The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1780-09-05 00:00:00, page 3

B E RLI N, April 22.
No- roft? Cablet Councilor the Kingof Pruf
#,hs app-acd- K is a/d^fcd to the Grand
hirr, and is oited April 14, 1780, tad directs that
.^< : evt ptam^ br^g iris complaint in person
:ei e Judges, a: : pl ^ 01s own c ufr, without be
i i hi,^d ^employ an hired Advocate ; but if tke per
fJri be incapably in that case he fhail be granted
^jfer/° S :e.te distance of a lawyer,
#. >fh I.^obli^d to prosecute gratis. It is hoped that
thUe 'rrangemmts Mlkkffea.the number of law-suits,
pr^ho^ e^^y dre-fions and prevent hign costs. The
T^ wnoof ccurfe, will be rendered uflefs, are al
h& t>d' r tiirmflves, (if they believe themfelvei ca
,)in cufes of vacancies, for feats in the different Col
fees of Justice.
BOSTON, August 21.
Tuesday last arrived here Capt. Haden, from Holland,
after 70 days passage. This vessel met with a fleet, which she
to A to be enemies, which occafiobed throwing overboard
a'l her letters and papers : The fleet however proved to
b? f rom Virginia, bound to France.
Taefday evening returned from a cruize, the Blip Pro
tester, John Foster Williams, Esq; commander.
Lift Wednesday arrived here, the ong expected Con
tinental frigate the Alliance, Capt. Landais, in 5 weeks
an 1 4 days from Port L'Ori?nt, in France By this vef.
fel we haven confirmation of the great mob in England,
encouraged, it is said, by Lord George Gordon. This
infurredion was occasioned, according to report, by the
Roman Catholic Bill ; but the insurgents seemed to have
formed no , Jitical plan. They confided of 40 or 5 ,000.
They deltoyed al the gaols in London, pulled down
Lord Mansfield's houfe,and attempted the bank ; but the
guards and militia opposed them, and killed between three
and four hundred. They kept together a number of days
and then dispersed. The King, it is said, privately re
tired for forne time, and so did Lord North. A num
ber of the leading men in this infuireatou were taken
and executed. Lord George, Gordon was confined in the
Tower, upon account of force letters wrote by him to
ScoTand, and intercepted by Ministry, Great uneafi.
nefs, however, continued in England. The Ruffians
and Dutch had determined toc-rry all forts of goods,
without exception of any, under cover of their men of
war; and would enter into a war with Britain to support
this poiiv, if the latter did not Cede tp it. No prrfprA
of peace, but Britain still appeared cent on carrying on
the war. The French and Spanifii men of war at Cales
making upwards of 40 (ail of the line, were every moment
expefted to join the Brest fleet for channel and other fer
vices. The British home fleet was fail to consist of iefs
30 fail.
It is worthy of remark than fays a correspondent, that
there has not been an inflance this war,ofAmeri< an prifor
ers experiencing such extreme humane treatment and po
liceheh from any British commander, as those who fell in.
to the hands of the generous Admiral Edwards, on the 1
Newfoundland flation; The cchdu&of a fuperaliQus
Cipt. Keppel, in impelling the American bays from on
board the prifoo fh ; p, was feverdy reprobated by the
Admiral, and the Loi Captain ordered “ to discharge the
la ri immediate!,, without hefiCTiun.”
Eight of tee Quebec fl et have put into Halifax, ha
jot gained information of fcveralAtom ^n cr^ztrs being
in the river Sr. Lawrence. Richard Kew.es Lieutenant
Governor of Halifax, is apprised Commodore and Com
mander in Chief of ail the BraWmß navy in these seas,
confining at prefem, of two frigates, one flbop of war,
and two tenders, exclufoe of Mr. MoaqU's picarooning
fleet.•
PHILADELPHIA, September 5.
On Friday lad the Camp which had been formed at
Trentes by the Militia of this State, by orders of His
Excellency General Wallington, broke up in consequence
of a countermand from him, or advices received from
Europe. Lconfined tis 1500 Infantry, two companies of
artillery ^ith 4 pieces of cannon, and a troop of Light-
Horse. During their encampment they daily praftfed
the manoeuvre; and discipline introduced into the Conti
nental army by B row Steuben, and made a very great
progtefs. The greatest harmony arid good orAr pre
vailed. A market was eflablifhed, which the inhabitants
of the neighbourhood regularly attended, and the refpeft
paid to private property was such, that all the damage
done in three week^, ij not amount to mere than fifty
pounds Ipecie, agreeable to am appraifemtent made by two
Freeholders of New J§rfey. They were well provided
with tents, and all oner oeceffaries for actual field ser
vice. In a few days more, the whole, with the addition
of Laccafier, York and Cumberland, would have made a
corps of 3400 men. All under the command of His Ex
cellency the President of the State, ready to co operate
with the Continental army, if their services had been im
mediately necessary.
The following is an ADDRESS prefegted to His Ex
cellency General REED, President and Comman
der in Chief of the State of Pennsylvania, at Trenton,
September ift, 1780, by Brigadier General Lacey,
Col. Eyrf, and Col. Will, a Committee ebbfen for
that purpose, and by the unanimous cenfent and ap
probation of tke Officers of the Pennsylvania Militia,
encamped there.
S I R, Camp, Trenin, September r, 1780.
IMPELLED by principle, we feel it our duty, to
express to your Excellency, the high ienfe we enter
tain of your exertions, and a!a:ri yin assembling the Mi
litia at this place, agreeable to the orders of our excel
lent Commander in Chief; and at the fame time that we
admit the necessity of the measure, we cannothelp lament
ing our countermand, as we indulged the flattering hope,
from &he uniform fiftem of fubordiaatioo and discipline,
whieh your Excellency inculcated, 2nd which we were
determined to support, that we should at least have an
swered the expectation of our country and disappointed
the wishes of our enemies, foreign and domeflic.
Prompted by motives of political fafety, and personal
attachment, we beg leave to assure yocr Excellency, that
it will ever be cur pride and glory to follow you to the
field, and that we shall most chearfully afford you every
support in our power to promote the general weal of A
inerica, and the particular interest of the Stakeover which
you so honorably preside.
To which his Excellency returned the following Answer.
Gentlemen,'
THE obliging sentiments you have just expteffed,
cannot but give me a very sincere pleasure. The requi
sition ofour service upon this occafio;i, was founded 06
the most apparent propriety, and was too explicit to ad
mit of doubt or delay. We have ftiewn bur illustrious
Allies, our excellent Commander in Chief, and the whole
world, that when our country calls, it is cur pleasure to
obey. The alacrity with which so numerous and well
appointed a body Of troops have appeared in arms, the
improvement in discipline, and the chastity of conduct,
with refyea to private property, refleft the highest ho
nor upon the officers and men, and has made my com
mand not only honorable, bur pieaUnt. Had the filiation
of public affairs required our proceeding to take an ac
tive part in the operations of toe campaign, I doubt not
you would have done equal honor to the State and your
selves, by your conduft in the field, and it would have
been, as it ever will be, my duty and pride to partake of
your danger and glory.
The opportunity is only deprived for a little time,
and I trust it will not be long before we ffiall congratu
late tach other on a glorious independence, well secured
by an honorable peace.
The marks of personal attachment 2nd affection, I have
experienced in this short tour of duty, have made an im
pression on my mind, which no length of time can deface.
To fee my country free and happy, is the firfl object of
my wishes, and to fee the many brave and valuable men
who have difiioguifhed themselves in the contest, duly
honored and re warded, is the next.
Among these, I mail ever fee? a peculiar attachment to
you, gentlemen, who, 011 every account, both public and
private, merit my warmest acknowledgments.
JOSEPH REED Prudent, and
Commander in Chief of the Peuofylvania Militia.
It is said that a propofil will be made to Congress for
the flip Confederacy, on the following terms: The Cor.-
traders to furnifh three er four thousand men for the war,
to be (ent immediately to the fotithward. This will re
cruit the army in that quarter; without any new charge to
& the public, and the ship will be of twice the service she is
now;
In CONGRESS, Augufl 26, 1780.
CO N G R £S S took into consideration the report
of the Committee appointed to devise Wry? and Means
for preventive the farther issue of certificates, and for
carrying into efßcl the resolutions of the 18th March kh,
&c. and thereupon came to the following refolct'ons:
Wh-reas a lirge and immediate supply of money is re
ceffary for carrying 00 the operations of the war, arid for
tin payment of debts due for Supplies heretofore furndh'd,
and for the payment of interest on Loan-Office Certifi
cates :
Resolved, Thaf it be earn Tly recommended to the se
veral States, to take the most speedy and eff dual mea
furcs in their power for drawing in their reflective quotas
of the Continental Bills of Credit, to be defircyed, either
by a tax to be collected immediately, or by exchanging
tor them new bills to be emitted pursuant to the Ad cf
the 18th March last; at a rare net lefts than forty of the
former or one of the latter, fothat the whole of the said
new bills may be issued.
That it be recommended to the fevers! States, to raife°
by taxes, payable in the bills emitted pursuant to the
AQ afertfaid, or in specie, their refpe&ve quotas of three
millioosof dollars, .agreeable to the apportionment of the
7th October, 1779, and pay the fameinto the Treasury of
tne United Stars as soon as pcffiole, the payment to be
fully complected by the la ft day of December next, each
State to be allowed intercil "for the fame, from the time it
is paid, to be hereafter adjufled, according to a reflati
on of the 6th O&obtr, 1779.
That Major General Greene, late Quarter Master Ge
neral, and Jeremiah Wadfwortb, late Commissary Gene
ral of Purchafeb and tne present Comm ffary General of
Purchases rcfpe&ively, render an account to the Board
of Treasury, of the amount of the monies due from them,
on Certificates or otherwise, on public account, fpecify
iug the sum due in each Siat% m order that warrants may
ihue in their favour on he Treasurers of such States, for
payment of the fame, out of the monies to be collected
for the United States asaforefaid, whi h warrants bkig
paid, Ihall be accepted by the Treafgrer, toward such
States quota of the monies to be railed 2s aforelaid: And
it is futter recommended to such States, to provide,
that the Certificates of the said Quarter Mailer and Com
missaries, and those who purchased under them, be re
ceived in payment of the laid taxes, to the amount of
such warrants, under proper regulations, for preventing
fraud.
And to prevent the possibility of any depreciation in
the bills to be emitted agreeably to the Aft ol the 18th
March aforefaid, That it be most earnestly recommended
to the several States, not to issue Bills of Credit for a
currency on any consideration whatever, to a greater a
mount than their refpe&ive quotas of the new bills stated
in the Att aforefaid ; and that the Bills cf Credit emitted
by any of the States since the firft day of January lift,
and redeemable in foecie at par, be considered as part of
the proportion of the money referred by the said Ad of
the 18th March, to the nfe of the State.
Congress took into consideration the report of the Com
mitteee on the letter of the Bth of June from Governor
Trumbull, and of the 21st July last from Mn T. Burke,
and thereupon,
Refolded, That all and singular the creditors of these
United States for supplies furnished the army, or the trans
portation thereof, ihali be entitled to receive the just va
lue of the funis due to them refpe&ively in the Bills of
Credit, emitted pursuant to the Aft of the 18th March
last, the value of the sums due, to be ascertained accord
ing to the current value of Continental Bills of Credit
compared with specie at the time the money became due,
at the place where the supplies were furnished ; provided
the fame do not exceed the prices fixed for such supplies,
by the Aft of the 25th February last, or a proportionate
value for services done, and articles furnifhed, not
mentioned in the said Ad, but if the nominal sum in
Continental currency cpntra^ed for when reduced to
specie value as aforesaid, faall exceed the fixed prices a
forefaid, the creditor fiiall be entitled to receive the a
mount of the supplies furnished or services done at the
•$$ $ §te4#.{+ *so-,^#i>g4 ?¥<**
To tbi Freeholders audo^rs, Elector,for tie Coun
t)o) PhJadelpbia.
Gentlemen,
I A M gratefully ferifible, and return yen my sincere
thsuks for the honor you have done in-, in return
ing ^e as one or your kcpiethntatives in General Af
fenibly, for three yearepeft : But as the office of Lieu
tenant of the County ehgroths the whole cf my time,
I requert you writ add to the f vor already conferred o.^
in:, bykev^ng my n^meout of the ticket at tieenfuing
c ectics, and oblige your humble fervent,
WILLIAM COATS
FifelOphii, S-ptemb.r 4, 1780
J— OTICE is hereby given, That the
Marih^ of tne Cou>t of A< mnahy is row ready
to m^ke thft irinkon of the eer.o of the Shoor<r
I.ivcLY, retaken at fta by the privateer Q.p Gwral
Green;, anti con.^mned as prize in :..;/;. C&tnt.
The Agent or Agent* duly authorized by the owners,
Hinnen or ythrn of th- 'laid privateer, i<avn>g a right
to thatetne.'ein; by bring co bo rd Old privateer at the
time 0 tis said rten cm:, or cthcrwi,,-are ch fired to
appear and raskte knb^n his or thrir right to cd as art
Agent or Agent: .0 atorelaid, within thier diys from
thecate berect, zecerdiro to La.
MATTHEW CLARKSON,
M tod,
Po;t of PairidUpTb Pcnnfylvaaia, ff
TO ^L L ^bom it may concern.
XT OTIC ^ L hereby given, Taat a Court of Ad
" rairilty will be heh+at the Sute-hotre. m.theci,
of Phihdeipwe, on the efetenth day ofSeptember irifL
for the tri 1 cf the fluop or vefkl irihd the Dlp^cb,
and her catgo, ct/rthec abp^t ninety tons, iat con -
mended by Lunes Philips, tskea at Sea bn her intended
voyage from Jamaica to f^cw York, Lift into :hi^ po.t
and libelled ;gAn't tv Samuel Holitfa^d and 0 hr „
(q^i (ami &..) To-he intent th t the u^ner,, or any
ft ton concerned therein, may appear fond shew cat:t,
if any they hrve, why a decree thovld not pais, pursu
ant to the pr:-er of the bill, &c.
5, border of the Judge,
Sptember 4. ANDREW ROBESON, Reg.
P.dladelphb, September 4, 1780.
Just Imported, and to br fold by
PETER axw WILLIAM WIKOFF;
At their ttore in Fr^nt-dreet, boteeo Arch and Race
ftrret% epoefre Elfrey's Alley,
An A SSORTMENT of
EUROPEAN and WEST-INDIA GOODS,
Amor^ which are,
QUPERFINE Broad-Cloths, middling and low priced
° ditt), luperfin^ huhaChintz, Mullins, GaiZ.s ard-
Slks, Linen, Cotton and Silk Handkerchiefs, Hair
firm, Cahiniancbte, and other Stuffs, Cotton Velvets,
S.:r e Denim, Serges, Baize, Ranmets, Piufh, Siik
Stockings, Pins, Buttons, Buckler, Hinges, Locks,
Wool Cards, Fine Indian Robes Flannel ind Blankets.
Alio, Rum, Sugar, Bchea and Dyfou Tea of the belt
quality, Red Port Wine, erd Madeira Wines of dif
f rent prices and qualities, feme of which is as good as
the belt that ever was brought into this country, which
they will fell by the pipe of lesser quantity. 6 w.
An ASSORTMENT of
M E D IC IN E s,
Suitab e for aSea Chest, to be SOLD.
Enquire of the Printer.
Two Hundred Dollars Reward.
STOLEN off the (üblcribers horse, at the bcufe of
_ Robert Adur's Inn keeper, at the F nr Lanes-end,
Bucks county, cn the icth day of Au^uft last past, a
Man's SADDLE aim-ft new, with blue and white hou
fin stripes, running lengthways the Saddle. The thief
tuppof d to have taken the Sad Ic, rdfo Hole a M ARE
from Samuel Mitchell, which by inloriratcr, 1 it the
said Mare near the Folks ofßranoywine,which the own
er h=s in potfeffion ag^n. Any perlon or perlons that nil!
deliver the fiddle to Mr. William Dern, Im -Keeper, at
the sign of the George, at the earner of Arch and
Second-Preets, Philadelphia, cr to the eerier in Brif
toi, dial receive the above reward.
September 4, 1780. DENNIS DAILY.
CA ME to the Plantation of the fub
fcriher, living in Hamilton’s Bans townlhip, a
mouse coloured H OR SE, three years old, no brand,
a bnall star and fuip, between thirteen and fourteen
hands high. The .owner is hereby desired to come,
prove his property, and pay charges, and take him a
way.
York county, June 16. WILLIAM COCHRAN.
said fixed or proportionate prices in the new bills afore
faid, or the nominal sum contrasted for in Continental
Bills of Credit, and no more at his e eflion.
That the accounts being duly examined and adjusted
by the rule aforesaid, by Cemmiffioners, that may be
appointed agreeably to the reflation of the 12th of June
last, to fettle the accounts cf officers es the fieff depart
ments in the several States, or by the officer who trade
the contrast or by'whom th^ payment is to be made the
fame faall be paid or a certificate given, for tie sum just
ly due, certifying that the feme has been duly examined
and adjusted agreeably to. the diredicns aforesaid, and if
'paid in the new bills, the interest on the said bibs shall be
computed to tne date of such ceriificate:
That all debts due to the United States for monies re
ceived for their use or otherwifewittin an, cf these States,
shah be paid according to the just value of the money
when it was received, or became due, to be ascertained as
afore Lid.
Extract from the Minutes,
CHARLES THOMSON, Secretary.