The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1783-03-27 00:00:00, page 3

The fhipFifing Son, cip'^ Debitor, mentioned in
our paper of Saturday lan, to be run afilore on the
Jer^y coaß, is since loft, tre vessel having gone to
p eces. One of tn? people was loft, and but a little
part of the cargo saved
The paymafler of the French troops quartered at
"Wilmington, was lately robbed of a large sum of mo
Dry, (fme accounts fay, 10,000 crowns) but the per
petrators are not yet discovered.
John Armstrong, juni r, efqtFr A , (son of major
general Armßroog, and late a major in the army of
the united dates) was laß Tuesday elected secretary of
the honourable the supreme executive council of this
commonwealth.
On Saturday laß the honorable the general affemblv
of this commonwealth adjourned until Thursday the
fourteenth day of Auguß next, three o'clock, P. M.
During their session, the following laws were enabled,
viz.
1. An aft to indemnify and save hnrmbfs the per
sons appointed to superintend the making and perfect
ing the bills of credit dated the 20th day of April,
I^Bl, from the penalties they may have incurred by
n^t perfecting and finishing the whole of the said bills ;
and to make the (aid bills of credit, of April, 1781, a
legal tend r for the taxs of 93,640 b per annum, laid
by an aft of afftmbly of the 19th day of December
1780, entitled, " A supplement to an aft entitled, An
aft for funding and redeeming the bills of credit of
the united Bates of America ; and for providing means
to bring tne prefect war to an happy conclusion"
2. An aft for the attainder of Henry Gordon, unless
he surrender himfelf, and for other purposes therein
mentioned.
3. An at to provide for the payment of the dis
charged tick and wound'd so di^rs belonging to this
slate, agreeable to the recommendation of congress of
the 23d day of April, 1782.
4. A supplement to the aft entitled, c! An a& for
the (uppor. of government and adminifiration of jus
tice."
5. An aft to eflablifh and confirm the estate of John
Morris, of the township of Eaftown, in thecoonty of
Chefler, in fifty acres of land, in Wes t Whiteland
township, in the said county,
6. An aft incorporating the Pefoyterian congrega
tion of Newton, in the county of Bucks.
7. An aft for the sale of certain lan 's therein men
tioned, for the purpose of redeeming and paying off
the certificates ®f depreciation, given to the officers
3ld soldiers of the Pennsylvania line or their repre
sentatives, and for appropriating certain other lands
therein mentioned, for the Ge of the said officers and
soldiers, to be divided off to them severally, at the
end of the war.
8- An aft for extending the provision made in the
seventh (edion of the a& entitled, " Anaft for the re
peal of so much of the laws of this commonwealth as
make the continental bills of credit, and the bills emit
ted by the resolves or a&s of assemblies of the said
commonwealth, a legal tender, and for other purpo
ses therein mentioned."
9. An aft to discontinue part of a road in New-
Britain township, in the county of Bucks.
10 An aft to prevent and stay suits from being
brought against the inhabitants of Wyoming, during
the time therein mentioned.
it. An aft to vest the present truflee of the loan
office with certain powers and authorizes.
12. An aft for the relief of John Gefline, other
wise called John Gosling.
13. An a& for the relief of Joseph Judson, James
Robinson and James Lees, insolvent debtors confined
in the old jail of the city and county of Philadelphia.
14. An ad to prevent and discourage the deserti
on of sailors from the fleets of ids moB chriflian majefly.
15. A farther supplement to the aft entitled, "An
aft to prevent the exportation of bread and flour not
merchantable, and for repealing, at a certain time, all
laws heretofore made for that purpose."
16. An addition and supplement to the aft entitled,
" An aft for amending and continuing an aft entitled
an aft for the support of the government of thi pro
vince, making the excise on wine, rum, brandy and
other spirits more equal, and preventing frauds in the
collecting and paying the said excise."
17. An aft to repeal part of the aft entitled, " An
aft for the more effectual suppression of all intercourse
and commerce with the enemies of the united Bates of
America, and for other purposes therein mentioned."
18, An aft for raising and colle&in of money on
the fpecified articles therein mentioned for the support
of government, and for other purposes therein menti
on~d.
19. An aft to appropriate certain monies arifiog
from the excise, for the payment of the annual interest
due on unnaleniated certificates therein mentioned.
20. An aft for preventing vexatious prosecutions
and fui's against such as aßed in this Bate for the de
fence of the liberties of America.
11. A farther supplement to the act entitled, "An
^ for the regulation of the militia of the common
wealth of Pennsylvania, and to repeal the aft entitled,
a supplement to the aft for the regulation of the mili
tia of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania."
22 An aft to repeal part of an aft of the affem
bly of the late province of Pennsylvania, entitled,
“ An aft declaring the river Susquehanna and other
Breams therein mentioned, public highways for im
proving the navigation of the said river and Breams,
and preferring the fifh in the fame."
23. An aft for the fetttement of the public accounts
of the united Bates of America.
Philadelphia; March 27°
24. An a& for providing the quota of fcederal sup
plies for the year 1783, and for the relief of the cti
zens of this Bate who have become creditors of the u
nited Bates of America, by loans of money or other
modes of furnishing public supplies.
Mr. Printer, you are requeued to inferf the follow
ing, in order tocorreft an error in some of the ac
counts lately published in your paper.
The French brig l'Aimable Catichette, commanded
by Stephen Patter, bound from Guadeloupe to Vir
ginia, was taken on the 10th of February lafl, by
the frigate I'Amphion, of his most gracious majeft y
the British king. The captain of that frigate ordered
two officers (whole names should be mentioned in
Confederation of their incomparable valour, viz. Mr.
Miclops, heut. and Mr. Calandr, midihipman) and 12
men to conduft this prize to New York. Three
French gentlemen and a cabin bey were left on board.
The 221 of fad month, at 6 o'clock in the evening,
the Catichette was within gun (hot of the light of
Sandy-hook; these three French gentlemen, being then
Bruck with the dreadful thought of being thrown in
the hell-invented hole, called prifon-fllip, forced the
cabin, got hold of the two officer's cutlasses and pis
tols, and armed themselves with a pißok in one hand,
and a cutlass in the oth<r ; went upon deck, where
they found the lieutenant and midshipman, who feeing
them armed, and threatning them with inflant death
if they offered to move, cried quarter. Then the
French turning towards the men, forced them to go
down in the hold, wherein they flocked all crying
mercy, quarter, and they were followed by their chiefs,
M&Trs. Miclops and Caiander. A paffengrr, one of
the three gentlemen, quickly shut the hatchway up
on them: But soon alter, the French perceived that
their enemies were working it )the hold to try to get
out of it, and found that they were breaking a hole
to get in the powder room, in order to come out by
the scuttle of that room, which was prevented by the
repeat d blows of cutlasses upon the feutt e, and the
weight of trunks put on the lid of it. The French
took out of the powder room a chest of arms which
they beamed overboard and remained perfect matters
of the (hip.—During the action the captain kept an
English fail r at the helm, forcing him to Beer to
wards the land that he thoug t was the independent
continent of America.—Toe 23d at 3 o'clock in the
morning, the captain finding th? currents too Brong,
thought proper to run the brig ?fh >re, which heUfeft
ed. When ashore he hoiked the French colours and
fired several shots as a sign of diltrefs—at 10 o'clock
the two British officers above mentioned, remunera
ted their filiation to the French, and th. wed them how
dißreffing it was for them to be shut up and confound
ed with common sailors in a hold, and asked the li
berty to walk upon deck, promising to comply en
tireiy with the desires of the three rrench gentlemen.
Their feeing that the hold was full of watr, gave, out
of humanity, the two offi.ers the liberty to come up
on deck, and ado to their men. The captain, in order
to cast the vessel with more ease entirely ashore, to d
the two officers to order their men to cut down the
mainmast, which they immediately complied with.
During this ma oeuvre, the French saw a boat row
ing towards the ve;el with three men aboard. Capt.
Patter asked them whether they were Americans, which
they answered on the affirmative, and in order t® per
suade the French themore, one of them came on board,
and the otner two returned ashore, faying, they were
going to get more hands to help to eate the Blip, and
to kcure the British.
At 12 o'clock the fame boat came aboard with fix
men armed with cutlasses and guns, who continued to
persuade the French, even by several manoeuvres, that
tey came to fuccour the brig ; but on a sudden these
fix men, joining the 14 British, fell altogether upon
the three French gentlemen, took their arms from
them, then plunder dfrid Bripp-d them in a fhameful
manner, after which they sent them aTore and delivered
them into the hands of a British major on Stateo-IBand,
who ordered them to be put in a wagon escorted
by three men to conduct themto tue place of embark
ation for New York.
Now again these three gentlemen gathered up all
their courage, and being arrived upon the sea shore,
were once more flruck with the (Locking thought of
being Barbed in those direful abode (prison Blip)
where death is seen in his ug'ieft form, and where
courageous and brave men are confounded without
any diflinaioo, and were fortunate enough to make
their escape, and are now in Phila elphia where they
have found all the fuccour that humanity and friend-
Blip can bellow.
N. B. This relation is theexad truth, and perfect
ly conformable to a declaration signed by the three
French gentlemen therein mentioned.
Philadelphia, March 15, 1783.
THE Members of the Philadelphia Covtibution
fhip, for ensuring Houfe< from Lois by Fire, are
defied to meet at the Cour -house, on MON
DAY die 14 h of April next, between the hours of
2 and 5 in the Afternoon, in order to chute 12 Direc
tors, and a Treaurer lor the ensuing y ar.
Philadelphia, Mar-h 25, 1783
Cumberland county M/rch 3, 1783.
SOME time in the latter part of the year 1780, a
certain William Lappin let a young Mare COLT,
then about 6 months < Id, with tne fubferiber, since
which time the has b<en claimed by a cert in bamuel
M'Qitty ; and as neither ot them has yet come for
her, these are to give notice to either of the above
mentioned perfont, o come, prove their property, pay
charges and take her away, oihrrwife (he vnll be fold
ter her txpences, by me, DANIEL WRAY.
HARD WA RE.
A QUANTITY of double flint pint, gill and half
gill Tumblers ; a large assortment of china and
queens ware Cups and Saucers, Knives and Forks, Bar
low %nd other Penknives, together with a general af
foitment of Cutlery and other hard ware, by wnolefele
and retail, at JOHN and JAMES OLDEN's flare in Ic
cond-ftreet, two doors below the church.
FOR SALE,
SHABBY TRACTS cf LAND in tha county of
Cumberland and Bate of Pennsylvania, viz. Two
Trails of Lard in Middhtm township, one mile
from the town of Carbfle, both sider of Canpdoqvenit
creek, known by the name of the Cain Lands; upon
which there is a complect merchant mill with two wa
ter wheels; the mill house of Bone compleatly built,
two stories high, „ by 42 feet in tne clear; the water
wheels are both wifrn the hcufe top^v-n't the fioftc
from injuring them in col . weat' er ; f^j ining the mill
there is a large ft ne building ert&ed for a d Billerv;
on those tracts th re is two hundred and fi't, meres of
clear land, fifty acres of meadow in rxcelle t rde and
fitty more can he made at a trifl n: expeace; th-ie is
buildings and out-houD! to accommodate three fami
lies on different parts of the land.
Two ether Trails two miles from Carlifl in the
township aforefaid, containing fever , hu^ r r ! a res - on
thole trada there is but one tenement, a vou 1g 0 'ch
ard of gated fruit. Tars tra& is faulted f/.s to afford
three divisions.
Die other Tr^a adjoining the town of Ctrl fl ; con
taining four hundred and fi y acres, with fix y acres:
ot clear land; this will suit dividing into low, to ac
comnlodate such 01 the inhabitants of the town as may
chufe to purchase.
Ore other Tr?.& four miles from C:rEfl%
One other T/att situate uuon the Provincial road,
leading from Caridh to Virginia and Pittsburgh, fem
teen miles from the former, containing five hundred
acr s, with two small improvements, known by the
name of Bu in's Traft, or the Rich Lands.
Sundry Lots in and adjoining the town <f CT ID,
and Tr*6b of Land in the townships of R/ r , Given
wood, Farmanau-h, Derry and Armaugh.
Any persons who are poffeffad of lands near this ci
ty, and dilpofed to enlarge their property by exchange,
may be ad vantageoufly accommodated. The fubferiber
will attend at Carbfl; from the 15 hos April untl the
151 b of May, to Blew the premiles and make known
tne terms. If not Sqld by the 15'h of May will be
Rented lor a term of years.
March 26. EPH. ELAINE.
Richard Footman,
Has for SALE, at hs STORE in Second Brest, a
fw doors below Market Street, 3 frefli
Afforcment of Merchandize,
Imported in the | ft Vrffels from Eu opt, mz.
BEST Superfine and
middling Broadcloths,
the most fafhionable
colours,
White and spotted Swan
(kina,
Stnpca Cottons,
Cotton Checks,
T road and cotton Hole,
Marfei les Quilting,
Sik Mitts,
New fashion cotton Shapes,
Moreen and cotton Gown
Patterns,
Paris wor< printed Hand
kerchiefs,
Jacconet and gauzi bor
dered dt 0,
Scotch Threads,
Bobbins ^nd Tapes,
Clouded Mantuas,
Luteftrings,
B-uffrls Laced Luteftringr,
India Sattits,
ALSO, Best Hyfon TEA.
N. B. Goods received Sale on Comroiffion,
as ulual. March 26.
Two small Tenements, with an
acre and a half of GROUND, upon the river Schuylkill,
co be LEASED. Enquire ot the Printer. Maren 20.
Chrft ana-bridge, Newriftle county, March 22.
Sixteen Dollars Reward,
LAST night the liable of the fubferiber was br<fc
open, and from thence Bole a light iron Grey
hOrSE, 9 years old, about 14 hands high, in
good order, fhud all round, trots and canter, well,
high carriage when rode, short twitch t i', his mane
han^s to the off fide, one of bis bind feet white ebove
the pHtnie joint, has what the jockies chi a further on
one file ol his ne< k, his tides thawed wirh riding, ns
neither hrrnd nor ear markj Whoever taker, up and f
cures said horse and thief, so that he may ne prosecute 5,
fh.4 I • ave the above reward, and tor the horle only
THREE POUNDS and reasonable charges, if brought
home, p?io y JOHN HAI L.
Four Dollars Reward.
EAN-AWAY from the fuhferiu^r, in the borough
ot Lancafler, on the 23d ir&nt, an Aporenica
' BOY, named JOHN FRANEY, about 18 years
of 9 gb by trade a Shoemaker: Hid on and took with
him a nine and white cotton itriped coattee, a ash co
loured Infey jacket with flieves, a pair of light blue
breeches and jacket, a new felt hat, a pair of whitdh
ribbed worsted Itockings mixed wth a little blue.
Whoever takes up and secures laid Apprentice, so hat
his matter miy have him again, (had have tne abov<
reward and reafonabie charges, ^aid by
Lancaker, March 24. JOHN HAMBRIGHT.
An elegant Assortment of Silks.
Pins and Needles,
Childrens Morocco shoes
and Pumps,
Womens caiimancoe Shoes
White and brown Ruffin
Sheeting,
Russia Duck,
Britaniias,
Laval Liners,
IBedticking,
I Six quarter book Mufl'ns
, and Humhums,
Fine Ipriged Muffins,
Cambrick and Lawny,
Light and d.rk ground
Calicoes and Chintzes,
In ia Chintzes,
Cyprus, trimming and
; nett Gauzes,
IRbjons,
Black, green and Doth co
louiedell-wide Persians,
Black Mod,,,
Swttinr. Mantuan, See, &c,