The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1783-08-07 00:00:00, page 1

THURSDAY, Y^n
AUGUST?;^
-I%® ^® fof^N^Jc^ ZB h Af^A-
O R, THE
GENERALADVERT1SER.
KINGSTON, (Jamaica) June 4.
SATURDAY morning John Griffin, a private fol-
O dier in the duke of Cumberland's regiment, was
executed on the parade in this towny pursuant to sen
tence, for the murder of Cljarles Peters, formerly a
pioneer in the fame regiment.=This unhappy man
Confeffed at the gallows, that'he had committed amur
der previous to that for ^ !h he was about to fuffer;
and although he manifefted a degree of infehfibility
and hardineh, which .would shock a thinking mind,
while he was in prison under sentence of death, yet in
his last moments he displayed a penitence and fervent
piety becoming his.dreadful situation, and shewed the
deepest remorse for his numerous crimes.
Monday morning, a negro fellow, nam'd Sani, said
to be the property of meffrs. Stibos and Mayhew, had
his right ear cut off close to his head, between the two
Coffee-houses in barbour-flreet, pursuant to sentence,
for dealing a silver watch, the property of Mr. James
Feddar, and afterwards he was conveyed to prison,
there to be kep: till an opportunity offers for trans
porting him.
JvnE 7.
The following Address of the Cuftos, Magistrates, and
Inhabitants of the town of Kingston, was presented
on Tuesday:
Jamaica, ff. To his Excellency Archibald
Campbell, Esquire, Captain General
and Governor of this his majesty's Isl
and, Chancellor and Vice-Admiral of
the fame, &c.
The Memorial of the Cuftos, Magiftrafes, and Inha
bitants of the Town of Kingflon.
Humbly fheweth,
THAT since the conclusion of peace, several vessels
from the Independent States of America have entered
this port, withcargoes peculiarly adapted to give re
lief against the accumulated distress and inconveniences,
in which war, storms, floods, fire, and other public
calamities, have involved not only the inhabitants of
this town, but the island at large.
That notwithstanding these vessels have been fuffered
by the officers of the customs to enter and difeharge
their cargoes, yet their not having received from his
majesty's miniflers inftruftions on the business of clear
ing them out with such produce as they wish to take
ia^return, they are detained.
That one vessel is now actually loaded with the pro
duce of this island, which, if not permitted to clear
out, must be relanded, and money given in its place.
Your memorialifts aver, that a longer delay will ope
rate unfavourably in there-establishing an intercourse
betweeen this island and Amerka; and your memorial
ids are firmly of opinion, that the prosperity of this
island much depends on a free and open trade with that
country.
Your memorialing therefore humbly pray ybur ex
cellency to give such relief in the premises as the case
requires.
Signed by Paul Phipps, esquire, cu ftos, and
70 of the principal inhabitants.
His EXCELLENCY'S ANSWER:
Gentlemen,
I HAVE great pleasure in receiving your address.
The happy consequences that mult result to the Bri
tish empire at large, and this island in particular, from
the encouragement of trade with the United-States of
North-America, upon the most liberal and extensive
footing, were so evident, that I had, as early as the
10th of April, direded the officers of his majetty's cus
toms in Kingflon, not to throw any unnecessary ob
ftruaion in the way of such commerce, but on the con"
trary, to afford it every possible encouragement.
To give more effect to those inftrußions, and that
our intercourse with the American States should not
meet with any unnecessary check in its infancy, I sum
moned his majefly's council to meet this day, in full
persuasion that those gentlemen will cheerfully co-ope
rate with me in adopting proper measures to remove,
as far as may be, the difficulties which occur in the
way of trade, until we receive from England such regu
lations as may be established by the British parlia
ment.
June 14.
Extraft of a letter from a gentleman at Manchioneal,
to his friend in this town, dated June the ,th, 1783.
“ We have had one of the greatest floods here known
in the memory of the oldest inhabitant of this parish;
it has done great damage to the eflates on the banks of
the river.—Plantain garden river came down so fudden
iy, that a wain and fix fleers belonging to Holland
estate, was swept away by the torrent, and has not
b&i fiec^ h^.rd of.—Much more mifchief must have
VOL. XILI
P UBLISHED EVER y TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SATURDAY.^fo7p^
been done that we are not as yet acquainted with. I
", a f raf d the town of Bath has fuffered very severely,
if it is not entirely destroyed."
n '°^ e 'r'n"' "'' '" e .' e "y torrents of rain in the
i Thomas in the East, some account of
w iich was given in our last, it appears, the rivers fwel
e to ah enormous height, far surpassing what has been
nown in former times, and carried every thing from
HA OW grounds, near the banks o f Plantain-garden,
Morant rivers, into the sea, which was
peifettly f re fli, at the diflance of two miles from the
land opposite the mouth of those rivers —great da
bee° done to most of the Settlements in that
panto; and the town of Bath has fuffered consider
ably.
The public may rely on it as a fad, that in conse
quence of a quarrel between two free mulatto men, some
time ago, one a saddler, and the other a fifherrnan, by
trade, they met on the Race-course, near this town, on
day last, provided with loaded pistols, to decide
• " by m °rtal arbitriment; and after exchaug
mg a mot each, by which one of them had his gar
through, the fable seconds interposed,
and a cessation of arms ensued, which, after a great
deal of deferable conversation, terminated in mutual
,°° °, es from the one gentleman to^he other —
should not the praflice of duelling now grow out of
fashion, at leaf! with real gentlemen, when it has be
come so common , so very common ! that the lowed of
mankind adopt it, as a~mode of fettling their unimpor
tant disputes?
J U ^ E 28.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Barbadoes, to
10 this t 0 ""' dated the 4 th i' l ' o
His majefly's ship Dolphin is now in Carlisle bay,
waiting to take down general Mathew and his suite to
t. Lucia, where he goes.finally to adjust the mode of
evacuating that island, and of taking possession of those
which are to be reflored to us by the treaty of peace.
This is an event we have long expelled to hap
pen, but have been much disappointed that it has not
taken place before; though we now underhand that
none of the inlands will be reflored before theist of Au
gust next, by which time the crops will be all shipped.
This arrangement has been deemed necessary to the in
terett of all parties, because the French merchants in
St. Lucia are rouch indebted to the English, as the Eng
lish in Grenada and the other islands are to the French,
and by this measure fufficient time will be given for
the mutual difeharge of those debts.''
The following curious robbery may be depended on
as a faft: last Wednesday night, a gentleman of the
army, who resides in Port Royal, on retiring so his
chamber, emptied his pockets of a considerable sum of
money, into a trunk ; but recollecting that he was in
a public lodging-house, and that the noise of the mo
,ney might attra& the notice of some improper perlons,
determined to place it in greater security, and forthat
purpose made choice of one of his boots, which he si
lently deposited under the bed. He then went to rest
and fell into a deep sleep, from whence awaking just
before day, to his aftoniihment, he found himfe.f con
fined by a rope, which passed several times round his
body and the bedstead.—Aster extricating himieif from
this ludicrous situation, which cost fame efforts, he dis
covered that his trunk, containing a large quantity
of wearing apparel, was gone; but the golden prize
in the boot remained untouched.—The thieves, it seems
got in at the window, which was imprudently left open
for the benefit of the air.
Next da, the trunk was found floating in the har
bour, by some wherry negroes, though it was rifled of
its contents. <
HALIFAX, (Nova-Scotia) June 24,
Last Sunday arrived a fhallop from Spanish river
the mafterof which informs, that sixteen victuallers
from England put in there, bound to Quebec, and that
they bring advice, that admiral fir Alexander Hood,
knight, was coming out to this place.
ALBAN Y, July 21.
By advice from New-York, we learn, that as a
lieutenant and a party of sailors, belonging to the
guard-drip that lies at Sandy-Hook, were landing on
Staten Island, with an intention to purchase poultry;
they were met by a number of the inhabitants with
arms, who fired on them, and killed 2 of the sailors,
besides wounding the lieutenant through the head.
[ How the inhabitants came to fire onthem, or, in
deed how they came to be armed, we cannot pofirive
ly assert ; but it is supposed, that the lieutenant and
his party not only landed, but proceeded to some of
the inhabitants houses on the island; and recollecting
how their brethren have heretofore purchased from the
virtuous inhabitants of the United S^te&, were Lr
their ^ d cufloms in praaice, which occasion
ed their receiving the above treatment. J
E July 3 0.
Saturday arrived the brig Union, in forty days from
"n'o"' ' ut a " ' rom tbe Havanna in twenty
On Saturday morning his majesty's seventh regiment
foot was revved on the commons' near this city,
h"^ '" ge ° eral Alured ° ark ' when th 'y n^de
, ba "drom e appearance, and performed thei r differ-.
cifr ° v ° u "° ns and £ri ^s with great alertness and pre
?f° n day the mip Edward, captain Coupar, fail
" f°r L ° ndoD - Captain Purdon of the 38th regiment
and Mrs. Purdon, went passengers in the above vest
t ?"c Friday evening died at Powles-Hook, major
^° nn S T"; ''^ e ^ d) or r °y al highland regiment,
and on Sunday his remains were interred there with
military honours. During a service of twenty-nine
conduct as an officer and a gentleman,
uniformly such as acquired him the greatest refpeft
and esteem of that regiment in particular, and of a nu
merous acquaintance, who now sincerely regret^he lof&
of so valuable a friend.
nl's "il ° N D 7 (Virginia) July 2 6.
f? n ° a y 'aft was brought to this city and fafelir
lodged in the public jail, the noted offender Michae't
Newman, a refideot of this county, who about two
years ago was committed to the fame jail for a theft
but made his escape, and has been lurking in ini:
neighbourhood ever firice.
. The Blip George, captain Scott, is arrived in Jamas
river from London,
_ Philadelphia, August 4.
For Sale by Public Auction,
At the Coffee.Houfe, on THURSDAY the 7 thof this
'""' 'Auguft, at iz o'clock at noon,
SEVERAL Tracts of unimproved L A ND, situate
U on the waters of Roaring-rt^k, about 5 or 6 miles
from the northeast branch of Su quehannah river,
and about co miles from the town of Reading ; and
Four TP ACTS on the waters of Fithing.creekf about
§ miles from the abovefaid northeast branch ; and Two
TRACTS on the waters of Lahawanxk, all in the
county of Northumberland, in the state of Penufylva
nia.
The Plan will be shewn and the Terms of Sale made
known on the day of tale.
Southwark Auction.
THIS
M O R N I N G,
Will be Sold by Public Auction,
A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF
ME RCHANDIZE,
As USUAL: ALSO,
Houfhold Furniture & Wearing
A P P A I< E L, &c.& c :"
WILLIAM BROWN, Auctioneer,,
N. B. Hand-Bills will be discontinued for the future
except on particular Occasions.
At the City Au&ion, on
FRIDAY Next,
The Bth of August, 1783.
At THREE o'clock in the AFTERNOON
Will Commence the SALE*
Of a Large and very General ASSORTMENT a
MERCHAND I Z E„
(Particulars of which will be published by the Bell on
the Morning of rhe Day of 3alr)
With a QUANTIT Y c f
Houfhold Goods, Kitchen Furniture
WEARING APPAREL,
JOHN BAYARD, AuAiofo
Genteel Lodgings in a plealang
part of the City. Enquire of the Printer.
[NUMB. 10771!