The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1783-08-14 00:00:00, page 2

N ^ TV Y O R K, February 6, t,7^
Fxtraft of , letter, frdm good Authority, dated Lon
don, December 9, 1777.
" The account of general Burgoyne's treaty with
Mr. G^es, arrived when the two houses of parliament
sv re filing, and in the warmrh of high debates. You
may imagine shat the fiends of government were much
c # nhmmfcd"ajo flagger-d% Rich a fllock ; but you
cannot imagine how forioufly illiberally and indecent
ly oppofrion triumphed on the occasion; opening and
roaring like so may'bull.doge against adminiHratiob.
Tucking, God bteis him, for we never had a better
one, and no other nation had ever fa go an ope, who
f e^ ev&v calamity and misfortune of his people, was
g-eat'lfo&fted• but with that magnanimity which
driin^u^hts his charader, he soon declared that such
a cufe should never be given up, that this lots must
be retrieved by greater and more vigorous exertions,
and that ^e would even, “ Sell Hanover and all his
private eha'e before he would desert the cause of his
loyal Yh©itan lubjeHsSho had fullered so much for
him."
qr O be SCLD by order of the King's Privy Counsel
* and Adv:ye of the Miniflerial Junto.
A ROYAL CROWN,
for the benefit, advantage and support of those mife
raide dependants termed the loyal refugees, who not
having the love of their country at heart, but ioftigat
ed by the malice of George th'e third, the true rep.-e
---feivative cf his fatannic majehy, did voluntarily enter
bib service, for which purpose they fled to the protedi
brief an arbi rary power, to aid and support the de
fgn of I is majesty's minifteriai myrmidons, mercenary
cu -throats, ponderers, fheep-flealers, town-burners,
fc^perf, thieves and robbers, under the command of
genera's Gae< , Howe, and such other generals as his
rirajedy has behn pleaded to appoint in succession for
the gracious intention of subjugating these Bates to his
obediet e, command and pleasure.
ATd as his'majedy did vow, swear and promise in
presence of the mitred Ipiritual house of Cornuted quad
rupeds, that he would ^ll h s Crown and all his eflate
in Hanover to catry on the war, and support those his
loyal fubjeSs who were endeavouring to carry his mea
lures into execution—and as he has most unfortunate
ly failed in all his attempts, whereby he finds himfelf
greatly reduced and under the difagreeab'e necessity of
f drag his Crown and Hanoverian patrimony, to lessen
that part of the national debt which includes the pen
fi mary support of these hungry mifereants, who have
no ether place for fanftuary than the wing of majefly,
or the slotted ihbres of Porfsßofew^y.
That the purchaser may not be deceived in his bar
gain. notice is now given that there are in fling thir
teen brilliant Bars which formerly belonged to this
crwn, ^nd fell from it about eight years agb in a fruit-
Ffs attempt to defiroy the liberties of America, ty
v rich v eans be loft the confidence and affections of all
his then fubje^s, another of its brightest gems.— The
purchaser will ado take notice, that this crown will not
Lit any read, bring a icon's cap, he would therefore
do well to find ahead it might fit, if good fortune can
odea him to one that would choose to wear it after
the many spots and fiains it has received from the ex
cremeotitious exudations of a very watry porous pe
rhrantum, on which it has been placed for 23 year#,
but tor want of a proper cultivation has not been
known to flourish, being choak'd with the weeds of
disgrace, bribery and corruption. The conditions of
fab art, ihe highest bidder to be the owner, provided
he lives in the limits of the kingdom of Little Britain,
Scotland or Ireland as in any other kingdom such a
Crown would not be worn. No American is allowed to
bid, bec use, if carried to that par sos the world it would
ftiare the 'ate of tre Eatt India company's tea, as that
fauhful triumvirate, Bernard, Hutchinfun and Paxton,
wii the aid or military butchers would not be there
to save it : —Nothing but filter or gold will be taken
in payment, as pa er money has been grea% counter
feited at the royal mint by advice and content of king,
16.ds and commons, to frustrate and perplex the Ame
ricans in carrying on the war. Payment must be made
in 24 hour , ^ the money is greatly wanted to fatidy
the craving demands of those hungry mifereants who
have been long living on theroyal bounty,and whom go
vernment are defirousof Staking off as dead, cumbrous
weight from their shoulders.
N B. The place of sale to be at St. George's Fields,
Where the firfl tragedy of, British tyranny was aded.
I R E L A N D.
DUBLI N, June 10.
Yeflerday, at a full board of his' majesty's most ho
norable privy council, it was determined that his ex
cellency ilie lord lieutenant should give directions to the
co^rriffioners of the revenue, to accept bonds for the
ammonal dutieson the importation of all corn and
gra> , ground, or unground, until the 15th of Sep
tember, on the faith, that government will early recom
mend the cancelling of those bonds to the legislation
0: inis kingdom, it appearing from the returns made,
pursuant to the directions of earl Temple, that there
-was not in many parts of this kingdom a fufficieot
^umtuy to last until ha r vest ; and a king's letteris
allo recommended for a sum of money to be paid in
bounties of 5s a barrel, on the firft 30,000 bar
rels of oats or barley, and 35. 6d. on the firft
10 000 barrels of wheat imported in the public
markets. r
C O R K, June 12.
Extract of a letter from Newry, to a gentleman of
this city, dated May 2, 1783.
' I fear we shall have many lives loft for want of
provisions. The human mind cannot form an ade
quate idea of the drfireflea of the poor here at present.
Famine begins already to threaten us with deflruHion,'
and every countenance is Strongly marked with dejec
tion and horror. If provisions could be conveyed
here at present, they would fell at any price."
Loft on, July ar;
Upon an Object of Public Concern.
Among the articles of exportation to Europe from
New-England, masts, spars, &c are like to be of
particular importance. The encreafe of commerce and
naval armaments among the nations, has enhanced
gradually t%e price of those articles in Norway and the
northern parts of Europe; which price will probably
be dill further augmented by the growing demand. It
is not eaTy to fay to what height it may arise in the
course of years. Long ago, Britain paid particular
attention to this matter, and continued to do so till
the war commenced ; — demonstrating by her conduct,
that flie considered her naval pow< r not a little interefled
in it. Trees of a particular dimension, in New-Eng
land, were declared by an aft of the Britilh parliament,
to belong to the king, though they grew in lands tl at
were private property. The cutting such trees, and
applying them to any private use, was forbidden un
der a Severe penalty = and the king of England had
an officer called surveyor of the woods, with deputies
under him, all paid by the crown, to enforce a Arid
observation of this aft. It is to be wished, that the
naval power of France, to which we are fb greatly in
debted for the happy establishment ofour independence,
may receive some compensation from our trade and
our woods. lam reminded of this fubj'&by a vessel
being loaded with mafis, from this quarter for England
since the peace. The present, I think, is the time for
Congress to take this matter into confederation, in or
der to prevent the premature cutting of trees;---and
at the fame time to allow France as many advantages
in this article as circumflances will permit.
I could wish, that trees, of such a dimension, might
be left, every where, to the disposal of Congress, for
the Amer can navy ; or to part with at the discretion of
Congress, to powers particularly friendly to America;
trufiing, that our obligations to Franceconnot focn be
forgotten.
Formerly the prohibition of cutting trees was eluded;
the proprietor ofjhe land having a flrong temptation
from his private interest, often cut them before th^y
had quite attained the prescribed dimension. Tre
surest way of obtaining them is to make it the interest
of the proprietor to allow the trees to grow to the larg
ed fize,--which will naturally be effe&ed by the en
hanced price; and if needed, by a Small additional
premium.
" ° ° "' August r,
Sunday last arrived two schooners from Virginia
with oats. 6 '
And on Tuesday arrived a sloop from North-Caro
lina, with corn.
BENNINGT O N, (Vermont) July 31
By a gentleman who arrived in town yeflerday from
Crown-Point, we learn, that his excellency general
Washington, (after having made a tour to Crown- Point)
has returned to Albany on his way to the army.
The fame gentleman informs, that the honorable
major general baron Steuben, passed Crown-Point a
few days since, on his way to Canada. He is fa id to be
on a tour to view the mod proper places to eftabhih
garrisons on the frontiers, from the latitude of 45 deg.
north on the lake Champlain on the late established line
to the mouth of the river Miffifippi, for the defence of
the frontier#. The greatefl honor is due to this gentle
man for his lingular services in the display of his mod
consummate abilities in eftablifliing complete discipline
in the American army.
N E W-H A V E N, July 13.
" The fatal effefts of the bite of a Mad-Dog.
" On the 29th day of May, a boy about three years
and a half old, son of Mr. Samuel Sanford, of New
Minford was bit by a mad-dog: the wound net being
very great, was quickly healed, and the child appear
ed pretty wt|l for five weeks ; then he was taken with
frequent ravines to vomit, but did not bring up any
thing but a little frothy matter; would often sigh very
deeply, which soon entreafed to an unusual groaning
noise: in a few hours ie refufed all kinds of food;
and even toe bare fight of drink threw him into great
difirefe. He fo^n became very restless, tn that degree
as to keep in continual motion, wringing, flirting,
and crying out. All the above fyinptoms continued
to ercr afe 'till his difirefs rose to such a degree, that
it w uid Tequtnfly cai fe him to flart upon his feet,
and jump upon h, floor for some time, and froth at
the mouth. Thus he continued about forty hours,
from the time he was taken ill, and then expired.
“ It is to be observed, that through the whole, the
child had his reason as well as could be expe&ed, cnn
fidering bis ^xnu^re diftrfs ; and never manife fted
the leaf! inclination of turting any arhbnd him."
A few day* since a mad-dog was killed in the neigh
bourhood of the printer.
Receipt for the bite of a Mad-Dog.
Take of the leaves of rue, picked from the flalks
and bruihd, fix ounces; garlick, picked clean and
bruised fix ounces; venice treacle, or mithridate, and
scrapings of pewter, of each four ounces. Boil all
over a flow fire, in two quarts of firong ale, until one
pint is consumed. Strain it, and keep it in a bottle
close flopped, and give of it nine fpoonfuls warm to
the person seven mornings successively — Six fpoonfuls
will cure a dog, and nine days after the bite apply
some of the ingredients to the wound.—Ten or twelve
fpoonfuls may be given to a horse or bullock, and from
three to five to a sheep or hog.
Augud 6. " Last Friday evening a little before 9
o'clock, a very remarkable phenomenon in the Heavens
was seen here. It was a homogeneous light, resembling
in some degree, the Aurora Borealis, though different
from it on account of its refrangibility and situation.
Its colour was lucid, and its form like a semi-circle,
which was about three times as broad as the rainbow.
Its extention was from the eaflern to the wefiern edge
of the horizon. It crossed the meridian a little south
of tie zenith, and its duration was about twenty mi
nutes." '
N E W-Y O R K. Auguffn;
Saturday morning the King George transport arriv
ed here from Falmouth, which place she left the zotb
of June ; at that time we are told, the definitive treaty
was not signed. Another large transport failed from
Portsmouth three days before the King George.
Yeflerday evening arrived the thip Cruger, from
Briflol; an Imperial flip from Oftend, an American
fllip, and three transports.
The public are defir^d to take notice, that there are
a number of counterfeit Spanish dollars now in circu
lation both in town and country: they ar* dated id
1780 and 1781 ; are remarkably well executed, but
found rather sharper than the genuine fort.
Philadelphia, August 14.
This day the honorable the General A ffembly of this
commonwealth meets here, agreeable to adjournment.
An article in a late English paper, dated Vienna
13, fays, " The emperor has appointed M. Belein
“ to be his minifler in North-America, in order to
" conclude a treaty of commerce between the heridita
" ry dominions of his Imperial majefly and that new
" republic."
Yeflerday afternoon arrived here, the ship Ann,
captain Edmonftone, in seven weeks from Cork, (with
paffmgers) and the brigantine Two Brothers, captain
Falkner, in eight weeks from Falmouth.
Yeflerday afternoon arrived here the brig —
captain ^ , frem Charlefiown, South-Carolinat
In her came passengers, brigadier general Wayne, ma
jor Fifhbourne captain Armstrong, and several other
gentlemen. We are sorry to inform the public, that
the general is at prtent so much indisposed as to be
confined to his bed ; but we hope his native air will re
flore him to that date of health which he has, until'
lately, enjoyed, and which has enabled him to performs
so many essential services for his country•
Extraft of a letter from Point- Petre, (Guadeloupe)
to a gentleman in this city, dated July 15th.
"When going with the linguist to the commissary
of this place, to enter the vessel and cargo, he refufed
giving us permilhon to fell or land it, it being fettled
by the police that no American vessel can fell any
flour unless she comes from France, or under French
colours from America. We informed him that it was
impossible for us to put to sea without repairing our
vessel, as she proved very Laky, and it would be inju^
rious to both crew ; nd cargoe; upon this he replied
that he must give us assistance in this case, and if we
would land the cargo in a flore, that he would order
the custom-house officer to take a key, and we to have
another. Sugar, coffee, cotton and cocoa are prohi
bited ; molasses and rum are the only articles here al«
lowed tb be shipped to America."
Extras from the JOURNAL of the
United States in Congress assembled.
TUESDA Y, June 17, 1783.
Congress took into confederation the report of the
committee appointed to enquire fully into the proceed
ings of the office of finance-; and the 'ame being read.
Ordered, that it be entered on the journal, as fefc
lows:
" The committeeappointed to examine into the trafo
aliens of rhe office of finance, having completed that
enquiry to the ill of January, 1783, report,
That ir appears to them the business of that office
hs been conduded with great abili y and assiduity, in
a manner highly advantageous to the United States
and in conformity with the sy stem laid down by Coni
grefs.
In the course of this enquiry, the committee have
found, that since the appointment of the fuperintend
ant of finance, the public accrunrs of receipts and
expenditures have been regularly and punctually kept -
that many of theaccounts which preceded this inflitu
tion have already been fettled, and most of the others
put into a train of adjufiment.
That all the perlons who have been entrufled witfr
public money, under the present appointment, have
been regularly called upon for an account of its ex
penditure, and that their accounts have all been fur
nifhed, excepting only the quartermaster general, the
purveyor of the hospitals, the late commissary general
of prisoners, and the account of issues of cloathing from
the cloathier general. The reasons which have pre
vented the settlement of their accounts will appear in
their correspondence with the fuperintendant on that
fubjed.
The committee find, by the correspondence of the of
fice, that the states have ail been called upon for an
account of the fpecifics by them refpc&ively supplied
for the use of the continent, but that no answers have
yet been given nor any accounts furnifh d; and that a
number of people who have heretofore been intrufted
with public money do Bill neglect or refufe to fettle
their accounts, and that for want of laws in the several
dates the fuperintendant has it not in his power to com
pel them to a proper settlement.
In examining the reforms which have been made in
the public expenditures, the attention of the commit
tee was necessarily called to the expenditures of former
years, for the particulars of which they refer to the
papers C, No. 1 to 7; in comparing these expendi
tures with the present, and making every allowance
for the difference of times and circumflances, the com
mittee are of opinion, that the order and cecooomy which
has been introduced £nce the eflablifhment of this of
fice, ha. been attended with great savings of public
money, as well a,many other beneficial conferences.
Among other reforms they find, that in the depart
ment of commissary of issues, no leß than 250 persons
were difeharged, who'e pay (exclusive of rations for
themselves and their horses) amounted to 126,300 dol
lars per annum< That in one iuflance, a demand was
made for 1000 tons of bay for the post of Philadelphia,
of which 10 tons only were granted. The residue be
ing rendered unnecessary by the new arrangement.
They find, that under the present adminifirafi
on the whole sum which has been brought into the