The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1783-09-23 00:00:00, page 2

P A R I 3, April rttbfl7to
Mr. Anthon is just arrived from Vienna with his
wonderful Automaton which plays at chefs. This
machine represents the figure of a man in natural
size, in Torkifh dress, setting behind a table upon
which the ci,els are Banding, He plays a game wftn
any person in the company. Before be begins, Mr.
Anthon opens the lower part of the table to (hew the
interior machinary which consists in wheels, cylinders
and springs of all kinds. After having (hut the table
the Automaton begins the game, extending his hand
to one piece, taking it with his fingers and transport
ing it upon another place, after which he opens bis
sing eis and draws his hand back to rest it upon a cn-
Ih on w ich lays before -him. When he gives check
to his adveifary, lie makes it known by three signs
wth hi- head for the king, and two for the queen.
If is adversary by millake or design makes a falfe
Pep, he (hikes his head, and taking the stone, which
wis wrong, he puts it back in its old place, bet then
his adversary is not allowed to play a second time,
but the Automaton continues the game. When one
of the players is checkmat, he refufes to continue and
Ihakes his head, it mull be observed that he plays
extremely well, and that a common player will cer
tainly loose the game with him.
The author of this masterpiece of human ingenuity,
is a major general in the Außrian service.
BOST 0 N, September 's.
Extract cf a letter from Machias, dated Aug. 111.
“ Mr. Ai,ee has made application to colonel Stil
man fir powder for the Indians, and has receive
„lb. which he is to return or account for — —AKo,
he inform me, that he understood that there had been
a dispute between the Indians at St. John's, and the
new fritters (not to call them refugees)in Neva-Scotia,
in which there fill fix of the former, and eight of the
latter : this he had from a man he saw at'Qyody, from
St. John's.— It is expected that a number of families
w/l f on lie at St. An frew's."
A number of families from Baguaduce is expeHed
every hour, to fettle a township at St. Andrew's:—if
some flips are not soon tvkto by the Bates, to pre
vent thote pells of society fettling in the bay of Fas
famaquady, all that advantageous part of the country
for filhing, umber and furr, wid be fettled by Brit sh
luojca. Toe threats already hove out by feme
wretches, demonflrates, what the fubje&s of the Unit
ed States may expefl. Teds fettlemeat is twenty
mis w-ftward of the river St. Croix.
Sep ember it. The infamous Samuel Ely, after hav
ing for a long time dißurbed the peace of the commu
nity as much as was in his power, was a few days since
t^ken up for horse Healing.
WORCESTER, (Massachusetts) Sept. 6.
His excellency the governor has issued a procla
mation offering a reward of one hundred pounds for the
difcovry of the author or outhors of an anonymus
letter, found at the door of oneg of proprietors of the
long-wharff, in Boston, threatning to set the wharff and
Bores on fire, unless all shop keepers, retailers, grog
idlers, &c. cease to continue thereon.
N E W-L ONDO N, September 12.
Lift ha urday, being the 6th of September, com-pleat
ed two years since an army of Eritifh troops under the
command of that infamous traitor to his country, Bene
dict Arnold, plundered and burnt the towns of New-
Lrndon and Groton, and massacred the garrison of
fort Griswold: on this occasion, a well adapted dis
course was delivered in laid fort to a large and aliened
auditory by the reverend Mr. Hart of Preflon, from
the following words, " Then Abner called to Jacob
and (aid, fliall the (word devour forever? knowett thou
not that it will be bitterness in the latter end ?" ii.
Sam. 2. 26.
HAR TFO R D, September 15.
Fy a gentleman who has just arrived from Port Rofe
\ way, in Nova-^cotia, we are favoured with the fol
lowing authentic intelligence,— That the refugees who
have gone t ere are in great distress. -They have no
provisions except what they are supplied with from
their royal maker's flores.—The country is so rocky,
cold and barren that they will cot be able to raise pro
visions enough to (upport those that have already arri
ved there.- -One ha f of tnofe that arrived there in the
lad flee- from New York, are gone off in order to seek
fheter at fyme other place...- T ry have not one house
built and hrifhed in their metropolis, (Shelburne) but
are obliged 0 ire in fhds built of barks and a few
boards 1 here is now 1 bout 1500 refuge s there, one
ball of which are N gro 3, who nave begun to be mu
tinous, a d threatl murder the w its inhabitants;
a number 01 Britiih croups are gone from Halifax to
prated the myulifts from tue insults of the servants they
" No news here but that of evacuation. This is
hourly talked of, and occasions a variety of phyfi,g
nomic, laughable appearances.— Some 1 ok fmiiing,
others melancholy, a third cafs mad. To hear their
conversation would make you feel merry : some there
ate who represent the cold regions of Nova-Scotia as a
new-created Pradife, others as a country unfit for
any human being to inhabit. Tories are vexed with
tories; tiny cufe the powers to whom they owe al-
Itgimce, and thus render themselves rebelious ; they
profefs wonderful concern about the new Rates, ap
prehmfre we may m time get to wrefliing With and
boxi 4 g eich other till the blood comes. , who
from pediing in their own country have made fortunes
here mean to Ray ; while hundreds, of ten thousand
times mi re virtue, are obliged to fly."
Wed^efday lafl ttie Heihan regiment de Seitz, toge
ther %iurhe whole f the German troops Rationed in
ris garrison, should from hence for brem^rkhe, in
Germany.
[P ROVIDENC E, September 9.
ExtraO of a letter from New York.
HALIFAX, August 8
have endured to abscond from their niafters in the
United States. An 'American vessel arrived there a few
weeks finer, the captain of which thought proper to keep
the United States colours flying in the harbour, on the
inhabitants feeing them they went on board and ordered
him to ftricke them, but he not being willing to comply
'with their request, they (after abusing him and his
hands greatly) hauled them down and tore them in
pieces.
There is now at Halifax part of 10 British regiments,
some of which are soon to he discharged..- Six regi
ments m^re are hourly expected there from New-York.
The Torbay, a 74, and the Cyclops frigate are gone
home in order to be condemned.—The Torbay is the
oldest ship belonging to the British navy. They dis
charged ten Americans in Halifax, that had been taken
three years ago, and obliged to do duty on board the
Torbay ever since, but the captain wae so generous as
togive them an order to receive their whole pay-^ —-
Four of them belonged tc Conneeicut.
CHATHA M, September 17.
The -convention which met at Middletown in Coh
neßicut, the.3d infl. in order to obtain a redress of the
grievance of commutation- ,have adjourned to the
.goth.
On Tuesday arrived here in 14 days from Guaia -
loupe, the (chooner Willing Maid, by which we learrt
that a frigate with 520 recruits arrived from Old France
the day before sh? failed; and that upwards of 50
dewelling houses, besides floras, wharehoufes, and other
buildings, were lately confirmed by 16r.e in the town of
St. John, in An'igua.
Philadelphia, Sept. 2%
When Mr. Van Berkel, minister plenipotentiary
from their High Mightinesses the States General of cue
United Netherlands to the United States of America,
took his leave of their High Mightmeffes, on the 4th
of June lafl, headdreffed them as follows :-—
High and Mighty Lords,
SAVANNAH, (Georgia) Aug. T 4,
Last Thursday one of our pilots went on boards
ship ofFTybee bar, which proved to be the Glafgo%
cap:. John Bowie, bound to Glasgow ; fhe was then Three
weeks from Jamaica, and being very leaky was going
to Charieffon to heave down. capt. Bowie to d the
Pilot that before he left Jamaica accounts had arrived
from England of the definitive treaty of peace being
signed.
No certain advice Was received in the Windward
Iflinds edative to the signing of the definitive treaty
when the above schooner carre away.
Your High Mightinesses having thought proper to
name me to be the minister plenipotentiary from this
republic to the Congress of the United Stales of Ame
rica, my duty d mands of me—now that I am ready to
proceed on my voyage to the place of my refidence—
that I present mylelf before your High Mightiueffes, to
receive your laftorders—which indeed my sentiments
of gratitude would lead me to do, had not duty demand
ed it.
RI CH M O N D, (Virginia) September 13.
OnSunday laR arrived he e from the southward, the
honorable major general Greene and fuiet, and on
Tuesday proceeded from hence, on his way to the
northward.
Charleston, (Sout-Carolina) Sept. 6.
There has been a severe gale of wind at St. Augus
tine: the fh ; p Tonyn, bound for Liverpool, was loft
off the bar, and Teveral small craft were driven on
thore in the harbour. A Mrs. Abbot and her child,
on board of 'he above ship, perished, but most of the
crew wire saved by lafibing themselves to rafts —it is
probable Mrs. Abbot would affo have been preserved
if (he had submitted to have been tid—-the would not.
The ship Sarah, captain Mefnard, from Philadel
phia, is arrived in James River.
Captain Elliot, in a vessel from Stonington, foun
dered at sea ; he, with his crew, after being eight days
in their boat, arrived at Guadeloupe; they saved on
ly the cloath3 ob their backs.
Sept. 7. We hear from Liverpool, that there never
was known such a concourse of seamen out of employ
as at prefect ; great numbers are daily making appli
cations for working their passage to America, in vessels
bound for this continent.
Permit me then, high and mighty lords, to return you
my sincere thanks for the favorable opinion your High
Mightinesses have been pleased to form of me ; by which
the choice of a minister to fill this glorious embassy has
fallen upon me—an embassy which I will not, cannot
disown to be infinitely agreeable to me. It enables me
to be a near fpedator of the rife, and, I hope, of the
prdfperity and flourifhing eflablifh dient of a new repub
lic, on which all Europe fixes its astonished regards,
and for the founders of which every Batavian, who is
a friend to liberty, mull feel the mod sincere affedion
and esteem : since on principles similar to those of our
own ancestors, tho' from causes somewhat different, they
have shewed spirit enough to make head against a pow
erful kingdom; and to facrifice both their prop rties
and their lives to the acquisition of freedom and inde
pendence.
But, high and mighty lords, this commission is the
more agreeable to me, because the chief end of it is to
manifest to Congress rhe sincere withes of your High
Mightinesses to conned fhll clof r, if possible, those ties
of friendship which are already formed between the two
republics, and which by the mutual support and ad
vancement of their commerce in all its branches, wil
render them powerful and formidable in every part of
the globe
I think these reasons, supported by such orders and
with such a commission, charged to represent your High
Mightinesses, I cannot fdi to be received with open arms
by a people, who from the earliest Rages of their inde
pendence have given such continued and striking proofs
of their ardent desire to enter into the closest engage
A letter from Charleßon, of Sept- 9. fays, “ we have
j Ui received i formation of a violent hurricane St. Au
g fline, by which several huufes were overfet and a
number of v ff-E driven on snore ; among them was a
London ship with a great number of Carolina refugees ;
all of whom perish d. The rain and some of the wind
reached this place, by woichthe weather is made so cold
that every house in Cuarlefton has a fire. The day be
fore yesterday a capt. H— of this town, in a fit of ex
treme distress and mortification of mind, put an end
to his life at general Gadsden's wharff; it seems the
cause of this unhappy affair was owing to his too
great fondnefs for hymenial (ports. He married a
woman in London, and another in this town; both of
these were likely to meet in a few dayt, and' left the
coalition might produce an infurredion in the Rate, he
cut the knot and left them both to move at large."
A man was lately detected, near Salem, New Eng-~
land, endeavouring to pass counterfeit dollars, but he
made his escape while it was in contemplation to seize
him.
The snow M^ria, captain Wjlfon, of Dublin, from
this port for Hispaniola, is loft on a reef of rocks
called Plate Wreck, to the eastward of Hifpaniok : the
people saved themselves in their boats.
Extras of a letter from Charleston, South-Carolina,
dated September 10, 1783.
^ By this favorable opportunity I have inclofed you
some 01 the latest papers printed here although they
contain nothing new or interefling, I cannot but at
the fame time regret that we are entirely barren of
news, every thing being in peace; but how long this
will last here O d knows; for, at the lafl fitting of mr
legislature they passed an edid, ordering all persons
who are not citizens, and in the compact with the go
vernor and merchants, to be banished :y the firfl of
October next. Among maney of these are numbers of
those people who, when the Euglilh were here, did
every thing in their power to distress all those who were
known to be our Ready friends ; and yet, notwithfland
ing their cruelty to us, they are daily petitioning to
flay among us ; but I am convinced that our gover
nor and council will compel them to be gone by the
time fixed in the law."
If there is a nation in Europe, who by her natural
advantages, by her population, by the bravery and
induflry of her inhabitants deserves to occupy the
firft rank, let her be aware of the grandare of her
defoliation, let her be for other nations an example
of wjfdom and of virtue, and let her power entirely
dependant upon the riches of her territories, and the
extent of her commerce, have no other enemies to fear
but negef l and relaxation in government. She will
maintain by excellent regulations the discipline of her
troops ; with views full of judi e, and with forces
ready to act, (he will keep a vigilent eye over all the
Rates of Europe; file will difcovir ambi ion, injustice,
want of faith, md always ready to flop their encroach
ments, (he will (acirfice with generosity her treasures
and her blood; (he will never make a bad use of her
victories, and her moderation will impose silence to en
vy, and convince every one that the has no design to
encreafe her power ; in a word: the liberty of Europe
will be constantly the object of her policy. Foreign
nations ft uck with her noble charter, will soon con
ceive for her the highefl refpeft, her authority, found
ed upon confidence and credit, will spread farther eve
ry day. Umpire offrll Europe, without attempting to
I am not ignorant, that the execution of the orders
of yoar High Mightinesses, and the accomplishment of
the object of your desire, will r quire labour, talents
and prudence; and the bare idea I nave of mine, makes
me def,air of being able to fatis'y your High Mighti
nesses, my own mind, and the desire of both count ies.
But I am encouraged, in the midtt of my fears, by the
certainty I am in of obtaining the approbation of your
High Mightinesses, and of enjoying their protection, if
my efforts Riall appear to be directed by a well intenti
oned zeal for the Rate, an inviolable attachment to its
dearest interests, and an indefatigable activity in pro
moting them. r
We are told that several attempts have been made
to rob the v.ff^ls of the United States, laying at
New-York, and inch threats have been m^e by
the refugees, toat tne vessels there are obliged to keep
conßant watch on deck.'
Encouraged then by these ideas, I take leave to ob<
serve, in bidding your High Mightinesses adieu, that I
recommend myfelf and all mine to your powerful pro
tection ; at the fame time imploring the Supreme Arbiter
of the world, that it may please him co diffinguilh the
members of this augußaffembly with the choicefl marks
of his blessings: may these dwell with the families and
persons of your High Mightinesses.-But above all
may it please God to bless your adminifiration—may
it be flippy and glorious—may prudence Crown every
deliberation and resolution of yours, that has our dear
country's welfare in view, with a more than wished f r
success—may it permit each of your hig } Mightinesses
to enjoy an old age of repose and tranquility, "which is
the truest sign of a cm faience without reproach- that
so your High Mightinesses; living, as it were,'once
more in your pofiefy, may poffeL to the latefl times
the love of an h rppy and graceful prop e -
I cannot fail, m this occasion, to add my hearty
prayers that at m^ y plea e Heaven to pour down i !f m oft
precious ^ef. ^on hr; ! igauefs the Sudiholdrr; on
his -royal cons rt, and on their illusions children.
May the conft/ntAccel's of all thei r counfefs and enter
prizes, be the prosperity cf thia our dearest country !
ments with your High Mightinesses, and who in so
public a manner have Ih.wn that they do not efteern
leis the frienclhip of this republic than chat of the
greatest and most powerful European flans.
With this pleating profpea before m; I leave my
country, hut however elegant, however Battering, how
ever attracting it may be,—l am not unaware, that the
road I am about to walk, is firewed as well with thorns
as with rotes :
Extras from the Reflexions of Marchiavel on Titus
Livius.