The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1779-04-24 00:00:00, page 3

P HILZ.D I:LP* I A, April 14.
ExtraU of a letter from a gentleman in Maryland to bis
friend in this city, dated April 18.
" I am interested in a veff6l just arrived from L'Orient,
who brings advice that great preparations for war were
making there and in England : That part of a fleet said to
be bound up the Streights from the latter, was wrecked
pn the coa ft of France on the gift of December, and 7000
feldiers, faiiors, &c. made prisoners: That the Corsicans
had revolted, and it is said the troops of which those call
away were a part, were defliaed for that island."
For the PENNSYLVANIA PACKET.
IF EAR we are copying some of the word vices 6f
England. The following paragraph from a London
piper, seems very applicable to a case at present depend
ing.
" Admiral Pigot, General Conway and every military
“ man, were Shocked at the conduct of the Admiralty
" Board, (refpe&ng their treatment of Admiral Keppel)
" and declared they considered it no longer fafe for any
“ man of honor to continue in the service, when they were
" liable to be brought to a court-martial by every villain
" under their command."
V Query---Has not Mr. Dearie, whose character is now
truly contemptible, been encouraged by a set of monopo
lizers to traduce the fair fame of three other Cammiflion
ers, whose fidelity to their country and virtobus attach
ment to her caufe> rendered them obnoxious to designing
and felf-interefted men ? If Mr. Deatia wants to know
the writer of this paragraph, he may hear of him
by enquiring of the Printer ; and when'he can clear up his
charaAcr he will be on a footing with his
MASTER.
We the fubferibers, Magistrates in said county, by and
with the advice of a number of the refpeßable inhabitants
of the fame, do recommend to the Lieutenant of this coun
ty, to commimon three Captains' and fix Lieutenants to
command three Companies, to consist of thirty-five pri
vates each, or more if they can be railed, and pledge our
selves to pay, or cayfe to be paid to every able bodied man
who shall enlist to Serve in any of the said companies, for
the space of.two months, the sum of fifteen pounds current
money of Pennsylvania, per months with rations equal
to what are drawn by the Continental troops. The officers
to receive equal pay with the privates, and rations as offi
cers of equal rank in the Continental service draw. One
months pay to be advanced to every Soldier at the time of
his atteflation, and the othe^ months pay as soon as his
two months are fully compleat and ended. The officers
and men to be attested i^ manner and form as fliall. be di
rected by the Lieutenant of the county, and be fubjeft to
proper Subordination. Such militia men as enlist in an,
of these three companies, and faithfully serve the term of
their enlistment, will be e^cufed from Serving their nett
tour of duty. , 1 ,
April s, 1770. THOMAS HEWETT,
THOMOND BALL,
DAVID M'KENNEY,
WILTON ATKYNSON,
BENJAMIN WEISER.
([ ift. Whether the irilidbitants have riot to the utmost
es their power ( both before arid firice the arrival of the
troops under Colonel Hartley) bravely exerted themselves
(while their families were even Suffering) to drive and de
stroy the enemy, and whether their services were not ac
knowledged by that brave officer?
2d. Whether the force at Sunbury and the advanced
posts on the branches of Sufquehannah, have been
found inadequate to, and insufficient for defending the
lines of the said frontiers, and as such properly represented ?
gd. Whether the above method taken to raise a few
troops for a temporary defence of the said county, is not
truly spirited and patriotic, and the more admirable when
we confider the wretched condition to which the inhabi
tants are reduced ?
4th. Whether the inhabitants of these frontiers have
not been grofly deceived, and the necessary preparations
for an early campaign neglected ?
sth. Whether, if these brave and hardy people (. who
BOW dare to stand their ground) are massacred or obliged
to fly, will the inhabitants of the next county, which be
comes the frontier, fare better, or behave more resolute
ly than they have done?
6th. Whether the money fubferibed by the generous in
habitants of Northumberland county, for the purpose of
defending thmfelves and the inferior counties, ought not
ifo be thankfully repaid them by this state?
We hear that Council have since approved of the spiri
ted conduct of the Magistrates on this truly alarming oc
casion, and that some Continental troops are now on their
parch to Wyoming, to add to the force in that county.
For the PENNSYLVANIA PACKET:
Mr Dunlap,
The following piece being the spirited effort of a few un
happy but not defpohdirig people, accidentally fell into
my hands. In justice to the unhappy fufferers, I must
inform the public, that they did by petition disclose th
the Assembly their wretched situation, and pray lot re,
li3f at the opening of the late Session.
By giving the fame with the following queries a place id
your ufcful paper, you will oblige many of vour readers,
and particularly A PENNSYLVANIAN^
Northumberland County, ff.
WHEREAS the hostilities so long expected to be
commenced the ensuing summer, have already be
gan again ft this county by the Savages and their abettors,
in so much that the fort at Wyoming has been surrounded,
and several ikirmifhes have ensued between parties which
tallied out of said fort and the Savages, and a party of the
Savages advanced so far into the county as the fort of
Chili?qubqued, where they burned the house of George
Whitmier and his family, being ten in number, and kil
led kis cattle and sheep. And whereas the number of
Continental troops in this county is inadequate to the num
ber required to defend the lines of the present inhabited
part thereof, and the number of the militia is so reduced
Uy the evacuation of great part of the said county, that a
fufficient number of them cannot bb legally called out to
assist or co-operate with the Continental troops, for th 6
purposes of forming scouts, getting intelligence, keeping
the communication open between Wyoming and fort Jen
kins and Muncy fort, or in any manner covering the in
habitants.
TO BE SOLD BY
NESMEZ and VALLIANT,
At their itore oppofiie Christ Church, in Second-street,
A quantity of GOODS, which they intend to fell
by wholesale, viz.
A LARGE assortment of broadcloths ; best gilt,
A steel, gold and silver coat and vest buttons; French
cambricks and clear lawn, ver, fine; plain, striped and
figured mulling; muslin cravats b, the piece; fine
chintzes ; ladies gloves ; silk, gold and silver embroi
dered ladies ihcei; buckram; bohea tea of the best qua
lity , coarse and fine powder in kegs ; a quantity of
shot in bags; Window glass %by i# and 9by 11, by
the box ; white, red and brown painters colours; yel
low ochre, falt-petre, flaxen oil in bottles, printing
brushes of all sizes ; a quantity cf 4.d, 6d, Bd, iod and
lid nails by the barrel ; some tin ; pins by the packet ;
needles by the thousand; Bourdeaux claret in hottles,
by the box; filling twine for nets, and larger for lines ;
with several other goods tod tedious to mention.
APIECE of a roof, seven feet one way
and nine feet the other, and a parcel of old
hiriges, w*re picked out of the fire in camp ; also a
couple of eld doors. Whoever has loft any of the above
things, and will prove property and pay charges, may
have them again by applying to the fubferiber, living at
the sign of the Stork, in Campingtoa, Northern Liber
ties. DEBOLT STORCK.
Philadelphia, April ±3.
To be SOLD by Public Vendue;
On Wednesday next, the 28th instant, at the Coffee
houfe, at Six o'clock in the evening,
EIGHT Tra&s of LAND, warranted, fuiveyed;
and returned in the Surveyor General's Office,
joining each other, containing two thousand fix hundred
acres, on Black Legs Creek, in Armstrong township, in
the county pf Weftmoreland, known by tht name of
Wilson's Meadows. Its quality and situation is so
well known, that it is unnecessary to fay any thing in
its praise, being Situated in the midst of a thick fettled
fertile Country, the upland strong a,nd level, timbered
chiefly with walnut, ash and hickory being well calcti.
lated for making the belt stock farm in Pennsylvania.
The terms will be made known at the time of sale, by
ISAAC MELCHER,
JOHN VANDEREN, Jun.
hr the PENNSYLVANIA PACKET.
t the Honourable J J y, Esq.
SI R,
YOUR abilities and integrity as a politician, are ve
ry generally confefTed. Your knowledge of the
laws and the principles of jurisprudence, is extensive and
accurate. Possessing this opinion of you, I take the li
berty of offering to your consideration a few observations
on a fubje& which is now become very general in con
versation, and which will not be unworthy your attenti
on. I mean the Court of Appeals as at present con ftruffed.
You, Sir, who preside in the great Council of the Unit
ed States, muff be ferifible that the necessary business of
Congress is fufficient to employ the whole attention of the
Members,
The management of the complicated affairs of a great
nation, especially in time of war, must demand the closest
application of those to whom they are intruded. Why
then should the Members be employed in niatters which
have no connection with the Legislative or Executive Pow
ers of CoAgrefs? Besides, Members of Cengrefs being
Judges of the Court of Appeals, causes jealousies, and
may frequently involve Congress unnecessarily in difputeb
with particular Rates.
TO RE SOLD BY
CAMPBELL AND O'HARA,
At their store in Watep-ftreq, between Chefnut arid
Walnut-streets, Philadelphia, .
WEST-INDIA Rum by the hogffierid,
Country ditto, , ditto,
Muscovado Sugar in hogsheads and barrels.
Coffee by the bag or barrel,,
Loaf Sugar, Hyfon Tea, Bohea ditto,
Holland Gin in cases,
Cinnamon, Mace, Cloves,' and Nutmegs. ...
But, Sir, you know there is another objection; an ob
jection so solid, that it is really amazing that Congress,
whose duty it is to cherish the true principles of liberty in
this rising empire, should so long have countenanced it—
I mean. Site, the dangerous corifequences of uniting th^
judicative with the executive and legislative authority.
Some excuse might be offered for the exercise of fach pow
ers in tle infancy of our affairs, arid before governments
were duly organized ; but it is both improper and danger
ous to continue it. I know your time is precious. ] shall
only detain you by offering a few quotations, ift Black
fiene, 269. “ In this diftind and feperate existence of the
judicial power, in a peculiar body of men, &c. consists
one main preservative of the public liberty ; which cannot
fobfift long in any state, unless the administrators of com
mon justice be In some degree Separated both from the Ic
giflative and also from the executive power." Again,
? Nothing therefore is more to he avoided in a free cpn
fututiog; than uniting the provinces of a Judge and Mi
nister of State."
Congress, in their address to the people of Canada)
qnote from MonteSquieu the following maxim: " There
is no liberty if the power of judging be not separated from
the legislative and executive powers."
I shall not trouble yoq with further quotations, except
that in the articles of confederation it is provided, that the
Judges of the Court of Appeals shall not be Members of
Congress. This was wifely introduced---Why then is it
no- attended to ? ~
This Address Is made with the purest motives-.-to rouse
the attention of Congress to a matter of much more con
feq'uence than feme of its Members may apprehend. The
conftruftion of the present Court of Appeals is repugnant
to the principles of liberty. The people are jealous of it.
And Congress should not furnilh examples deftrnftive of
liberty. SIDNEY.
BROKE into the fubferiber's inclofed mea
dow, on the Wiffahickon road, in the night of the
twenty firft instant, a brown M A R E, branded on the
neat buttock S S; a dark brown young MARE,
branded on the off fooulder C H. (both with foal); a
yearling COLT, and an old b r ow n HORSE. The
owners are requested to be speedy in proving their pro
perty, paying charges, and taking them away.
Strayed last night,, a fmail young CO W, dark colour^
,frith a white ^ce, and a rope about her horns; the hag
lately calved, and her tits ure a little fore. Six Dollars
WU be given for bringing her home. .'
April W, JOHN MIFFLIN.
WHE REAS the fubferiber advertised in
the Pennsylvania Packet of April 20th, two
stray Horses came to his plantation ; one an old black
horfr, with a star and snip in his face; ffiod all round,
a crop on one ear, and a bit cut out of the other ; also
a Cob, supposed tri be about three yeari old, with a ftac
in his face, (hod before, and pretty much hog backed ;
and as said horfea have been since ftokn out cf his paf
lure, on the aid inst. a reward of Twenty Dollars
is hereby offered to any peifon who shall apprehend the
tbief and the horses, so that they may be had again.
Aprils JQSEPHLYNDALL.
, N. B. The a^ove horses were feeri coming down the
Frankford fo^d, jn Campingtorii
TH E Annual Election of Directors and a
Treasurer for the Library Company of Philadel
phia for the ensuing year, . will be held at the Library
Room on Monday the third day of May next, at Three
o'clock in the afternoon, when and tehere the Members
of the said company are hereby notified toattend.
B, order of the Beard es Dire&ere,
A,rills. ANDRES? ROBESON, Secretary!
B A~ R
A larger quantity wanted this season than usual, for
which a generous price will be given by the Tanners
of Philadelphia and its fultebs. ;,
AS the manufactory of LEATHER is of public
utility, it is hoped all perfens that have oak timber
to fall will have so much regard to the general good,
and their own interest, as to procure the bark, for with
out this article a large and ufeful manufa&ory must fail,
and the public be deprived of a ufeful and necessary ar=
tide. ' Philadelphia, April s.
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD
bROKE out of the fable of James Hood, in Wa°
D ter Itreet, below the New Market, Philadelphia''
a imall dark brown MARE, about fourteen hand'
high, her two hind feet white, neither brand nor ear
mark, a natural trotter, shod all round, has a lively eye,
and is about eight years old. Whoever fecurei the said
mare and will deliver her to James Hobb, in Philadel
phia, or to William Ashmead, blacksmith, opposite
the Market-hbufe in Germantown, shall have the above
reward and all reasonable charges. ^ ' F •
r-; Lancaster, March
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD.
RAN AWA Y from the fubferiber, living in the
borough of Lancaster, in the county of Lancaster,
on Sunday the fourteenth day of. March instant, a like
ly Negro Wench named N ANTS, about thirty years
of age, and about five feet high, has the mark of a cut
in her under lip, and was lately bought at Cambridge,
in Talbot County, Maryland : Had on when the went
,way, a blue and white striped lincey petticoat and
jacket, and an old beaver hat; She was taken up next
morning about fix miles from Lancaster, on the great
road leading from thence to Reading, by William Da
vis and Samuel Davis, who kept her a night and a day
and a half, but did pot inform the owner thereof.
Whoever takes up said Negro Wench and secures her,
so that her master may have her again, or if brought
home to him, shall have the above reward and reasona
ble charges, paid by
is. PETER HOOFNAGLE.
FORTY DOLLARS REWARD.
ON Sunday night the eighteenth instant, the house
of the fubferiber, in Pine-street, was broke open,
and thereout taken a feather bed; a pair of Sheets, one
es which was homespun ; a pair of rose blankets; ohe
white muslin quilt, much worn,; a, brown homespun
quilt, lined with a blanket; two pillows and pillow
cases, one of which marked M with red silk ; a pair of
Rays mended in the back and under the arms ; a blue
and white striped fik and cotton ,cwn ; a purple and
white muslin gown; a striped chintz gown) a narrow
striped blue, white and green callico gbwn ; a new White
jacket; two new shirts; a number of worn ffiirts, chil
drens frocks and Shifts ; also a pair of buckflein breeches,
and a pair of knee^buckle/marked P. F. in the breeches
pockets. The above reward will be given for discover
ing the perpetrator or perpetrators of said robbery, so
that he or they may be convicted, and the poods reco
ver'd, hv BRIDGET RONEf.
Philadelphia, April 20.
TO BE SO L D,
T HAT valuable House, at the corner of Front and
Pine-streets, three Rories high on Front-street and
four on Water-street, forty fret by twenty, with tw®
large rooms on each floor nicely papered and neatly
finished off, having a large fore and cellar underneath,
with a large vault : The whole clear of ground-rent,
and in excellent repair. It may be entered on imme
diately. Ror further particulars enquire of the fubferiber
in Front-street, near the Drawbridge,;
ARCHIBALD M'S PARRAN.
ISAAC SIDMA N,
In Eafton, : -
TXT ILL pay the interest due on Loan-Office Certi
ficates, dated at any time before the firft day of
March, 1778.
;T O B E S O L D,
BILLS of EX ch ANGE bn Charleftown,
South-Carolina. Enquire of the Printer.