The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1779-08-21 00:00:00, page 1

Yfr HEREAS the estates of Joseph Galloway,
VV Nathaniel Vernon, Gideon Vernon, David Daw
fun, Richard Swanick, William Maddock, Alexander
Bartram, Curtis Lewis, Philip Marchinton, and Joshua
Proctor, late of the county of Colter, having been by
dusc urf- of law, forfeited and seized to the life of this
State, We, the subscribers, Agents for the laid county,
du hereby give notice, That the estates of the said [o
faph Galloway, Nathaniel Vernon, Gideon Vernon, Da
vid D. fori, Richard Swanick, William Maddocx,
Alexander Bartram, Curtis Lewis, Philip Maxchinton,
and Jolhua Prodor, confiding of the following trafts of
Land, viz. Joseph Galloway's, No. r, Two hundred
and ten acres of marlh on Hoglfland. No. 2. Two
hundred and twelve acres of marsh en Tinicum Island,
all of the belt qrnity. Nathaniel Vetnon's, Two hun
dred and forty-four acres and buildings ; a good con
venisncy for erring a rail! on Kirtley Creek on said
plantation. Gideon Vernon's, No. 1, Sixty three acres
and buildings. No. 2. Fifty acres and builings, lying
about one hundred perches from the other, the w'bolt
of these three plantations are adjoining each other,about
three and a half miles from the borough of Cheder. Da
vid Dewfon's, Four hundred and fifty acres in two plan
tations, and good buildings, in Weft Caln, fubj<& to a
widow's thirds. Richard Swanick's, Three hundred
acres, buildings and saw mill in ditto, lying near Co
neftogo road, ab@ forty-three mies from Philadelphia.
William Maddock's, Eighty acres and buildings in As.
ton. -four rules from CbefTr. Alexander Da# ^a/j,
Ninety acres in Haverford, Known by the name of the
Fax Chace, seven miles front Philadelphia. Curtis
Lewis's^ No, 1. One hundred and forty-four acres and
buildings. "No. *. Two hundred and nine acres and
ditto. No. 1 Fifty acres and ditto in. East Caln, lying
on Coneftogo road near the Ship tavern. Philip Mar
chintoff's, Four hundred acres and buildings in Weft-
Br«dford, And Jufhua Pro&or's, Eighty acres and
buildings in Naw Garden. The above plantations are
well wooded and watered. All which will be sod by
Public Vendue, on Saturday the fourth day of Septem
ber n?xt, at the Court-houie in Chester. The falcs to
continue from flay to day until the whole is disposed of,
Sunday excepted.
The terms of sale will be according to law, as follows,
to nil. One fouith part of the purchase-money to be
paid in ten days after sale, or the premises again :o re
vert to the Siate, and the bid.!vr liable to forfeit the said
one fourth of the purchafe.money. The remainder
thereof to be paid in one month ; and on a certificate
being produced from ths Agents, or either of them, of
full payment of the parchafe-moneb a deed will be
given, as by law directed.
And we the Agents, do also pursuant to law, hereby
notify all the claimants of the laid p;emifes, or any of
them, and creditors of the said Joseph Galloway, Natha
niel Vernon, Gideon V.mon, David Dawson, Richard
Swantck, Wiliam Maddock, Alexanderßartrzm, Cur
tis Lewis, Philip Marchinton, and Jolhua Rodor, to
exhibit heir claims and demands to the Justices of the
Supreme Court within the+.me limited by law, or they
will be for ever barred from the recovery thereof.
August 1, THOMAS LEVIS,]a
1779. JOHN HANNUM, ] Agen "'
Marcus-Hook, Augif 18, 1779.
FORTY DOLLARS REWARD.
DAN A WAY from the fubferiber, on the fifteenth
" infant, ^fervant woman named HANNAH NEW
HOUSE, about twenty fix years of age, five feet four or
five inches high, swarthy complexion and hard of hear
ing i had on a lincey petticoat and fhert gown. Who
ever takes up and fecurts said woman so that her matter
may have her again, (ball receive the above reward, and
if brought home all reasonable charges paid by
Philadelphia, Augufi 16.
NO TICE is hereby given to my friends
and acquaintance in tee Army of the United
States, and the public in general, That I have taken
(and now occupy) the noted Livery Stable in Seventh-
Rreet, between Market and Arch-streets, where any
peffyn applying may have their Horses taken the belt
care 0% and receive forage agreeable to their refpe&ive
orders, either by the year, month or day, &c. having
hid in a quantity of the best hay and oats. Teims of
keeping will be as lov as the present and future regula
tions will admit of, by
The Public's humble Servant,
THOMAS CRAI'G E.
<MWWgmro
<^^&^al
GERMAN ALMANACKS,
For the YEAR 1780,
TO BE SOLD BY
JOHN DUNL A P.
G E NERA L
SATURDA Y,
[Price 2S. 6d. single, 2s. by the quantity.
ISAAC DUTTON.
O R
One Hundred Dollars Reward.
RA N AW AY from the fubferiber, living in Lan
caster, a Mulatto winch named S U E, about five
feet fix inches high, and twenty five or twenty fix years
'" a g e > big with ch.ld ; t had on when die went away, a
blue and white damped hp€n fho+t gown ami petticoat.
She is a very talkative likely huffey, and very fond of
dress, which 'tis probable the may change as she tock
with her a great variety. It is supposed she is gone to
wards camp with a white woman commonly called C^pt.
Mol'y, or may endeavour to get to L^g-Iflind, ,s Ihe
came from thence. Whoever takrs up said wench and
fecmes her in some proper place so that her master may
get her again, shall have the above reward and reafoija
ble charges, paid by
6 EDWARD HAND.
L OND O N, May 14.
Some account of the very interefiing examination of Lord
Cornwallis, and General Grey, refpeflivel,, at the Bar
op the House of Commons on Iburfday, May 6.
^p H E/ House having formed itfelf into a Committee, the
I Earl of Cornwallis at four o'clock was desired to at
tend, and being conducted within the bar by the ferjeant,
his Lordihip profeffed sentiments of refped and venera
tion lor General Sir William Howe, and declared his rea
diness t^pnfwer all questions put to him that were not
matter: of opinion.'
To follow the noble Lord through the whole of his exa
mination, which lasted near four hours, would be rather
difficult to us, as well as irksome and tedious to the public.
His Lordfllip's three fail anfwersCo General Howe's que
stions went to Shew, mat America was better calculated
than any country he ever Gw for a defensive war, that
from the great number of woods with which it abounds,
the King's troops were continually liable to arobufeadts,
and that it is a matter of extreme difficulty ever to get any
the least information (rom the inhabitants for military pur
poses. His Lordship also admitted that it was almost im
possible at any time to gain any good intelligence of the.
enemy's force from a reconnoitre.
The noble Lord now went into a great variety of mas
ter, and in his answers fully exculpated Sir William Howe
from all suspicion ®fa want of judgment, negled, or su
pineness. Being interrogated particularly as to the Gene
ral npt having attacked the Rebels lines at Brooklyn, on
Long-Island, in August, 1776 ; his Lordship readily an-
l iat he had never heard it suggested that it was
possible t carry them by assault, and he was sure (and
it was so thought at the time) tint if the General had at
tempted it, and succeeded at the attack, it mu ft have cost
him m,r^ men than it would have been worth, for any
Philadelphia, August no?
I'o be SCLD by Public Vendue,
At the Coffee.houfe, on Tuefdav th, seventh of Septem
ber, at Twelve o'clock,
A °ANYARD and let cf ground, eighty feet
.ML front on Second street continued, and near three
hundred feet in depth, bounding or. Cohockfink Creek ;
the buildings thereon consisting of a good brick mill
houfe and curr,ing fhep, thirty-fix nd a half (eet fipnt
and twenty deep, with a large loft over the fame for
drying of leather ; a brick beam hcufe, fifteen feet by
fourteen and a half, with a good loft, a frame stable
and fhair-houfe sixteen feet by ute witha good loft
biffi'~ : nt •- I .air near two tens _, hay, twenty one
vatt "> fix handlers, three bates, two limes, and a Spring
water prole, a pump, &c. the whole in good order and
as compleat as any yard in Pennsylvania: The lot clear
of ground-rent. Any person inclining to purchase may
view the premises by applying to the fubferiber, living
at the upper end of Second ftrest, in Campington.
THOMAS HUMPHREYS.
TO BE OL D,
A VALUABLE PlannSon tade in two Surveys,
both deed'd, on the great ^ad leading to Fort
Pitt, in Bedford county, state of Pennsylvania, well
watered and timbered, eighteen acres of cleared meadow
and more may be made, a good mi -set and plenty of
water; also a tanyard begin, where the tanning bufi
nefa may be carried on to good effr% a new orchard,
federal bearing trees, a dwelling h us, stone fpring
houfe, a new ban 60 by' 3 c feet, hath four stables each
20 by 10 feet, two other tables, hernp-houfe, waggon
fhed, and smith shop: The what in both Purveys are
one hundred and sixty-sour and catbird acres, and
co'J 1 , ending a great quantity of land Scarce of timber
adjoining, „„hich is an advantage to this plantation in
an especial manner. Any person inclining to purchase
tile said p 4 oration, may be informed of the terms and
receive other information by applying to Col. Ephraim
Blain, at bis office in Mirket.ftre rf { Philadelphia, or
Benjamin Harleson, Copper-finish, in Market- ftrtet.
THOMAS URIE.
^&^@^3^^^^;rc3Q^oo;^
I Mil
'^iiOObO^
THE
Publish id every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. ]
f^^W^<o)lW^9^
e^^^^ \^%C9^^c^ CZ^Q^'^
ADVERTISER
purpose it would have answered. Bein^ a sked how many
troops the enemy might have, his Lordship thought about
6000 or 8000, but declined answering what force the Bri
tish troops were in, intimating that it was a matter that
more properly belonged to the General who commanded
them, and was a circumflance very easily learned fromhis
return of the different corps.
Governor Powoal! wished to know if Sir Henry Clinton
L° d n e ,'f e ?. ' e '^ at liberty) might not have got behind
the Rebels lines ; but *his Lordship anfwer^d, that from
his pontion, he was little enabled to judge of that, as he
did not know whether their lines were complete.
'c s '?, rdfhi P was then interrogated in order to exoner.
ateoir Wm. Howe from all blame as to his conduft in the
Jerfies, and in particular as to the unfortunate lose of the
Hemans at Trenton. The noble Lord declared, that it
had been rteceffary for the General to extend his chain of
cantonments to that difiance, that he had himfeif indeed
advised it, and that the fatal accident that afterwards hap~
pened, was not in human prudence to forefee, and there^
lore not to be guarded against.
e As to the General having declined to attack Mr. Wash
ington at White Plains, the noble Lord defended it witm
force and energy. Toe Rebels, he said, were too strong;
and the British troops net prepared for the purpose of at
tacking the enemy, for making any use ofa victory by pe
netrating up the country. In the firft place, they had no
means of baking their flour, the only thing the men had
to live on, but a more insurmountable obstacle were the
heavy rains that fell at that time.
Col, Onflow wished so know if the gunpowder had been
wetted, and whether the rain was in onr faces, or the fa
ces of the enemy# Tothis his Lordship replied, that he
did not think the attack was deified from oh account of
the rain being in the facts of either, but because that the
rain had prevented us from using our artillery. T'e Hon
Member, however, withe much to put ahother queftic::'
which was, Whether a considerable force, particularly' of
grenadiers, had not been ordered to begin the attack, whe
ther they did not actually begin it, and were afterwards
ordered off? T^ this the noble Lord replied, that the of
ficer who commanded that corps was then in the Hou%
and could answer the question much better than he could
Upon this Col. Barre remarked, that it was a little extra
ordinary, after a particular corps had commenced an at
tack, and had succeeded therein, that they fliould be with
drawn, and wished the noble Lord would inform the
Committee the reason thereof. Lord Cornwallis answered,
that if any thing could induce him to explain it, it would
be the great deftre he had to oblige the Right Hon. Mem
ber, but he thought himfelf bound to be silent or that head
from political reasons. The Colonel," not fatisfied with this,
put Several other questions to his Lordship, in order to get
at the matter he was fifhing for, and the noble Lord having
said, that he was not averse from being communicative on
that head from any account of Englifo politics, the Colonel
" ° f the expression, and desired his Lordship to
tell the Committee the real cause of his objedion ; but I
will put a simple question ( continued the Right Hon.
Member) to the noble Lord—Did not the Hessian
TROOPS REFUSE TO ATTACK? « I mu st d 0 those
troops (replied his Lordship) the justice to fay, that they
in general behaved extremely well, and that the brigade
of Lofburg much distinguished themselves in the service of
his Majesty. But I must decline explaining why the at
tack was no; made, though, were Ito impart the reason,
I must give the Right Hon. Member my honor that it
would fully fatisfy him." Col. Barre answered
what warmly) that he knew the reason long before his
Lordship carve from America, but he wanted it to con G
properly before the House.
Another point much handled was General Howe's for
bearing to cross the Delaware, when at the Jerseys, and
^ ay in Preference, which fiep his
Lordship fully juftified, with many reasons for its having
been adopted. The noble Lord here took an opportuni
ty of preventing any imputation being cast on Lord Howe,
from any supposed inability in him to transport the troops,
and iaid, that tae noble Admiral did not fland higher in
the esteem of the seamen than he did in that of the soldiers;
a ? fw erir,g to a question put by Admiral Keppel
whether Lord Howe had not employed the meft Skilful
persons he could obtain to found the Delaware, and find a
^"f 0 / ^ d % his Lordship replied that the noble
Admiral had to his knowledge done so.
.The Earl Cornwallis was asked, What bad confluences
might have been expected if Gen. Howe had attacked Mr.
Wallington at White. Plains? But his Lordship declined
resolving the interrogator, as it was, he said, a question
of opinion.t
'?° n defending the General's expedition to Philadel-
Lordship was asked by Mr Commissioner Eden,
Whether be did not know that Sir Henry, Clint©n, these%f e%
cond in command, had condemned the propriety of Such a
movement ? This queflion too the noble Lord declined an
foering any farther, than that he never knew Sir William
Howe bad ever asked Sir Henry Clinton's opinion about
the matter. r
The noble Lord was allied, Whether, in case we could
possess curfelves of any town, the inhabitants could ba
AUGUST, 2f, :„,;
THE