Dunlap's Pennsylvania packet , The general advertiser — Philadelphia, Pa., 1776-08-20 00:00:00, page 3

WILLIAMSBUR G, (Virginia) August ro.
A correspondent has favoured us with extracts of let
ters from officers of rank in Fincaftle, from- which ^e
learn, that on Sunday the zift oflaft month (the day be
fore the engagement mentioned in our lalt) a large par
ty of Indians attacked the Watauga fort, io which were
150 men. They fired on a great number of women who
went out at day break to milk their cows, and chafed
them in 0 the fort, but providentially did net kill one of
them. They fired briskly on the fort til 8 o'clock, but
without : fFea, and then retir'd with contLrirable loss, ;s
was foppoci from the quantity of bocd lound ; but
they returned to the attack, and were befi^ing t e fort
fix divs after, as a messenger who was flipped out inform
ed our men at Holfbin. A detachment was lent to re
lieve the fort, and it was expected they would do io on
Monday the 29th. A party of 100 men of the militia,
fell in with a party of 4.0 Cherokees, who were 50 miles
on this fide theifland at one of the defe ted plantations,
and killed five, took one prisoner, and twenty puns. -It
is worthy of our obfervatlon, that in these several skir
mishes with the Indians, in all of which re did mote
execution than in some of the principal actions of tie
last war, we loft not a man. No one can r:fl*& on this
and many other circumstances which have attended the
present war with the British tyrant, with nit acknow
ledging that he fees evident proofs of the Divine Inter
polation in our favovr.
N E W-Y O R K, August 15.
By express from Ticonderoga, we are informed,
that Gen. Burgoyne had retreated from all his posts in
Canada, except St. Jrim’s. where he had left a body
of his men. The precipitate retreat is said to be oc
casioned by the arrival of a large fleet, supposed to be
French in the river St. Lawrence. Our fleet on the
Lakes, confiding of (loops, a fchaoner, gondolas and
boats, are in good order, and make a refpeftable ap
pearance The army was frkly some time ago, but
recover faft, and are in good spirits.
PHILADELPHI A, fo/720.
We are informed by a Captain of a vessel belonging
to this city, who escaped a few days ago from Stamen
Island, that the German troops lately arrived from Ha
lifax are landed on :he island, where it is said they a 1
to wait the arrival of another reinforcement (which is
hourly expelled) before the attack ^1 be made on
New York. He adds, that the Brirnh troops speak
with great contempt of General Waffiingtsm's army,
and are assured that they will have the pleasure of soon
meeting and (pending the winter with Gen. Burgoyne
and his troops in New York.
Extrafi of a letter from New York, dated August 16.
" 1 he complement of men expected is pretty near
filled up by the lail reinforcements from N w-England
and Pennsylvania. Every thing I can with truth as
sure you has the most agreeable appearance. All have
their proper Rations. Posts of impo tance are strong
ly manned, while reserves are kept for pnffible conti
gencies, The spirit of the fo^diery promises every
thing.. No levity or boasting in their countenances;
but all the marks of a composure, patient, and deter
mined resolution, that makes me anticipate either a.
most glorious refinance, or complete vidory."
" Juguft 17. Last night our Fire Rafts up the
N. River grappled the Phoenix and a Tender, the hr
ter was burnt and the former escaped by cutting down
all that was faft at the fire (hips, then floated down.
The men in the fire (hips deserve every commenda
tion.”
Extr^A of a letter from St. Euflatia, dated fa) 28.
" I have acquainted you, by my firmer from Mar
tinique, of the good disposition of the French .are in
towards the continent of America, and how wiring
they are to admit and welcome ail veTs from thence,
for which purpose they have now by them and diy
import all forts of goods io demand with you, particu
larly powder and other warlike dores, which you may
purchase and ffii, without any difficulty, and it is m re
than probable that if the Congreis declares its inde
pendency to the European Rates, and offers to open
their ports to foreigners, your ports will be crowded
with then from al parts. And it seems that France
waits only for' that event, to affix you in your defence.
" We have at present no other news than what is
broa hr by a Dutch (hip arrived within two days here
from Amsterdam, viz. That the French, Spanish and
Poftuguefe, are making great predations lor war , y
kind and by'fea, as well as the States General. That
the Spaniards had marched an army to the frontiers of
Portugal, and had feat to sea a fleet of fixieen fail of
the line, the deftinatron of which was not known, and
that they.fend considerable numbers of troops to their
colonies. The States of Holland had absolutely refuf
ed to renew the prohibitions for the exportation of
powder, &c. to the colonies, or to cede to the Eng
hfh the four Scotch regimen s the States have in their
lervice, nor furnilh them with a number of men of
war which the British Court had required of them,
the vexation occasioned by this in the British Ministry
induced them to take several Dutch (hips, among!
which are two that failed from this island, which tere
carried to London, and another to St. Christopher's.
Ii consequence of this the Dutch have armed forty
(hips of war, and ordered sixty more to be built, with
the greatest diligence io their different ports, and to
raise twenty thousand man to augment their land for
ces, &c.”
The above is a true translation of the < riginal,
which is and remains iu my poffuTion at Philadelphia,
Au,f 16,1776. PAUL FOORS,'
Interpietei of the French and Spanish Langut ges.
„We hear that Lord Dinmore, wth the remains of
his Ethiopian regiment, joined his Britannic rfajefty's
troopson Staten ih^nd, on the 13th of this month.
Extract of setter from Dumfries, Virginia.
" On Monday, July 22, the Roebuck, Mercury,
Otter, and an armed (hip came up Fotowmack and an
chored about two miles below Dumfries, where the ri
ver is yet quite frefh—On 1 uelday, about 12 o'clock,
'hey (ent off two tenders, a gondola covered. and eight
boats, mollly large and tud of men, confiding of the
remains of the 14th regiment, marines, &c; they land
eri at Vvbiiam Brent, Efqr s, where about lixty of the
St ff rd militia were potted, with mt any cover; the
gondola, drawing but sixteen inches water, ru no close
to the there, and with a nine pounder and grape (hot,
obligod the militia to retreat, when about I§° men
landed and burnt the house, om-houses, hay stacks &c.
and intended to have burnt Mr Brents fi e merchant
mill and several other houses along (h re, but on the
Roebuck's observing that the Prince William mih ia
were on their march to Mr. Brert's, (he h irted a wui e
flag and their men immediately retreated, so that nd
further damage was done. The fleet having taken in
frefh water, fed down the river the nex d^ ; 1 f.,1i0.v
ed them to the Narrows, about 30 miles below this,
and found they had done no other milch es.— As Ire
turned on Friday 1 was informed that three Write men
and four negroes were found dead on the (ho r e twoof
the whites tewed up in hammocks and (hot thio’ the
,breift, thev had fine hollaed thirds and are fnppo ed
to be of some diftin&ion. and a gold laced hat was ' u:I
wi h a buiet hole thro' both tides of the crown: is
the rifl mien had some fair (hd at them it not double J
but several are killed.—No damage was done on the
fide of the militia ''
in C 0 N VEN II ON for the State o/Pennsyl
vania. Friday %%// 16, 1776.
^^/'H EREA S tins Comvention hath received in
vv formatim, that feve al A(Delators &f this State
have deferred die Camp in the face of the enemy and
returned home before the formal 11 of the Flying
Cam,, and without the leave of heir Commanding
Officers, to the great damage of the public, and evil
example to otbe3: It is therefore \
Reeved 1. That al 'uch MRiciators, as (hall re
ji. 'heir refpxfhve Corps at the Camp from whence
they came, in efbt days from tris date, with such
arms and acc u remens as they may have brought a
way with t em, ihall be exempted from any punilh
ment; and thole who neoE& so to d ', shall be appre
hended, and sent under a guard to the Camp, there to
be tried; and in ca e of ab^condin, tr concealing their
arms, that 1 &y be advertif.d in he public News pa
pers, and the reward f shrse Poinds offered for ap
prehendmg every such perlon: And every Affeiar>r
who (hall hereafter defeat his Colours, (ha'! be treated
as thole who have already deferred, and neglect co re
join th ir relpe&ve Corps, agreeable to this re'o ve,
Refoived 2. That the Commanding Officer of the
companies or battalions of the militia of this State,
who are now on their march to New (erfo, do appre
hend all debaters they may meet on the road, ard
convey then under a guard to the Camp.
Revived 3. Fhat notwithfl ariding the foregoing re
solutions, it is not thein*ention of this Convention to
detain the militia urneceflCrily from home; the Affo
ciatorfyfere therefore assured, that Q soon as the Flying
Camp ir formed, and the public fafety will admit,
they (lull be permitted to return home..
Extract fronFthe minuses;
JOHN MORRI S, jun. Secretary,
To the Printer of the Pennsylvania Packet.
TI 'ha; Jv.n me gre it pleTure ron Are to time to read
1 in the different papers f;ch exalted accounts of the
disinterested behaviour of the go: cl women of America
dice the cemmenc mei t of tl e present war ^ith Great
B itain. Ihe following Anecdote defences to be recor
d'd amon^ others in rioter of the fx —-A w. man of thi
.iy, in a situation f life in which hhercl fentimen s are
not often looked <O, being tori in the Preet that one o'
he: ions had returned hem the Flying Camp, hid, " I
am forty tn hea it, I la r he bas come aiyay before Iris
time was @ut; A this be the case I 'ill not fee him, I will
(hjt my doors upon hia, I had rather have heard that
h and my other thiee ions, who ae all in the army,
were flnn in battle, .r an one of them fhouid have thus
disgraced our cause."
{:ss > ri?gs r\§#- ^-^^A^ ^4% ,<,s
STRAYED OR S T OL E N,
OU r of a , fture nnr Frankfort B idge, on the night
of the nth n hurt, Augutt, a SORREL HORSE,
fibout 14 . hares high, 11 yea sob, has a blaze on Ins
forehead and rh.ee unite f <t. Whoever tak^s no fan!
hode, and will bring him to the subscriber opoofre Frank
fort Bride, shall ha\e (wenty Shillings reward and
and ail reasonable charges pad: P ttoen, whoever tak s
op the offender or offenders, on convict or th 11 receive
Forty Shillings reward. JOSEPH FAWCEI T
Neivtoivn, Bucks county, Auguji 10, 1776.
FOUR DOLLA KS REWARD.
DES E R TE D,
FROM Gapt. Henry Vanhorn's company, of the
First Bartali n of B ck> C unty Associators, R O
-SERT SWA N, about 5 fe f 7 inches high, born in
England, fout bu t, ft/ri: brown hair, has loft one <f
his fore teeth, 's ranch addi& to drinking a. : qjar:e)-
ing weel d unk; he received IP ty Shil'in r sadvab e ard
much more or equiping himi cf. Wl,.ever delivers tie
said def- ter to the fu deiber, or the(omnoc din, cffi # 0
of the bittabm, at rhe Caup rear 3 ie -ULn', fieri!
ecerve the above reward and caf neb - cha s, f :n
» HENRY VANHORN, Captain.
Port of Philadelphia,')—,
Pennffoia, ff. § T ° whom concerns
No ,'I CE is herteby given; that a Court of Admi
ralty, for takin. cognizance of and to ing tie juf
tme of captures of v<ffris made purluact to the kennes
of the H morable Crnttnei tal Cm gre.s. a d 1 rought in
to th $ port, will le he'd at the Court Houle in diecry
<f Pma e phia, on Wednesday the sou tn nay of Sep
temte. n xt, at ten o'clock in .he f: .re~o,n 0 the fame
day, th # n and there to try the truth of the hto adedged
in the bill of Johri Crai : , commarder ct the pri
vat fioop of war celled the Corgr f s , (who as well &.\)
agamlt the brigantine or vessel called the Richmond, bur
then about hit tons, with her tackle, c;p?.rel, furniture
and cargy, lately ommanded by George Friger, 3 oth^
end and i ten; that the owner or owners of the said 'ri
nine and her cargo, cr any person on.ined therein,
in y appear 11, the vca fe, if any t,y have, v.h y he
lame i„ uIJ not be condemned according to the grayer
of the fa o bl. By or ro f t heJ:dge,
'776. ANDREW ROBESON Kegdter.
WAN T -
A't'AL'HY NURSE, with a good hr-ft of
Ifrk—None need apply who cann t be w. 1 r coin
men led for her temper sobriety, and h nefty. Enquire
o' t' printer,' 1
rrik£ artnerlhip between 1 } c.oh id
, T H n ° MAS > ° n the L ' rtie ^ ^ of Gulzow
da River, BHtimoie Co nnt , Ma:yla d. Yen.
ly dll ived, th 1 A perries ho are indebted to them ct
Company, a , e . requited to m 3 e pa m mt to the rid
T n OMAS, who alone has the ft fn^t e m;i. ?
P^erihip. ELIJAH TYSON
M^ch 1%, 1776. eyJOHN THO riA S.
F O UR DOLLARS RE^ARD.
Rr" A ' AY 1 * ^iht from the fubferiher, art
hngufh Hrv.oii ia ; named W ILLIAM ODA M
years ol', 5 Let 6 inches hi. % well nt, down
low forefci ,nigh hair: it is uncertain what
clothes he had on , he took with him a dark trice crab
cloth co ttce with whim metal buttons, a b-o^n c mblet
cu^be, pieced in the tides and fleets a cirri colored
ven nth a belt, without fibers, white metribucm
a striped iinea vest without fl e^s, oli c cc^ored fiftiaa
r '"° '"'' Griped and check d troffers, ere
whie and fouo r checked shi rts , three pair white thread
'worked hose, half worn sh e Si Wh< eve^ it
' ur s said servant in any jail, shall have the a r ove rewards
and if buought home r ton bie charges, r id by
§ WILLIAM MOORE.
TH REE DOLLARS REWA RY),
RAN AW A Y flora tle Fr^kfor Feeder M 1, on
r r :'' e A' th '"'" (August) 1 t^rvant ed named W 1 £
ri TAM S M I FH, born in England, about 19 y r 3
aoout 5 feet 4 inches high, deader nr de, ftnoctu face,
Jong v hage, fair complexion, brown ha r which hangs
col : ted cn a dark brown fa ban coat and jacket,a
pair of fir e oznabrngs trow <O% wh^dhirt, an old lea
ver hat, a pair of new pumps with timed pinchbeck
bu Hrs. Whoever e ur e> fiid servant, to that his maf
teonay hav. dm again, fhail have th b.ve reward and
reafonablc charges, pcid by ||OSWELL EVE,
Twelve dollars reward.
R, N . A W Y ' h ^ '3th irritant, f;- m the fubf^ f.er,
living in Boel ev township, near Pri'a lobio, a
Scotch 'ervont lad, earned ANDREW URQUHART,
a' m2o yea's of are, uiperua dsfmet::n- ofw avm^,
full faced, <'a k h;ir fomew: vcurled, near 5 feet 7 ifr
<hes hi h, weo set, ha^ : ^ thin. c t tbe Scotch dia 6+,
and can v ? ..!< .^ brie tongue. H?d on and took with
b "H * n • l e " ci °^ c^tr foo, fll down collar, a
double br? N tikam bneiij..ck t 'Anted and e. my
it ye , a tel ht I <rit n v , buckfk n br^cb.c-Mh
bra ( 'mtt<ms, two pair of tro .^ ,cp 3 conr, and L
r.ea ftriu-, H.e m ^rt<% „., r e <h - half verrn, a\o.3
a goo fl x fro nfh rt, ne t leather fhce^ ab- nt hdf worn,
w'b shi # q^-te^ lbiickke, :.nd:nW fl : frHcnn
kerchief, H came ^Ah Ccr.B ^ n, In t>ebri, Cle
rn^ti % i sibul r/r<&,a j. ~;i
to be now io or t e-r PhiAde.plHa V. , A, u o
farritrvint .nd fawth ; m, for - ! Li rt
again, sh ri h:,yt th • aboveo • d: .nd re s .
^ s 7 rl4, 1776. JON < rijou
I'HOMAe lAR 00£, jun. trca-
L furro' theW^ „, sh 0, M. ',„ .
conflint attendmce at hit < flic :n W ft 1 T A,.
lis, to give iu exchange ! <f ced t.n f t d, be
Provincial Convention of Moil nd .be fe<.nth dv of
Deon er, 1775. for thori emir d by toe C nv<otion
t he twenty fix'h day of Ju! , 1775.
PHILADELPHIA and FOR F-IcLAND
STAG E-W A G G ()N,
KEPT by DANIEL'R EYI oI £oc s from
Mr, Riddles Tave n, the co ut of Fr :1 n'lo -
bau it ects. p airily at i:bt o'clock in tl no run; 4
t ree rich ck in th afternoon, and from Mr kedojp *s
F'errv, n/sr the F.n, at rieven o'clock in the o I,lll^
a d fix o’clock in the evening, The fare js yg 'Ol each
p ffenger.
's TirrviriroV
/\ N Thursday ri. ht the 9th bM t, An. uft, iota
the fu f- i er's pittu-e cl Be in "P it rrno.uun
coootv, Welt New Jr<ftv, ano ma; Co evil's Ft ry, a
SORRE L MAR E, about 14h? H h, trtsand
gallops, paces none, oe of her hao 'm> rh a
the inside, filed brim with fteel(b >, braAU ar • toe
1 tters M. L. is in good order, o.d a cm 9 ear IA.
Whoever secures the a ove mir< and th :I, nd t r a
them mt : efobfciiber, sh 1 1 ha.-e fox Pounds tut ,
and lor the mar" ooh, HR t Pov^n, am 1 c\ic^-
able chirger, lai Iby L EZhR, lEL RO S t
Of varves Sorts ~ :large 0 1 'mad Q mtitn^
TO BE SOLD, I Y
JOH R D U § L A P.