The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1781-01-06 00:00:00, page 3

Charlotte, December 7, 1780.
“ On the morning of the 29th ult. I went to colonel
Watson's, in Sou h-Carohna, about 20 mi : es from
hence —lt was really melanci o'y to fee the deffolate
condition of the country thereabouts, particularly
Mr. Hill's plantation: II his fine iron works, mils,
dwelling-house and buildings of every kind, even his
negro houses rfduced to ashes, and his wife and chil
dren in a (mall log hut. Tnis however is but a faint
description of the futterhigs of our unfortunate coun
try, fr, it is beyond A doubt, that the enemy have
hanged many of our people, who for fear, and the im
praaicibili yof removing, had givn paroles, and who,
from attachment to our cause, afterwards joined it.—
Nay, Tarleton has, since fee action at Black Storks,
hanged one captan Johnhen, a magiflrite, of respec
table char ffer: they have also burned a prodigious
numbr cf houses, and turned a vast many women,
formerly of affluent or easy fortunes, with the r chil
dren, almost naked, into the woods. Tarleton, at ge
neral Richardson's, wito 's, exceeded his usual bar
barity : for, having dined at her house, he not only
burnt it, afer plundering every thing it contained,
but having drove into the barn a number of cat le,
hogs, and poultry^ he consumed them, together with
the barn and corn in t, in one general blaz , and this,
tecaufe he pretended that the poor od general was
with the rebel army, though, Ird he opened 'is grave
before the door, he might have fen the contrary.
Many more of tre launch inhabitants of Charleftown,
it is said 90; have been feut, about a far night ago, to
St. Augurtine, and ot ers re to follow. Mr. Arthur
Middleton is of the number. General Gadsden is
confided in the cafile ; tie rest of the firflfuit are on
parole in the town. Colonel Charles Cotefworth Pinck
ney's family are turned out of his house. In fliort,
the enemy fem determined, if they can, to break
every man's fpirit,'and, if they cannot, to ruin him.
Engagements of capitulation and proclamations, are
no Securities againrt their opprelfive cruelties."
A LIST of vessels entered at the Naval-office since
the 2.Bth of November to the goth of December,
1780, with an account of their cargoes, from whence
they arrived, and to whom consigned.
ty OVEMBER 28, Brig Fame John M'Clenachan,
St. Euftatia, 10 hogsheads of rum, 500 bulbils of
fait Blair M'Clenachan.
Brig Black Prince, John Robinson, Amfterdanr,
üb-les oznabrig,cfuck and Sheeting, 14 chefs tea and
glasses, j 8 caffes allurh, copperas and brimstone, sheet
tin 50 boxe<, 494 bars of iron. 986 barsof^fteel, 3 calks
copper kettles, 1 crate queen's ware, 50 cases Geneva,
24 b-Jes, 27 chefs, 22 boxes, 28 barrels, 35 cases, 20
keps, aerates, gand a half calks, 5 packs and 1 par
cel European dry goods Robert Morris, Isaac Moses
and Company, and others
Brig Neptune, Joshua Allen, St. Croix, 57 hog
sheads and 3 caffes of rum, 4 boxes tea, 200 bushels
salt, 10 cases gin ; Andrew and Hugh Hodge, and
others.•
December r. Schooner H?nuah, Peter Young, Ha-
Vannah, 216 chefs sugar; 18 hog.fheads ditto, 32 bar
rels molasses, 2co raw irides ; Robert Morris and others.
Brig Duke of Leinfer, John Sowdvr, I,"Orient, 217
bales, 60 cases 2nd 2 trunks of dry goods, 14 hog
sheads and 2 pipes brandy, 4 hogffieads wine ; Meafe
and Caldwell and Co. John Holker, Robert Morris,
Samuel Inglis and others-
your quot^ of troops in the Continental Army, 2nd
to protest the trade in Chesapeake-bay, was impobtic
in itfclf, if not criminally injurious r o the union. The
late executive of Maryland fell into the latter error,
and to our reciprocal fname, boats and barges have
infcfled our bays and rivers, interrupted the tra e and
commerce of bur ports and deflroye^ the property
and 'fortunes of many worthy inhab tains.
“ The parsimonious wretch will .ell you, this evil
is forced on us for want of ref ur es when the red
poverty exirts only in his contrived foul! Our re
sources are less impared than those of any nation in
tn? world, who have ever fupport'ed a war against as
formidable an army as that in America, under half her
disadvantages, and when they cease tQ flow, it will be
beraufe the springs of a&iot lare permitted to rust.
for want of order and motion. Maryland deserves the
highest credit for iter efforts to k+ep her quota of troops
in the field, but has been particularly unfortunate in
the less of them: Whatadion, plain or field, that the
blood of her sons has not been fpi't in? Vet, tin er
all her misfortunes, riling fup< rior to her ancient fitter!
Pardon me, my dear hr,, if my candour calls the blush.
to your cheek.—Your integrity is above the reach of
censure, and I have that confidence in yur abilities,
which induces me to hope, when joined with the influ
ence of other good members of your assembly, tfiat
this your present Girtons will terminate to the honour
of Virginia.
" Our assembly are now fitting, and mod undoubt
edly will adopt some plan to fill up their quota of troops
once more. It is generally believed that dissing the in
habitants will be the mod eligible mode. For instance;
Should the Rate be,called on for 3000 men, the inhabi
tants may be laid off in 3000 classes, of ten men each,
who are to furnish one fol her for the army, and con
tinue him, or his substitute, du ing the war, as their
representative ; otherwise the elafs to be fubjeft to a
draught This will prevent the imposition of fubfii
tutiug bad men, and engage all to be intererted, and
to (hire the dangers of t e field, either personally or
by proxy Some law to give fLbil ty to our new cur
rency, vvH also be confiler d - and, without doubt,
they will concur with the recommendation of Conprefs,
in maki; g good the deprciation to their officers and
soldiers; who, cavi r g a zardei their lives, and ex
hausted their fortunes, in defence of tier country,
look up in confidence to the le^flative power for an
aft of common justice."
Extras of a letter from undoubted authority, dated
Philadelphia, Jan. 6.
IN Ligonier Valley, county of Weftrhoreland, ha-s
appeared a remarkable and uncommon wild beart,
the like specie's never being difeov red in that valley
before, neither heard of in any part of this state. On
its firft approaches the inhabitants reported it to be a
lion, from its stately make, fiercenefs, activity, and
agility in running, and bulky tail; but its hue being
very dark, and its anions in no wife like the lion,
plainly fl^ws it to be some other fort, as some time or
other it would been heard roar had it been a lion.
The Indians, on being informed of it, said it was a na
ked bear, they being a species of a larger size than
the common, and having very little hair; that they
are very fierce but seldom seen ; that but a few years
since fevered families of Indians were killed by them,
who lived at a distance from one of their towns by
themselves for the benefit of hunting. But this beast
cannot be of this kind, as it is not n^ked and will shun
the approach of man. Neither is it a panther or wolf
or any other beast known to those who have seen it,
ix)twi.t>hftanding trey re well acquainted with all the
wild hearts common to those parts. The best and most
fotisfaßory intelligence I received with refpe& to it,
was from Mr. Galbraith, at Fort Ligonier, with whom
I lodged on the night of the 12th ult. on my way to
this city • he said his near neighbour f@en if one morn
ing wachir; a mare : that he got within a few rods of
it, but unfortunately had no gun with him, and that
this was the only person who had obtained a diftina
view of it, though at a diflance it was seen by many ;
he said it w?s black, and about as tall as a sheep, with
the (hopes mentioned above ; the feme gentleman also
added that in that valley, within these two or three
months, it had killed 36 held of horned cattle ard 2
mares, its method of destroying them is by flying on
their hinder parts and tearing out their intertines,
sometimes it seizes on the fide and takes out the kid
ney, of which it fatisfies Its hunger and then departs:
that some few had escaped from it with their lives, but
were much torn: that it was supposed at firft, from
the many and freq uent damages dope, that there were
several of them, but now thicks there is only one.
These are the whole of the particulars as nea/au I can
recoiled, and which might not be improper to commu
nicate to the publick, as by that,means thofe' who are
more acquainted with the history of beafis may per
haps be able to given better description, together with
the name of this ftrnnge animal.
Sloop Hunter, Samuel Witling, MiTpaniola, 12
hogsheads and 6 barrels sugar, 29 barrels and 23 bags
coffie, 20 hogsheads molasses, 5 casks taffia; Richard
linfon and Company.
Sloop Roving John, Thomas Nelmes, Turk-Llano,
1200 bushels salt, Turks Island.,
Ship Independence, Thomas Truxtan, L Orient,
102 bales, 14 boxes, 45 cherts, 2 hopfheads, 3 rrtinks
and 5 packages European merchandize, 20 pipes bran
dy, 10 cherts tea, 9 bales linen, 9 bales sailcloth, 9
casks allum, 5 casks copperas, 16 baskets oil, 1 box
olives, 39 bortes window glass, 8 bags shot, 3 kegs
musket balls, 2 kegs and 24 sheets lead, 20 barrel gun
powder, 10 cases claret, 1 case spices, 2 trunks thread
476 bags salt; Andrew and James Caldwell an I others.
Lougre Elizabeth, J. F. Lambert, L'Orient, 1200
bushels salt, 4 hogsheads claret, 4 casks window gTtfs,
28 bales woollens, p'ufh an.l other Quffs, 12 bales dry
goods, 3 bundles ditto, 25 barrels sheeting lead, 1 calk
hats; John Roberts.
Brig American, William Keeler, St. Euftati:, 86
bales and cases dry goods, 3 chests tea, 5 hogsheads
rum, 7 kegs powder, 29 bags cocoa, 52 casks pepper;
John Donaldson and others.
Schooner Dolphin, A. T. Ogelvie, St. Euuatn,
600 bushels salt, 4 packages dry goods; John Flaha
van and Company.
Brig Hope, James M'Cay, St. Etiftatia, to coils
cordage, 2 puncheons rum, 3 boxes tn, 1 anchor, 3
cables, 1 bundle, 1 trunk and 8 bales dry goods; An
drew anl James Caldwell.
Schooner Amiable Agette, Davidson Durham, His
paniola, 95 barrels arid 5 tierces sugar, 65 barrels, 1
tierce wd 18 bags coffee, 20 barrels cocoa; Paul Ra
quet. .
Schooner Vengeance, William Ailed, St. Eurtatia,
iz boxes and 12 b les dry goods, 3 boxes tin, 850
bushels salt; John Pringle and Company.
Schooner Neptune, Gilbert Laroche, St. Eurtatia,
850 bushels salt, 33 hogsheads rum, 1 Cask Wine, 28
cases gin; Mallet and La Caze.
Brig Trooper, Woolman Sutton, St. Eurtatia, 20
bales, 6cheft, 1 crate, 4 hogsheads, 3 barrels, 25
boxes, 5 bundles, 2 kegs and 2 trunks dry goods, 4
cherts tea, 1809 bushels salt, 10 bag's Cocoa, 5 cases
gin; Andrew Tybout and Company.
Brig Aflive, Co ban Barnes, Borton, 85 barrels oil,
18 barrels Mackrel, goqointals cod fifh, 15 bags all
spice: Andrew Bunner and Co. and others.
Schooner Centurion, William Woolfey, St. Euftatia,
1 case, 13 bales, 1 chert, 2 boxes and 6 bags dry
goods, i bale oznabrigs, 1 hogshead tea, 53 coils rig
ging, 40 cases gin, 370 Bushels salt, 102 barrs fleel;
John Pringle and others.
Sloop Nanfemond, Aron Stockholm, St. Euftatia,
36 hogsheads rum, 6 boxes and 8 bales dry goods, 600
bushels salt.; Samuel and C. Morris, Robert Totten
and Company.
Ship Minerva, John Earle, Havannah, 490 boxes ;
sugar, 976 hydes ; Matthew and Thomas Irvin and
Company.
FREDERICK PHILE, Naval Officer.
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Philadelphia, January 6th, 1781,
TO BE S O L D,
A Healthy Negro Man,
That has been used to labouring work, taking case @F
herfer, &c. Enquire of the printer.
We have the following from a gentlemen just arrived
in town from the frontier of this flare.
PhihddDhb, J^rnpry 3d, T,fi,
Twelve Specie Dollars Reward
RAN away iaft night, a Ng 0 mm, about thir
ty-five years of ^ge, named SANDY; of small
future, knocked kneed, and tmdl legs; his feet when
h^ walks tread wide apart; hs inner an.kle of the
righ r leghngs over the quarter cf his shoe ; his thumbs
bend remukably inward, and h^tuks thick, as if his
league was too big for his oioutb : he had on when he
went away, a cinnamon brown <oit, waist oat and
breeches, of N mefpun infey, almost new; the breech
es are tretted thro' between th- knees. It is supposed
he may a.tempt to go to New York. Whoever ficuree
the laid ne,ro in any goal, that he may be recovered,
or brings bin to the subscriber in Philadelphia, (bail
receive the above reward, arid reasonable charges, paid
by JOHN GIBSON.
To be Sold by Public Auction,
At the Coffee-houle, on Wednesday
EVENING,
The Seventeenth I. Rant, a Sl* o'Clock,
A certain Plantation,
Improvement or Trad of Land,
Situate and lying in Tyrone towGh ! p, Cumberland
county, containing, by eftimdficn, 300 acres.
JOHN BAYARD, A YLoneer.
Port cf PhiladHp'rin, Permfylvahi?, rs.
To ALL whom it may concern;
OTICE is hereby given, That a Court of Admfo
ralty will be held at the Admiralty, cffi ;e in Arch
ft eet, between Third and Fourth- streets, on Wednesday
the loth day o' January, infant, for the Trial of the
p ivate armd Ship, called the RESOLUTION, bur
then about 100 tons, mounted with 16 carriage guns,
and lately commanded by John Laughton, taken at sea,
on a crvizr, sent into this Port and libelled against by
JOHN YOUNG, (qui tam, &c.) To the intent, that
the owners thereof, or any pirfon concerned therein,
may appear and drew raufe, if any they have, why the
fame sh uIJ not be condemned pursuant to the Prayer
of the Libel, &c.
By & der of the Jbdge,
Jan, 5, 1781. ANDREW ROBESON, Regiften
Stopped, Supposed to be Stolen,
A light- horseman's Saddle, with a
leather girth and rings behind the feat, taken from a
defe ter,
A small black Horse, about fix or seven years old#
taken from a defer er, fays from the southward.
T 0 silver handled knives and forks, one knife mark
ed with a crest like a dove.
Six silver tea (poons, marked L. K, H.
One fever table spoon, marked H. A. found upon
a British deserter frown New-York. Enquire of Justice
FLZEs 0 N, Philadelphia.
CA ME to the fubferiber's stable, in
Stra^bry alley, the 24.-th of December last, ass
iron gray Mare, thirteen hands high and about three
years old. The owner is d'efired to come, prove his
property, pay clr rges, and take h'r away, within three
weeks, otherways (he will be fold to par charges
ELIZABETH SUTTER.-
Philadelphia, January sth, 17810
p U N away from the Abferiber, in the morning of
" the 4di instant, a Negro min named Sharp, about
nineteen vears of ag fr , five set some inches high ; had
on when he went away, a red Waistcoat, without a coat,
a Uriped (hirt ^bh white patches, a pair of old leather
breeches a par of white ,atn Dockings, a pair of half
worn ffioes, with a pair of plated tuckies f be frequent*
It beat the drum hit fumnier for the militia. Who
ev-rf taker up the said Negro, and secures him *> titft hi#
m-ft'r may have him again Tail have ON^ HUNDRED
DOLLARS reward, if tken in the city ; and if t.ken
in any n.her p^t, TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS,
with reasonable charges, paid by
JOHN M'CORMICK,
To ALL whom it may concern,
NOT ICE is hereby given, That a Court of Admi^
I - 4 rally will be held at the Admiralty office in Arch
ftreet, teween Tried and Fourth Greets, on Wednes
day the 10 h day of January, instant, for the Trial
of the Brigantine or Vessel called the BETSEY, bur
then about 150 tons, her tackle, appurtenances and
c.rgo, and lately commanded I y Trotter, taken
at iea, on her intended voyage from New York to
CharUftown, lent into thh Port and line! ed against, aa
prz@, by GEORGE ASHBY, (qui tarn, &r.) To the
intent, that the owners thereof, or any person con
cerned therein m^y appear and shew cause, if an, the,,
have, why the fame sh uld not be condemned pursuant
to the Prayer of the Libel, &c f
By Order of the Judge,
Jan. 5, I^3. ANDREW ROBESON, Register?
Port of Phrtad Iphia, Pumfyivania, ff.
in Race fttert between Third and Fourth streets,
N. B. All m^fters of vessels and ethers are forbid
to harbour or carry him off, at their peril.
Austin Florimont, Limner,
Lately arrived in this city ; who is pecuJarly happy in
his LIKENESSES,
Paints Miniature and Creon Figures
Of all forts, ^ a very reasonable Price. rEnq?iiie at
ML. VOOGEL's, Taylor, m ArcUftrafy near ths
French Con Ed's,