The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1778-01-07 00:00:00, page 1

G E N LR A L
By His Excellency
GEORGE WASHINGTON, Esq ;
General and Commander in Chief of the
Forces of the United States of
America.
T"} Y virtue of the power and dircc
tion to me especially given, I
hereby enjoin and require all persons
redding within seventy miles of my
He:d Quarters to thresh one half of
GEr gr tin by the firft day of Febru
ary, and the other half by the firft
Aw of March next ensuing, on pain,
ode of failure, of having all that
remain in (heaves after the period
U. c mentioned, seized by theCom
michrics and Charter- Matters of the
army, and pdd for as Straw.
G IFF N under my band, at Head
Barters, rear the Valley Forge,
in i'hiladHybia County, this 2otb
day°f December, 1777.
G. WASHINGTON.
By His Excellency's command,
Robert IF Harrison, Sec.
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COPY of ar intercepted LE7 7E R from a
Gentleman witnin to a Gentleman without.
Philadelphia, December 10, 1777.
Dear Friend,
TA M very uneasy at not bearing from you
since l wrote last. I hope no accident hath
ha pened to prevent our correspondence. My
far h u Dot, I am sure, carried my letter to the
old place ; and though he has been frequently
there for an answer, no answer hath yet come.
Jt would be of dangerous consequence to me
fhou!d our letters be intercepted ; for, as 1
write to on wTh great freedom, many of my
f'Timents would render me obnoxious to either
fide of the quettion. I hope, therefore, you
continue the precaution of burning what 1 write
as foor. as you have read it.
Nothing very extraordinary hath happened
here since the grand affair—l mean the reduc
tion of Fort Mifflin- -I his gave a transitory
relef to the finking spirits of the roval army,
ard 0 the yet more drooping hopes of the friend,
0 that army. I iy nothing of the little fkir
r Fes tear ave ha, ,ened since—but that the
FTt. . # n th : s fide far exceed the value of the
1 vices d ne. A packer hath lately arrived
£ ? rA^d—The intelligence (he brings is
} - very r.et; hut, by all appearances, it is
r ag e.bk—A ' French war is much
exp^^w: f not actually declared. In ffiort,
rvfriend, i muff confefs, I begin to wish I
1 not tak a he pirt I have. Things here
wear avc << irerent afpeEt from what 1 expect
ed—l am much disappointed in the characters
of triete 7 rquerors of the World. I thought
] fhoul have found their justice and humanity
cr. othe fame of their prowess : At least, i
hoped ney would have treated those, who have
leT all to follow tiem, with some degree of
refpe& and attention. But the case is realh
fcr other wife. All the favour shewn us is the
liberty of being plundered as friends to the
WEDNESDAY, J ANU ARY 7 , i 7 73.
Crown and not as rebels, and offtarving in the
streets instead of starving in a gaol. Oh, my
friend. 'how (hall I tell you the pain I have
fuffered, the relentment ' nd on feeing the
treatment of the prisoners brought in here. The
provision we make for our unfortunate brethren
Seldom reaches their hungry mouths---and once
in particular that Caco-O^mon Cunengbum,
who kept the New Prison, tarried in to them
a veffcl of broth, and kicking it over with his
feet, diverted himfelf with feeing the Carving
wretches lay on their bellies and lap their food
from off the earth. These things, it muff be
confeff:d, are at least worked at by the Great
General---and these things finite my heart so,
that I can have no rett. The General himfelf
is seldom seen. His debauchery and the im
morality of his characie is ditgufting to those
who with to befriend him. Mr. G -y visi
bly w ars a discontented mind. The whisper
is, that the General having drawn from him
all the fervi^es he is able to render, begins to
nett him with more referee than his pride can
brook. He has been apy for him in Congress
and a pilot to this city, and having no more in
his newer is become rather a burden to the
Great Man, who, it is aid, wishes to get de
cently rid of him. The General, however, in
order to save appearances, has made him Super
bitmdant-General. A benefaction that partakes
^ ^ o' found than fubl'./Ace: as the new Su
perintendent may travel round his whole do
main in less than an hour, and holds even that
little on a very precarious footings Notwith
standing the fide I have visibly espoused, I look
on this man with contempt and horror. The
A---ns are insolent beyond bearing, and cow
ardiv to a ridiculous degree; Every little alarm
throws them into despair; arid every little suc
cess gives them an opportunity of (hewing what
tyrants they would be, had they power equal
to their inclinations. The cringing, bowing, .
sycophantic S y, and the unprincipled
H s who has a patent for manufacturing
and retailing Intelligence Extraordinary for his
Majesty, compleat the circle of Howe's parti
cular friends in this city.
You will wonder to fee me write in a stile so
different from what you might expe&---I am
still attached to my King, and am detirous of
supporting the fovereigoty of the Crown, as
far as I can ; but I cannot go all lengths with
thle instruments of vengeance, and the cries
of mv fuffering countrymen have melted my
heart.' The truth is, 1 am sick of these new
prote&ors, and am determined to take the firft
opportunity of throwing niyfelf on the mercy
of mv country. It will be in your power to
pave the way for a good reception, by spread
ing it about amongit your acquaintance that I
am more of a Whig than people imagine—that
you are sure I secretly with well to my country,
and that you believe my chief motive for flay
ing in town was to give all the friendly affift
ar.ee I could to the prisoners-—and you may
with truth assert that 1 have adually been very
Serviceable in this way; with many other apo
logies-for my condu&, which your friendfhip
for me will suggest. I hope to fee you e'er long,
and expert that many reputed Tories will fol
low my example---In Ihort, 1 find myfelf in the
wrong box, and wish to get right before it is
too late. I am, &c.
L. L.
P. S. Should any alarm happen your way
before I fee you, pray fend my box of papers
to our friends in Northampton.
re^otera^^^^^^^
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THE
ADVERTISER.
Richmond ToiLnfoip, Berks County, Dec 29, 1777.
CA M Eto the fubferiber's plantation, in
'aid Township, on the ioth day of OAoter last,
a dark bay MAR E, forhewhat of a mouse colour,
about eleven years o'd, near sixteen hand* high,
branded on both shoulders thus P, shod all rsund,
paces and trots. 7,e owner of said Mare is hereby
r^quefted to come, pove his property, pay charge#
and take her away in fix weeks after this date, other
wise the will be fold by public vendue to pay the
charges of keeping, &c.
§ ° SAMUEL ELY.
FIFTY DOLLARS reward.
M^7 HEREAS the fubferiber fom? time ago de-
Yy livered a B O X, containing about 580 yards
of Calico and about 150 d r l of gold and silver Basket
Buttons, to a certain Mr. J hn Cummine, of South-
Caiolina, to be delivered at Philadelphia $ And as
rh. sod Nov was not come to haul when me pn^,.,
took peff ffion of Philadelphia nor hath the said Mr.
Cummine gave notice a^^.flhr or any other place
where the said box hr re by offer the
above reward to anvgide info;marioni
thereof, or of thrraid^Nqn^^Rhe, to Mr. Ben
jamin Davis, at Leb^^^^^^noncafter.
t ?%KgFPORTER.
Laric«fier, Dec 29'h, 1777.
IN obedience to a Refol/c of Assembly, The
Committee 0 Public Accounts hereby give notice
to all persons accountable for Public Monies in their
hin is, Thit they have appointed Monday the 12th cf
January next, to in et atrthe Court-House in Lancaf
ter§ where they will continue to fit from day to day,
till the end of the month, in order to fettle the public
accounts. And all former or present County Treasur
ers, Colleaors of Excite, County Lieutenants, and o
thers conce?ned, whole Accounts have not either been
finally fettled by former Committees, or adjusted by
the lite Committee of Alf mhly to September last, are
hereby required to attend at the time and place above
meniione>, to exhibit their refpe&ive Accounts, and
pay the Balances. Those who do not comoly with
this Notice, will certainly be treated as Public Defaults
ers, with the utmost rigour o't h e Law.
JAMES READ.
JOSEPH GARDNER.
JAMES ANDERSON.
LUDWICK LAWMAN.
PHILIP MARSTELLER.
WAS FOUN D,
The day arer Christmas, on the Horse shoe road,
about (even or eight miles from Lancaster,
AN E W 800 T. The owner by applying to
the Prints, proving his property and paying
charges may have it again,§
W A S F GU N D,
On the z4'h day of June last, between Col. Gibbons's
arid Brandywine Meering-h^ufe, Chester County,
A SILVER WATCH. The owner, by ap
a Ik plying to SAMUEL Holliday, living near said
Meeting House, proving his property and paying
charges, may have it again.
NB The raid Watch was some time age advertised
in a Philadelphia paper. ft
To be SOLD by PRIVATE SALE,
C EVERAL HOUSES in Queen-street, the ccr
° ner of Oran ge street, in Lancaster. For further
particulars enquire of the owner on the premises.
MATTHIAS GRAEFF.
Claret in hhds. and barrels, and Alhim, for sale.
Lancafler, December 29, 1777.
NOTICE is hereby given, by order of
the Quarter-Matter General, That on Thurs
day the rid of January next will be fold at public sale,
at Mr. George Reihm's, the sign of the White Horse,
on Lancaster road, three miles from Reading, about
One Hundred HORSES, for cash to be paid on
the foot.
Those that have loft horses are desired to appear be
fore the day of sale, prove their property before a Ma
gistrate, pay charges, and have them delivered by
t JACOB HILTZHEIMER.
T n B ~ E S OLD,
* HOUSE and LOT, with a stable thereon,
situate in Main-ftrect, Lancaster. Enquire of
the Printer.t