The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1780-02-15 00:00:00, page 2

& rhe Ahcfent ScAXDrNAVIANs, from M^gM.
Wer^em Antiquities.
¥, 13, ORY inform# fy that Harold, furn^rced
„ B^adand, or Ito Tooth (a king of Denmark,
% * . # J CT s he midribs the tenth cuntury) had found
ed on the coasts of Premia, which he had tubd^d, a
City nam'd Julia or JondWg, where he feat a Colony of
Youri# Daw.;, aedbellowed the government on a celebra
ted warrior named Paluatoko. This new Lyturgus had
made of that city 3 second Sparta, and every thing „wa#
directed <6 thia frije end, to form complete folders. The
author who ita hft us the biftory of this Colony aflure#
u>, that " it was forbidden there so much as to mention
the name of Fear, evenjuthe rnoft imminent dangers."
No riiban of Jimfeurg was to yield 10 any number
however great, but to fight, intrepidly wi^om flying,
even from a very fupcriar force. The fight of preterit and
inevitable death would have been noGXcufe with them for
making any th" lei# corn,' rimt, or :o :h # vng tie
flight.lt apprebeafion.^And this I^flitor really appears
tolane eradicated' born the mirids,of most of the youths
bridap under him, all traces of that tentiment so natural
and fu'miivurfal, which makes men thinks their destruc
tion with horror. Nothing can few this better than a
Angle fat! is their hiftcry, which dtferves to have place
hire for its frayukritf. Some of ti4m having made an ir
, ruption into the territories of a powerful Nsr^gian L *d,
named Equity were overcome 10 spite of the obftmacy of
their resistance; arid the raeft diftiriguiihjd among thsra
beijg made prtfeners, were, according to the cwßom of
thofeti^s% condemned to death. The news of this, far
from affixing themfy was up the contrary, received with
joy The fail who was led to puuifomeot was content to
fay, without changing countenance, and without ^pref
fing the lead sign of far, " Why fhsuld not the fame
happen to me as did to raf farther? He died and so must
L" A warrior named Tboiehill, who was to cut off the
head of the fecund, having asked him what he felt at the
fight of death, he answered, “ That he remembered too
well the lav.' of Jom&rz to utter any words that deno
ted fear." tie third, in reply to the rime que&oA, laid,
* He rejoiced to die with glory, and that he preferred
foch a death to an infamous Ire like that of Thorci: 's."
The fourth made ahanfwer much longer, and mbre.extta
ordinary. “ I footer with a good heart; and the prefer
hour is to ire very agreeable. I only beg ofyou," added he
addressing himfrif to Thorchiil, “ to be very quick in
entire off my head ; & itjr a qoeftlon often debated by
us at fomfb^rg, whether tit retains any sense after luring
beheaded.' I will therefore graf? this knife in my hand;
if after my head 3 cut olf I flrike it towards you It will
few I have [logoff all tenfa 1 I? I let it drop, it will t,
3 proofohhe contrary. Make haste therefore and deride
the difpate;” Tuofchll l , adds the hifteriaa, cut off his
head ina mod expeditious manner, but the ivnife, as might
be expend, foot from his hand. The fifth Viewed the
rime tranquility,' and died rallying and jeering his ene^
nuts. The fixthbsg .ed of TnvrchilL that he might not
be 14 to pnAfh&ent like a ffieep; " Strike the blow ip my
fce, hid he, ' I will fit dill Without farinking; and
take notice whether I once wink my eyes, or betray one
figaril Rar in my countenance. For we inhabitants of
fomiber,-, are tried to exercise om^lves in trials of this
fofy so as to meetrhe ft:oke of depth without °*:G
moving." He kept his promise before ati the foeflafers,
and received tiie blow without betraying the least figri of
fear, or to nrach is winking his eyes. The seventh, fays
thedrifterbid', " was a vary beautiful y®ung man, in the
.flomr of his age. His long fair hair, as fine as silk Hott
ed in curls ahdringlets on his Moulders, Thdrchili ask
ed him whittle thought of death? I receive it willingly,
said he, since I hivefuinfed the gre.it ft duty of life, and
have feenal I thofe put to death whom I would not Survive.
I only beg of yeti ore favour, not to let my hair be touch
ed by a Have, or fiained with my blood."
LONDON, September %%.
r , H £ King of Preffiajs cine of the'prhicipri guag^-
= tees for lecurirg the Eteabrate of Hanover from any
attacks ;fo thatas me El.Q^it forces are going to be ta
ken into British piy, the Prurisna wi'l gmifon all the
towns o! that riled .r^t\ accorfidg to treuy.
Exh-aft cil letter from Vienna.
" The following reorients are ordered to march to
Luxe rcbourg, to effift France according to terms of the
richly c:cm,%fh Infantry regiments of GiAbourgbanf^
^fMdmo, of Kogh, cf Fabris, of Redd, df^mkl, of
gacoto, ofßtrij, of Bulow, orGaifrogg, pfK^fegg,
of Wol'enbuttle, or Bide Dud&c, of Fufiembqrg, of
Elbichmfe, ?'A^ru^r,, of Kf:veatbih'r,of Sil^ie„ #
each regiment confining of three battalions, exchhive of
the g ^.:!. i h.,triiibu that remains ia the A&fhiim ferrite.
>he, the eighteen regifaents contain (tty-few b^tWrigns,
of writh Six are to remain at Luxembourg ten Vogarrifon
Stratfeur/m, t^oto g^rrifon Fort Louis, fix to garrison
Landau, two at Weieffenuovrg, ten at. Metz, and eight
battalions togorofon Lisle ; and the provincial battalions
of France are to do duty with the Adrian troops in thefo
gardens. France finds it abfolutcly necessary to form
her ateny into three g^d camps, for the defence of her
cxt^nfivb kingdom, and frill more extensive caaf§ and to
inaKe an embarkation of thirty battalions for Corsica, that
if possible, that inland may dill remain annexed to the
crown of France."
Extrad of a letter from Holland, dated Amflerdam,
“ When the address p.tfeiKed to his Mighhefs the
Prince of Orange reaches toypur city, it may perhaps ap
pear the united fitments of our merchants. This lad is
,ot so, —the address was only carried by a majority efone
voice. Perhaps in the history of t^efe States there never
was a piece of business laboured thro' with such art, end
indefatigable assiduity, as this (.01? address ; it was fabri
cated on your fide, and recommended by numbers as far
chants in your city, and by foroe very retpaaable charac
ters in high ii!e. Persuasion, thr&us,nnd every lucrative
inducement were held out t, gain the majority; and it
is a fact will known intre, that three ^f the merdtaats who
Agued the address wera absolutely bribed with English
grid—You cannot conceive what a bufiluit occalicnsd,
#d how cur politicians flared at the manoeuvre, Sensible
men laid, that the States would fee into its rearing—
^t it was nothing but a ftheme to ferte a party in Efr
gland, and that radft of the grievances fcffiphined of,
had no foundation in truth ; others think the French h,e
a hand in it, and that it was don* with a view of creating
difeenteot between us and Great- Britain ; but it has died
away alm@ft imperceptibly, and we fee plainly that it is
our interci to remain neuter, when other kirigdow are
ae war—l with to God your patriots would keep their po
litical plans within their own country, and net disturb our
peaceable States with their themes of abusing and render
ing odious their sninift^R. We think your patriots to be
lunatic, in thus endeavouring to ruin their country, and
heartily hope that all their mad pranks may he confined
to their own capital"
BOSTO N, January 1,.
Riviagtog, in one of his late papers, f^ys, " When
the Dutches of Leinfter, Mrs. Damar, anti feme other
Ladies of rank, were trits by the French cutter of Dun-'
Kirk, the Lidirs were not afraid of the ihot fired at them ;
fbey d;u not even change colour, nor run into the hold,
or under the boat to save themselves, as it was observed
that fame of the Micaroaies that happened rifa to be pat
„fencer#, . coeid not help doing, with u^rks, tokens and
°fens of AQimall Trepidation. When the French officer
cams on board, he found the Ladici os deck, and treated
them with all poffiblf politenefi. The majority of the
Gentlemen were in tie cabin ; when the officer Stepped
down into that apartment, fomeriri^g so very particaiafr
failed hfc nose, that he declined going further till the
place was a little fweefened, j at the fame time, to prevent
further mifchtef, he anted ' the Gentlemen that they need
not be tinder any apprehended, for no hurt ihoald be done
to 'them.-—lt is much to di, honor of the French Li:nte
neot, Monsieur de Couloun% who commanded the cutter,
that he treated tfrem ail with the greaftfi po!!tens% took
nothing whatever from them, and set them on Ihore as
soon as possible; rha Ladies and Gentlemen perfectly free
to proceed on their journey, and the Officers on th& pa
rol. I The Commandant of Dunkirk behaved also in a
109 ft polite manner."
The United States of America being intimately
conne&ed with the House of B^ukbon, a cerc
pendinm of The Family Compact, will, no doubt,
be acceptable to cur Raters.
It is taken from a late European publication. %
HEADS of the Family Convention of the Houfa
of Bourbon.
HE preamble feta for^u the motives for cor,ending
X t e tercty, and t^e objedscf it. The motives vre
the ties of blood between the two kings, and the fentimeots
they enfatrin for each other. The object of it is togive
Haoilicy and yrmanency to ttyfe duties, which naturally
flow from affinity and frieudfhip, ahd to establish a felemu
and lifting mouameot of that reciprocal interest, wf ich
ought to be the iiaos/of the defirs of the two monarchs,
and of the prrf„,ry ot their royal families.
The Treaty itfcif contains twenty eight articles.
I. Both kings will, lor the future, look upon ever,
power as their eaen,y, tnat becomes the enemy of ei
±er.
Q. Their Majeftyl reciprocally .guaranty all their do
mioions in whatever part of the world they be situated ;
but they expressly fiipulate that this guaranty-fha'ft extend
only to those fcmfeionß retpeftively, of which the two
crowns than be in possession, the moment they &il be at
peace with all the world.
3. Ttet'o kings extend their guaranty to the k : n^
of the Two Sicilies and the Infant Duke of Farma, on
condition that these two princes guaranty the dorainicns
.Of their Msft Chrift@ and Catholic Mujefties.
4. Though this mutual invivlabh guaranty is to be
f&pported with all the forces of the two kings, the:?ma
j,flies have thought proper co find the fuccoers which are
to be firft fororfhed.
5. 6. 7. These articles determine the quality and
quantity of these firft foccours, which the power re
quired eagagra to furnish the power r-quiribg. These
Succours consist of thips and frigates of war, end of
fend forces, both horse and foot. Their number is de
termined, and the pufts and Nations to wfiica they tee '0
repair.
1. The war in which Fiance flull be involved so confe
qneuce of her engagements by the treaty of Wlftpkaha or
other alliances rom the princes and Rates of Ge<n@, and
tie Noch, are espied from the cases in which Spain is
beuhd so fefkift fuccourt to .France, ^feG fo^e ma^ti^e
power take partin those ware, or France be attacked by
land in her own country.
9. The potency requiring may ft^d one or more
commiftrfed to ^e whether the potentate required'ha th
assembled the flipuiated fuccours within cue limited
time.
xo. Ji. The potentate rewired fi^ti be at liberty 'a
make only one reprefenteuion cn the use to be made of the
frircCTurs furnifhed to the potentate requiring 1 This , how
ever, is tabs understood only afcafes where an eaterprize
is to be carried iu^ immediate execution; and net of
ordinary cases, wiiere tiie power that is to furnish the iuc
covra is obliged only to hold t^em in readings in that part
o' his dominions which the power requiring ihall ap
point.
It, 13. The demand of fuccaurs fh?ll be held a (uffiti
enr proof on one band of the heceffity of receiving them,
and on the other, of the obligation to give them. The
furnishing of them fh*U net, therefore, be evaded under
any pretext ; and without entering into any dffiffieu,
the fypulated number of ifops and land lorc& fliall three
months after requifitios, be ceufidered as belonging to
the potentate requiring.
14. 15. The charges ofthe said ffiipa and troops Dull
be defrayed by tha power to which they are feat ; and the
power who feuds them, (hall hold ready other mips to re
ptace thbfe which any be loft by accidents of the fees or of
war; and*ho th# ueceiftry recruits and preparations for
fa land fences.
16. The fuccouft above ftipulaied fliall be eonfiderad
as tha k&ft that either of the two monarchs fell be at li
berty to furadh to the &ther 1 But as it is their intention
thata war declared agaiuft either, (hall be regarded is
perietal by the other ; they agreethit when they happen
to be both engaged in war against the feme e^enry or
enemies, they will wage it jointly with their whole forces,
mid that in sash cates they will eater into a particular
ol»¥e^dn> failed to ch&n&neee, tats fette aSw&lfo
reflective and reciprocal efforts to be rpude, as thete
political and military ^laas of operations, which O
be executed by common coufeat and with perfect egree^
ment.' -'
17. 13. The two powers reciprocal!, and formal
ly engage, not to lifiea to, nor so make any propofols
es peace to their common ecemi&b but by mutual cod
lent : And, in time of p^ape, as will as in time of war,
to ccc&ier tfe ibtertft o%^ allied crown as their own,
to compeaftre their resp crive icri'as and advantages, and
to a& as if the two moiiarcta^ formed but ®xe and the fam&
power.
19. %o. The kingof Spaid, contrasts for the king of
the Two Sicilies, the engagements of this treaty, and
promises t 6 c&ife it to b: ratified by that prince.; provi
ded that the proportion of the fuccours to be fumiffied by
his Sicilian Majelly, ihail be fettled in prop&tioa tp hi,
po^er. The three mo^rchs engage to fuppert, ou all qc
cations, the dignity and rights of them house, and th@£e of
all the 1 riticec degraded from it.
21,22. No other power but those of the august house
of Bourbon mall be inferred or admitted to^ccede to the
prefect treaty. Their tefpeQive fubjfas and dominion#
ftL.il/particpite in the con^aiananrf advantages fitted
between the fovereiguß, and shall not do or undertake a
ny thing cout&y to the good underfeeding fabfißing
between them. • 1
23. The Droit d'Aubalne, ihatl be abdifhed in favour
of thefubjeft, of their Catolic ane Sicilian majeflies.
Who shall enjoy in Prance the fame privileges as the na
tfti. The French &Q tikewife be treated' in Spain and
ths Two Slides, as the natural born fubje&sof tnefe two
mo^arebiee.
24. The fubje&s of the three sovereigns fkaJl enjoy, in
their r feeaive dowi^-iu fa Europe, the fame privileges
and exesptwax as tha natives.
25. Notice &1 Ibe gfan to the powers, with whom
the three contract ty.rc&iarcps bawe' already concluded^
or shall hereafter conclude, treaties of commerce, that the
treatment or tpe French in Spain and the two Sjcilita. of
th Spaniard# in France and ike Two Sicilies, and 'of the
Sicilians la Fca,ce'and Spain, full not he cited nor serve
«4pz&:&enl ; it be% the intention of tiirir mofi Carifli
an, Catholic, and s@fig asajaflles, that no oti^r nati
on shad parupipdte in the &dvwta;ea of their reflxaive
fir. j< 3s #
26. Tae Qt&aahw parries shall rectprScally difo
das ,& rich whir their alliances,, and ne^ociatioufy
efetyty, when t^y fare Deface to their common
i*. r^ft* § and fhch Mifofim a iall ffie Ccorts of Eu^
;cpe fcil tva in the |.rw<A harmony a»d mutual coyfi
'deuce,
27, This article contains only a flipelation con
cerning the ceremonial t' be obfcrved bitw^ea the Mini
sters of France and Spain with regard to precedency at
foreign Courts.
#l. This contains a promise to ratify the treaty,
POUGHKEEPSI E, Feb. ~
On Thursday evening, between eight and nine o'clock,
a number of prifeners in Po ighkeepfie goal, Slaving, it
is tappofed, been affiflid by fame of their accomplices
from without; sawed off ibeirn^s, with which they were
hand cuffed and fettered ;and having provided therofelvea
with cinos, when the Goal"r, attended with a guard of
four men, went to examine the rooms, End fee thvt all
was fife; on opening est of the doors, %4;n s ;ked him
down, and xi of thern ri&4 out, knocked f&a and
wounded the rest of the guard, (by whom, however, one
ot th <m received a ween'd wgth a bayonet) and all escaped;
one of them; Moses Aken, being ouch froft biften, has
peenflrice retaken.
Two hundred dollars reward 'will be ^ive%for fecuriog
and returning Hanry Ktik to Peugukcapfiegcal ;and toe
hundred dolly, for each oft^e rest- Their caJes areas
fallows: Henry Ryfh, afaDarid Spoer, jun GattiJ
Ri^ht, Jafeph Wood, David -Mother; Dan:-.! Simpkins,
f^ohr Araes, Jofcph"Nickerfc^, Jons Marks, ‘Joira
Hodge and Reuben Smith.
m-„-c_„. # PtttQ„.rfyt, % _fyQtf & 7.
FIS H-K ILL February rd. ^.
Ean Tbp,fdny,,'e learn, tnaKQbout mohorft and too
foot, of the enemy, made a fudges attack &n our guard,
co^mwed by Col. Thomson, at Young's, near Waite-
Phi% , Our men fought with bravery", but were over
piw ered by numbers. Col. Thourfoe was wounded and
ta^ca-Capt Robert?, of the xgh.MafiaGhuf^tts, killed;
and .4 non-couCTifiior^u 1 fficers and private were killed
on the (puts about twenty wounded, and forty or fifty tc
M^ .^f^
IN.? erem, burnt Young's boufe, and 'tie said five ei
our wounded geo were consumed in the fames. They
praftifed their ufu.il barbarity on the wounded, too fhock
iag to relate. One of our .mea, who left the enemy, fa,a
they had 1, killed, and a coniiderable number woua,
dud.
To his Excellency GEORGE CLINTON, Esq; Govet
mor of the State of New-York, General and Comman
der ip Chief of ail the militia, and Admiral of the navy
of the fame.
May it please your Excellency,
^'p HE Mayor, Aldermen, ind Commonalty, ofthe
vity of Albany, Congratulate your Excellency o#
your arrival in this city.
The calamities or our country, eccafioaed by a cruel
and deftruaive war, call loudly for the prudent ioterpo
fcion of the refpedrve Legislatures of the United States.
We are therefore extremely happy, that year Excellency
baa, for these falbtary forfr/es, convened the Legiflatu/e
of this State j from whole council we hope the moil happy
ertbfis.'^
The deep d&effes, %ich are ever attendant on war»
have been id: hi this city 5 but more so in some other
parts of the fr . But we trust, an; have r^fun to
hope, thattha: ki/J providences which has buherte fmikx^
on the arms of America, will lead us to peace, Lappiaefs,
aud fecunty.
During your Excellency's residence in this city, we
"p" ^ b ' ! PPy to m.ke yout fixation as agreeable as th#
dihre/R) of our country will admit of.
By Order of the Common Council,
, MAT. VISSCHER. Clerk-
Albany, jua, ^ 178%