Dunlap's Pennsylvania packet , The general advertiser — Philadelphia, Pa., 1777-05-20 00:00:00, page 2

L 0 N b 0 N, February 2,
O?! Sunday night Capt. White of the land forces,
<d Capri Robinson of the royal navy, arrived
at Los George Germaine's house in Pallmall, with
drfpa. V from Lord and General Howe at New-Toik,
bror it §/ th# Bristol man of war, which were cu ried
yef/Gt, by hi? Lordship to irs Majesty at the Queen's
pz^ce Capt. White attended; and had the honour of
a coafeff&e with his Majeßy,
The intelligence brought by these cheers is chiefly
' t; the taking of Lee is said to be true; he is con
ri.?.: at 3runfw:ck. The taking of nine hundred or
oar.: (but last night the ministerial people Lid the bo's
was on:y fever .hundred) of the Heffiaus at Trenton is
gi a tint; they behaved indifferently, having an eye to
the prefe. vatiun of thtir plunder more than to fighting.
Soon after th^affair, th? Americans, unit Q-^ rat
Wahing^n, crojTeJ the Delaware, and marched to
Princeton, Whefe they ma le/ regular and Ue-dy at
tack on the King's forces sho were pofcl there, with
the advantage: of an eminence, the hrg^ building called
the ColEge, and other fences. Washington was obliged
to debit who the loss of between sou ~an.l five hundred.
The King's troops, (according, to this account, which
is admilt. # d by the miaiftepal friends to be true) left
ab>ar two hundred and Try. The 17th regiment-had
upward; of one huod ed killed. In.con equeuce of
these acho s, ad thoughts formerly entertained of go
ing to P 'ai%hia w^e entirely given over; and it was
ref \ O l to narrow or i c ffi:n the cantonments of the ar
my, in offer to keep them rea er t< gerher du log the
winter; and that 00 farther operations would be at
tempted till fumm-sr, as every part of the a ! my were
c wfo into winter qititers. The friends of govern
merit aloir, that, u,in the whole, the news is difa
gyre- aVe; aid the military gentlemen ca I th p affair at
Princeton and i^ry check. Lord Shodirou came
p.TOier^ 4 he Bri%J.
Th> Mioiiters comfefsihat the Americaofficers .wg
generated our cdicers is Jerriyf After the o.f^.t # .f
oe Hf^s at Trenton; Lord Cornwallis cel! ^.d th
the Bibh an iforeigners in Jersey, with an ir^enim
of attacking G-n?ra Wallington at : renton; but as
ter recofrGsHng hit fruric-n, Lord Corrnv^ris de
clined it. Mean while a detachment from General
WafhGgton; marching to cut offhis L^rdihip's retreat
to Princeton, fell in wfhth: 17th add 49th te+hrefa,
?: ng to reicri'ce L?rd Cornwallis ; an adio/i.enh^d,
In wuch thetw- re?,meets w, r e totally defeated. ^uC
this adion gve L e ".d.Cornwallis an 4 oportuciti to. # t
away, .which he did as well as he ccud. Ger. Dorr 0
attempted to fact upon the Americans, but retreated
without attaching them Ah the H^man colours 'ate
t^ke ^ together wth eight pie es of oannon; and what
rod! value, a" site Cora nifiries. ft^r^s 'Ol the
, . ; "rich, had been college' ayu laid up at Burlin'
: ' 4 jva* hs to our army.
1 ~r . # frit. Oaf
.• ' ?|<rieyr isth u^ht to be abrou fam birred
railed, arid ten officers, aid ah mt twelve hundred Hef
faans, :h<ec' rtrhuns At^whou behaved very ill
It is ~' r i Ted, jhrirletriur 'c - ^T fote!Wwj*| add
abort 60c0 c a year to hit M j fry', .revenue.
Yetierd^ t^e Houle as Lords foff^tne Bill to en
able Ids h" fy to fecur? and dewin'perbns' charged
with b>h • region in Amer'ca, or on the G * for cirh
cv, wi-Tout fl divriton, ana it now lies readv for the
royal &<.s%.
P II I T. AOELPHI A, f 0,20
We biH iriat Jwn '.'ridl^dide: aT Samuel-M- re
dith, t aVros. Five-decated'<ha, will n-t aft order
tie Die a- . I m. ~of h- Executive r pencil of this
1 Mriid or, I the^dfic sori
4G - . if, and dDy sassed it us little by
litt'r £c^v pkt day,- moW p moGly sh>wfcgtip the
tTb; Get.L'% ^d ^oeeiv,uu;^ by,. ;;A.,ms, in
loTe mea *re to b'-ice the vku its gain ourar
tor; bu: eri rival ,f so Ggatrin: Erraet. C/pra'n
of February, br ng, g accounts as late as the 231 of
January, &as enabled us to undeceive the pub ic, by
givhig-ev^y matter in its redfiate. The IcE GG^n.
Lee is rack .fomented, but it is hoped he wll be re
takro."
" War is net yet declared, but Europe feeins pre
pared for a gent:., cu?ion, arid Lems to wa.it nothin,
IQ the maten put'o ike tribo. G^cb it is lisped will
be forwarded by Capt in We. ks's havb.-g liken and
trou hi into LOrient die !.hb ra packet of 16 „ucs,
Inc 50 Dm, which defended terfelf 4.5 rode.^cs She
is Give GIG W^h four other prizes a- the *<.? rime
bre^ht i; but the packet bring a King's veffei, it is
thought it would bring on ao exiLoa'iun between the
F-v^. - Eig-id C/rois. dlie E.npbror has lub-
I'o/ ./r : D v , ohibting the pnigrati. A i>ftheful, f+s
ct hit enon b withcm h^ permuriun, which it is thought
i Grinbed to prevent the drufli armies recruiting i n
Get, tiny, ?,d,.vh : e'j, athoo , it mav not extend to
t'. . ©cTo: ate of M -.never, wid 4 rob LL bind upon the
<Cror , ?rtv Profess or the eurpi e. Er, land i, recruit
i-, >s G^ririi, <, poffiST, but her rorce arid be, it is
°i> ; -> P' - k-vnava!. Our ^cin u.fia:jes are \ct
at Far-; n-d .ha.t&r: go on very well."
In CONGRES S, Mav 1777.
RESOLVED,
I.' rthe Quarter-Matter General of the ar
my be authorized and impowered to appoint
one Commiflary of Forage for the army, and one for
each of the mi itary d A pattme&ts thereof, with such aad
so m,ay Forage Matters as he ffiilljudge neerfEry.
11. That the duty of the Comm^ry of Foragefoft
be to purchase ' fuch quantities of forage and ftpre the
fame in such magazines as the Qacrttr-MTler General
cr the Deputy Qarter-Mafter General ' fany depart
ment (had from time to time order ^d.direct : That
the Cemmiflaries ffiall conform themselves in making
purchases to such ru'es and legubti.n, as drill be pre
scribed t» them by the Quarter- Matter Gemerm or De
puty Quarter Ma General of the debarment to
whico tiwy (b*^ erah, heinn-q
111. TLat &! fc^G purebred by any Comm:bary
of Forage and dcirircti into any magazine, stall be
received by the froraoe-Mafter thereunto r, p rinted,
who ^all give his receipt tiurafur. fpecifying the fort,,
quantity and quality, as a voucher for the Comebiffary'
of Fopage, to be by him produced to the Q^arter-
Mafler General or Deputy Quarter- Rafter General of
the department, in fuppert of hi, account.
IV. That the Cemmiffiries of Forage (ball m ke a
monthly return to the Quarter Bl^sr Central or IL -
pirv Ouarter-Maftf, Ge^ral oftlie.de,artmeat, of all
fr<ge by them purohafad, fpecir ing to what Forage-
Master and in which magazine the feme was dt'ivered,
that th Fora.-, Matter may stand charged therewith.
V. That mo Ftra h e Mader to whole cate any maga
zb? of forage rha.il be committed thrii issue any part
thereof, t^y ;by a written order fiom the Comma- :de,
in Chief, ' t"e 'Commander in Chief of the depart meat,
the Com ending Officer of the poet where such maga
zine may be efl.olim^L 'be.Qmir:er-MarierGeneral or
Deputy Ouaster M. cr G er eral of the depa tment or
one of hie Aiiih&Bis, the Waggon Matter Gone:al or
an? other Wiggan Meter; such orders to fretify for
whoL ule the forage is v seeded, arid every ; uch order
to be fred by t^e Fma„.MhLr, arid a regular tatty
th, * 1 made in & book to be by him k.pt for that pur
p<fe, as a blather for the expenditure of the forage by
him received.'
Vr : hat the Forage-Mailers (hail make monthly re
tt^ns to the-f^urter warier General and Deputy Quar
ter Mr rier Get 1 ;alc° the dcp&[tire -t. <the? belong ~0,
cf the date of their m/gnzibes, fpec^ying he quantity
left in store at Vie tirft and every iucecediag return, the
qualify received Once the lall return, the expenditure
hoce such return, and whg emains on hand.
VIL ANf) W HERE AS it frequently happens
that there is a necChty to detain hired carriages (the
owners whereof were to had :;..r own forage) far b.~
:I th: r*n t : e owners 'hererf agreed to
serve. .and v,n>, it Drpwn forage r e ex, ndf:!, thrift
have lecoaoero u» ;#0 ic magazines —IT IS RE
SO LV EP, riiai ft b^.c:!or.s°odetained and See m^
dedhut, of forage, duh, upon the written orderof any
of the oTroer, vcif red iritA tißh Ref&iuuwr, Setup,
pliad ou of the pub- ; ©% .zri es, and that t'^ vfe
g*o Master, but r< uc fig-is tne.d:ichfgb for any iu:h
hired ca- r^ge, uta:l c. reel the & otagc rfaibr to eii&,,-fe
thereof <h. quantity, lort and quality of the forage
furaifhe # rush peFoo, <ot,,he i-ire may be deducted
out 0: th" wa KS due 10 the ^wueef fuctihred carri
age au which dccuct an tha', by ihc'Q^'.tr:er Melter
Genera cr ue, ut) .Q at er Ma.fter Genera: of the de
partment, be carried 10 the credit of the Forage Mas
ter's age int w 0 (had have fur Th.-d tie forage.
VIII. TAt if the Cemmihaty of faroge in any de
,ar:mefs fhoold be grimed to ,rocwre fach large
qc%r-:iro rffcrage 6 to (entity it impcE'% for
n do it ^thr^t uhßtree, the Quartet Mafrr.Ge.nral
• . FfrT'&"'' Meter Genial ^ ,he ce/art^e.^
mu cc-eL vne or note of h.s Affiferits to aid the
Cc;nm:d, yof fou/i. ?in ing cut the diftr &.jp
which the, are Creraily to puicr.Ce, that one may
no : enhance die price by bidding a' eye an^taer.
VV MER E :S, norwith^andicg the orders
that have been from t me to time iff.ied by General Of-
Geers ot igir anny t: Dfevent.-tne lo's and ernbezze°
-meanpf 'ur.robbing tools arid otner military fteres,
g^at wife hath been made; to prevent which for th:
fLure, 11 IS R. Eo') L V EI), I hat every Com -
miffary of Stores, Store keeper, or peTfo to whose
charge and care any military stores, of what kind so
ever, Gal be ctmmii^d, fh^l pars his receipt for and
thud charged to be accountable ftr the fame, and Ihall
n ^riCoe any of them without taking a receipt therefor,
the receiver prfa^g to be accountable: Ard if any
pedon having receiver ' any Inch her 3 fh^ll Idle or tm
bezzie tiiy f line, the QoUimiiTdry, Store keeper, or
gErEji bv whom they ./ere delivered, iKall charge him
with the value there.', and trfofmit a cony of fach
charge to the ?% '''- r v r Genera: or Deputy Pay-Mat
ter General of the dc .%.- ment, who is to charge the
fame to th&Pay Marie: of the corps fitch person may
belong to, unless it Iha I appear that such so s happened
1 i-.hout any 0: tmeable negligence of omission. And if
any person in the Cantheptal ft rvice flhall fell or other
wise dripoie or my Robes con^miued to his care, with
oufa written order for so doing, iffaed by the Com
mander in Chirf or Commander in Chief of the de
par^ment. or General Officer commaiding at afoperate
poC, he A.h be punished for theft.
X. That the WiggonM^ef General cf the army
or Waggon-Matter in any of the departments thereof
ffiall receive from the Quarter.Mafter General or De
puty Quarter-Matter of any department, all !e c h i, dr _
fes, cattle and carriages as the service may require -
and that neither the Waggon Maser Gt Q a! J,
o her Waggon Master Inari on any account ^fa^ t ;
purchase any Lor es, cattle or carriages for the pcblic
without the express order of the %v„Qr
'X' e£ the > C ° mmand ^ in Chief of tie deparunenr,
the Quarter Matter General or Deputy Q^rtMAf
4/%rai ° f , a department; nor fl^l the TG,gon
tefter General or any other Waggon Matter hire any
horses cattle or carriages, ^^ by the amhfy
h''^ ' P '' '"' '" a " Affiant Deputy Quarter.
-n^k^^'"' ?^T£jQ^4^LCL^ fitch
the buhnefs of his department, as to him and to the
Commander in Chief or Commander of a department
ffiall feein most conducive to the public weal ; that a
c^p,of such arrangement, Ipecifying the names of the
Assistants, Commissaries of Forage, Waggon Masters,
Forage Mafte-s, and Clerks as tl e several departments,
be tranfmhted to *^ Briird ~f W*r. That every Af
f&ot :f tie Qfprt r MaP-B General of the Army,
f.l every Alli ^rof of the Deputy Qpmter- Malta Ge
neral of tl.ro levcral d^,artmen s th^e^f, &#!! make
monthly returns of every article or wokt kind soever
that may be in . r at any of the firts, e: campmenu;,
magakires or places in the difriß committed to bis
care, to the Deputy'Quartcr-Mafte- General of the
department, r.wrg what is good, what is retaxable,
and what is unfit for further tervice in serrate columns,
from which irrora the Deputy Quarter-M^fer Ge
neral fhallmake one general reurn; in which ffiaH he
Specified th- totJ of all the articled in every diftri&
wit in fife department • one t^m: whereof &.>1 be
monthly rrgnfmiti^d to the Board of War, ore to th&
Commandtr in C ief of the departriient, and one to the
QjartetiMaker General, from which return the Quar
ter Maftor C^Atiabfhail 'make a general leiute;, fpeci
fying what is in each department and every difttift
thereof; ont co,v whereof shall be monthly tr^fnirea
to the Board of War, one to the Cdmma.rrilev in Chief,
and ofero the Commamhr of rch drpat mtnr,
XII. That every Alii 'rant Qtiaifer-M#.%r. Ccro
miffary of Forage, Waggon" Manev Cene-af, Forage-
Marl r. and every other p.rfon employed in th- Qnr.
ter-Maftef General's branch, "Go ffialincJe& otieiufe
to make such monthly te.urns, shall be dilmiffid the
ferviae by the Quarter-Matter General or the Deputy'
Quarter Matter General of the department to which
such dehnque- t oekmgs.
XIII. And A order that a'lDeputy Quarter Makers
General and Alkftants may make their returns fr, such
X r.,anici ai -to avoid :!.zt,gr:'= erifliefioa, wikch bus
heret fare atifen from a .want cf method, the Quarter-
Matter General is to furriffi his Deputies wid^erm,
copies whereof they ate to deliver to the Affifta^ and
to evary perfen in the Carter M: V-r Genet al's branch
who may he called upon for a return.
XIV. I hat the (%nrrer MaKr General aod the
Deputy Quarter-Meters General in the several <•.
gartmeats have full power and be audrorzed, wiffi the
c mfent cf tile G^mmander in Chief or the Commander
of the department, to d'nils any p-cr-.cn b? them em
ployed who Ih II refufe or neg'eri any dry erfctwd
by t^e ,01pgoirg Retulutions or any oib^r du y},_ rr&v
be charged wif, and appoint others in the stead cf
Inch as mav-be d'ririffed.
XV. That the General and Co%rrorder in C3ef of
opr Amies ard the Commander of any 'department
the:, of 0^ ^ - ~ved as much forage for their horses 23d
tbo<eof tfteir l.tite as trie ierv ce m^v require.
' k,. lri a Maj'-v trer-er?' :/ ,B' c ,„dier General
not having the comma.id of a fe^araicQ: i&reut, shall
??ch be slowed forage for ft burfee for themferver
tfeir Aide & Camp or B„^^ i'rog^s, ard fcrvants,
XVII. That the Commander if ;Chief and the Com
maoder in any fepa-aie ,dep ifc©ro !r aw.horiztd to
allow fech forage,fnd f&f and during fc.-h times as
they shall thick proper, to the Quarter -Maftex Gene
ral and his ''epurie#, to the MuiUrMafter General
andbis Deputies, the Chief Engineer and his Affi%m,
the Commissary General and his Depitris. the W&'t
General of the Hospital, his Subs and Surgeons Gene
ral, to the Adjutant Gere:al and Iris Deputies, to the
Colonels, Lieutenant Colonels, Majors, RAdjirants,
Qjrtfr Matters, and Surgeons of regiments, and to
ProTOft Martials, or to such and fa many of the be
fare mentions I Officers and their Deputies as the fer
tile iiwi 6€crHarj!y require: Provided always, That
if any of the Officers abeve mentioned, their Depu
ties rr AGttants, Should be allowed firage in confe
aliened ° civet 3
mou- never GJs not keep any or fe many herfes as
they ward ; e permitted to d:aw fotye for, in such
cafv no forage shall be issued for more hort?s than they
realty have, uoi shall the, at any time thereafter be
allowed ary forage as back allowance er any money in
lieu thereof.
XVIII. That a Deputy Quarter-Matter General be
appoir-q to each department, and one to each grand
I divihon of the army? The rank as the former to be
I that of a Colonel, and of the latter that of 2 Lieu ^
!rant Colonel.
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