The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1781-02-27 00:00:00, page 1

To all Gentlemen Volunteers,
That are free, able and willing to serve in the Penn
sylvania, or Fourth Battalion, of ARTILLERY, com
manded by Colonel THOMAS' PROCTER, let them
repair to the Drum-head, at Philadelphia, or to the
Rendezvous of said Battalion, now quartered in that
plentiful village, called Newtown, in Bucks count,,
where each able-bodied Matrofs Shall receive the va
luable Bounty allowed by the Honourable Congress,
to all spirited Soldiers who enter to serve their Country
during the prefect Contest with Britain; and at thte
close of which, each Man will receive Two Hundred
Acre# of fertile LAND, as a Reward of his Merit ;
and when joined to the Battalion aforefaid, a compleat
Suit of Uniform will be furnished, with new Arms and
Accoutrements, and every other Equipment that is ne.
ceffary and befiting a GENTLEMAN of the ARTIL
LERY.
And as the Nature of that Service particularly re
quires Men of mechanical Genius, the following
ARTISTS will be most acceptable, viz. Carpenters,
Wheelrights, Tinmen, Turners, Braziers, Coopers,
Harnefs.makers and Smiths; and when employed as
such, in the Service of the United States, will receive
Pay, over and above their regimental, each Matrofs
receiving Three Pounds Specie, per Month, and in
every Step of Promotion an equivalent Sum is added,
for their more ample Support.
The sprightly Youth and Gentleman of fair Cha
fafter will only be accepted, their Age from sixteen to
thirty Years, of proper Stature and free from bodily
Infirmities ; it will be needless for any others to offer
themselves, as they will be reje&d.
GOD SAVE THE UNITEDSTATE S.
ALL non-commissioned Officers, Gun
&rs, Matroffes, &c. of th? Pennsylvania Artillery,
are hereby ftri&iy ordered to join their refo^ive Com
panies where Rationed, by the z,th Day of M<rch, en
duing the date hereof, or they Shall be deemed DE
SERTERS, and dealt with s the Nath e of their
Crimes require. THOMAS PROCTER,
Colonel Pennsylvania, or Fourth Battalion, Artillery.
Philadelphia, February 23'J, i,B„
Whereas the honourable the
Congress of the United States, have d e&ed Mjr
General Gre#n&, late Quarter Muter General, to lay a
state of the Debts of his department before the Treafu
ry Board ; and have, by their a& cf the 26th of August
last, Resolved; That all and singular the C^f.-rs
of the United States,, for Supplies iurnifbtd 4 he Army,
or the Transportation thereof, (hall be iititiec to re
ceive the just value of the funis due to them refpe&ivdy,
&c. and dire&ed that the Accounts Shall be liquidated
agreeable to the Value of Continental Bills of Credit
compared with Specie at the time the Debts became due.
In order to comply with the said Requisitions and Re
folvei, and to bring all Accounts under my direction
to a just and equitable Settlement f I do eameftly re
quest all Perlons who have any Accounts or Demands
against the Department in my Dritra, unsettled, to
bring them in immediately, that they may be liquidated,
and Certificates given in Specie, agreeable to ihe Spirit
and intention as hid Resolve.
Those who have received Certificates, and ebufe to
have them liquidated in Specie, will pUafe to' apply as
soon as peffibie.
Attendance will be given at my office, in Chefnut
ftrett, to the Twenty fitth of March ntxt, before which'
time it is expected every Account will be presented and
fettled, as after that time no Accounts c^n be received.
JOHN MITCHELL, late D.Q M. G.
Philadelphia, February 15, 1780.
The Board of StreeTCommiffi
oners having L ET out most of the PAVED
STREETS in this city, to sundry persons who
h*ve engaged to keep them clean for the benefit of the
manure ; the Public are hereby notified, that no per
son, after the date hereof, but such only who have or
may contrast with the Commissioners for that purpose,
Will be allowed to rake up and haul away the Street
Dirt. Philadelphia, February 16.
LOTTERY OFFICE, February 8, 1781.
In pursuance of a Resolve of
CONGRE S, of the 6th instant. The Managers
will continue tb e RENEWAL of TICKETS in the
Fourth Class, until the First Day of March next,
when the Drawing is to commence.
TUESDAY,
VOL. X. 1
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GENERAL ADVERTISER.
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U'anted to Borrow,
Six, Seven or Eight Hundred
P 0 U N D S,
For which good landed Security will be given.
Apply to the Printer.
fail imported from Europe, and to be fold
TO^^TC^X&3®&Wo@o
With regard to ourselves, the practice of smuggling
is altogether inconsistent with the great principle of
equality which ought to prevail among a free people.
Exclusive privileges in trade, established by law, in the
hands of a few, would never be endured' .Why then
ffiould they be enjoyed against law ? Why fhou!d the
man, who is hardy enough to break through the laws
of his country make a profit which he could not ob
tain, if instead of a prohibition the trade were equal
ly open to all men ? If it is right for one to trade, it
is right for another. No man has a right to any pe
culiar privileges.
Enquire at General PHILIP DE HAAS, in Third
ftrert near Race street.
At Mr. Marie's house in Chefnut-ftreet,
CONIAC BRANDY, in barrels of ten gallons
each.
W& ILS T we Were in a state of dependance ch
Great-Britain, smuggling was Considered as ra
ther meritorious than difgraceful. The unconstituti
onal restraints laid on our trade by the Britifli parlia
ment, furnifhed an excuse for eliding the laws of trade,
then in being. Now, that we are governed by our
own laws, this practice becomes highly pernicious ;
yet, such is the force of long eflablilhed habits, that
secret and illicit trade continues to be kotorioufly pur
sued lince the revolution: In fad it has received but
too much countenance from some men, whose example
and influence ought to be exerted in support of the
laws.—Thus, for the fake of a trifling supply of
eloathing, a certain great board are said to have em
ployed agents to trade with the enemy at New-York.
The consequences of this measure have shaken the al
legiance of all the sea coast of Jersey.
To be Sold by Public Sale,
At the COFFEE-HOUSE, on TUESDAY the 27th of
February instant, at 6 o'clock in th* Evening,
A two story Brick House and
Lot of Ground, situate on the weft fide of Second Street,
between South and Shippen.Streets ; the Lot contains
18 feet and a half in front (including an alley nearly ,
feet wide) and in depth 77 feet and a half; the houic
is built in front over the whole of the said alley, arid is
0 feet in depth, with the privilege of the said alley;
lubjea to a yearly gibund-rent of 61. 16s. Bd,cuVrency.
It is now occupied by Mr. John Hamble, who pays a
rent of 40!. specie, per annum; and has agreed to leave
the premises upon one month's warning.
And all other the most admired Bulbous flower# now
in esteem in the best Gardens in Europe. The Bulb#
art flowering Roots, and in excellent condition : Like
wise an excellent parcel of the Rancmculus, Anemones,
&c. Also, a great variety of the most admired FLOW
ER SEEDS, mid a complete affortm?nt of SEEDS for
Ktchen Gardens, of all forts: all which was re jected
last fall, out of the most famous Gardens in HoHand.
Just Imported into this City, immediately
from Holland, A great Variety of
Roots of Flowers,
For the Pleasure Garden; of Bulbous Roots, undoubt
edly the greatest Variety ever imported in America,
such as
Tulips, Hyacinths, NarcefTu% D^adet
Lillies,
A CABLE, ninety fathom long, eight inches in
circumference, and made in France of the belt
hvmp.
- An ANCHOR, weighing one thousand weight'.
MEDICINAL DRU-$-Salts ; Spirits ; Oils f
Meal ; Flowers and Leaves.
By Mr. ROBERTS,
Mr. PRTNTER.
O R, THE-
THE
I know that' many rteflrainfs on trade are injurious•
but surely we ought to be retrained from trading with
an enemy at open war with us. And if the wretch 9
who fends a little butter or beef, or boards, or Sin
gles to New-York, for the fake of hard money, de
serves nunifhment, those men, -who ftrengfhen the
hands of the enemy by large remittances of money ill
exchange for Britifli manufacture, deserve some at
tention. If one or the other of these trades merit
connivance, it fhbuld be that in which the balance
would be in odr favour ; that which would gradually
drain from the enery great fufos of money: not the
trade, in which the balance must ever be against us -
which at once impoverishes us and supplies the enemy
with the most important of all articles, with large
funis of money. We start as theidea of trading with#
New-York : hut I am sure we had better trade there!
than to trade diredly with Great-Britain or Ireland.
Indeed the trading to New York for money, seems to
be in some meifure necessary, in order to procure the
means of remittance for the British goods, we are con
tinually importing. The army, the fleet, the multi
tude of people at New York, pay extravagant prices
for tilings, which are of little value to us. If trading
at all w;th the British be allowable, this is the trade
which we ought to indulge. I do not mean to con
tend, that we ought to trade with the enemy at New-
York. I know there are too many mifehiefs attend
ing it ; but I do insist, that the mifehiefs are ftilft
greater which attend the d ; reft trade with Great Bri
tain and Ireland, and that too without any of the ad
vantages which result from the trade with New-York.
Nothing' can so effectually support the flrength of our
enemies, nothing can so much enable them to pro
traC tthis horrid war, as the supporting their trade,
the furniffiing a market for their manufactures, and
paying for these in ready money. Vet many attempts
have been made of Rte by the people of this Country
to import cargoes directly from Great-Britain and
Ireland ; and these attempts, we are told, have been
crowned with “ amazing" success. To me it would
be truly " amazing,” if the British were disposed to
interrupt this success. I think there is little doubt of
fhis trade's thriving very faft if it be not interrupted
on our part. We know what great men have encou
raged it hitherto.
With regard to our allies, if they have any hopes of
proniting their own trade by a connexion with us; if
they have an, deffre of reaping the fruits of that un
common generosity which they have Ihewn towards us^
what murt their reflections be, when they fee us, even
now, trading with Great Britain ? If, in the midst of a
war, in which they have joined with us for our fupport^
they fee u> hunting, with such eagerness, after Britifli
goods ? What profpeCts can they entertain of trading
with us in time of peace ?
It will be alked, why are not laws made against thiff
trade? At this ver, moment there is a law of this state
in force (the act of 10 September, 1778) which forfeits
all British goods or other goods coming from €he Brit
iffi dominions imported into this flare, one half to the
informer the other half to the commonwealth.'Why
is not this law executed? Because it is odious' to in
form against fmuggh-rs, and because that after the'
goods are once got in amongst us it is very difficult to
make proof. But, if by the laws of Congress it' were
allowed the privateerfmen ^make prize of aWveffels
and cargoes who had Britihi papers,* or who had'de
ftroyed their papers, we ffiould very soon annihilate the
direct trade. As to the circuitous trade for British
goods through St. Euftatia, it m y make the Dutch
our friends while it lasts ; but it will soon come to be r
very inconsiderable, because our allies could afford to
fell either European or Weft-India goods much cheap
er at the firfl hand than the people of Statia could as
second hand. The double ' voyage and dou le*profits
would soon cast the balance in favour of the direct
trade, against that which is circuitous. But if the
British end Americans ffiould mutually connive at a
direct trade between them during the war (and the
Britiflimuft be mad if they do not do it on their part)
the consequence will be, that it will be freed from al
most every rifque, and mus tfoon fwaltow up such as are
liable to the rifque of captures. While British papers,
which it is their intereitto furnifti, exempt them
from seizure by the British cruizers, and at the fame
time do not condemn them in our courts of admiralty,
w-at can hinder the British, in a little time, from hold
ing an exclusive trade with America ?
Your's,
WATERMAN.
At th $ very time too we ar® begging for mortey from
those allies: for moneyto fend to England. We draw
bills upon France they honour them, and these bills'
are negotiated by the way of Holland to pay for car
goes of goods in G'reat- Britain and Ireland. How long
will the French furnilh us with bills for this trade ?
FEBRUARY 27, 1781,
[NUMB. 7u.