The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1781-05-19 00:00:00, page 3

If the executive of the fiate of Pennsylvania think
proper to depreciate their money, b, keeping it tack
ed to continental at half the rqal exchange—if they
think proper to cheat their hcneft citizens, by putting
ii in the power of knayes't o pay their debts with half
the value, ,vbat is all that to us? let us not follow so
weak, so wicked an ,example— we are past the age of
infancy—our iutereft demands it of us—let us think
had aft for ourselves. SCIP 10.
Philadelphia, May 19.
This morning' at eleven o'clock, at the Coffee-Houfe,
ttill commence the Sale of the remainder of the Pro
vince Island Lots.
Since our last the ship Dove, captain Lyon,' arrived
at a fafe port from ti e Havanna; Just before this ves
sel left the Havanna (the 28th ult.) accounts were re
ceived from Pensacola, that fix trading yeffels, "and one
ship belonging to the king of England, were taken by
the Spanish mips of war in Prnfacola bay; That ,the
forces under general Galvez had reduced general
Campbel 1 , commanding the British garrison of Peufa
cola, to the necessity of fending a flag out, to request
permission to surrender the place, and embark with
his troops for England ; but these terms were, refilled
by the Spanish general, who expelled very shortly to
reduce his enemies to surrender at diferetion, as by
accounts from deserters they were exceedingly ftraighf
ened for provifiohs. The next vessels from the Ha
vanna will very probably bring us accounts of the
surrender of Penfaco a to his Most Catholic Majesty's
arms-.
Captain Lyon saw (at the Havanna) a Jamaica pa
per of the sth of April, which mentioned the arrival
of count d'Estaing at Martinico,. with 22 fllips of the
line (French) and a number of Dutch men of war ac
companying them.
On Monday last captain Lyon fa% off the capes of
Virginia, thirty fail of vessels, some of which appear
ed to be very large men of war ; and the next day he
alfo"faw eight more large ships. Two of the firft men
tioned fleet gave chace to the latter for some hours,
under French colours.
A gentleman is arrived in town, who assures us that
he left General Greene's camp, before Cambden, on the
27th ult. which pace the general was in exudation
of reducing in the course of a few days. The garrison
consisted of about 400 Britim troops, and some torie%
under the command of Lord Rawdon, Near 300 dif
affeßed persons, with a number of cattle, &c. destined
for their masters, the British, were taken and brought
into general Greene's camp, before our informant left it.
A. LIST of vessels entered at the Naval Office, since
the 19th day of April, 1781, to this date, with an
account of their cargoes, from whence arrived, and
to whom consigned.
Ship Chatham, Joseph Smith, Cape Francois, 25 hogs
heads. sugar, 853 bags of coffee, consigned to Fran,
cis Marriott..
Brig Neptune, John Burrows, Cape Francois, 200 bar
rels coffee, 6 hogmeads, 30 barrels sugar, also 75 bags
coffee. John Imlay and Peter Raguet.
Br g Society, John Goyau, Cape Francois, 160 bar
rels, 12 bags Coffee, 40 Bogheads, 11 tierces, 188 bar
rels brown sugar, 2 bags cocoa, 3 hoglheads rum.
Safportas & Le Buef.
Schooner Amiable, Davidson Derham, Martinico, 9'
hogmeads brown sugar, 38 hogffieads, 1 tierce rum,
65 bags coffee. C. Paul Raguet.
Sloop Nancy, Joseph jPeafe, Cape Francois, 63 calks
melaffes, 6 barrels coffee. John Walker.
Schooner Polly, Joseph Foster, Turks Island, ifco
bushels fait. John Pringle.
Schooner Happy Return, John Brown, St. Domingo,
17 hoglheads, 33 tierces sugar, 11 tierces taffia. Da
vid Beveridge, P. Sumen, and Mons. Arrive.
Schooner Lively, George Corrie, Havannah, 70 boxes
sugar. Henry Wynkoop.
Schooner Stephen, John Vicary, Havannah, 134 boxes
sugar. Robert Morris, Esq;
Schooner Livingston, John Kelly, Havannah, 201
che% sugar. Robert Mo ris, Esq.
Brig Havannah, Peter Young, Havannah, 238 boxes
sugar. R. Morris, Esq
Brig Virginia, Isaac All, L'Orient, 59 bales, 3 trunks,
11 cases, 69 boxes, 5 hog^cads, 93 barrels, 13 calks
European dry goods, 22 cherts tea. Samuel Inglis
and Company.
Brig Experiment, John Hunn, Havannah, 268 boxes
sugar. William Turnbull,
Brig George, James Montgomery, New Orleans, 117
bales of beaver, 45 bales deer skins, 25 otter skins,
102 wolf Ikins, 1873 racoon Ikins, 3 barrels indico,
and 2 boxes sugar. Philip Mocre.
Brig Two Sifters, P. Croze Magnan, Cape Francois, 6
hoglheads, 3 tierces, 50 bar els sugar, 20 tierces, 50
barrels, 10 bags coffee, 24 tierces taffia. P. Croze
Magnan.
Brig Schuylkill, John Souder, Havannah, 269 boxes
of sugar. John Souder, Philip Moore and Ge rge
Meade and Richard Wifter.
Sloop Merlin, Josiah Hill, Hifpanioh, 73 hogffieads
sugar, 198 bags. Josiah Hill.
Brig Juno, David Campbell, L'Orient, 46 barrels of
hails, 35 bales, 5 trunks, 69 boxes, 38 calk.-, 2 cases
of European dry goods, 18 chests of tea, 400 bags of
fait, 5 pipes, 18 calks brandy. Robert Locks, Charles
Miller, and Benjamin Randolph.
Sloop Bucklkin, John Perryman, Havannah, 205
cherts of sugar. Robert Morris, Esq.
Schooner Phoenix, Joseph Dority, St. Croix, 29 hogs
heads of rum, 3 pipes of Madeira wine. John Pringle.
Brig James, James Armitage, L'Orient, 11 cherts, 43
boxes, 7 k-gs, 1 trunk, 3 bales, 31 bolts of Euro
pean dry goods, 766 bags of salt. John Pringle,
Motif. Fifidin.
Sloop Ruby, John Franchiner, Cape Francois, 23
hogCoeads of sugar, 27 barrels of coffee, 10 t erces
of rum, 60 bowels of falf. John Franchinet.
Brig Elizabeth, Francis Bright, Hifpanioia, 30 Logs
^ads of sugar, 34 tierces taffia, 6 hoglheads me-
Rises, 37 bags of coffee. Thomas Shore'.
Brig Dart, Thomas Davis, Hifpanipla, 36 hoglheads of
sugar, 201 bags of coffee. William Douglass.
Ship Columbia, Thomas Newell, Cape Francois, 64
hogmeads, 50 barrels of sugar, 375 bags of coffee,
92 bales of cotton, ,6 cables, 2 bsles of clpth, 10
bales of canvas, and 50 hogmeads of melaffes. Stew
art and Totton.,,
Ship Ann, James Josiah, L'Orient, i3o biles, 8 trunks,
33 cases, 51 boxes, >2 hoglheads, 1 barrel, 25 talks,
2 baskets of European goods, 65 cherts of tea, 1576
minets of falt.< George Henry and others.
Ship Delaware, John Prole, Grenada,, 162 hoglheads,
2 barrels of rum, 1 barrel of coffee, and 1 barrel
of cocoa. Samuel Inglis.
A CAUTION to Judges and Juries : or, The
Story of Marin.
MARTI N was an honefl, laborious husband
man, near the tpwn of Bar, in Lorrain. A
villain robbed him of hi^ cloaths, and dressed in
them, he flopped a, traveller on the highway, robbed,
and murdered him. Martin was taken up.and charged
with the faft ; the cloaths were the only evidence against
him; neither his former good character, nor his nu
merous family, which he educated virtuously, nor the
little money found in his house, which was a certain
proof of his innocence, could outweigh in the opinion
of the judges the testimony of cloaths. The subaltern
judge made a merit of the rigour: he condemned the
unhappy Martin to be broke upon the wheel. By an
unhappy fatality, the sentence was confirmed i 1 the su
perior court at Tournelle. The poor old man was
broke alive upon the wheel, attesting to God his inno
cence with his last breath. , bis family was dispersed
and ruined, and the small wealth they had, confifeated.
- Scarce were the,broken limbs of this unhappy man ex
posed pro the highway, when the affa rtin, who had
committed .the robbery and murder, was committed to
prison for another crime. He confeffed upon the
wheel, to which lie was condemned, that he was the
person who committed the crime for which Martin fuf
fered.
The above extract from the- Whitehall Evening
Post, dated July 22d, 1780, is so applicable to a late
case in our Supreme Court, that I can only wilh it had
been published sooner. Thomas M'Culley was indict
ed for a,burglary, which he solemnly denied, the evi
dence identifying him, was that a button of the fame
kind, as thole on his cloaths, was found in the cellar,
and there was one button miffing from his coat. Some
circumflances also appeared to shew, that on this dis
covery being made, he Ihewed some confufion, and en
deavoured to conceal it. On the other hand it ap
peared that.thefe were not the cloaths he usually wore,
that he was a,hard working man, tho' not of a very
good character in other ref'pt&s. On this evidence
the Chief Justice charged the jury strongly against
him, dwelling much on the circumstance of the button.
The jury convicted him, and he is now under sentence
of death. The articles stolen Were a turkey, and some
fowls. lam far from censuring his Honour's Charge,
much less contrafling it with that he gave on another
remarkable tryal, tho' I am apprehensive the people
of Pennsylvania will begin to think their laws like
cobwebs, which catch little flies, while big ones break
through. C ATO.
d%^^^&M^4(^ 6%^3^ M 3
A Person possessed of some Va
luable real eltate, having occasion of Two Hundred
Pounds in fp cie, is desirous of borrowing that sum or
more. Unexceptionable security, and the usual inte
rert will he given ; and it is presumed, that the gen
tltman's character will preclude all diffiultics in regard
to tender laws. Any person whom it may suit to ad
vance the money, is requeued to ripply to ASBHETON
HUMPHREYS, at his office, at the corner of Blacks
Horse Alley and Front-street.
TH OM A~S~ TEIPER~,
TOBACCONIST,
TT A S removed from Spruce and Water-streets, to
1 the east fide of Water.ftreet, the seventh door above
Market.-street, where hehas for Sale, Scotch SNUFF
and Manufactured TOBACCO of the firft Qiality.
B^ ITi VE-R-oT1;
In BARRELS and KEGS, of all sizes, TO BE SOLD
by RICHARD WELLS, in Areh-ftreet.
Jacob Morris,
A few doors below Walnut-fireet, in Front-street,
Has Imported for Sale,
By the Ship Ann, Captain jofiah, from L'Orient, A
Parcel of
Excellent India Nankeens,
Flanders Ticking, &c.
TO BE S O L-D7-
A convenient good brick dwel
ling Houft and L t of Ground, containing about one
Acre, with a Mi k Houte, Chair Hcufe and large Sti
bles, pleasantly situated at Green Bmk, cn the river
Del^wate, in Burlington : Also, Several Lots of good
Meadow Ground and Upland, on part of wlich is a
bearing Orchard of choice Fiuit ; the whole cent in
ing «bout 45 Acres, situate a (mad distance from cue
house, which Lots may he purchased together or se
parately. Any person indining to purchase, may view
the Premises, and expe& a good title. Eaf, terms of
}«vment may be had for the greater part of the reo
n^y. Encore of RICHARD WELLS, or WHITE
MA.TLA\ K, in Philadelphia, or SAMUEL ALLI
SOX, in ^aniugten#
Philadelphia, May 18, 1781.
O 1 2 FRIDAY Next,
The 25th inftint. at Twelve o'clock at noon, at the
.Cc ffeerHoufe,
Will be Sold by Public Auction,
The PRIVATEER BRIGANTINE
Rattle - Snake,
With all her Guns,' Tackle, Apparel, and
Furniture, agreeable to an inventory to be seen at the
place of. fair; being a prize taken by the privateer ship
RISING SUN, Captain CASSON.
By Order of the Court of Admiralty,
CLEMENT BIDDLE, Marshal.
Newport, May 16, 1781.
Purfuaht to an Order of his ho
nour the Judge of the Admiralty for the Delaware
State,
WILLBE SOL D,
At the Town of LEWI S, in Sussex county,
On Fuefday the 2 2d inJiant,
May, at TEN o'Clock in the Forenoon, by VENDUE,
For ready Money, The
CARGO
Cf the Prize Brigantine Endeavour:
Confining of a large Quantity of JAMAICA SPIRIT,
and Twenty hx Hogfh rads of SUGAR.
Also, at Seven o'clock, the fame Evenings
WILL BE SOLD, The afore^id
Brigantine Endeavour,
W:th ail hor Tackle, Apparel and Furniture; agree
able to an Inventory to be seen at the Time ot Sile.
, GEORGE LATIMER, Marfral.
George Kline, Printer,
In Front hreet, rear Arch- ftr^et, Philadelphia,
B EGS leave to inform the Public, that
be will furnifh Genlemen (in town ar coun ry)
w th any one, or all of the NEWS-PAPERS printed in
this c;ty, by the Month, Quarter or Year; and aho
Post-riders, S age men or others, who may want Pa
pers for th ir Employers in the country, and will call
on him, may a' ways be supplied with the fame.
N. B. The utmuft Attention will be paid to Letters
on this Business, the Expence of which letters he experts
will be defrayed before they come to his hands.
Wanted to hire in a small Family,
where two men servants are kept, a W OMAN to
COOK, sweep .Rooms and help to Walh ; none need
apply who cannot be will recommended. Enquire of
the Printer.
EIGHT hard Dollars Reward.
RAN away from the sloop M rlin, on Wednesday,
the x^th instant, A NEGRO MAN, whe gees by
th, n^me of CAROLINA; about five feet high,
a person <ble Negroe, and of a jett black, is remark
ahle fcr red eyes, and hit legs a little crooked. He has
been ofed to wait on a Gentleman, and can dress hair.
Had on when he went away a pair of spotted breeches,
a waistcoat without sleeves, and a l;r.,e round hat.
Any person will bring the said Negroe to the a b
mentioned floo), or to the Printer hereof, (hall receive
the above Reward.
N. B. All matters of vessels and others, are hereby
requested not to harbour the laid Negroe at their peril.
If he will return he will be gracio. fly received by his
master, anl no punishment infixed on him.
Stray Horses and Cattle, on Province Island;
NTOIICE is hereby riven/ to all owners of hoifes and
cattir, now on Province Ilhnd, to withdraw the
fame without further delay, otherwise they will be
taken up and dealt with according to law.
To be LETT or RENTED,
FIFTY acres of Meadow (part of the said island) but
principally up-land, with a good dwelling thcreor,
consisting of various rooms, a barn, kitchen, cellars
and loft, wih a very farce b rn and (tables. With this
land will be let at the fame time, the Ferry across the
river Schuylkill, and a very valuable fifhery. The
whole together or separate. Enquire of Mr. Selles, at
the late Mr. Demon's store, in Water- street, between
Market and Archer >ts, Philadelphia.
To COVER THIS SEASON,
At Point No-Point, on the farms late the property of
Robert Hopkins, descaled,
A beautiful young Bay llorfe,
out years old, full tlmd, above 15 hands high 0 It
i^ proP^te he fliell CTer only fifteen mares, such as
the fubicriber thinks proper. The price is Five Gui
neas for each mire tor the season, and a Crown to the
gro m. His pedigree will he given to theft who fend
tueir miresJOHN BAILS.
Goou graft and cirefai attendance given to such
marts as ra^y he lent on the farm.
A creditable Woroan, with a good breast of
Milk, that cen be rI re on in n^er % vont< to take a
Child to marie Com : reputable F;ro : ly. „;e other
ned appl . Ergfre of the printer.