The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1780-02-22 00:00:00, page 3

Account of tk° operations and advances acquired by His
'Catholic Mij*fty's arms, under the command of Bri
gadiet General Don Bernardo de Galvez, Governor of
t e province of Luciana, against the English situated
on the river Miffifippi, the taking possession of all their
eflabliflime ts, of three fortsatMautchak and Nantfhes
defended by 550 privates and a number of inhabitants
and slacks who took up arms and were made prisoners
of w.r under the dominion of the King of Sp in, and
about fi teen hundred mil s of the very best fertile a..d
prime grbund. This accoujth'as been sent to this town
by the Governor of Havannah, under the date of No
vember 23d, 1779, and is as follows:
“ /-,ENERAL Galvez set out from the town of
New-Orleans the 27th of August last, towards the
eßaolifhmrnts which the Germans and Acadians depen
dent on that government possess there, to effect the join
ing their militia, having left orders that the troops he had
destined for the enterprize fkould set out that very after
noon, leaving a fufficientgarfifoh at that place for its cus
tody and pretention..
' All the pople jointly amounted to 1427 men; inclu
ding in that number 600 of all kinds and colours. Seven
American volunteers and 160 Indians undertook a march
to Mantchac, diflant one hundred and five mies, which
they performed in fix days with great diffi ulty, occasion
ed by th* acceleration with which they executed it and
the excessive heat of the weather which they experienced,
many of them having fallen sick, by which means the
number of the army was reduced to two thirds.
" The morning of the 7th ofSeptember took the fort of
Mihtchak by ft :rm, without loflng (of the Spaniards) a
Angle m^n, making prisoners one Captain, one Lieutenant,
and eighteen privates; one Lieutenant and five privates
escaped at the time of the storm; the English having had
advice two days before of the march of the Spaniards,
the rest of the garrison, with the artillery, ammunition
and provisions, had retired to the fort called Baton
Roug*.
" The Spanish General ordered an inventory to be made
of what was found in the fort, and gave fix days respite
to hi: army, at the expiration of which ti^e he proceed
ed on against Baton Rouge fort, making five prisoners on
h's way.
On Friday last departed this life, in her twenty-third
year, Mrs. ANNE PACA, the amiable consort of
the Hon. WILLIAM PACA, Esq ; late Delegate
in Congress, for the State of Maryland, and now one of
the Judges of the Court of Appeals for the Continent.
Engaging in her behaviour; elegant in her person ;
accompanied in her manners—the virtues of a pious and
careful education, under the best of parents, shone forth
in all the endearing duties of daughter, wife, filler, friend,
and mother ; encreafing in their luftre to the left, and
enabling her not only to bear a lingering and wafting ill
nefs, with exampl ry patience ; but on the approach of
death, to bid adieu to a most affectionate husband and
relatives, an affluent fortune, and all that can give relish
to this life, with that resignation and fortitude, which
can only flow from a foul animated upon Christian
Principles, with the hopes of a hje that is better !
Her remains were accompanied on Sunday last, to the
family place of interment, in Christ Church burial ground,
by a very large and r^fpedable number of fiocere friends
and mourners.
Thus in the bloom of life, she met her death,
Yet calm as ripest age, refin'd her breath—
Passion and pride were to her foul unknown.
Convinc'd that goodness only is our own.
So unaffeded, so compof'd a mind;
S® firm, yet foft ; so firong, yet so refin'd ;
Heaven, as its pur ft gold, by sickness try'd ;
The Saint fuftaio'd it, but the Woman dy'd ;
Prepar'd by virtue for her bleft remove,
There sure to find what's only found above—<
Unmix'd felicity and endless love!'
Capt. lohp Wdfon in the schooner Buckskin, from
Havannah, is arrived in the Delaware, after along and
tedious passage, owing to severe gales of wind, &c. On
" Having reconnoitred the fort, it was found to be com
pleatly and regularly fortified, with a ditch of eighteen
feet wide and nine feet deep, with pallifades and thirteen
guns, defended by 400 regular troops and 100 armed in
habitants : These were Efficient motives to obfiruß the
florming of it, which occasioned General Galvez to deter
mine a regular siege, approaching gradually to the fort,
forming a falfe attack to side from the enemy the true one,
of Inch they had no knowledge until the last night, when
the entrenchments and batteries were perfectly placed.
The firing began on the 21st of said month at break of day,
with so much success, that in three hours and a half the
fort was so Shattered that the Engiifh were obliged to beat
a call, and sent two officers with the prapofititons of capi
tuAtien to the Spaohh General, who would net admit
them, demanding that all the garrison should remain pri
soners of war, and deliver ap with equal condition the
fort of Painmure and of Nantfhes, garrisoned with 80
grenadiers. The English being forced to submit to these
conditions, the garrison matched out of baton Rouge with
military honours, and advancing 500 steps, delivered
themselves prisoners of war to the Spanish troops, who
received them formed, in number 375 men, with arms and
colours.
"To the fame fate w ra re fubjeß 500' inhabitants and
blacks who were found armed in Manchak, Baton Rouge
and other places, but the Spanish General did th m the
favour of leaving them fre% in honor of hisCitholic Ma
jesty, to whole royal dominions remained fubjef t all the
eflab ifhment3 and grounds which the Englifll had on the
river Miffifippi, whole inhabitants are chiefly employed
in the Ikm and furr trade.
" It is not known what loss the English have foftained,
they having taken the grrateft care to conceal it. That of
the Spaniards was only one killed and two wounded.
" The prisoners taken amount to 550 regular troops,
including 28 officers, viz. 1 Lieutenant Colonel, 5 Cap
tains, to L eutenants, 5 Sub Lieutenants, a Qiarter-maf
ter, 2 Commdraries, a Store keeper, and three chief Sur
geons; alfb eight vessels, with sundry provisions, and
diff, rent boats with above 50 sailors.
" General Galvez gives the greatest praise to thebrave-
r y, intrepidity and cenftancy of the troops under his com
mand ; and of the love, zeal, and extraordinary good will
with which toe iwhabitantsot Louisiana behaved in assisting
to the fuccefsful Hue of this enterprize."
Philadelphia, February >B,
FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD.
STRAYED or STOLEN on the morning of
be sixteenth instant, a red an white milch CO W,
about five years old, marked with the letter X on her
off horn, branded on each horn W Z. a red foot on her
off hind fetlock joint, the rest of the foot white, with a
bell and chain round her neclc locked with a small thuiri
lock. Whoever fin/sthe said Cow and will bring her to
the fubferiber living in Walnut street, shall receive the
above reward and reafonahle charges, paid by
CAME to the plantation of the fubferiber,
at Point-no-Point, last fall, a black and white
CO W, branded on the horns. Whoever has loft said
Cow is desired to come, prove property, pay charges
and take herawsy in fix weeks from the date hereof, or
the will be fold to pay her expences.
Feb. 21, 1780. JACOB RINK.
TO BE SO L D,
J QU aNTITYof so fine WOOL CARDS,
* 1- which will also answer for Cotton, by the groce,
dozen 01 single piir. Apply to SARAH BEZALEE,
adjoining Taylor's Alley, in Front-street, Philadelphia.
WANTS EMPLOYMENT,
A MARRIED MAN, who understands Garden
" ing and Farming. Any Gentleman in want of such
a person, by leaving wbrd with the Printer hereof fhall'
be waited on.
the ,th of January, off Georgia, he saw a fleet, supposed
that which failed from New-York some time since :Tney
met with them about 5 o'clock in the morning, and lay
too, not being able to get away, the weather very hazy
and hard gales, they thought his schooner one of their
own vessels ; about 7 in the evening, he made fail from
them ; a frigate or two chafed him, but in vain, some
other vessels came in with him, names not known ; others
were beating off.
In C d U N C I L,
Philadelphia, Thursday, February 17th, 1780.
WHEREAS the public necessities require a speedy
payment of all monies collected on account of the
State, and also, that all officers who have ailed therein,
fllould prepare their amounts for settlement, and the A
gents for confiscated estates, having ailed under the im
mediate appointment of this Boar 4.
Resolved, That the said Agents; for the city and coun
ty of Philadelphia, do lay before this Board, on or before
the tenth day of March next; a particular account of their
proceedings in their several trusts, fpecifying the (evral
estates by them seized, or leafed, for the public use, the
time of tale, the times of payment of the purchase money;
their payments to the Treasurer, the pubchafe money un
paid, and the balances jn their hands; and also fpecifying
what efiates remain unfold., That the Agents for Chester
and Bucks county, make a like return on or before the
twentieth day o' March next. . That the Agents for Lan
tafter, York, Cumberland, Berks and Northampton, do.
make the like return on or before the firfl day of April
next. And the Agents of the other counties by the firfl
day ofMay next. ,And that the said Agents in the farther
prosecution of this business, do pay a due regard to the re
solutions of the third day of December last. And that this
tefolutioß be published in the fever J, news papers.
Extract from the Minutes,
TIMOTHY MATLACK, Secretary.
* # * The Managers of the Lottery of the United States,
acquaint the Public, that the drawing of the Third Class
will positively commence on the firft day of March next,
agreeable to Resolve of Congress.
X^XXK^^^MX^^
To be SOLD by Public Vendue,
On the 17th day of March next, by the fubferiber, at
the Head of Elk, The following Articles, for cash
0 lv viz..
a NUMBER of Horses fit for the saddle and
fl draught; one elegant Colt rfing three years old,
ful bboded and fifteen hand, high ; Cows, Hogs of the
English breed, a variety of Houfhold and Kitchen Fur
n ture, on* new Waggon and Gars compleat for fcur
horfs, one light Stage Waggon suitable for two horses,
one Cart for two horles, and on? D y, with a number
of F>rmtrs Utenfib. The Vendue to begin at Ten
o'clock on the aforefaid day.
Fb. 21. JOHN IRWIN.
Philadelphia, February 21.
NO W in possession of the fubferiber, fup~
poled to be ftoen, the following Goods, viz.
several watc> e# of different for#, three pieces
of linen, feme tablebn n, fundr, wearing apparel, cr.e
silver-hilted {word, two tea-kettles, several blankets,
c^ndlefticks, some pewter, bees wax, a few pair of sil
ver buckles, some silver tea fpaonsj a blackfmith't vice,
sundry gunsmith's tools, some freaft-buckhs not fi frill
ed, three military books and one bucklkin. The
owner or owners proving property and paying charges
may have them asain, by applying to
BENJAMIN PASCHALL.
S T OPPE D,
On suspicion of being ftolsh, and may be seen at the
fubferiber's
ABAY HORSE, with a black mane andtai l , a
whits fp t on the near shoulder, a saddle mark on
the middle of his back, four black fee', rising five years
old; about fourteen hands high. Also two silver mounted
p^ftoh, one brass mounted ditto, on 4 mufat, two blan
kets, twonrklaces, one book entitled Military Guide
for young officers, and one corded dimity jacket. The
above articles will be restored to the proper owners on
proving their property and paving charges, by
ALEXANDER CARLYLE, H. C.
WILLIAM ZANE.
Philadelphia, February 1, 1780,
AL L persons having any demands against
me as Deputy Quartet-Mutier Genera), eitbei for
monies due, or that will become due by the firft of March
next, are reqe lfted to tend in their accounts with all cof
fible dispatch, in order for a settlement; on which the
balances will either be paid, or certificates given for
what shall appear to be due, in order that the lame may
be p,id without farther trouble as soon as I shall be en
abled. I am under the necessity of carneftly prefling a
pun&ual con prance with this r qnifition, as I am di
re&e^ by the Quarter-Mafter.General to have my ac
counts ready foi settlement on or before the laid firft
day of March next. , ,
JOHN MITCHELL, D.Q M.G.
Eafon February 1, 1780.
AL L persons haying any demands against me
as Deputy Quarter Maffer General, either for mo
nies due, or that will become due by the fi ft of March
next, are requested to fend in their accounts with all
p ffible difpetch in order for feithment ; on receipt of
which the balances will either be paid, or receipts given
for what shall appear to be du^ to the fi ft of March ; to
which time I ara directed by the Quarter- Master General
to furnifh allFaccount# in my diftr & without fail.
ROBERT L. HOOTER, Jin D. QM. G.
Philadelphia, January 25, 1780.
NOTICE is hereby given, Th'at the
Subscribers, being a Committee 0: Grievances
appointed by the Honorable House of Affimbly, will
meet in the Library Room (up flairs) in the State-
House, at half patt Nine o'clock in the mornings of
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays; during the present
fitting of the General Aflemhly,
CHARLES W. PEALE,
ROBERT KNOX,
ARTHUR WATTS,
DAVID THOMAS,
JOHN WHITEHILL,
JAMES DIXON,
ABRAHAM SMITH,
JONATHAN JONES,
JOHN RALSTON,
JOHN BURD,
ROBERT MARTIN.
Philadelphia, January 28, 1780.
NO TICE is hereby given, That the
Subscribers wi ! l attend in the Committee Room
(up ftair#) in the State house, at half past Nine o'clock
in the morning, on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
every week, during the fitting of the General AfLmbly,
to examine and fettle such accompts as shall be brought
before them.
WILLIAM HARRIS,I
WILLIAM COATS, [
JAMES JACKS, I Committee
MICHAEL SHUBART, } of
JONATHAN HOGE, | Accompts.
SAMUEL DALE,
, DANIEL BEESTER, JunJ
Philadelphia, February 15, 1780.
AL L persons having any demands aglinit the lata
Barrack Matter General's department, #re requeu
ed to exhibit their claims by th fifteenth of March next,
in order that their accounts may be abutted and p^jd as
fpon as I am enabled : Thole that do not sppl, for set
tlement within the time limited above will blame them
selves for their own negica, as it is expe&ed on that
day all the accounts of th. tdepartmer t will be cloled.
Attendance nil be given daily at m. Office in Second
ftreet, from Eightto Twelve o'clock, A. M.
1. Melcher, late b m.g.
N B As soon as cash is received to pay <ff the arrears,
such as are interfiled than receive the Qlieti luteUig^wce
thereof. I.M.
WHEREAS the Honorable the Congress
of these United States have lately recommenced
to the Legislatures of the several States, to adopt mta
fures lor iurnilhitig the (applies of the army upon adif
ferent plan from whet has been heretofore pursued :
And whereas some of the States have already made ?uch
regulations as mull put the department on a new eftab
hfhment, it seems therefore indiipehfibly requite, that:
the accounts on the pt/dent arjrange#mnt be b/onghttoa
speedy a J decifiv, dole. And whereas some further
alteration of ffftems wi| probably take place, it will be
expedient, not only that rhe accounts be loon adjured,
but that an uniform mode, fcrrffeding this, be observ
ed throughout toe various dßtritt. i have therefore
thought fit to publish this advertisement, deeding eve
ry Deputy or other Officer, serving in the Quarter-
Mallei - General's department, whole appointment is
immediately derived 'rem me or my Affiftrnts, to. cam
upon all pedons employed by th,in refyedivdy, to make
out exa& returns by toe fitft bay of Morel, next, of the
films of money due in their several onti&s up to that
time. And least this measure fh?uld be fruftra ed for
want of feafpnab)6 fuppqes.of money, I do hereby no
tify all those who have any demands on any branch of
the department, to lay their accounts before the proper
prrfons, with ratable vouchers, for a compleat settle
ment to the time above diic&.d. In those cases where
the demands cannot de paid direaiy/n crib, printed
certificates will be given, fpecifying the sums due to
^ath individual, for which end, bla^k certificates will
be struck, and distributed among the several Agents,
who are required to regitter them in books to, he kept
for that purpose, copies of which rnuft be immediately
sent to camp to be lodged in my Office, that I may be
enabled to &fc,rtain a juff Kate of the debts due from
the departin' nt.
NATH. GREENE, Q_ M. G.
Morris-Town, Jan. 25, 1710.
* # * The different Printers in the United States ere
requeued to public the above advertisement in their r^
fpedive papers.