The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1779-01-23 00:00:00, page 3

— I Edmund Hyme, of theist South
% regiment 'is promoted to be Deputy Adjutant-
Drayton E ^ ; , tO Y ^"'
° General, in the southern department.
ter-Ma^f (one of the vessels fitted
L ?" marchants of this town, to cruize against feme
out by infefted the coast) commanded
^TM^ returned here, having men
her fails, fp^ and rigging
kll f t Id rhe Preceding afternoon in an engagement
much da^^ed the rtR The ihip
i th ' e ' dama ^ e d ° ne the Sally ' m as a "
entirely by mullet balls, of which incest flrowers
Xpo a number of soldiers, ft^
11 ffCapt Stone, the wind dying
ture, and by an extraordinary exertion, they rowed the
off Arnone the killed was Capt. Francis Johnson,
ofthistown. Toe five gallant ,^l,,°^^
in their country's service, were followed last F
P Tin's church yard, by a great cencourfe of people, among
^^3ofth y e Jod Mfr infants, and
in terred with all the honours of war.
L^^ two etfefo^ved here f^ Savanna,
with accounts of to Britilh drips, 15 brigs and '
i arrived off Tybee, and 8 other large flaps at Ofebaiv.
Tuesday night another express a s riv ^ the fam
place, with advice that the number id en^
L; and that they were moving up Savannah river A
on Wednesday a fourth express brought indigence 0.6
of the enemy's vessels being anchored at 4 mne point on
Monday afternoon, and that the rest of the flhet ^re un
der fail, going up the river. This last express fay&, lie heard
cannonade all Tuesday forenoon. , . , . ,
Gvernour Houston, in a letter to General Lincoln, dated
Monday afternoon, fays, some of the enemy s flaps
were ^ ^^ gallics, that the rest of ft
fleer were under fail coming up the river, and he expected the
aftion would soon become general. The express entrusted
with this letter, falling fickon the road, he forwarded it to
town, having written on the back, that he left Georgia on
Tuesday morning, and that for a considerable part of that
day he herd a severe cannonade.
The prize ship brought in by the General Moultrie, is
the Earl of Chefler, of 16 guns, and not the Earl of Car
lisle, as mentioned in cur last and the other papers.
The f ft and 6th South Carolina regiments, a large body
of North Carolina forces, and 1000 of the Camden militia,
have already marched for the southward. Another draught
from the Camden militia, of near 1000 men, are under or
ders to follow with all pffible expedition.
Another division of the North-Carolinians, are on their
march hither; a body of Virginians are also expected.
B A LTIM 0 R E, January 1?.
The North-Carolina Gazette, dated Newbern, Decem
ber 7, 1778, mentions, “ That a Number of Troops,
from St. Augustine, are on an Expedition to Georgia, and
that they have actually penetrated into that St :te as far as
Sunbury, about 40 Miles from Savannah—but that the
Troops from South-Carolina have marched to oppose
tnera.''
PHILADELPH lA, January 23.
Extract of a letter from Charleftown, (South Carolina)
December B fr
'' To-morrow I leave this for Georgia-—which State
has been lately invaded by a numerous army, consisting
of Indians, Florida scouts, torys, and a few Britons un
der a Coi. Prevoft, from Augustine. They had nearly ef
feaed their design of possessing the town of S ivannah, as
their approach was sudden and unexpected. But die coun
try was soon alarmed and has drove them with precipita
tion. There was very severe skirmishing on the retreat,
in which I underhand wehave loft a few good officers, &c."
In C O U N C I 1., January 22, 17 9.
Ordered, That public notice be green, that the arrange
ment of the army being now nearly compleated, all officers
of this Rate n®t provided for, who have been prisoners with
the enemy, and are exchanged, or otherwise released, and
prapofe to enter into the service again, are requested, a
greeable to resolution of Congress of the 24th November
last. to fignify their intentions to the President of the ftat@
without delay; otherwise they will be omitted and the re
gister made out accordingly, in which case it will be very
difficult and inconvenient to restore them to their proper
rank. Published by order of the Council,
T. M A T L ACK, Secretary.
To the PEOPLE of AMERICA.
THERE are not throughout the United States
a set of men who have rendered more in
jury to the general cause, or committed more ads
of injustice against the whole community, than
those who are known by the name of Monopolizers;
together with such others as have squandered
away or, as Cql. R, H. Lee rightly expresses it,
have fingered large funis of the public money.''
That there are such men js neitlier to be doubted
01 to be wondered at. The numerous emissions
of currency, and the few accounts that have been
fettled, are fufficient signs of the former, and the
tempting circumstances of the times and degene
racy of moral principle make the lattertoo high
y probable. One monopolizer confederates with
another, and defaulter with defaulter, till the
b ;, c °^ e . s a common one ; yet ftillthefe men
wi ta of justice, and, while they profefs ab
horrence to the principles that govern them, they
pathetically lament tile evils they create. That
private vice should thus put on the mafic of pub
-4F, o °, and even impudence in guilt affome the
P "".°" fm > are paradoxes which those
can best explain who most pra&ife them. On my
T" pa "^ n fafely ^ and challenge any one
to contiaduft me, that I have publicly served
° f '"""' with an l ^aken
fortitude and fidelity, and that without either
payor reward, save the trifling pittance of feveh^
ty dollars per month, which Congress two years
ago affixed to the office of Secretary in the fo
reign department, and which I had too much
spirit to complain of, and they too little genero
sity to confider. This, with about four or five
hundred dollars more, make up all the expence
that America has ever been put to on my account,
All that I have written the has had from me as a
gift, and I cannot now serve her better than in
endeavoring to prevent her being imposed upon
by those who have wronged her interest, abused
her confidence, or invaded the rights of citizen
fhip> The two former elafles I diltinguilh under
the names of Monopolizers and Defaulters. That
these men, dreading the consequences of being
exposed, should vent their Venomed rage at me,
is what I naturally expected, and is one if the marks
by uhich they may be known..
It was a heavy talk to begin, yet it was a ne
ceflary one ; and the public will in time feel the
benefit of it and thank me for it. It has ever
been my custom to take the bull by the horns,
and bring out the great offenders; which, tho'
difficult at firfl, saves a world of trouble in the
end. A man who is so exceedingly civil that for
the fake of quietude and a peaceable name will
silently fee the community imposed upon, or
their rights invaded, may, in his principles, be
a good man, but cannot be stiled a ufeful one,
neither does he come up to the full mark of his
duty; for silence becomes a kind of crime when
it operates as a cover or an encouragement to the
guilty.
I here is a liberty the prefsh^ts in a free coun
try, which fl will sooner yield to the inconveni
ence of than be the means of suppressing. I mean
that of publishing under anonymous signatures,
l leave the printers to be governed by decency
in the choice of the pieces they may publish; yet
I will ever hold that man a villain who attacks a
personal reputation and dares not face what he
writes : he proves the lie upon himfelf by his con
cealment, and put the printer to answer for it.
He hands upon a footing with a murderer by
midnight, and encreafes his villainy by {object
ing innocent performs to be fufpeQed of the base
ness which himfeif has acted. I have yet one
virtue left, which is that of acting openly, ^nd,
meaning ever to do so, I leave concealment to
the monopolizer, the defaulter, and criminal of
every cast, with those whom they may hire or
engage. Public measures may be properly exa
mined under anonymous signatures, but civility
as well as justice demands that private reputa
tion Should not be stabbed in the dark. However
it is the murderer's walk, and those who use it
are welcome to it.
I give this as an introduction to a piece which
will appear in the next paper. We have been
linking from one stage of public virtue to another,
till the whole body seems to want a re-animation,
a calling back to life. The spirit that hath long
slept has at last awakened by a falfe alarm. Yet
since it is up it may be turned to an extensive ad
vantage, and be made the means of rooting out
the evils that produced it. We are neither the
fame People nor the fame Congress that we were
twoyears and an half ago. The former wants
invigorating, the latter purging. No time can
be so proper for this work as the winter. The
rest that naturally ensues from the operation of
arms, gives us the advantage of doing it without
inconvenience. Those who dread detention will
oppose all enquiries, and stigmatize the proposal
to fecure,theml'elves; while those who have no
thing to fear, and no other objects in pursuit
than what are founded in honor, justice and the
common good of all, will act a contrary part.
COMMON SENSE.
P. S. To end all disputes relative to the Ap
plies I have to inform, that when the present race
of scribblers have done, I shall publish an origi
nal letter on that fubjedt from a gentleman of
high authority. I have fnewn it to several of the
firft character in this city. Mr. Deane and Mr.
Beaumarchais may pay to each other what com
pliments they please: it is but of little impor~
tance to the fubjeft, and is somewhat laughable
to those who know the whole story.
The public will please to remember, that whe
ther the supplies were a present or not, made no
part of my argument; but only that the procur
ing them in any case did not depend on Mr.
Deane, to which I may fay, nor yet 011 Mr.
Beaumarchais.
In one of my former pieces I said that “ I be
" lieved we are got too fond of buying and felling
" to receive a present for the public when there
" is nothing to be got by it ourselves, and that the
" Agent's profit was to purchase, not to receive."
If Mr. Deane takes too much pains to prove them
a purchase, he will raise a suspicion that they
are not a purchase, and that a present from the
gentlemen of France has been fmugglcd. I shall
make no other answer on this head till every bo*
dy has done. C. S^
A Note from JWhig Freeho/dertas been received, .
and, as his questions cannot be answered in.
any other way, for want of knowing where to di^
rect to him, this mode is used to acquaint him,
that the Proclamation issued by the Council, on
the 29th of December, was intended to releasefrom
confinement, by pardon, persons then actually im,
prisoned by virtue of several laws lately repealed
by adt of General Alfembly: and upon inspec
tion he will find it does not extend to any other
purpose, but leaves those persons liable to pay all
fines duly imposed, &c.
Decent remarks upon public trail factions will
always deserve attention, and the piece signed A
Whig Freeholder is acknowledged a favour.
^±^^*^^*^M±^***^^^
, L. FISHER, Dentist.
Living in Fourth -street, between Race and Arch-streets,
oppefite the new German Church, Philadelphia,
TAKES this method to inform the 1 üblic, that he
continues to practice the art of Dentiftryin all its
branches. Those persons who have had the misfortune
of losing their teeth, by applying to him may have teeth
transplanted @r natural teeth grafted. He also cleans teeth
in the neatest manner, and feta artificial ones fr®ma fug
le tooth to a compleat set, which, will lock so natural
that they cannot he difeerned from the true ones, he has
given Efficient proof of his judgment in this art both in
New-York.and this city. ;
N. B. He will wait on ladies and gentlemen who will
please to f vor him with their commands.
dOHE partnership of BUDDEN and
STRAKER having diffelved some time
past, all persons indebted to them are desired to difeharge
their accounts immediately, and all tfeofe who have any
demands against the said partnerfllip, are desired to call
on JAMES BUDDEN, who will discharge the fame.
Ne^wßrunfit iik, January 17.
TO BE SO L, .D,
For no fault, enquire of the Printer,
A NEGRO WENCH with her CHILD, three years
" old, the lowest price One Thousand Dollars,
WANTS a PLACE fM-ITbRE,
A YOUNG MAN, who underfiands book-keeping,
" speaks and writes German, French and Epglifh. Any
one wanting such a person and leaving a line with the
Printer, shall be waited on.
TO BE SO L D,
On Monday next, at Ten o'clock in the morning, at
Col. Jehu Eyre's thip yard in Kensington,
A FEW LOG) and P LAN K, the property off
" the United States.
By order of the Quarter Master General,
BENJAMIN G, EYRE, 5.8.8.
Neiv-Jerfey, January 14.
On WEDNESDAY the third of February next,
at One o'clock, will be fold, at the Forks of Little
Egg - harbour,
IT%HE SLOOP FRANKLIN, with her tackle,
& furniture and apparel. Also her CARGO,
consisting of about sixty hogfliea^s of Molasses.
By order of the Court of Aamiral ty of New- Jersey,
JOSEPH POTTS, Marshal.
——'n't
AM dd!e aged Woman, as Chamber maid. She must
be a good fempftrete, and underftrnd doing up
to .all clcathes. Such a perlon properly recommended,
may here of a place, by applying to the printer.
Philadelphia January 22,
TO BE SO L D,=
A LIKELY, healthy Negro Wench, fit for town
or country business, has had the final! pox and
meailes. For terms apply to Roger Flahavan, (hop
keeper, in Second-street, between Ma kn-street and
Black-horle alley.
WAS FOUND near the upper end of
Third-street, on Friday last, an old black lea
ther POCKET BOOK, with some Continental Morey
in it. The owner may have it again by applying to the
fubferiber liveing in the Nothern Liberties, near the
upper end of Fourth-street.
THOMAS DEWEES.
CA M Eto the plantation of the fubferiber,
in Norriton township, Philadelphia county, 011
the twenty firft day of December last, a large black
Horse, about fix or seven years old, (hod all round, a
natural trotter, and branded on the near buttock, but
the letters not known. The owner is desired to come,
prove his property, pay charges and take him away.
Jan. 9. JANE BARTLESO N.
yojeph Weft and David Tew,
Have for sale at their store at the corner of Market and
Front greets, opposite the Coffee-houfe,
A N assortment of IRONMONGERY, among
"• which are the following articles, viz. Ihovels and.
tongs, candleftieks, lathing hammers, shingling hatch
ets, best two bolt rim locks, spades and shovels of the
best quality, chest and trunk locks, dovetail and other
hinges, chafing dishes, screw pullies, sash do. and line,
coffee mills, box irons, taylors fhe^rs, best screws, steel
tobacco boxes, fnuffers, silver and plated shoe buckles,
silver thimbles, sheep Shears, with a number of other ar
ticles toe tedious to mention. Also a small assortment
of DRY GOURD S, consisting of yarn and worsted
hose, silk ditto, gauzes, &c. &c. Likewise best Jamaica
Spirits by the hoglhead, a few kegs of Raisins arid
Currants, &c, &c.