The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1779-05-27 00:00:00, page 1

T HVRSDA Y,, MAY 27, 1779.
w^^^^ raw'll ^^^cO^g^^g
GE A! E RAL^^^
The HIGHEST PRICE
IS GIVEN FOR
CLEAN LINEN RAGS,
BY
JOHN DUNI. A R
Sunbury, May !.
Three Hundred & Thirty Dollars Reward.
DESERTED from ,th m part of the Seventh
Pennsylvania Regiment, late commanded by C6l.
Thomas Hartley, th^ following MEN, viz, B?,*ney
Duffield, Alexander Andrews, Moses MCur
chy, and John Dempsey, who bid leave of absence
tp fee their families. They are all Irishmen, and well
looking felloes, but their furloughs have been.cut for
feme time. Adam Hinfs, Georwe Hutton,
Abraham Bcdle, Thomas Swords, and William
Harris. .he above men are iuproted to be in York
county.—ATo John Bridges and James Doherty;
they were perfuachd away by two women they had
taken up with in this place, and are fuppoied to have
gone ta Paxton towriffiip, Lancaster county. Jr is cx
pe&d all friends to the United States will endeavour
to secure theft deters; and whoever brares them
shall have the above reward, or 'Thirty Dollars tor each
man. I heartily v.s these poor deluded felloes fould
accept of Hs Excellency's most generous Pr< citation,
and return to their raiment.
&EO. BUSH, Capt. Com, Detachment.
Sunbury, May 14.
One Hundred & Eighty Dollars Reward.
DESERVED from the eleventh F^nnfylvania
Regiment, now lying at Sunbury, on & evening
oi tuc eleventh instant, the following M EN, viz.
Edward Whe^land, Servant, about twenty-eight
years of age, five feet eight inches high, d^rk complex
ion, black hair, well made, by trade a carpenter, for
merly lived at the Read of Elk, and supposed to be
abou Philadelphia.
John Earr, Corporal, twenty five yearn of age, an
Irishman, 'five feet ten inches high, tair complex on,
stout made, formerly lived at the Wish Traft, near
Ek:,lc is thought he is gone to Little Ek, as he has
lately married there.
James Fitzgibens, twenty-five years of age, five
fret fix inches high, red curled hair, font made, lame
in hfoleft thigh, and bow-legged. Hi# wife, a middle
fixed woman, with red hair, about twenty one years of
a ge> went with him ; her name is Margaret, ang die
Ipeaks much in the frith dialed. ,
John Rehaw, this country born, about thirty yeais
of age, five feet five inches high, dark complex on, a
slender man, came from Appoquiniminck Bridge, New
castle county.
John Brown, this country bern, about thirty-five
years of age, five feet fix inches high, Short black hair,
vary talkative, came from near May-Town; and has
lately been on furlough at that place.
Bar. Alley, twenty three years of age, this coun
try born, five feet nine inches high, fair complexion;
long bjask hair, has a fore hand finngin a handkerchief;
he came from Maryland;
All the abave described men have Small round hats and
long blue uniform coats faced with buff. Whoever
takes up said deserters and secures them in any gaol of
this State, or delivers them to any officer of the regi
ment, ihall have the above reward, or Thirty Dollars for
each, and reafcnable charges, paid by
J. PROWELL, Major.
To be SOLD by Public Vendue,
On Thursday the twenty Seventh of May infant, at
the dwelling-house of the fu6fcriber, in Second street,
near the Dock bridge, at Nine o'clock in the naming,
A NUMBER of empty calks, confining of hogs
heads, tierces and barrels; one large iolh-boUnd
v^ffrf that will contain fix hundred gallons, the saves
made of good white oik near two inches thick, and it
would suit well for a dittiiler, brewer or store-keeper ;
one fmallet iron-bound tub or tyffel that will bold one
hundred gallons, it has been made use of for holding
ci!, the ftaves an inch and a half thick, made of good
cedar, and painted within and without ; one large case
for bolding dry goods, with Hiding fa(h doors contain
ing thirty lights of glass ; a quantity of iron hoops,
some dye-wood, a final! quantity of Crumcreek fctthe
stones, ferae handsome maps, a few empty gio cafa, a
Urge corner cupboard, some jffiifas tools, lorne pewter,
a few fmah articles of filter, two or three frames, or
horses for fixing hogsheads on, and a number of other
article too tedious to mention.
ABRAHAMWAYNE.
[Price 2S. 6d. single, as. by the quantity.
Forks, Me, 18, >779
To be SOLD at Public Venclue,
On the firft day of June nex , at the Folks of Little
%^ iT'^'r,
~TJE SLOOP INDUSTRY, bu^h^ about
£ forty toni; a new Bermuda;, bulls vclfei, saris
remarkably *eil, and her fails ariditygiag very r-odb
At the l r m^ time will he fold, uer Cargo or Tarris
111 and SALT, of about four Irundied bufods.
• JOSEPH BALL.
N. B. The inventory of fiid tlgop to be k^n ^t tie
C-ffee-boue. 4-
TOF' S O L
At Mrs. MAGDALEN DEVINE's, in&iond,
ft.&et, opposite t° th: Goi.e- F^r%
A parcel of Englilh PASTEBOARD,
Three quartTs an I one yad.
TO BE SOL D,
A Genteel P H ^ T O N.
Enquire of TENCH COXE.
JAM E S bljt^Zn-5,
FRINGE and ,LAUE MAKER,
D EGS leave to inform the public in general, r^d
bis friend" >n particular, Thar he is r<mor-d out
0, Fiontftreet into £cc%ud ftrret, between the ± id,e
and Spruce-street, feh^re may be D^i all himb 0: UNI
FORMS for the ARMY.
Shop-keepers, coschrankers, batters, fiddlers, ar<]
ethers,' n^y be fupphed with all kinds of WORSTED
ending, linings, tapes, fa^cferofe, „oh
webs, fringe of all fertf, hot and talik for bcu and
window cut tainr, fee.
To be SOLD by Private Sale,
q^HE CHATHAM MILLS, fitu.au in rfi:
A State of Maryland, and within a few perches of
the river Pbtomack, on the great ro?d leading from Fre
derick Town to Winchester; cor. fitting cf one hundred
acres of land, near half of which is and may be made
into the best of meadow. There are on said premises a
good new log dwelling boule, kitchen and ftorthoufe,
wiffi babies, See. It is conveniently calcula ed for, and
in one of the furemoft situations lor a public-huufe in
the State. Said mill is two dories high and fifty odd feet
Square, on a never failing stream of water, calculated
for two pair of ftonee, the bou!ting-cloths found and
good, and in a very goad neighbourhood for grain or
country custom ; the dam may always be maintain at
atr fling expence. There rs -also on laid premises a ve
ry well conftruaed saw mill above the grist mill dam,
so that, each mid has the advantage of the whole &am,
and in a convenient place for id kinds cf timber, ete
cially walnut, which there is always a great demand for
in Frederick Town, only eighteen or nineteen miles dis
tant from it: There arc allb fmaU boufes fir a faw,sr
and smith, with a smith's (hop and coal-honfe. Boating
of flour down the river is found to be of great advan
tage, and attended with much less cost than land carri
age, and if the river should be opened it will then be the
most compleat Situation for trade in the neighbourhood.
Any, perlon inclining to purchase the above eftut m^y
know the terms by applying to the fubferiber, living in
Berkeley County, in the State of Virginia, near the bead
0 Bulifcn. Or any perfan knowing the advantageous
situation of the above estate may know the terms by ap
pl>ing to Isaac Eyre, near Cheder, in Chester Coun
ty, State 0! Pennsylvania.
11^,3.WILLIAM ASKEW.
WILL I AM C ROS
Has for sale at his store the corner of Walnutftreet in
Front-ft:ret, Philadelphia,
JAMAICA spirit, coniac brandy, Madeira wipe,
English porter by the dpzen or grace, fouchong and
bohea teas, mufcovado fugahs by the hogfluad and b,y
rel, feythes andfickhs, coffee by the b^rei or bag,
black pepper, nutmegs, cloves, and feme imported
lalt.
Just published and to be fold by JOHN DUNLAP,
In Market-street, Philadelphia,
ALL THE
L A W,S
Enacted in the Second Sitting ofthe Third General
Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl
vania, which ccmTnenced at Philadelphia on Mon
day the firft day of February, A. D. 1779, "id conti
nued till MoßGa}\th; fifth day of April of the fame
year.
Published every Tueldy, Thursday and Saturday. ]
RE PORT of COMMISSIONERS for fettling
a Cartel jor the Exchange of PrifeneTs.
To Ms Excellency GEORGE WASHJNGTON,
Efquire,' General and Commander in Ch es of all the
Forces cf the United States of America.
^<^j ' tee Cemiruilien;rs appointed by vour Excellent
ry, " to treat, confer, determine and conclude
" upon a cartel for theexenhnge of prisoners, and for all
“ meters wh-.tfoever which may be properly contained
" therein,” —beg leave to report,
That ia prirfuante of your Excellency's orders we re
. paired to hmboyy and on Monday the 12th instant were
met xy.Colonel Hyde and Captain A.ndre ; Commissioners
on tl . e pare of Sir Henry Clinton : That the next day we
£ r ° du "- °° r re'peaive powers; those from Sir Henry
Ciinton profeffing "to treat, determine and agree upon
' alt matters whatsoever, relative to the settlement of a
“ general cartel." .
That toe British Cerrmiflioners opened the cotif^rence
by observing, that it was Sir Henry Clinton's expectation
teat the firft object of the cartel we came to establish,
-fyyld be ^ im/aeEiate delivery of all ferifoners in the pof
/U^f e:tto party, comprehending theco^wemix troop as
nue ta Miers : that the propofa )appeared to them humane
and foil, and even generous, as'from theeftimates they had
conceived there would oe a balance of prisoners in their
favor; however, if it should turn out otherwise upon a
feidament, and the balance ffiowid be found on ouk fide,
it ihodd be applied to pur credit and difeharged by the
ficlt ,rifahers taken : . but that they did not mean I there
mould in future be any delivery of prifohers, except on
th; terms 01 am equivalent being received at the fame
time.
This proposal, for an immediate and general release
of all the prisoners in our peffeffien, furp r tzed us nmC;°
and we cotud no: but view it as an utifavovrate preface
to our figure proceedings. We had no certain knowledge
that any of our privates were prifeners in their hands,
but we knew that we had near 700 in dors, besides Ge
neral Burgoyne and ids whole army ; - all which, accord
ing to the terras of the propofol, were to be ccmDrehenJ
edm the -delivery ; and we knew also, that Sm He'ufy
Clinton kmfdi, by a letter to your Excellency on th&
loth of November iaft, when we believe the proportion
refper; ng an exchange of the convention troops was firft
made, did not seem to entertain even an idea that he
ought to receive for the whole of our officers then ir, bis
hands mere than a proportion qf officers and mcnef
that army : tltat by a ftiH mere recent trarifaftid,, a
''fate of exchange 0/ privates” agreed to and fettled on fr
23d cf the fame Month, between the Commissaries of pri
soners of the two armies, it appearedrthere had been an
aHual delivery of 80 privates mere ®n our part than w a
had received tr@m them ; and that no mention had beer
made on their fide of any other claim against us on the
Afore of privates ; and that the “fat- 0 ) officers, fuppo
°°r Commiffarys account in th ; 6 instance to be iort,
after placing officer against officer of equal bank, left a
balance in cur favour of General Burgoyne, 1 Major Ge
nerals, 22 Captains and several ftaff ; and in the enemy's
, of only 14 Field-officers and 11 fobalterns ; and that ever
allowing their own aeccun: to be right, in which the ba
lance on their fide would be stated to be 29 FieM-oHice^
and 61 subalterns, dnd on ours General Bur^pyne - Ma
fa-Generals, 3 Captainsand 44 ft a ff, still the rated value
cf such officers, eft,mated on any reasonable principle
we could not conceive would be found to be much in thei;
favour. It is true, we discovered from fulsfequent con
venations in the cotirfe of cur different interviews t^a'
the Britiffi Commissioners pretended to lay claim 'to
privates under ffie Capitulation of the cedars; and thac
they had counted upon a considerable number of prison
ers, said by them to have been captured in Georgia, to
the amount of 64 officers '2nd 800 men ; but as the for
mer claim had been already decided by Congress, and 2s
we had net obtained any official or proper information
of the latter, or indeed any regular intelligence of any
event Since the above Settlement, "which ceuki rake a
material alteration of circumfiances in this refpeft • and
as even vulgar report itself fell far. Short of them demands,
we confefs under these ideas and with so large a number of
prrfoners in possession, we were greatly aftenifhed
that they could intimate an opinion that 'the balance
could possibly be in their favour, or that even the ad
mission of ever y authenticated dJm of theirs could by
any mode of exchange juflify their proposal for a general
release.
That besides the foregoing unequal proportion we had
the mortification to find, that the powers granted by Sir
Hemry Clinton to his Cemmiffioners were defective, as we
conceived, in a very material point.
Those we obtained from your Excellency recited, that
they were granted "in virtue of full powers to ,^u given,
by which the public faith became plighted for the perfor
mance of our engagements, which can he the only pro
per foundation of public treaty; while those from Sir
Henry Clinton did ript contain any acknowledgment, that
they were founded upon any authority veiled in him for
the purpose; which, according to reafop and the uni-