The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1778-03-04 00:00:00, page 3

Thatm^Co^mhrwtt? rs d f CW-ns be direct
ed to prepar'd the laid accounts for adjuitmeut
without delay; and that no exchange of pri
soners be made until the balance due thereon
n, the United States is difeharged.
lebruary 27.
Whereas a few deluded inhabitants of these
Sta^-h prompted thereto by the arcs of che ene
nif) nave aflociated together for the purpose of
Seizing and Lc<eily conveying, to places in pof
fefiion of the British forces, such of the loval
citizens, oncers and soldiers of these States,
as may fall into their power, and being affilled
by parties fmnifhed by toe enemy, have in fe
vetal initiates carried their nefarious designs
into execution, and Inch practices being con
trary to their al egiance as Subjects, and repug
rant to the rules of war ;
Re/obved, 1 hat whatever inhabitant ofthefe
States brail k.ll, or seize, or take anv loyal ci
tizen or citizens thereof; and convey him, her
or them to any place within the po^e, cf the
enemy, or (hall enter into any combination for
such purpfc ° r attempt to carry the fame into
execution, or hahafiided or sh. II abift therein,
or ihail, by giving intelligence, anting as a
guide,' or in any other manner whatever, aid
the teriemv in the perpetration thereof, he (hall
futfer death by the judgments' a cou t-martial
as a traitor, allaihn or fpv, if the offence be
commuted within seventy miles of the Hetd-
Qarters of the gr nd or other armies ofthefe
States, where a General Officer commands.
Exlrad from the Minutes,
CHARLES i HUMSON, Secretary.
Extract of a tetter from ^avy, Dec. 31, 1777.
By the deposition Doctor Young 1 ove,
Surgeon of General Harkemer's brigade, who
was taken pufoner at Fort Stanwix and since
returned to this city, it appears that lome of
the Americans who were unfortunate enough
to become prisoners to the forces of Britain,
w^rc treated bv the captors <iih a degree of
barbarity unheard of among civilized nations.
The Doctor was robbed of alms^t ever; thing
and stripped nearly naled by toe for es. He
prevailed on th.m to spare his life, though at
the fame rime they were flipping and mafla
cren^ other p ifoners on every fide. In his
depofin n, which is nowbefore me, it is laid,
That when one Isaac Paris, Tlq; was taken by
the savages, he received no particular inlult
from the Indians except Gripping until feme
Tories came up, kicked and other^fe Gulfed
h.m. The savages then thinking him to be
among the notable offenders, in the excess of
their barbarity wantonly murdered him
That the prisoners who were delivered up to
the Provost, were kept with ut provision for a
number ofdays and without cloaths or blankets.
That the guard had orders not to use anv vio
lence to keep the savages from the piifoners.
In consequence of which the Indians a^ually
came in large companies with their knives,
entered the guard-house for to feel of the pri
soners to dilcover the fatteft ; they dragged
one out of the house, massacred and eat him,
as they and the Tories said. Thus the savages
glutted their ferocity at the expence of a de
fencelefs prisoner. Though the civilized Bri
ton did not perhaps take fh^re of the horrid
repast, but pleased at the fight he undoubtedly
must smile on the massacre and approve their
conduct or why did not they prevent the
feene, as undoubtedly it was in their power ?"
LANCASTER, March 4.
A correspondent remarks, that it is greatly
to the credit of the people called Quakers, that
in many of their meetings-they have seriously
recommended to their people to refrain from
the use of spirituous liquors, and especially to
forbear to diftil wheat and rye. This must meet
with the countenance and approbation of every
good man who fees the daily fatal effects of the
use of whifkev in our army.
flu The Printer has not yet received the De
baes in the Bririh Parliament on American Affairs,
but daily experts item:—As soon as they come to
hand, he will pubtifh them.
A FEW copies of Doctor Price's OBSER
VATIONS on CIVIL LIBERTY,
may he bad of JOHN DUNLAP, in Queen
ftreet, Lancaster.
d^^^^^^^^^
TO BF S O L D,
Atari entered on r/ Spri g. or n^xt FBI,
IBEAUTIFUL trad of LAND, finite in
1 an air : of neighbourhood, rear the center oi
Qjen Ann's County, Mar, land, containing between
, v.:n and eight hundred acres, *hich will < sod in
- le, or ^parated into two or three div nous, as may
bed blit the 0 rchafl or pu chasers. I lies in fuck a
mm let d s to admit of heing divide in 0 three pa'<,
and each of them to be well ate mnodated with tim
ber, water, n tome low la^dm^a low ground., molt
of ^hieh arc ditched, ch< fl, I are.l olte wood tost
was on t em, and with litle 130 urm ybe made fit
to receive Timothy or other feed. Tip foil is excel
ent for wheat, tobacco, I. drin corn, barley, oats,
&g The whole is Lvel, not five acres of swamp or
unprofitable ground wither it, an 1 it is cap ble of be
ingmad^ a v^y beautiful and profitable farm. The
tide is indi'pu able except to a few acres, which the
proprietor will keep or warrant to the purchaser.
Taere i. on the premises a comfortable dweliing-noufe
ora fmali amity, a good ngr quarter, a meat-home,
two cow houses, two stables, a granary which will
hod about eight hundred buth is, and a very large'
well framed and covered barn, with as much seasoned
two-inch white oak plank as will lay a fl dh frior th re
in There are five acres already laid dov <n 10 nd No
yer, five highly manured for that purpose, 2nd atout
ten nlore whih vill he fi hr next fall for the lame
kind of gratis This feat is convenient to church, mil
and market, on the post road leading from Philadel
phia 0 Trihot Court house, and very near 40 fevrral
landings < n Courfica Creek, from whence gr^at quan
titles of grain are annuaby tranfpofted to Balumre
T wn md the difftent landings on the head of the
bay, which urid o be carried for the moderate pric
of t 0 pence half-penny to thre -p nee per bufoel.—
Ihe farm is welt ft c£rd with horses, cattle, theep
and mgs, which tin purchaser may have. The e are
abt tit ninety bulhels of wheat, barley an I rye row in
the ground, and if n t given up tiltthe F>ll,, the pur
chafer m II have any quantity of either served in pro
per time and good order.
RICHARD S. EARLE.
To be SOLD at PRIVATE SALE,
A VALUABLE Plantation containing two hundred
and seven acres of good patented land, tituutein
Deer Creek Hundred, Hartford County, State of
Maryland : There is on laid plantation a good dwell
ing-house, with barn, stables, and other peceffai y out
houses, a good young orchard, plenty of good mea
dow ground, and tome made: the whole in good
repair. Any person inclining to purchase, may, <n
application to the owr^r living on the premises, fee
the land and know the terms.
JOSIAS BILLINGSLY.
To be SOLD by^ ÜBLiCTVENDUE;
0^ Wednefdav the fi ft da, of April next,
VALUABLE Plantation 01 raft of L nd, fitaate
in Hamriton Township, Cumbeilard County,
ceMaiaing fourhundred acres of good land, with two
dwelling houses, stables and burn, and ipring-houfe,
with 500 bearing applr trees ; the e is on hid planta
tion one hundred and fifty ac es of cleared upland, 2nd
fity acres of good meadow. Also to be fold on the
lame day, a House and Lot in Cham>erfburgh, known
by the name of the C^ofs Keys, with stables and other
houses suitable for tavern ke>pinr. For terms -pply
to JAMES and JOHN BURNS.
T Q B E S O L~D,
A STRONG, healthy, Mulatto WENCH,
fix ten years old : She has had the small-pox and
measles, can cook, with, and do ar ft forts of houie
work Enquire of Mr. Robert White, Tavern
keeper, in Carlisle.
At a f^rra!Court-Martian held at Wbitemarjb,
November 14, 1777, whereof Cot. CRAIN
wu: I'ref^ut,
JiLUi.ENANTS Riter and Barker, 01
^ Cel. Proclof's regiment of Artillery, were
brought before the Court and charged with
being absent from their command in tne time
of action with the enemy, on the 4th of Octo
ber, at Germantown.
The Court having maturely considered th
evidence for and against Lietuenants Ritesano
Barker, are induced to suppose they were no.
absent from their piece which it appears they
were Rationed to, at anv time throughout the
whole of the action at Germantown, and that
the suspicion of it arose from the abfente of
Captain Lieutenant Brewer, who had the com
mand of the guns reported to Have been with
out officers in the action aforetaid, bur bad de
tacne^ himfelf to one in the commencement of
the a&ion, ordering to the other the Lieute
nants above mentioned, who in every instance
of tteir behaviour at the engagement, appear
to trie said Co> t, to have dir narged their du
ty as soldiers, and it is therefore their unani
mous opinion that they be acquired of the
charge with honour.
The General approves of the above decree.
T O B,E SO LD,
By the SUBSCRIBERS,
rHEIK DISTILLERY, ' fity t e in Chester
Torn, Kent County, Maryland, confirm,; oft
^ following conveniences, viz. Five ftibs, contain
ng nine hundred and forty-nine and a halt g Jiom §
llalh ng tu>Bfuflicient, with house room for th<m to
dard in, and every ncceflbiy implement to to.ike
whiskey in the belt and molt advantageous manner
ith a kale of heat four acres of g r > UL d for niog ,tarb
0 come, and hands ready hired ^ the preteut year a
Fhe situation very go:d tor whc.u, woeean qo 0-
ity may be had at about fix (hillings pr buifa. —=
L kewile a godd deck of hogs to be fold.—The link
nave been but nine months in use.
WORRELL A*D tORAIG
N. B. Any person inclined to purchase the (tills on
ly (or one or more of them) may have t & ern without
buying any of the other articles.
TO BE SO L D,
SI XTEEN hundred acres of good LAND, 1 ng
on both fidts the Youghag^nia river, near Stew
ard 6, in WeftmoreUnd County, Pennsylvania, about
40 miles from Piit&rg , The land is .qua' t any in
ihat country, and capable of very r'o tide*abic >m
prsvemems, being a large quantity of meadow ground,
and one or two mill teats, which will toon be very va
luable, being in a fin- gram c >uniry and navi,a de
water from ?he foot every spring and fall : There are
(undrv other advantages on the premises. The wT,le
will be fld very cheap far Con inentri c^fh. Al o fix
hundred and erty acres of pat-nte land, | j n g on
Bennett's, F ederick Countv, Maryland, on the main,
road ie ding from Frederick Town to Gee ge Tow. 4
about ten miles from the so raer and th rty from the
latter ; the land is exceeding good, equal,to any in
tint part of the country b + ig fit for wne t, corn or
tobacco; the land level, and an xtenfive ran t A
considerable quantity of mea ow ma e m 'e. Al 6
two lots n tnr town of Wirwick CseiLou ty, Ma
rNand, contain n^ fi e acres, wn cr on is,a pood
ow^lling house, stores, gran ry, ftibes, &. An ex-
C lent lirna ion fr any kind Tpu lie b sis. For
' erms apply to the fu ( iv% n L merit - Pin va
aia. CHARLES YOUG
York County, Pennjjivama, 3
TO BE > 0 L D,"
For Continental C rr^ncy,
— PLANTATION containing 3 7 and a half act es
Gr excel! nt good lan', about 5 o f which ^re
iaken up with a town c Bed Han ve, cont n ng up
wards of 300 lots, eac fu j^a to an annual i mi;,
itcriing per year, upwards of ne hun Ired hue hunt'
multiy good buildups; there are about roo a res of
pland cleared, all with good fenring an in ood or
der ; also about 30 acres of exce ing , ®d meadow
c eared, bearing Timothy and clover, cn e watered
at pleasure, and more may be made. Lite rife a num
ber of vacant lots, many of them veyvriu be A.fo
hree brick hpufen, twa ftori s high, ^ur 00 s na
fl rr, with good kitchens, (failles, &-. f ur 1% houses
very f ^d of th kind, with a large double b r , Ta
bles,, ba racks, &c. I nere are about 40 acres of g od
red eLv;, p fture, with alm li ftr ? a^ of vaie, run
ning through it. Also Far tra&s of l^d in Wrt
morerind Countv, con aini gna 400 acres e ch, as
good is molt in that part of the country, two of them
with contiderable improvements, with good (hin^ led
houses; the other tw with no improvement ; all'pa
tnted. A;ood tit e will be given for the whole. For
further particulars - quire of the fubferiber, living in
the aforesaid town o' H nover.
RICHARD MCALESTER.
Camp, Valley Forge, Feb. 6,177 g.
OTR A YED rum the luukriher, about the firft
U 0 bit mo,th, a bay H ORSE, about fourteen
hand high, branded on the near buttock thus, PP
k^s a (far in hisforehead, p ces (low, t ,s and ca um
remark.ble well ;heisah ut thirteen or tourteen years
old, had a imall hanging m me and fwitih tail ; there
is a remarkable (put on one fide of his back, that ap
pears bv feeling as if there was a hole under the &i'n,
cr as if the bon s were broke, and above this is a hard
piece of £e(h or (kin with some grey hairs about it,
this lump is under the hindermott part &f the T.ddl%
and I believe he has a few saddle foots on his back -
be has a very large fear under the pummel of the (ad
dle, is a strong made horse, and was (hod all round.
Any person that will bring him to me at Camp, er will
inform me where he is so that 1 may get him again,
(hail receive TWENTY DOLLARS reward.
GUSTAVU, BROWN WALLACE Maj r
15th V rrinia R^ G V' 'R
forty dollars l \j.
RAN AWAY and we^t on board the
Englilh fl at when at Eik, a Negro fell w named
DAVID, fix feet high, lender made, * $ burnt in
one of his hams when a child, the fear still remains
very plain ; the property of Wiliam Wilhn, o l Kent
County, Maryland. Also a Mulatto tellow, the pro-^
perty of John Bolton, of Chefte Town, in laid Coun
ty and State : He is about fix feet high, raw boned
pitted with the (mall pox, is a good mower and reaper,
and very handy with carpenters tools in Awing, hew
ing, &c. can read and write, is very (enfihle, and calls
himlelf Mich. High ; his hands are very little bigger
than his wrists, therefore cannot b^ fecmed with hand
cuffs. Whoever will secure them in any «te gaol,
so that their matters mar get them a^ain, (hall receive,
the above Reward, or TWENTY DOLLARS
for cither of them. JOHN BOLIO N.
14 WILLIAM WILSON.