! A above twelve
vefiels in the Delaware at different places, on roar
occasion. We have no particulars, concerning fume
of them.
Wearc to<d in the Philadelphia papers that Gene
sal Lord G/^^.'h,embarked for England. “It is
an undoubted fad, fays a correspondent, " that he
has embarked for England in a leaden coffin; a Sam
ple of the vigour es the' American armt. We hope
to pay off all cur English debts by the like remit
lances "
About eight days ago a very large Schooner drove
bn Chore upon the Pea patch, io the Delaware, with
or any part thereof, until the future order of this or
any future General Aftembly of this State ffiall be
made therein.
arid m^y affly td tieTruftes herein before appoint
ed, cr eithef of them, ar any time during the month
of February, -which will be in the year of our Lord
One thousand seven hundred arid seventy eight, and
upon the fifft Monday and five following days in the
months of April June, August, October, Decen.her
and February in every year during the continuance
of the Afi before reeled, to which this is a Supple
ment ; and the Trustees aforefaid refpe&ively are
hereby required to attend at such place as they shad
appoint, and of which they ffiall give public notice
in order to recce rhe said monies, and jbJl give
receipts arid difch^rges, agreeable to th& tenot and
diremiomfff the said recited Aft of AfTe nbly.
And be it further enaTed, &c. That the Trustees
in and by this Afi appointed, fhal! have power and
authority to profecme, and proceed sot default of
payment againff all and every the perf.,os to whom
the said monies er any part thereof have been lent,
in like manner and to the fame effect as in and by the
said beso r e recited A& is enjoined and dm {tea id the
Titrifees in and by the said A& appointed; and all
other the powers and authorizes which to the ter
mer Trustees or any of them in and by thb said re
cited ACT of hremr'v was committed or entrutted.
And whereas rhe fetreny of money for the r eme
dy thereof the fzA before recited All of Ass mbly
was made, has now if. % great meafiire ceased Beit
therefore en,Ced &c. 1 hat the laid Truflees ffiall
brid and keep fafely ar the monies by them received,
without lending or mherwife difoofing of the lame
In CONGRES S, September I©, 1777.
DESOLFED, That the intermit which ffiall arise
" a/c" j the date of t^is resolution, on LOAN OF
FICE CERTIFICATES, already iffved, or which
(h^ll be .fried helore the frift day of M -rch next, be
annually paid at the rely &ive Loan Offices in bills of
exchange on the Cumin'ffi.>ners ofthe United States in
Faris at the rate o' five livres o' France for avery Spa
nith mill'd dollar dee tor intermit as aloreftid, or in
Continental bills of credit, at the “prion of the respec
tive lenders. by order of Congress,
JOHN HANCOCK, P.efident.
*, The LOAN OFFICE is kept at Lancaster,
where conftaht attendance is given by
T HOMAS SMITH,
Commrihoncr of the Loan Office.
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LancaJLr, 'January 20, 1778.
LL persons who have accounts or demands
againrt the late Committee of L^ncafter, are de.
fired to b ing them in to the fubferiber, before the fi ft
day of February next, that they may be fettled and
paid. § WILLIAM ATLEE.
W-A N T E D,
AN U MBER of Masons, Bricklayers, Carpen
ters, Coopers, Bhckfmiths, and Nailers, to
whom constant employ and good wages will be given.
Ap/y to the Printer.
Tg the Printer of the Pennsylvania Packet.
S I R,
If)ou footed think the fidlowing worthy of a place in
your paper, pieafe to infer? it and you wid ob ige
Tours\ &. A. B.
pEHOLD! Oppeeffion wihher royal band
I) S^ksfhamele/s forth, and desolates the land !
Her hofom I'welling with tyrannic ire,
The waftefulfword and more delLu&ive fire
Mark her proud foctfteps o'er the burning plain,
With lifted hands whiff Mercv pleads in vain !
The fobs o' Britain view with joyful eves,
Flames of rich villas redden in the skies.
Expos'd to hunger, nakedness and cold,
The wrenched mother in despair, behold!
Shlv'ring the flies with all her infant train,
Whose clam'rous wants diffract her tender brain.
Such are the blessings of the bes of Kings !
Such messages of Peace his army brings !
Then rife, my countrymen ! United rife,
All party feuds with one accord despise !
Scenes such as these ought farely to-inlpire
The coldest bofems with heroic fire !
'Tis Freedom's voice I the manly call obey 1
Virtue commands; 'tis infamous to stay!
She points where clad in arms, her favorite fob
Intrepid stands —the much lov'd WASHINGTON,
Whose gen'rous foul, exalted and refin'd,
Looks down on danger; and, to Heav'n refign'd,
Watches unceasing for his Country's good,
Willing to seal her fafety with bis blood.
Lo ! gallant GATES ! with wreaths of laurel
crown'd,
Burgoyne who conquer'd, and his Britons bound:
Beneath his arm the bopet of England bled,
And venal Brunswick bow'd his fez^ Bead.
By His ^xc^LtENCY
GEORGE WASHINGTON, Eftp
General end Commander in Chief of the
Forces frthe United States cf
AMFkICA.
IE? ' virtue of the power and direct
L^ ti^ to me especially given, I
hereby enjoin and require all persons
reading within seventy miles of my
Head Quarters to thresh one half of
tntir grain by the firft day of Febrile.
ary b and the other half by the firft
day of March next enduing, on pain,
in case of failure, of having al l that
ihall remain in (heaves after the period
above-mentioned, seized bytheCom
miflaries and Qiar ter-Maiters of the
army', and paid for as Straw.
G IGE N under my hand, at Head
Quarters, near the Valley Forge,
in Philadelphia County, this 20th
day of December, 1777.
G. WASHINGTON.
By His Excellency's command,
Robert H Harrison, Sec.
T 5" '""^ January 8,1,7 g,
NT I '~ ls hereby g :v< n. That a pe-
Xtri n vrili he prurrred to th Ge oral Ass in
bly of the State of D;aa ,at ir nex fitrin , tor
the ouiidinq a Bridge over Duck Creek, in said State.
Anv p-Uom tha' have inv o'j dtion thereto are de
tired to aedto ihe^ cmF.
CHARLES POPE.
Lancaper, Januar, 177 g
WA S „F 0 U N f),
On or abotr the ic-h inst, (ja u ry) near the Conti
nent I S abl% in tee Birru^h of Lancaster
A REMNANT of blue BROA DCI OTH
about th ee yod*, which was off red by ^ foldil
er so- f je, and ft oped by the person to w om it was
offer d. he luppefirig i to have been Ifolen. Whoever
ha; loft the Cm-, by apnh ng -t the ft > re of Mtfff
Merie and Cud & eP, in Mi. Saunde ion's heufe, may
have it by proving their property and paying for this
ad^rrti^rnenr.
W AS FO U N D;
Near Mav- 1 own, in Donegal Tow^fhip, either the
laner,n lof December last or firft of January,
A BLACK POCKET-BOOK, containing several
' F'P er '> fom^ c th, a Lieutenant's and a Quarter
Mister's commriions to Samuel Alexander, aho three
State Lottery rickets. The owner is desired to call
on the udcribtr near May-Town, pay charges and
receive his bo-k.
W r A S taken out of the house of the fub
fcr;ber, supposed to be by feme of the British
soldiers, on the 11th or ivh ofS ptember last FIVE
LO T T FRY TICKETS, the numbers 9%, Soo, 91,801,
92 802, 92,803, 92,804. The Managers of the Lottery
are defied to flop the said Tickets if offered by any
body except the fUbfcriber, living in Wilmington.
JAMES CHANDLER.
TWELVE DOLLARS REWARD.
LOST on Sunday afternoon the 19 h instant,
(J nuary) a few miles from Reim's Town, on
the road leading to Laricafter, a pinchbeck WA TCH,
with a cap over the works, make 's nunc Robert Al
- London; a metal chain, and a steel seal with a
coat of arms engraved on it, the motto Audio. Who
ever will bring it to Thomas Smith, Ela; at the
Loan-Office in Lancafler, tail receive the above Re
ward. X
Lancaster, December 22, 1777
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.
DESERTED from Capt. Gourley's company,
of the Ninth Pennsylvania Regiment, a certain
JOHN BROWN, by trade an armourer, about
five feet (even inches high, pock marked, fair com
plexion ; had on a light coloured coat, white linen
jacket, leather breeches, and a leaver hat.
Also 3 certain FRANCIS HARRIS, lately
diftharged from one of the floating batteries, by trade
a miU-wriobt, about five feet eleven inches high ; had
on when he defected, an old light jacket with sleeves,
and flowered, flannel breeches ; he is much given to
drink, arid apt to fay in his difeourfe, Fleafe goodness,
or by way of oath, By be that made little apples or poop
lentborns. Whoever takes up laid deserters, and se
cures them in any of the gaols of the United §tfrs, so
that they may be returned to their regimtht, ffiall re
ceive the above reward and reasonable charges, paid by
JOHN BICKHAM,
t Lieut. 9th Pennsylvania Reg.
FREDERICK BOWERS.